My main server is named Postulate (an idea that you assume for the sake of argument), my desktop is named Axiom (a proved postulate), and my backup server is named Corollary (an idea that follows from an axiom).

What are your computers named, and why?

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i’m not good with names.

my server’s name is… server

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Currently running server3 after some mishaps including a torched OS drive 🫠

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Ive named mine quite similarly: officeServer, bedroom1server, atticServer…

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Calculon - Workstation

Flexo - Gaming laptop

Bender - Intel Nuc/HTPC

Hmm my Synology NAS is called Syn, I need to find a more appropriate name for it.

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Mine are also Futurama;

  • Hypnotoad - Server
  • Morbo - Desktop
  • Nibbler - Laptop
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Huh. 3 different people here using Futurama names.

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Clamps

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You might be onto something

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  • poweredge-t620-0
  • poweredge-t620-1
  • poweredge-r520-0
  • macbook-2011
  • pi-0 through pi-3

having read all these other comments, i’m now feeling like i should come up with a more creative naming scheme… for what it’s worth, my phone is named bob.

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I recommend flavours of popcorn: Caramel, Cheesy, Buttery, etc. And Bob.

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I don’t name my computers, but usually name my OS drive Brain and the media drive Pinky.

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Servers and computers get Ankh-Morpork street names.

The robot vacuum cleaner is GLaDOS.

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