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Janak Parekh
12-13-2002, 04:54 AM
My last Off-Topic thread was a huge success, let's see how far we get with this one.

Unless you're "lame" and use the default PocketPC partnership name, you generally want to give your PPC a name in About, under Settings.

What do you call yours?

Again, to start, myself: I am almost totally lame about this. I put my name, followed by "Handheld". i.e., "BigDaddyJHandheld" (except using my real name :)) Even worse, my desktop and laptop follow the same conventions. "BigDaddyJLaptop", "BigDaddyJDesktop", etc.

I'm totally non-original with this. How 'bout you? I'm sure some of you are more creative...

--bdj

Kati Compton
12-13-2002, 05:01 AM
Mine is "Kati42". That probably qualifies as lame.

My current desktop is "Deep-Thought". My previous was "Orac". My laptop is "Zen".

Janak Parekh
12-13-2002, 05:12 AM
My current desktop is "Deep-Thought". My previous was "Orac". My laptop is "Zen".
That redeems you a bit :)

Hey, this is weird, you're the 2nd post again! We're both really not wanting to do research, eh? :lol:

--bdj

Kati Compton
12-13-2002, 05:23 AM
Hey, this is weird, you're the 2nd post again! We're both really not wanting to do research, eh? :lol:

Heh - there's a big NO. I should also be reviewing 2 papers, but I'm not in the mood at the moment. I did get out 10 job apps so far this week, so at least there's progress on that front. Now the long long wait to hear anything...

Bad part about sending out 30+ applications is all the rejection letters that means. <sigh>

pdantic
12-13-2002, 05:26 AM
My "old" Toshiba e740 was called "Marconi" (wireless, y'know!).

My new Compaq Tablet PC is called "Tabby" for short, because my cats get extremely jealous when I put it in my lap instead of them... :lol:

Steve

Mike Temporale
12-13-2002, 05:33 AM
My iPaq 3650 is better known as "Keyser Soze"

Janak Parekh
12-13-2002, 05:45 AM
My new Compaq Tablet PC is called "Tabby" for short, because my cats get extremely jealous when I put it in my lap instead of them... :lol:
:lol: Say, do you like the Compaq Tablet PC? I looked at it today in a store for about 30 seconds, and I had mixed feelings about it. The hinge is really, really weird.

--bdj

Jason Dunn
12-13-2002, 05:50 AM
All my computers are named after Japanese weapons or words.

Main PC: Kensai (company name as well)
Server: Wakazashi
Video Testbed (Shuttle SS51G): Tsunami
Wife's computer: Yumi
Laptop: Shogun
Primary Pocket PC: LittleShogun

Other names for Pocket PCs have included Daikyu and Tanto.

Anyone want to break down the psychology of those names as they related to the devices? 8)

mike6024
12-13-2002, 06:03 AM
I use band names. My 3835 was "a_fire_inside". My new Dell is "deadtofall".

Steven Cedrone
12-13-2002, 07:31 AM
Computers:

Mine: Colossus
Wife: Guardian
Daughter #1: M5
Daughter #2: Hal9000

Pocket PC: CedroneS :roll:

Steve

I'll have to come up with a new name for the Pocket PC... :wink:

Pony99CA
12-13-2002, 07:31 AM
Mine is very boring -- SHM_iPAQ_3870. If I get an iPAQ 5450, it will be SHM_iPAQ_5450.

I think giving names to machines (except robots) is silly. :-)

Steve

AlexMakin
12-13-2002, 07:35 AM
It's loser15...

Why, you ask? Because my employer (lge corp'n) has us on NT4 and for some reason, every time I logged off and came in the next day, I would have to set up a new partnership and completely re-sync everything, which became extremely annoying, let alone time consuming (on a serial port connection - no USB on NT4 for us). So after working my way through the same name with a different suffix every day (ending in 01, 02, 03...), I switched to the main name to "loser" (and started at 01 again) because that is what I thought of the partnership arrangement between my PC and the PPC - a complete LOSER... :evil:

Not sure what caused the problem as it has been over a month now since it refused the same name after a login. So here we are, still a "loser15" and haven't thought about it since. Don't want to change the name until I get a new PDA and we get switched to XP (in the pipeline)... (here's to dreaming) :x-mas:

Kati Compton
12-13-2002, 08:47 AM
Computers:

Mine: Colossus
Wife: Guardian
Daughter #1: M5
Daughter #2: Hal9000


Your wife and daughters are computers??? ;)

pewter_tankard
12-13-2002, 10:01 AM
My old iPaq 3630 is called Zedd. I read too much Terry Goodkind, obviously.

I used to call it Lazarus after a 3 month period where I had to bring the damn thing back from the dead 4 times. Irony only works so far and the joke wore a little thin.

Fugates
12-13-2002, 10:51 AM
:D

My Jornada 568 is named Cadeau... It means "gift". :D

Sslixtis
12-13-2002, 12:10 PM
Well, kinda sad to say but... mine is PocketMe, sort of Mini Me but smaller :wink:

WillyG
12-13-2002, 12:43 PM
PC: Castor
Laptop: Pollux
Loox: Propus

Guess i revealed what my astrological sign is (all are stars in the same sign)

Steven Cedrone
12-13-2002, 02:48 PM
Computers:

Mine: Colossus
Wife: Guardian
Daughter #1: M5
Daughter #2: Hal9000


Your wife and daughters are computers??? ;)

That's what happens when you post in the early morning on Friday the 13th...

Steve

Sven Johannsen
12-13-2002, 03:51 PM
My desktop was Merlin, so the PPC became Archimedes (Sword in the Stone). Desktop is now Morgana, but I guess it is still OK :)

seanturner
12-13-2002, 04:36 PM
Server: Datum
Gaming Desktop: Prizedesktop
AIM Desktop (it kinda works but its motherboard is jacked): InsidiousDell
Primary Laptop: Allpowerfulvaio
Secondary Dell Inspiron: Inspearon
Old Desktop: Footrest
HP Color Laser Printer: Eloquence
6 year old Compaq: Comcrack
Another dell: Doorstop

My iPaq: Pedagog

Janak Parekh
12-13-2002, 04:44 PM
Secondary Dell Inspiron: Inspearon
Started running out of names, eh? :-D

--janak

David McNamee
12-13-2002, 06:43 PM
I name my personal boxes after comedians.

Pocket PC's
-------------------------------------------
Toshiba e740 - Groucho <--- Always with me
iPaq 3635 - Lucy

Mobile Workstations
------------------------------------------
Fujitsu ST4110 Tablet PC: Skelton <--- With me since Wednesday
IBM A21p Thinkpad: Harpo

Standard Workstations
------------------------------------------
Workstation #1: Zeppo
Workstation #2: Chico

Servers
------------------------------------------
Server #1: Cosby
Server #2: Benny

Kati Compton
12-13-2002, 06:57 PM
When my husband and I get a server sometime next year, I think we'll be naming it "Servalan". I think it's a fantastic name, not only because of the BBC sci-fi reference, but because it's "serve-a-LAN". I'm excited already.

