what do you name your computers?

[Mark_Wallace]

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

At one of my jobs, the servers were all named after terminal illnesses - Ebola, ChickenPox, Massa, Anthrax, HIV, etc...

The servers here are named after composers, so when I write example code, I use the names "Lizst" and "Brahms", but not necessarily in that order. You probably need to be English, to get that one.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Lost User]

I name my computer as AgileMouse RedCarpet WhiteCollar BlackCode OmCodeReview LastBreath .....i just join 2 words that come to my mind when a name is required

Ravie Busie Coding is my birth-right and bugs are part of feature my code has!

[Ian Shlasko]

I name them after characters and worlds in my novels... I've gone through plenty of names in the past, but my current ones are: Weven desktop = Orp XP desktop = PrameKlen Laptop = Rikket Netbook = Nwerp NAS = Rotai

Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

[Paul Watson]

APPL-W87472LV1C9 I didn't name it, IT did. They used to name computers after Irish islands but ran out and swapped to the above craziness for "asset tracking" purposes. Never mind that an asset tracker will work as well off the string "inishlar" as the string "APPL-W87472LV1C9".

cheers, Paul M. Watson.

[daniilzol]

black (for black case, at one time was thinking of blackpearl, but that's a "she" name, my computer is a "he") akira (24/7 rig) silo (fileserver) htpc (obvious) Don't remember what I called my netbook, also used raptor in the past for my main pc.

[cjb110]

NAS: Stryfe Main PC: Graymalkin Laptop: Domino Mobile: Syrin Tablet: Phoenix (it died once:() Mac Mini: Juggernaut Router: Xavier When gaming I use Cable, so it all fits:)

[Dan Neely]

A64-3800, A64-4200, i7-920, AcerLaptop, MsiWind, and SylisticTablet.

3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

[Fatbuddha 1]

We in our work named then according to dead scientists. My working Pcs are called Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen (The experiment :) ) Cheers

You have the thought that modern physics just relay on assumptions, that somehow depends on a smile of a cat, which isn’t there.( Albert Einstein)

[Luc Pattyn]

and Wasp and Corot and ... for all your exocomputers. :)

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[Nagy Vilmos]

Dalek Dave wrote:

Then there are all the fictional ones [...] Gallifrey [...]

WHAT!

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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

[Luc Pattyn]

I named all my computers "localhost", keeping things simple. :)

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[ToddHileHoffer]

swjam wrote:

you're classifying your current president amongst bank robbers?

Have you read Matt Taibbi's article in the current Rolling Stone issue? Seems fair to classify Obama with bank robbers.

I didn't get any requirements for the signature

[Jacquers]

My home pc is called Marvin. It's currently broken... ironic I think. I think a good name for a dual-core would be Zaphod :)

[super]

SuperPC - Mine PC PriyaPC - Wife PC PriyaKarthish - Mine used by my Kid for seeing "Dora the Explorer"

cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it

[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

At my home, I name it based on machine type: TheiMac TheMacBook ThePCIBuilt1 TheHPLaptop At work, all the employee workstations are based on first name and last initial (if required). The server are named as per their utility: filestore, devvmhost prodvmhost, exchange, support etc. I name my test VMs based on their configuration: tw2003sql2005, tw2008R2sqll2008, tw2008oracle11g, twvista and so on.

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[Dalek Dave]

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------------------------------------ In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen J Gould

[CPallini]

My plugcomputer is Dee Dee [^]. :)

If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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[Jim SS]

Mozart Beethoven Haydn Liszt Stravinsky Khachaturian Mahler Looks like I have a ways to go before I get to Lennon, McCartney or Dylan

SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write FORTRAN in any language". Unknown

[kinar]

grumpybear (main machine) noodle (it was a "new dell") lappy (laptop) mediacenter (guess)

[Gwenio]

Seeing this reminded me that I still needed to name the one I got in the summer. It is now called "Onysablet" (a black dragon from a book series I like).