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What do you rename 'My Computer' to?

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by nexs 2 views

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As Seanferd and I were discussing, there are a multitude of names that 'My Computer' tends to acquire.
So what do you rename your 'My Computer' to, and why?

Thumbs will go to amusing or clever names.

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by seanferd

SysRq

Because the system frequently requires attention, especially when first acquired.

Idiot

Because my old Win 95/98 installs were often self-borking.

I'm sure I could fire up some other machines or check archived installations for more.

Anyone rename their Start Button? :p (XP or older.)

by nexs

I've never even thought about it, let alone investigated it's workings.

Ooooh.
:^0

by engwellsteve

Hey u can rename it with your name as parx computer or jins computer. After all it bilongs to the one who logs in.......

by jaqui

what's that?
no such thing on MY operating system :p

by tobif

I don't bother change those things. But one friend of mine uses something like Virus!!! as SSID for his home network, hoping that will make some people not try to connect...

by slayer_

I've also done the desktop as a screenshot thing, and named the My Computer "Can't Touch This"

I leave the other icons intact and clickable.

by nexs

You could push it out to all users and wait for the calls to come in.
;)

by dawgit

Littlebitch, babybitch, c-bitch, d-bitch, t-bitch... and so on... so if you get to see one of my systems... you know you're going to be dealing with a bitch.
All the Cells are Bears... Little Bear... and so on... so if you see a Bear walking around... Stay away...

by nexs

Nice one.
So your server; Momma Bitch?

by tony hopkinson

BossBox, oldstuff, and humpable are my three.
One of my bosses named all the work ones after characters in Blake's 7.

Not many people are good enough to program Orac...

:D

by oh smeg

Orac doesn't need programing. If anything it's likely to try to reprogram the humans who are constantly interrupting it's [b]Important[/b] work. ;)

Col

by Member 25348569

OK, I'm going to go and lie down for a while.

"Where there's life, there's threat. "

by nexs

Any stories behind your names?

by tony hopkinson

Bossbox is my admin / home server.
OldStuff is a frankencomputer salvaged from various bits and pieces of past bosses.
Lumpable is my portable, it's fairly old and on the weighty side.

by oh smeg

I don't have enough time to waste on such unimportant things. :p

Col

by nexs

You do so.
You get no thumb.
:p

by oh smeg

No I don't I just don't have time to rename things like that.

Well maybe I don't have the inclination to spend what little time I have available to me to do things like that. :0

But I do name the boxes when they originally get loaded to exactly what they are. So the Gateway device gets called Gateway the DVD Recorder gets called DVD Recorder and that type of thing and my main workstation has the highly original name of Col. :D

Oh and actually I'm not overly worried about thumbs. :p

Col

by jellimonsta

I don't think I have bothered with this at home for years. I did rename my XP box at work to 'Not My Computer' though. :p

by tobif

I like that!
Can't do it, though. My work computer is more locked-down than an ordinary safety-box.

by nexs

"Just give me a moment, I need to get something off Not My Computer..."

by santeewelding

It's:

God

Computer

Control Panel

Run...

And, that's it (W7Pro).

Why? Don't question he who is that is.

by oh smeg

I know who you think you are.

However even GOD has to ask permission to spend any money from his Treasurer.

You have failed to really understand who is the [b]IMPORTANT[/b] one. :^0

Col 0:-)

by santeewelding

Your franchise did not include speaking out of turn.

(By the way, how are our receivables doing?)

by nexs

Frankencomputer idea.
Thumbs, indeed.

by nexs

And disciple is all I could come up with.

by nexs

You just miss out on a thumb.

No skin off my nose.

by santeewelding

[i][b]Is[/b][/i] both thumbs up and down.

You have nothing to do with it.

by nexs

And I think you are concerned with thumbs, even just a little. ;)

So I'll reward you. Col, and Col.

by who am i really

but my entire network of computers are in the

[b]"Home Alone"[/b]

work group

all my XP boxes are Named Doomp-#
ie.
[b]Doomp-0
Doomp-2
Doomp-4
Doomp-6[/b]

all my win2K boxes are Named Sky-Net-##
ie.
[b]Sky-Net-01
Sky-Net-03
Sky-Net-05
Sky-Net-07[/b]

and I have one win2K SuperMicro server named:
[b]Sky-Net-Server[/b]
_

"[b]Doomp[/b]" is from the sound XP makes when it doesn't like what is happening,
the default sound is for the event is:
[b]Windows XP Critical Stop.wav[/b]

which sounds like a Doomp!

which I promptly change to the old win2K
chord.wav

because there's a lot of Bass in the default sound,
and it scares the crap out of me when it goes off on my audio workstation which has a 12" Logitech sub attached to it

edit: formatting

by nexs

HAHA!

