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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:51:46 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:09:17 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:47:57 -0800, Daniel Pitts
> <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>> Why go to the hassle of changing your legal name? It's not like giving
>>> false information to large corporate marketing departments^W^W^W^Wweb
>>> forms is an offense under the law or anything. ;) At most it's a TOS
>>> violation and the account you create won't last long (cf. Facebook,
>>> Google Plus).
>>Because if I change my legal name, then I have legal recourse for them
>>discriminating against me ;-).
> 
> <perry mason>
>      "Your Honour, we have documented proof in writing of the
> defendant's intent to commit computer hacking.  Exhibit A is a name
> change application that the defendant ..."
>
Something similar happened in real life in Australia during the late '70s.

A natural anarchist, name of Ivor Stowe, heard that the federal tax 
system had a validation rule to exclude surnames of less than two 
letters, so promptly changed his legal name to Ivor H. I knew Ivor - he 
was a most interesting character. 

I can't remember what the effect was though: presumably the tax system 
was changed to require at least one letter in a surname.


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