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  • R Roger Wright

    Colin Davies wrote: first initial and surname of pr0n actresses. Yes, it is better to use names that are intimately familiar to you.

    "The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
    but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
    Lazarus Long

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    cmk
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    Roger Wright wrote: Colin Davies wrote: first initial and surname of pr0n actresses. Yes, it is better to use names that are intimately familiar to you. ... ahhh, i guess it's a naming scheme you're familiar with then. :-D ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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    • D David Stone

      I'm a geek, but everytime I repave my laptop I use a different Star Trek ship name...right now I'm on Valiant (a Defiant class vessel, named so after the USS Defiant). The IT guys were baffled one day when the found Defiant in Network Neighborhood. :-D


      Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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      Jack Ploeg
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      Funny, Star Trek ships for me too.... My Laptop is now Voyager (seemed appropriate)

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      • B bryce

        Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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        peterchen
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        PC's here are named after the people that use it. Some weren't renamed when they moved to a new position, so The file server now has the name of the boss. Actually, it's more complicated. My predecessor moved my bosses old PC to be Internet proxy and file server without renaming it. Now, when I decided that maybe separating proxy and file server is a good idea, especially when the file server is slower than a 10MBit Coax ring, everybody was used to the name of the file server. WHo am I to change them? If it were up to me, they'd get Shakespeareian names.


        "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
        sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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        • M Megan Forbes

          We once named our servers planet names (with the dev server being named Sun as everything revolves around it :rolleyes: ). Then each department was a continent, with each pc in that department taking a name from that continent :)


          Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams

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          peterchen
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          cool!


          "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
          sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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          • R Ryan Binns

            David Stone wrote: To some people, that stuff's as religious as cain, abel, and noah. Absolutely. It's scarey, huh?!

            Ryan

            "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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            peterchen
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            The reverse is even scarier: The bible could be some kind of Star Wars thing.


            "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
            sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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              The reverse is even scarier: The bible could be some kind of Star Wars thing.


              "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
              sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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              Ryan Binns
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              peterchen wrote: The bible could be some kind of Star Wars thing :wtf: Don't screw with my mind like that... ;P

              Ryan

              "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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              • B bryce

                Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                jan larsen
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                I once worked for a company that used the names from the old Scandinavian religion. The developer server was called Bifrost, which was a rainbow that served as a bridge from the world of the humans to Midgard which was where the Gods and the Trolls lived. "After all it's just text at the end of the day. - Colin Davies "For example, when a VB programmer comes to my house, they may say 'does your pool need cleaning, sir ?' " - Christian Graus

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                • D David Stone

                  I'm a geek, but everytime I repave my laptop I use a different Star Trek ship name...right now I'm on Valiant (a Defiant class vessel, named so after the USS Defiant). The IT guys were baffled one day when the found Defiant in Network Neighborhood. :-D


                  Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                  wayward
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                  I've used Star Trek Systems in the past as there is an infinitate number of them: Betazed, Riser, Bajor, etc My laptop, however, is currently called Buffy... James.

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                  • B bryce

                    Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                    Lost User
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                    Naming a server is like naming a child. Paul ;)

                    That's better! It looks like radioactive waste now. - Ryan Binns

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                    • R Ryan Binns

                      At the uni I was at, all the servers were named after characters and stuff from the bible: cain, abel, moses, ark etc...

                      Ryan

                      "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                      Lost User
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                      I guess Methuselah was the old box then ;P Paul ;)

                      That's better! It looks like radioactive waste now. - Ryan Binns

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                      • D David Stone

                        Luke 2:9 - 12 (Slightly ammended) And a Sales Rep from Microsoft suddenly stood before them, and the glory of Bill shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the rep said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the students; for today in the classroom of Ryan there has been born for you a Savior, which is a Windows Server. "This will be a sign for you: you will find a server encased in aluminum and sitting in a rack." I need to go pray for forgiveness now...:-O


                        Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                        :laugh: ROTFLMAO!! LOL!! You had tears streaming there David!! :-D Paul ;)

                        That's better! It looks like radioactive waste now. - Ryan Binns

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                        • L Lost User

                          I guess Methuselah was the old box then ;P Paul ;)

                          That's better! It looks like radioactive waste now. - Ryan Binns

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                          Ryan Binns
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                          :rolleyes: I guess...

                          Ryan

                          "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                          • B bryce

                            Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                            Ian Darling
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                            I've had a couple of naming conventions - currently it's based around the XBox game Halo. My desktop is "cortana" and my server is "guiltyspark" :-D. -- Ian Darling

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                            • B bryce

                              Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                              I didn't really answer your question the first time around, so here goes again :-O I name my servers and workstations after cars e.g. mine is Ferrari, there's a Corvette, there used to be a Porsche etc... Paul ;)

                              That's better! It looks like radioactive waste now. - Ryan Binns

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                              • P peterchen

                                The reverse is even scarier: The bible could be some kind of Star Wars thing.


                                "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
                                sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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                                Roger Wright
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                                I think you're ready for Scientology...

                                "The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
                                but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
                                Lazarus Long

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                                  Roger Wright wrote: Colin Davies wrote: first initial and surname of pr0n actresses. Yes, it is better to use names that are intimately familiar to you. ... ahhh, i guess it's a naming scheme you're familiar with then. :-D ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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                                  Roger Wright
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                                  No, actually. I can't think of a single pr0n star's name... The last XXX video I watched was called 'The Cheerleaders', and it broke my heart. The girl I loved all through High School had, that same day, announced to me that she'd won a place on the cheerleading team.

                                  "The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
                                  but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
                                  Lazarus Long

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                                  • B bryce

                                    Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                                    Joao Paulo Figueira
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                                    The latest trend is LOTR characters, by I still prefer Hugo Pratt's heroes...

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                                    • B bryce

                                      Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                                      Radoslav Bielik
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                                      I use the name of a dog (ceco) and also the names of my favorite mountains :) Rado

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                                      • B bryce

                                        Hi all how do you name your servers at work? some use characters from books (lord of the rings for example) what do you use? bryce --- Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

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                                        at my last job, we named them after terminal illnesses (anthrax, ebola, hunta, etc). we figured that if we named the servers after the nastier viri, computer-based viri would not come sniffing around. my workgroup at home is "SkyNET". ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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                                        • J Jack Ploeg

                                          Funny, Star Trek ships for me too.... My Laptop is now Voyager (seemed appropriate)

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                                          David Stone
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                                          Jack Ploeg wrote: Voyager X| I hated that series...and I hate Enterprise too...gimme another TNG or DS9!


                                          Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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