So time to change my mythology....
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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.
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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 tried to be clever with names that were like bad jokes. We had a private printer for our team, and the share was password protected. To connect to the printer you entered "NET USE \\paddy\giveadog abone". Our lab manager was especially evil, and he used to drop files for us on his machine named "Whack". So the URL was usually something like "\\whack\whack\whack\..." And if those doesn't make any sense to you, then you should know that we usually pronounce "\" as "whack".
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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 recently had to do the same and because we have so many systems (thousands) it was tough to find some method that afforded a large list of values but in the end a creative co-worker came up with the answer, unaddressed/unresolved plot points from the TV Show LOST. We quickly realized we could network the entire planet and still not run out of possible names. This naming convention also gave all of us, serious fans of tyhe show, a subtle but effective way to vent our frustration with the shows writers/producers; Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. We also felt it only applicable to honor these 2 guys in our LOST domain and so we also have 2 servers DAMON_1 and CUSE_1, both of which are for dumpoing crap that no one knows what the files are for but we're afraid to delete them in case there is ever an audit.