From: petertrei@gmail.com
On 1/21/2026 1:06 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <10kpa4e$1nl0e$1@dont-email.me>,
> Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
>> On 1/20/26 17:51, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> [Hal Heydt]
>>>> I'll add another one...
>>>
>>>> When written in an English transliteration, all names contain at
>>>> least one vowel.
>>>
>>> And don't forget xkcd.com/327
>>
>> Reminds me of the "suggestion" back when people got 80-column cards as
>> their bills for something that they should punch "##" (or whatever was
>> the "end of deck" code) in the first two columns.
>
> [Hal Heydt]
> If the system was really old, it might have been two record marks
> (0-2-8 punch, for which there is no keyboard entry). If it
> was after the IBM S/360 came out, it would have been "//".
>
> I should note regarding some of my prior remarks that the length
> limitation for names in my ConReg system isn't due to database or
> storage limits (with the data from 20 years of annual cons
> on it, the mass storage device is using 10% of the available
> space). The limit is: How much will fit on the badge? With the
> font size I'm using on a 3x4 badge, that's two lines of 17
> characters each.
>
Its my experience that people with system-breaking names have
encountered the problem enough times that they usually can
suggest a workaround.
I myself have a name which though very short, has a spelling
that's atypical for English speakers. I have to spell it out
Every Single Time someone has to enter it into a system.
They still get it wrong, and I've learned to check for common
variants. When I worked at Nokia in 2008, they initially set up
my computer accounts with a wrong spelling. Nokia IT refused to
fix it, saying it would be too hard, and for 3 years until I left
it remained wrong.
Soon after I left, Nokia died, refusing to update their smartphone
technology to Apple/Android standards.
Inflexibility kills companies.
pt
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