QOTW #6: Computer Names
Ok, so I haven't been very good at keeping this up once again… but I'm gonna keep it going. Hopefully, I'll get the QOTW back to Monday next week with a question contributed to me by David McGlone. But this week, I'm going to base it on a question Flip asked me about my computers. As always feel free to answer below or perhaps take this question and use it for a meme on your own blog.
What names do you have for your computers?
Well, not all of them are still in service, but I'll order the ones that have been named from the oldest (built in 1997) to the newest (purchased last week). Prior to '98, I didn't network systems, so it wasn't necessary for such names to be employed in my case.
Fred: A Pentium 100 long retired. One of only three systems without some connection to Dilbert.
Dellbert: My first Dell, and a play on the name Dilbert.
Lapbert: My first networked laptop.
Sneakers: I wasn't planning to upgrade when I did, so it “snuck” in… thus sneakers.
Catbert: the Ruby iMac.
Wally: the Shuttle XPC… shiny sort of like Wally's bald head in Dilbert.
Cedar: This one is the server you are reading this off of. Since it is offsite, I decided to start a new naming convention for it. If and when I need a new server some day, it might be “pine.” It's domain is cedar.serverforest.com.
Albert: The G5 (Aluminum + bert = Albert).
Hapbert: The PowerBook… I thought about apbert (Apple + bert) but that didn't sound so good, so it is officially “Happy APple BERT.” Pathetic, I know.
Were's Dogbert? I'm glad you asked. That's my wifi network.
I may try to go a bit more orthodox and revise these. Here's a thought on more proper Dilbert naming:
Dellbert = Dilbert.
Lapbert = Bob.
Sneakers = Wally
Wally = Ratbert
Albert = Alice
Cedar = Elbonians
Hapbert = Dogbert
Dogbert = Asok
Waddya think? Post your own naming conventions below, if you'd like. Do you follow the popular trend of using Greek mythological characters? Perhaps you too use Dilbert?
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RE: QOTW #6: Computer Names
I have never named a computer, unless “the laptop”, “the powerbook”, or “that piece of junk in the corner” count.
RE: QOTW #6: Computer Names
I only name computers when I want to network them. When that happens I normally stick to X-Files characters. Krycek, Skinner, Mulder, Scully, etc etc.
Ironically Skinner always ends up being the Win machine.
RE: QOTW #6: Computer Names
I name just about anything, from my car (Francie, Sonny, Bud, Kit, Chuck, and Jeepers) to my hammer (Betsy). This is my third computer and it’s the first one I’ve named. It’s Cowbox.
It’s a Gateway.
RE: QOTW #6: Computer Names
Cowbox… Hm, must be a gateway.
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Mark: Not fond of Skinner, I presume?
Susan: I presume Jeepers is a Jeep, but what was Chuck? I can’t say I’ve ever named a hammer…
What inspired you to finally start naming your computers?
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Tim
Not a big fan at all, from an X-files fan perspective.
That man had no back bone what so ever especially in the first few seasons. When M&S tried to trust him he sometimes wouldn’t cover for them. Then when things hit the fan bad for him, oh then he went running to Mulder. But the reason I hate him the most…he killed my favorite guy, and Mulder’s personal punching bag, Krycek.
RE: QOTW #6: Computer Names
That’s quite a few computers you’ve had…
I’ve never named a computer myself, but I think our family’s first computer was unofficially called “Malte” - nothing to do with “malt”, btw.