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Am 06.07.2014 23:00, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:51:47 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
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>> What do you call your machines?
>
> Places in the Hitchhiker's Guide universe. I've been doing that for
> years, but I might have to start recycling them; the PS3 is Alosimanos
> Syneca (which is really too long a name for a system). That said, there
> are plenty of good candidates I haven't used yet.
...
I'm missing Guildford in the list :-P
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Am 07.07.2014 18:52, schrieb andrel:
> Thinking about your question, I now remember the old scheme for our own
> computers 20-15 years ago. Inspired by Don Knuth they got names that
> started with 'gn' gnu,gneiss,gnome,gnarl, our boss (who was and is
> member of the board of http://mnuurwerk.nl/en/ ) obviously got 'gnomon'.
> We had a little machine that circumvented something (that I pretend to
> have forgotten), that was named 'gniffel', dutch for snicker.
> When we had to name the machines at home too, my student (later
> co-worker and possibly soon my boss) who had 'gnu' at work named his
> 'wildebeest'. I had already 'takahe' so to keep in the spirit his
> outside name became 'takkebeest'. (any other dutch people out there that
> can translate that?)
Not a dutch myself, but the 'nets say that "tak" is a branch, and it
seems that "takkebeest" means almost anything from "stick insect" to
creepy critters /on/ branches to creepy critters made /from/ branches to
cute dogs /carrying/ branches.
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On 7-7-2014 19:23, clipka wrote:
> Am 07.07.2014 18:52, schrieb andrel:
>> Thinking about your question, I now remember the old scheme for our own
>> computers 20-15 years ago. Inspired by Don Knuth they got names that
>> started with 'gn' gnu,gneiss,gnome,gnarl, our boss (who was and is
>> member of the board of http://mnuurwerk.nl/en/ ) obviously got 'gnomon'.
>> We had a little machine that circumvented something (that I pretend to
>> have forgotten), that was named 'gniffel', dutch for snicker.
>> When we had to name the machines at home too, my student (later
>> co-worker and possibly soon my boss) who had 'gnu' at work named his
>> 'wildebeest'. I had already 'takahe' so to keep in the spirit his
>> outside name became 'takkebeest'. (any other dutch people out there that
>> can translate that?)
>
> Not a dutch myself, but the 'nets say that "tak" is a branch, and it
> seems that "takkebeest" means almost anything from "stick insect" to
> creepy critters /on/ branches to creepy critters made /from/ branches to
> cute dogs /carrying/ branches.
>
You might think that, but that would have been 'takkenbeest' (or at
least when I was young, they tend to change the rules for the 'n' every
couple of years)
No, in this context 'takke' means more like annoying or horrible. The
only combination that the translators seem to know is 'takkewijf',
translated as 'shrew' but that is much too friendly. Besides you
probably only use it in a context when the animal or woman just did
something to you. So it is more of an expletive.
...
Just looked it up 'takke' derives from the French 'attaque' (heart
attack/stroke), so it used to be used as a curse.
--
Everytime the IT department forbids something that a researcher deems
necessary for her work there will be another hole in the firewall.
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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 7 Jul 2014 15:48:01
Message: <53baf971@news.povray.org>
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On 07/07/2014 2:27 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>> My laptop is named BLACKSLAB
>
> Are its proportions 1 x 5 x 9, per chance? Have you gotten the urge to
> smash your neighbors, brains with a tibia? Or maybe embark on a mission
> to Jupiter?
>
My God, it's full of stars.
--
Regards
Stephen
I solemnly promise to kick the next angle, I see.
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On 06/07/2014 8:51 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> What do you call your machines?
> At work I use the names of Graeco-Roman and Nordic gods and goddesses;
[Snip]
> So what do you call yours?
>
I call mine:
Laptop Laptop_1 Laptop_2 through to my newest one Laptop_7. (PS please
excuse lack of commas I'm trying to cure myself.)
Years ago, about the time I read "The Moon's a hard Mistress". I decided
to call my first AI, Cassandra. So the hardware is just the body, not
the mind.
(May you walk on rice paper...)
--
Regards
Stephen
I solemnly promise to kick the next angle, I see.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 7 Jul 2014 20:58:49
Message: <53bb4249@news.povray.org>
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:59:07 +0200, clipka wrote:
> Am 06.07.2014 23:00, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:51:47 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
>>
>>> What do you call your machines?
>>
>> Places in the Hitchhiker's Guide universe. I've been doing that for
>> years, but I might have to start recycling them; the PS3 is Alosimanos
>> Syneca (which is really too long a name for a system). That said,
>> there are plenty of good candidates I haven't used yet.
> ...
>
> I'm missing Guildford in the list :-P
Names of the relevant places on Earth probably will be later in my home
systems' lives - perhaps as part of a virtual machine cluster. :)
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 7 Jul 2014 20:59:59
Message: <53bb428f$1@news.povray.org>
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:57:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> AI, Cassandra
?
(The comma, that is)
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 08/07/2014 1:59 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:57:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> AI, Cassandra
>
> ?
>
> (The comma, that is)
>
>
>
Don't you start. :-)
--
Regards
Stephen
I solemnly promise to kick the next angle, I see.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 8 Jul 2014 01:14:49
Message: <53bb7e49@news.povray.org>
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:44:17 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 08/07/2014 1:59 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:57:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> AI, Cassandra
>>
>> ?
>>
>> (The comma, that is)
>>
>>
>>
> Don't you start. :-)
Too late. :)
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 10 Jul 2014 13:34:38
Message: <53beceae$1@news.povray.org>
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We had six mass spectrometers, numbered #1 to #7. (Yes, you read that
correctly. #4 was retired years ago...) For an April Fool's joke, our
lab director circulated an email suggesting that we rename them after
famous tennis players - the reliability of the machine being related to
how hot-headed the tennis player is...
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