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Topic: Computer Names?
Grosby
Posts: 711
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I named my computer last night, I was just wondering if any of you name yours as well?

His name is Disco Stu! Due to the addition of a Mirror Ball (it was the next logical step after the tri colour fan)

btw - an interesting research note - If you name your computer, do you also name your car? Do you have any pets?
I have 2 dogs and my Car's name is Ralphy - to the point that my friends call him Ralphy and when I'm at other peoples places and they need to get out of the driveway they go "Can you move Ralphy?"
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Scuzzy
Posts: 8285
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I name my pets, not my consumer electronics.
teen
Posts: 10410
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I try not to get attatched to my puter by giving it names and such, as it's only a tool for me, and could be replaced at any time.
Spooon
Posts: 540
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
ummmm... you are weird...

i do call my computer names though, but its normaly limited to "f***ing peice of s***", "stupid f*** stained s*** rag peice of technology" and such...
Grosby
Posts: 712
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
*blocks Teen's computers ears* That's a HORRIBLE thing to say in it's presences!
CodeBasher
Posts: 390
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

I name my PC all the time.

Usually "Useless piece of #$%^$ F%%^$ $##$ crap!"

mission
Posts: 963
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
normaly limited to "f***ing peice of s***"


lol

I haven't named my computer, or my current car. My old car's name was "Mazzy". Yes it was a Mazda :/

Actually our small car's name is "Buzzy" (little red Swift) and the other car is just "Big Car" (Camry).
Grosby
Posts: 713
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
ahaha
I come from a family of Car namers.
We had..
Ruby Red Car (ford falcon)
Betsy Blue Car (ford falcon) actually my dad's a taxi owner so we tend to get old taxi's. :P
Then there was "Tank" which was a Mazda and it was OLD I think it was a 626.
And then there was Jane which was a Mazda 323 (Okay, my mum thought she was a comedian - Tarzan swings from "Tree 2 "Tree" (323) but the car was female, so it was Jane)
We had a Landrover Series III named "Lorna Landy"
Then we got our Landrover Discovery, my mum and dad had a MAJOR argument about the name, mum wanted Daisy, dad wanted Dick.
Mum won :D
Yes. My family is a bit mad.
verticalseafoodtaco
Posts: 1231
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I name my pets, not my consumer electronics.
what about the sony dog aibo?

CHECKMATE BITCHCAKES
Scuzzy
Posts: 8286
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I don't forsee me ever buying one of those, so the need to name it is absent.

you do not shove memory sticks into dogs!
Sphinx
Posts: 2448
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
My Computer is called Phatbawx.
Tung
Posts: 1933
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my computer is called tung

my gateway is called nutz.

my car is called The Harbingers' Scorpion - a joke that my mate and i kinda take overboard, we are the Harbingers of Doom, so everything we own is kinda done in that stead.

His Landcruiser is the Harbingers' Workhorse, etc, its kinda gay but amusing when really really tired or really really drunk.

i want to rename my car sometime though.
Gavmo
Posts: 3630
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
My computer: Indefatigable
Dads: 500
brothers: 433
Gateway: router1
Jukebox: Duke
Tpyodemon
Posts: 2179
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my computers name is: asldjfasdhlg

I find it annoys the heck out of my friends when they have to find me accross a windows network...
Spooon
Posts: 544
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
you are all strange, and i mean that in a nice way :D
Suhaib
Posts: 9772
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my computer name is smokey
Protius-X
Posts: 202
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I had named my hdd, but when I formatted it to put XP on instead of 98 I lost his name, now I don't remember it. I also couldn't be bothered making a new one instead of C:
Hemerage
Posts: 8167
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Spoooon, I dont think they are talking about CALLING it a name .. like

"Going to turn Smokey on"

Theyre talking about names which they are on the network ... that you set when windows is installed.

Mines named ... Hemerage

:D
Opec
Posts: 333
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Mine are fairly pragmatic:

My own box: win2k
Gateway: dialup
Girlfriend's PC: (her name) ;D
DNS/Mail server: linux

It don't know why some people think it's strage to name thier PCs, if you've worked in a fairly big network with lots of computers it really does help if you named them in some logical manner.

