Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)
by jlgaddis on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:33AM
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At the risk of showing my age...
In my own private home lab -- which has grown way too large -- I like using names of the Garbage Pail Kids [0] as hostnames.
There's a few benefits to this naming scheme, when dealing with physical machines at least: 1) you can usually find a name that suits the "temperament" of the particular host and 2) you can tape the trading card to the host (or the rack, next to it) to make finding / identifying it easier.
In my own private home lab -- which has grown way too large -- I like using names of the Garbage Pail Kids [0] as hostnames.
There's a few benefits to this naming scheme, when dealing with physical machines at least: 1) you can usually find a name that suits the "temperament" of the particular host and 2) you can tape the trading card to the host (or the rack, next to it) to make finding / identifying it easier.
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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Pail_Kids