OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Sun Oct 27 10:58:00 2002

On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Philip Pemberton wrote:

> Well, seeing as we're on the subject of machine names...
> I asked my brother for some suggestiosn. He picked "goku", "gohan" and
> "goten" - all characters from the anime series "Dragonball Z". I told him
> that I wasn't about to use names from a cartoon series. So he half inched

  OK, I've read/heard that expression before, and I'm curious about it.
Where did "half inch" come from? Does it refer to any specific mode of
aquisition, like Human Engineering as opposed to rifling the desk?
  Please, do tell.

        Doc
Received on Sun Oct 27 2002 - 10:58:00 GMT