Conference thebay::joyoflex

    G'day,
    
    
    MMMmmmm.... 
    
    The AI centre in Sydney, downunder, came up with a theme for their
    nodes.
    All are the word 'knowledge' in various languages..
    
    erfare, urisko, chisik....
    
    
    We in SPR SWS/Engineering decided to do much the same. Our group
    _was_ known as SPARC (South Pacific Applications R&d Centre) so
    the first node is LAMHRA which is Lebonese for a sparK
    next came CHISPA - spanish
    and Shrara - Arabic.  Provided no-one nicks it, our cluster server
    will be 
    
    ECLAT - french for a burst or lightning which = a big spark
                                                 
    
    But the winner would _have_ to be Jeff Goodenough's NEARLY
    
    as in NEARLY::GOODENOUGH.
    
    perhaps yours should be SIMPLY::DEVINE   :-)  (its not used in my
    data base)
    
    Ah that's meant to be simply::dIvine of course, not an aspersion
    on your capabilities......    
    
    Derek
    
    

     Oh, pooh!
     
     I wanted to be the first to vote for NEARLY::GOODENOUGH!
     
     My second favorite was CALLME::INDESCRIBABLE; the node is
     real, but I don't think the username was. :-)
     
     I think GIDDAY:: describes its geographic location in an
     interesting way.
     
     Dan

       
       
       RE: -1 
       	
       		my favorite is NEARLY::GOODENOUGH too!
       
       	My GPX is named after me (in a fashon) -- THEGIZ. 
       	(My nickname has been Gizmo since _The_Gremlins_ came out)
       
       				-Jay

    I'll vote for NEARLY::GOODENOUGH too.
    
    One of the people in my group requested *and got* "DEC::"
    much to everybody's surprise.

    I don't know what it is now, but a past incarnation of VOGON had
    node number 42.42

    Correction to .5, that should have been FORTY2.

    If I were still an editor, my VAXstation would be called CUSTOS. (But
    if I were an editor I wouldn't _have_ a VAXstation).
    
    b

        Node THESIS (37.520) belongs to a group of Technical Writers.

        	Mike

    > perhaps yours should be SIMPLY::DEVINE   :-)
    
    I like it!  I wish I had considered that when wracking my brain
    for a name last year.  I really wanted COMEDY::DEVINE but someone
    had that.
    
    Here's a partial list of all the names I tried:
    
       tiktok, mojo,   curly,  dejavu, kgbvax, limbo,  psycho, rifraf
       mentat, noname, riddle, populi (as in "vax populi";-), tesla
       bueno,  argent, helium, mothra, alien,  beyond, daemon, terror,
       orange, fiesta, comedy, cmkrnl, hohoho, rodeo,  bobvax, nro,
       ciavax, bonmot, reagan, ronnie, bonzo,  hack,   hacker, hacked
       kludge, etaoin, shrdlu, rkymtn, rhino,  plan9,  peewee, bugs

    You could consider our node name.  Although not a slick as NEARLY::
    (I'll vote for it as the integrated node and user combo), MISFIT
    does discribe many of the Digital employees I have met.
    
    Me? I'm as norm..norm..normal as an..an..anybody!
    
    Steve

    Oh for the opportunity to be able to chose node names ....
    
    Ours are assigned so we have such wonders as KAOFS ... perfectly
    logical ... KANATA OFFICE FIELD SERVICE ... but perfectly boring.
    
    So, I look at all these people with real node names and hear people
    talk of real node names and want to cry!!!
    
    Signed
    
    Depressed in Kanata
    
    (Stuart)

    I've been keeping track of a few of my favorites with the following
    procedure since I had to name a VS2000.  Most are self-explanatory;
    LBLOOM and NORAB are for Joyce fans, KYZYL for Feynman fans, RIK is
    my name (initials, actually), KABEL is my family name.  Other names
    that I considered are THESIS, ARSIS, EIRON, and ALAZON.
    
    I named my workstation FOOBAR, thinking that I grabbed a great
    name.  Every day or so, I have all my security alarms go off
    when someone tries out a new program, and uses my nodename for
    a test!  Methinks this is why the name was available when I grabbed
    it.
    
    Feel free to put your own favorite names into the procedure below,
    or use any of the names in it.  If you choose any from the short
    list, let me know if your local police let you keep it.
    
