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Posted by cal, 11:41, 27th November 2002:
 
at the moment i have 7 servers in my room:

anna
carrot
buttons
jake
mumble
cake
igloo

the things is, i'd like a better naming scheme. it has to have at least 20 names, most of which are quite short (8 letters or less) and easily spellable. anyone have any suggestions?
Posted by nico, 11:50, 27th November 2002:
 
I'm working with a client at the moment who uses Neighbours characters for their servers.

They already have Madge, Harold, Helen and Daphne.
Their load balancer is appropriately named Bouncer.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 12:28, 27th November 2002:
 
Oooooo go for star trek. You could have spock, kirk, odo, picard, data (lol), and so on.

Yeah! Choose the geeky star trek option.
Posted by Sul, 13:28, 27th November 2002:
 
Noooo, name them after iamcal members past and present :D
Posted by MonkeyArmada, 13:31, 27th November 2002:
 
I used to have a Worms team called "Fags"
we had
Benson
Malboro
Camel
Superking
Embassy
etc...
Posted by arsepuppy, 13:37, 27th November 2002:
 
That reminds me of when a friend saw a poster in Leicester for a gig by the band "Ten Benson".

"Bunch of fags", he said.

I tried not to laugh, but i did.
Posted by arsepuppy, 13:42, 27th November 2002:
 
Name them after Blazing Squad members!!!

So that'll be
Trev
Dave
Kev
Trev
Trev
Dave
Daz
"MC Argos" Kev
and not forgetting, Trev






innit.
Posted by arsepuppy, 13:51, 27th November 2002:
 
..Or maybe after various sexually transmitted diseases, such as knob rot and scurvy.
Posted by arsepuppy, 14:17, 27th November 2002:
 
...Better still, name them after members of the So Solid Crew, who are the new Spinal Tap, even though they don't know it.
Posted by chandler, 14:43, 27th November 2002:
 
Red
Gobbo
Wembley
Goober
Uncle Matt
etc etc
Posted by chandler, 14:46, 27th November 2002:
 
Henry's Cat
Chris Rabbit
Counstable Bulldog
Sammy Snail
Douglas Dog
Posted by arsepuppy, 14:53, 27th November 2002:
 
I always thought that 'Henry's Cat' was a shit name for a cat. Imagine calling it in for its dinner...

"Henry's Cat! Din-dins!"

You'd feel a right nana doing that.

Why couldn't he have a proper cats name, like "Tesco"?
Posted by chandler, 14:53, 27th November 2002:
 
Ariel
Sebastian
Ursula
Eric
Flotsam
Jetsam
Triton
Grimsby
Louis
Flouder
Scuttle
Carlotta
Posted by chandler, 14:55, 27th November 2002:
 
He is a cat belonging to a person called Henry. hence the name. No we never meet Henry, not find out why he couldnt be bothered to give his cat a name.
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:01, 27th November 2002:
 
Yeah, but, bloody hell, "Henry's Cat"? Henry (If that was his real name) might as well have named the cat "System.out.println("cat");" or something.

Still, Henry's Cat ROCKED.
Posted by chandler, 15:07, 27th November 2002:
 
I imagine that henry would have just called him "Cat" and others would have refered to him as "Henry's Cat" as in "Have you seen Henry's Cat", In the same way that Chinese food, in China is just called Food.

Yes Henry's Cat rocked
The scripts were bizarre,
The animation minimal to say the least,
but it was better than a 1000 pokemons.

I met Bob Godfrey (the guy whose studio made it, and who did the voices) and he is the man.
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:09, 27th November 2002:
 
But "Cat" is a girls name! Imagine the torment!
Posted by cal, 15:12, 27th November 2002:
 
chay: i like the little mermaind names. tempting
Posted by jlittle, 15:19, 27th November 2002:
 
Shakespear Characters. Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, etc
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:20, 27th November 2002:
 
Name them after members of my family!

You could have:
Thallos (nephew)
Shivaun Cleopatra (sister)
Thalia Diana (sister)
Hira Aphrodite (niece type-thing)

We really do have some silly names. And I didnt make them up either.

I'm the only one with a normal name really :(
Posted by chandler, 15:32, 27th November 2002:
 
Arsepuppy is a bit of a cruel name to give a kid I think.

And Cal, yes obviously Flounder, Scuttle, Flotsam and Jetsam would be for your favourite servers.
Posted by chandler, 15:39, 27th November 2002:
 
Wow, arse puppy is it spelt Shivaun, wow thats a cooler spelling than Siobhan
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:42, 27th November 2002:
 
That was because my mum wasnt aware of the correct spelling. But yeah, it works better IMO.
Posted by Victor Menendez, 15:43, 27th November 2002:
 
Easy, name them after santas reindeers (Festive) the seven dwarfs, seven brides and. err, seven brothers?