Steven Cedrone
12-13-2002, 07:08 PM
When my husband and I get a server sometime next year, I think we'll be naming it "Servalan". I think it's a fantastic name, not only because of the BBC sci-fi reference, but because it's "serve-a-LAN". I'm excited already.

Congratulations on the upcoming blessed event. I wonder which one of you it will look like... :wink:

Steve

Gettin' you back for the "Wife and kids are computers remark"... :lol:

seanturner
12-13-2002, 11:45 PM
Secondary Dell Inspiron: Inspearon
Started running out of names, eh? :-D

--janak

Lol, yeah, I think i'm gonna call my next computer "kleos" as in the Greek ideals of honor. lol

Dave Beauvais
12-14-2002, 12:05 AM
A few years ago I used Star Trek references for all my systems:
Domain: STARFLEET[list:20c1e675ab] Server: ENTERPRISE
My main workstation: LCARS_TERM_0
My laptop: PADD_0
Casio E-200 PADD_1
Network printer: REPLICATOR_4M (an old HP LaserJet 4M)
and various others[/list:u:20c1e675ab]I wasn't the only user of that network, and I was really the only one who knew what the systems were just by name. Now I use a boring but far more practical naming convention where machines have names that describe what they are or what they do, as well as who their primary user is, if applicable. Domain: BEAUVAIS[list:20c1e675ab] Server: SERVER0
My main workstation: DAVE_WS0
My laptop: DAVE_L400
Older laptop: DAVE_N505VX
Toshiba e740: DAVE_E740
Network printer: HPLJ4M (an old HP LaserJet 4M)
802.11b access point 1: WAP11_0
802.11b access point 2: WAP11_1
and various others...[/list:u:20c1e675ab]So there you are... way more info that I should be giving out about my network. ;)

--Dave

Kati Compton
12-14-2002, 12:35 AM
Congratulations on the upcoming blessed event. I wonder which one of you it will look like... :wink:

;) Well, if it looks like that cheap trashy Aptiva, my husband and I will have to have a little talk...

Janak Parekh
12-14-2002, 03:28 AM
Your wife and daughters are computers??? ;)

That's what happens when you post in the early morning on Friday the 13th...

What, your wife and daughter turn into computers? *duck*

Well, if it looks like that cheap trashy Aptiva, my husband and I will have to have a little talk...
What!? You bought an Aptiva??? Nooooo....
(and I hope it wasn't one of those with a separate floppy-CDROM drive unit!)

--janak

Kati Compton
12-14-2002, 03:34 AM
Well, if it looks like that cheap trashy Aptiva, my husband and I will have to have a little talk...
What!? You bought an Aptiva??? Nooooo....
(and I hope it wasn't one of those with a separate floppy-CDROM drive unit!)


It was free, and it does not have separate CD. But that's beside the point - I was joking that my husband might be cheating on me with "another computer", and that our baby computer might not be "mine"...

Janak Parekh
12-14-2002, 03:38 AM
It was free, and it does not have separate CD. But that's beside the point - I was joking that my husband might be cheating on me with "another computer", and that our baby computer might not be "mine"...
Ah, that's a relief. Well, hopefully he knows that strcmp("Aptiva", "server"). ;)

--janak

Brad Adrian
12-14-2002, 03:40 AM
Gawd! I cannot believe that this is the same bunch of people who made fun of ME simply because I wear a vest with a few extra pockets!

(Besides, EVERYBODY knows you're supposed to name your gadgets after female anime characters!)

Kati Compton
12-14-2002, 03:42 AM
But I don't watch anime....

Oh no!!! I've just revealed that I'm not a TRUE GEEK!!!

Brad Adrian
12-14-2002, 03:51 AM
Oh no!!! I've just revealed that I'm not a TRUE GEEK!!!
That's okay. You can aspire to one day wear an eVest.

Janak Parekh
12-14-2002, 03:55 AM
Oh no!!! I've just revealed that I'm not a TRUE GEEK!!!
I don't either. Don't worry, we'll form the NRGBTDWA ("Non-Real Geeks Because They Don't Watch Anime) club. And then we can pool money together to buy eVests. :)

--janak

Brad Adrian
12-14-2002, 03:58 AM
...Don't worry, we'll form the NRGBTDWA ("Non-Real Geeks Because They Don't Watch Anime) club... And then we can pool money together to buy eVests...
Better check with the NRGBTDWEV (Non-Real Geeks Because They Don't Wear eVests) first!

Kati Compton
12-14-2002, 05:03 AM
Okay - you've both got me laughing. :D

Pony99CA
12-14-2002, 01:03 PM
But I don't watch anime....

Oh no!!! I've just revealed that I'm not a TRUE GEEK!!!
I don't watch anime, either, but hentai sounds interesting. :lol:

Steve

Janak Parekh
12-14-2002, 06:50 PM
I don't watch anime, either, but hentai sounds interesting. :lol:
OK - great - we're up to 3 :D Isn't that enough to form a site called "NonAnimeThoughts.com"? :lol:

(I just entered it into register.com, and not only did it say it was available, it also suggested non-anime-thought.com, nonanimeidea.com, non-japanimation-thoughts.com, etc. ;))

--janak

Jason Dunn
12-14-2002, 07:09 PM
I name my personal boxes after comedians.

What, no Robin Williams? :lol:

Jason Dunn
12-14-2002, 07:11 PM
When my husband and I get a server sometime next year, I think we'll be naming it "Servalan". I think it's a fantastic name, not only because of the BBC sci-fi reference, but because it's "serve-a-LAN". I'm excited already.

You are SUCH a geek! :roll: :lol: :lol:

Jason Dunn
12-14-2002, 07:13 PM
I don't watch anime, either, but hentai sounds interesting.

8O

njb42
12-14-2002, 07:28 PM
Well, all of my PC's and servers at home are named after cities from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series:

Win2K-AS server: ankh
Linux server: morpork
TiVo: holywood
i-Opener: rocksin (aka "Music With Rocks In")
Laptop: quirm

But my iPAQ, in a massive fit of non-creativity, is named "H3835".

Whenever the subject of hostnames comes up, I always remember the Sun workstation room in 010 Smith Hall at the University of Delaware, probably the best example of naming schemes I've ever heard of. All of the IPC workstations were named after flavors of ice cream: strawberry, vanilla, tutti-frutti, etc. The file server? It was named "freezer". :D

seanturner
12-14-2002, 07:34 PM
The file server? It was named "freezer". :D
ROFL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

cessquill
12-14-2002, 07:35 PM
Darwin_III (Psion 3 was Darwin, Psion 5 was Darwin_II). Unfortunately it refers to the talking dolphin in Seaquest DSV, and has stuck ever since.

Jonathon Watkins
12-14-2002, 07:40 PM
Nice naming scheme njb42.

Mine is,
Server = Silver Mine (it's painted with metallic silver Hammerite)
Sun Sparc station = Sunshine
Main workstation = Big Blue (it's painted with metallic medium blue Hammerite)
Secondary workstation = Medium Blue (painted with metallic deep blue Hammerite)
Third Workstation = Little blue (painted with metallic electric blue spay paint)
PPC=Tiny Blue

DrtyBlvd
12-14-2002, 07:44 PM
PC: Castor
Laptop: Pollux
Loox: Propus

Guess i revealed what my astrological sign is (all are stars in the same sign)

Either that or an affinity to the movie 'Face Off' ! :D

DrtyBlvd
12-14-2002, 07:47 PM
When my husband and I get a server sometime next year, I think we'll be naming it "Servalan". I think it's a fantastic name, not only because of the BBC sci-fi reference, but because it's "serve-a-LAN". I'm excited already.

