# Name the Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599 "2002-04-25T18:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lowellster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/1 "2002-04-25T18:46:05Z")
I am having a mental block and need help thinking up a witty name for a new Sun server. It’s gotta be 8 characters or less, and at least marginally appropriate. Any ideas? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/2 "2002-04-25T18:50:09Z")
how about: **notadell** Just a thought 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/3 "2002-04-25T19:13:42Z")
You can never miss with: Hortense The pun opportunities are enormous. But you can always claim that it was Turing’s grandmother’s name or some such. ---
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/4 "2002-04-25T19:45:54Z")
How about Fusion? Fireball? Photon? Shine? Ray? Starlite? Sunspot? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/5 "2002-04-25T20:22:16Z")
Is it your first Sun server? If so, how about **my1stsun**? ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/6 "2002-04-25T23:27:50Z")
Ra? Apollo? Phobos? -lv ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/7 "2002-04-25T23:36:26Z")
Bob. ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/8 "2002-04-25T23:51:22Z")
Phaethon? You know, the dude who almost burned up the earth when he got loaned the sun god’s chariot? (Run across two versions, one says he was the son of Helios, the other says the son of Apollo.) Other than that, to be any help, I need to know what its primary function will be. F’rinstance, our Helpdesk server is named Pathos. ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/9 "2002-04-25T23:55:02Z")
Sol. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/10 "2002-04-26T00:30:39Z")
My computer used to be Typhoon. It’s now Edgar (short for Edgar Snaffleback) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/11 "2002-04-26T00:43:29Z")
Goddamn. That’s what people are going to be calling it anyway in a year or so, and you know it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/12 "2002-04-26T02:34:52Z")
Name it after a science fictional computer: Hal2000 Colossus (from “The Forbin Project”) Guardian (“Forbin”) Mike (“The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”) Multivac (several Asimov stories) Harlie (David Gerrold) ---
**Author:** ![Reinhold\_Messner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Reinhold\_Messner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reinhold_Messner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/13 "2002-04-26T03:02:04Z")
I have to go with **KneadToKnow** ’s suggestion. After all the security holes in Solaris are found, it’ll be a pain in the ass. Okay, sorry. I shouldn’t really be speaking badly of any UNIX flavor. I just can’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![Reinhold\_Messner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Reinhold\_Messner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reinhold_Messner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/14 "2002-04-26T03:02:04Z")
I have to go with **KneadToKnow** ’s suggestion. After all the security holes in Solaris are found, it’ll be a pain in the ass. Okay, sorry. I shouldn’t really be speaking badly of any UNIX flavor. I just can’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![Reinhold\_Messner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Reinhold\_Messner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reinhold_Messner)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/15 "2002-04-26T03:05:41Z")
Damn tipsy double-clicks. I apologize for the 2\*post. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/16 "2002-04-26T04:28:16Z")
Jennifer. As in “Hello, my name is Jennifer and I’ll be your server tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/17 "2002-04-29T06:25:47Z")
Okay, **Lowellster** , curiousity got the better of me… What did you name the server? ---
**Author:** ![Solomon7t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Solomon7t](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solomon7t)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/18 "2002-04-29T07:03:44Z")
beer ---
**Author:** ![Lowellster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-server/105599/19 "2002-04-29T13:30:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by abel \* > \*\*Okay, **Lowellster** , curiousity got the better of me… > What did you name the server? \*\* I put my own little spin on JuanitaTech’s suggestion and went with NUM1SUN. Another problem solved!