    
$ write sys$output "Checking names against Anchor node db..."
$ create sys$scratch:node.lis
$ define/user sys$output nla0:
$ define/user sys$error  nla0:
$ ncp
!
! alpha list (more or less) of available names
!                           
tell anchor show node	angry	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	askwhy	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	bushwa	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	cliche	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	climax	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	decnot	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	decnut	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	empty	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	encode	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	4rent	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	hairy	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	hakmem	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	irate	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	kyzyl	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	lbloom	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	leased	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	mad	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	nodule	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	nogood	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	norab	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	quit	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	quiz	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	reader	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	resume	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	rik	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	rotten	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	ugly	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	upset	to sys$scratch:node.lis
!
! for the less tasteful...
!
tell anchor show node	4nic8e	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	4nic8r	to sys$scratch:node.lis
tell anchor show node	smegma	to sys$scratch:node.lis
!
exit
$ !
$ write sys$output "All names checked."
$ define/user sys$output nla0:
$ define/user sys$error  nla0:
$ search/out=sys$scratch:nodes_used.lis sys$scratch:node.lis "("
$ if $status .ne. 1 then goto all_ok
$	say "The following node names have been used."
$	say "Please update the list to reflect this."
$	type sys$scratch:node.lis
$	goto done_listing
$all_ok:
$ write sys$output "All names available."
$ delete/noconfirm/nolog sys$scratch:nodes_used.lis;*
$done_listing:
$ delete/noconfirm/nolog sys$scratch:node.lis;*
$ exit
$ !
$ !	the following have been used since I started this!
$ !
$ ! as of   	area.node       name
$ !	1988
$ !  6/ 8	   3.243	verbal
$ !  6/ 8	   3.243	noetic
$ !  6/ 8	   3.267 	cipher
$ !  6/ 8	  26.219	rebus
$ !  7/26	  48.447	oddity
$ !  8/ 8	  31.61		anomie
$ !  ?/ ?	   4.962	kabel
$ !  9/13	   5.82		think
$ !  9/22	  26.29		topgun
$ ! 10/11	  37.171	wallst
$ ! 11/11	  34.96		techie
$ ! 12/20	  44.677	exit
$ !	1989
$ !  2/ 1	  55.974	brainy
$ !
    

    
    When the Sydney RDC was scratching around for a node name for our
    MicroVAX boot node, one of the guy's suggested THEPOO (pronounced
    "the poo") 'cos that's what we kept getting in.  Strangly enough,
    the name was approved and registered, much to our surprise!
    
    We also has two nodes named in succesion - THEONE and THETWO.
    
    ..klaas..
    

    	"51" is a local brand of pastis, and I was the original system
    manager for node FIFTY1. I tried to get number 51.51 for it, but there
    was some silly idea that 50-59 was reserved to Portugal, so it ended up
    as 51.115.

    I used to be in a group which had the node name UGLY::  and all
    user names were the first names of the individuals.  I guess it was
    all right if you had thick skin, but I thought it was a bit of black
    humor.  As far as I know, that system has been decommissioned and the
    node name is up for grabs.
    
    Before I came up with my present node (GRNDAD::) I tried for ROCKY
    (ROCKY::STONE ??) but found that there was a whole series of ROCKY::,
    ROCKY1::, ROCKY2::, etc.
    
    Roy  [formerly UGLY::ROY]

    I always liked IMGAWN:: and IMBACQ::.
    
    >Mark E. (once on ME::) Trumpler

    I recently had some mail forwarded to me from Cecilia Child.  It
    is certainly delightful to receive mail from STAR::CHILD.
    
    Bernie

< Note 621.9 by COOKIE::DEVINE "Bob Devine, CXN" >


>   > perhaps yours should be SIMPLY::DEVINE   :-)
    
>   I like it!  I wish I had considered that when wracking my brain
>   for a name last year.  I really wanted COMEDY::DEVINE but someone
>   had that.
    
>   Here's a partial list of all the names I tried:

>    :

    How about one that's missing from your list, Bob?
    
    GLORY::DEVINE
    
    Apart from the theological connotations, it has added significance
    because it is the Cockney rhyming-slang name for a useful disinfectant
    -- i.e. bug-eliminating -- substance ... Chloride-of-Lime.
    
    Jim

    I don't know if the E-net has these for node names anywhere, but the
    University of Houston has a cluster with node names ASTRO::,  GEORGE::,
    and ELROY:: with an alias of JETSON::.
    
    I have always thought a good cluster would consist of nodes MACTHE::,
    GINSU::, POCKET::, and BOWIE:: with an alias of KNIFE::
    
    d

    We had a cluster in Littleton with the name of Runway. The cluster
    members were Cessna, Beech, Piper, and Mooney. There were a lot of
    pilots on the project, who were able to get together and form a working
    plurality at the naming convention. The majority disagreed among
    themselves and so lost their chance at any other naming scheme. 

