[CS-FSLUG] Re: QOTW #6: Computer Naming

[Timothy Butler]

Whoops.... sorry about that turning out richtext... that's what I get 
for copying and pasting the text from the matching QOTW question I put 
on my blog (I post it there as well).


	-Tim
On Jun 17, 2004, at 12:24 AM, Timothy Butler wrote:

> Ok, so I haven't been very good at keeping this up once again... but 
> I'm gonna keep it going. Hopefully, I'll get the QOTW back to Monday 
> next week with a question contributed to me by David McGlone. But this 
> week, I'm going to base it on a question Flip asked me about my 
> computers. As always feel free to answer below or perhaps take this 
> question and use it for a meme on your own blog.
>
> What names do you have for your computers?
>
>  Well, not all of them are still in service, but I'll order the ones 
> that have been named from the oldest (built in 1997) to the newest 
> (purchased last week). Prior to '98, I didn't network systems, so it 
> wasn't necessary for such names to be employed in my case.
>
>  Fred: A Pentium 100 long retired. One of only three systems without 
> some connection to Dilbert.
>  Dellbert: My first Dell, and a play on the name Dilbert.
>  Lapbert: My first networked laptop.
>  Sneakers: I wasn't planning to upgrade when I did, so it "snuck" 
> in... thus sneakers.
>  Catbert: the Ruby iMac.
>  Wally: the Shuttle XPC... shiny sort of like Wally's bald head in 
> Dilbert.
>  Cedar: This one is the server you are reading this off of. Since it 
> is offsite, I decided to start a new naming convention for it. If and 
> when I need a new server some day, it might be "pine." It's domain is 
> cedar.serverforest.com.
>  Albert: The G5 (Aluminum + bert = Albert).
>  Hapbert: The PowerBook... I thought about apbert (Apple + bert) but 
> that didn't sound so good, so it is officially "Happy APple BERT." 
> Pathetic, I know.
>
>  Were's Dogbert? I'm glad you asked. That's my wifi network.
>
>  I may try to go a bit more orthodox and revise these. Here's a 
> thought on more proper Dilbert naming:
>
>  Dellbert = Dilbert.
>  Lapbert = Bob.
>  Sneakers = Wally
>  Wally = Ratbert
>  Albert = Alice
>  Cedar = Elbonians
>  Hapbert = Dogbert
>  Dogbert = Asok
>
>  Waddya think? Post your own naming conventions below, if you'd like. 
> Do you follow the popular trend of using Greek mythological 
> characters? Perhaps you too use Dilbert?
>
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