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Re: Server naming conventions
From: Pete Hickey <pete () SHADOWS UOTTAWA CA>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:34:26 -0500
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 03:40:12PM -0800, Greg Francis wrote:
We had to servers called CALVIN and HOBBES, named for the comic book characters. Being a Catholic university, there were some complaints when CALVIN became part of their e-mail domain!
Ahhhh... back in the days.... I remember someone, at one time had compiled a ist of the most popular machine names (this was back when there were a countable number of machines on the net.. back when .EDU had more machines than .COM...) IIRC, Calvin & Hobbes were in the top 10 list, but I seem to remmeber that Calvin was at level n, and hobbes was at level n-2 which begged the question..... -- Pete Hickey The University of Ottawa "If marriage were outlawed, Ottawa, Ontario only outlaws would have in-laws." Canada
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- Re: Server naming conventions Barry Lynam (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Greg Francis (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Bristol, Gary L. (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Pete Hickey (Feb 11)
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