So time to change my mythology....
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
When networks were new, and we started our first, they used the name of planets. The first node was Mars, and we had Jupiter, etc. However, we never did get to all 9 ... I was really looking forward to telling people they could find their data on Uranus!
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
Some NetHack obsess^Wfan might use Quetzalcoatl :)
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
Use the names of objects in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
We had a sysadmin who used to name her servers with Gangster's names. We had Capone, Dillinger, etc. The best ones were a set of replicated machines called, what else, Bonnie and Clyde.
"To do is to be." [Descartes] "To be is to do." [Voltaire] "Do be do be do..."[Frank Sinatra]
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
What about naming them after beers of the world? There are more than enough to last you decades.
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
If it weren't for networks, I'd never name my computers. Do you name your toothbrush too? But since I have to, I'm a bit more literal minded. The quad core computer is Quad, the dual core computer is Dual. Back when 450 MHz was fast, that system was named Zippy (slight nod towards the pinhead) and when I only had two, they were Calvin and Hobbes. The game machine was Gameboy and the music jukebox was Seaburg. We were equally inventive with names for the cats. Big kitty, Little kitty, Stripe, Black & White kitty, and Holy Moley (she had a black spot on her white chin that made us think of a mole).
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
I have used the names of the elements, matching the atomic number to the last part of the IP address.
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
I know of some sysadmin who use the names of the Sith for their windows servers and character from The Loard of the Rings for their Linux servers. The server room is called "The Shire"
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
The naming scheme in my office is from characters in the Twin Peaks TV show which has the advantage that each PC has 2 initials. Since I've never seen Twin Peaks (I'm UK based) I tried to surreptitiously switch us over to star constellations, but unfortunately the boss has other ideas.
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
I name them after dog breeds and add a number. Beagle_1, Beagle_2, Shepard_1,etc. They are easy to spell, remember and organize. Today I need to upgrade some Beagles, tomorrow I will work on the Terriers. Not as cool as Aztecs, I admit.
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When networks were new, and we started our first, they used the name of planets. The first node was Mars, and we had Jupiter, etc. However, we never did get to all 9 ... I was really looking forward to telling people they could find their data on Uranus!
Don't you mean all 8? Or do you still think Pluto's a planet? :laugh:
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Don't you mean all 8? Or do you still think Pluto's a planet? :laugh:
This was a LONG time ago, when Pluto was still a planet. :)
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
We used our surnames first, then planets and stars, but lately I developed a new naming scheme for my small business. It is really less funny that the old schemes but much helpful and more professional -ish. I have written down the whole story and scheme details here: http://my.opera.com/Tringi/blog/computer-naming-scheme
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I have used the names of the elements, matching the atomic number to the last part of the IP address.
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant.
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
I started naming Windows systems after Sumerian/Babylonian deities: Enlil, Enki, Ninlil, Ninkasi. Now that I have a FreeBSD system, I named it Libertas -- so I guess I'll go with a Roman pantheon as I bring up more Unix systems.
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Someone else started naming their computers after Greek Gods/Goddesses and Hyperion got hit today with "same name on the network) bit.... well, I figured it had to happen eventually... so I am finally jumping ship to a new naming scheme... Aztec/Maya/Inca. I figured unless we get a 2012 obsessed person in here, they are not likely to think of Adawulcanak or Tliewatuwadjigican. Oh someone might, maybe, possibly think of Quetzalcoatl, but there is no way they are spelling it without a google, so chances are it won't be worth trying. :) I lasted 4 years naming machines from Greek Gods. :) Not too bad. :) Think I can last at least 4 years with Aztec/Maya/Inca Mythological names? :-D
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
At work we have named the computers after colours. The list goes on forever it seems but has also proven beneficial for my spelling of colours. Amethyst or Scarlet anyone. Also, if we have a machine with virtuals we use related colours. For example, Grey hosts: smoke, slate, ect.
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On my network at home, I'm using the names of terminal diseases. :) Ebola, Massa, Pox, Cancer, Gherigs, etc...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I remembered someone naming their machines are different pasta types, you could go a long way with that.
Watched code never compiles.
I use bits of song titles from the 80s or 90s - started with naming a dev server "Hammertime" (no-one else had any reason to use it, so "u-can't-touch-this") and itslikethat and halfwaythere followed along. I had quite a few names lined up at one point. At present "iwontdothat" won't - its off, although Hammertime is also stopped so a name doesn't guarantee character.