re:Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh () hserus net>
> Date: November 27, 2009 10:38:41 AM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: provost () georgetown edu
> Subject: Re: [IP] Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!

> Do keep in mind, whatever is running something as big and mission  
> critical
> as this sort of stuff is likely to be on a mainframe. With lots of  
> older
> legacy mainframes somewhere in there too.
> Things haven't changed as much there as they have in other areas of
> computing .. stability is good, they say.
>
> And especially airline stuff is specced for sending over telex links /
> satellite links and such .. very very low bandwidth. So there's more
> special casing there too.
>
> Dave Farber [27/11/09 10:24 -0500]:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: "James J. O'Donnell" <provost () georgetown edu>
> > > Date: November 27, 2009 9:50:30 AM EST
> > > To: dave () farber net
> > > Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> > > Subject: Re: [IP] Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!
> >
> > > Dave, as an apostrophized American (who always thought it was an   
> > > educational advantage that I had to learn about apostrophes  
> > > several  years before my classmates did), I'm not too worried  
> > > about this one,  but I would be curious to hear from any IPers who  
> > > really know just why the apostrophe has remained such an issue for  
> > > some systems at this late date.  My various credit and bank cards  
> > > split down the middle, some with, some without the apostrophe.
> > >
> > > Jim O'Donnell
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net>   
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > > From: Randall Webmail <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> > > Date: November 26, 2009 10:49:08 PM EST
> > > To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com, dewayne () warpspeed com, dave () farber net
> > > Subject: From RISKS Digest
> > >
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:36:56 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Chris J Brady <chrisjbrady () yahoo com>
> > > Subject: Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!
> > >
> > > This is the stuff of nightmares - not to mention enormous  
> > > frustration and
> > > possible stomach ulcers. If you have an apostrophe in your name -  
> > > like many
> > > of Irish descent do - you may find it impossible to board an  
> > > airplane in the
> > > coming months. Why? Because airline computers can't print an   
> > > apostrophe on
> > > the boarding pass, the name on your boarding pass will not  
> > > exactly  match the
> > > name on your driver's license or passport. And beginning next  
> > > year,  the two
> > > must match or you don't fly. And they call this progress. CJB.
> > >
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