+cachew nut Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 in the headers of the daily email digest: Received: from 64.14.128.6 (HELO Mail-Arafat.infopop.net) Link to comment
Elias Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 What's odd about this? -Elias Link to comment
+Sissy-n-CR Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 "Arafat" maybe? But you could tell us how is it you can have a GIF avatar and the rest of us can't. I'd like to use the transparent feature of GIF too! (I already know why, it's just I'm a little jealous. ) CR Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted October 11, 2002 Author Share Posted October 11, 2002 Yes, I meant the Arafat reference. Not odd, just strange. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 All us tech folks use weird names for our machines. Star trek characters, etc. Perhaps this is a particularly (insert adjective depending on opinion) email box, which is why the developers named it that. Or, each mail server has a name like hurricanes where each letter of the alphabet gets a world leader's name? I agree it is an odd choice though. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Link to comment
crr003 Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 mountains Nobel prize winners world leaders ..... Nil Satis Nisi Optimum Link to comment
azog Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 Someone I once worked with stated that one of the very few things an admin has control over is naming machines. While I can argue with that (we once named our cluster after knights of the round table, but the president said it had to go), I can agree to a certain point I tend to go toward Tolkien and/or Anglo-Saxon (Old English). My SMS server is Hrothgar and my domain controller was called Iron Fist, and their partners were Zim and Dib. ---------- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be also be like him. Link to comment
+Centaur Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 Centaur Pegasus Pegataur My machines. See the drift? Link to comment
+Mopar Posted October 13, 2002 Share Posted October 13, 2002 Ramcharger Dart Neon Illegitimus non carborundum! Link to comment
+Nocturnal Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Nocturnal Carnivore Lucifer Scavenger Link to comment
+bartacus Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Dilbert Dogbert Ratbert Catbert Wally Alice ... I guess that if I add any more machines, I'll have to use Bob or Asok. Link to comment
Elias Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Vaal Farpoint Hugh Tiberius Seven Khan Locutus Pegasus No1 Sarek Lcars Vger Link to comment
+T-storm Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Once worked at a company with servers and other devices named: Bugs1 Bugs2 Wiley Taz Wilma Fred Pebbles and so forth... T-storm http://www.cordianet.com/geocaching Link to comment
+BigNick Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 I was using angels from Miltons 'Paradise Lost' at one stage. Archangels for machines that were easy setups (eg mail/web servers) and fallen angels for nasty machines (eg Bind DNS - oh man do I hate Bind ) Cheers Nick. Link to comment
+fractal Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Braindamage Eclipse -fractal Link to comment
+Centaur Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Elias:... Pegasus ... Good name. Link to comment
+Allen_L Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Well I named my home machine NyyraYnpl I think I have been geocaching for too long. Link to comment
+Zahrim Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Ok, I see this thread has gone medi-physical.... SO, can anyone here tell me where Zahrim came from? I have a very good idea, but that is what I gleaned from a web search. Can anyone provide some form of proof as to just where the name came from? Zahrim.... "There's no need to be afraid of strange noises in the night. Anything that intends you harm will stalk you silently." Link to comment
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