Yeah, I think we found your root cause

[Broomjockey]

The only server I know the name of here is "Aragorn" and it's for our StarCom system.

[Andara Bledin]

The servers here were originally named for the IT guy's kids.

After that, they started being named for the primary programs they ran.

^-.-^

[Broomjockey]

If that would work in real life, you wouldn't see lumberjacks getting hurt by spiked trees. To say nothing of the spectacular effects you'd get from attempting to chainsaw a power line...

It's a movie, you fruitcake! I wasn't serious. No need to kill my poor joke like that.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Is this a data center or a frat house?

Is the office furniture made up of 2-by-4's and cinder blocks? Are there empty beer cans lining the walls?

[Samaliel]

Back at my IT school, servers had a pretty plain name, but workstations were named, depending on the room, after constellations (I usually used Cancer or Aries), cocktails (Mojito or SexOnTheBeach), chemical elements from Mendeleiev's table (Cobalt or Antimony) or kids shows characters (Captain Future or Actarus).

[Broomjockey]

Is the office furniture made up of 2-by-4's and cinder blocks? Are there empty beer cans lining the walls?

And how does THAT help to tell the difference?

[Ironclad Alibi]

Is this a data center or a frat house?

Is the office furniture made up of 2-by-4's and cinder blocks? Are there empty beer cans lining the walls?

And how does THAT help to tell the difference?

Well, if it's cheap beer...

[PepperElf]

what were they doing?
climbing over this??

[Bliss]

Old classic PepperElf

The machines I control are named for Sci-Fi or Fantasy Books/Movies/Anime:

- Matrim (Matrim Cauthon, Wheel of time)
- Tomoyo (Sakura card captor)
- Ed (Cowboy Bebop AND Full Metal Alchemist)
- Hurley (Lost)
- Lucivar (Lucivar Yaslana, Black Jewels Trilogy)
- Ivy (Princess Ivy, Xanth)
- Powell (Powell and Donovan, Isaac Asimov)

[froglet]

I like Hurley

My home computers and equipment are currently frog based.

• Desktop = Froggy
• Laptop (before it started dying) = Froglet
• Thumbdrive = LeapFrog
• MP3 Player = Michigan J. Frog

[xaenon]

what were they doing?
climbing over this??

Do you have a higher-resolution version of this picture? I want to make it my
wallpaper.

Seriously.

[mattm04]

One of the servers at my schools was named "squirrel." It's primary purpose was for teachers to put stuff on for students to download. It was always funny reading a syllabus "copies of assignments and selected course material will be available on squirrel."

[Mistress of Foxes]

My desktop computer is called Shika, a shortening of Shikamaru from Naruto, because it's bloody brilliant, but usually lazy as all hell. My two hard drives are called Cid and Fred, for no particular reason

I'm still not sure about the name for my laptop, but I'm thinking Pipsqueak, after Edward from Fullmetal Alchemist, because it's brilliant and tiny :3

[sms001]

I went with an Oz theme for the home gear - works great 'cause the names can be very distinct AND you can associate them with an items "personality."

Network: OZ
XP Desktop: bungle
Linux Desktop: singra
Linux Server: tinman
Win 98 Laptop: tiktok
Nokia Phone: toto
External HD: kabumpoa
OSX (Wife's) G5: dorothy
OSX (Mine) G3: glinda
Epson Color: oorfene
HP Laser: erakna


OT: Don't touch the wires should be a mandatory sign in any data center

[Eric the Grey]

what were they doing?
climbing over this??

It's funny you should post that. I recently got that very same picture when one of our system admins used it to demonstrate the logic behind the night procedures for a division we acquired a while ago...

Old classic PepperElf

The machines I control are named for Sci-Fi or Fantasy Books/Movies/Anime:

I use sci-fi inspirations for my computer names as well.

My main desktop is Orac.
My secondary desktop, used mainly for testing is Slave.
My laptop is Runnabout.

A Lemon-Ginger cookie for anyone who can name the sources for them all (especially the first two)


Eric the Grey