Peter -- that part about the Cruise-women is hilarious! I think it's sad that folks were able to think of more than two! I'd want my filespace on "Arsenal." Thanks for your response - much appreciated! Jody ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:24:54 -0700 >From: "Binkley, Peter" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Server names at libraries >To: [log in to unmask] > >When I got my first chance to name the first two servers for a project, >I went with "fides" and "spes" ("faith" and "hope"), so that if we ever >got a third one it would be charity. By the time the project got any >more boxes someone else was in charge of naming, unfortunately. We have >also fallen into the trap of naming servers after products, but we're >getting away from that. Back in the mid-nineties if you searched for my >name in Lycos you found endless postings from a machine named "binkley" >at McGill, no doubt inspired by the Bloom County character - the curse >of all true Binkleys. We also had a period of naming boxes after >deceased or retired colleagues, but that got tired. When we were >recently planning the deployment of several new servers in a major >upgrade, I was late to the meeting and was puzzled at the names on the >whiteboard: all women's first names, but I couldn't see a pattern. I'll >never forget the shudder of horror when it was revealed they were all >women who have dated Tom Cruise. A couple of us quietly indicated that >we would be forced to resign rather than work with such a tacky system, >and we went with British football clubs instead. > >Peter > >-----Original Message----- >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >Jody Fagan >Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:39 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [CODE4LIB] Server names at libraries > >Dear Code4Lib folks, > >I'd like to write an anecdotal article about library server nomenclature >... I'm for-sure that most librarians don't even know our servers have >names. I am hoping that some of you might be willing to share (off-list) >server names you have known in libraries, how/why you chose them, and >any random thoughts you have about them. Did you inherit them? Did you >get to pick them out? Do you think the whole idea of server names is >silly or do you secretly like the fact that your servers have names? >I am happy to guarantee anonymity (that is, I won't use your name or >institution in conjunction with any server names) unless you >specifically want to be identified or given credit for your statements. >I plan on sharing my institution's server names in my article, but not >say where they are from.... > >thanks for considering this, > >Jody > >-- > >Jody Condit Fagan >Digital Services Librarian, James Madison University >540-568-4265 >[log in to unmask] > >"Machine. Unexpectedly, I'd invented a time" -- Alan Moore >http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html >