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does YOUR computer have a name? (Time out:0 days after 14-05-2003, 04:31)
Yes, he's got a name.
Yep, she's got a name.
My computer's gendered, but has no name.
It's an inanimate object, dork. It's got NUFAN.
S/he/it's name is BANANA.2K
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Sir Ralph is offline Sir Ralph
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People really actually DO name their computers? Sheesh. Weirdoes. One and all.


You actually have to name them, when you put them in a network.

My workstation is in a big server box, my wife called it monster, when I came with it, and so I called it "monster" (hello Spiffor!). My router/gateway/server is "tux", that's so conveniently short when addressing services. My wife's desptop has her first name (she wouldn't remember another), and my old 486 box was "avatar", because I used it among other things for Ultima nostalgia games . But it's broken now, the power supply is toast.

I remember my old Atari computer in the 80's was "Sally", because the 6502 CPU had that name in the books.
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It has a Name but aint gendered?
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Not even one "Hal" ?

I feel so old right now...
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Oh come Richelieu - HAL9000s capabilities are not exactly PC standard yet. I'm looking forward to when they are though.
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Oh come Richelieu - HAL9000s capabilities are not exactly PC standard yet. I'm looking forward to when they are though.


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Not even one "Hal" ?

I feel so old right now...


I'm old enough, Richelieu... But Hal is dangerous...

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Mine varies between "*****" "BSOD" "redmond"

I sooo need to switch to linux :doitnow:

Any distro recommendations?
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I agree with Rah.

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I recently renamed my computer from pt055rph169 to Qiwi.

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redhat's the standard. i use rh9, suitably customized.
debian's nice.

if you want, though, you can compile it yourself: www.linuxfromscratch.org

jezebel's a lot less tempermental in linux than she is in windows. split personality comes with dual boot.
 
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