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Famous Computers?

M_Jones
05-18-2007, 12:32 PM
My home PCs are all named after famous computers (or thereabouts) from films, tv etc

So our current network looks like this:

Zen
Queeg
Kryten
Orac
Slave
Mother
Tardis
Terminator
Holly


Anyway I have a new computer and im running out of names! Any suggestions following this pattern!

Martin

PS We did have a HAL but i dont wanna call my new PC that...

Rage_3K_Moiz
05-18-2007, 01:24 PM
Kal-El would sound pretty cool. :)

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05-18-2007, 01:24 PM

nickslick74
05-18-2007, 01:43 PM
How about WOPR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOPR)?

M_Jones
05-18-2007, 01:59 PM
Ha ha thats a pretty cool one ^

nickslick74
05-18-2007, 02:23 PM
I aim to please!

supersmashbrada
05-18-2007, 02:29 PM
"Talent" yeah there ya go

CMH
05-19-2007, 12:21 AM
So much for me being a computer enthusiast, I've got no idea what those names are, and have no suggestions :S

NetCablesPlus
05-19-2007, 01:29 PM
How about a few from Star Trek: 'Data' or 'The Doctor' or 'The Borg'?

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05-19-2007, 01:29 PM

Finchy
05-21-2007, 03:42 PM
Try SHODAN, the AI-that-would-be-god from System Shock

beef_jerky4104
05-22-2007, 11:06 PM
I would name it "Gray" because Gray Corp. Computers are the best super computers. Litterally.

cfitzarl
05-23-2007, 12:05 AM
I thought you meant from the title, famous computers :S; so my answer would have been the Apple II :D !

RamenNoodles
05-23-2007, 09:43 PM
How about Mike Jones?

CMH
05-23-2007, 09:52 PM
I think I'll change my computer name to SuperCray.

CMH now stands for "Cray (in) My Home".

:D:D:D

M_Jones
06-15-2007, 06:35 AM
WOPR.



Thanks all

shotbythesherif
07-03-2008, 06:49 AM
How about MULTIVAC from the Issac Asimov books ???
Or what about SKYNET
Or K9

Or there is a great list on wikipedia.org on this topic wiki/Computers_in_fiction

Sorry for not being able to post the actual link - the admin of this board won't let me.

Glad I'm not the only person being geeky :)

Keith

kimsland
07-03-2008, 08:10 AM
Robby is the most famous robot
http://i31.tinypic.com/atsv0j.jpg

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07-03-2008, 08:10 AM

TimeParadoX
07-03-2008, 08:14 AM
Blue Gene. ( make sure it's a really fast super-computer )

captaincranky
07-03-2008, 08:43 AM
I don't know how you managed to miss "HAL 9000", the homicidal ships computer from "2001: A Space Oddyssey"!:evil:

mopar man
07-03-2008, 05:56 PM
Actually, captain, he said he had a Hal, but he doesn't want this one to be named that.

I like Arsenal Gear (if I remember correctly) myself, from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, but I also like WOPR.

EDIT, wow this was from 2007 people...

captaincranky
07-03-2008, 07:37 PM
Actually, captain, he said he had a Hal, but he doesn't want this one to be named that.

I like Arsenal Gear (if I remember correctly) myself, from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, but I also like WOPR.

EDIT, wow this was from 2007 people...

I can't read, I used to work for the Post Office.:o

mopar man
07-05-2008, 12:40 PM
Heh.

That explains why my mail is going to the neighbors so often....

I think we need to pull the scientists out and switch their jobs.
We don't need cures for diseases, we need our mail in the proper mailboxes!

CMH
07-09-2008, 05:49 AM
I just found a pretty obscure, but important name.

The name of one of the first ever PCs, called the Alto. It was called Gzunda, because it "gzunda the desk".

captaincranky
07-09-2008, 09:24 AM
I just found a pretty obscure, but important name.

The name of one of the first ever PCs, called the Alto. It was called Gzunda, because it "gzunda the desk".

Now CMH, are you sure that this isn't the computer from "The Sopranos"?:haha: :wave:

Heh.

That explains why my mail is going to the neighbors so often.... BTW mopar, it not only explains it, it justifies it!:rolleyes:

tragicallyhip
07-12-2008, 06:15 PM
Enigma sounds good

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