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Do you guys have any scheme for naming your PCs?

I'm doing fresh installs on all my boxes and was trying to figure out what naming convention to use. I used to name them after planets (most used would be earth, phone would be moon, server would be Jupiter, etc)

What do you guys do?
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>>55678848
planets or mythical gods
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old polytheistic gods
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>>55678848
>Do you guys have any scheme for naming your PCs?
last computer lab I worked in used Simpsons characters for the windows machine and Futurama characters for the *nixes
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>>55678848
<My first name><device>
>BobPC
>BobGS5
>BobNAS
>BobLaptop
>BobLaptop2
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>>55678863
That's the same.
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>>55678905
>mythical gods are planets
wut u on
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>>55678848
Mostly locations, sometimes names from animu.
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"Up",
"Down",
"What",
"Electricity",
etc.
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Anything other than an abbreviation of your domain with -asset# is absolutely disgusting.

DOMN-RGX123Q
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Noble Gases
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>>55678912
Do I really have to spell it out for you? Planets are named after mythical gods.
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>>55678962
Planets and OTHER mythical gods

Have I cooled your autism? I mentioned planets to relate with OP
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>>55678981
Does everything have to degrade into petty arguments on this website? Shit. I asked the simplest question in the goddamn world and it took less than 30 minutes for you people to start throwing around autism insults.
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>>55679015
the fucker said planets and mythical gods are the same, not that one contained the other, I can't stand autists
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>>55679015
It was 15 minutes ago. Look at the timestamps, dickhead.
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>>55679015
>anime
fuck off
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>>55679052
Even it's ironic, it is you that needs to fuck off you piece of shit.
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>>55678890
Fuck off bob
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>>55679098
Fuck you too, Steve.
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>>55678848
I name my devices after every girl who rejected me
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>>55679152
Were they all 2d?
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Used to be Daft Punk song names but now it's 2hus.
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>>55678848
>main PC: twilight
>second PC: pinkie
>laptop: rbd
>iPhone: fluttershy
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I try to use "sound" terms. Like volume and shit. For example, my shit laptop for testing is called "Whisper" my NAS will be "wave" etc. . .

I'm bad at names.

How do you name your portable storage? Lile USBs
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not really, got localhost, names of characters from a tv i like, russian satellites, etc.

really no set structure to this madness.
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>>55679336
>How do you name your portable storage
UNTITLED
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I have only a single pc.
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Mine are female names that rhyme. Marla, carla, starla.
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>>55679336
>Drive attached to keys: KEYDRIVE
>Throwaway drive: UNTITLED
>Old HDD in enclosure: BIG UNTITLE
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Androids/robots from books, films, etc

- Deep Thought
- Ash
- Wintermute
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Demons from Quake 1. ogre, vore, grunt, fiend, rotfish, shub
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Tower us kronos@windows. Laptop 1 is meme@debian. Laptop 2 is anime@debian.
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>>55679521
My friend uses player names from Quake III
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>Firstname-device.distro
Eg: bob-PC.deb, bob-thinkpad.fed
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>>55679015
consider going back to lebbit
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>>55678848
Gentooman
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Cute girls and memes
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>>55678848 http://www.nsanamegenerator.com/
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>>55679634
It used to be a few good name generators.
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>>55678848
I use a two themes, one for network infrastructure devices one for all else.

For network devices, like routers and servers, I use a metaphor related to roads or circuits coming together, like Nexus or Junction, for example.

For all else I use fire/heat/light. Some examples are: desktop is Maelstrom, laptop is Balefire, phone is Torch, etc.
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>>55679262
Weird names. Where did you get them?
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>>55678848
Morrowind/TES gods.
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>>55678848
touhou
>Sakuya
>Marisa
>Reimu
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Fictional AIs, HAL9000, TARS, CASE, etc.
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I name all my servers after serial killers. Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, etc.
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I name mine after the iron chefs from iron chef japan
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>>55678848
At one of my old jobs the naming scheme was "Middle Earth Geography."

Another one was "Characters from Top Gun."

