Solid-state storage is a reasonably simple affair, not likely lending itself to levity or enjoyable. So are you able to blame somebody deep within the software program division of Kingston for expressing their style within the type of…firmware notes? One person was shocked to search out track lyrics from the 2002 Coldplay song The Scientist in one of many .bin recordsdata in Kingston controller firmware.

Nicholas Starke noticed the track lyrics whereas digging by generic drivers for Kingston drivers from 2020, and confirmed off his findings to Bleeping Computer. Sure sufficient, the lyrical string is true there within the SKC2000_S2681103.bin file, publicly obtainable on Kingston’s help obtain website. It’s attainable Windows mechanically downloaded a model of the file to your PC as a part of Windows Update.

The lyrics are hiding within the notation of the code, not really affecting something. Notation is principally the equal of a web page margin, and it’s regularly utilized by programmers to relay related details about particular features or changes. But it’s not remarkable for programmers to depart Easter eggs in there. Who left the lyrics within the file and why, I couldn’t guess — although now that I have a look at it, the Kingston “Head” emblem isn’t completely dissimilar to the album cowl for A Rush of Blood to the Head.

Maybe there’s a deep, darkish, sinister conspiracy happening right here. Or perhaps somebody was simply making an attempt to alleviate a bit boredom. Either method, Kingston declined to remark.