what do you name your computers? really, i am all too interested to know. this sort of thing is probably used to determine if you're a serial killer in an online quiz, or something. probably not.
my laptop is PRECURSOR, and my desktop is UMBRELLA.
Names and Computers
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My computer is SWITZERLAND. I have also had Austria, Luxembourg, and Belgium. Hard drives and partitions for the computers are named after cities in that country.
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Mine's named alterWave.
Yes, it's horribly unfun.
Yes, it's horribly unfun.
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If you mean like nicknames... I don't really name them.
If you mean like login or something, mine are generally just 'alco'...
If you mean like login or something, mine are generally just 'alco'...
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Mine's HP
hoorah for factory settings
hoorah for factory settings
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Currently scrap:
JEBUS - a gaming laptop
ghetto-jesus - a POS desktop I got completely for free
Current:
Jehobah - gaming / general purpose desktop
strife - general purpose / productivity laptop
Dispater - Sony PSP
Honorable mention:
Chester A. Arthur - mein kampfy computer chair
JEBUS - a gaming laptop
ghetto-jesus - a POS desktop I got completely for free
Current:
Jehobah - gaming / general purpose desktop
strife - general purpose / productivity laptop
Dispater - Sony PSP
Honorable mention:
Chester A. Arthur - mein kampfy computer chair
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Comp 1 - The main Pirie Computer
Comp 2 - Second but not so good computer
My dad is booooring.
On the plus side, my iPod is called iCorn.
Comp 2 - Second but not so good computer
My dad is booooring.
On the plus side, my iPod is called iCorn.
Ice Climbers are awesome. Deal with it.
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My laptop is AlterCrosse
And my iPod is Roleplay
And my iPod is Roleplay
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First, the computers in my room:
VOYAGER - (star trek) My main laptop, what I'm almost always on
TOBOE - (wolf's rain) My older laptop, which I still use on occasion for some old development tools that I haven't moved to the new one
7OF9 - (star trek) an old Power Macintosh 5400 that was given to me by a middle school. It has a large 7 written on the top, hence the name.
CRAP - (just what it sounds like) a desktop that I literally picked up off the side of the street on my way home one day. Not worth the sore arms I got from carrying it 8 blocks. 32MB memory, 600MHz proc. runs DeLi (Desktop Light Linux)
HLF10MNTS - (homestar runner) A TI-3000 TravelMate laptop (with ACTIVE MATRIX COLOR!) that my 6th grade teacher gave to me. Runs Windows 3.1. The name is a reference to Strongbad talking about his laptop's battery life - half of 10 minutes.
LASER - (computer's brand name) a 10486 SX/W. runs DOS 3.0.
And the rest of the house...
TSUME - (wolf's rain) my mom's laptop.
KIBA - (wolf's rain) the old server. Not currently in use, but still hooked up. I might start it up again one day...
HIGE - (wolf's rain) my sister's old laptop. doesn't work ATM.
FILES - (no meaning) my sister's desktop. Used to be her boyfriend's file server, hence the name.
ANGEL - (not sure if there's any deeper meaning) my sister's laptop.
DS9 - (star trek) an old beige box. Used only for testing, and the occasional hacking of XBoxes (hard drive hotswapping)
IT414629 - (asset tag) an old beige box from a school.
I can't think of any others right now, but I probably have other computers hanging around somewhere.
Oh, I mustn't forget.
REGZA - (computer's brand name) the television. It doesn't broadcast as a NetBIOS device, but when it connects to other computers it does so with that machine name.
VOYAGER - (star trek) My main laptop, what I'm almost always on
TOBOE - (wolf's rain) My older laptop, which I still use on occasion for some old development tools that I haven't moved to the new one
7OF9 - (star trek) an old Power Macintosh 5400 that was given to me by a middle school. It has a large 7 written on the top, hence the name.
CRAP - (just what it sounds like) a desktop that I literally picked up off the side of the street on my way home one day. Not worth the sore arms I got from carrying it 8 blocks. 32MB memory, 600MHz proc. runs DeLi (Desktop Light Linux)
HLF10MNTS - (homestar runner) A TI-3000 TravelMate laptop (with ACTIVE MATRIX COLOR!) that my 6th grade teacher gave to me. Runs Windows 3.1. The name is a reference to Strongbad talking about his laptop's battery life - half of 10 minutes.
LASER - (computer's brand name) a 10486 SX/W. runs DOS 3.0.
And the rest of the house...
TSUME - (wolf's rain) my mom's laptop.
KIBA - (wolf's rain) the old server. Not currently in use, but still hooked up. I might start it up again one day...
HIGE - (wolf's rain) my sister's old laptop. doesn't work ATM.
FILES - (no meaning) my sister's desktop. Used to be her boyfriend's file server, hence the name.
ANGEL - (not sure if there's any deeper meaning) my sister's laptop.
