Comments on "What's in a computer name?" - Faerye Net

the "fuzzy" one's perspective.

2006-06-16T23:36:15+00:00

I believe computers don’t need names. Like people do. And whether they do or don’t, we should probably spend more time comparing the greenness of this pea to the greenness of that pea than on figuring out what to name them. K, peace out. ;)

Oh, but also: do what makes you happy. ;)

Re: No subject

2006-06-10T12:03:11+00:00

:) I must admit I’ve only read five or six of his books. In geek terms, that’s next to illiterate.

Re: Upgrade

2006-06-10T11:59:30+00:00

Hmm. The idea has merit, but ‘2.0’ is far too clinical. Perhaps she needs a different adjective for each iteration. The original can be Fair Titania; the 1st big upgrade is Peerless Titania, because she was the only desktop in my apartment; and now she can be Matchless Titania, because she boots in 9 seconds. sniff So pretty!

No subject

2006-06-09T15:55:15+00:00

Terry Pratchett does so assert that the name shouldn’t be changed. See “The Fifth Elephant.” I’ll read you the relevant selection when next we speak if you wish.

Upgrade

2006-06-08T23:30:12+00:00

What you are doing, to me, sounds like an upgrade. Therefore, I think that a new version of the same name (Titania 2.0) would be most appropriate.

Personality

2006-06-08T17:38:57+00:00

I believe a computer’s personality isn’t determined by its innards. I’ve replaced the hardware of my workstation at lest three times, while the name ‘Dozer’ has remained the same. A computer’s personality is determined by what you use it for – your relationship to it, so to speak. And besides, kids grow up, so why shouldn’t computers? You don’t change someone’s name, just because she’s reached puberty, do you? ;o)