{"id":55,"date":"2013-10-08T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.emperial.dk\/?p=55"},"modified":"2013-10-08T22:20:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:20:45","slug":"the-philosophy-of-naming-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emperial.dk\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"The philosophy of naming computers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always liked the idea of having a naming scheme for naming computers, from the days when i worked at the university they gave servers, names after planets like Uranus and Neptune, when i later started setting up computers at home i went on with my own naming scheme i selected the Norse mythology<\/a>, later on i started using the different elements <\/a> for machines outside my network. i seen people using many different naming schemes like, movie stars, diary products.<\/p>\n

it gives the machines something personal meaning and it’s funny when people ask why they are named the way they are, no matter what, it’s a good ice breaker :).<\/p>\n

Even the laptop I’m using for writing this post is named Njord<\/a> :).<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of possible naming schemes that i like:<\/p>\n