Have you named your rig?

djmc0 · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:09

Hey kid, I'm a compoota.

markweatherill · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:10

Back in the old days, a 'rig' was a CB radio and the bits that went with it. And we didn't give them handles, good buddy!

2blue4u · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:11

Kevin.

Then I grew up and bought a mac.

bigsharn · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:14

mine doesn't have a name, but it's been referred to all sorts, from "Stupid son of a <insert bad word>" to "My baby"

sorn21 · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:17

I've called mine the Xcode, after a rip off OS I first installed on it.
Helps me differentiate between the 6 we have in our house.
My mac is just called MBP.

deadite66 · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:17

only my linux server has a name "Sakura" the windows machines i just call desktop and netbook.

Sawell · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:17

2blue4u said:
Then I grew up and bought a mac.

That's like claiming you divided by 0.

Ziggy · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:18

My mate calls his Alpha and Omega and refers to them as that in conversation.

e.g. "COD is installed on Omega if you wanna play." or "Yeah, I'm getting that CPU for Alpha."

Marky · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:20

No. No I do not.

Andelusion · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:21

Ziggy said:
My mate calls his Alpha and Omega and refers to them like that in conversation.

e.g. "COD is installed on Omega if you wanna play." or "Yeah, I'm getting that CPU for Alpha."

That's horrendous. I could understand a guy refering to his balls like that but not his PC's. I vote you give us his facebook so we can shame him for all he's worth.

No1newts · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:40

GingerNinja1989 said:
My GF called her car Cindy

My lass called hers owl :confused:

OWL

Women!

semi-pro waster · 6 Dec 2009 at 19:59

Nope, unless you're counting naming the computer for networking purposes in which case it is "Laptop" or my old desktop was just identified by the CPU that was in it at the time.

sanaxe1 · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:00

Deadbeat said:
Have you named your rig?

No im not a deadbeat.

SiriusB · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:02

My computer all have network names relating to Iain M Banks characters/places/books. But I don't refer to them as these names in conversation!

Deadbeat · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:07

Azagoth said:
Mine's called 'This is not a rig, it's a computer'!

I figure I built it, it's a bit forced-together with scavenged screws and extra joints as & when I need them, so I associate it more with 'rig' than 'computer' - the latter calls to mind laptops, or Dells.

I'm surprised actually, with the amount of customisation around I woulda thought people would prefer something other than "*NAME*-PC"

Russinating · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:09

PC is called Heaven and laptop is Purgatory.

All stemmed from univerisity - there was a guy on the network called Hell sharing a load of films. I named mine Heaven (to be better) and also usefully appearing just above him on the network list!

DeepEnd · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:13

As we have 6 PC's in the house that all have to be maintained by me they all have "titles" rather than "names" so that I can keep all the records, info, backups etc. in some sort of order.
These are based on some attribute or location.

LordSplodge · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:27

Servers are always named after Gods and Goddesses (Currently I have Selene and Prometheus). Desktop PCs are named after planets (Currently have Moon and Europa)

My Apple kit works a little different and are all descendants of Pismo (my current main Apple laptop is always called Pismo) so we have Pismo, Son of Pismo, & Nephew of Pismo.

Yes it is a little odd in my house...

Ziggy · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:30

LordSplodge said:
My Apple kit works a little different and are all descendants of Pismo (my current main Apple laptop is always called Pismo) so we have Pismo, Son of Pismo, & Nephew of Pismo.

How about "The Gizmo From Pismo"?

In the cartoon Futurama episode "Raging Bender", Bender's final opponent is referred to as "The Gizmo From Pismo...Beach."

Redz · 6 Dec 2009 at 20:38

Someone I used to work with called his "Adele". No need to ask what brand of PC he had bought.