What are your computers named? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

marcopolo · 04-20-2003, 02:29 PM

This is something I've always been curious about, and I don't recall seeing a thread about it.

I'll start off:
Home Desktop #1: Phobia
Home Desktop #2:Tsunami
Home Laptop: Dementia

Here at work we use Xmen characters for the servers, and Star Wars characters for the routers and switches and shit.

"So Rogue is on Lando which is tied through Leia to get to Havok."
"Sounds like they're having a good time."
"Yuk yuk yuk."

Crimson · 04-20-2003, 02:37 PM

Router: Nora
WindowsDesktop: Freda
FreeBSDDesktop: Margaret
Mac: Ruth

I had a friend with computer named fred and eric - And I have a couple of uncles named fred and eric - so I named my computer after their wives

Strange I know but it works for me

wraithhibn · 04-20-2003, 02:39 PM

My main is wraithhibn, makes it easier to pick out on the network.
Others named after my bro and dad, Brett and Jack.

Snowman · 04-20-2003, 03:17 PM

your not suppose to give your comp a mans name

my main comp is nikki, i call my other computer 'the 500'. it doesnt have a name so i just say what it is (AMD 500mhz)

my motorcycles name is kelsey

charliex · 04-20-2003, 03:24 PM

almost all colours, not very creative but it gets difficult to name them after a while. ones called wilma coz its a wilmatte prototype.

DJ Teac · 04-20-2003, 03:25 PM

HC-0001 (standart PC)
HC-0002 m (first laptop)
HC-0003 m (second laptop

)
HC-0004 S (network Server)
HC-0005 S (FTP Server)
HC-0006 B (Backup Server)

I hope someday i get as much PCs to putt another Zero in front of them

XHydralisk · 04-20-2003, 03:47 PM

My computers' name is Kerrigan. Since I recently started using two monitors, I don't know if I should name them both separately, or treat them as her two breasts. (Hey I stare at them all day)

My Bass's name is TALENA.

labob · 04-20-2003, 03:58 PM

My computers' name is Euclid.

A character in one of my favorite films had a computer of the same name...

Thought it sounded cool...

juanvaldes · 04-20-2003, 04:01 PM

bob
my old case with new guts is Frankinbob

scapegoat · 04-20-2003, 04:04 PM

The RustBucket

Blue Penguin (aka my linux machine)

GreasyP · 04-20-2003, 04:13 PM

My old desktop's name was Multivac, as a nod to Asimov. So when I got my laptop, I named it Microvac. In "The Last Question," the next, smaller evolution of Multivac was Microvac, so it seemed fitting.

darkure · 04-20-2003, 04:17 PM

At work I had to set up 6 computers all at once so I just declined a Latin verb for them: doceo, doces, docet, docemus, docetis, docent.

heccubusiv · 04-20-2003, 04:41 PM

my machine is called heccubus but the plastic u fell off the case so its called heccbus now

sixate · 04-20-2003, 04:44 PM

Sorry, but I haven't given mine a name. I see no purpose in that.

maverick · 04-20-2003, 04:45 PM

I call mine "Mr Piece Of Crap F*Wit Machine That Pisses Me Off At Every Oppurtunity".

Not sure if it has a pet name for me yet.

oberon · 04-20-2003, 06:10 PM

Mine are all named after cosmic objects. They are: puck (main workstation), altair (gateway), europa (SMP crashbox/dev box), io (DEC Alpha PWS 433au), oberon (Sun Blade 100), & callisto (SGI Indy). I also had a laptop named ganymede (Sony Vaio R505), but I'll be replacing that soon. I think I have a few more coming as well.

They all run FreeBSD except the Indy. Ganymede used to dual boot XP as well.

I guess people can figure out who I really am now...

NastyNorman · 04-20-2003, 09:06 PM

mine is Deimos and my dad's is Phobos, two of Mars moons, and my workgroup is the Milky Way

Spinach_Indeed · 04-20-2003, 09:10 PM

I have a Network of 3 PCs in my House.

Main PC: "Alita"
Downloads: "Zapan"
Backup: "Ido"

Can anyone guess where I get my names from?

cub4life78 · 04-20-2003, 09:24 PM

I call mine Wrigley and mt other machine Heinz, as in the fields my 2 favorite teams play on.

b1m2x3 · 04-20-2003, 09:33 PM

i call mine "chiabutt"

oblar · 04-20-2003, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spinach_Indeed
I have a Network of 3 PCs in my House.

