{"id":3643,"date":"2002-10-14T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2002-10-14T17:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2002-10-14T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2002-10-14T17:29:31","slug":"whats_in_a_name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/14\/whats_in_a_name.html","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand college student gets promotional CD from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Student puts CD into girlfriend&#8217;s computer.<\/p>\n<p>Media player software on girlfriend&#8217;s PC looks on the Internet in various online databases for the music track titles, artists, etc., and doesn&#8217;t find them.<\/p>\n<p>Media player software asks student to put track titles, artist names, etc. in.<\/p>\n<p>Student, thinking the media player software is going to store the information on girlfriend&#8217;s PC, puts in scatological names like &#8220;Wee on My Face&#8221; and &#8220;Maybe I Fart on Your Face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Student chuckles over the joke, imagining what his girlfriend will say when she sees it.<\/p>\n<p>Media player software stores the input track titles, artist names, etc., in the Gracenote music database on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Other orchestra subscribers get the same CD.<\/p>\n<p>They load them on their computers.<\/p>\n<p>Their media players look on the Internet for the track titles, artist names, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wired News: Kiwi Symphony's Errant Scat Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/news\/culture\/0,1284,55701,00.html\">Hilarity ensues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2002_10_01_archive.html#85551849\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand college student gets promotional CD from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. 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