It was 2 am one morning when two mad men were on the phone.

"We must think of a title", one said.

"Yes...zzz...yes, we err... must - yes!"

This is the problem with BT's wonderful invention "press five for ring-back." Oh sure, the phone rings when the other person is available - but what if the other person was on the net from early to late evening, tying up the phone line? He might have been watching the stunning Apple QuickTime TV event the night after it was screened live, for example.

It's just after midnight, time for bed - I'll just disconnect... ring...

"What's the opposite to renegade?"

"Why? Oh, I see - good idea?"

"Conformist?"

"Yes."

"I know, we'll call it the conformist CD!"

"Ha - ha, that's great, I like it - the opposite to renegade, very clever!"

"No it's silly, we can't call it that - no one will get it!"

"Oh they will, I think it's funny..."

"No - I know, we'll call it Millennium Compendium!"

"Nooooo [Kenneth Williams style], that's so tacky!"

"I like it!"

"No it's awful, and imagine trying to say it over and over - it's a real tongue twister: millennium compendium, millennium cmpeeuuuum, mielininiumium campendeneeemm..."

"You're right, it is awful, but the more you say it the more I like it!"

"Oh typical! You may think it's funny now, but when you're surrounded by a thousand of the bug..., I mean CDs..."

"You're right, but we can't think of anything better."

"I know, but if you're going to put that on it, I want to put Atari Computing's dates as 1996 to 1900!"

"The millennium bug joke?"

"Exactly! How funny is that?"

"Yeah, but everyone will think we've made a mistake!"

"Oh."

We decide to call it "The Millennium Compendium".

Yet early next morning...ring... "MILLENNIUM time.capsule"...

Of course, this is pure fiction and any resemblance to real people...