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Man's name too rude for MS Passport
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Posted by: Canis Lupus
This man probably doesn't know who to blame - Microsoft or his parents.
The Register reports of a man named James Woodcock who wrote a short article about trying to sign up for MS Passport, and having been rejected because his name was considered "offensive" and "prohibited". The man didn't really think his name was THAT offensive...
That is, until the fateful day recently when trying to sign up for Passport. When I try I get a little message that says "Your lastname contains a word that has been reserved or is prohibited for .NET Passport registration. Please type in a different lastname". If only the registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages had said something similar 25 years ago...
An amusing flaw or an intended filter? You decide. Read the full article here.
Source: The Register
Posted by: redwench
thats not an abnormal last name, ms should be a bit more careful with its filtering. but its funny as hell......
Posted by: tkron
I remember about 5 years ago, I was trying to run something down on the Microsoft web site, and IE would hang at a particular spot, every time. I finally went to Netscape, and was aboe to get past the hanging problem.
I thought it hystairical that I needed to run Netscape in order to successully view certain areas of MS's web site.
Posted by: SKYHN
Now theres a REAL porn* name! 
Posted by: woofee cookie
Had a friend, Frank Sluts (pronounced SLOOTS), that might have trouble signing up for Passport. Woody
Woodpecker might be rejected too.....
Posted by: Shalome
People I know with questionable names:
Jenni Kuntz (pronounced KOONT-SEE)
Mike Hunt (a little league coach who gets teased by his players)
Person in local phone book with questionable name:
Lo Hung **** (and doesn't speak english either)
Posted by: Tecil
There is a guy here in the Boise phone book named.
Dick Buttram - (pronounced BUT Tram)
I saw that when I was in high school, and knew he must get a lot of prank calls.
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