You are SUCH a geek! :roll: :lol: :lol:

Errr...Hello! This is the pot speaking.... you're black! :lol:

DrtyBlvd
12-14-2002, 07:48 PM
Forgot to mention - mine are Disney characters... Goofy, Pluto and Donald :roll:

seanturner
12-14-2002, 07:49 PM
Yeah, I used to know a company that named their server's after big game animals and their workstations after rodents.

Black Bear
Mountain Lion

Civet
PorkeyPine

priesmeyer
12-14-2002, 07:50 PM
I started, on my gateway back in 98, naming my PCs after Jedi. So the new ultra l33t (at the time) PC became Obi-Wan. I got another PC a couple of years later that they were retiring from work so I named it Qui-Gon.

When I got my new Dell Dimension 8200 I named it Anakin (younger, stronger, black...).

But I think I'm going to break from tradition because I've got my heart set on referring to the Axim as "Clamato". I still think of it as the Clemente. But Axim makes me think of Maxim ... so there is some other naming potential there. muahahha

denivan
12-14-2002, 07:51 PM
My ipaq 3660 is called 'Da_little_puta' , which makes me some kind of gangster ipaqqer ;-)

seanturner
12-14-2002, 07:56 PM
But Axim makes me think of Maxim ... so there is some other naming potential there. muahahha

Ahh... I used to have a Quake 3 CPMA clan named maxim... (The dictionary definition of the word as meaning general rule, not the magazine).

That is a nice name.....

Trokair
12-14-2002, 07:59 PM
All of our equipment is named according to some chaotic, ramndomly organized scheme. There's little to no relation between names, I suppose.

My iPAQ 3670: Chardalus (after my online persona's last name)

Server: Basement Dweller (it sits in the basement, untouched because it never needs to be. :wink: )
Parents' Computer: Burkie (after Burke Mountain in Vermont, where we ski each winter)
Brother's Computer: Vanthor (after his online persona's last name)
Sister's Computer: Kampasi (after her online persona's first name)
My Computer: Kyles-Computer (boring, yes. Makes it easier for me though. :roll:)
Network Printer (Lexmark Z42): Bob-the-Much-Hated-Lexmark (works half the time, prints only in black and white for some unknown reason :evil: )

-Kyle

sponge
12-14-2002, 08:01 PM
The main PC is Pikachu, the network client PC is Raichu, and my iPaq 3955 is Pichu.

Yes, I did watch Pokemon. Once it goto the Johto series, it got pretty bad thoguh :P

Bearjaw
12-14-2002, 08:03 PM
My Axim is called Mini_Me. My wife actually called it that when she handed me the box..It kind stuck after that.

JvanEkris
12-14-2002, 08:04 PM
I was more inspired by greek mythology. A big advantage is that you do not run out of names very fast:
* My desktop: Zeus (real fat server that contains all our data and interfaces with everybody)
* My Laptop: renamed it to Hephaestus (very ugly god that nobody wanted to know)
* My girlfriends Desktop: Hera (wife of Zeus)
* My Loox: Hermes (traveler/messenger)
* Girlfriends Jornada: Aphrodite (godess of Love and beauty)

Jaap

dcharles18
12-14-2002, 08:11 PM
I name my PPCs after famous butlers. My current iPAQ is 'Alfred' after Bruce Wayne's trusty servent. I think my next device will be Emilio (from Mr Deeds, sneaky sneaky!)

numo
12-14-2002, 08:14 PM
My iPaq is called Marvin. All of my computers are named after characters from the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. And the Pocket PC is mostly disconnected, nobody talks to it except maybe half an hour per day - must be depressing... The primary computer is (of course) Trillian and there is also Zaphod, Ford and Arthur. The rest of named devices: the cellphone is Cartman (= Eric = Ericsson) and the access point is not very creative igate (Siemens I-Gate).

The company where I work has a boring name scheme based on geographical location, machine type (server, worksation), OS and a number.

Alucard
12-14-2002, 08:26 PM
My iPaq 3635: Luna
My Laptop: Artemis
Home Server: Apollo

brother's computer: FriedBeefOfDoom 8O

My soon to be owned Axim X5: Athena :)

Roosterman
12-14-2002, 08:28 PM
I have named my Axim Slainte (Irish for salute). My desktop is BrianBoru, Ireland's greatest high king (this must have something to say about my opinion of myself :D ), my two sons are Ciaran and Patrick while my wife's is Brigid, all Irish saints.

But I don't watch anime....

Oh no!!! I've just revealed that I'm not a TRUE GEEK!!!

To show you what a pathetic non-geek I am, I don't even know what anime is. This doesn't mean I have to send my Axim back does it? :?

heyday
12-14-2002, 08:31 PM
I still call my pocket pc a "Palm Pilot"

heyday

JonnoB
12-14-2002, 08:38 PM
All of my computers are named after dinosaurs. My server is Brontosaurus because it is big. My desktop is Allosaurus... Laptop is Spinosaurus. Wife's computer Stegosaurus, kids, Oviraptor and Demitridon, other desktop is Triceratops. All of the PDAs in our household (mine, wife, my kids) are named after small dinosaurs: mine is Pterosaurus, wifes is Leptoceratops... and I can't remember all of the names for my kids PDAs.... anyway we have a prehistoric theme going.

`helios
12-14-2002, 08:49 PM
welll, to be the lame one of the group, I call my 3970 'ipaq_3970'

I haven't found anything interesting enough to name it otherwise

mmidgley
12-14-2002, 08:52 PM
PC: "tick"
iPAQ 3650: "fritz"

m.

Sslixtis
12-14-2002, 09:15 PM
heydayI still call my pocket pc a "Palm Pilot"

Isn't that a Capital offense?

JonnoBAll of my computers are named after dinosaurs. My server is Brontosaurus because it is big. My desktop is Allosaurus... Laptop is Spinosaurus. Wife's computer Stegosaurus, kids, Oviraptor and Demitridon, other desktop is Triceratops. All of the PDAs in our household (mine, wife, my kids) are named after small dinosaurs: mine is Pterosaurus, wifes is Leptoceratops... and I can't remember all of the names for my kids PDAs.... anyway we have a prehistoric theme going.

So what kinds of PDAs do the kids have, and where were you when I was looking to be adopted by a kind, loving, geeky household?? 8O :lol:

paris
12-14-2002, 09:27 PM
My ex- iPaq H3850 Pocket PC had no name but I used to refer to it as Compaq so you can say that was its name.

My Desktop PC name is "Thunder"

My Hp iPaq 5450 that will arrive on monday so its is not born yet :lol: i have 1-2 more days to find a name. Since my name is "Paris" ancient Greek Hero, I am trying to find a name that related to Greek Mythology to name after my h5450. I am still searching.

Any suggestions???

