That’s What He Gets for Complaining

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer Inc., after receiving a complaint from famed scientist Carl Sagan, has changed the internal code name for an upcoming model to “Butt-Head Astronomer” from “Carl Sagan,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Sagan asked the company to stop using his name after an article about the new computer appeared in MacWeek magazine, the newspaper said.

The computer is one of three Apple models that will use the PowerPC microprocessor, which was developed by an alliance of Apple, Motorola Inc. and International Business Machines Corp.

For those of tender sensibilities, Butt-Head Astronomer will be known as BHA for short.