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jake Silver badge

Re: I've got a suggestion...

"We don't suddenly become confused and bewildered"

Misdirection. Human emotional condition is a wetware issue.

"if someone writes "lord of the rings" instead of "Lord of the Rings"

Actually, the two are quite different.

Consider the gymnasts in the Rings competition in the recent Olympics[0].

Down the Pub, one might say "Blimey! That dude is Lord of the Rings!" for the winner of the Gold Medal. Likewise, one would say "The other dude is lord of the rings in his country." And yes, if you are listening, you can hear the inflection, and so the meaning and intent in the spoken word.

"neither should computers."

More misdirection. The computer's file system doesn't know anything, all it does is store things for you. In this scenario, you might put general pictures of the Rings competition into a directory called "lord of the rings" out of pure whimsy, but the photos of the medal winner in a separate folder called "Lord of the Rings". Both have completely different, and meaningful (to you!), names.

[0]Did they even have a Rings competition this year? I neither know, nor care.

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