       Mimi Struck is on node THUNDA::.
       
       (It had been suggested to her that she try for node DUMB::, but
       she thought it was not a career-enhancing idea.)
       
       --Mr Topaz

    The COOKIE name is a cluster composed of cookie-related names.
    We have FUDGE, NEWTON, OREO, and CRUMBS currently form the cluster.
    Why CRUMBS?  Well, it was created by gathering together unused,
    spare parts to make a complete computer!
    
    Then there's the SLUM cluster at CXO...

    I'm sorry, but "KNIFE:" is already in use.  It's a Mac...
    
    						Ann B.

And then there's our colleague SCHOTT, working on a node named BIG::...

Arie

    Bob,
    
    Why didn't you try 24GIVE ?
    
    						Ann B.

    Seen recently:  GIVEME::JOY
    I wonder how many propositions she gets?
    
    >M

    Anne (.25) should move to CLOSET so she can be:
    
         CLOSET::BROOMHEAD
    
    Bruce 

    Perhaps I should have chosen to be RIGHT::DEVINE?

	re: Note 621.12 -< names, and a dcl procedure >-
    
    I see that two names have been taken from my list--KYZYL and UGLY.
    
    You're welcome. ;-)

    re:.28
    
    you couln't get COMEDY:: but did you try DANTE::?
    
    :-)

     Earlier today I came upon a note in the DECwindows conference
     written by John drift::Wood.

     Dan

    At YWO we had ASYLUM (I named that) and then INSANE so you could
    send mail to your favorite user at INSANE::ASYLUM::
    I still want to name a node SECJN8:: (Section 8) in honor of M.A.S.H.
    Someday I'll get my chance.
    
    Denise

>>     Someday I'll get my chance.

     ... but not before changing your username to "rises" or "balloon"? :-)

     Dan

    TURRIS::NODENAMES (now write-locked) has the stories behind some
    of the node names mentioned here.
    
    When I was UGLY::SIMON, our secretary did not like it at all to
    be UGLY::GAIL.  Before that, I lived for a while on the ALIEN::BEING::
    cluster.
    
    --Simon
    

    Then there are Mike and Linda, whose nodes are 2B:: and NOT2B::.
    

    I've always been kinda' fonda' DECWET and DECEAT, node names for
    systems belong to MSB located respectively in Seattle and Littleton.
    If you don't get it, consider the weather in Seattle, and its coastal
    proximity.  Apply an analogous transformation to the Littleton node.
    
    len.
    

    Wow! Five mentions!  I've been away from this conference for a while,
    but didn't know I was *so* famous :-)  Perhaps I do too much noting ...
    
    Jeff.
    
    PS:  I first looked for ALMOST::, but that had already gone.

        Gee whiz Jeff. Had you been in Littleton (LTN), you could have
        had an account on the node NOT!

        And in Nashua (ZKO) there is JUST.


        Then if you transfer to New York (MAV) you would be Jeff
        IS::GOODENOUGH.

        	Mike

    I'm visiting ZKO in a few weeks, and need a guest account.  Wonder if
    I could get on JUST? :-)
    
    Jeff.

	Well I suppose if I got to Littleton, they'd put me on
	TINKER::

    
    A member of our group, Jon Rich, has just gotten a workstation which he
    is calling FILTHY::
    
    Valerie

    Hamand::Eggers

     For the Star Trek fans out there, there is Steve CAPTIN:: Kirk.

     Dan

    Larry Bleiweiss is also on node KAPTIN::  His login?  KAPTIN::BLEI

        If Danny, Jane, Judy, Roger or Vince Money were transferred to
        IPO in Atlanta GA, their VAX MAIL address could be EASY::MONEY.

        And for Anne, Donald or Ray Street... you guessed it, EASY::STREET.

        	Mike

Re .12

Wouldn't it be easier to check for node names by searching the file
ANCHOR""::NET$NODES:MININODE.LST ?

Dave C.

I'd settle for 

	INSTAN::TINIUS

Stephen

    Tom Speake (a sometime reader of this conference) has named his
    system CPIKE::
    
    					andrew

    Re: .49
    
    I hope CPIKE::Speake is in Colorado Springs!

>   I hope CPIKE::Speake is in Colorado Springs!

        Sorry. Area 7, MRO - Marlboro, MA

It's all very well for you people with punnable user names, but what can you
do with JOHNSTON?

I ask you...

Ian

    You could try node FLOOD::. It's not even taken.
    
    	Jon

HOWARD::JOHNSTON could be fun.

