Well, I have 2 (3?) sort-of naming schemes going on:
- some machines (Suns mostly, and my firewall) are named after sorts of
monkeys -- baboon, rhesus, etc. They all thing they're on the domain
.monkey-cage.uiuc.edu, to make some Sun software stuff work right.
- I have one HP C200 named "tetsuo", and I'm going to be getting a 2 processor
J210XC with 1GB+ RAM that will be named "akira".
- other computers are just named after what they are - the mac is "mac-g3", my
laptop is "decnote", etc...
so whether or not they get named creatively depends on a) how cool the
machine is, and b) if I feel like thinking about it at the time ;)
Robert F. Schaefer said:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Chase" <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Naming Computers [was: A Momentous Decision]
>
> Ok, ok, ok, I give!
>
> The VAXcluster consists of (or will consist of when I get a round tuit):
>
> BILBO - VAX 6000-320
> FRODO - VAXstation 4000-90
> MERRY - VAXstation 3100-40
> PIPPIN - VAX 4000-200
> a few currently-unnamed alpha boxen that will boot into OpenVMS occasionally
> SAM - '386/40 64MB(!) to watch the guts of a working LAVc
>
> The networking equipment:
> a-ko - HP hub
> b-ko - Xyplex termserver
> c-ko - Rylan 10bFL concentrator
> hehehe! The HP and the Xyplex both hang off the Raylan, and the Xyplex gave
> me fits getting it to boot-- it's pure evil. Get it?
>
> The peaseas are mostly unnamed, but a few notable exceptions:
>
> ai-chan - my peasea
> len-chan - my wifes' peasea (she doesn't know...)
>
> Most of the others are waiting for the right Name to occure to me, they
> mostly get utilitarian names until then
>
> >
> > -brian.
>
> Bob
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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Received on Tue Oct 22 2002 - 09:29:00 BST