Main PC: "Alita"
Downloads: "Zapan"
Backup: "Ido"

Can anyone guess where I get my names from?

i will take a guess.. Ancient Japanese names?

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My computers are named as follows:

Main : Kali
Laptop: Hecate

Router : The router (not very orig)

looking for another goddess name for my soon to be new server. I am trying to think of a goddess that rises from the dead in a cylic pattern (similar to the Phoenix), since it has been through many transformations.

Spungfoo · 04-20-2003, 10:00 PM

I named mine "Dejesus."

You don't fuck with Dejesus.

Dave · 04-20-2003, 10:41 PM

I do believe I'll let dns answer this for me

$ host -t a -l universe
centauri.universe. A 192.168.0.16
ceres.universe. A 192.168.0.12
charon.universe. A 192.168.0.14
classic.universe. A 192.168.0.4
deimos.universe. A 192.168.0.17
earth.universe. A 192.168.0.1
hup.universe. A 192.168.0.100
jupiter.universe. A 192.168.0.3
mars.universe. A 192.168.0.5
mercury.universe. A 192.168.0.10
moon.universe. A 192.168.0.2
neptune.universe. A 192.168.0.8
phobos.universe. A 192.168.0.15
php.universe. A 192.168.0.203
printer.universe. A 192.168.0.190
saturn.universe. A 192.168.0.7
scanner.universe. A 192.168.0.191
space.universe. A 192.168.0.103
sun.universe. A 192.168.0.102
titan.universe. A 192.168.0.18
triton.universe. A 192.168.0.13
uranus.universe. A 192.168.0.9
venus.universe. A 192.168.0.11
x.universe. A 192.168.0.6

I guess that explains why it is that I use dns for this rather than just a simple /etc/hosts.

For the explaining of what most of the systems are, I also have text records:

$ host -t txt -l universe
centauri.universe. TXT "DEC Multia"
ceres.universe. TXT "Personal DecStation 5000/20"
charon.universe. TXT "VaxStation 4000/VLC"
classic.universe. TXT "SparcStation Classic SunOS 4.1.4"
deimos.universe. TXT "AlphaServer 4100 5/300 Debian"
earth.universe. TXT "Celeron 466 Debian unstable"
hup.universe. TXT "HP Envizex series A i960@28MHz"
jupiter.universe. TXT "P133 Debian Unstable, webserver"
mars.universe. TXT "SGI Indy Irix 5.3"
mercury.universe. TXT "SparcPlug Solo HyperSparc 100 Debian testing"
moon.universe. TXT "P200MMX Debian testing, firewall"
neptune.universe. TXT "PPro180 FreeBSD 5.0DP1, Bridge"
phobos.universe. TXT "Data General Aviion 530"
php.universe. TXT "round robin DNS for the php mirror"
printer.universe. TXT "Lexmark Optra S1855"
saturn.universe. TXT "HP9000/G30 HPUX-11.00"
scanner.universe. TXT "HP ScanJet 3C"
space.universe. TXT "SparcStation ELC Sun4C@36MHz NetBSD 1.4.1"
sun.universe. TXT "Sparc Xterminal 1 NetBSD 1.4.1"
triton.universe. TXT "SparcStation LX"
uranus.universe. TXT "DecStation 5000/150"
venus.universe. TXT "iBook G3/600 MacOSX, Workstation"
x.universe. TXT "SparcStation 10 Solaris 9"

It's a little excessive, isn't it? Now, if only I had enough power points to power them all up at once.

krystalogik · 04-20-2003, 10:42 PM

main box : logikbox
gentoo box : neuron
old FBSD box : Demona

Uuudar · 04-20-2003, 11:25 PM

My old one was named Mr. Computer. With this new one I decided to give it a girl's name, so I went with Mom.

flammatappa · 04-20-2003, 11:42 PM

Desktop: 'Baraka'
Laptop: 'Valhalla'
Hub: 'My Hub'

activitie · 04-21-2003, 01:21 AM

Router: Routie
Server: Caziserv
Workstation: Cazipc
Laptop: Cazilt
Workgroup: Cazinet

Empty_One · 04-21-2003, 04:56 AM

domain: antarctica
linux laptop: chilly
linux laptop: tuxx
linux pc/router: ice_box
main workstation: main

zizdog69 · 04-21-2003, 05:02 AM

My brother named his servers after cars for a while (i.e. Spider, Corvette). After accumulating so many, they are just numbers now.

