How do you name your computers?

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Postby Master Gunner » 06 Oct 2008, 11:17

All of the computers in my house, and all of the other ones I've set up, are named after whomever uses them. So mine is simply named "Scott", as that's my name. Occasionally I'll put modifiers after them if the person has multiple computers, or that's just what I happen to type. So I'll end up with "Scott-PC" and "Scott-Laptop". Not creative, but I've never seen the need for creativity in this situation, and it makes it easier to keep track of who's doing what.
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Postby Joystick Hero » 06 Oct 2008, 11:29

I'm pretty simple.

PC1: SexyComputer
PC2:AlsoPrettyDamnHot
Flash drive:Sex Drive
Network: ScantilyClad

Although I usually change it every couple of years. Last time it was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed.
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Postby AlexanderDitto » 06 Oct 2008, 13:33

Oh God I'm so nerdy. They're all named after Pokemon characters.

Windows Computer: Ash
Internal Hard Drive: Pokedex
External Hard Drive: Master Ball
Jump Drive: Great Ball
iPod Mini: Brock
Linux Computer: Lance

Get it? The files are pokemon! If I ever have a large number of computers (8+) I'm so doing that. Or naming them after The Doctor.

Seriously, the best part about getting new tech stuff is naming it. XD
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Postby Misty » 06 Oct 2008, 13:55

PC: Compy 387
Primary HD: Higashizawa
Secondary HD: Mustang
Flash drive: Sparx
Camera: Frank (I've covered wars, you know :P)
iPod: Jane

The names all reference something, but don't have a cohesive theme.
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Postby DmitriW » 06 Oct 2008, 14:18

Current PC is Monoceros. I was looking at the list of symbols on the Stargate, and that one stuck out. Yes, I am that lame.
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Postby Flewellyn » 06 Oct 2008, 14:59

I work at a GIS company. In keeping with our geological and geospatial theme, all of our servers and workstations are named after volcanoes.

Past and present names include: Maunakea, Kilauea, Tambora, Krakatau, Mayon, Hekla, Oyama, Pinatubo, Helens, Etna, Vesuvius, Oahu, Ranier, Olympus Mons, and my new workstation, Tvashtar (after the largest volcano on Io).

My home computer is Palantir.
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Postby tak197 » 06 Oct 2008, 15:12

I'm boring, I don't name my computer or MP3 anything.
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Postby iEatNinjaZ » 06 Oct 2008, 15:16

my current pc name is
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Postby Tank_girl » 06 Oct 2008, 15:26

My computers are named Compy and Lappy respectively, From strongbad.
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Postby kristopf » 06 Oct 2008, 15:27

I only have a naming scheme for hard drives - soda brands:
Coke
Diet Pepsi (old, dead backup drive)
Dr. Pepper
Mr. Pibb

Hostnames are a whole different story, pretty much whatever pun pops into my head at the time I'm installing the OS. I've got:
Media-Cenatuar (Home theater PC)
Jijawatt (G5 tower)
Craputron (Dell laptop that replaced the older and better Computron)
I, Phone (iPhone, duh)
Lotta-Data (1 TB Network attached RAID)
Mobile Disco (G4 laptop)
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Postby Aztec Cowboy Mafia » 06 Oct 2008, 15:29

Graham wrote:Final Fantasy Enemies/Summons:

iMac G5 - Shiva
MacBook - Odin
External Hard Drives - Cactuar, Behemoth, Malboro, Ifrit
Wii - Ramuh
iPod - Tonberry
iPhone - Master Tonberry

(I also have two small flash drives I named Puff Goo and Eye Goo, but that's Breath of Fire III. Puff Goo defends!)

You're kidding – my MacBook is also named Odin! Admittedly, its full name is ODIN ALLFATHER (caps necessary), but still.

My iPod is THOR, POD OF THUNDER, the G5 is FREYJA VALKYRJA, and the PC running XP is HEL, QUEEN OF DEATH. The Wii is LOKI, WIZARD OF LIES. :P
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Postby Tapir12 » 06 Oct 2008, 15:49

Wow, some of you guys are pretty creative!

