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Re:An employee, whose last name is Null, kills our employee ... by ColinDabritz on Friday April 27, 2012 @03:13PM (#3900636)
We should add these to the list!

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-b...

* No one has a name that is a reserved system keyword (Null, Nan, Unknown...)

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Re:An employee, whose last name is Null, kills our employee ... by read_wharf on Friday April 27, 2012 @09:15PM (#3901707)
I have received mail from SSA addressed to <myname> Unknown, because of confusion over my name.
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