Naming Computers [ was: Re: A Momentous Decision ]

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Mon Oct 21 14:25:01 2002

Might as well throw in my two cents on server names.

I always figured machines were happier when they had real names, so I've
always been opposed to names like 'mblv002' or 'mail'. That's what CNAME
records are for.

I like postindustrial consumer icons, though I've got a few other parallel
namespaces going in my lab at home.

- wingnut, umbrella, potentiometer, wurlitzer, eightball, eggo,
- synthemesc, rapidograph, boesendorfer, diesel, sunroof...

For a while I had a bunch of NEXTSTEP systems named for characters in the
Asterix comic.

- asterix, obelix, dogmatix, geriatrix, getafix, cacophonix,
- vitalstatistix

I started out with European political figures on compact Macintoshes.

- Napoleon, Churchill, Bismarck, Preminger

Later on I moved to Richard Scarry, when bigger Macs started coming in.

- Bugdozer, Tillie, Pig Won't, Lowly Worm

I have a low opinion of Linux zealots, so I named those systems
appropriately.

- booger, drool, epsilon-minus, malibu-barbie

I have a Yiddish lexicon of PS/2s

- yeshiva, nudnik, nudzh, shmedrick


I'd better stop there, I think that's more than 2 cents.

I never had the nerve to do this, but there's a treasure trove of
hostnames in the Sami names for Swedish mountain peaks. You can start off
lightly and work up from there.

keb, akka, nammatj, sjnjerek, sjnjuftjutis


ok
r.
Received on Mon Oct 21 2002 - 14:25:01 BST