I finally told my parents that my laptop wasn't so much a laptop anymore, but a small desktop, ever since the hinge on the lid snapped and the screen won't fold down anymore. The bright side is that I might have a new computer coming my way. The bad news is that I have to say goodbye to my beloved Ziggy. Ziggy, who by now was so old that her retro looks would get me ooohs and ahhhs from Mac geeks on campus who wondered if it was some sort of new brand of MacBook they hadn't seen. Ah, Ziggy. Your pixels brought me such joy.Moving on. I need to decide on a name for my new computer. I have a scifi robot/computer theme. Previous used names include Gort, Gir, Robbie, Artoo, Bender, and Data. I need to pick a name that will exude awesome, and communicate that this is a computer that can pwn Windows, and will be used towards geeky ends. So far, the canidates are:
Bishop ("Synthetic Human", Aliens)
Tom Servo (Robot, MST3K)
Caprica 6 (Cylon, Battlestar Galatica)
Deep Thought (Computer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Hactar (Evil computer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Wintermute (AI program, Neuromancer)
Jane (AI program, Ender's Game series)
Lappy 486 (Computer, Homestar Runner)
Any thoughts? Suggestions?
Update: From Wikipedia: "The hinges on the Titanium PowerBook display are notorious for breaking under heavy use. Usually the hinge (which is shaped like an 'L') will break just to the left of where it attaches to the lower case on the right hinge, and just to the right on the left hinge (where the right hinge is on the right side of the computer when the optical drive is facing you)."
Well, now I know. And knowing's half the battle.
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I'm going to go with either Bishop or Jane. You don't want to give the computer an evil robot name, because, you know, it might come true. So that takes out Caprica 6 and Hactar. I knew a guy who used Wintermute as a character name, and he was an ass-hat, so that nixes that. Tom Servo ... Do you really want to give computers both a first and a last name? I'm not sure. Deep Thought has possibilities, but then it's unlikely that any current generation personal computing device is equal to the task of Deep Thoughting. So that really leaves Bishop, Jane and Lappy - and Lappy is just a silly name. So Bishop or Jane.
Do you really think that Caprica 6 is evil?
I'm going to vote for Jane. :)
I would have also said TARDIS if you'd watched Doctor Who. She's an awe-exuding ship/computer :)
I was wondering how long it would take you to tell me I should name it for a Dr. Who character.
I'm not terribly fond of Jane, since it's not very computer-sounding.
You know me too well. After I'd said TARDIS, I wanted to say K9, because that's the name of the Doctor's pet dog, who was, by the way, a great character. Then I realised it would be pushing it.
And I guess you have a point about Jane. I tried to think of other names, but apart from Doctor Who ones, I came up blank. Pretty much highlights how little reading I've been doing. Stupid school.
Wikipedia has a fairly exhaustive list of fictional computer/robot names. I used that to compile my list--and left Tardis out.
Understandably. But I'll get you to watch Doctor Who yet :)
I honestly don't know - we're not that far into the show yet.
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