Machine Names

any interesting themes?

[CaseyRyan]

No matter how many times I do it, whenever I have to name a machine I have a block... like I'm naming a kid or something. Right now, I'm sitting here trying to come up with new names for 2 servers and I'm stuck.

Talking to my friends, I've heard some interesting themes come up.
examples:
pair of servers called Ike and Tina... collectively called the 'Turner Cluster'
Lab named with characters from GI Joe.

Anyway, I'm looking for some ideas on themes.

Anybody got any?

-=casey=-

[Lilliabeth]

i guess ours are terrible...
Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan

also have a network of north american cities.

[whoisgregg]

How about:

artemis
agentbuchwald
snake

Ten points for guessing the reference. :)

[vkaryl]

CaseyRyan: be sure you "speel" Anhauser right.... Anheuser....

[balam]

> Ten points for guessing the reference.

No "Stewart?" ;)

[whoisgregg]

10 points to balam! :)

I'd use Stewie rather than Stewart.

[balam]

> I'd use Stewie rather than Stewart.

Hah, I know what the reference is, having become aware ;) several hours beforehand, so I thought I'd drop another hint. If noone makes a correct guess, I'll keep the points, but otherwise...

Points are redeemable at the front desk, yes? I'm hoping I can get a kewpie doll!

[CaseyRyan]

CaseyRyan: be sure you "speel" Anhauser right.... Anheuser....

Doh! I was looking right at the bottle when I was posting that... checked it 6 times... one for each bottle... maybe that was the problem :)

-=casey=-

[mattglet]

Are you sure it was in a book? Are you sure it's not NOTHING?

[whoisgregg]

The points may be redeemable in New Orleans for a pint, so I don't know how long you want to leave it open.

[HowlingWizard]

We are using the Loony Tunes charaters for machine names. I am currently sitting at Sylvester. Also here is Taz, Bugs, Marvin, Wile_E and Tweety.

I have seen a set of servers named after the moons of saturn.

I try to get clients not to name machines after people. I do have a couple clients where people are sitting at computers that is named for someone who are gone and replaced a couple times over. When working on these you keep bringing the ex-employees by referencing the computers.

[pmkpmk]

What about Lord of the Rings?

Sauron (the firewall)
Sam (the groupware server)
Gandalf (R&D)
Gimli (Engineering)
Shelob (router)
Gollum (Accounting)
Elrond (Marketing)
etc.

[grelmar]

Gee, I just name them after my exes.

- Grace (invariably whatever the crankiest, most schizoid computer I'm runing at the moment).

- Christine - aka Punk Rock Girl - Good for any machine that's a blast to use, and has a tendancy to keep you up all night.

- Jenny - The born again Christian. Good for any machine that's prone to getting caught up in the rapture.

Mary - The Goth. Good for a machine that's depressed (read: slow).

Wendy - "All show no go." -nuff said.

Adrianna - That saucy Latin

Athena (yes, she was a real person) - The friend with "priviledges."

NB: Never, EVER, name a computer after your current gal/wife. Bad voodoo.

[bakedjake]

We did casinos at my old place:

DNS Servers:

golden
nugget

Web Servers:

tropicana
atlantis

Proof Servers:

luxor
trump

Desktops:

rio
caesars
etc...

[MatW]

How about Adam and Eve :)

[saoi_jp]

gremlar, there was a song back in the day called "88 lines about 44 women".

[grelmar]

That was my inspiration :D

Sadly, I settled down long before I hit the 44 women mark.