Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
On 15-Nov-1999, Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my server) is safe. Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. : ) Here at the mercury project: quicksilver hydra (two cpus) hg (chemical symbol for mercury) roy (since in the same room as hg (australian joke)) at home: vet (pun on my login) wally dilbert dogbert princess
Re: [OT] Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
Phil Brutsche wrote: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my server) is safe. Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? Yes it would, actually. Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. I also have Giedi, Fury, and a SPARCstation running NetBSD called Arrakis. With a Kaitain coming soon. Mine is okidz, which is basically my name. But the Sparc machine I've been configuring is ss1; which is the flagship product of my company (the one I work for). Oki -- Shells Command shells. Friendly user interfaces for beginners. http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/
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Peter Ross wrote:
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roy (since in the same room as hg (australian joke))
Would you mind telling the joke please...
('cause I don't get it)
Oki
RE: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
From: Peter Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? At my house... grayswandir: main machine excalibur: wife's Win machine sting: laptop frakir: mac dyrnwyn: old 486 irving: old 386 Bonus points to those who can spot the theme and describe the origins of the individual names. :- Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can write programs that control air traffic, intercept ballistic missiles, reconcile bank accounts, control production lines. So can I, and so can any man, but do they work when you do write them? - Fred Brooks, after Shakespeare, in The Mythical Man-Month
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Ingles, Raymond wrote: At my house... grayswandir: main machine excalibur: wife's Win machine sting: laptop frakir: mac dyrnwyn: old 486 irving: old 386 Bonus points to those who can spot the theme and describe the origins of the individual names. :- They are all bladed weapons out of fantasy-type stories. Excalibur is of course from the Arthur legends. Sting is the blade carried by Bilbo on his quest to the Lonely Mountain. Grayswandir I recognize, but can't seem to remember where it came from (Corwin of Amber, maybe?). The last three I don't recognize, but the theme is clear enough from the first three. Is that good enough for half-credit? grin -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | Where do you want to go today? ICQ# 12934898 | As far from Redmond as possible! '91 GS500E| Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
[OT] Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my server) is safe. Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? Yes it would, actually. Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. I also have Giedi, Fury, and a SPARCstation running NetBSD called Arrakis. With a Kaitain coming soon. Call me a science fiction freak (they're from Frank Herbert's Dune series, for those who don't know) :) -- -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Re: [OT] Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
Phil Brutsche said: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? Doesn't everyone? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. I also have Giedi, Fury, and a SPARCstation running NetBSD called Arrakis. With a Kaitain coming soon. I've got Genma (my server), PChan (my workstation) and Amelia (my laptop). And then there's Happosai (aka Happy) the gateway/firewall sitting in my closet waiting for me to get a working ISA ether card and set it up for real... (Amelia is a character from Slayers and the others are from Ranma 1/2, both of which are excellent anime series. Highly recommended if you like silly fantasy or martial arts-type anime. No giant robots, but still worth checking out if that's the only kind of anime you're familiar with.) -- Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P L++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv- b++ DI D G e* h+ r++ y+
Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 09:48:16PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote: ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my server) is safe. Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. Of course we do! Remember way far back ago in the intial install, one of the questions was, what is the name of this system? This one is peon. Rob -- Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 8:32:25 AM, Rob wrote: Of course we do! Remember way far back ago in the intial install, one of the questions was, what is the name of this system? This one is peon. My server is teleute. morpheus is my workstation (like you couldn't guess that from my email). My laptop is named mania because when I had installed it I had the intentions of using it at work on remote installs which meant its IP would constantly be changing. Unused names for the network, aponoia, olethros, epithumia, potmos. potmos is reserved for my router if I ever get a dedicated one (DSL anyone?). Kudo to anyone who can recognize where I got those names from and digging my domain would be cheating. ;) -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+-
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aphro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just built 2 machines to test a VPN and i named em kirk spock :/ If you come to series... Casimir (first one, 486 - broken at the moment) Clodomir (P200) Minimir (Vaio laptop) Faramir Boromir (Not mine actually - at work last year) Cachemir (At work now) Most of these names will of course speak only to French people (except maybe Faramir Boromir). Casimir was a TV series in the early 1980's, Clodomir was one of Clovis's sons (Clovis was maybe the first king of France, centuries ago). Minimir is a washing powder (sold in small quantities, unlike the Mir Express type). Cachemir -- well. Next one? Stationmir (if I ever buy an Alpha workstation).
Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)
Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 9:03:16 AM, Roland wrote: Next one? Stationmir (if I ever buy an Alpha workstation). Nah. I vote vote that Stationmir be the name given to the Windows box, as in always falling apart and kept together with spit, chickenwire and a whole lotta prayers. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+-
