OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Thu Oct 24 01:52:00 2002

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:

> > > > > 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?

I was trying to avoid to avoid being drawn in, but ...

JIZZUM or JIZZIM?

Pat
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