Jonathon Watkins
12-14-2002, 09:28 PM
I still call my pocket pc a "Palm Pilot"

8O Do you call your Ferrari a Ford, or call your P4 a calculator as well? 8O

Sslixtis
12-14-2002, 09:39 PM
parisSince my name is "Paris" ancient Greek Hero, I am trying to find a name that related to Greek Mythology to name after my h5450. I am still searching.

Well Helen obviously!! Sheesh, Paris started the Trojan war for her after all! He gave up fame, fortune, and power for her, would you do less for your sleek new iPaq?? :wink:

paris
12-14-2002, 09:46 PM
well i wouldn't want to name it after a girl, my girlfried will kill me. Her worst enemy is my computer, naming my pocket pc after a girls name will make it even worse :) :) :)

mhogan
12-14-2002, 10:09 PM
My Workgroup is SFC, My wireless LAN is called UFP, My desktop is NCC-1701B, my laptop is DS-9, and my Audiovox Maestro is Galileo.

----- Michael

oldan
12-14-2002, 10:11 PM
My first PocketPC (an HP 540) was named ATL-DAN (since I live in Atlanta and my name is Dan). But I got a new iPaq so I promptly changed the name to iDan.

(sigh) still not very imaginative, but for as often as I wipe the memory and start from scratch ... I don't feel like getting too creative.
:cry:
- oldan

jngold_me
12-14-2002, 10:18 PM
While I don't call my PPC any names, my wife is still intent on calling it "a Visor". Probably, because the first PDA I owned (which my wife bought for me) was a Handspring Visor.

Oh well, some people will never understand. :D

Hugh Nano
12-14-2002, 10:24 PM
Nano. That's what my one-year-old son used to call our (desktop) computer (after his uncle Daniel who used to play on it with him), and it seemed a rather appropriate name for a Pocket PC!

Kati Compton
12-14-2002, 10:29 PM
well i wouldn't want to name it after a girl, my girlfried will kill me. Her worst enemy is my computer, naming my pocket pc after a girls name will make it even worse :) :) :)

Then you could use "Troy". Or start choosing city names in France, like Lyon, Arles, Nimes, etc. Or other locations in/near Paris/France. Monmartre, Sacre-Coeur, Moulin Rouge, etc.

Or go for types of wine.

Sheynk
12-14-2002, 10:44 PM
I call my:

Ipaq 3955: Ipaq

My primary computer: PC

My printer: Printer

My scanner: Scanner

My linksys cable modem: Cable modem

surur
12-14-2002, 10:53 PM
I name my computers after acient calculating devices e.g Eniac and Abacus. I name my hard drives after angels e.g Azrael, Sammael, Michael etc.

My PPC is however simply Looxer (guess which brand) ;)

Surur

alan williams
12-14-2002, 10:57 PM
PPCPE: Moya
Desktop: D'Argo

..I have room to add on. Both are new within the past few months.

At work, we had all the PCs on the network named after Autobots and all of the Macs were Decepticons. :wink:

brntcrsp
12-14-2002, 11:15 PM
HomeDesktop - MojoJojo
Laptop - mobiMojo
j568 - minimojo

WorkDesktop - Harpy -> Miss-Anthrope -> boring name now
WorkDevServer - Hellion

linux junk box - FrankenKasten

I just received another throw away box, still thinking about names for it though.

Dave Beauvais
12-14-2002, 11:16 PM
PPCPE: Moya
Desktop: D'Argo
..I have room to add on. ...
... And plenty of character names left to choose from. I actually was considering naming my e740 "Aeryn," but that would have gone against my overall naming convention. :)

--Dave (Still bummed that Farscape (http://www.scifi.com/farscape/) has been cancelled after the fourth season... :()

hhollick
12-14-2002, 11:22 PM
Pocket PC: Joey
Ipod: Penny

David McNamee
12-14-2002, 11:49 PM
I name my personal boxes after comedians.

What, no Robin Williams? :lol:

That will be the Smartphone coming next year :D

Desa
12-14-2002, 11:59 PM
My PC is named Zeus
My Jornada 565 was named Pandora, because she was really the "Pandora's box" for me.

My iPaq 3970 is named Severus after the professor in Harry Potter. There is a mystery there that I have yet to figure out.....

Kati Compton
12-15-2002, 12:36 AM
At work, we had all the PCs on the network named after Autobots and all of the Macs were Decepticons. :wink:

Who had Optimus Prime? ;)

Gremmie
12-15-2002, 01:00 AM
Pocket_Tom

alan williams
12-15-2002, 01:44 AM
At work, we had all the PCs on the network named after Autobots and all of the Macs were Decepticons. :wink:

Who had Optimus Prime? ;)Server. :wink:

We also had a print lab where all the PCs and Macs were named after battlestars from Battlestar Galatica.

cmlpreston
12-15-2002, 01:48 AM
My machines are named after the elements.

Current desktop is Silicon.

Ipaq 3870 is CadmiumII (Cadmium was last in a hard reset a while ago :cry: )

When I get more than 120 or so machines, I'm in trouble!

Gremmie
12-15-2002, 02:00 AM
My machines are named after the elements.

Current desktop is Silicon.

Ipaq 3870 is CadmiumII (Cadmium was last in a hard reset a while ago :cry: )

When I get more than 120 or so machines, I'm in trouble!

Combo's, Silicon Germanium :)

blackout
12-15-2002, 02:10 AM
jornada 565: titan
phone edition: hayabusa (japanese falcon)
smartphone: squawk

welmoed
12-15-2002, 02:18 AM
My Casio E-125 is the "Electronic Brain"

None of the other computers have names.

--Welmoed

Ed Hansberry
12-15-2002, 02:25 AM
Sort of boring.

hans3970 - iPAQ
hanst68 - Ericsson T68
hans3630 - iPAQ
hans565 - Jornada
hans4400 - Dell Dimension 4400
hansc610 - Dell Latitude C610
hans500 - Casio EM-500

I don't know what I'll do if I get a device that doesn't have a model number. :lol:

bleeman
12-15-2002, 02:28 AM
My iPAQ is Petey. Our cat, Alex, is a Polydactyl and when the Vet told me the name I thought PD will be easier to remember :D. So Petey became his nickname. When I'm home he's glued to my side, like my iPAQ so the name stuck.

Our other systems are:

My desktop:PARADOX
Wife's desktop:BUGGSY
Laptop:DAEDALUS
Server's:REBOOT & CTLALTDEL
Old Pentium 90 Desktop:RELIC

The company servers are CONUNDRUM and ORION

One site I worked at years ago had 4 servers named TWIST, SHOUT, PETE and REPEAT.

RX-78
12-15-2002, 02:35 AM
Currently the laptop's Wintermute and the e550G is JeanieTheGenio -- pretty dull and geeky (my previous iPaqs were named myPaq).

Once I get my H5450, I'll rename the laptop Beavis and name the iPaq Butthead. I figure I'll go low-brow, 'cause that would like, totally not suck.

harry
12-15-2002, 02:43 AM
My iPAQ is Smacky.

My desktop is Vaxorg.

and I haven't named my T-mobile yet. I'm thinking CRM-115 might be good.

