Your thinkpad's name?

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dannyp · #1 Post by **dannyp** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:57 pm

I've searched multiple queries for thinkpad names and haven't found anything similar to this so I'm posting

Let me know if there are similar threads.

My new x60s is being built. I suppose it's about to be born, so I figure a name is in order. Please share your thinkpad names

dsigma6 · #2 Post by **dsigma6** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:07 pm

are you really going to name your thinkpad!? i have a few, but i wouldnt want to make them think i really love them. once they act up all bets are off.

dannyp · #3 Post by **dannyp** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:13 pm

dsigma6 wrote:hey, thats my friggin name! (danny p).

are you really going to name your thinkpad!? i have a few, but i wouldnt want to make them think i really love them. once they act up all bets are off.

Yeah I'm going to name my thinkpad, what sort of computer/network name do you have on each? 'HOME12347'?

#4 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:14 pm

Just do your own thing.

Some use a "name". Jerry Pournelle (of science fiction fame) named his computers after things. I recall one of his first (going back two decades) was Zeke.

Some use the name given by the manufacturer. I would not do that because it is unlikely you could figure it out if you needed it without easy physical access to the machine.

I use technical names:
NVA30-WINXPP for my desktop; NVA30-WIN98 for the Win98 machine on the desktop; NVA30-WIN2K for the Windows 2000 machine on the desktop and so on. My names are dull, but exceedingly easy to remember when I need to.
... JD Hurst

Torque · #5 Post by **Torque** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:20 pm

I just use the name issued at install.

dsigma6 · #6 Post by **dsigma6** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:21 pm

wait a sec...were you just saying the name you type in under system properties? i thought you meant referring to it as "whoobie" or something like that..

i just name them what they are; r40, 600e, 570, 765D...and the same with the OS- ive gotten one too many machines off ebay registered to some odd name.

dannyp · #7 Post by **dannyp** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:37 pm

Wow I thought people were passionate about their thinkpads.

When I set my machine on the table while simultaneously connecting to the network I want my thinkpad to represent me on the network and as a solid hostname for possibly a subdomain: x60sName.mydomain.com possibly?

Anyway I'm surprised.

Torque · #8 Post by **Torque** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:18 pm

dannyp wrote:Wow I thought people were passionate about their thinkpads.

When I set my machine on the table while simultaneously connecting to the network I want my thinkpad to represent me on the network and as a solid hostname for possibly a subdomain: x60sName.mydomain.com possibly?

Anyway I'm surprised.

well, a Thinkpad is a tool - not a pet

In my opinion, of course.

dannyp · #9 Post by **dannyp** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:27 pm

Torque wrote:well, a Thinkpad is a tool - not a pet In my opinion, of course.

And you doubt having a unique hostname holds it's own utility?

#10 Post by **Kyocera** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:35 pm

Mine is so personal and unique, nobody steal it now!,

"my thinkpad"

#11 Post by **JHEM** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:41 pm

dsigma6 wrote:hey, thats my friggin name! (danny p).

Which begs the question, what's your name when you're not "friggin"?

James

dannyp · #12 Post by **dannyp** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:41 pm

*clicks local network*

hmm which one is mine?

T60, my thinkpad, thinkpad, lappy, r40, t-pad, 600e, 570, 765D, x60s, thinkpad

...great method.

#13 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:13 pm

Kyocera wrote:Mine is so personal and unique, nobody steal it now!,
"my thinkpad"

Of course, on a network, *every* name is unique.

Torque · #14 Post by **Torque** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:20 pm

dannyp wrote:
Torque wrote:well, a Thinkpad is a tool - not a pet In my opinion, of course.
And you doubt having a unique hostname holds it's own utility?

Not exactly. I just dont make a big deal out of it.
Being passionate about my Thinkpads network tag..

christopher_wolf · #15 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:06 pm

For my current 701c and T43 pairing; they get the names Luschka and Magendie. (Points to whoever can figure out where I derived those names from

). The first pairing was Odie and Garfield.

