# SHODAN: scariest search on the internet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300 "2013-04-10T06:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/21 "2013-04-12T03:32:22Z")
For anyone that didn’t get the reference, the “Eddie” I was referring to was the [shipboard computer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%28shipboard_computer%29#Eddie) from the “Heart of Gold.” > [@Gagundathar](#): > > Wombat? > 😉 I am not _bzzzzt_ an arti_bzzt_ficial intelligence! ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/22 "2013-04-12T08:01:08Z")
> [@Enigma42](#): > > Aww, I was all set to come in here with a System Shock reference. Beaten to the punch. . . > > All my servers at work are named after deadly AIs: SHODAN, HAL9000, and GLaDOS. I’ve got a new one coming online later this year and I’m not sure what name to use next. Joshua. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/23 "2013-04-12T08:24:15Z")
Isn’t that just the backdoor password to W.H.O.P.E.R.? ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/24 "2013-04-12T08:32:48Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Isn’t that just the backdoor password to W.H.O.P.E.R.? Well yeah, I guess, but David ends up referring to “him” by that name. “Joshua’s still playing the game!” The professor says, “Hello Joshua”, at the end, too. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/25 "2013-04-12T19:14:22Z")
You’re right, I never noticed that. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/26 "2013-04-14T15:21:17Z")
[www.shodanhq.com](http://www.shodanhq.com) is down. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/27 "2013-04-15T01:10:46Z")
> [@Enigma42](#): > > All my servers at work are named after deadly AIs: SHODAN, HAL9000, and GLaDOS. I’ve got a new one coming online later this year and I’m not sure what name to use next. Another vote for [Colossus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/?ref_=sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/28 "2013-04-15T01:40:40Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > Another vote for [Colossus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/?ref_=sr_1) That one came to mind for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/29 "2013-04-15T04:41:22Z")
Wintermute. ---
**Author:** ![CorneaGenii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@CorneaGenii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorneaGenii)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/30 "2013-04-16T02:55:07Z")
> [@Enigma42](#): > > All my servers at work are named after deadly AIs: SHODAN, HAL9000, and GLaDOS. I’ve got a new one coming online later this year and I’m not sure what name to use next. First thing that came to mind was H.A.R.D.A.C. from Batman: TAS. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/31 "2013-04-16T03:15:16Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I suggest Hactar. Maximillian! ---
**Author:** ![Enigma42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@Enigma42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enigma42)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300/32 "2013-04-16T19:03:48Z")
Looks like you guys have me all set for server names for the next decade at least. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-scariest-search-on-the-internet/655300.md?page=1)