February 03, 2004

Techie Names Baby Version 2.0 Version 2.0 was born Tuesday at Holland Community Hospital, and the proud parents took him home Friday. He's got his father's JavaScript and his mother's CSS.
posted by scartol 20 years ago
  • Well, at least he wasn't a beta test.
  • If this kid grows up to be a serial killer... (sign.) Couldn't these geeks have named him Han Solo or something. That bad, but 2.0 is terible.
  • Naming your kid after yourself is just plain tacky. 2.0 is no tackier than II or III, while being a good deal less pretentious. Solution? Exercise some actual imagination, and name the kid something other than your name. But not too much imagination - excessive y's are just scary. The best names are from 1900-1910.
  • I first read the post to suggest that they had named the kid "Versions 2.0" which I thought quite appauling. Now I understand it correctly, and just think it is lame, but tend to agree with those who don't distinguish between it and Jr. and II. But the inner dork in me wishes a bit more thought had gone into it and the kid were given a more accurate version number (based on some complicated genetic formulations). If you are gonna do something dorky, may as well do it right.
  • jb: Some of those names are pretty interesting. Who names their kid "N"?? Look how much stephen/steven has increased. The most interesting statistic, though, would probably have to be the number of Marys... on the male side! There's probably all kinds of really interesting cultural statistics you could find. For instance, don't the womens' names seem to sound far more antiquated than the mens'?
  • I haven't seen any tendency lately to name a child after an historical figure that one admires. Relatives of mine in the 1800's were named after Isaac Newton and James Polk. That always seemed cool to me. And, yes, naming children after one's self has always made me cringe, especially since I wound up with a bunch of relations named John Martin (last name omitted to protect me), which makes it difficult to specify whom you're talking about - you have to give the complete genealogy to make sure that everyone knows which John you're telling a tale on. We're into the fifth generation, now.
  • Less traditional names for babies are catching on fast. Tres chav, non?
  • That kid is going to get his ass kicked.