As far as mine: Computer (when it acts like it's supposed to), Fucking Piece of Shit (when it decides to lockup for no reason).

I believe one of my SCSI hard drives are about to die.

phunktastic · 04-21-2003, 05:35 AM

Hmm, don't really have a name, but if it answered to what it was most often called, it's probably named "Stupid piece of shit!"

bundy · 04-21-2003, 05:53 AM

i call it... 'slow', or sometimes even 'out-dated'.

laughter · 04-21-2003, 06:53 AM

Desktop: Obelisk (because it's black and plain and all-powerful)
Laptop: Asterix
Linux partition: Dogmatix

Network name: Gaul

Anyone read those comics when they were younger?

saberyo · 04-21-2003, 07:49 AM

general linux box: crappy
XP/gentoo dualbooter: mustafa
printer: pr (very creative)

TehOck · 04-21-2003, 07:54 AM

Just plain old 'ock' for me

duckduck · 04-21-2003, 07:57 AM

My first was called Brianna. Never got around to naming the ones after that.

BoCo · 04-21-2003, 07:59 AM

Mine is named Big Brother. It's a full two feet tall and deep and towers over my previous case.

Tempboy · 04-21-2003, 08:53 AM

Old one: Windsor
Current one: Everest

Chug · 04-21-2003, 09:47 AM

New comp: Station 1
Old comp: Station 2

Elitegibson · 04-21-2003, 09:51 AM

My computer is Ulrich. My name is Erik and my friend Joe started calling me "Ulrich the Dragon Slayer" one day, so that's about it.

BigJonnyJ · 04-21-2003, 10:22 AM

Server: Deathscythe
Main workstation: WingZero
Wife's machine: Epyon

I know, really nerdy...or geeky. Maybe the next set will be named after Macross/Robotech stuff...

04-20-2003, 02:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
marcopolo I am the anomaly. Location: Motown	What are your computers named? This is something I've always been curious about, and I don't recall seeing a thread about it. I'll start off: Home Desktop #1: Phobia Home Desktop #2:Tsunami Home Laptop: Dementia Here at work we use Xmen characters for the servers, and Star Wars characters for the routers and switches and shit. "So Rogue is on Lando which is tied through Leia to get to Havok." "Sounds like they're having a good time." "Yuk yuk yuk." __________________ Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

04-20-2003, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Crimson Crazy Location: Leicestershire UK	Router: Nora WindowsDesktop: Freda FreeBSDDesktop: Margaret Mac: Ruth I had a friend with computer named fred and eric - And I have a couple of uncles named fred and eric - so I named my computer after their wives Strange I know but it works for me __________________ Crimson If my life is to change - Let it change If my whole world is to be destroyed - So be it If my fate is to die - I must simply laugh

04-20-2003, 02:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
wraithhibn Dopefish Location: the 'Ville	My main is wraithhibn, makes it easier to pick out on the network. Others named after my bro and dad, Brett and Jack. __________________ If you won't dress like the Victoria Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

04-20-2003, 03:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
DJ Teac Tilted Location: Ludwigshafen/Germany	HC-0001 (standart PC) HC-0002 m (first laptop) HC-0003 m (second laptop ) HC-0004 S (network Server) HC-0005 S (FTP Server) HC-0006 B (Backup Server) I hope someday i get as much PCs to putt another Zero in front of them __________________ Where's that train

04-20-2003, 03:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
labob Tilted Location: Orange County, CA	My computers' name is Euclid. A character in one of my favorite films had a computer of the same name... Thought it sounded cool... __________________ "A man's only as old as the woman he feels" -Groucho Marx

04-20-2003, 03:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Snowman Banned	your not suppose to give your comp a mans name my main comp is nikki, i call my other computer 'the 500'. it doesnt have a name so i just say what it is (AMD 500mhz) my motorcycles name is kelsey

04-20-2003, 03:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
charliex Junkie Location: North Hollywood	almost all colours, not very creative but it gets difficult to name them after a while. ones called wilma coz its a wilmatte prototype.

04-20-2003, 03:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
XHydralisk Banned	My computers' name is Kerrigan. Since I recently started using two monitors, I don't know if I should name them both separately, or treat them as her two breasts. (Hey I stare at them all day) My Bass's name is TALENA.

