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

Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by IgorPartola on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:07AM (#26055899)

I use Harry Potter character names. There were hundreds of the mentioned off hand in the books, so I usually use obscure ones. They have the benefit of being easy to pronounce and spell: Mafalda Hopkirk, Silvanus Kettleburn, Irma Pince, etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harry_Potter_charact...

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by RegW on Sunday February 07, 2021 @12:03PM (#26056291)

All devices in our house are creatures: griphook, fawkes, crookshanks, pigwidgeon, hedwig, aragog, firenze, grawp, etc.

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by IgorPartola on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:14PM (#26057315)

Nice! I usually do creatures for more appliance-type devices and wizards for servers. But it is somewhat of an arbitrary division.

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