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[CLUG] Machine names

[CLUG] Machine names

adam clug at perm.it
Thu Jun 19 20:45:57 IST 2008


Priests names from Father Ted. Home machines named after Ted, Dougal and Jack, remote ones after the priest's names Mrs Doyle came up with while trying to remember Todd Unctious' name in A Christmassy Ted.

http://www.feck.net/splange/ftpriest.html#imaginary

I've grown up though, they're all called n1, n2, m1, w1, etc these days. So old.

adam

-- 
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Web & Net Consulting
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----- "Conor O'Callaghan" <cocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/6/19 Michele Neylon <michele at blacknight.ie>:
> 
> >
> >
> >  We use Arthurian elements, so you see lancelot, merlin, camelot
> etc.,
> >
> > Of course the problem is that you eventually start running out of
> > recognisable ones and end up with really odd ones :)
> >
> >
> >
> Hmm people seem to have some interesting names :) . I am more in line
> with
> Miloskas ideas, I prefer to have site-webcluster01 and things like
> that :),
> I understand there can be some issues with names if one were to fail,
> but
> lets cross that bridge when we come to it I guess :). I like Ronans
> kitchen
> appliances one, though Im sure id run out of names very quickly. I
> have
> worked on systems named after south park characters and simpsons
> characters,
> but at the moment I have to stick to city names so be it, next name
> up
> "houston" :)
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