Comments on: Bah

By: denisdekat

denisdekat — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:08:00 +0000

maybe you can do a micro Friday post about some granule or pebble then?

By: brina

brina — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:42:00 +0000

see? two votes for Gort.

By: tinypurpleelephant

tinypurpleelephant — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:08:00 +0000

There’s Gort, the robot from Day the Earth stood still, the cylons, the Daleks, and Marvin the paranoid android.
I’d favor an evil robot name, myself.

By: LDH

LDH — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:51:00 +0000

Lal was Data’s ‘daughter’ on Star Trek: TNG — after I posted that, I reconsidered; the character ‘died’ the same episode she was introduced from a cascade failure in her positronic brain (so it probably wouldn’t be a good omen to name your device after her…)
(…and if you’re very, very quiet, you can hear my Geek Score increasing like Tommy at the Pinball Wizard’s favorite machine…)

By: des von bladet

des von bladet — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:47:00 +0000

‘Puters have to have names, surely? My old one was called Nutri-matic (my choice), then I went through Ocean and Maelstrom (not my choices) on the way to pc156 (which is not a free ‘puter, by any means).
I think my laptop may still be called Thor, for which I disclaim any responsibility at all. Sysadmins, isn’t it?

By: Rana

Rana — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:55:00 +0000

wolfangel, I only name the ones I expect to be cajoling or arguing with at some point down the road: computers, cars, and camp stoves.

By: brina

brina — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:16:00 +0000

name it Gort

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:36:00 +0000

My favorite name for a computer was “Ahi”. The IT guy looked at me blankly, so I had to explain about the fabulous tuna they serve in Hawaii. Where I live in California, it goes _on_sale_ at $10 a pound. Sigh.

By: yami

yami — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:49:00 +0000

Yebbut you have to name your computer or it just says [Your Name]’s Computer everywhere! Which is a dumb thing for it to say.

By: wolfangel

wolfangel — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:41:00 +0000

I must be the only person in the world who doesn’t name any of her inanimate objects.