Change the way how finder truncates file names Finder truncates file names (and other things). Is there a way of changing this behaviour?

example: i have a file with a names 

long_file_name_that_i_do_care_about.txt
long_file_name_that_i_do_not_care_about.txt


but what i see is

long_file_..._care_about.txt
long_file_..._care_about.txt


So my main question is how get Finder to cut off only the end of the file so i can actually see the difference? And why is Finder truncating dates and file sizes too?
I don't believe there is a way to change that - it's thought that it is more common to have the part of the file that differs be at the end of the name (i.e. Holidays and other important days 2010.xls vs. Holidays and other important days 2011.xls).

As to the dates and file sizes being truncated, are you using the List view in Finder? You can change the column width to see more.