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The screenshot is from an iPhone, which doesn't have uBlock.
"Keeping the Faith" from his album An Innocent Man.
Glazba. It's a music player that allows for playing files in various formats, including FLAC. Song files can be uploaded to the phone through the app via web browser over Wi-Fi, or it can play music files stored on any of several cloud-storage services. Considering that I've ripped my entire 1000+ CD collection to FLAC, and considering that it contains a number of albums not available through streaming services, this app has been quite useful.
Glazba. It's a music player that allows for playing files in various formats, including FLAC. Song files can be uploaded to the phone through the app via web browser over Wi-Fi, or it can play music files stored on any of several cloud-storage services. Considering that I've ripped my entire 1000+ CD collection to FLAC, and considering that it contains a number of albums not available through streaming services, this app has been quite useful.
It's a good story, but it turns out to be a folk etymology. Two good articles discuss this issue: one from the New York Times and one from Computerworld.
THINK TANK; If There's a Bug in the Etymology, You May Never Get It Out
Laurence Zuckerman column notes use of term 'bug' to describe computer problem preceded incident in which moth was plucked out of early computer, incident has entered folk etymology as source of term; notes computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper often told story; photo (M)
It's a good story, but it's a folk etymology.
See the articles in the New York Times and Computerworld.
THINK TANK; If There's a Bug in the Etymology, You May Never Get It Out
Laurence Zuckerman column notes use of term 'bug' to describe computer problem preceded incident in which moth was plucked out of early computer, incident has entered folk etymology as source of term; notes computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper often told story; photo (M)