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[–] markz@suppo.fi 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Like the guy with the NULL plate who got all the tickets for which no number could be found.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 10 points 1 month ago

Truly a tragic tale.

This username means you also get "mentioned" a lot in big chatrooms where people post code/logs

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Honestly, as annoying as that'd probably be, it'd also be great. You could likely argue any ticket was a mistake.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read an article once about a guy who got a NO PLATE licence plate and ended up being automatically blamed whenever a cop wrote in that a car had no licence plate. I wonder what 0X00000 would do.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that's what I was actually thinking of but I mixed it up.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They both seem equally plausible. "NO PLATE" would be officers writing it in, and if they left it blank the computer would turn it into NULL.

I bet "BLANK" could cause similar issues

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Little Bobby Tables got his driver's license.