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post #1 of 42
6/9/06 at 9:20am
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I was thinking that I'm probably not the only one to name my iPods. I was curious what you call might have named them.

My 2G 10GB iPod was "White House" because of its color and the fact that it housed all of my music.

My 4G 40GB is "Galleria" for it's ability to hold large amounts of pictures.

My 5G 60GB is "Chez Noir" as a throwback to the first iPod's name and because it sounds cool.

Okay, so I'm a bit bored at work today...
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post #2 of 42
6/9/06 at 9:22am
You're the only one! I named my dog, but stopped there.

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post #3 of 42
6/9/06 at 9:54am
"Blackbird". 8)
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post #4 of 42
6/9/06 at 10:03am
Dude!

 

Your = the possessive of you, as in, "Your name is Tom, right?" or "What is your name?"

 

You're = a contraction of YOU + ARE as in, "You are right" --> "You're right."

 

 

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Your = the possessive of you, as in, "Your name is Tom, right?" or "What is your name?"

 

You're = a contraction of YOU + ARE as in, "You are right" --> "You're right."

 

 

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post #5 of 42
6/9/06 at 10:23am
I was really creative. I renamed my 60GB iPod photo "iPod60".

Well, at least I have "E pur si muove" engraved on the back.

You know, this reminds me... My iPod has been out in my car for a long time without getting synched up with my newest music. I should do something about that.
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post #6 of 42
6/9/06 at 12:39pm
Mine's called an iPod!
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post #7 of 42
6/9/06 at 12:43pm
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Mine's called an iPod!

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post #8 of 42
6/9/06 at 3:46pm
I named my the Chocolate Factory... The music is like candy... And I named my computers hard drive Willy Wonka... So they go together very nicely..

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post #9 of 42
6/9/06 at 4:07pm
Get a job.
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post #10 of 42
6/9/06 at 4:45pm
It's "iPod"!

Not very creative I know...
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post #11 of 42
6/9/06 at 4:50pm
Nick's iPod

Beat that, punks.
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post #12 of 42
6/9/06 at 8:16pm
"Bad Motherf*cker", for all those Pulp Fiction fans out there.

Ok not really... my iPods are:
Craig's mini and Craig's nano. Perhaps I should take my own suggestion though and give them better names.
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post #13 of 42
6/9/06 at 8:28pm
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Originally posted by Xool
"Bad Motherf*cker", for all those Pulp Fiction fans out there.

Ok not really... my iPods are:
Craig's mini and Craig's nano. Perhaps I should take my own suggestion though and give them better names.

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post #14 of 42
6/10/06 at 6:30pm
So Cosmo Nut do you speak french, or did you look up "chez noir"?


4gb mini: Jaques
4gb nano: Michelle

I haven't named my hardrive yet. Any suggestions?
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post #15 of 42
6/11/06 at 8:58am
I named my computer God so that a) it would show up on the network as god and b) when i lock someone's computer with remote desktop, it says "Screen Locked by God"

So, i found it fitting to call my iPod, "God's iPod"
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post #16 of 42
6/11/06 at 10:24am
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Originally posted by Jwink3101
I named my computer God so that a) it would show up on the network as god and b) when i lock someone's computer with remote desktop, it says "Screen Locked by God"

So, i found it fitting to call my iPod, "God's iPod"

Hilarious!
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post #17 of 42
6/11/06 at 12:56pm
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Originally posted by maimezvous
So Cosmo Nut do you speak french, or did you look up "chez noir"?

No, I don't speak french and I didn't look it up. I did know that chez is house and noir is black. I also remember from 7th grade french class that a descriptor such as a color follows what it's describing. So it was more of putting the pieces of the language that I know -- which is very little -- together for the end result.
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post #18 of 42
6/11/06 at 2:43pm
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Originally posted by CosmoNut
No, I don't speak french and I didn't look it up. I did know that chez is house and noir is black. I also remember from 7th grade french class that a descriptor such as a color follows what it's describing. So it was more of putting the pieces of the language that I know -- which is very little -- together for the end result.

Very nice. It caught my attention because generally people that don't speak french don't know too much about the word "chez". Too bad you don't speak french, I was kind of hoping to find someone to talk to so that I could stay sharp over the summer.
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post #19 of 42
6/12/06 at 3:47pm
naming iPods! course i do it all the time.

my 2nd Gen 10GB iPod was "sonic igloo" (and got stolen)
my 3rd Gen 15GB iPod was "rocketpod" (and i sold it)
my 2nd Gen 6GB blue iPod mini was "sonic grover" (sold it)
my 1GB iPod shuffle is "igloo2" (left it inside my jeans pocket and mom washed it. works as a 1GB flash memory USB drive, but iPod functionality is gone)
my 2GB iPod nano is "igloo3" (my only working iPod at the moment)

with the exception of the blue mini, all my iPods have been white-colored.
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post #20 of 42
6/12/06 at 7:17pm
patay's ipod
5g ipod black
and since we're on names
powerbook g4 1.5ghz is rachel
imac g5 20" 2.1 ghz is sarah
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post #21 of 42
6/13/06 at 10:26am
Raptor - after some early Apple advertising describing the G4's Processor speed as Velocity Raptor...
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post #22 of 42
6/14/06 at 8:18am
my future one will be ebbony!!!
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post #23 of 42
6/14/06 at 9:10am
I named mine "little z"