ElBandito
12-15-2002, 02:53 AM
I never named my iPAQ until MiniStumbler came out. Since I drive a lot for work I got caught up in the sport of mapping out wireless networks. It was amusing to think that people may check their DHCP clients list and find "ElBandito".

spg
12-15-2002, 03:01 AM
My iPAQ's name is SPG_iPAQ. Not very original. My laptop has a serial number for a name, my desktop is spgxp. Also not real original.

My wireless network name is jornada just for the fun of it (secured, so don't try to hack it). :D

Man I really need to be a little more creative with my names! :)

My Tablet PC finally comes in on Tuesday, maybe I will get creative with it. Any suggestions? :wink:

dshirley
12-15-2002, 03:35 AM
After the fourteenth crash which resulted in me losing my data (and having to rename my machine to be able to synchronise it), my Jornada 568 gained the name PocketSh*te2002 (without the asterisk - sorry for getting this close to profanity in a family forum!)

Wouldn't have been a problem, except that a journalist asked me to send a contact by IR so he saw the name!8O Wouldn't have been so bad, apart from the fact that I was working for HP at the time!

Luckily, he found it amusing and promised to not publish my choice of name!

DS

Kati Compton
12-15-2002, 03:37 AM
My machines are named after the elements.

Current desktop is Silicon.


Since this is already off-topic, I'm going to take this opportunity to mention that one of my pet peeves is when people mistakenly refer to "silicon" as "silicone". I've even seen AP news stories referring to "Silicone valley" ( 8O :lol: )....

toml
12-15-2002, 03:56 AM
My Pocket PC is Pocket_Brain. Last PPC was Aux_Brain. It's exactly that, my brain. As in "just a sec, I'll get that info, it's in my brain."

My second personal computer was an old CP/M machine cobbled together and got the name "Frankenputer". My first IBM-compat was also assembled from parts and in grand tradition named "Son of Frankenputer".

My current desktop is now "Grandson of Frankenputer" or GSOFP on the network.

Wife's computer is "Bride of Grandson of Frankenputer", or BRIDEY on the network.

Son didn't feel like going along with the naming convention for his :-(

Jonathan1
12-15-2002, 04:37 AM
All my computers are trek-ish.
My previous Jornada 568 was PADD01.
My Casio EM-500 is PADD02.
My desktop is NODE01.
My laptop is NODE02.
And my future Tablet PC is destined to be NODE03 or should it be PADD03? Hmmm
And my domain name on my home network? LCARS of course. :D

I still laugh my butt off every time I watch hackers and that one guy has his computer named "Lucie" Sad....

Jonathan1
12-15-2002, 04:42 AM
Since this is already off-topic, I'm going to take this opportunity to mention that one of my pet peeves is when people mistakenly refer to "silicon" as "silicone". I've even seen AP news stories referring to "Silicone valley" ( 8O :lol: )....

HEH. My former e-mail account at Mediaone was [email protected]. I had to call up there once for tech support and they were laughing thinking I meant siliconeaddiction@ Look up the word in the dictionary buddy. I’m not addicted to silicone I’m addicted to tech. :)

seanturner
12-15-2002, 04:54 AM
All my computers are trek-ish.
And my future Tablet PC is destined to be NODE03 or should it be ....

It should so be pad. It was meant to be a pad not a terminal. It is the closest thing we have to a pad. Now if we could only get voice recognition....

bigkingfun
12-15-2002, 05:55 AM
Main PC : Sidius
Server : Vader
Notebook : Tyrranus
Wife's PC : Maul
e740 : Palpatine
Secondary PC : Bob (No relation to Microsoft Bob - I just ran out of ideas)

st63z
12-15-2002, 06:06 AM
Sorry if this has been mentioned earlier (too lazy to read through 11 pages of posts), but if I may ask, how did you change your handle Big Daddy?

st63z
12-15-2002, 06:07 AM
And I'm 99.99% sure this has also been mentioned, but won't changing your device name interfere with some of those app registrations (especially those older stuff)?

For the record, I just name my brood, like "iPAQ_[model number]" and such. My desktops I base the names off cpu/chipset or platform or whatever. But now I'm starting to add the personal touch, so my T68i is "T68i_st63z" :)

Julio
12-15-2002, 06:53 AM
I am always amazed that they can stuff so much functionality into one small device.

It is my photo album, my music player, my movie player, my address book, etc. Too many things for a specific name...after all, what do you call a device that is a jack-of-all-trades? A Gizmo....

My PDA: Gizmo
My Wife's PDA: Gadget

-Julio

seanturner
12-15-2002, 07:33 AM
[quote="st63z"]And I'm 99.99% sure this has also been mentioned, but won't changing your device name interfere with some of those app registrations (especially those older stuff)?
[quote]

I think the trend has been moving away from doing it based on PPC name and instead based on a username. But I remember in the Palm world everything was based on hotsync name, god I hated that...

ctmagnus
12-15-2002, 09:06 AM
Gawd! I cannot believe that this is the same bunch of people who made fun of ME simply because I wear a vest with a few extra pockets!

I better not start hanging around with you anytime soon :). However, I am rather disappointed that noone has yet recognized my evest to be, in fact, an evest.

To the task at hand, I tend to go by brand except for little things where I use [My name]_Device Model.

Seanix is Seanix
Voodoo is Voodoo (although I can't remember what I named it when I setup a dualboot with Win2k server :))
Dell is Dell
iPaq is Chris_H3670
Jukebox3 is Chris_NJB3

Update: Voodoo machine running Windows 2000 Serer is now known as Thunderforge 'cuz it's loud :)

Marc Zimmermann
12-15-2002, 09:28 AM
PCs (workgroup "Alien"):

Nostromo
LV426
Fury
Outland (notebook)

Devices (Handheld, Palm-size and Pocket PC) are simply having their model name so that I can distinguish them easily in ActiveSync.

cmlpreston
12-15-2002, 09:34 AM
My machines are named after the elements.

Current desktop is Silicon.


Since this is already off-topic, I'm going to take this opportunity to mention that one of my pet peeves is when people mistakenly refer to "silicon" as "silicone". I've even seen AP news stories referring to "Silicone valley" ( 8O :lol: )....

I spent 5 years of my life doing a PhD working with silicones, and I have to agree with you!

For anyone thinking of using this naming scheme, avoid Technetium, that is a bugger to spell all the time. Speaking from experience here...

Anthony Caruana
12-15-2002, 12:29 PM
I stick with a theme. All the devices on my LAN are named for characters from Buffy.

Server: Giles
My desktop: Buffy
iPAQ: Spike
Jornada: Willow
Workgroup: Sunnydale

Next LAN I build will probably be from characters from one of my fave books; The Stand by Stephen King. My main PC will be

Anthony

jmarkevich
12-15-2002, 01:31 PM
Why, "Little fella", of course.

That way when the alarm goes off I can hold it up to my ear and say "What's that, little fella?" As far as the partnership name... that's way too volatile to give any *good* name to.

That name has gone through a Palm Personal, Pro, III, IIIxe and now an iPaq 3650.

