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Main Area and Open Discussion => Living Room => Topic started by: Josh on October 12, 2009, 10:15 AM
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A proud US father and self-confessed engineering "geek" has named his son after a computer software term.
Jon Blake Cusack, from Holland, Michigan, told local newspapers the US practice of adding "Junior" or "II" after a boy's name was too common.
So, when his son was born last week, he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0, as if he were a software upgrade.
Mr Cusack admitted that it took months to persuade his wife, Jamie, to accept the idea.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3451207.stm)
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wow! That kind of takes geek to the next level.
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Geek 2.0, per se ;-)
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he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0
-Josh
Fair enough, but how do you teach him that it's rude two point?
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he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0
-Josh
Fair enough, but how do you teach him that it's rude two point?
-cranioscopical
and will he spend the rest of his life trying to make a floating point?
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he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0
-Josh
Fair enough, but how do you teach him that it's rude two point?
-cranioscopical
and will he spend the rest of his life trying to make a floating point?
-Target
Oh, if he tries that he'll soon come to a full stop!
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he decided on the name Jon Blake Cusack 2.0
-Josh
Fair enough, but how do you teach him that it's rude two point?
-cranioscopical
and will he spend the rest of his life trying to make a floating point?
-Target
Oh, if he tries that he'll soon come to a full stop!
-cranioscopical
you're decimalating me!
if he was the first child, would he also earn the tag 'beta'?
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Hmmmmmm, I don't see the big deal. The dude just came out of the dark ages of using Roman Numerals. If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
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And when the kid is lost, he has to ask for bi-directions?
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If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
totally impractical - just think how difficult it would be to communicate
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If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
totally impractical - just think how difficult it would be to communicate
-Target
Might even get him executed!
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If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
totally impractical - just think how difficult it would be to communicate
-Target
Might even get him executed!
-cranioscopical
think what he'd be like as a teenager, no grunts or sullen silences, just ones and zeros...
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This topic reminds me of the old xkcd.com comic: Exploits of a mom (http://xkcd.com/327/)
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If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
totally impractical - just think how difficult it would be to communicate
-Target
Might even get him executed!
-cranioscopical
think what he'd be like as a teenager, no grunts or sullen silences, just ones and zeros...
-Target
Might never come out of his shell. Even if he did, it might be with a resounding thunk!
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If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
totally impractical - just think how difficult it would be to communicate
-Target
Might even get him executed!
-cranioscopical
think what he'd be like as a teenager, no grunts or sullen silences, just ones and zeros...
-Target
Might never come out of his shell. Even if he did, it might be with a resounding thunk!
-MilesAhead
most likely you'd just get a BSOD...
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Reading the subject line, I thought the guy had named his son "2.0" and thought "what a complete dolt". This makes a strange sort of sense. Still, I doubt the kid'll be thanking his dad in the coming years...
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Reading the subject line, I thought the guy had named his son "2.0" and thought "what a complete dolt". This makes a strange sort of sense. Still, I doubt the kid'll be thanking his dad in the coming years...
-Darwin
At least he used a round number.. not 3.7Pre :)
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most likely you'd just get a BSOD...
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Well, I do declare!
Might never come out of his shell. Even if he did, it might be with a resounding thunk!-MilesAhead
Nice one, Miles! :Thmbsup:
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most likely you'd just get a BSOD...
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Well, I do declare!
Might never come out of his shell. Even if he did, it might be with a resounding thunk!-MilesAhead
Nice one, Miles! :Thmbsup:
-cranioscopical
Heh heh. I bet the fellow turns out to be a philosopher. "I thunk, therefore an instance of me exists!"
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one must wonder whether there's a song in this somewhere (Johnny Cache sings 'My name is Two, how do you do...')
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What happens when the next child comes along? Presumably a new version will be an upgrade and therefore they lose the right to the original version!
Presumably the poor kid will be relagated to a dusty cupboard where old software goes to be out of site (until the tidy up and throw out).
Seriously though how many parents actually think about the consequences when they inflict names on their offspring!
I once new a teacher called Rhoda, she married a friend called Andrew Dick.
Needless to say he adopted her surname after the wedding otherwise she would never have gone to school again!
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Seriously though how many parents actually think about the consequences when they inflict names on their offspring!
-Carol Haynes
About a third. Unfortunately.
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and will he spend the rest of his life trying to make a floating point?
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i lol'd
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Seriously though how many parents actually think about the consequences when they inflict names on their offspring!
-Carol Haynes
About a third. Unfortunately.
-40hz
Within each family.... ;)
Jim
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I wonder how the divorce papers will read? :P
Jim
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What happens when the next child comes along? Presumably a new version will be an upgrade and therefore they lose the right to the original version!
Presumably the poor kid will be relagated to a dusty cupboard where old software goes to be out of site (until the tidy up and throw out).
Seriously though how many parents actually think about the consequences when they inflict names on their offspring!
I once new a teacher called Rhoda, she married a friend called Andrew Dick.
Needless to say he adopted her surname after the wedding otherwise she would never have gone to school again!
-Carol Haynes
With the hyphenated names it could get pretty weird eventually. You could get a person with family name something like Butcher-Baker-Candlestick Maker .NET 10.9
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Hmmmmmm, I don't see the big deal. The dude just came out of the dark ages of using Roman Numerals. If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
If he did that, the "terrible twos" would give a whole new meaning to the term "DLL Hell". And 2.0 might give a new meaning to "terrible twos", now that I think about it. :P
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Hmmmmmm, I don't see the big deal. The dude just came out of the dark ages of using Roman Numerals. If he named the kid Jon Blake Cusack.dll that might be a different story(or even a whole library.)
-MilesAhead
If he did that, the "terrible twos" would give a whole new meaning to the term "DLL Hell". And 2.0 might give a new meaning to "terrible twos", now that I think about it. :P
-app103
Not only that but if somebody moves out of the house a message might pop up "This shared library is not being used by anyone. Delete it?" :)
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and did they get a birth certificate or EULA?
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and did they get a birth certificate or EULA?
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"By cutting the umbilical cord you accept this license agreement" the nastier parts of which cannot be examined until the kid takes a crap!! :hanged:
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40Hz names man "Dork." :P
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and did they get a birth certificate or EULA?
-Target
"By cutting the umbilical cord you accept this license agreement" the nastier parts of which cannot be examined until the kid takes a crap!! :hanged:
-MilesAhead
Ah yes, the Meconium clause...
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So the kid is bound to be a stool pigeon?
This reminds me of a cartoon I saw in Playboy. A flying saucer is coasting just above the tree tops. The alien and his wife are obviously on vacation. The husband says to the wife, to her disbelief, "this is a planet where everything they eat turns to sh*t!" She's utterly horrified!! :)
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So the kid is bound to be a stool pigeon?
-MilesAhead
I think one could pooh pooh that idea!
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So the kid is bound to be a stool pigeon?
-MilesAhead
I think one could pooh pooh that idea!
-cranioscopical
If he's annoying, just tell him to scat. ;)
edit: hmm, the way this conversation is going the mod may flush this thread instead of deleting. (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/2Signs/signs113.gif)
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the mod may flush this thread
-MilesAhead
Might depend on which operating cistern he's using. ;)
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Hmmmmmmmm, they should add a "nose pinching" avatar for this subject matter. :)