02-06-2004, 11:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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US father names son 'Version 2.0'
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!
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02-06-2004, 11:01 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Just think about it, all those online forms that have a drop-down box for Jr., Sr., II, III, etc. will have to update :wink:
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02-06-2004, 11:13 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Interestingly, the Hindi (native language of India) word for son is beta. Is it any surprise that India is taking over the IT world by storm? ;-)
Suhit
Proud to be Indian 
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02-06-2004, 11:14 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2004
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:roll:
 ukeface2:
:frusty:
The fark thread on this was really funny!
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02-06-2004, 11:20 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I read about this somewhere before and I thought it was the funniest thing! Maybe his next offspring will be named Version 2.1r3 that includes minor enhancements, bug fixes and known issues.
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Regards,Matt
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02-06-2004, 11:24 PM
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What happens if he has to scrap the codebase and start over? <gulp> 8O
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02-06-2004, 11:31 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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They were saying that the son of Jon Blake Cusack 2.0 should be called Jon Blake Cusack 3.0 :roll:
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02-06-2004, 11:36 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2002
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In Ireland you are often named after the grandfather rather than the father. So the problem with junior and senior doesn't really arise. In my case I was named after my grandfather on my fathers side. I only meet him once, or so I am told. I don't remmember anything about the meeting although I do have some black and white pictures of the event.
It is a nice tradition and one which I would probably follow, if I had any children.
If you think about it the father is naming his son after his father. Which means when he uses his son's name he is reminded of his own father. Which for me is kind of nice. To name my child (if I had one) after myself smacks of conceit. But that is only my opinion and I hope I don't offend anyone with my opinion.
Clavain
ps before anyone berates me for my poor spelling and writing, it is very late and I have just finished off a very nice bottle of wine. A poor excuse but one which I am sticking to. :-)
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02-06-2004, 11:36 PM
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02-06-2004, 11:38 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 476
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I've heard of people upgrading to Wife 2.0 or Husband 2.0...
- but this son thing is a new one.
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