The names I had for my older Thinkpads, and other machines I have had over the years, I have since applied to several lab computers on the network. I forgot which went with which, but here are some of them and I paren'd which Thinkpad I can remember going with which name;

Nailea, Chylin (T20, if I recall correctly), Cytoblue, Masseter (T40 I think), Malar (T23), Dilbert, Dogbert, Crystal, Algernon, Porsche, Krys, Stasia, Taeron, Miska, Casteel, HAL (HAL = IBM - 1), Tomtom, Falcon, Neptune, Magnus, Optimus Prime (Guess where that one came from!

), Trapezius, Delta, and Vomer.

That's all I can remember for now; I have a list of these names somewhere, I will post back if I find them.

#16 Post by **JHEM** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:36 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:For my current 701c and T43 pairing; they get the names Luschka and Magendie. (Points to whoever can figure out where I derived those names from ).

Only things you could remember from anatomy class????

I used to name most of my animate and inanimate possessions, e.g. "Olaf the Lazy" (SAAB 95 Monte Carlo rally car), 'Sveya" (wife's Turbo SAAB 99), the "Kid Pit" (Olds Custom Cruiser wagon), "Fritz" (450SEL 6.9), "Galatea" (various boats), etc., etc. Our "cars" have been so nondescript of late (a procession of five Ford Exploders) that I haven't felt compelled to name them beyond mine, yours and the kid's.

On my home network I'm reduced to desktop, My A31, New T41p, Old T41p, EZM T42, HP Color, etc., etc. I guess the romance is gone.

Regards,

James

christopher_wolf · #17 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:57 pm

JHEM wrote:
christopher_wolf wrote:For my current 701c and T43 pairing; they get the names Luschka and Magendie. (Points to whoever can figure out where I derived those names from ).
Only things you could remember from anatomy class????

I used to name most of my animate and inanimate possessions, e.g. "Olaf the Lazy" (SAAB 95 Monte Carlo rally car), 'Sveya" (wife's Turbo SAAB 99), the "Kid Pit" (Olds Custom Cruiser wagon), "Fritz" (450SEL 6.9), "Galatea" (various boats), etc., etc. Our "cars" have been so nondescript of late (a procession of five Ford Exploders) that I haven't felt compelled to name them beyond mine, yours and the kid's.

On my home network I'm reduced to desktop, My A31, New T41p, Old T41p, EZM T42, HP Color, etc., etc. I guess the romance is gone.

Regards,

James

Very good, James. They are the names of the formina that are drawn, laterally, off the 4th ventricle through cerebellar recesses to form recesses; at the tips, these recesses have the formina of Luschka, path which CSF takes to the Subarachnoid spaces, and the foramen of Magendie, located towards the midline and caudal, where CSF can also flow into the subarachnoid space. Picked that, and tons of other stuff, up in my IB245 (Grad.) Functional Neuroanatomy course and rounds...not just any anatomy course.

Which makes me wonder just what kind of anatomy, classes or otherwise, you have taken and *how much of it* to instantly recall something like that to this day. Impressive.

lucas · #18 Post by **lucas** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:11 pm

and as for names.. of course i name! it's the way the human brain remembers real names better than numbers and codes (and i have a very mathematical mind), which is the reason we use dns and not IPs.

my x60s will be penelope (assuming i don't return it).

#19 Post by **JHEM** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:26 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:Which makes me wonder just what kind of anatomy, classes or otherwise, you have taken and *how much of it* to instantly recall something like that to this day. Impressive.

None! But I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night!

Actually, they're recessive memories from transcribing all of my wife's papers and HEW allied health grant submissions during the early years. Footnotes and cites were a [censored] on an IBM Selectric!