Ooh and the magnificent seven!
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:50, 27th November 2002:
 
What about comedy sidekicks!

Bella Emberg (Russ Abbott)
Jessica Martin (Davro/Wilmot)
Jeanette/Jimmy Krankie (Krankies)
Orville
Cuddles
Edd the Duck
Syd Little

actually, make it puppets, has more mileage
Posted by arsepuppy, 15:59, 27th November 2002:
 
Tetsuo
Kaneda
Sadako

(from 2 different films, btw.)
Posted by Victor Menendez, 16:08, 27th November 2002:
 
Superheros!
Posted by Victor Menendez, 16:09, 27th November 2002:
 
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 and Ted.
Posted by angel_mouse, 16:34, 27th November 2002:
 
name them after biscuits and cakes:
hobnob
custard cream
digestive
victoria sponge
scone
John Mccrea
swiss roll

i could go on
Posted by studlywonder, 17:33, 27th November 2002:
 
Disney charactors really is the only way forward.
Start with the seven dwarves. Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Bashfull, Doc, Sneezy and The other one. Then move on to a different movie. Pongo and Petra (101 Dalmations). Lady and Tramp? The list goes on.
Posted by Sul, 17:41, 27th November 2002:
 
SuperTed
SuperMan
SuperSul
SuperBomberman
SuperSoaker
SuperSmashTV
SuperSlinky
SuperGirl
Posted by chandler, 17:54, 27th November 2002:
 
Sul those are great.

SuperCal...ifragilisticexpalidocious
Posted by chandler, 17:54, 27th November 2002:
 
Superintendent
Posted by chandler, 17:55, 27th November 2002:
 
SuperIor Officer
Posted by chandler, 17:56, 27th November 2002:
 
Superlative
Superlaxitive
SuperDuper
Superfluous
Superscript
Posted by Sul, 19:41, 27th November 2002:
 
was sonic called SuperSonic when he went yellow after you got all the crystals (or cheated)?

Obviously his friends would call him sonic still, much as SuperMan's friends call him man....

?
Posted by angel_mouse, 22:36, 27th November 2002:
 
super mario, of course
and yes, i think he might have been called supersonic in that state.
Posted by Redmaiden, 22:47, 27th November 2002:
 
superduper?

actually if I had servers I'd call them all bob
Posted by cal, 23:47, 27th November 2002:
 
unfortunately, giving them all the same name presents some interesting administrative problems
Posted by mattjacob, 00:20, 28th November 2002:
 
Why not name them after famous cities of the world? You know, there's Babylon, Paris, Cairo, Chicago, London, etc.
Posted by chris, 00:55, 28th November 2002:
 
super dave, how could you miss superdave?
Posted by chris, 00:56, 28th November 2002:
 
and yep - supersonic - unless you got all the master emeralds and stuff too - then you were Hyper Sonic, flashing all kinds of colours, and being followed by huuuge stars....

sonic freak :)
Posted by Redmaiden, 04:57, 28th November 2002:
 
well actually I'd call them after Blackadder characters

Bob
Susan (who were obviously the same!)
Nursey
Queenie
Baldrick
Blackadder

and bugger me I can't think of anyone else :(
Posted by zxenor, 06:41, 28th November 2002:
 
search engines:
google
metacrawler
altavista
yahoo
etc...

ice cream:
vanilla
chocolate
rocky road
etc...

elements:
hydrogen
oxygen
helium
nitrogen
etc...
Posted by cal, 07:54, 28th November 2002:
 
elements is a possibility
Posted by ell, 08:24, 28th November 2002:
 
My house network consists of:
Rattus
Femputer
Koni
Krunch
Splinter
Hub
Zeccs
Pooh

And clearly your servers should be named after Futurama characters, Cal.
Posted by jeff, 10:09, 28th November 2002:
 
i still think you should name them after us..
Posted by arsepuppy, 10:47, 28th November 2002:
 
Name them after SodaStream flavours!!!
Posted by Victor Menendez, 10:49, 28th November 2002:
 
Name them after famous Belgians
Posted by nico, 10:54, 28th November 2002:
 
No Victor - he said he had 7 servers...
Posted by chandler, 11:04, 28th November 2002:
 
RedMaiden: depends on what series of Blackadder, cos in the one with nursey, Bob's real name was Kate. (cos Kate was short for Bob)

:)

