On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 04:24:28PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > 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 name was out of date too.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 > my 7 year old named the G3 iMac reborn into a sid machine: Crusher I just don't understand 7 year old girls, and it doesn't get any better as they grow up, but kudos to her for a great name... A
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