Granted, I don't actually address computers by their "names", this is purely for fun and network recognition purposes. "Eric's Powerbook" is just so boring.
Agreed. And I hate how the networking proxy doesn't allow for any special characters to be used in the name, only numbers, letters, and dashes.
Any Mac I consider my "main ax" gets the name Wonderland. As others move on they get new names. My Powerbook G4@500 is currently Wonderland.
My G4@450 is named Fruit Loop. My dual 1 gig is called Big Papa and my printer (yep you can name printers too on Macs), is called Big Mama.
My Performa 6500 that I use at my desk at work is called Opus. It wants to fly, but it can't since it is just a 603e@250 mhz. I still use 9.2.2 on it with the WACOM modified version of Mozilla 1.3.1.
My slot-loading iMac was called Palpatine, I don't know why I picked an evil character for a name but I had a cool icon for the hard drive, before that my IIci didn't really have a name but it's hard drive was 250MB so I made an icon of a picture of a IIci with a belt on and it was bursting out of the belt.
I can't, but decided, I might call it Steph so that I can say things like "I'm going to go get on steph." She is a friend of mine and we decided it would be pretty funny.
How 'bout naming your disk images with female names, so you can say, "I'm mounting Deborah right now."
You name every computer the same thing? Do you plan to do the same with your kids?
What can I say, I've just always like it. It's kind of in honor of the old SE/30. It was a trooper, but its screen finally died one day *sniff*
As for the rest, I'm only 25 and really don't plan on kids anytime too soon, but I'm only having one. There's already too many damn people in this world for me to be stuffing it full of a bunch more!
my second 7500 was 'old fort', thats my old neighborhood... and where its located still today (parents place)
my iceBook is CutterJohn from Bloom County cartoons.
Currently all my computers are characters from Bloom County. My development PC is Milo, my file server is Opus, iBook is CutterJohn, wireless router is naturally Bloom County. My test SQLServer at home is SteveDallas and development is OliverWJ, at work my test instance is Rosebud (the basselope).
I just need some more computers to get the rest of the characters into the mix. I dont have a Bill the cat anymore (ironically the motherboard fried) and no Michael Blinkly or Hodge Podge or whoever else I missed... lola granola, etc.
I don't see why anyone would give a name to a piece of metal with pretty plastic strapped on. Seems kinda girly.
Nonsense. It's a little bit like naming a boat. At least that's how I look at it. Except that I will never have a computer with a feminine name, because I would never talk to a lady the way I talk to my computer .
Comments
PB 3400c: Oddyseus
Originally posted by filmmaker2002
Granted, I don't actually address computers by their "names", this is purely for fun and network recognition purposes. "Eric's Powerbook" is just so boring.
Agreed. And I hate how the networking proxy doesn't allow for any special characters to be used in the name, only numbers, letters, and dashes.
iPod = Iris
PC laptop = Lettuce
iBook (father's) = Mouse
iBook (mother's) = Kasper
Beige G4 (brother's) = Melchior
Beige G3 (mother's) = Balthasar
Gee anyone want to guess where I got the idea for the last three?
My G4@450 is named Fruit Loop. My dual 1 gig is called Big Papa and my printer (yep you can name printers too on Macs), is called Big Mama.
My Performa 6500 that I use at my desk at work is called Opus. It wants to fly, but it can't since it is just a 603e@250 mhz. I still use 9.2.2 on it with the WACOM modified version of Mozilla 1.3.1.
Nick
I personally go for
Nibbler (PB)
MojoJojo (iPod)
Seems more my level somehow
Still thinking of a name for my 12" PB.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
I can't, but decided, I might call it Steph so that I can say things like "I'm going to go get on steph." She is a friend of mine and we decided it would be pretty funny.
How 'bout naming your disk images with female names, so you can say, "I'm mounting Deborah right now."
Originally posted by ast3r3x
You name every computer the same thing? Do you plan to do the same with your kids?
What can I say, I've just always like it. It's kind of in honor of the old SE/30. It was a trooper, but its screen finally died one day *sniff*
As for the rest, I'm only 25 and really don't plan on kids anytime too soon, but I'm only having one. There's already too many damn people in this world for me to be stuffing it full of a bunch more!
Main: Mercury
Partitions: Pluto, Triton, Io, Europa
Internals: Phobos, Deimos
Externals: RT180, Trans120, Trans30, Max80, WD30
Dual 533 DA:
Main: Diad
Partitions: +, Melto
Internals: Ultra1, Ultra2
Pismo PB:
Main: Leda
Partitions: Castor, Pollux
Cube:
Main: CubeX
Partitions: Cube9, CubeBurn
iMacDV SE:
Main: Cerberus
Partitions: Charon, Pluto, Hades
my first 7500 was 'baby bitch' (ween song)
my second 7500 was 'old fort', thats my old neighborhood... and where its located still today (parents place)
my iceBook is CutterJohn from Bloom County cartoons.
Currently all my computers are characters from Bloom County. My development PC is Milo, my file server is Opus, iBook is CutterJohn, wireless router is naturally Bloom County. My test SQLServer at home is SteveDallas and development is OliverWJ, at work my test instance is Rosebud (the basselope).
I just need some more computers to get the rest of the characters into the mix. I dont have a Bill the cat anymore (ironically the motherboard fried) and no Michael Blinkly or Hodge Podge or whoever else I missed... lola granola, etc.
i think i have a problem
I don't see why anyone would give a name to a piece of metal with pretty plastic strapped on. Seems kinda girly.
Originally posted by Spart
"f***ing computer"
I don't see why anyone would give a name to a piece of metal with pretty plastic strapped on. Seems kinda girly.
Nonsense. It's a little bit like naming a boat. At least that's how I look at it. Except that I will never have a computer with a feminine name, because I would never talk to a lady the way I talk to my computer