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Unbelievable, especially in the days of few-hundred-kb memories, that someone had that idea and thought it was good.
by blt 12y ago
Unbelievable, especially in the days of few-hundred-kb memories, that someone had that idea and thought it was good.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoWell, if you restrict people to a list of 65536 names, you can just use the index into the list to save space on representation ;)
- GFischer 12y agoSome countries have a list of "approved" names, and it's very hard to register a name not in it, for example in Argentina, every province has a list of approved names, and you have to write a letter with the etymology of the name for it to get approved: http://www.planetamama.com.ar/nota/ley-nombres-como-registrar-un-nombre-raro http://www.planetamama.com.ar/nota/ley-nombres-como-registra... Law: http://www.sdh.gba.gov.ar/comunicacion/normativanacyprov/pueblosoriginarios/nacional/nac_ley18248.pdf http://www.sdh.gba.gov.ar/comunicacion/normativanacyprov/pue...
- byoung2 12y agoHow do these countries handle immigrants from countries where there are no such regulations?
- taejo 12y agoUsually, I think, by the simple expedient of allowing them to keep their names. However, ISTR that in Thailand there is a requirement for anyone who becomes a Thai citizen to adopt a new, unique Thai-style surname (only people who are actually related may share a surname).
- bostonpete 12y agoThey were probably concerned about people entering offensive words phrases that would presumably later be spit back by the computer so they went with a white list.