I don't really name my stuff, I usually call my laptop my Baby.

When i first got it, it asked me for a name.... so I name it Coelho (portuguese for rabbit) but I don't actually call it that.
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Postby Morgan » 06 Oct 2008, 15:51

Misty wrote:iPod: Jane


ender's game?
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Postby Beta-guy » 06 Oct 2008, 15:58

Aztec Cowboy Mafia wrote:
Graham wrote:Final Fantasy Enemies/Summons:

iMac G5 - Shiva
MacBook - Odin
External Hard Drives - Cactuar, Behemoth, Malboro, Ifrit
Wii - Ramuh
iPod - Tonberry
iPhone - Master Tonberry

(I also have two small flash drives I named Puff Goo and Eye Goo, but that's Breath of Fire III. Puff Goo defends!)

You're kidding – my MacBook is also named Odin! Admittedly, its full name is ODIN ALLFATHER (caps necessary), but still.

My iPod is THOR, POD OF THUNDER, the G5 is FREYJA VALKYRJA, and the PC running XP is HEL, QUEEN OF DEATH. The Wii is LOKI, WIZARD OF LIES. :P


I thought about norse gods for names, they are really cool
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Postby Daco » 06 Oct 2008, 16:04

Main pc: dacotaco
Sub pc: Daco
Usb drive: HawtShit
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Postby Vaughn » 06 Oct 2008, 16:12

I really only have my PC named.
he is slightly named after me, my last name being Vander Somethingorother.
Thus, he is Vandemonium
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Postby Misty » 06 Oct 2008, 16:15

Morgan wrote:
Misty wrote:iPod: Jane


ender's game?


Nope, "Baby Jane" was Christina Aguilera's pseudonym from her Back to Basics tour. (I named my first iPod after my favorite male singer, so my current one gets to be named after my favorite female singer ^^)
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Postby 2stepz » 06 Oct 2008, 16:30

My first laptop was a Sony Vaio... and the word VAIO on the top looked kinda Egyptian or Greek or something. So, I named her Calypso.

The current replacement of Calypso is named Cecelia.

My iPod is "grasshopper". It's a green 3rd gen Nano.

My desktop doesn't have a name. It's commonly referred to as the "hunk'o'junk" though.
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Postby slayer41 » 06 Oct 2008, 16:30

Mine comp is named Compaq_Pwnerer
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Postby Lyinginbedmon » 06 Oct 2008, 16:46

Misty wrote:
Morgan wrote:
Misty wrote:iPod: Jane


ender's game?


Nope, "Baby Jane" was Christina Aguilera's pseudonym from her Back to Basics tour. (I named my first iPod after my favorite male singer, so my current one gets to be named after my favorite female singer ^^)

Not the only Baby Jane reference one could make :wink:
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Postby Tim » 06 Oct 2008, 16:56

I also have two external hard drives, named Felix and Manfred.
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Postby kkief02 » 06 Oct 2008, 17:11

I named my computer GLaDOS....
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Postby Flewellyn » 06 Oct 2008, 17:13

I've a friend who named her computers after bad internet memes. Her Ubuntu desktop is ALLYOURBASE, her Slackware server box is PEANUTBUTTERJELLYTIME, she has a first-gen Intel iMac (white, not silver) named ICANHASCHEEZEBURGER, a Macbook named RICKROLL, and she just got an iPod which she named HOWISBABBYFORMED.

...don't ask me, I'm just friends with her.

Edit: I forgot to mention her Apple Time Capsule, which is called LEAVEBRITNEYALONE.
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Postby Allen! » 06 Oct 2008, 17:14

My computers are usually named "Bacon"(My ps3 is House of Bacon)
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Postby Tim » 06 Oct 2008, 17:28

Flewellyn wrote:and she just got an iPod which she named HOWISBABBYFORMED.

I don't know this one. Link?
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