Although when I used to work with Jim, we named our Servers after the Simpson's characters :) We even named one Jub Jub :) -- Or now I see why you think we're strange.
Frag
Posts: 1038
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my car is refered to as "the drag magna". as we can all imagine, 4 cyl magnas are whales

my computer is angelina after Angelina Joile, cos shes just damn hot
Boffiend
Posts: 1184
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my computer is now affectionately called s***box

http://www.geocities.com/boffiend/case.txt
Grosby
Posts: 715
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
No, I'm talking about calling my computer a name ;P

My old one was Bessy, I'd like "Cmon Bessy! You're so SLOWWWW" :P
Skitza
Posts: 2325
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
mins is called the microwave.
existence
Posts: 2415
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
f***in nerds
General Specific
Posts: 1924
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Kickin rad.
HerbalLizard
Posts: 2385
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Mines Named Jasesbawx
SakuraWars
Posts: 126
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Girls have issues with naming things. I knew someone who named everything. Car. Flute. Computer. It's just weird. Not CUTE. Just WEIRD.

My NETWORK name is.. SUCKAPROOF!
Spook
Posts: 2756
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
mine is slawbox
Fireblood
Posts: 3325
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
mine is...wait for it...Fireblood!
tox
Posts: 659
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i named my computer right after i read this topic.

i named it: GrosbyIsARetardWhoNamesComputers
DaFuGG
Posts: 660
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my hdd's are labelled
even my nfs shares are labelled

apocalypse
destruction
chaos
annihilation
maelstrom
deviation
obliteration
wasteland
groundzero

yeah.. i started using those labels when i first got into the original cnc.. and the nod nuke.. mmm :)
Parag0n
Posts: 3060
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I dont name toys...
Tollaz0r!
Posts: 5525
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Mine is Mugtukka
Grosby
Posts: 716
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i named my computer right after i read this topic.

i named it: GrosbyIsARetardWhoNamesComputers


I'm touched.

But really, lighten up, have fun, be happy.
lu-lu
Posts: 112
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

my hdd's are labelled
even my nfs shares are labelled

apocalypse
destruction
chaos
annihilation
maelstrom
deviation
obliteration
wasteland
groundzero



And someone isn't obsessed with death and destruction ;)
WhoopAss
Posts: 2793
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
3 computers here, Cathy, Phoebe and s***box

cathy was named by someone else, their reason: commodore + athlon commy, athy = cathy. meh their idea not mine but the name cathy stuck. I've always liked the name phoebe for some reason (no it has nothing to do with phoebe from charmed, I like the name way before that was on TV). s***box, well it is a s***box. (Linux gateway).

my first car was aptly named "leaky s***box" because when it rained it turned into a fishtank on wheels. my 2nd car didn't have a name (not by me anyway) it was just "the commodore". my 3rd car probably won't have a name either, just "the gemini" or something.

The cat's name is "fatso" because we got it in winter and it looked really fat so I called it fatso but it was really just fluffy fur, in summer it's kinda skinny. my mum calls it "velcro" because anything and everything sticks to it.
LD99
Posts: 341
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
My old comp is called Silencer. New comp is called LD99. After I upgraded and re-installed, they are now called LD99-XP16 and LD99-XP17.... so no.16 and no.17 for short. :D

Yeah... why wouldn't you name your computer? I spend more time playing with my computers than I do with my dog.

Sunbird
Posts: 558
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I name my computers for the sake of networking. Nothing more.

My computer's name is the name of my daughter, the file server is the nickname for my daughter (named by my b/f), and my mothers computer is named after where it is.
Greyden
Posts: 5755
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
we had an old f***ed ute we use to call "stinkin rodger"

i call my pc orange beast. because thats what it is
im not really attached to it like i am to my dog ( ripley.. no not from ripleys belive it or not... ripley from aliens *one tough bitch* ) but i still like to give the pc a name, something i can refer to it as instead of "my pc". considering the constant change of hardware my orange beast is hardly what the poor bugger use to be.
tox
Posts: 661
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i named my computer right after i read this topic.

i named it: GrosbyIsARetardWhoNamesComputers


I'm touched.

But really, lighten up, have fun, be happy.


joke man. calm down
epi.
Posts: 1974
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
60gb and 30gb =|

name on the network is "sime."
epi.
Posts: 1975
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
tox - chick, not man.
MAD ASS GOD
Posts: 6
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I just call my comp POS
You "Peice of s***e" then i just shortened it cause I was sick of saying Peice of Sh!t so many times. :D
monkeymajik
Posts: 292
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
My box is called Monkeymajik
The fileserver is called Pigsy
next comp will be called Trippitaka or Sandy....you get the picture.
DaFuGG
Posts: 665
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
And someone isn't obsessed with death and destruction ;)


no seriously.. it's because of the nuke in cnc..

although i do like a steady stream of war movies/novels/articles/photos/digests/logs

etc etc :)

.druid.
Posts: 1997
Location:
what about the sony dog aibo?