I've had other schemes at other places but those were my faves.
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>>55678848
<Owner>-<os>
Austin-PC
Shauna-PC

Though whenever I install Linux on a computer I use some type of component identifier like cpu model or something.

austin@5820k$
logan@4770k#

Don't know why. Just think it looks cool i guess.
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Named mine after the ring name of one of these guys
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>>55678848
I just name them after characters I like.
As for the domain I just do it @LocalHost
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>>55678848
name them by what you use them for?
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>>55678848
All of my networked devices are named after African countries, even my Wi-Fi SSIDs are African countries
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>>55685877
why?
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>>55683907
><Owner><OS>
>OS
>Austin-PC
>OS
>PC
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>>55685848
>shitpost-on-/g/
>shitpost-on-/g/-2
>shitpost-on-/g/-3
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>>55678981
>>55678863
>OTHER

dumb browser mispelling again
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Device-brand-os so like
Phone-oneplus-cyanogenos or
Laptop-Peppy-GalliumOS or
Desktop-gigabyte-gentoo
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>>55678848
Home PC: Anzu
Laptop: Lischina
iPhone: Engr. (My surname)
Work: (My first name)
Android Phone: Jahara
Android Tablet: Kaliraya
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I name everything Unknown Device
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>>55678848
>laptop: thinkpad
>htpc: htpc
>server: [anon'swebsite.com]
fuck rfc1178
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>>55686345
"Work PC"
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TOP TIER
enumeration
<Name> - <Device>

GOOD TIER
ex-gfs
food

MEH TIER
cities
scientists

SHIT TIER
planets
countries
gods

AUTISM TIER
fictional characters (extra virgin points for anime, vidya or lotr)

NORMIE TIER
simpson characters
family members
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>>55686445
>ex-gfs
>food
>not normie tier
Faggot pls ...
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>>55686445
>TOP TIER
>enumeration
><Name> - <Device>
Opinion disregarded.
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>>55678848
PC = Space (Nova, Luna)
Devices = Gods and deities(Zeus, Hestia)
Drives = Weeb colors (Kuro, Shiro)
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>>55685908
WE WUZ COMPUTERS AND SHEEEIT
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>>55678848
US President Initials.
GW, TR, TJ, AL
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Star Wars planets + moons
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>>55686880
My nigga
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I just came up with this, MegaMan bosses.
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>>55679195
Touhou?
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>>55679336
I name all of them "ZIP_DISQUETTE"
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>>55678878
There's a company that does futurama characters here in Nebraska
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>>55678848
i just use the default name since i really can't be bothered.
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EVA angel names
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Names of fruit in Irish.
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>>55678949
This.

For me though it's asset # followed by L or W (laptop/workstation). Server names are a given.
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They're all named after drugs
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>>55678848
anon@anon
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>>55678848

I just use nigger names modified to include an order string. My computers are Dayquan Dayqtoo Dayqtri and Dayqfor, my servers are Ladashfie and Ladashsiks.
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KMFDM album names

nihil
xtort
agogo
glory
angst
light
money
sucks
etc

They all sound really edgy, I know.
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Towers/media centers: which room they're in
Portables: their brand/model
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AL
TJ
JD
GW
TR
Rex
Ray
Zeke
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>>55678848
Shitlord
Shitlord2
Shitlord3
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>>55678848
Gundams.
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>>55678848

desktop: Mami
notebook: Sayaka
netbook: Homura
phone: Kyouko
second phone: Madoka
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>>55692048

>autism
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Melchior
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>>55692048
At least you're consistent.
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I name my computers after sins. After the seven deadly sins precisely.

MainPC: Pride
Laptop: Lust
Android tablet: Gluttony
Android phone: Greed
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2hu locations.
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>>55678912
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>>55678848
I name my boxes after XMEN.
My gaming rig/media PC is named Hank(beast).
NAS is Charles(prof).
Office/studio PC is named Nathan (Cable)
Sadly the wife didnt get on board, macbook is just macbook.

also, >>55679015
yeah sup with that? I thought people were nice here on 4chan.
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I name my laptop's after fighter jets because that's what they sound like.
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I Name them after the Codename of the Processor thats built in, Xeon, Skylake etc doesn't Sound that bad
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>>55678949
>Anything other than an abbreviation of your domain with -asset# is absolutely disgusting.

Enjoy your blutooth saying "Connecting to DOMN-AR-GEE-EX- 1 2 3 QU" everytime you connect, fagit
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>>55678848
Mech I like
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>>55678848
dont have alot of devices but i name them after shit animu grills
starting with SAO
>asuna
>elizabeth
>Silica
>[spoiler]tiffany[/spoiler]
gonna pick names from whatever highschool battle harem is on air once they die
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Shit like "Retribute" and "Ecclesiarch"
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>>55686880
AJ, JKP, DJT
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>>55691986
O shit another metal gear man
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>>55678848
First name + last name -pc

Let's say I'm Balthazar Nezzi.
bane-pc
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>>55679098
HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME!?
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Italian foods
For temporary builds I use more ethnic foods, or sometimes Indian foods.

Server / NAS is Pepperoni
Secondary Gaming PC / Guest Computer is Pasta
My PC is Prosciutto
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>>55678848
my laptop: 345chan
my hdd: oshima, kodama, miyawaki

I bet some of you guys know those names
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>>55692048
>He names his desktop after worst girl
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>>55678848
[Your_name]-PC
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