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   Corey Quinn (quinnypig@awscommunity.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 04:06:28 JST Corey Quinn

   Elder sysadmins: share your ridiculous server naming schemes.

   I'll go first: Dune.

   Mailservers named after guild navigators, all-purpose utility server that changed identities all the time was "Scytale," 40 DHCP servers all named "Duncan Idaho," etc.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 04:06:27 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @Quinnypig Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. My last workstation (which I had for about seven years) was "Wowbagger" after the immortal dude trying to insult every sentient in alphabetical order.

     The router I retired yesterday was "Jeltz" after the commander of the fleet that destroyed Earth.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 04:09:06 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @Quinnypig at a previous job we used evil computers from fiction for IT's servers, but ran out pretty quickly.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 04:12:51 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @Quinnypig maybe I should actually name my Ethernet switches

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 07:38:39 JST silverwizard

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     @Quinnypig Comedians
     Abbot, Costello, Wayne, Shuster, Poettering
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 08:30:12 JST silverwizard

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     • CynBlogger™️Dissents
     • Michael Brown
     the problem with Star Trek names is @supermathie figuring out there's a freezeframe gag USSElmer Fudd and using it @cynblogger @Quinnypig
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     CynBlogger™️Dissents (cynblogger@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 08:30:13 JST CynBlogger™️Dissents

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     @Quinnypig
     I went full-on Star Trek with mine.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 02:43:23 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • May First Movement Technology

     @Quinnypig At @mayfirst, we're currently sunsetting the naming scheme based on social movement heroes. Details: https://help.mayfirst.org/en/explain/why-new-infrastructure