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Old 04-20-2003, 04:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What are your computers named?
This is something I've always been curious about, and I don't recall seeing a thread about it.

I'll start off:
Home Desktop #1: Phobia
Home Desktop #2:Tsunami
Home Laptop: Dementia

Here at work we use Xmen characters for the servers, and Star Wars characters for the routers and switches and shit.

"So Rogue is on Lando which is tied through Leia to get to Havok."
"Sounds like they're having a good time."
"Yuk yuk yuk."
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Old 04-20-2003, 04:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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WindowsDesktop: Freda
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Mac: Ruth

I had a friend with computer named fred and eric - And I have a couple of uncles named fred and eric - so I named my computer after their wives

Strange I know but it works for me
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Old 04-20-2003, 04:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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My main is wraithhibn, makes it easier to pick out on the network.
Others named after my bro and dad, Brett and Jack.
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Old 04-20-2003, 05:17 PM   #4 (permalink)
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your not suppose to give your comp a mans name

my main comp is nikki, i call my other computer 'the 500'. it doesnt have a name so i just say what it is (AMD 500mhz)

my motorcycles name is kelsey
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Old 04-20-2003, 05:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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almost all colours, not very creative but it gets difficult to name them after a while. ones called wilma coz its a wilmatte prototype.
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Old 04-20-2003, 05:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
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HC-0001 (standart PC)
HC-0002 m (first laptop)
HC-0003 m (second laptop )
HC-0004 S (network Server)
HC-0005 S (FTP Server)
HC-0006 B (Backup Server)

I hope someday i get as much PCs to putt another Zero in front of them
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Old 04-20-2003, 05:47 PM   #7 (permalink)
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My computers' name is Kerrigan. Since I recently started using two monitors, I don't know if I should name them both separately, or treat them as her two breasts. (Hey I stare at them all day)

My Bass's name is TALENA.
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Old 04-20-2003, 05:58 PM   #8 (permalink)
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My computers' name is Euclid.

A character in one of my favorite films had a computer of the same name...

Thought it sounded cool...
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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my old case with new guts is Frankinbob
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:04 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Blue Penguin (aka my linux machine)
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:13 PM   #11 (permalink)
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My old desktop's name was Multivac, as a nod to Asimov. So when I got my laptop, I named it Microvac. In "The Last Question," the next, smaller evolution of Multivac was Microvac, so it seemed fitting.
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:17 PM   #12 (permalink)
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At work I had to set up 6 computers all at once so I just declined a Latin verb for them: doceo, doces, docet, docemus, docetis, docent.
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:41 PM   #13 (permalink)
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my machine is called heccubus but the plastic u fell off the case so its called heccbus now
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:44 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Sorry, but I haven't given mine a name. I see no purpose in that.
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Old 04-20-2003, 06:45 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I call mine "Mr Piece Of Crap F*Wit Machine That Pisses Me Off At Every Oppurtunity".

Not sure if it has a pet name for me yet.
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Old 04-20-2003, 08:10 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Mine are all named after cosmic objects. They are: puck (main workstation), altair (gateway), europa (SMP crashbox/dev box), io (DEC Alpha PWS 433au), oberon (Sun Blade 100), & callisto (SGI Indy). I also had a laptop named ganymede (Sony Vaio R505), but I'll be replacing that soon. I think I have a few more coming as well.

They all run FreeBSD except the Indy. Ganymede used to dual boot XP as well.

I guess people can figure out who I really am now...
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Old 04-20-2003, 11:06 PM   #17 (permalink)
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mine is Deimos and my dad's is Phobos, two of Mars moons, and my workgroup is the Milky Way
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Old 04-20-2003, 11:10 PM   #18 (permalink)
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I have a Network of 3 PCs in my House.

Main PC: "Alita"
Downloads: "Zapan"
Backup: "Ido"

Can anyone guess where I get my names from?
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Old 04-20-2003, 11:24 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I call mine Wrigley and mt other machine Heinz, as in the fields my 2 favorite teams play on.
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Old 04-20-2003, 11:33 PM   #20 (permalink)
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i call mine "chiabutt"
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Old 04-20-2003, 11:37 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Spinach_Indeed
I have a Network of 3 PCs in my House.

Main PC: "Alita"
Downloads: "Zapan"
Backup: "Ido"

Can anyone guess where I get my names from?
i will take a guess.. Ancient Japanese names?

