The Naming thread - names given to networks, used for test data, etc.
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clicking on a link from your link brought me here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett's_Unseen_Academicals
they are still making them apparently it would seem, but this one has been thrown into some doubt having not been worked on or talked about for some time.
in any case the page links to the other 3 in the series for your perusal.
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* Roy Hinkley - The Professor from Gilligan's Island
Only one I semi-recognized (brain-farted melded with Chet Huntley - David Brinkley)
What do you mean he's not real?? I SAW him on the magic box!!
"You kids get off of my island!!"
At least I'm not as old as Boom-er
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The host names for all the virtuals where I work start with 'vx'...
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So they contain nerve gas?
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I'm kind of glad no one is poking me about the Whateley Academy reference. I guess it is too obscure to be really all that notorious.
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So they contain nerve gas?
First: VX-the-CW-agent, from what I've read, is rather oily and not-volatile.
Second: Haha. I suppose they would contain the digital equivalent if you set up a honeytrap in one... ;)
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First: VX-the-CW-agent, from what I've read, is rather oily and not-volatile.
Depends on your definition of volatile. I wouldn't recommend standing around any puddles of the stuff.
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In response to the original topic, my printer at home is called Archibald McPrinterson.
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my printer is pandora, because.... well it's shaped roughly like a box and every time i have to open her to add paper or toner.... yeah. it was an accurate name.
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Does your office have your very own CL4P-TP annoying robot?
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no, but i am considering naming my Raspberry Pi that if it acts up again.
I'm also considering bringing it to the firing range and paying someone to put a couple of bullet holes in it.
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Poker Night 2 is good fun there. Poker with Brock Sampson, Claptrap, Ash Williams and Sam of Sam & Max.
Ahh, skagflaps.
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Berlin has two streets named "Grunewaldstraße". One of them is in the part that formerly belonged to the GDR, the other one is in former West-Berlin.
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If I just need 10 random names, I go with
(dotimes (i 10) (cookie-insert spook-phrases-file 2))Otherwise:
List of classical music composers by era - Wikipedia