JDWTopGuy's Journal: Naming systems

Okay... I just traded an ethernet hub for a PC. Yes, I'm a pathetic geek with no life. Anyway, I need to name it, and I have yet to think of anything. So I was wondering...

How do you name your systems?

Bad, just bad.

[Feztaa]

I use really bad puns combining technology with Adams' Family characters. My box is called Feztron (Uncle Fester + 'Tron'). That's the only one I have, though. It's hard to make up more that are good :)

Just for pointers, though... some people use characters from fantasy novels, some people use colors of the rainbow... some people use letter from the greek alphabet. Basically, any group of things that have names that interest you, personally, make for good names of computers.

Re:Bad, just bad.

[Feztaa]

It's hard to make up more that are good :)

I didn't want to say the other ones at first, but you need to hear them to know how awful they are :)

GNUmez, Wednesdata, Cousin IT.

*groan* :)

Re:Bad, just bad.

[JDWTopGuy]

I'm thinking of naming my new box "Tiburon" (shark). Here's what I have so far: PBG4, Fiasco, Cruza, Behemoth, and Smackintosh.

I like Gilligan's Island... I could name it Gilligan, Skipper, etc. or something, but I think I prefer Tiburon.

Naming Servers

[ElliotLee]

Here's an interesting thread from WHT [webhostingtalk.com] with several good naming ideas.

drug names

[Gunzour]

I once was naming servers after prescription drugs. I had propecia, viagra, claritin, prilosec, and some others. The ironic thing was that "viagra" crashed a lot, so yeah I had trouble keeping it up.

Re:drug names

[JDWTopGuy]

Any particular reason you have befoed me?

It would be funny to name all your machines after illegal drugs.

[gunzour@cocaine]$ ping heroin