Nice, love it.

Except sky-net... I'm not a fan of being dead, even if it's in the future... wait... ESPECIALLY if it's in the future.

by who am i really

we've got Arnold in our back pocket right! ? !

one thing I didn't mention,
- whenever I register a program etc.

I always fill out the registration form:

Name: Sarah Connor

Company: Sky-Net

etc.

by rjluvkc

I rename it to POS..cause I know it will be at some point!

by tobif

Seems whenever you get a computer, you know that eventually it will serve a cashiers desk somewhere. :)

by wookieshaver

As in, Spike is my server, Ripper is my game machine, Xander is my linux laptop, Cordelia is my fiances laptop, Anya is our media pc connected to the big screen, and Drusilla is the test bed for linux distros and other programs.

by rjluvkc

of course..point of sale. Wasnt sure if it would be mistaken for another meaning! :)

by rjluvkc

Yeah, I need to go test drive the new Hyundai POS...I hear its supposed to be a smooth ride!

by oh smeg

Quite well at the moment.

We're looking bigger than the Catholic Church and in a much better position than the US Government. Unless any more banks go broke. ;)

Col

by nexs

Was the cool.
But I think your thumbs goes, not to the Buffy names, but to your username. Golden, it is.

by oldbaritone

Good for a chuckle with a noob... for even more fun, change the icon too.

;-)

Brings back memories of the days we used to try to find compilers that weren't bullet-proofed against reserved words, so we could write things like
IF GOTO = LONGINT THEN GOTO GOTO

Endless obfuscation... and misspent youth

by nexs

Delightfully devilish.

I can't think of any more... Must be lack of coffee.

by seanferd

OK, doesn't really fit the bill, alliteration aside.

On the other hand, it may be deeply disturbing to an unwitting patsy. :0

by seanferd

After being repeatedly asked, for years, when filling out registrations where Company is a required field, I started using WhateverWorks. (We apparently make widgets and gizmos.)

by seanferd

Not even to erase the "My "?

I thought this would be a bigger playground thread. Too many serious things afoot...

by tobif

My Vista only reads "Computer".

And "Documents" doesn't have any "My"
etc.

Perhaps I should put them back? :)

by nexs

Now that you've said it, to not follow through makes you a phony.

"A Great Big Phony!" (for any Family Guy fans out there...)

by seanferd

Well, not unless you like the possessive pronoun there.

Actually, this had come up before. No "My" on Vista or 7. Which is cool with me. (Tell MS I said it was OK. ;) )

by nexs

Gawdammit, the world (and the people in it) take themselves far too seriously, these days.

Where's fun gone?

by tobif

Some people here call me spetsnaz, so at first I was afraid of revealing the following:
My first PC was running Windows 3.0. Back then Windows didn't have too much of registry, recycle bins etc.

But, based on a play by the Russian playwright Nina Sadur, we called our computer Chudnaya Baba (rough translation: The Witch). This was reflected in the device name of the C: drive and in the wallpaper.

Oh. Fond memories!

by nexs

Why did you name it after a Russian play? That seems like a strange randomness.

by tobif

On the one hand:
It's a good play. And back then, there was a really good staging of it at a cellar theatre in Moscow.

On the other hand:
It felt like magic that we got the computer when we really needed it. I actually won it in a competition! The word Chudnaya describes something strange or even magical.

On the third:
Baba means "old woman" (it may sometimes be used in slang for any female, sometimes with a negative connotation, but that's not the case here) and we greeted this computer as another member of our family.

So, the name felt very right.

by nexs

But in the scheme of things, it really doesn't seem that telling every (decent) software company that Sarah Connor wants to destroy the world is very helpful....

by who am i really

maybe my next addition(s) to the work group will be systems named:

[b]UniMatrix-1[/b]
[b]7 of 9[/b]
etc.

and when I fill out any registration forms,
it will be as follows:

Name: [b]Locutus deBorg[/b]
Company: [b]Cube Enterprises[/b]
etc.

by nexs

Have won me there.

Well played, ol' chap.

by oh smeg

The registration would be rejected.

Because everyone knows that Locutus had no direct connection with [i]'Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One'[/i] but probably more importantly the Borg under the guise of Cube Enterprises would Pirate the Windows OS in volition of the M$ EULA. :D

Col 0:-)

by tobif

In xp it's very inconvenient, that you all the time have to reach for the quotation marks while navigating folders in the cli. Obviously, someone cried high enough for Redmond to hear it.

by nexs

Is the winner. The others, not so much.

