http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/11/fun-big-brother-ish-tools/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/11/fun-big-brother-ish-tools/#comment-279 Brian Herzog Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:35:06 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=185#comment-279 Speaking of this, I was helping a patron a few weeks ago try to sign up for a dating website. Even though we typed in “01824″ we kept getting an error saying “zip code must be five digits.” Obviously, neither of these companies are on the East Coast.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/09/11/fun-big-brother-ish-tools/#comment-278 Chris Skaryd Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:56:39 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=185#comment-278 I find it (as a programmer) extraordinarily funny that they have a leading zero problem in their display for your chosen zip code.

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