Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Feb 2009 19:06 UTC
If you were to break into my network, getting to the contents of the right computer would be easy. I facilitate digital burglars by naming my computers according to what they actually are; my main desktop machine carries the label "Desktop", my Aspire One is imaginatively named "One", and this trend continues down to "PowerMac G4", "Ultra 5", and "T2". I always found giving computers real names was a tad bit wacky, but as it turns out, it can actually be very useful to give your servers and computers whimsical but meaningful names.
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2006-03-10
The uni AI dept. gave all its Unix workstations dog names, e.g pluto, snoopy, etc.
I always tried to get dogmatix, for some reason - they were all identical apart from the name, so I guess there is some effect in a name!
Personally, I tend to go with outright filth: porn terminology, sweary stuff, since nobody really sees the machine-names most of the time. My server is the exception: I got it second-hand with a sticker on the front saying "BRAZIL", so once I'd wiped the Windows NT4 install off it (including all the personal documents the seller left on it - good old eBay...), brazil it remained.