[CS-FSLUG] QOTW #6: Computer Naming

[Jukka Y]

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?


I  usually have had only one working machine, so I have not paid much 
attention on naming. Typically I use something easy like "linux" or 
something (I remember my first linux installation ever (slackware) had 
default name "darkstar"... :-) If I had to name several computers in my 
own network, I think I would like to use some biblical names.

Blessings,
Jukka