DS9 - (star trek) an old beige box. Used only for testing, and the occasional hacking of XBoxes (hard drive hotswapping)
IT414629 - (asset tag) an old beige box from a school.
I can't think of any others right now, but I probably have other computers hanging around somewhere.
Oh, I mustn't forget.
REGZA - (computer's brand name) the television. It doesn't broadcast as a NetBIOS device, but when it connects to other computers it does so with that machine name.
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My computer is named "Alex2.". Even though it's my only computer. Family computer's named Second Breakfast Club.
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"G****** T*****'* iMac."
I'm going to name my computer the coolest thing ever, if I ever get it.
I'm going to name my computer the coolest thing ever, if I ever get it.
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General Tsukatu's iMac?incluye wrote:"G****** T*****'* iMac."
I'm going to name my computer the coolest thing ever, if I ever get it.
I don't want your iMac, nor am I a general.
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well... that's boring. Let's see if I can rename it Aperature Science Heavy-Duty Supercolliding Super-Laptop. Probably not, I bet there's a character limit. STOP LIMITIN MY BITS AND BYTES!
well... that's boring. Let's see if I can rename it Aperature Science Heavy-Duty Supercolliding Super-Laptop. Probably not, I bet there's a character limit. STOP LIMITIN MY BITS AND BYTES!
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(Click here to see what each level and half-level means in terms of updates per time period)
NOTE: If I just add a bunch of comics in one day, but plan on going back to normal after that, I probably won't update the status.
+ Dead: Canceled. Done. Maybe you'll get a random comic like once a year, but it's pretty much done.
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+ Comatose: Complete stand-by. No (or very few) updates for some amount of time, but the comic's far from being over
- <AFK> (Comatose/Loitering): Stand-by, but you might possibly count on a few updates once and a while. Again, this is temporary
+ Loitering: Like comatose, but for short amount of times.
- Turtling (Loitering/Semi-Active): Really slooooww updates
+ Semi-Active: One every 2 weeks...ish?
- Quasi-Active (Semi-Active/Active): Averaging about 2 comics every 3 weeks
+ Active: Loosely defined status, but about a weekly update
- Over-Active (Active/Power-leveling): About 2 comics a week
+ Power-leveling: About 3 comics a week. Possible a schedule, possibly not
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I tried it, and unfortunatly, it does limit the name to 15 characters.
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Curses. Foiled by the 16-byte limit! (PRE-SUBMIT EDIT: Wait, 0 characters would just be a null character. It should limit it to 16)ZZ9 wrote:I tried it, and unfortunatly, it does limit the name to 15 characters.
ExüberNewsFeed: Exuberance is mostly <AFF> (Away From Forums) for a while, though I may still participate in epic contests/threads. When I return, I shall bring several comic updates (enough to finish season 1) and hopefully 1 or 2 games- at least one of which is N-related
Comic Activity-O-Meter: (how often I'm updating my comic)
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." ~Albert Einstein
My N+ Vector Sprite Sheet ::: My Caption Contest ::: My Comic :::Puzzles of the Exuberant ::: DEFEND YOUR NINJA: THE FLASH GAME (Release Date TBA)
Exüberance on WoW
Comic Activity-O-Meter: (how often I'm updating my comic)
(Click here to see what each level and half-level means in terms of updates per time period)
NOTE: If I just add a bunch of comics in one day, but plan on going back to normal after that, I probably won't update the status.
+ Dead: Canceled. Done. Maybe you'll get a random comic like once a year, but it's pretty much done.
- Zombie (Dead/Comatose): The comic is probably done regular updates forever, but I'll probably still add something once in a blue moon. It's still POSSIBLE, that I'll raise the status up, but not very likely. Maybe I'll have a comicplosion for like a week, then go back to being dead
+ Comatose: Complete stand-by. No (or very few) updates for some amount of time, but the comic's far from being over
- <AFK> (Comatose/Loitering): Stand-by, but you might possibly count on a few updates once and a while. Again, this is temporary
+ Loitering: Like comatose, but for short amount of times.
- Turtling (Loitering/Semi-Active): Really slooooww updates
+ Semi-Active: One every 2 weeks...ish?
- Quasi-Active (Semi-Active/Active): Averaging about 2 comics every 3 weeks
+ Active: Loosely defined status, but about a weekly update
- Over-Active (Active/Power-leveling): About 2 comics a week
+ Power-leveling: About 3 comics a week. Possible a schedule, possibly not
- Über-Epic (Power-leveling/COMICPLOSION!!): In some cases, this may actually be mean updates more frequently than COMICPLOSION!!, but I'm defining this level as a non-organized comic rush, kind of like a few days after my comic started
+ COMICPLOSION!!: Daily updates for a minimum of 5 days (since the daily updates started. It remains at this status until the 5, 7, whatever days are done)
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." ~Albert Einstein
My N+ Vector Sprite Sheet ::: My Caption Contest ::: My Comic :::Puzzles of the Exuberant ::: DEFEND YOUR NINJA: THE FLASH GAME (Release Date TBA)
Exüberance on WoW
Maps in the Fernat Epic (so far): (meh, let's put this in a spoiler too. My sig's gettin too big. I'm such a packrat :p)
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How many damn computers do you have! More than my dad and he fixes computers...jean-luc wrote:First, the computers in my room:
VOYAGER - (star trek) My main laptop, what I'm almost always on
TOBOE - (wolf's rain) My older laptop, which I still use on occasion for some old development tools that I haven't moved to the new one
7OF9 - (star trek) an old Power Macintosh 5400 that was given to me by a middle school. It has a large 7 written on the top, hence the name.