Ed Hansberry
12-15-2002, 03:23 PM
Sorry if this has been mentioned earlier (too lazy to read through 11 pages of posts), but if I may ask, how did you change your handle Big Daddy?
You'll find out soon enough why it got changed. :wink:

RWlodarczyk
12-15-2002, 04:09 PM
Active Directory Name: HOME.NET :roll:
Server: ZENITH
My Workstation: DYNAMIX
My Other Workstation: FURY
My Test Machine: HORIZON
My Laptop: INSPIRE

My Compaq iPaq 3870: PINNACLE01
My Casio E-105: PINNACLE02

kennyg
12-15-2002, 04:31 PM
Laptop: Port
HP720: Handy
HP568: Palmer
HTC Smartphone: Phony

It's all about the form factor :)

marlof
12-15-2002, 04:36 PM
I'm with Ed on this:

marlofs3870 : Compaq iPAQ 3870
marlofs565: hp Jornada 565
marlofs720: hp Jornada 720
marlofsvaiorx1: my desktop
hervaiorx302: her desktop
marlofsvaiof305: my old notebook.

Duncan
12-15-2002, 04:42 PM
Hmmm... I never intentionally started giving names to my Pocket PCs - but when I had the Casio E105, which I just called the Casio, I just started shortening it to 'the Cassie' and then it became Cassie.

When I got the iPAQ 3630 and came to give it a name for AS I just followed the precedent and called it Connie (kind of short from Compaq).

The two @migos were Amy and Amy II (try making a girl's name from Palmax!).

The 3870 was Connie II, the 3970 was Connie III.

The Loox is Lucy (cf. the @migos!).

The 5450 will be Connie IV (of course!) and, in an act of historical revision, I now refer to my original Nino as Nina!

At one point, in the distant past, I considered buying a Toshiba E570 - and can actually remember saying to my Wife - 'I don't think I can have that - I wouldn't know what to call it!'

I would never name my laptop or desktop - they are never nice enough to be called anything that can be repeated in polite company!!!

Jeff Kirvin
12-15-2002, 05:01 PM
I don't name my PCs, but my Pocket PCs have a naming convention.

HP Jornada 565: Sheridan
Toshiba e570: Delenn
iPAQ 3730: Londo
T-Mobile PPCPE: Valen

If I pick up an iPAQ 1910 to play with, it will be Lennier. My ViewSonic V35 will be Marcus or Ivonova, I haven't decided yet.

JK

zylark
12-15-2002, 05:29 PM
"What is there in a name. Is not a rose by any other name still a rose?"

Anyways my naming scheme is a bit random. Currently my ipaq goes under the name "Minimonster_v2". It was originally called Minimonster, but after a small repair job where the screen was replaced and my ROM updated I had to give it a new name to set up a partnership with my desktop pc. Hence the "_v2" appendix.

My (main) desktop is a homemade box that is always current in specs through a rigourous update'n'replace-scheme. Since this machine is the only one with full network access to my other machines, firewall and virus protector for my homenet, and a VPN uplink to work, it's called "Omnicomp".

My secondary computer sits in the living room and functions mainly as an mp3 jukebox and movieplayer. This machine is made up from spare parts from my main box. This is called "Scrapheap" for natural reasons.

My third computer is a trusty old Amiga 4000 that i use mainly for putting titles onto video. The only reason this box is on the network at all, is that I do my graphics on Omnicomp, and needed a quick way to transfer them to my amiga. Getting it network with the other machines and the net was no mean feeat tho' 8). This is aptly called "Dodo". When all came to all, the Amiga did not quite fly, and now it's extinct.

My printer (old lexmark) is called "Scribe".

I have been thinking 'bout namimg all of my stuff after Babylon 5 ships, but my guess is that has been done already...

WyattEarp
12-15-2002, 05:58 PM
I to am a big Star Trek fan. I own an iPAQ H3970 and named it PADD-69. The number references the year I was born; nothing special.

And to anyone worrying about changing the Device name go ahead, most programs are linked to the "Owner name" not the "Device name".

Jonathan1
12-15-2002, 06:03 PM
There should be a new thread with the most boring names. Maybe 1..2..3..4 Then again. Anyone name their computers in ASCII binary for 1...2....3....4 :D
00110000,
00110001
00110010, etc.

Sparkomatic
12-15-2002, 06:11 PM
Mine's kind of boring...

Home PC: Herman
1st PPC: Brandons_iPAQ
2nd PPC: Brandons_HP568
Work laptop: BGOMEZ

Like I said, boring. But it makes it easier to find things on the network. :D

blang
12-15-2002, 08:17 PM
My Ipaq is called Mom_Pocketpc
My PC is called Mom

I use this because I can't remember my real name. This is what I hear all day long!!

nz0eBoy
12-15-2002, 08:35 PM
I can't believe I just read 13 pages of names for computers.

Laptop: Enterprise
Jornada 548: Independence

Kind of got a ship thing going on there.

BTS
12-15-2002, 08:51 PM
I loved the 2001 and 2010 movies. My laptop is HAL and my primary PPC is SAL. I also have a Handera called Pee Wee (after its little brain) and a Compaq C Series HPC called Mini-Me.

Cheers!

Wackyman
12-15-2002, 09:22 PM
I call my 3850 "The_Brain".

seanturner
12-15-2002, 10:43 PM
I don't name my PCs, but my Pocket PCs have a naming convention.

HP Jornada 565: Sheridan
Toshiba e570: Delenn
iPAQ 3730: Londo
T-Mobile PPCPE: Valen

If I pick up an iPAQ 1910 to play with, it will be Lennier. My ViewSonic V35 will be Marcus or Ivonova, I haven't decided yet.

JK

Babylon 5 is the best show ever!!!!!!!

seanturner
12-15-2002, 10:45 PM
I don't name my PCs, but my Pocket PCs have a naming convention.

HP Jornada 565: Sheridan
Toshiba e570: Delenn
iPAQ 3730: Londo
T-Mobile PPCPE: Valen

If I pick up an iPAQ 1910 to play with, it will be Lennier. My ViewSonic V35 will be Marcus or Ivonova, I haven't decided yet.

JK

Babylon 5 is the best show ever!!!!!!!

Actually, I've named some of my chickens: Seridan, Delenn, Londo, Kosh, Vier, Cartagia.

merlin
12-15-2002, 11:16 PM
Mini - Me :wink:

agostumpy
12-16-2002, 12:49 AM
Willfred :lol: -- anybody listen to Glenn Beck? (www.glennbeck.com)

KyleC
12-16-2002, 01:15 AM
I might as well contribut to this topic :wink: .

I call mine EnzymeFour

I have always liked the way the word "enzyme" sounds and feels when you say it, so I chose to name it with "enzyme" in the name. As for the "One" part, every time I loose data with a hard reset, etc. I have to name it with a different name. It began with EnzymeOne. Now we're on EnzymeFour.

ctmagnus
12-16-2002, 03:02 AM
For everyone using the recursive naming convention, you do realize that if you go into the %WINDIR%\Application Data\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Profiles\ or %BOOTDIR%\Documents and Settings\[User_Name]\Application
Data\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Profiles\ directory (depending on OS used, I forget the convention for NT :)) you can delete any older, non-used profile directories, enabling you to name your PC exactly what you want?

bormooski
12-16-2002, 05:38 AM
ok, my ipaq 3975 is R2-D2, my t68 phone is C3-P0, and my computers are DarthVader, Yoda and Obiwan... do you see a trend?

dr_doak
12-16-2002, 05:50 AM
I've been naming all my computers after Greek gods (they have such interesting names). I'm kinda torn though, on whether to use Hecate, or to break the pattern and name it after the Vorlon god Booji...
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/wads/bucket.html

Decisions, decisions...

