Date   : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:17:46 +0000
From   : afra@... (Phill Harvey-Smith)
Subject: No wonder CompSci graduates are unemployed

Rick Murray wrote:
> On 03/11/2010 09:54, J.G.Harston wrote:
> 
>> Secretary: I'm going to be busy all afternoon because I've got
>> to go through the membership list splitting peoples' names into
>> firstname and surname.
> 
> Argh! I actually find this *painful*!

And of course being pedantic that wouldn't always work anyway, as in 
some cultures the first name *IS* the surname and the given name is 
second.....

Cheers.

Phill.