[Info-vax] Cluster Nomenclature

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On 6 Mar, 16:59, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 7:49 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
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> > Alan Frisbie wrote:
> > > jayne.aub... at gmail.com wrote:
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> > >> At home I went with science fiction authors for OpenVMS systems so I
> > >> have Asimov, Blish, Clarke, Gordon (Dickson), JudyL and Lester
> > >> (DelRey), Niven, Pohl and Zelazny.  OS/X systems get Elvish names:
> > >> Galadriel, Arwen, Legolas, Elrond, Celeborn.  Everything else gets
> > >> boring functional names.
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> > > I went with evil characters from Lord Of The Rings: Balrog,
> > > Sauron, Smaug, Gollum, Nazgul.   I seem to have run out of
> > > them, so I am switching to insulting names starting with "S".
> > > The first (an Alpha XP1000) is Slug.   Next up will be Slime,
> > > Slut, or Skunk.
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> > > Alan
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> > Be sure to include "SCUM"
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> Insulting names are reserved for wintel boxes where I work and play.
> Drives the windows weenies nuts.- Hide quoted text -
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Mine have mostly been composers - BACH, LISZT, HOLST, FRANCK
DSSI devices got similar names too.
Windows boxes have had vampires from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles
(Louis, Lestat, Daniel, Armand for a dual boot box)

Where's the best place for second user/cheap rx26xx boxes?  I'm
thinking either with cheap shipping or available in Australia (NSW
area).

Steve