Sounds like a reply a bit further up the thread from Dawgit with the "Bitch" names!

by tobif

Well. Back then, due to my wifes profession, we saw A LOT of theatre and read many plays. And this particular play stood out of the crowd.

by seanferd

you could call it stada baba. And get a babushka for the CRT.

Now I just need to install an Apache server with Tomcat so I can name it stada machka. :0

by tobif

Stada means "herd".
Machka is a new word to me (But I have only studied-used-edited-teached Russian for 30 years, so I have more to learn).

I'm not sure I follow your idea.

by seanferd

Stada meaning "old" in some Slavic languages (or languages with Slavic loan words), and machka meaning "cat". Spellings and meanings of these two vary among languages (e.g., both mačka and mačak in Croatian) and the meanings for old and cat represented by different words entirely. I suppose regional differences within a language may allow for these same effects as well.

So, basically, "old woman" and "old tomcat". Stada buba would then appear slightly redundant in some languages.

It was amusing to have Croatian and Slovak maternal grandparents in regards to usage of such phrases. I did have some friends of Russian descent whose families used the same phrases, though, even though they appear to lie outside proper Russian.

by oldbaritone

hard to be sure because of the alphabet, but it looks like it might be "Cat" in one of the slavic languages...

which would still be confusing in this context

by tobif

Same in Russian.
Kot - male
Koshka - female.

Since "Tom" would mainly be a male name, I used Kot in my translation of TomCat :)

by nexs

That they will value your opinion :p
We'll just offer them an ultimatum: Applause or Death.

by brian

don't change the my computer part, but have had some fun pc/network names...my personal windows systems *past and present* all have a connection of a pig somehow worked into them, bacon, sausage, porkie, pork roast, swine (h1n1 was the name of my vista system that lasted a total of 4 days before it was reverted back to xp)...windows hogs a lot of resources so i figure i may as well call them as i see em...my linux boxes, penguin, devil, and drunk_core (for my fedora core box running wine on it).

by tobif

I like your approach.
And, I guess, running Wine on a machine is much better than pouring wine into it. :)

by brian

no doubt but hey, a drunk machine is a drunk machine....poor mac book pro died happy when my friends husband decided to give it its own miller happy hour and a bottle of good ole draft...

by nexs

Think of that when fighting the T1000 did they?! Ha! The obvious is always the thought which escapes!

by nexs

Is what got you the thumb here, matey.
Aye.

But I like it for its wit.

by seanferd

It just isn't consistent across the languages. Definitely in Croatian, these are two of the words used for "cat", sometimes, at least, specifically for a male cat.

by nexs

Would be more appropriate when quantum computing comes in. But I like it nonetheless.

by nexs

That's where you put all your hidden things, eh, eh? Nudge, nudge?

by seanferd

Tomcat is just a general sort of way to refer to a male cat. Why? I don't know. Haven't looked up the etymology.

But the image in my mind, for a tom, is always that of a larger, older, and crankier male alley cat.

Mačka seems standard or acceptable in Slovak and Croatian, but mačak (Croat) always means a male (tom) cat.

Then there is kačka (like koshka) which may mean a female cat (Czech), "kitty", or some kind of water bird. But then, the Eastern Slavic languages tend to have more in common with the Western Slavic languages than either have in common with the Southern Slavic languages (to which I am more exposed).

Maybe Ansu would like to offer some insight into all this craziness. :)

by tobif

I believe cat was kotka in Bulgarian, but I didn't pick up too much of the local speak while I worked there.

Oh. And a question: If Tomcat is a web server, what is Jerrymouse? A quicker and smarter alternative? :)

by seanferd

I.e., "Hacker", as used by some people. I would say, "a security cracker who is a hacker".

I don't think Jerrymouse would be an application served by Tomcat, as it is usually Tom who "get's served" in the cartoons.

Yeah, that does sound like Bulgarian. --- Yup, I get kotka as a valid Bulgarian word for cat. Will the wonders of the internet never cease? (Of course, this could be bad information, and the only region of Bulgaria in which they use the word kotka is in the city of Nodnol.*)

 
 
 
* To avoid possible confusion: This is a reference joke, alluding to a certain BBC comedy.

by nexs

In the end, they would all be assimilated...

by oh smeg

Haven't you ever heard of the only known defense against the BORG?