Yeah, I'm not original...
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post #24 of 42
6/14/06 at 12:28pm
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Originally posted by Jwink3101
I named my computer God so that a) it would show up on the network as god and b) when i lock someone's computer with remote desktop, it says "Screen Locked by God"

So, i found it fitting to call my iPod, "God's iPod"

I kinda like "the GodPod" more...
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post #25 of 42
6/14/06 at 3:26pm
Reverb

(Previous iPod was Capo)
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post #26 of 42
6/18/06 at 2:04pm
Lisa...
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post #27 of 42
6/19/06 at 1:08am
Quote:
Originally posted by CosmoNut
No, I don't speak french and I didn't look it up. I did know that chez is house and noir is black. I also remember from 7th grade french class that a descriptor such as a color follows what it's describing. So it was more of putting the pieces of the language that I know -- which is very little -- together for the end result.

What!?

Chez means "at the place of".
Maison is "house".

Chez moi means "at my place".
Chez Jacques means "at John's place".

"Black house" is Maison noir.
Chez noir is "at black['s place]" which doesn't make any sense, except poetically, perhaps.
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post #28 of 42
6/19/06 at 1:29am
What he said.
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post #29 of 42
6/19/06 at 7:15am
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Quote:
Originally posted by tonton
Chez means "at the place of".
Maison is "house".

Chez moi means "at my place".
Chez Jacques means "at John's place".

"Black house" is Maison noir.

Hmm. Well...I...may have to change my iPod's name then. \
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post #30 of 42
6/19/06 at 8:36am
My Airport Express is "Spacedock" since all the computers hook up there.

iMac G5 is "Enterprise"
MacBook Pro is "Intrepid"

last iPod I had (lost now) was "Delta Flyer"

Oh yah, and my windows partition is "Borg"
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post #31 of 42
6/19/06 at 10:02am
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Originally posted by tonton
What!?

Chez means "at the place of".
Maison is "house".

Chez moi means "at my place".
Chez Jacques means "at John's place".

"Black house" is Maison noir.
Chez noir is "at black['s place]" which doesn't make any sense, except poetically, perhaps.

From what I learned in my french classes, I thought "chez" could be interpreted a couple of ways depending on context. With "chez" meaning something like "courtesy of" or "hosted by". I also thought "house" was implied in the meaning of "chez". If I am completely wrong please correct me.
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post #32 of 42
6/19/06 at 10:09am
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Originally posted by maimezvous
From what I learned in my french classes, I thought "chez" could be interpreted a couple of ways depending on context. With "chez" meaning something like "courtesy of" or "hosted by". I also thought "house" was implied in the meaning of "chez". If I am completely wrong please correct me.

I'm not exactly a native speaker, but I've never seen "chez" used as a noun.
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post #33 of 42
6/19/06 at 1:24pm
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Originally posted by tonton
What!?

Chez means "at the place of".
Maison is "house".

Chez moi means "at my place".
Chez Jacques means "at John's place".

"Black house" is Maison noir.
Chez noir is "at black['s place]" which doesn't make any sense, except poetically, perhaps.


cosmoNut, i say your ipod's name is poetically correct then.
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post #34 of 42
6/19/06 at 6:14pm
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Originally posted by Chucker
I'm not exactly a native speaker, but I've never seen "chez" used as a noun.

Neither have I. I must be completely off my rocker. So how much french do you speak?
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post #35 of 42
6/19/06 at 8:16pm
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BTW, my iPod is flattered that we're all talking about it so much.
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post #36 of 42
6/19/06 at 8:49pm
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You're the only one! I named my dog, but stopped there.



Very nice.
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post #37 of 42
6/19/06 at 10:05pm
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Originally posted by maimezvous
So how much french do you speak?

Seeing as I'm pondering moving to Montréal permanently, too little. I had about 6 years of learning. Got excellent grades at first but my interest waned. That was about half a decade ago, though; by now, I'm more interested again.

I couldn't have said the above in French.

Je ne pourrait pas dire le prochaine* en Français.

*) I guess that's "next", not "previous".

I'm really terribly out of practice and need some geeky way to learn.
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post #38 of 42
6/21/06 at 1:57pm
Not sure if the namings still going on, but beat this 'Dragonheart', yeh its cool , and my computer name is 'The Dragon's Lair'. Anyone sense a theme? I don't.

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post #39 of 42
6/21/06 at 8:19pm
I don't have an iPod, but my iBooks name is 'DuraBook'.

This thing has been through so many bumps and spills, it has earned it's name

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post #40 of 42
6/22/06 at 3:04am
I called mine: "Sir Evan C. King's iPod"

But now I feel dumb about the name. \

But one time I did change a couple of the ones at the apple store to things like jesus jPod when I was bored.
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