How do you name your computers?
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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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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
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
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.
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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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)
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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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.
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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.
I thought about norse gods for names, they are really cool
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.
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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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
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I also have two external hard drives, named Felix and Manfred.
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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.
...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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Flewellyn wrote:and she just got an iPod which she named HOWISBABBYFORMED.
I don't know this one. Link?
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