It is the M$ Legal Department as per this story

[i]"Star Trek Lost Episodes" transcript
"Mr. LaForge, have you had any success with your attempts at finding a weakness in the Borg? And Mr. Data, have you been able to access their command pathways?"

"Yes, Captain. In fact, we found the answer by searching through our archives on late Twentieth-century computing technology."

"What the hell is `Microsoft'?"

"Allow me to explain. We will send this program, for some reason called `Windows', through the Borg command pathways. Once inside their root command unit, it will begin consuming system resources at an unstoppable rate."

"But the Borg have the ability to adapt. Won't they alter their processing systems to increase their storage capacity?"

"Yes, Captain. But when `Windows' detects this, it creates a new version of itself known as an `upgrade'. The use of resources increases exponentially with each iteration. The Borg will not be able to adapt quickly enough. Eventually all of their processing ability will be taken over and none will be available for their normal operational functions."

"Excellent work. This is even better than that `unsolvable geometric shape' idea."

. . . 15 Minutes Later . . .

"Captain, we have successfully installed the `Windows' in the Borg's command unit. As expected, it immediately consumed 85% of all available resources. However, we have not received any confirmation of the expected `upgrade'."

"Our scanners have picked up an increase in Borg storage and CPU capacity, but we still have no indication of an `upgrade' to compensate for their increase."

"Data, scan the history banks again and determine if there is something we
have missed."

"Sir, I believe there is a reason for the failure in the `upgrade'. Apparently the Borg have circumvented that part of the plan by not sending in their registration cards."

"Captain, we have no choice. Requesting permission to begin emergency escape sequence 3F ...."

"Wait, Captain! Their CPU capacity has suddenly dropped to 0% !"

"Data, what does your scanners show?"
"Apparently the Borg have found the internal `Windows' module named `Solitaire', and it has used up all available CPU capacity."
"Let's wait and see how long this `Solitaire' can reduce their functionality."

. . . Two Hours Pass . . .

"Geordi, what is the status of the Borg?"

"As expected, the Borg are attempting to re-engineer to compensate for increased CPU and storage demands, but each time they successfully increase resources I have setup our closest deep space monitor beacon to transmit more `Windows' modules from something called the `Microsoft Fun-pack'.

"How much time will that buy us?"

"Current Borg solution rates allow me to predicate an interest time span of
6 more hours."

"Captain, another vessel has entered our sector."

"Identify."

"It appears to have markings very similar to the 'Microsoft' logo..."

"THIS IS ADMIRAL BILL GATES OF THE MICROSOFT FLAGSHIP _MONOPOLY_. WE HAVE POSITIVE CONFIRMATION OF UNREGISTERED SOFTWARE IN THIS SECTOR. SURRENDER ALL ASSETS AND WE CAN AVOID ANY TROUBLE. YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO COMPLY."

"The alien ship has just opened its forward hatches and released thousands of humanoid-shaped objects."

"Magnify forward viewer on the alien craft!"

"My God, captain! Those are human beings floating straight toward the Borg ship - with no life support suits! How can they survive the tortures of deep space?!"

"I don't believe that those are humans, sir. If you will look closer I believe you will see that they are carrying something recognized by twenty-first century man as doeskin leather briefcases, and wearing Armani suits."

"Lawyers!!"

"It can't be. All the Lawyers were rounded up and sent hurtling into the sun in 2017 during the Great Awakening."

"True, but apparently some must have survived."
"They have surrounded the Borg ship and are covering it with all types of papers."

"I believe that is known in ancient vernacular as `red tape'. It often proves fatal."

"They're tearing the Borg to pieces!"

"Turn the monitors off, Data, I cant bear to watch. Even the Borg doesn't deserve such a gruesome death!"[/i]

So you see M$ would save us all from the BORG. They have a use after all. :D

Col

by nexs

Good read, good laugh.
Good, all around.

We can only hope that M$ has died out in the 24th century.

by who am i really

... actually,
those "things"
would be "hidden" in the 256-bit AES encrypted, full string Max. password length Winzip v.12.1 files
which I then remove .zip extension from, and then they are dropped onto a DATA CD/DVD, deleted from the HDD, and the CD/DVD is filed away in amongst the 1,600 or so other Data, Audio, and Blank CD/DVDs I have here
_

regarding "regular" files;
- I have nothing to hide
and because I came up from DOS / Win3.10
I've always fought against NT file security / permissions and open up my internal network in the form of whole drives shared from the root up by Junction points,
and using the Alt Admin. shares gets me as close as possible to DOS "Interlnk" type direct access "sharing"

by nexs

That you, yourself, don't know where they are -- That's Hidden!