Friday, February 6, 2004
US father names son 'Version 2.0'
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 03:00 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3451207.stm
"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."
Poor kid. I am a "III" and took enough grief over that in school. To make matters worse, I had credit problems because, fresh out of school, somehow much of my dad's debt wound up on my credit report and it took some work to clear up. Things like III and Jr. are fairly common. I can see "2.0" getting dropped from this kids name and causing confusion. And no - not everyone that checks credit uses social security numbers. :roll: I've even filled in online forms that have Jr and III suffixes available. I doubt 2.0 will be there for him.
Have a good weekend all!
"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."
Poor kid. I am a "III" and took enough grief over that in school. To make matters worse, I had credit problems because, fresh out of school, somehow much of my dad's debt wound up on my credit report and it took some work to clear up. Things like III and Jr. are fairly common. I can see "2.0" getting dropped from this kids name and causing confusion. And no - not everyone that checks credit uses social security numbers. :roll: I've even filled in online forms that have Jr and III suffixes available. I doubt 2.0 will be there for him.
Have a good weekend all!
