OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Thu Oct 24 01:39:01 2002

> > > > I had some VMS systems that I named SKITZO, PSYCHO, and PHLEGM.
> > > > I was limited to six characters for the name due to DECnet. I
> > > > was going for odd names. I was going to name the next one
> > > > SMEGMA, but the order was cancelled.
> > >
> > > I guess it would've been worse if you'd gotten to JISM.
> >
> > Part of the plan called for using all six characters. I would
> > have had to spelled it differently.
>
> Ok, SPOOGE.

Well, that's using a different word. What's a 6-letter phonetic
spelling for JISM?
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Received on Thu Oct 24 2002 - 01:39:01 BST

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