Re: [OT] Naming Schemes
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On 03/05/08 06:10, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:51:03AM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
>
>> But a name can be a snare and a delusion: we had another
>> quasi-classical name, atticus, so called because it was located in the
>> attic. Then we moved house and it was relocated under the stairs...
>> And I had my office in the potting-shed for a time, so my very
>> odd-looking skeletal tower box, with bits bolted on in all directions,
>> was named potty. But it soon moved indoors and got a new case so that
>> name was out of date too. And how much refitting is needed to justify a
>> rename? new processer, new case, new motherboard, new hard drives, but
>> all at different times, so at which point should it be renamed?
>
> My (currently down) computer is called bixi, because it has an Intel BX
> mainboard. If it turns out I will have to replace it (I hope it's only
> the memory, otherwise I'll have to change just about everything) I'll
> have to think of a new name as well.
Disgusting Scots food.
$ uname -n
haggis
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended
by the knife."
Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley
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