Software designers often bestow pet names upon their projects. When Apple programmers named a beta (test) version of a novel software application "Sagan" in honor of the renowned astronomer Carl Sagan, the latter - incredibly - threatened to sue. Naturally, Apple backed down, renaming the application "BHA". Only later did Sagan discover that the new name was in fact an acronym - for "Butt-Head Astronomer"!
The perverse incentives of academia
6 years ago
1 comment:
Seriously? That's hilarious!
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