I suppose I can always use some kinda time share between the two names ;)

seismicrabbit
12-16-2002, 06:24 AM
Personally, I call my Toshiba e310 Ziggy after the handheld that Al always hit with frustration in Quantum Leap. I know that this was really the name of the giant mainframe for whom the handheld was only a method of communication, but you'd be surprised how many people respond with understanding when you tell them that "Ziggy says I have an appointment at 3 today."

dianebrat
12-16-2002, 03:48 PM
well..
since I use the handle of dianebrat everywhere,..

and it's an iPaq

nope.. stop thinking it, I'm more creative than THAT..

it's (drumroll please)

bratpaq



dianebrat

Jason Lee
12-16-2002, 04:30 PM
Work PC: Batcave
Home PC: Jareth
Laptop: Gonzo
Pocket PC: Shiroshi

My old ipaq was called Left Hand

seanturner
12-17-2002, 12:12 AM
My old ipaq was called Left Hand

Just a thought of a good name: Hand of God :D

lol

Pony99CA
12-18-2002, 10:15 AM
Since this is already off-topic, I'm going to take this opportunity to mention that one of my pet peeves is when people mistakenly refer to "silicon" as "silicone". I've even seen AP news stories referring to "Silicone valley" ( 8O :lol: )....

HEH. My former e-mail account at Mediaone was [email protected]. I had to call up there once for tech support and they were laughing thinking I meant siliconeaddiction@ Look up the word in the dictionary buddy. I’m not addicted to silicone I’m addicted to tech. :)
Yes, "Silicone Valley" is annoying. It's not in my peeve list, though, like "I could care less" or "orientated". :-)

However, who could be addicted to silicone? Natural is so much better. :-D

Steve

guilmon
01-03-2003, 05:02 AM
My e310 is named Prescious.

Abba Zabba
01-03-2003, 08:17 AM
My wife tends to call it competition 8O . Whoops!!!

My self I call it Chloe.

So I guess the wife was right. Do we cheat on our spouses with our obsessions :?:

Dah well :D

gwizard
01-03-2003, 09:11 PM
Well, I intend to call my Axim (when it arrives) "Brain" or "Greg's Brain" because that's what it is :lol:

Kati Compton
01-03-2003, 09:51 PM
Well, I intend to call my Axim (when it arrives) "Brain" or "Greg's Brain" because that's what it is :lol:

Ooooh - won't Greg be upset you took his brain?? ;)

gwizard
01-03-2003, 09:54 PM
Well, I intend to call my Axim (when it arrives) "Brain" or "Greg's Brain" because that's what it is :lol:Ooooh - won't Greg be upset you took his brain?? ;)

How can I take my own brain? :lol:

Greg is my name...perhaps I should have clarified :)

handheldplanet
01-03-2003, 10:01 PM
For me it really depends on the day - and which Pocket PC I'm carrying (since I have more than my fair share). Although, now I've just reverted to using the generic term "Pocket PC" - it makes life easier!

Kati Compton
01-03-2003, 10:10 PM
Greg is my name...perhaps I should have clarified :)

Hence the ;) of course!

But is your last name really "Wizard", that's what I want to know... ;)

gwizard
01-03-2003, 10:20 PM
But is your last name really "Wizard", that's what I want to know...:wink:

Well...no...:lol:

I got the name from an old Sharp Wizard site I used to run. It was originally supposed to be called "G's Wizard" but it got shortened to "gwizard". So eventually I used the handle "gwizard" for my user name at any internet related thing I sign up for (unless it's already taken, of course) and the name stuck :D

ux4484
01-04-2003, 12:45 AM
If you name it you'll that means you're getting attached to it, and you'll never be able to take it back to the pound *oops* I mean store if it doesn't train properly. :wink:


Sounds like a new kids book: "If you give a Bug a Dell"

ooOOOoh, now I'm feeling prosy:

If you give a Bug a Dell

He'll ask you for a SD card for storage

If you give him a SD card, He'll transfer all his pictures and ebooks to it, and he'll want to share, so he'll ask you for a CF 802.11b card.

If you give him a 802.11b card, He'll spend all day hogging your broadband connection sending everyone his pictures. His Battery will run out, so he'll ask for a spare.

If you ask him for a spare, He'll wear that one down too, and you'll have to give him a charging cradle.

While he's waiting for his batteries to charge (and it would be so uncool to use the Dell in the anchor like cradle) He'll have nothing to do.

So he'll ask to borrow YOUR Dell.

:D :D :D :D

oh, Hey GWiz, good to see ya!

gwizard
01-04-2003, 12:58 AM
Sounds like a new kids book: "If you give a Bug a Dell"

ooOOOoh, now I'm feeling prosy:

If you give a Bug a Dell

He'll ask you for a SD card for storage

If you give him a SD card, He'll transfer all his pictures and ebooks to it, and he'll want to share, so he'll ask you for a CF 802.11b card.

If you give him a 802.11b card, He'll spend all day hogging your broadband connection sending everyone his pictures. His Battery will run out, so he'll ask for a spare.

If you ask him for a spare, He'll wear that one down too, and you'll have to give him a charging cradle.

While he's waiting for his batteries to charge (and it would be so uncool to use the Dell in the anchor like cradle) He'll have nothing to do.

So he'll ask to borrow YOUR Dell.

:D :D :D :D

LOL...you should really publish that :D

oh, Hey GWiz, good to see ya!

Thanks, bug! :D

Jonathon Watkins
01-04-2003, 08:33 PM
Yup - it's just one big happy reunited family here again. (I may weep openly now). :cry: :D :P

nosmohtac
04-17-2003, 10:12 AM
Well, I guess I'm quite late posting on this, and mine would probably belong to the most boring names thread, but..........I simply call mine
MYPAQ

Jacob
04-17-2003, 03:56 PM
I name my computers after Greek mythological personages/gods/etc..

Home system: Zeus
PDA: Hermes.

If I could name my MP3 player, I'd name it Apollo - God of Music :D

Busdriver
04-17-2003, 05:48 PM
Wow, I think I'm out of my realm here, but here goes..

Our desktop: You ^$*&)()*)(**)^*&%^*& piece of &^&*^)(*!!!

Our notebook (On a wireless home network BTW): You _)*(*^!^%*()(_+(_+*(()&% piece of ()*)(&(*^*(

My PPC: You (*(*^*&*^)(*)_)(_)*& piece of (*&(*&_()&()&_)()_(

Crystal Eitle
04-17-2003, 07:27 PM
My PocketPC: Compy386
My desktop: FHQWGHADS

(Homestarrunner fans will get the references)

Jacob
04-17-2003, 07:29 PM
My PocketPC: Compy386
My desktop: FHQWGHADS

(Homestarrunner fans will get the references)

lol ...Come on FHQWGHADS, you're just making yourself look worse you know? People are just gonna make fun of you... I mean, I do.

