Well, do remember this can be done at near zero-cost to RAM on the player, so "not seeing an application for it" in the eyes of some user(s) is no reason not to do it.

Here's some more examples between the two extremes.. my knowledge of trivial is horrible, so I don't know the real dates, but messages like these could pop up"

"On this date, Hugo listened to the first mp3 on the prototype"

"Ohio Cincinnatti (spelling?) Empeg Meet today!"

"Empeg BBS Aniversary Day"

"1000th Player sold on this day in 2001"

"yn0t_ finally hit Pooh-Bah today in 2002"

etc..


Kinda like a wandering "Fortune Cookie" database for us ancient UNIX types.

Cheers