04-20-2003, 04:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	bob my old case with new guts is Frankinbob

04-20-2003, 04:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
scapegoat Insane	The RustBucket Blue Penguin (aka my linux machine) __________________ Sticks and Stones may break my bones, But Whips and Chains Excite me!

04-20-2003, 04:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
GreasyP Crazy Location: Salt Lake City	My old desktop's name was Multivac, as a nod to Asimov. So when I got my laptop, I named it Microvac. In "The Last Question," the next, smaller evolution of Multivac was Microvac, so it seemed fitting. __________________ ---<>---^^---<>---^^---<>--- ---^^---<>---^^---<>---^^--- ---<>---^^---<>---^^---><---

04-20-2003, 04:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
darkure Addict Location: Dodging the ice pick	At work I had to set up 6 computers all at once so I just declined a Latin verb for them: doceo, doces, docet, docemus, docetis, docent. __________________ COYW

04-20-2003, 04:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
heccubusiv #1 Irish Fan Location: The Burgh	my machine is called heccubus but the plastic u fell off the case so its called heccbus now __________________ Fuck Ohio

04-20-2003, 04:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	Sorry, but I haven't given mine a name. I see no purpose in that.

04-20-2003, 04:45 PM	#15 (permalink)
maverick Upright Location: QLD, Australia	I call mine "Mr Piece Of Crap F*Wit Machine That Pisses Me Off At Every Oppurtunity". Not sure if it has a pet name for me yet. __________________ The bitterness is strong in this one.

04-20-2003, 06:10 PM	#16 (permalink)
oberon Quadrature Amplitude Modulator Location: Denver	Mine are all named after cosmic objects. They are: puck (main workstation), altair (gateway), europa (SMP crashbox/dev box), io (DEC Alpha PWS 433au), oberon (Sun Blade 100), & callisto (SGI Indy). I also had a laptop named ganymede (Sony Vaio R505), but I'll be replacing that soon. I think I have a few more coming as well. They all run FreeBSD except the Indy. Ganymede used to dual boot XP as well. I guess people can figure out who I really am now... __________________ "There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught." -- Irish proverb

04-20-2003, 09:06 PM	#17 (permalink)
NastyNorman Upright Location: Canada	mine is Deimos and my dad's is Phobos, two of Mars moons, and my workgroup is the Milky Way

04-20-2003, 09:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
Spinach_Indeed Banned? Location: Artic Tundra	I have a Network of 3 PCs in my House. Main PC: "Alita" Downloads: "Zapan" Backup: "Ido" Can anyone guess where I get my names from? __________________ Spinach in Need is Spinach Indeed

04-20-2003, 09:24 PM	#19 (permalink)
cub4life78 Insane Location: Kansas	I call mine Wrigley and mt other machine Heinz, as in the fields my 2 favorite teams play on.

04-20-2003, 09:33 PM	#20 (permalink)
b1m2x3 Banned	i call mine "chiabutt"

04-20-2003, 10:00 PM	#22 (permalink)
Spungfoo Insane Location: Pittsburgh, PA	I named mine "Dejesus." You don't fuck with Dejesus.

