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Re:What to do when an airline website doesn't accept your le... by readthenotes1 on Saturday April 06, 2024 @05:26PM (#39955727)
Sabre started around 1960. They still had playing cards back then so we can't go hyperbolic and talk about "house of chicken knuckles" though.

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It is pretty amazing how complicated names are if you want them something other than just "your full name as it appears on government ID". Even the casual idea of a "first name" is culturally centered...

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Re:What to do when an airline website doesn't accept your le... by shoo on Saturday April 06, 2024 @05:47PM (#39955888)
> Sabre started around 1960. They still had playing cards back then

Apparently there's evidence of playing cards in Europe from around 1370, which predates powered flight, electricity, the difference engine ... but not double-entry book-keeping (1299).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_game

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Re:What to do when an airline website doesn't accept your le... by Muromec on Saturday April 06, 2024 @05:52PM (#39955937)
> something other than just "your full name as it appears on government ID"

Even that is complicated. I have several ids that spell my full name in a slightly different way. They also disagree with each other regarding which part of it is "first" or "given" name.

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