Comments on: Losing the Name Game

By: Kody

Kody — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:42:40 +0000

Well I’ve finally decided on naming my systems after fictional worlds. Thus, my primary workstation is now named “Norrath.” My gaming computer is named “Arrakis.” Our laptop is named “Kamino.” Finally, the intranet server is named “Cybertron.” I tried to pick a theme that wouldn’t be exhausted after only ten names. Thankfully, with this one, I’ve got a whole list of others ready to deploy as I acquire more machines.

I’d never thought about naming the router until I saw Brandon’s post above. Thought mine isn’t a computer, per se, and it doesn’t show up on the network, it does seem kinda boring for it to just be “WRT54G.” I dunno…

At least now I can stop fretting over it. Though there’s an understood, informal “rule” out there that say that you should not change the name of a system once you’ve named it, my systems have been through at least 3 name changes. I think that rule exists partly because changing names can break network dependencies, but at any rate, I don’t think I’ll be changing them again.

Maybe for once, these names will stick.

By: Kody

Kody — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:19:21 +0000

I get all the others, so I’m assuming that Kimoko would be a Megatokyo reference?

For all its flaws, I still find MT thoroughly engrossing. I swear I can’t explain it, but I am simply unable to remove it from my list of essential RSS feeds – believe me, I’ve tried. Even after weeks of not reading it, I still inexplicably end up checking in to find out what I missed.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 01:28:11 +0000

I suffer the same affliction. Usually, my computers end up being named Japanese names, although a few have not because of distinguishing characteristics of the computer itself (the case of one computer inspired the name “Butterfly”, and it stuck). Others are Naoki, Chii (during my Chobits addiction), Narusegawa (my router, during my Love Hina obsession), Kimoko, and my current computer is named Sakura.