Engineering geek names son version 2.0 (funny) - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

BuddyHawks · 02-01-2004, 10:50 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/0....ap/index.html

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Engineering geek names son version 2.0

Sunday, February 1, 2004 Posted: 5:15 PM EST (2215 GMT)
HOLLAND, Michigan (AP) -- Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy's name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming his newborn son.

Jon Blake Cusack talked his wife, Jamie, into naming their son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0.

Version 2.0 was born Tuesday at Holland Community Hospital, and the proud parents took him home Friday.

"I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake," Cusack, who is self-employed with Westshore Design and Cusack Music, told The Holland Sentinel.

He said he had the idea for a few months, and spent the better part of that time persuading his wife to go along.

Jamie Cusack said she didn't concede until the week before the birth. She said she had "picked out the theme of the baby's room and done other things. I decided to let Jon have this."

After 2.0's birth, the Cusacks sent out an electronic birth announcement.

"I wrote in the birth announcement e-mail stuff, like there's a lot of features from version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie," Jon Cusack said.

/edit - removed the baby picture

Made me laugh.

skier · 02-01-2004, 11:00 PM

cute kid. But that is really nerdy. wow.

I think he's going to have a tough time through grade school

genstylez · 02-01-2004, 11:21 PM

"I wrote in the birth announcement e-mail stuff, like there's a lot of features from version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie," Jon Cusack said.

That's like advertising for AOL. It comes with new upgrades and software too. I bet this kid gets his ass beat at least 10 times by High school.

Sleepyjack · 02-01-2004, 11:21 PM

few, i thought his name was just going to be Version 2.0 for a minute

hmm it's not that bad, but it's fairly unimagitive and also a tad narcistic to name your son the same as you? (that goes for jr etc as well) Just my opinion though

onodrim · 02-01-2004, 11:44 PM

Lol, thats great. Very entertaining story, but I do think the poor kid will get some serious teasing over it.

indiretto · 02-01-2004, 11:51 PM

Poor kid, you know he's going to change his name.

Confederate · 02-02-2004, 01:46 AM

hmmm now why didn't I think of that

dragon2fire · 02-02-2004, 01:58 AM

what a nerd

no not geek that anit worthy of geek

aarchaon · 02-02-2004, 03:56 AM

Good god, why, fucking why? Why is it that people are naming their offspring truly horrendous names? Do they not wish them to fit in?

nukeu666 · 02-02-2004, 04:42 AM

poor kid
atleast he's not gonna have as hard a time as the woman who wanted to call her kid osama bin laden

Nefir · 02-02-2004, 05:39 AM

That was cruel and inconsiderate. Mr.Cusack has given to his son a lifetime of bureaucratic problems ("I'm sorry, sir, but we cannot deposit your check.. there is no account under that name, and I cannot enter numbers in the name field"), and schooltime ridicule.

I mean, its great to be original and all, but this is just silly...

Phaenx · 02-02-2004, 07:13 AM

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneerd.

I'd kick my dads ass and take his lunch money if he did that to me.

feelgood · 02-02-2004, 07:42 AM

Does that mean he'll be upgaded as he grows up?

filtherton · 02-02-2004, 08:18 AM

2.0 will be obsolete as soon as 3.0 comes out.

niteowl · 02-02-2004, 09:19 AM

WOW! I feel sorry for that kid, children can be really mean and they'er sure to get on that one. Some parents can't see the big picture.

bundy · 02-02-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by filtherton
2.0 will be obsolete as soon as 3.0 comes out.

lol.
yeah, thats pretty tough.
i'd be upset if my folks called me v3.0... but maybe prep school would have been more interesting.

mbchills · 02-02-2004, 05:32 PM

hahaha good stuff

yes pretty nerdy, but to each his own

Reese · 02-02-2004, 06:16 PM

They have Jr. and Sr. and the 3rd, and 4th.. Jon blake 2.0 is the logical next step in naming children. It's not like he's going to use it everywhere.

Harshaw · 02-02-2004, 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by cybermike
"I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake," Cusack, who is self-employed with Westshore Design and Cusack Music, told The Holland Sentinel.

