RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)

Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by KineticLensman on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:08AM (#26054485)

> Certain sets are finite, such as the seven dwarfs. When you order your first seven computers, keep in mind that you will probably get more next year.

We ran into this years ago when we named our machines after the Marx Brothers. We started out with Harpo, Groucho and Zeppo. When two more arrived, we used Chico and Gummo. IIRC we added Karl, Deutsche, Skid, Birth and Spencer before giving in and adopting a proper 'cattle not pets' convention (which, by the way, isn't covered by TFA).

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by yorwba on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:32AM (#26054585)

> a proper 'cattle not pets' convention (which, by the way, isn't covered by TFA).

It is:

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Of course, they could have called the second one "shop2" and so on. But then one is really only distinguishing machines by their number. You might as well just call them "1", "2", and "3". The only time this kind of naming scheme is appropriate is when you have a lot of machines and there are no reasons for any human to distinguish between them. For example, a master computer might be controlling an array of one hundred computers. In this case, it makes sense to refer to them with the array indices.

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by majewsky on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:06AM (#26055891)

Remember that this was written in 1990. Kubernetes wasn't around back then.

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