# Let's play... "Name that PC!" (I got a new 'puter!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376 "2003-07-10T01:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wedgerat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@wedgerat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgerat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/1 "2003-07-10T01:41:28Z")
Yay, I got a new computer! And, like all new computers, this one arrived without a name. Let’s name it. **It’s** (not sure yet if it’s a boy or a girl, yet) **Stats** [Shuttle SN41G2 barebones](http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=56-101-217-07.JPG/56-101-217-06.JPG/56-101-217-04.JPG/56-101-217-05.JPG/56-101-217-02.JPG/56-101-217-08.JPG/56-101-217-03.JPG/56-101-217-09.JPG) AMD Athlon XP 2500+ CPU Floppy drive CDRW/DVD combo 1 gig memory 120gig hard drive A little background: Naming computers is a tradition in my family. Dad started it and I picked it up. Previous computers have been named “Wilma” ala Flintstones; “Rosie” ala Jetsons; “Marvin” ala HHGTG; and “Eddie” ala HHGTG. So you see Nameless needs a geeky name. Current ideas are: “Grue” (but Nameless isn’t black…) “Gleep” (the current favorite) and “Deep Thought” (Nameless isn’t gigantic enough to merit this moniker). Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![wedgerat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@wedgerat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgerat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/2 "2003-07-10T01:43:38Z")
Shoot, this should be in IMHO. \But then again, I am bragging about a mundane, pointless thing. Um, move it, don’t move it. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/3 "2003-07-10T01:45:41Z")
“A bit shallower than shallow but not as shallow as medium-deep thought” ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/4 "2003-07-10T02:38:11Z")
HAL ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/5 "2003-07-10T03:47:24Z")
Homer ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/6 "2003-07-10T03:51:12Z")
HAL is taken. I called my previous computer HAL ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mullets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@John\_Mullets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mullets)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/7 "2003-07-10T05:37:46Z")
Holly, like on Red Dwarf. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/8 "2003-07-10T05:44:15Z")
Catbert ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/9 "2003-07-10T06:15:24Z")
Nimnul. And no, I’m not a Rescue Rangers fan. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/10 "2003-07-10T06:48:39Z")
Chuck. Or Bill (you can call it “Money” for short). ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-name-that-pc-i-got-a-new-puter/187376/11 "2003-07-10T10:06:17Z")
My computer’s name is Olga. (Maybe that helps you if you’re trying to branch out into the girl’s names) Apart from that, I’ve always liked WOPR.