Am I missing something? Couldn't he have been something like Aaron? Or Mike? Or is there some law about child nameing that I didn't know about?

ubertuber · 02-02-2004, 06:42 PM

I suspect he'll be hearing people call him "Number 2" quite a bit with their pinkies in their mouths...

dragon2fire · 02-02-2004, 08:56 PM

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Originally posted by ubertuber
I suspect he'll be hearing people call him "Number 2" quite a bit with their pinkies in their mouths...

if only he was 1.0

you have the brige number 1

pyraxis · 02-02-2004, 08:56 PM

Poor kid. I'm all for geekdom but... That's something I might name my pet but not a person who's going to have to live with it their whole life.

EbolaVirus · 02-03-2004, 04:44 AM

That kid is going to get his assed kicked when he gets to high school

Bookman · 02-03-2004, 07:44 AM

Linkee

Quote:

Man Takes Software Approach
To Naming His Son
2-2-4

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy's name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming his newborn son.

Jon Blake Cusack talked his wife, Jamie, into naming their son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0.

Version 2.0 was born Tuesday at Holland Community Hospital, and the proud parents took him home Friday.

"I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake," Cusack, who is self-employed with Westshore Design and Cusack Music, told the Holland Sentinel.

He said he had the idea for a few months, and spent the better part of that time persuading his wife to go along.

Jamie Cusack said she didn't concede until the week before the birth. She said she had "picked out the theme of the baby's room and done other things. I decided to let Jon have this."

After 2.0's birth, the Cusacks sent out an electronic birth announcement.

"I wrote in the birth announcement e-mail stuff, like there's a lot of features from version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie," Jon Cusack said.

denim · 02-03-2004, 10:23 AM

Weeeelllll, if he's Number 2, they can call him "shit" or "Avis"... or "Try Harder".

illesturban · 02-03-2004, 10:30 AM

you have GOT to be kidding me! That is just plain...NERDY! LMFAO. Is it even possible to give someone a "2.0" suffix? I didn't know that. I'd kill my dad if he did that to me. Fuck that, I'd kill my MOTHER for letting him do it. haha i can't believe it.

seizei · 02-03-2004, 10:46 AM

Next headline:

Version 2.0 recalled

Jon Blake Cusack, and wife Jamie, were jailed today for endangering the welfare of their baby. Investigators found high levels of nicotene in the baby Jon's body.

Mr. and Mrs. Cusack said they felt compelled to give their child a 'patch', and subsequent patches on an almost weekly basis.

"It was like the patches just went on automatically - we didn't even realize that we had installed them on our baby", remarked the father.

Custody of the child has been awarded to Microsoft, who bought the Cusacks out in an effort to reduce competition.

cheerios · 02-03-2004, 11:27 AM

LOL that's awesome seizei

02-01-2004, 11:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
skier Rawr! Location: Edmontania	cute kid. But that is really nerdy. wow. I think he's going to have a tough time through grade school __________________ "Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim

02-01-2004, 11:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
genstylez Tilted Location: :D	"I wrote in the birth announcement e-mail stuff, like there's a lot of features from version 1.0 with additional features from Jamie," Jon Cusack said. That's like advertising for AOL. It comes with new upgrades and software too. I bet this kid gets his ass beat at least 10 times by High school. __________________ Everything in it's right place...

02-01-2004, 11:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Lol, thats great. Very entertaining story, but I do think the poor kid will get some serious teasing over it. __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

02-01-2004, 11:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
indiretto Tilted Location: USA, Oregon	Poor kid, you know he's going to change his name. __________________ Happy Tree Friends... It’s more fun than a stick.

02-02-2004, 03:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
aarchaon Insane	Good god, why, fucking why? Why is it that people are naming their offspring truly horrendous names? Do they not wish them to fit in? __________________ Green. Yellow. Blue.

