A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them land on their feet

Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by fao_ on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:24PM (#22901014)

Andrew Alexander Anthony Aadien Arthur?

edit: I know this is nonserious, but hell, if you wanted to do that and you live in the UK, you only have to fill out a deed poll and get it signed by someone :)

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Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by exdsq on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:37PM (#22901128)

Surely you mean Aadien Alexander Andrew Anthony Artur? ;)

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Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by cafard on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:46PM (#22901212)

Long ago I worked in support on a government contract where the first name in the email directory was Alan Aaron. There was no such person, but the account got plenty of email because it was so easy to include by mistake. The COTR's staff would go in now and then to clear it out.

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Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by james-skemp on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:58PM (#22901310)

I know of an organization that included a fake person on sold lists so that they could determine if the list was being used within the bounds of the contract. And it was useful for testing.

Similar reason for Alan Aaron?

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Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by fao_ on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:52PM (#22901263)

Suddenly I'm getting a throwback to the "Aaron A Aaron" scene from Hot Fuzz

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Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by LucasBrandt on Friday April 17, 2020 @02:35PM (#22901609)

https://youtu.be/pT6hEQ-ktNQ

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Re:A list of all the great engineers laid off. Help them lan... by mywittyname on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:41PM (#22901168)

I was thinking Maybe Aaron Aable.

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