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My computers are named as follows:

Main : Kali
Laptop: Hecate

Router : The router (not very orig)

looking for another goddess name for my soon to be new server. I am trying to think of a goddess that rises from the dead in a cylic pattern (similar to the Phoenix), since it has been through many transformations.
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Old 04-21-2003, 12:00 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I named mine "Dejesus."

You don't fuck with Dejesus.
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Old 04-21-2003, 12:41 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I do believe I'll let dns answer this for me

$ host -t a -l universe
centauri.universe. A 192.168.0.16
ceres.universe. A 192.168.0.12
charon.universe. A 192.168.0.14
classic.universe. A 192.168.0.4
deimos.universe. A 192.168.0.17
earth.universe. A 192.168.0.1
hup.universe. A 192.168.0.100
jupiter.universe. A 192.168.0.3
mars.universe. A 192.168.0.5
mercury.universe. A 192.168.0.10
moon.universe. A 192.168.0.2
neptune.universe. A 192.168.0.8
phobos.universe. A 192.168.0.15
php.universe. A 192.168.0.203
printer.universe. A 192.168.0.190
saturn.universe. A 192.168.0.7
scanner.universe. A 192.168.0.191
space.universe. A 192.168.0.103
sun.universe. A 192.168.0.102
titan.universe. A 192.168.0.18
triton.universe. A 192.168.0.13
uranus.universe. A 192.168.0.9
venus.universe. A 192.168.0.11
x.universe. A 192.168.0.6

I guess that explains why it is that I use dns for this rather than just a simple /etc/hosts.

For the explaining of what most of the systems are, I also have text records:

$ host -t txt -l universe
centauri.universe. TXT "DEC Multia"
ceres.universe. TXT "Personal DecStation 5000/20"
charon.universe. TXT "VaxStation 4000/VLC"
classic.universe. TXT "SparcStation Classic SunOS 4.1.4"
deimos.universe. TXT "AlphaServer 4100 5/300 Debian"
earth.universe. TXT "Celeron 466 Debian unstable"
hup.universe. TXT "HP Envizex series A i960@28MHz"
jupiter.universe. TXT "P133 Debian Unstable, webserver"
mars.universe. TXT "SGI Indy Irix 5.3"
mercury.universe. TXT "SparcPlug Solo HyperSparc 100 Debian testing"
moon.universe. TXT "P200MMX Debian testing, firewall"
neptune.universe. TXT "PPro180 FreeBSD 5.0DP1, Bridge"
phobos.universe. TXT "Data General Aviion 530"
php.universe. TXT "round robin DNS for the php mirror"
printer.universe. TXT "Lexmark Optra S1855"
saturn.universe. TXT "HP9000/G30 HPUX-11.00"
scanner.universe. TXT "HP ScanJet 3C"
space.universe. TXT "SparcStation ELC Sun4C@36MHz NetBSD 1.4.1"
sun.universe. TXT "Sparc Xterminal 1 NetBSD 1.4.1"
triton.universe. TXT "SparcStation LX"
uranus.universe. TXT "DecStation 5000/150"
venus.universe. TXT "iBook G3/600 MacOSX, Workstation"
x.universe. TXT "SparcStation 10 Solaris 9"

It's a little excessive, isn't it? Now, if only I had enough power points to power them all up at once.
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Old 04-21-2003, 12:42 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Old 04-21-2003, 01:25 AM   #25 (permalink)
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My old one was named Mr. Computer. With this new one I decided to give it a girl's name, so I went with Mom.
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Old 04-21-2003, 01:42 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Old 04-21-2003, 03:21 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Server: Caziserv
Workstation: Cazipc
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Old 04-21-2003, 06:56 AM   #28 (permalink)
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linux laptop: tuxx
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Old 04-21-2003, 07:02 AM   #29 (permalink)
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My brother named his servers after cars for a while (i.e. Spider, Corvette). After accumulating so many, they are just numbers now.

As far as mine: Computer (when it acts like it's supposed to), Fucking Piece of Shit (when it decides to lockup for no reason).

I believe one of my SCSI hard drives are about to die.
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Old 04-21-2003, 07:35 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Hmm, don't really have a name, but if it answered to what it was most often called, it's probably named "Stupid piece of shit!"
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Old 04-21-2003, 07:53 AM   #31 (permalink)
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i call it... 'slow', or sometimes even 'out-dated'.
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