As I understand it, back in the olden days where every bit was valuable, early computers could do either lower case or upper case, and some manager plumped for upper case, because that way you wouldn't take The Lord's name in vain by calling him just 'god'.
Oh, I doubt it's the only reason, and quite possibly not even the main one. Given that forms typically ask(ed) you to fill them out in block capitals, following that suit was probably the path of least resistance.
Still, I like to think that some guy, somewhere, proudly used the God argument as what he thought to be the clincher.
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Date: 2013-06-12 10:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-06-13 12:06 am (UTC)Not an unbelievable one, given American religion, I admit, but it still sounds suspicious.
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Date: 2013-06-13 12:10 am (UTC)Still, I like to think that some guy, somewhere, proudly used the God argument as what he thought to be the clincher.
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Date: 2013-06-13 01:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-13 05:57 pm (UTC)Source: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/navy-ends-century-and-a-half-of-all-caps-messages/
If you think that's laughably obsolete, remember that there are still private-sector banks whose systems only allow 8-character passwords.