[CS-FSLUG] QOTW #6: Computer Naming

[@ndrew]

> What names do you have for your computers?

I don't really use any naming convention - just about anything that pops
into my head and sounds cool. My old Linux box, a Pentium 90, was Tux. My
"big" Linux box (compared to a Pentium 90, a dual Pentium-II 350 is big) is
correspondingly called SuperTux. My roving, WiFi-equipped laptop is Spyder.
The machine I'm on right now, an Athlon 1700+ XP, is Acrimonious. And,
because at the time my "spare" Athlon 900 box (built for when friends come
over to play LAN games) had such potential but would never see the hardware
it needed to become a powerful machine, it was called Deprived.

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> [mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Timothy Butler
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:34 AM
> To: Christiansource at ofb.biz
> Subject: [CS-FSLUG] QOTW #6: Computer Naming
> 
> 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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