[ale] OT FUN: What are your hosts named?

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

They are named in alphabetical order by the order in which they were put
into service:

  Albert
  Bruce
  Cosmo
  Daphne
  Ethel
  Francine
  George
* Hermes
  Iota
* Julius
  Killer
  Lolly
* Mercury
* Norman
* Orpheus

*= still in service.


On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, bpolk78 wrote:

> My hosts are named after the forsaken in the Wheel of Time series by
> Robert Jordan.  Azmodean, Graendal, Ishamael, etc.
>
> Bert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Ostrowsky <ostrowb at tblc.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:06 am
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT FUN: What are your hosts named?
>
> > Most of our machines are named after cartoon or comic characters.  Our
> > main all-purpose server is Snoopy; they do get a bit more obscure,
> > starting with Rocky and Bullwinkle characters and going all the
> > way down
> > to web-comix characters (my machine is named Bernie, after the large
> > curly-haired gal in Broken By Design
> > <" target="l">http://www.webreview.co and Waiting For Bob
> > <" target="l">http://www.waitingforbob.com/>).  Others include
> > Clem, Buttercup, and
> > Bugs Bunny.  (Note to self: Never, *ever* name a machine after a
> > trickster god.)
> >
> > Our primary DNS server, which also runs an SQL database for our
> > membership directory, is named Ernestine after the Lily Tomlin
> > characterwho snorts and says "We're the phone company. We're
> > omnipotent."
> > Ben
>
>
>
>
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