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The Rig's Arrival
Our next child--er, computer--arrived in pieces today. Well, mostly arrived. I just placed an order this morning, and it arrived a few hours later -- it only had a hundred miles (or less) to travel; NewEgg sure was speedy! So far we have the case, motherboard, DVD/CD writer, speakers, and the display. More parts are on the way; we should have everything by the end of next week:
The List(tm), for the curious:
CPU: Athlon64 X2 4600+ (65W energy efficient version)
Motherboard: MSI K9N Platinum
Graphics: Gigabyte nVidia 7600GT Silentpipe II
RAM: Corsair ValueSelect DDR2 667, 4GB
CD/DVD: Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN
HDD: 2x Samsung Spinpoint P 160GB 1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB
Display: Acer 19" widescreen LCD
Cooling: Scythe Ninja heatsink, 2x 120mm Nexus, 2x 92mm Nexus
PSU: Seasonic S12-380W
Case: Antec Solo
I still have no idea what to name this beast. People name their children; do they name their computers? Don't even have a hostname picked out. Heck, I never gave this laptop a name in 5 years . . . it's just "my laptop". A common convention among the geekier community is giving Japanese names to computers, often anime characters. ChrisWhite does this, and I think Flameeyes names his after his cats or something like that. 
The problem with naming computers is that they can be such temporary things -- what's in a name, anyway? Names only seem to be more permanent if you're naming a kid. Computer names can be like the bad garage/indie/emo/art rock band: always constantly changing names to something stranger and stranger, "in search of our true meaning, something that really expresses who we are".
Maybe I'll just call it "the one on the floor" and be done with it. Any suggestions or alternative naming schemes? A cookie to the winner!
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Not limited to the sciences either, I've got a peace prize winners as well as a literature prize winner.
Prizes for originality aside, you could name your computer after famous (or your favorite) actors' and actresses' last names. A few of my favorites would be Dench, Ford, Hopkins, Stewart, Moore (Mandy, not Roger :P).
Hmm, interesting. Other than the fact that it would make it sound extremely British (:P), it's nifty. Of course, it makes my Pentium3 "Coppermine" sound much cooler than it really is. :)
@Everyone: Thanks for the thoughts so far; I've been having a good think-session or two.
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