Cool computer names

[Relayer]

my Netware server at work is called GS_Voyager. I didn't name it. The old ones that Voyager replaced were Mama and Papa. There was another called Howdy.

 

[Cyberian]

<< I name my computers after Female Roman Goddesses. (see sig) >>


kerneldump and Deviant were Roman Goddesses?

 

[HappyPuppy]

I second what WhiteWonder said.

 

[n0cmonkey]

lordfoul = character in a series of books (Thomas Covenant Trilogies)
pretty = iBook
ghetto = POS computer (was named after the case until I realized my mobo sucks)
hurting2 = a hurting Dell I use as my firewall

I havent come up with a name for my newest Athlon though...

 

[DanFungus]

BabyElephant
Gibbon
Nacho
Emachine POS

 

[deftron]

ECHELON and CARNIVORE


-Special Agent Deftron

 

[erikistired]

my main laptop is named deadbox. i have a junk thinkpad running redhat that's named nix0r.

~erik

 

[rgwalt]

My main desktop is named after me: Ryan
My laptop is named Shadow, as it is supposed to follow me where ever I go.

I've seen people name their computers after different types of insects, arachnids, or reptiles. At school I've seen a lot of different naming conventions.... One prof names his boxes after famous Indian chess players (since most of his students are Indian). In the chemical engineering department, they named the computers after elements from the periodic table. In the workgroup I manage, I name the computers after various gems and minerals (quartz and ruby for instance).

I like the Roman theme you've started. If you stick with the theme, it'll help you remember the computer names. More importantly, it will help OTHER people remember the names too. For the win98 pair, you could use Phobos and Demos (spelling?). The names are from Roman mythology and are also the names for the two moons of Mars.

Ryan

 

[venk]

My Computer - ThunderChicken
My Laptop - ThunderChickenJR
My Parents Computer - SugarChicken

 

[Maggotry]

There's another naming thread here.

My computer (and my nick here in the forums) is named after my old death metal band, Maggotry. My wife's is named after Xena, The Warrior Princess. My game server is named after the beast from Beowulf, Grendel.

 

[N8Magic]

My two boxes are named Terrence and Phillip.

 

[Mucman]

I use the Ultima VII naming scheme

Freesco Router - BLACKGATE
mp3 server - IOLO
my 1337 machine - AVATAR
my TV machine - RUDYMON
packet sniffer - BATLIN
brand new machine - SPARK
brothers machine - SHAMINO

 

[kag]

jellybean
jellyfish
jellygoo
jellybeer

 

[IcemanJer]

the CS department at my school named our computers after local mountains (White Mountain ranges in NH/VT/MN).

 

[BornStar]

What about Jimmy and Timmy? (South Park)

 

[ddjkdg]

I name my computers after characters from Homer's poems.

 

[Stiler]

I named my computer "Orion" i like that name, some others are: Aeries, Zeus, Crimon, Baelor, Gyloir, Philimeon, Jeremiah (my real name ) , Nostradamus, Lochmond, Nofestrau, Cailbus, Demira, Niet, Yonee, Galacia, and others.

 

[SammyBoy]

mines PurplPeoplEater (damn letter maximum!)

now to make it purple....

 

[mattyrug]

Hal 9000, Hal 9001, Hal 9002, etc....

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< computer 1 = 1
computer 2 = 2
computer 3 = 3
computer 4 = 4
computer 5 = 6 >>

Hey, that's what I use

This is named Computer 1
The machine to my left is Computer 2

Makes it easy to know where I am

 

[Snegbot]

Teletran One and Unicron

 

[IGBT]

Fred, Barney, Willma, BamBam, Snaglepus, Oink, Trigger...Lassie?? Timmy??

 

[IGBT]

Oh yea...don't forget the beaver..

 

[Kadarin]

I've only got three machines at home, so it's "my computer", "my g/f's computer", and "my linux box". My brother's a bit more creative, naming his machines after body parts: spleen, colon, pancreas, etc.

Personally, I like Rotten's naming: poetry, vatican, wtf, janetreno, etc.. (not intended to make any real sense, other than to make you go "huh?" when you see them..)

 

[crobusa]

bofh=out of awe/respect never used
pfy=named for college machine (type BOFH in search engine)
Nite Rida= Name's after my fav accountant's car MUST READ
LOD=Letta Opener O' Death = See Nite Rida
Anti-Truth=Because Capitalism will someday beat the hell out of the specal intrest groups hate'in on tobbaco.
AllTooHuman=From title of Nietzche book, for error-prone machines
TwilightofIdols=From Nietzche's Twilight of the Idols, for server.
TwilightofIdles=play on words, for backup server.