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From: Invisible
Subject: What's in a name?
Date: 21 Oct 2011 10:22:36
Message: <4ea1802c@news.povray.org>
We have a new guy starting on Monday. His name is Mr Wildgoose.

Now that's pretty bad already. But as it turns out, one of our systems 
can't handle such long names, so it get truncated to Mr Wildgoo. Which 
is just hilarious!


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Date: 21 Oct 2011 11:14:42
Message: <4ea18c62@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> But as it turns out, one of our systems can't handle such long names

  That's the real wtf.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Date: 21 Oct 2011 11:20:44
Message: <4ea18dcc@news.povray.org>
On 21/10/2011 04:14 PM, Warp wrote:
> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> But as it turns out, one of our systems can't handle such long names
>
>    That's the real wtf.

Well, yes it is. I blame NetBIOS...


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Date: 21 Oct 2011 13:44:27
Message: <4ea1af7b$1@news.povray.org>
On 10/21/2011 7:22, Invisible wrote:
> We have a new guy starting on Monday. His name is Mr Wildgoose.

His previous job was working for a bank called Chase.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Date: 24 Oct 2011 08:48:40
Message: <4ea55ea8$1@news.povray.org>
On 10/21/2011 12:44 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/21/2011 7:22, Invisible wrote:
>> We have a new guy starting on Monday. His name is Mr Wildgoose.
>
> His previous job was working for a bank called Chase.
>

Badum tshhh

-- 
~Mike


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