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  • J John M Drescher

    When I joined my department all our solaris boxes were named after characters from Star Wars. r2d2, vader, yoda ... John

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    David Stone
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    To some people, that stuff's as religious as cain, abel, and noah.


    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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      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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      Nino_1
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      I was able to set up a small network for a plumbing company a while back. The Servernames where: Snake BallCalk Snark Sewer_Rat Sepo Tony

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        :laugh: Good one. Actually, they were all running solaris, and then eventually linux, so they were all pretty much the same. They were just for classes and dev stuff, so they were internal access only.

        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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        David Stone
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        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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          To some people, that stuff's as religious as cain, abel, and noah.


          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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          Ryan Binns
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          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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            David Stone wrote: David hides from the "What are you...a freak?"-type stares that he's getting Not quickly enough, I'm afraid ;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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            David Stone
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            Yeah...you think that's bad...wait'll you get e-mail notification of my last post. :rolleyes:


            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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              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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              Matt Newman
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              Because I know people that would love to attempt to hack into my system (so far 2 failures and a failed Denial of Service attempt) I use cryptic names. My current server may or may not be named comp-aaycky5r1p or something similar. And the workgroup my server belongs to is a word converted to binary, but I can't remember what the word is. I used to use elements of the periodic table of elements such as the noble gases, especially the deadly ones. However I do use friendly names in my hosts file so that I don't have to remember IPs. Matt Newman
              Sonork: 100:11179 "Two things have come out of Berkley, Unix and Acid, we do not belive this to be a coincidence"
              Linux sucks twice as fast and 10 times more reliably, and since you have the source, it's your fault. -Ca1v1n Post best viewed with lynx

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                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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                Ryan Binns
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                You heathen!!! :mad: :laugh: Did you write that?

                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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                  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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                  Roger Wright
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                  One way I enjoy (since I've only worked with tiny networks) is to use fictional characters - like the 7 dwarves, Chip & Dale, etc. My home server is my favorite, though - Mastercylinder. If I could repackage it in a cylinder shape, I probably would.

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

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                    You heathen!!! :mad: :laugh: Did you write that?

                    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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                    David Stone
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                    Unfortunately yes...and yeah, I do actually go to church(otherwise that passage probably wouldn't have sprung to mind). I really should go pray now...I sure hope this house has a good lightning rod system. :~


                    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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                      Because I know people that would love to attempt to hack into my system (so far 2 failures and a failed Denial of Service attempt) I use cryptic names. My current server may or may not be named comp-aaycky5r1p or something similar. And the workgroup my server belongs to is a word converted to binary, but I can't remember what the word is. I used to use elements of the periodic table of elements such as the noble gases, especially the deadly ones. However I do use friendly names in my hosts file so that I don't have to remember IPs. Matt Newman
                      Sonork: 100:11179 "Two things have come out of Berkley, Unix and Acid, we do not belive this to be a coincidence"
                      Linux sucks twice as fast and 10 times more reliably, and since you have the source, it's your fault. -Ca1v1n Post best viewed with lynx

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                      David Stone
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                      Aren't you the guy who's psycho Linux fanatic...I mean user...dorm-mate has been trying to convince you that Windows is insecure by hacking you? The one John Simmons told to f*** off? Jeez, no wonder.


                      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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                        One way I enjoy (since I've only worked with tiny networks) is to use fictional characters - like the 7 dwarves, Chip & Dale, etc. My home server is my favorite, though - Mastercylinder. If I could repackage it in a cylinder shape, I probably would.

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

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                        David Stone
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                        Roger Wright wrote: If I could repackage it in a cylinder shape, I probably would. Maybe you should do it yourself and post pictures to hardware/mod junkie forums... Could be a fun weekend... (or at least you might think so... :~)


                        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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                          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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                          zenboy
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                          Where I used to work, until recently; they were named using the department and then a number. the Strip Department had Strip1 to Strip5 and the Metallurgy Lab had MetLab1 to MetLab3. Of course, we installed Sapphire from LabVantage (LIMs system) and the server was MetLabLIMS ...

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                            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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                            Tom Archer
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                            In my home network, I use characters from the Victor Hugo novel, Les Miserables. Cheers, Tom Archer Inside C#,
                            Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

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                              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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                              Brad Jennings
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                              I've only named 2 computers (Red-Rocket and Pyro) but some of the computer names at work are dev1, lucy, wal (for William A. Lindgren), cadkey, and gatekeeper (the firewall). On campus they name the servers stuff like rocket, saucer, and comet and the labs that have multiple computers are named stuff like gpunix#, dell#, and blade#, replacing # with a number. Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                                Unfortunately yes...and yeah, I do actually go to church(otherwise that passage probably wouldn't have sprung to mind). I really should go pray now...I sure hope this house has a good lightning rod system. :~


                                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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                                Ryan Binns
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                                David Stone wrote: Unfortunately yes Why unfortunately? That was very well done :) David Stone wrote: I do actually go to church Same here, which is why I recognised it :) David Stone wrote: I really should go pray now...I sure hope this house has a good lightning rod system. :laugh: lol

                                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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                                  One way I enjoy (since I've only worked with tiny networks) is to use fictional characters - like the 7 dwarves, Chip & Dale, etc. My home server is my favorite, though - Mastercylinder. If I could repackage it in a cylinder shape, I probably would.

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

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                                  Ryan Binns
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                                  Roger Wright wrote: If I could repackage it in a cylinder shape, I probably would. I thought about doing that. I never took the time to work out how to make a flat-faced CD drive look like it was round. :) Probably with a hinged door, I guess. Maybe I'll do it sometime :)

                                  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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                                    David Stone wrote: Unfortunately yes Why unfortunately? That was very well done :) David Stone wrote: I do actually go to church Same here, which is why I recognised it :) David Stone wrote: I really should go pray now...I sure hope this house has a good lightning rod system. :laugh: lol

                                    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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                                    You use MSN Messenger? My MSN addr is the same as the e-mail address I use for CP. I'm going to bed now...but go ahead and add me to your contact list...pleeeeaaaasee. :)


                                    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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                                      Roger Wright wrote: If I could repackage it in a cylinder shape, I probably would. I thought about doing that. I never took the time to work out how to make a flat-faced CD drive look like it was round. :) Probably with a hinged door, I guess. Maybe I'll do it sometime :)

                                      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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                                      David Stone
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                                      Why not just have it sticking out the "top" like a top loading toaster? You could even get something like one of those laptop CD drives that has the thingy in the middle that latches onto the CDs.


                                      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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                                        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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                                        Chris Maunder
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                                        Usually we rely on either behavorial characteristics (Evil Web 2) or beverage enhanced stupidity (SQL-o-matic). cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                          You use MSN Messenger? My MSN addr is the same as the e-mail address I use for CP. I'm going to bed now...but go ahead and add me to your contact list...pleeeeaaaasee. :)


                                          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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                                          Ryan Binns
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                                          David Stone wrote: You use MSN Messenger? My MSN addr is the same as the e-mail address I use for CP. I'm going to bed now...but go ahead and add me to your contact list...pleeeeaaaasee. lol. ok, ok. :)

                                          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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