Reader Thelasko writes:Thelasko compares it to the XKCD comic about Bobby Tables , though it's a real problem that's also been experienced by a Hawaiian woman named Janice Keihanaikukauakahihulihe'ekahaunaele, whose last name exceeds the 36-character limit on state ID cards. And in 2010, programmer John Graham-Cumming complained about web sites (including Yahoo) which refused to accept hyphenated last names . Programmer Patrick McKenzie pointed the BBC to a 2011 W3C post highlighting the key issues with names , along with his own list of common mistaken assumptions . "They don't necessarily test for the edge cases," McKenzie says, noting that even when filing his own income taxes in Japan, his last name exceeds the number of characters allowed.