Naming Computers [was: A Momentous Decision]

hi, for few years now i have a file 'hostnames' sitting in my ~/doc, which contains a list of names of my current, past and future computers. the logic is simple, every time i get an idea about new name i add it there. when i get a new computer i always have few names to choose from. when a computer goes away, it's name is free for future use again unless i have some reason not to do so (like parasits waiting for a new host :). aurora - x86 laptop fnord - Sun SPARCstation 5 motoko - Sun SPARCstation 2 otaku - x86 server radiator - Data General AViiON AV530 stalker - x86 test server tao - DEC MicroVAX 3100 M10e tesla - Sun Ultra 1 tsunami - Sun JavaStation NC vertigo - Sun SPARCstation 10 lomo * - Sun SPARCstation 4 toaster * - SGI O2 (* these two belong to a friend of mine but are in the same dns domain) as you can see some of them got their names due to physical dispositions, like radiator and toaster :). at my workplace we use to vote names for new machines. latest additions are: trauma/stress - Sun Ultra Enterprise E3500 (dual-homed, one interface is on LAN for SunRays, second one is connected to WAN) gargantua-1/2 - Sun Ultra Enterprise E4500 cluster $.02 ;) regards, -- -- Lubomir Sedlacik <salo(a)Xtrmntr.org> ASCII Ribbon campaign against /"\ -- -- <salo(a)silcnet.org> e-mail in gratuitous HTML and \ / -- -- Microsoft proprietary formats X -- -- PGPkey: http://Xtrmntr.org/salo.pgp / \ -- -- Key Fingerprint: 75B2 2B96 CD75 0385 1C49 39B8 8B08 C30E 54BC 7263 --