What about IAN::JOHNSTON?

Or even BORING::NODENAME

    UVO Basingstoke, England -  Customer Support Center

        Today I saw: YOGI::BLAIR

    Re .53 (Ian):
    
    How about ARTE::JOHNSTON?
    
    He was _superior_ in _Love at First Bite_.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    A cooleague told me about one of our employees in Basingstoke called
    John Dick. He is on node BIGIST.

       vvvvvvvvv
>    A cooleague told me about one of our employees in Basingstoke called
>    John Dick. He is on node BIGIST.

Richard,

will you please copy your reply in topic 666 ("jolly typos")?

:-)

Arie

    Is a cooleague an unflappable co-worker?
    
    					andrew

>    Is a cooleague an unflappable co-worker?

or perhaps a fellow coolie?

Clay

    I read it as "colleague whom one does not like very much" - or,
    presumably, who does not like *you* very much.
    
    Lovely word - kudos to the author, whether it was intentional or not!
    
    -b

    Re "cooleague":
    
    The 30th President of the U.S. -- Calvin Cooleague
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

>    Is a cooleague an unflappable co-worker?
    
	...or the last three miles on a trek to the North Pole?


	>>AL<<

	Guess I could be EXPERI::MENTAL... ?

						Ken M

    Or INSTRU:: if you are particularly effective,
    
    or DETRI:: if you are ineffective,
    
    or SACRA:: if it matters to you,
    
    or JUDGE:: if would care to argue about it.
    
    Bernie

    Or SENTI:: if you are caring,
    
    Or QUITE:: if you are short of a load,
    
    Or FUNDA:: if you are basic.
    
    Nick

        I know there is a RUSTY in REO Reading but this one is in Nashua,
        NH:

        Try Sue RUSTIE::NALE

        "Cross my heart and hope to die!" Check it out in ELF.

        	Mike

The Rusty I know of in Reading is one Elspeth Bell, who is indeed a
    redhead, and known as Rusty Bell. Groan.
    
    As well as NEARLY::GOODENOUGH, and CALLME::MR_TOPAZ, which are both
    too good to be real, I have heard there is a guy called CURLY on
    a node called SHORTN.
    
    Here in Welwyn (pron. Wellin) we have kept the prefix WEL on our
    node names, which has brought various possibilities:
    
    WELFED, which you use after lunch in the canteen
    WELCUT, for after lunch in the pub
    WELPST, same thing - or is that one for starting rumours?
    WELLIE, salesmen never use this one of course
    WELHNG, you should be so lucky!
    
    Phillip    

    
    Two systems @NQO -
        			WEFXIT::
    				UBRKIT::
    
    Our VCS system -  
                                CLUELS::

    I recently came across some mail from Mary Cabanya - on node COPA.
    
    Bernie

>>	Shay SEVNUP::DeCola

	I thought 7-Up was the UnCola.

	Dan

>	I thought 7-Up was the UnCola.

        Then move to San German, Puerto Rico where Shay could have:

                             COKE::DeCola

    His preferred node on the REGENT cluster, for some reason.
    
    						Ann B.

	I sent mail earlier today to muddy::Waters.

	Dan

     Hey .26! How about:

                   Name:  DEBBIE JOY
                    DTN:  244-6887, Telephone: 508-264-6887
         DECnet address:  JUMP4::JOY
     Internal Mail Addr:  AKO1-2/G16
               Org Unit:  GIA EIS-SOFTWARE SVCS, Customer Support, Technical
                     Services
               Position:  Network Consultant

     ELF lists four members of the Joy clan but with no other good node
     names. MTS has no imagination with stuff like MTS$::"HLO::EDWARD JOY" 8^)

From:	KAPTIN::BLEI "Larry Bleiweiss MR04-2/C15 297-5408  30-Jun-1992 1227"
To:	SSDEVO::EGGERS
CC:	BLEI
Subj:	...

There also appears to be a

    NODE::USERNAME
    
on the net.
    
...petri

There's a COLON::, but I don't know if there's a Col�n on it.

    There used to be a SEMI::, too; in fact, I think it was a router for
    COLON:: at one point, so some lucky people could give their network
    addresses as "semi, colon, colon, colon, colon, colon..." [or,
    presumably, ";::::" for short].
    
    I heard - though it may have been apocryphal - that node SEMI was
    ordered out of existence by someone Higher Up. Don't know whether they
    thought it was tacky, or just figured it would lead to too much
    confusion...
    
    -b

our cals:: cluster had the following nodes:

	pcasso::, matise::, vanryn::, rubens::, and one other.

--Angela

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