Tue, 11 Nov 2008
What's In A Name?
An email over the weekend from Tim reminded me of a post on Planet Debian (I think), about computer naming schemes. Computer naming schemes are a strange window into the owner's mind and interests. I've seen schemes based on Old Testament prophets. The University of Warwick Computing Society uses well-known computer scientists for its on-campus servers and Postman Pat characters for its off-campus servers. I've seen Winnie The Pooh used, and Lord of the Rings.
Anyhow, I think I've come up with a unique scheme, so I thought I'd share it, and see if people can work out from whence its inspiration comes.
I decided on the new scheme fairly recently, when given the opportunity by my laptop's hard drive dying. So far my laptop, as the only computer I'm regularly using, is the only one that has been given a name, which is 'sophie'. The next one I (re)name will probably be my lamby-xen server, which will be called 'surprise'. When I repair and reinstall my desktop, that will be called 'lively', and when I finally get around to using one of the old, decrepid boxen I have sitting around in my bedroom it will be called 'polychrest'.
So, what's my naming scheme?
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