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tl;dr: pibbur is calling names.
I'm sure I'm not the only one. This is a thread for sharing some of the more intellect… eh…peculiar things you like to spend time on.
Here's a few of mine: Naming things. More specifically, naming my computers and computer like thingies.
I like to dedicate my hardware to specific themes, using wallpapers and naming the machines and partitions accordingly.
What about you?
pibbur who calls himself "pibbur"
PS. Conntributions are welcome, even contributions,but try to avoid calling people (including pibbur) pathetic idiots and things like that. OTOH: Do I own this a thread? Of course. Not. DS.
PPS. Some of you are maybe not weird at all. Which of course makes your really weird. Here. DS.
PPPS. I have no control over my job laptop, but the it department kindly named it PC112358, after the first 6 digits of the Fibonacci series. DS.
I'm sure I'm not the only one. This is a thread for sharing some of the more intellect… eh…peculiar things you like to spend time on.
Here's a few of mine: Naming things. More specifically, naming my computers and computer like thingies.
I like to dedicate my hardware to specific themes, using wallpapers and naming the machines and partitions accordingly.
- Windows 10 machine: Dedicated to the fine arts. Wall-papers from paintings (and artsy game pictures). Partitions are named after famous artitsts and art movements: "Caravaggio", "Dali", "Expressionism", "Impressionism", "Rothko" (network), "Hertewig" (network home)… And I've called it "Guernica".
- Windows XP machine: Dedicated to space and science fiction. Partitions: "Callisto", "Dawn". Name of the machine: "Liar", short for "Lying Bastard", the spaceship in Larry Niven's Ringworld series. That machine can also be booted as a (Fedora) linux machine and for that I've chosen the name "Mendax" which is latin for "liar".
- Laptop: Dedicated to music and horror. Wallpaper: The Frankenstein monster. Partitions: "Can", "Dracula". And the name of the machine: "Igor".
- Tablet: Dedicated to microbiology. Partitions: "Clostridium", "Dengue". And the name "Haloquadra", after Haloquadratum Walsbyi, an archae species with quadratic cells.
- Cellphone: Name is "Anhima", after the bird Anhima Cornuta (horned screamer), and the ring tone is the scream from Careful With That Axe, Eugene. Notification sound for SMS is aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT ot gnimoC er'yehT ("They're coming to take me away" backwards).
- Linux machine: Dedicated to mathematics and physics. Name (very happy with that): "Sinux".
What about you?
pibbur who calls himself "pibbur"
PS. Conntributions are welcome, even contributions,but try to avoid calling people (including pibbur) pathetic idiots and things like that. OTOH: Do I own this a thread? Of course. Not. DS.
PPS. Some of you are maybe not weird at all. Which of course makes your really weird. Here. DS.
PPPS. I have no control over my job laptop, but the it department kindly named it PC112358, after the first 6 digits of the Fibonacci series. DS.
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