(von Luschka was the keyword that unlocked those dormant synapses given my wife's predilection to homogenize spleens, gall bladders, livers, etc. for eventual sequestration when we first met. Talk about love at first sight!)

Regards,

James

sugo · #20 Post by **sugo** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:05 pm

christopher_wolf · #21 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:46 pm

Bahhh; Google and Yahoo! can byte me...I only find them useful if the operator knows exactly what they are looking for and are patient enough to sift through the grey goo and other junk sites currently choking google's and yahoo's indicies to death. Either that or the thing that is being searched for is generic enough to pop up all over the place, in which case it is OK. I have gotten angry to the point of not being able to see straight searching for anatomical terms like that.

James; you have my sympathy. Transcribing grant submissions and the various citations on an IBM Selectric is...painful to say the least. At least you had a good keyboard on them.

Anatomy *has* to be my favorite "Study Buddy" subject with my...study buddies.......https://webfiles.berkeley.edu:443/chris ... ollage.png

dsigma6 · #22 Post by **dsigma6** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:55 am

JHEM wrote:None! But I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night!

that was clutch. a commercial far too little exploited. im getting tired of people imitating the geico gecko.

and chris- you need to get out more! haha.. that odie reference was the man..i forgot all about him!!

#23 Post by **thePCxp** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:03 am

I name my computers but not for network names. Computers are actually also my friends and I name the ones I make friends with (it may sound weird to some of you but its true, and I give them people names).

#24 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:09 am

All of my computers are named after places. The Vaio is Manhattan, the 560Z is Wallstreet, the desktop is Jupiter, the 750P is going to be Pluto, the working 350C is Saturn and the Fujitsu is Neptune.

christopher_wolf · #25 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:11 am

dsigma6 wrote:
JHEM wrote:None! But I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night!
that was clutch. a commercial far too little exploited. im getting tired of people imitating the geico gecko.

and chris- you need to get out more! haha.. that odie reference was the man..i forgot all about him!!

Yeah, you just wait...If this keeps up, I will start naming them after girls! That's when you *really* know you have to get out of the house and stop defining sunlight as "that thing that produces glare on my monitors"

Wait a sec; Krys, Porsche, Crystal, Casteel.....Uhhhhh

*wonders if the sekrit has been spotted yet*

dsigma6 · #26 Post by **dsigma6** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:01 am

you just exposed the god awful truth! hey i was with a girl name crystal tonight- i swear she wasnt a stripper.

goood night. get some friggin sleep.

#27 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:10 am

I think it would be hard to top AIX's name for his T41. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 0&start=60&

AIX wrote:4th - T41 - I love it! My precious!

christopher_wolf · #28 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:48 pm

GomJabbar wrote:I think it would be hard to top AIX's name for his T41. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 0&start=60&

AIX wrote:4th - T41 - I love it! My precious!

Yeah, but that's AIX; *named after an IBM UNIX OS*....So what else were you expecting?

#29 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:29 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:Yeah, but that's AIX; *named after an IBM UNIX OS*....So what else were you expecting?

Yes, I know a little about the AIX OS. Regardless, I laughed when I first read that thread some months back where he called his ThinkPad: "My precious!

". [a take-off from Schmegel; from Lord of the Rings, of course!]

christopher_wolf · #30 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:31 pm

GomJabbar wrote:
christopher_wolf wrote:Yeah, but that's AIX; *named after an IBM UNIX OS*....So what else were you expecting?
Yes, I know a little about the AIX OS. Regardless, I laughed when I first read that thread some months back where he called his ThinkPad: "My precious! ". [a take-off from Schmegel; from Lord of the Rings, of course!]

I didn't think I could get any more creeped out with that, but OK; thanks alot for the nightmare fuel, Dave.

In other news, I found the list with the other names I had that I couldn't quite remember; See below;

Aeris
Tikkita
Tiqa
Leo
Dante
Lambda
Phobos
Alpha
Lexis
Damea
Shokado
Jethro

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