WTF?

A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>dir
Volume in drive A is DATA
Volume Serial Number is DCA1-B951
Directory of A:\CSC153\PROJECTS
08/19/2008  23:39    <DIR>          .
08/19/2008  23:39    <DIR>          ..
08/19/2008  23:39    <DIR>          HelloWorld
08/19/2008  22:58    <DIR>          InvoiceTotal
08/19/2008  22:58    <DIR>          VSMacros80
08/19/2008  22:58    <DIR>          WindowsFormsApplication1
0 File(s)              0 bytes
6 Dir(s)  67,751,673,856 bytes free
A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>cd HelloWorld
Invalid directory
A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>cd HelloWorld
Invalid directory
A:\CSC153\PROJECTS>cd HELLOWORLD
Invalid directory

I really hate that long file-name barrier! It is so easy to go over 8 characters and not even notice.