04-20-2003, 10:41 PM	#23 (permalink)
Dave Upright Location: Within GMT+10	I do believe I'll let dns answer this for me $ host -t a -l universe centauri.universe. A 192.168.0.16 ceres.universe. A 192.168.0.12 charon.universe. A 192.168.0.14 classic.universe. A 192.168.0.4 deimos.universe. A 192.168.0.17 earth.universe. A 192.168.0.1 hup.universe. A 192.168.0.100 jupiter.universe. A 192.168.0.3 mars.universe. A 192.168.0.5 mercury.universe. A 192.168.0.10 moon.universe. A 192.168.0.2 neptune.universe. A 192.168.0.8 phobos.universe. A 192.168.0.15 php.universe. A 192.168.0.203 printer.universe. A 192.168.0.190 saturn.universe. A 192.168.0.7 scanner.universe. A 192.168.0.191 space.universe. A 192.168.0.103 sun.universe. A 192.168.0.102 titan.universe. A 192.168.0.18 triton.universe. A 192.168.0.13 uranus.universe. A 192.168.0.9 venus.universe. A 192.168.0.11 x.universe. A 192.168.0.6 I guess that explains why it is that I use dns for this rather than just a simple /etc/hosts. For the explaining of what most of the systems are, I also have text records: $ host -t txt -l universe centauri.universe. TXT "DEC Multia" ceres.universe. TXT "Personal DecStation 5000/20" charon.universe. TXT "VaxStation 4000/VLC" classic.universe. TXT "SparcStation Classic SunOS 4.1.4" deimos.universe. TXT "AlphaServer 4100 5/300 Debian" earth.universe. TXT "Celeron 466 Debian unstable" hup.universe. TXT "HP Envizex series A i960@28MHz" jupiter.universe. TXT "P133 Debian Unstable, webserver" mars.universe. TXT "SGI Indy Irix 5.3" mercury.universe. TXT "SparcPlug Solo HyperSparc 100 Debian testing" moon.universe. TXT "P200MMX Debian testing, firewall" neptune.universe. TXT "PPro180 FreeBSD 5.0DP1, Bridge" phobos.universe. TXT "Data General Aviion 530" php.universe. TXT "round robin DNS for the php mirror" printer.universe. TXT "Lexmark Optra S1855" saturn.universe. TXT "HP9000/G30 HPUX-11.00" scanner.universe. TXT "HP ScanJet 3C" space.universe. TXT "SparcStation ELC Sun4C@36MHz NetBSD 1.4.1" sun.universe. TXT "Sparc Xterminal 1 NetBSD 1.4.1" triton.universe. TXT "SparcStation LX" uranus.universe. TXT "DecStation 5000/150" venus.universe. TXT "iBook G3/600 MacOSX, Workstation" x.universe. TXT "SparcStation 10 Solaris 9" It's a little excessive, isn't it? Now, if only I had enough power points to power them all up at once.

04-20-2003, 10:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
krystalogik Upright Location: Anaheim, CA	main box : logikbox gentoo box : neuron old FBSD box : Demona

04-20-2003, 11:25 PM	#25 (permalink)
Uuudar Insane	My old one was named Mr. Computer. With this new one I decided to give it a girl's name, so I went with Mom.

04-20-2003, 11:42 PM	#26 (permalink)
flammatappa Upright	Desktop: 'Baraka' Laptop: 'Valhalla' Hub: 'My Hub'

04-21-2003, 01:21 AM	#27 (permalink)
activitie Upright	Router: Routie Server: Caziserv Workstation: Cazipc Laptop: Cazilt Workgroup: Cazinet

04-21-2003, 04:56 AM	#28 (permalink)
Empty_One Addict Location: Milwaukee, WI	domain: antarctica linux laptop: chilly linux laptop: tuxx linux pc/router: ice_box main workstation: main

04-21-2003, 05:02 AM	#29 (permalink)
zizdog69 Crazy Location: Arizona	My brother named his servers after cars for a while (i.e. Spider, Corvette). After accumulating so many, they are just numbers now. As far as mine: Computer (when it acts like it's supposed to), Fucking Piece of Shit (when it decides to lockup for no reason). I believe one of my SCSI hard drives are about to die. __________________ "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Peter Gibbons, Office Space Last edited by zizdog69; 04-21-2003 at 05:05 AM..

04-21-2003, 05:35 AM	#30 (permalink)
phunktastic Insane Location: Dayton, Ohio	Hmm, don't really have a name, but if it answered to what it was most often called, it's probably named "Stupid piece of shit!" __________________ "Relax, the world will spin beside itself and suck you in. With threats and hopes beyond compare"

04-21-2003, 05:53 AM	#31 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	i call it... 'slow', or sometimes even 'out-dated'. __________________ Ohayo!!!

04-21-2003, 06:53 AM	#32 (permalink)
laughter Tilted Location: Canada's capital, eh	Desktop: Obelisk (because it's black and plain and all-powerful) Laptop: Asterix Linux partition: Dogmatix Network name: Gaul Anyone read those comics when they were younger? __________________ "Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly." -Thomas Hobbes

04-21-2003, 07:49 AM	#33 (permalink)
saberyo Tilted	general linux box: crappy XP/gentoo dualbooter: mustafa printer: pr (very creative) __________________ TANSTAAFL

04-21-2003, 07:54 AM	#34 (permalink)
TehOck Upright	Just plain old 'ock' for me

04-21-2003, 07:57 AM	#35 (permalink)
duckduck Psycho Location: Where hockey pucks run rampant	My first was called Brianna. Never got around to naming the ones after that. __________________ Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way!

04-21-2003, 07:59 AM	#36 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	Mine is named Big Brother. It's a full two feet tall and deep and towers over my previous case. __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.