CHECKMATE BITCHCAKES
if i bought an aibo, i'd call it aibo. so technically, that's not giving it a name, other than the name given to it already (ie brand name, model name, whatever). just like i use the term "computer" when referring to my computer. that's not a name practically, but technically it is.
Grosby
Posts: 725
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
tox - chick, not man.

ta ;D
I think someone's a bit slow on the uptake :P
threE deE
Posts: 452
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
personally i think naming your computer with a person's name is sad but thats just me.
Tpyodemon
Posts: 2182
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
personally i think naming your computer with a person's name is sad but thats just me.


This comming frmo someone with the dumbest god damn nick I have seen in months.

threE deE


Did you find that on some gay porno site?
WhoopAss
Posts: 2797
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
well I've had some interesting conversations over the phone involving my computers, so it's comedy value as well. It's also amazing to know how many people can NOT spell phoebe. they try all sorts of variations, feebe feeby feebie pheebie pheebe etc etc, when I say phoebe, they go p...h...what?

my computers used to have non human names, before I got my p3 when it was just the athlon it used to be called wombwithaview that was always a laugh
Greyden
Posts: 5760
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Did you find that on some gay porno site?


oh please typo, ive heard better insults from your mum during sex.

i know you can do alot better then that.
Tpyodemon
Posts: 2183
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
oh please typo, ive heard better insults from your mum during sex.

i know you can do alot better then that.


Phwoar I made someone else bite ...

Here fishy, fishy, fishy.
Greyden
Posts: 5764
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
it just saddens me to see you use so pathetic insults, when i know you can do much much better.
Fishwick
Posts: 1719
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Here fishy, fishy, fishy.


you called? :P
Grosby
Posts: 727
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I like it best when it's said in an Earny voice :D
HEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere fishy fishy fishy!
WhoopAss
Posts: 2800
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
/me hands grosby rubber duckie
Grosby
Posts: 729
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
omg
Earny? WTF am I on?
ERNIE.

God I'm a dumbf***
Greyden
Posts: 5768
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
a dead f*** yes. a dumb f*** im not to sure about.
Grosby
Posts: 730
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
how'djooknow what kinda f*** i am eh eh eh?
Primal
Posts: 1060
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Primal's goat
jester
Posts: 102
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i call mine a god damn anus ! gda for short =P
cal
Posts: 518
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
where would you be without your anus eh
cerb
Posts: 2124
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
When I only had two pc's they were called Itchy and Scratchy. Itchy was the primary box, because in the cartoon's Scratchy is a little slow. :) But now scratchy is my linux box and seeing as I've not got around to actually reinstating its name I normally either call it "linux box" or "gateway".

necra's is named after her middle name. (boring, I know, but I like the name)

When we used to live with Lyco and necra's sister, lyco had 2 pcs - his primary was Zeus (never asked him where that came from) and his crappier pc was called "Skank". It was always referred to as a female, too - "can you look at Skank because her speakers aren't working".

At work my pc has the wonderfully creative name of "cp23-101x". I didn't name it, but I'm the only person in the office that has an "x" in their pc's name, so I feel l33t. :P
Spook
Posts: 2769
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
my work pc is b-016
i really should get around to renaming it
DaFuGG
Posts: 669
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
here's one for you

a computer owned by Autofleece (a family business)..

it's called "fleece"
the hdd labels are "merino" and "wool"

so you're thinking.. wow.. that was a boring post you tool.. and you'd be right

but my logon name is kiwi :)
Grosby
Posts: 746
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
password is gotvelcro?
Gatecrasher
Posts: 32
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
"Weapon" is it's name... but it really isn't I just named it that to intimidate people at LAN's!
Tpyodemon
Posts: 2201
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
it just saddens me to see you use so pathetic insults, when i know you can do much much better.


You think you are worth the effort of innovative insults?

Not only that, I find it amusing that you are "Saddened" by any actions I might have. Scratch that it's f***ing funny all on its own.

a dead f*** yes. a dumb f*** im not to sure about.


And you know this how exactly? Magic mental powers?
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