From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!mjb Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: How do YOU spell computer: results - (nf) Article-I.D.: brunix.1534 Posted: Mon Feb 14 14:18:52 1983 Received: Thu Feb 17 01:29:55 1983 References: inmet.16 Here at Brown, we ran a naming contest when we got in our second vax last fall. What happened was we originally came up with NANCY and SLUGGO, then so many people declared their hatred for the comic strip, we decided to run a contest. However, due to intense apathy (mine), we never got around to a vote, so the names have stuck so far. The nomination slate follows. Personally one of my favorite naming schemes is the wine motif used by the Xerox Grapevine mail server network (cabernet, reisling, semillion, etc...) Mike Braca, ..!decvax!brunix!mjb, mjb.brown@udel-relay NANCY and SLUGGO (fritzi, rollo, irma... -- IN USE!) BATVAX and ROBIN LAVAX and SHIRLEY ARCHIE and JUGVAX DAGWOOD and BLONDIE CASTOR and POLLUX (half-brothers of apollo) DWEEZLE and MOONUNIT (Zappa offspring) SACCO and VANZETTI DOW and JONES WINKYN and BLYNKIN (and NOD) ETHYL and METHYL UNIX and VMS (!) PYRAMUS and THISBE (mythical lovers who communicated, among other things, through a hole in a wall) UNIXON and WATERVAX (this is a tricky one) POPEYE and OLIVEOYL (wimpy, brutus, sweepea (sp?)) CHARLIE and SNOOPY (too cute for comment) LEONID and YURI (fun leaders) V1 and V2 (famous bombs) PUNCH and JUDY (you can't be serious) SAGE and THYME (parsley and rosemary too) T and A (short & sweet) ZEUS and HERA (and the rest of greek mythology) THOR and ODIN (and the rest of norse mythology) KUKLA and FRAN (and ollie) GUMBY and POKEY VAXXON and ASTERVAX (arcade games, sort of) MARS and VENUS (and the rest of the planets...) ROCKY and MOOSE (moose? Why not BULLWINK?) HARRY and TONTO (log me in, KEMOSABE! Ooops, wrong tonto!) MARX and ENGELS (fun revolutionaries) TRUTH and LIGHT (justice? the American Way?) LARRY and MOE (and curly joe) KERMIT and PIGGY (cute) BUTCH and SUNDANCE HAROLD and MAUDE FELIX and OSCAR (this is an odd one) ROY and TRIGGER (and dale) FRED and BARNEY (flintstone & rubble) ELROY and ASTRO (jetsons) NOSE and BAG (prepend BROWN- ) HUBRIS and JEALOUSY (cardinal sins) REMUS and ROMULUS (legendary suckers) CAPTAIN and TENILLE LUCY and ETHEL HAWKEYE and TRAPPER (and HOTLIPS, RADAR, etc...)