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we go with the names of people in the family usually, with a few exceptions...

Desktop: nate
Laptop: jeanettelaptop
W2K Server (MSSQL): caleb
File Server (HP dual processor P2 w/Compaq RAID 5 External Array): warehouse
Basement Media PC: mythbox (Was trying to set up MythTV, but gave me too many problems, so I'm working on setting up FreeVo now...)
Router: di524 (just the model name)
Phone Server: mp1000 (same here)

My router and phone server wouldn't even have names, but I had to give something to my DNS server...

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My dad named them while he was building the network. We have 5 people in the family, but have 6 computers. But he refuses to get wifi so we only have 4 internet hook ups.

Desktop #1: Tommy (dad listens to The Who a little too often)
Desktop #2: Willma (not sure where it came from)
Desktop #3: Old Bessie (its old and slow)
Laptop #1 (mine): Roberto (i named it after my saxophone)
Laptop #2 (dads): Speedy Deamon (dad got a new one from work)
Laptop #3 (my older sisters): Ferdinand (she is very obbsesed with the story Ferdinand the bull)

Just wondering but does anyone else know that story? Most people give us blank stares when we mention it.

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Your saxophone has a name?

I think it's some Disney thing...

Ah. Once again, Wikipedia shows to be knowledgable. Wikipedia:The Story of Ferdinand. A strange obsession indeed.

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My families computers all have very boring names:
mine-CUOG-64(its the first and only 64 cpu in our house)
parents - The Dell(i know real original)
my moms work computer- That other computer(because i see it sitting there but never used

Robotics laptop1: Smoky(i286 laptop that was run over but still works)
Robotics laptop 2: Son of Smoky(i386 running win3.11)
Robotics laptop3: hottie(because it overheats really easily)

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Well, I don't name any of my computers, but I manage a few at USC that are:

The Prestonia Group (named for people, items, and concepts in Preston College at USC)
Ken (1 GHz PIII)
Zelda (733 MHz PIII)
Gatsby (450 MHz PIII) (retired)

The Towers (Four near-identical towers I got from inventory, which were named for the four near-identical towers that served as freshman dorms at USC until they closed at the end of this past year)
Douglas (retired--though I might keep it around in case)
Snowden
Moore (retired)
Laborde

The Professional Wrestlers (I rounded up some new hardware, and I just couldn't come up with another group of names.)

Hogan
Rey
RVD

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Confusingly enough, none of them are based on Intel's Prestonia architecture (130 nm P4 Xeon).

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Bilfred if u get rid of computers as long as they aren't antient i will take them and put them to use.

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Well, if the University ever bought any such items, I've sure never seen them in inventory.

I wouldn't mind some of these myself--but alas, they're not mine. They belong to the University; all I can do with them is either use them, give them a good use in the building, or send them back to inventory.

(Hmm...I wonder how hard it'd be to convert those to some basic web surfing terminals running DSL or something like it--seems like that'd free up some of our computer lab with their decent P4s for those of us whose computing requirements are more complex than Facebook. ;))

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Someone else already said it, but thats Wedge Antilles, who is amongst the greatest of Corellians.

My laptop is R2-GT, even had "Internet Explorer" renamed Holonet for a while.

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current comp (intel manbook) - Squirrel
old flashdrive - Da_Squirrel
MP3 player - Squirrel
new flashdrive - Squirrel2

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Mine-MacMini
My Dads-King Kong
my sisters laptop-DellLT

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Current CPU- "Obiwan 3"

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my Desktop PC: Biggie
my iMac: Cutie
my macbook pro: Tinkerbelle

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Posting in this thread isn't grave robbing yet, is it?

Anyway, after I upgraded my computer, it was renamed from "The Blue-Glowy S--tbox" to Cortana. The old motherboard was posthumously named Guilty Spark.
My thumbdrive is Gravemind and my external hard drive is The Ark.
Alas, I have no laptop, but when I get one for college, I will probably dub it Deja.

My Dell DJ is "The Brick." (nope, no halo reference) Any Dell MP3 owners would know why.

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My Commodore 64- Galaga or Old School