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Woman Whose Last Name Is "Null" Keeps Running Into Trouble With Computer Systems
Ever felt like you're just not meant for this modern age? Try having the last name "Null." Err, sorry. Please try again. Null is the same word used in computer systems the world over to indicate "no value." That's not the same as the number zero, mind you. It's more like telling the computer there's nothing to see here yet. So in a field for someone's phone number, for example, a "null" there would mean that no number had been entered. For those of a certain surname, this creates quite the heada
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