On 06/07/14 21:21, andrel wrote:
> They have Maori names for animals, computers are birds (takahe, pateke,
> kakariki, korora) and my external harddisk is called tuatara
> 

That I like.

> The photographers in the hospital were in building K on level 2 so
> obviously they named there machines after mountains (K2, Fuji)
> 
> Nordic gods and godesses were used for the big machines in my former
> department 20 years ago.
> 

I knew I stole the idea from somewhere :-)

> Slightly related: I am trying to get my student to name the amplifier he
> made. That would make referring so much easier. (one of the propositions
> with my thesis was that every machine that is worth referring to has to
> have a name)
> 

How about 'turituri'? Maori for noise

John
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