Prince Regent
Captain Darling
Percy
Captain/Lord Flashheart
Sir Walter Raleigh
Mrs Miggins
Lord Melchett
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:38, 28th November 2002:
 
McAdder, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Prince Ludvig
Posted by cal, 12:10, 28th November 2002:
 
don't forget the scarlet pimpernel
Posted by nibbler, 12:16, 28th November 2002:
 
Homer
Bart
Marge
Lisa
Maggie
Wiggum
Apu
Ralph
Milhouse
Lenny
Moe
Carl
Quimby
Smithers
Jimbo
Duffman
Selma
Seymour
Ottomann
Nelson

That should cover your twenty, all eight letters or less. If you need more you then have

Ralph
Willy
Quigley
Barney
Herman
Jasper
Ned
Maude
Manjula
Jebediah
etc.etc.etc.

The Simpsons rock the party, it's that simple
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:27, 28th November 2002:
 
You forgot Cletus
And Dr Nick

Come on people, tell him who else he missed
Posted by Victor Menendez, 12:28, 28th November 2002:
 
Rod
Todd
Posted by arsepuppy, 12:32, 28th November 2002:
 
Disco Stu!!!!
Hans Moleman!!!
Posted by arsepuppy, 12:35, 28th November 2002:
 
How could you forget the Comic Book Guy??
Posted by chandler, 12:37, 28th November 2002:
 
The simpsons are sooo last decade. Yeah it Should be Futurama characters.

Bender
Leela
Fry
Nibbler
Amy
The Professor
Dr Zoidberg
Kif
Zapp Branigon
Calculon
That chef dude

Or how about:

Trillian (Tricia McMillan)
Zaphod
Arthur
Ford
Zlartibartfast
Frankie (Mouse)
Benjie (Mouse)
Random (Arthur and Trillain's Daughter)

Or to stick with just computer names:

Eddie
Marvin
Deep Thought
Maximegalon Gargantubrain
Vortex
Earth
Hactar
Bambleweeny
Posted by arsepuppy, 12:41, 28th November 2002:
 
"The simpsons are sooo last decade"

Like, what-everrrrrr!

*clicks fingers in Z-like formation and minces off*
Posted by Victor Menendez, 13:06, 28th November 2002:
 
Disco Stu doesn't advertise!
Posted by cal, 13:14, 28th November 2002:
 
chandler said: "Bambleweeny"

surely you mean the bambleweeny 57 sub-meeson brain
Posted by cal, 13:33, 28th November 2002:
 
and of course you forgot:

Gag Halfront
Man in the shack
Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz
Hotblack Desiato
Ron, Sid and Meg (from a Sirius Cybernetics poem)
Harl
Stavro
Fenchurch
Russell (Fen's brother)
Wonko the Sane
Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog
Wowbagger
Lig Lury Jr
Posted by chandler, 15:27, 28th November 2002:
 
I didnt forget them, I just couldnt be bothered. :)

God I love the Ron Sid and Meg poem!
Posted by chandler, 15:28, 28th November 2002:
 
She's only called Meg cos it rhymes with Leg though
Posted by chandler, 15:28, 28th November 2002:
 
And the man-in-the-shack's cat
Posted by cal, 15:55, 28th November 2002:
 
the lord ;)
Posted by chandler, 17:29, 28th November 2002:
 
indeed
Posted by chandler, 17:30, 28th November 2002:
 
btw have you read The Salmon of Doubt yet Cal? I havent gotten around to it yet.
Posted by cal, 17:37, 28th November 2002:
 
yeah - got it just after it came out

the biog bits are cool, "young zaphod palsy it safe is good" and the story itself might have been very cool.
Posted by reitsma, 22:12, 28th November 2002:
 
PAPA SMURF
SMURFETTE
BRAINY
JOKEY
GROUCHY
COOK SMURF
GREEDY
HARMONY
POET SMURF
THE ENAMOURED SMURF
VANITY SMURF
PAINTER SMURF
HANDY
FARMER SMURF
LAZY SMURF
HEFTY
BABY SMURF
SLOUCHY
NAT
SNAPPY
SASSETTE
PUPPY
ASTROSMURF
KING SMURF
THE SMURF APPRENTICE
THE FLYING SMURF
CLOCKWORK SMURF
GRANDPA SMURF

...and if you need them:
GARGAMEL
AZRAEL
BIGMOUTH
JOHAN AND PEEWIT
Posted by Redmaiden, 22:45, 28th November 2002:
 
you know all the smurfs? do you think it is wise to own up to that?
Posted by reitsma, 00:47, 29th November 2002:
 
i wish! i googled it.

