Comments on: We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/ "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." - Turkish Proverb Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jesse http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Jesse Thu, 14 Oct 2004 03:12:27 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-287 At home we've named our machines after characters from Mystery Science Theater 300. Our Airport base station is named Servo (as is the wireless network). My laptop's name is Crow, and the computer in the family room is named Gypsy. Another of my computers is named Torgo after the character in the MST3K episode "Manos the Hands of Fate." At home we’ve named our machines after characters from Mystery Science Theater 300. Our Airport base station is named Servo (as is the wireless network). My laptop’s name is Crow, and the computer in the family room is named Gypsy. Another of my computers is named Torgo after the character in the MST3K episode “Manos the Hands of Fate.”

]]> By: Matt http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Matt Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:09:28 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-282 my office computer came with an imaged drive called 'IBM PRELOAD'. I renamed it to 'Preload THIS'. my office computer came with an imaged drive called ‘IBM PRELOAD’. I renamed it to ‘Preload THIS’.

]]> By: Marc http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Marc Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:15:19 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-193 The last place I worked, I took them from their infancy in computers (a Burroughs B96 with about 6 dumb terminals) to 3 full pc networks over the years. One LAN was called AcmeAcres and all the computers were named after the Looney Tunes and Tiny Tunes characters, the second was called Springfield and all those were named after the Simpsons characters and the third was called Marvel and they of course were named after comic book characters. Also, we had a bunch of HP Unix boxes that we named after "great" birds...Condor, Raptor, Hawk, Eagle. We had a lower end HP that we named Crow (our webserver). We had a lot of fun there! :-) I have to admit, I started running out of names for both AcmeAcres and Springfield. The last place I worked, I took them from their infancy in computers (a Burroughs B96 with about 6 dumb terminals) to 3 full pc networks over the years. One LAN was called AcmeAcres and all the computers were named after the Looney Tunes and Tiny Tunes characters, the second was called Springfield and all those were named after the Simpsons characters and the third was called Marvel and they of course were named after comic book characters.

Also, we had a bunch of HP Unix boxes that we named after “great” birds…Condor, Raptor, Hawk, Eagle. We had a lower end HP that we named Crow (our webserver).

We had a lot of fun there! :-)

I have to admit, I started running out of names for both AcmeAcres and Springfield.

]]> By: Sherri http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Sherri Thu, 20 May 2004 13:07:39 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-156 geez I can't even type my url in correctly...this one's correct geez I can’t even type my url in correctly…this one’s correct

]]> By: Sherri http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Sherri Thu, 20 May 2004 13:06:10 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-155 My husband set up this pc, and almost put in my 'real name'...ACK! I stopped him just in time, but had to come up with something in the few seconds he gave me: hers So later on, when he rebuilt his (after his master HD said whooomph), he named it 'his' LOL. I name my drives by what I keep stored on them; he doesn't name his drives. He named one of the machines he's making (not a pc) fludderwhumper. I'm going to have to come up with machine names ahead of time to avoid him naming my machines after hearing that! My husband set up this pc, and almost put in my ‘real name’…ACK! I stopped him just in time, but had to come up with something in the few seconds he gave me: hers

So later on, when he rebuilt his (after his master HD said whooomph), he named it ‘his’ LOL.

I name my drives by what I keep stored on them; he doesn’t name his drives. He named one of the machines he’s making (not a pc) fludderwhumper. I’m going to have to come up with machine names ahead of time to avoid him naming my machines after hearing that!

]]> By: G http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-105 G Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:16:13 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-105 I **LIKE** French bankers! I **LIKE** French bankers!

]]> By: C http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-101 C Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:51:47 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-101 I was asked by G to name the computers with "French banker's names". We now have Maurice, Francois, and Jacques in the house. I was asked by G to name the computers with “French banker’s names”. We now have Maurice, Francois, and Jacques in the house.

]]> By: eliot http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-99 eliot Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:18:50 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-99 Nice blog. Just stopped by while looking at WordPress blogs (considering switching from MT). I used to pick plays from Shakespeare and go with characters from those. Now I use words and characters from Mystery Science Theater. My beautiful, and recently-acquired Mac is called Diabolik (the last MST3K). My faithful Debian box is Oik (someone marked an episode is Oik! and I had no idea what it meant until I found a British slang dictionary.. loved the word ever since). I'm waiting for a notebook to be called Mighty Jack. :) Nice blog. Just stopped by while looking at WordPress blogs (considering switching from MT).

I used to pick plays from Shakespeare and go with characters from those. Now I use words and characters from Mystery Science Theater. My beautiful, and recently-acquired Mac is called Diabolik (the last MST3K). My faithful Debian box is Oik (someone marked an episode is Oik! and I had no idea what it meant until I found a British slang dictionary.. loved the word ever since). I’m waiting for a notebook to be called Mighty Jack. :)

]]> By: Natalie http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Natalie Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:35:04 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-96 All of our computers are named after types of beers: Amber, Lager, Stout, etc. All of our computers are named after types of beers: Amber, Lager, Stout, etc.

]]> By: Andy http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Andy Sat, 20 Mar 2004 04:44:30 +0000 http://www.coffeecorner.org/2004/03/19/we-control-the-horizontal-we-control-the-vertical/#comment-90 For my first computer, I did what I sometimes do for such things, I let something pop into my head, and then I used it. The result was a computer named 'Uncle Joe'. For my second computer, I attempted to do the same thing, but was thwarted by thinking of the first computer and ended up with the name 'Aunt Ruth'. Karen found this amusing since she had an Aunt Ruth married to an Uncle Joe. For my first computer, I did what I sometimes do for such things, I let something pop into my head, and then I used it. The result was a computer named ‘Uncle Joe’.

For my second computer, I attempted to do the same thing, but was thwarted by thinking of the first computer and ended up with the name ‘Aunt Ruth’. Karen found this amusing since she had an Aunt Ruth married to an Uncle Joe.

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