We recently set up a network in our apartment, and one of the things we had to do was come up with a name for each computer. My roomies thought it was a bit strange that I already had names for each machine and used them in conversations much as one would use the name of a beloved pet. Am I the only one with this particular quirk?
My primary machine is an overclocked Celeron. Due to its unstable nature, I named it Blaine, after the insane train in The Dark Tower series.
My NT Server is Hactar, the evil computer from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy that wants to destroy the universe.
My laptop is the Grey Matter. Named after a sentient ship from Iain Banks’ Excession. Mostly because it is cool, but in a kinda sick way (the way I aquired the machine was a bit dubious, and so were its uses. Its a bit older now, but still useful)
I also have partial ownership of a Linux box named Skynet. If you don’t get it, you won’t.
Skynet? You mean, it’s what causes the war against the machines?
Who the heck is Hactar? I don’t remember any computer that wants to take over the universe in HHGTTG. (Mind you, I haven’t read it in years…)
I don’t name my computers. I used to have one at my work in New Zealand called George, but that was just because you had to define them on the network. At work here, mine is called Mara, but I didn’t name it.
glad I’m not the only one with a mind like that! The computer I just gave to my mom is Moraga the Merciless - but she’s retired to the country now and is much less likely to go on a tear.
The current machine is Elliot - I am not sure why, but that’s his name. I also know he is gay… (checking the dose on my meds…)
I am a redhead, you see, and I do not tempt. I insist. -Cristi
Let me guess, #2 is the one that would recognize the protocol when I’m (I swear, it was a former GF’s mother who taught me this expression) “thinkin’ with my little head.”
I didn’t give my computer its name. My friends did. They named it Genghis Khan, because I spend way too much time playing war games on it. And it tends to overwhelm the phone lines around here. Its usually ok, though see my signature…
my desktop is Avalon, our server is Borg (you’ll note that in IRC, Mr Dopey comes up as @borg.fathom.org), my laptop is Glastonbury, UDD’s laptop doesn’t have a name that I know of, and our Linux box is something but I forget.
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“it’s all real”
“I KNEW IT!!!”
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Well, my Mac at home is more or less named “Darkseid?!” (that’s the icon and name for the hard drive on the desktop), but I never actually call it that.
It’s a weird Ambush Bug reference, actually.
…but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
Although my “real” machine has to have a dull name (my company’s initials, my initials, and “dev” to signify I’m in R&D), we’re free to name our test machines whatever we want. I currently have “bananafish”,“phoebe” and “zooey”. The names perpetually confuse my coworkers. I take it a sign that absolutely none of them are literate.