CRAP - (just what it sounds like) a desktop that I literally picked up off the side of the street on my way home one day. Not worth the sore arms I got from carrying it 8 blocks. 32MB memory, 600MHz proc. runs DeLi (Desktop Light Linux)
HLF10MNTS - (homestar runner) A TI-3000 TravelMate laptop (with ACTIVE MATRIX COLOR!) that my 6th grade teacher gave to me. Runs Windows 3.1. The name is a reference to Strongbad talking about his laptop's battery life - half of 10 minutes.
LASER - (computer's brand name) a 10486 SX/W. runs DOS 3.0.
And the rest of the house...
TSUME - (wolf's rain) my mom's laptop.
KIBA - (wolf's rain) the old server. Not currently in use, but still hooked up. I might start it up again one day...
HIGE - (wolf's rain) my sister's old laptop. doesn't work ATM.
FILES - (no meaning) my sister's desktop. Used to be her boyfriend's file server, hence the name.
ANGEL - (not sure if there's any deeper meaning) my sister's laptop.
DS9 - (star trek) an old beige box. Used only for testing, and the occasional hacking of XBoxes (hard drive hotswapping)
IT414629 - (asset tag) an old beige box from a school.
I can't think of any others right now, but I probably have other computers hanging around somewhere.
Oh, I mustn't forget.
REGZA - (computer's brand name) the television. It doesn't broadcast as a NetBIOS device, but when it connects to other computers it does so with that machine name.
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My Laptop is Carl, and I named my TV Sgt. Mandarin.
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I always name my primary desktops after which processor class they're running so my current comp name is core-2.
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I have at least 3 more computers that aren't in that list. They're in the basement, and I just keep them around for spare parts. most of them probably don't have a full compliment of components anymore. There's another spare in my room that's a low-profile unit with no hard drive and an IDE cable hanging out the side. I used it to install XBox Linux (IDE hotswap method) a couple times, and haven't used it since.29403 wrote:How many damn computers do you have! More than my dad and he fixes computers...jean-luc wrote:First, the computers in my room:
VOYAGER - (star trek) My main laptop, what I'm almost always on
TOBOE - (wolf's rain) My older laptop, which I still use on occasion for some old development tools that I haven't moved to the new one
7OF9 - (star trek) an old Power Macintosh 5400 that was given to me by a middle school. It has a large 7 written on the top, hence the name.
CRAP - (just what it sounds like) a desktop that I literally picked up off the side of the street on my way home one day. Not worth the sore arms I got from carrying it 8 blocks. 32MB memory, 600MHz proc. runs DeLi (Desktop Light Linux)
HLF10MNTS - (homestar runner) A TI-3000 TravelMate laptop (with ACTIVE MATRIX COLOR!) that my 6th grade teacher gave to me. Runs Windows 3.1. The name is a reference to Strongbad talking about his laptop's battery life - half of 10 minutes.
LASER - (computer's brand name) a 10486 SX/W. runs DOS 3.0.
And the rest of the house...
TSUME - (wolf's rain) my mom's laptop.
KIBA - (wolf's rain) the old server. Not currently in use, but still hooked up. I might start it up again one day...
HIGE - (wolf's rain) my sister's old laptop. doesn't work ATM.
FILES - (no meaning) my sister's desktop. Used to be her boyfriend's file server, hence the name.
ANGEL - (not sure if there's any deeper meaning) my sister's laptop.
DS9 - (star trek) an old beige box. Used only for testing, and the occasional hacking of XBoxes (hard drive hotswapping)
IT414629 - (asset tag) an old beige box from a school.
I can't think of any others right now, but I probably have other computers hanging around somewhere.
Oh, I mustn't forget.
REGZA - (computer's brand name) the television. It doesn't broadcast as a NetBIOS device, but when it connects to other computers it does so with that machine name.
And yes, I work as a computer technician, and I'm about to start college-level computer science courses (my high school offers absolutely nothing as far as CS, so I'm taking classes from the community college).
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Mine's apparently called my name - PC
I didn't even realize I had christened it when it was born to me.
I didn't even realize I had christened it when it was born to me.
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I'm not creative and thus my computer's name is acer-c5b576c93c. ;_;
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TANTEK-1812.
Huh.
Huh.
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