Comments on: Namespace update http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/2008/05/namespace/ A software engineer stuck in Manchester and Java Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stian Soiland-Reyes » Blog Archive » The curious case of Steve Rice http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/2008/05/namespace/#comment-48 Stian Soiland-Reyes » Blog Archive » The curious case of Steve Rice Sat, 16 May 2009 15:53:15 +0000 http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/?p=12#comment-48 [...] it - a new blog posting from Stian. By pure coincidence related to earlier postings about pizza and names. Mainly written on my sturdy Nokia N80 telecommunication device while on the road, carefully [...] [...] it - a new blog posting from Stian. By pure coincidence related to earlier postings about pizza and names. Mainly written on my sturdy Nokia N80 telecommunication device while on the road, carefully [...]

]]> By: Tracy http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/2008/05/namespace/#comment-38 Tracy Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:08:52 +0000 http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/?p=12#comment-38 Geez, how'd I even get to this article. Oh yeah, through google, on a quest for 'css no frames'! Well, I don't know y'all, but congrats on your marriage!! Living in the US, this made for a very interesting read. The only time I've ever heard of ppl using surnames, is if they're a celebrity and get married... or if they're some sort of professional and want to keep their current last name in addition to their married name, for business reasons. I've just never heard of a guy going through any name changes due to a marriage. Whew! What a mess! I sure hope it smooths out for you so y'all can live 'happily ever after'! :) Oh, and thanks for the "Emulating frames with CSS"! I appreciate the help! :) God Bless, <-- I like the part of not being able to use 'Jesus' as a first name... LOL! Tracy Geez, how’d I even get to this article. Oh yeah, through google, on a quest for ‘css no frames’! Well, I don’t know y’all, but congrats on your marriage!! Living in the US, this made for a very interesting read. The only time I’ve ever heard of ppl using surnames, is if they’re a celebrity and get married… or if they’re some sort of professional and want to keep their current last name in addition to their married name, for business reasons. I’ve just never heard of a guy going through any name changes due to a marriage. Whew! What a mess! I sure hope it smooths out for you so y’all can live ‘happily ever after’! :) Oh, and thanks for the “Emulating frames with CSS”! I appreciate the help! :)

God Bless, <– I like the part of not being able to use ‘Jesus’ as a first name… LOL!
Tracy

]]> By: Graham Gregory http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/2008/05/namespace/#comment-36 Graham Gregory Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:14:49 +0000 http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/?p=12#comment-36 Dear Stian, We Brits have the same problems in proving our identity. I recently wanted to open a new bank account over the internet with a mainstream bank and although I already had an account with them, they wanted fresh proof that I am who I say I am. I took my passport and a utility bill to the local police station and the uniformed officer on duty did me the service of putting the official police station stamp on copies of each plus his own signature, certifying they were true copies of the originals (as required by the bank). He spent about 10 - 15 minutes making the copies, filling in the accompanying form etc etc and I thought what a thorough job had been done. But no! Two weeks later the bank tell me they can't accept the copies as true because the policeman had written his occupation as Charge Officer instead of Police Officer. Have you ever heard of anything so absurd? Anyway, with the weak £ and strong Nkr I'm now looking to open an account with a Norwegian Bank with a UK branch and keep all my cash in krone. Got no-where so far searching the internet. Any suggestions? Best wishes. Dear Stian,

We Brits have the same problems in proving our identity. I recently wanted to open a new bank account over the internet with a mainstream bank and although I already had an account with them, they wanted fresh proof that I am who I say I am. I took my passport and a utility bill to the local police station and the uniformed officer on duty did me the service of putting the official police station stamp on copies of each plus his own signature, certifying they were true copies of the originals (as required by the bank). He spent about 10 - 15 minutes making the copies, filling in the accompanying form etc etc and I thought what a thorough job had been done. But no! Two weeks later the bank tell me they can’t accept the copies as true because the policeman had written his occupation as Charge Officer instead of Police Officer. Have you ever heard of anything so absurd?

Anyway, with the weak £ and strong Nkr I’m now looking to open an account with a Norwegian Bank with a UK branch and keep all my cash in krone. Got no-where so far searching the internet. Any suggestions?

Best wishes.

]]> By: Morten Brekkevold http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/2008/05/namespace/#comment-20 Morten Brekkevold Wed, 14 May 2008 07:05:02 +0000 http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/?p=12#comment-20 Congrats on becoming a married man, Stian :-) Interesting reading about all the crazy obstacles to changing your name; can't say I had any problems changing to a compound surname after I got married. But then again, I still live in Norway, and no-one else was using Brekkevold as surname :) The only minor hassle was that Norwegian credit card companies don't update from the National ID Registry based on your personal ID number, so I needed to mail them a copy of my name change certificate. Peace. Congrats on becoming a married man, Stian :-)

Interesting reading about all the crazy obstacles to changing your name; can’t say I had any problems changing to a compound surname after I got married. But then again, I still live in Norway, and no-one else was using Brekkevold as surname :)

The only minor hassle was that Norwegian credit card companies don’t update from the National ID Registry based on your personal ID number, so I needed to mail them a copy of my name change certificate.

Peace.

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