Okay... enough OT stuff :D

Kati Compton
04-17-2003, 09:14 PM
lol ...Come on FHQWGHADS, you're just making yourself look worse you know? People are just gonna make fun of you... I mean, I do.


I'm very disappointed that you have the avatar, but got the line wrong! :) "Everybody's just gonna feel sorry for you... " :razzing:

ctmagnus
04-17-2003, 09:54 PM
I've changed my iPaq to Erwin, in honor of the PC whose soul was transferred into a Palm then eventually into a SGI workstation (http://www.sgi.com/workstations/).

Kaber
04-17-2003, 10:25 PM
Server: Slave1
My PC: JangoFett
Family PC: BobaFett
Laptop: Warvan
My iPAQ: DarthIPAQ
Family iPAQ: BobaPAQ

TopDog
04-17-2003, 10:49 PM
Work PC: XP-gauteh (kinda a system at work)
LapTop: Tech (Because I use it on technical missions)
Home PC: TopDog (My nick)
PocketPC1: Axim (Plain an simple and I have a selfmade Axim-theme on it)
PocketPC2: Trista (because I have a Trista Rehn theme I've made on it)

dh
04-18-2003, 03:00 AM
Mine is "Kati42". That probably qualifies as lame.

My current desktop is "Deep-Thought". My previous was "Orac". My laptop is "Zen".

Kati, sorry if someone asked you this already, I was too lazy to read through all 16 pages.

Was your previous computer Orac named after that computer (actually a plastic box with some Christmas tree lights) in Blakes 7?

Kati Compton
04-18-2003, 04:08 PM
Kati, sorry if someone asked you this already, I was too lazy to read through all 16 pages.

Was your previous computer Orac named after that computer (actually a plastic box with some Christmas tree lights) in Blakes 7?

They did not, and yes it is. My husband and I own the whole series on VHS (NTSC even!). I actually built him an "Orac" one Halloween to go with his Avon costume. (For those of you that don't know "Blake's 7", Avon is the cool, tough character in the series. He has nothing to do with driving pink cars and selling makeup).

All my male friends that have seen B7 want to be Avon, but have concluded they're more like Villa....

nice_micael
04-20-2003, 12:45 PM
Mina are called ipaqiminator 0X lame but i like it! :mrgreen:

Hyperluminal
04-20-2003, 02:25 PM
I'm boring. My iPaq is Pocket_PC, and my PC is Dell8200, since it had never really occured to me to name my devices. Maybe I'll change them... my iPaq could be Tristan da Cunha, an island that's the farthest inhabited place from any other civilization, since it has no wireless. :D
I don't know about my Dell... maybe Grata, since Dell gave it to me for free to replace my obsolete one (my old one was broken... gotta love extended warranties ;) ).

I had an old HP printer that refused to print, so I called it Breakomatic. :D

ctmagnus
04-20-2003, 10:19 PM
my iPaq could be Tristan da Cunha, an island that's the farthest inhabited place from any other civilization, since it has no wireless. :D

From Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean (http://website.lineone.net/~sthelena/tristaninfo.htm#How%20To%20Get%20To%20Tristan%20da):

How To Get To Tristan da Cunha

Cruise ships (stays of one to three days, returning to the ship each night)
NB. Weather conditions may make it impossible to disembark.

...

"MS Explorer" annual call, currently in November en route from Brazil via St Helena to South Georgia. Contact: Explorer Shipping Company, 1520 Kensington Road, Oak Brook, Illinois, 60521, USA. Tel: (1) 630 954 2944; fax (1) 630 572 1833.

But I thought nobody liked Microsoft products? :)

Pat Logsdon
04-22-2003, 06:44 AM
How the heck did I miss this thread? Better late than never, I suppose.

My Axim is named "Aziraphale"
My PC is named "Crowley"
My wife's PC is named "GrittyKitty"
My wife's e125 is named "Mr. Tappy"

delfuhd
04-22-2003, 03:56 PM
3850- BugsBunny
My old casio was ElmerFudd
3900 - Spock
those are the only ones I used long enough to have a purpose for the name. All the other pocket pc's I've had I've only had for about a month, so yeah. But my bext name would prolly be DaffyDuck, or something like that :lol: =D

lurch
04-23-2003, 08:51 PM
my desktop is called "lerch",
my laptop is called "lerchabout",
so my handheld is called "portalerch"

:)

Ivan
04-23-2003, 10:17 PM
Ivaq ... get it?.. Ivan <-> iPAQ ??

Ah, lame... forget it :?

CTSLICK
04-23-2003, 10:23 PM
PDA: Invader Zim
Desktop: Zims Mothership
Laptop: Zims PortaLab

Guess I watch too much Nickleodeon with my kids...but it is a pretty funny cartoon.

JackTheTripper
04-23-2003, 10:56 PM
PDA: Invader Zim
Desktop: Zims Mothership
Laptop: Zims PortaLab

Guess I watch too much Nickleodeon with my kids...but it is a pretty funny cartoon.

I watch that show WAAAAYYYYYYYY too much.


Is it weird that I don't have kids? :|

CTSLICK
04-23-2003, 11:42 PM
PDA: Invader Zim
Desktop: Zims Mothership
Laptop: Zims PortaLab

Guess I watch too much Nickleodeon with my kids...but it is a pretty funny cartoon.

I watch that show WAAAAYYYYYYYY too much.


Is it weird that I don't have kids? :|

Is it weird that you don't have kids...not really.

Is it weird that you don't have kids AND you watch Invader Zim...mmmmm....welllll...maybe :lol:

'course I'll watch old Looney Tunes without my kids around :D

orangehat
04-29-2003, 03:39 PM
My Axim is Charon
My laptops are Epimetheus, Adrastea, and Mimas
My primary desktops are Iapetus and Telesto

Hank Scorpio
07-22-2003, 05:15 AM
my new 2210 is named Millhouse, my ipaq3650/gps machine is called Brian, and my desktop computer is called Jerk Store.

maximus
07-22-2003, 10:42 AM
I still call my pocket pc a "Palm Pilot"

8O Do you call your Ferrari a Ford, or call your P4 a calculator as well? 8O

I know this is a little late to reply to this post, but ..... :rotfl:

maximus
07-22-2003, 10:47 AM
PocketPC2: Trista (because I have a Trista Rehn theme I've made on it)

With clothes on or off ?

TopDog
07-22-2003, 01:01 PM
PocketPC2: Trista (because I have a Trista Rehn theme I've made on it)

With clothes on or off ?Mostly off... http://www.pocketthemes.com/download.php?action=details&lid=50235

maximus
07-23-2003, 04:29 AM
downloading ...

stitics
07-23-2003, 10:41 AM
Again, I am late. :)

Mine are named after Terran units from StarCraft...

my Desktop is "Goliath-1"

and my PocketPC used to be "ghost_e740".

I had a brain fart, and after the last hard reset I accidentally named it "Goliath_e740", but that will be rectified with the next hard reset.