02-01-2004, 11:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	few, i thought his name was just going to be Version 2.0 for a minute hmm it's not that bad, but it's fairly unimagitive and also a tad narcistic to name your son the same as you? (that goes for jr etc as well) Just my opinion though

02-02-2004, 01:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	hmmm now why didn't I think of that

02-02-2004, 01:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
dragon2fire Junkie	what a nerd no not geek that anit worthy of geek

02-02-2004, 04:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
nukeu666 Junkie Location: India	poor kid atleast he's not gonna have as hard a time as the woman who wanted to call her kid osama bin laden __________________ Why did the Comp. Engineer get X-mas and Halloween mixed up? Because Oct(31) == Dec(25)

02-02-2004, 05:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	That was cruel and inconsiderate. Mr.Cusack has given to his son a lifetime of bureaucratic problems ("I'm sorry, sir, but we cannot deposit your check.. there is no account under that name, and I cannot enter numbers in the name field"), and schooltime ridicule. I mean, its great to be original and all, but this is just silly... __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance

02-02-2004, 07:13 AM	#12 (permalink)
Phaenx The Northern Ward Location: Columbus, Ohio	Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneerd. I'd kick my dads ass and take his lunch money if he did that to me. __________________ "I went shopping last night at like 1am. The place was empty and this old woman just making polite conversation said to me, 'where is everyone??' I replied, 'In bed, same place you and I should be!' Took me ten minutes to figure out why she gave me a dirty look." --Some guy

02-02-2004, 07:42 AM	#13 (permalink)
feelgood Free Mars! Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time	Does that mean he'll be upgaded as he grows up? __________________ Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war

02-02-2004, 08:18 AM	#14 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	2.0 will be obsolete as soon as 3.0 comes out.

02-02-2004, 09:19 AM	#15 (permalink)
niteowl Addict Location: Georgia	WOW! I feel sorry for that kid, children can be really mean and they'er sure to get on that one. Some parents can't see the big picture.

02-02-2004, 05:32 PM	#17 (permalink)
mbchills Insane Location: NJ	hahaha good stuff yes pretty nerdy, but to each his own __________________ rawr.

02-02-2004, 06:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	They have Jr. and Sr. and the 3rd, and 4th.. Jon blake 2.0 is the logical next step in naming children. It's not like he's going to use it everywhere. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

02-02-2004, 06:42 PM	#20 (permalink)
ubertuber spudly Location: Ellay	I suspect he'll be hearing people call him "Number 2" quite a bit with their pinkies in their mouths... __________________ Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam

02-02-2004, 08:56 PM	#22 (permalink)
pyraxis Tilted Location: Somewhere between Arborea and Bytopia	Poor kid. I'm all for geekdom but... That's something I might name my pet but not a person who's going to have to live with it their whole life. __________________ "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." -Emerson

02-03-2004, 04:44 AM	#23 (permalink)
EbolaVirus Insane Location: Michigan	That kid is going to get his assed kicked when he gets to high school

02-03-2004, 10:23 AM	#25 (permalink)
denim Banned Location: Massachusetts, USA	Weeeelllll, if he's Number 2, they can call him "shit" or "Avis"... or "Try Harder".

02-03-2004, 10:30 AM	#26 (permalink)
illesturban Psycho Location: Lubbock, TX	you have GOT to be kidding me! That is just plain...NERDY! LMFAO. Is it even possible to give someone a "2.0" suffix? I didn't know that. I'd kill my dad if he did that to me. Fuck that, I'd kill my MOTHER for letting him do it. haha i can't believe it.

02-03-2004, 10:46 AM	#27 (permalink)
seizei Purple Monkey Dishwasher Location: CFB Gagetown, NB, CANADA	Next headline: Version 2.0 recalled Jon Blake Cusack, and wife Jamie, were jailed today for endangering the welfare of their baby. Investigators found high levels of nicotene in the baby Jon's body. Mr. and Mrs. Cusack said they felt compelled to give their child a 'patch', and subsequent patches on an almost weekly basis. "It was like the patches just went on automatically - we didn't even realize that we had installed them on our baby", remarked the father. Custody of the child has been awarded to Microsoft, who bought the Cusacks out in an effort to reduce competition. __________________ "If you're not weird, you're not interesting". I'm very interesting ... seizei; (adv - Japanese) at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible. (pronounced - say-zay)

02-03-2004, 11:27 AM	#28 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	LOL that's awesome seizei