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dildo_bangings
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posted June 19, 2005 05:26
what are suitable names for computers? i give my computers female names like lisa, lucille, manuela and hallie, but maybe i am wrong and should give them other names. Is computer gender OS dependent or hardware dependent. human gender is determined at birth prior to any social influences like education. so i think that computer gender is hardware dependent, although installing a new OS may cause the computer to become transexual.
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spungo
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posted June 19, 2005 05:29
I give them names that suit their function, like 'Piece of Shit', 'bastard', or 'goes down faster than a ten-baht ho'.
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posted June 19, 2005 10:11
how is that better then dell, ibm, apple, pravec or zx380 ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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dragonman97
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posted June 19, 2005 10:33
It puts them in their place...something no one has yet been able to do with you around these parts. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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dildo_bangings
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posted June 19, 2005 10:49
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Originally posted by dragonman97:
It puts them in their place...something no one has yet been able to do with you around these parts.
should i take this personally. i find this naming scheme inefficient. you dont call children bastard or piece of shit although they deserve it. computers like children could start revolting and then where we would be. i think you catch more flies with honey or the occasional RAM, OS or processor upgrade
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dragonman97
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posted June 19, 2005 11:18
Allow me to quote spungo here: ([src])
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Originally posted by spungo:
Nay-sayers: get a f*ckin' life - it's a joke, fer cripes' sake!
You can take a number of our comments with a grain of salt, man. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Personally, I do not assign any gender to computers. I'm also not a terribly creative person in the field of naming, so my machines have rather practical names, or none at all. I have tux-server & tux-laptop, and simply put, my "mini." (I have yet to give it any other name.) My machine at work has a practical network name, and that's what I usually call it (or perhaps "The Fast Machine" ![[Wink]](wink.gif) ).
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posted June 19, 2005 13:26
I used to name my computers with characters from Megatokyo: Kimiko, Asmodeus, Seraphim (the ever trusty Thinkpad I am typing on). My roommate had a laptop that he christened 'Serenity' (a name far greater than the machine that it was given to).
I had another friend who named all his computers by food: Salad, Nacho, Waffle, Taco... mmmmm
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posted June 19, 2005 14:14
quote:
Originally posted by shriver:
I used to name my computers with characters from Megatokyo: Kimiko, Asmodeus, Seraphim (the ever trusty Thinkpad I am typing on). My roommate had a laptop that he christened 'Serenity' (a name far greater than the machine that it was given to).
I had another friend who named all his computers by food: Salad, Nacho, Waffle, Taco... mmmmm
What you say?
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nerdwithnofriends
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posted June 19, 2005 14:40
Well, we all know that if you want to give something a really cool name, you just prefix it with 'man-', or in some other way stick 'man' in there.
Examples:
garage = man-place
truck = man-icle (man + vehicle)
computer = man-box
metallica = man-band
I plan on purchasing a 12.1'' powerbook here pretty soon, and I plan on calling it the 'mantop'.
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spungo
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posted June 19, 2005 14:53
So when you're shopping for chicken do you go for the man-breast?
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nerdwithnofriends
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posted June 19, 2005 15:47
damn straight I do
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spungo
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posted June 19, 2005 15:53
Got a nice pair of man-breasts then, do you?
I take it, though, that you don't look for a man-whore after a night out drinking.
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nerdwithnofriends
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posted June 19, 2005 18:22
remember, this convention only applies if you want to give something a really awesome name.
whores don't need names.
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spungo
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posted June 19, 2005 18:30
Whores are people too. The best ones have names that sound like doughnuts. </Tom Waits... sorta>
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supergoo
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posted June 19, 2005 18:45
My iBook has the personality of a loving dog: it does EXACTLY what I tell it to do. I think I'll name it Koobi
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posted June 19, 2005 23:35
My PB is female: cute and sleek. It also seems to lose data easily, is that a female trait? Haven't named it yet, though. My server is ugly, rough around the edges, but gets the job done (or did, until it broke ... should spend some time fixing it soon). I'm looking for a good zombie name for it.
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posted June 20, 2005 00:27
My external HD is called Suki, after my friend's hamster, which died. Or something.
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Xanthine
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posted June 20, 2005 00:30
My computer is ungendered. It's name is Mirkwood. When it was running ME it was Mordor. When it runs Linux it's Mithlond.
I think place names are good for computers. Others may disagree.
And yes, I am a Tolkien fan.
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posted June 20, 2005 02:38
I tend to call mine after robots, I have a daneel, giskard, Holly and a Kryten at home
Although recently I started using Master & Margerita names, so my mobile phones are called Azzazzello and Berhmoth and I have an Ipaq called Korovyev.
famous literary characters is always a good one I find, or types of cheese.
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drunkennewfiemidget
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posted June 20, 2005 08:48
I have different names for computers all over the place.
Computers I install for clients (like linux routers) have names of characters from the simpsons:
ralph
skinner
bart
marge
maggie
lisa
homer
etc
My home network is characters from the matrix:
tank
dozer
trinity
apoch
switch
morpheus
etc
My business network on fibre is named after characters from trailer park boys
ricky
julian
mrleahy
j-roc
etc
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posted June 20, 2005 12:14
my windows machine's name is Monica, and it always makes me think of my favourite president, my linux box is named Bill ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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posted June 20, 2005 15:50
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Originally posted by drunkennewfiemidget:
My home network is characters from the matrix:
tank
dozer
trinity
apoch
switch
morpheus
etc
Doh, mine too. Right now I'm posting from Neo. Trinity is my trusty server. And Morpheus was my poor, dearly departed laptop.
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BronzeG3
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posted June 20, 2005 16:44
My SSID for my network is Springfield, my Powerbook is Lisa, my Dell laptop is Bart, and win2k server is Flanders.
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dragonman97
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posted June 20, 2005 18:32
w00t...I'm going to pay your area a visit, and try the passphrase "Smithers."
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posted June 20, 2005 19:19
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Originally posted by Xanthine:
My computer is ungendered. It's name is Mirkwood. When it was running ME it was Mordor. When it runs Linux it's Mithlond.
I think place names are good for computers. Others may disagree.
And yes, I am a Tolkien fan.
Yes, I did the same for one of my machines, smeagol (Linux) vs gollum(Windows)
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