and i [i]would[/i] happily own up to that. smurf's rock. sure, their whole social structure is a bit questionable, but still, they ARE cool

you are soooo unsmurfy, redmaiden.

i oughta smurf you right up your smurfer for that comment. :o)

Cal: the best set of server names i've ever heard of are major disasters - titanic, hindenburg, etc etc.
sure, it ain't optimistic, heck, it ain't even tactful, but who would get sick of saying "the titanic's gone down - again."

other alternative themes:
- pizza names
- fav bands (i think this would be a good one 4 u cal!)
- different species
- colours
- fav actors (spacey, norton, freeman, hopkins... see? cool server names!)
- all of monty python's different words for 'that part' of the male anatomy.
Posted by Sul, 00:58, 29th November 2002:
 
I love the whole disasters thing. I'm going to suggest that at work. I'm pretty sure our servers wont work without that little carrot dangling infornt of them. Either that or they were built by Tiny.

That's pretty much the same thing actually
Posted by cal, 01:22, 29th November 2002:
 
"don't let the SAN go down....."
Posted by Redmaiden, 06:36, 29th November 2002:
 
I'm very unsmurfy and proud :-p
Posted by Victor Menendez, 08:37, 29th November 2002:
 
That disasters idea is fantastic.

But i think they should be named after the characters in the cartoon "Loch Ness"

Go on cal, blow on your thistle whistle!
Posted by Grim..., 09:07, 29th November 2002:
 
I like the disasters one =]
Posted by arsepuppy, 09:15, 29th November 2002:
 
VM : Don't you mean "The family Ness", starring Gladiators ref John Anderson....

"Contenderrrs, yoo will shtahrt on my ferst whistle. Gladiaaatohhrrsss, yoo will shtahrt on my Magic Thistle Whistle"

"vvrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!"
Posted by Victor Menendez, 09:27, 29th November 2002:
 
Possibly, i dont remember 'Lovely Ness' twatting anyone with a big pole with padding on each end though.
Posted by MonkeyArmada, 14:13, 29th November 2002:
 
Raindeer

blitzen
donner
dancer
prancer
mincer
moaner
rudolph.

also

ww2 uboats

U01
U12
U34
U25
U45
etc...
Posted by Victor Menendez, 14:16, 29th November 2002:
 
Hey that was my idea!, i just couldnt remember their names. turd ;)
Posted by cal, 14:17, 29th November 2002:
 
"mincer
moaner"

hmm
Posted by cal, 14:20, 29th November 2002:
 
talking of servers, i have my new one now. it's very purple:
www.iamcal.com/pics/igloo_1... (bottom of the picture)
Posted by MonkeyArmada, 14:22, 29th November 2002:
 
I that iamcal's bed its sitting on?
Posted by cal, 14:31, 29th November 2002:
 
it certinaly is

reverse angle is here: www.iamcal.com/pics/igloo_2...
Posted by Sul, 15:26, 29th November 2002:
 
wooo I can see my paper rhino on the first one
Posted by cal, 15:50, 29th November 2002:
 
it is indeed
Posted by reitsma, 23:54, 8th January 2003:
 
so cal - what did you name your servers?
Posted by cal, 23:56, 8th January 2003:
 
they still have a weird collection of unrelated names :(
Posted by jeff, 00:09, 9th January 2003:
 
i had a really cool idea for this the other day (why i was thinking about it i dont know) but i forgot it.. i should write more things down..
you should call them all Pete.
Posted by Redmaiden, 01:37, 9th January 2003:
 
no bob
Posted by reitsma, 05:06, 9th January 2003:
 
your fav. actors?

beers?

i know! different women from james bond movies!

...if you have an old, reliable server, you name that one money penny, then all the others get the pussy galore type names.

that's stylin'!
Posted by Grim..., 09:30, 9th January 2003:
 
Can you play the keyboard in the pictures, Cal?
Posted by Grim..., 09:31, 9th January 2003:
 
And I well impressed that 'Ye olde sub speaker' still exists - I remember you getting that and we were both impressed with the bass note in 'Worms'.

Quality.
Posted by cal, 19:12, 9th January 2003:
 
the keyboard is a midi controller. and of course i can play it
Posted by chandler, 22:47, 9th January 2003:
 
Hey talking of Music and Midi, if anyone has or knows anyone who has one of those Yamaha Wind Synths (the ones that you play like a sax or clarinet but it converts to midi) and wants to get rid of it then let me know cos those things look so cool, and I can play the clarinet a bit and it would rock.
Posted by chandler, 22:47, 9th January 2003:
 
yeah it's a long shot I know