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message 1: by Random (new)

Random (rand0m1s) | 1247 comments Mostly off topic.

So Balder's Gate 3 has made me realize that I badly need a new machine. This one is nearly 6 years old and wimpers at me every time I launch the game.

New machine has been ordered and should be here before the end of the month. Which leads to where I need your help.

While I have an Invader Zim naming scheme for mobile devices, I've never come up with one for my computers and the names chosen have been somewhat of a random mix.

Anyone feel creative and want to give me a hand? Some past machine names have been
Enigma
Oracle
Paradox
Anima

My creativity right now is pretty non existent. Might be due to this heat wave cooking my brain while still inside my skull.

All suggestions are welcome. Even if its not something I would use, it might help me think of something I would. :)

Some naming schemes that are off the table:

Invader Zim is strictly for mobile devices.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as that's what I used to name the servers at work.

Lensman and Skylark are also off the table as those are what my husband uses.


message 2: by Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover (new)

Kathi | 4330 comments Mod
I had to look up Invader Zim as I’d never heard of it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Some ideas:
Planets (real or fictional) or fantasy worlds
Constellations
Comets
Raptors (whose names are also sometimes used for aircraft or spacecraft)


message 3: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) | 387 comments I name my devices after when I bought them. "Summer 2019" for example. I'm intrigued by your creativity.


message 4: by Random (new)

Random (rand0m1s) | 1247 comments Can't have a space in a computer name, but thanks for the suggestions.

Temp dropped 20 degrees today however my body is still refusing to sleep. As I was just laying there I had the though of Star Control 2 for a naming convention with the added bonus is that it could supply me in names for a long time.

Some possibilities are
Spathi - I LOVE the Spathi
Zoq-Fot-Pik
Mycon
Yehat
Chmmr
Pkunk
Arilou
Umgah

Still open to suggestions. I'm not quite sold on this yet.


message 5: by Cheryl (last edited Aug 19, 2023 11:06AM) (new)

Cheryl (cherylllr) | 387 comments Yeah, underbar works as a space sometimes, as I'm sure you know.


message 6: by Shel, Moderator (new)

Shel (shel99) | 3139 comments Mod
I had a computer named Athena if you want to go the mythological deity route!


message 7: by Random (last edited Aug 20, 2023 10:04AM) (new)

Random (rand0m1s) | 1247 comments I might have it

Chimera

With some other possibilities
Phantasm
Mirage
Surreal


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