Topic: WCDT: 2515-2519 (August 19-23, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 28025 times)

bhtooefr · « **Reply #51 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 15:48 »

Do I get to post my hostnames?

Solaris
sparcgap: A Sun Ultra 1 200E Creator3D that I no longer have, my first Solaris box. Jumped the gap into SPARC ownership (although my printer is SPARC-based, too).
leydenjar: An RDI PowerLite 640 (50 MHz) that I was given. This being a laptop clone of the SPARCstation LX, it's an old way to take a SPARC with you. A Leyden jar was an old way to take a spark with you.

brescia: A Sun Blade 2500 2x 1.6 GHz, which was the fastest CPU configuration offered in a workstation-class SPARC machine. So, it was the "biggest" SPARC. The lightning strike with the biggest impact as far as death toll struck Brescia, Italy, when it hit the Bastion of San Nazaro, detonating 90 Mg of gun powder, and killing 3000. We'll call that the "biggest" spark.

Other *nix
uncannyvalley: A Dell CS24-SC running FreeBSD 9.1 (runs http://bhtooefr.org). Basically, a whitebox server that Dell slapped their logo on, to get a 2-socket, 4-bay 1U machine. So, it's a weird Dell. Weird == uncanny, Dell == valley.
korora: An IBM RS/6000 Model 250, although that has nothing (except for the size, the 2xx chassis being the smallest MCA machine with two 32-bit MCA slots) to do with the name, and it's only in this category because the host OS is AIX. It's got a P/390 Adapter/A (with RAM card) installed, which is a System/390-compatible CPU, 32 MiB RAM (and another card bolted to it with another 96 MiB), and glue logic to attach it to the MCA bus. Kororā is Māori for the Little Blue Penguin, which is the smallest penguin. IBM is commonly referred to as Big Blue. The mainframes are the biggest IBM hardware. This is the smallest possible IBM mainframe.

RISC OS
riscybusiness - This was my StrongARM Acorn RiscPC. I might resurrect it (needs a motherboard) eventually.
sapling - My Acorn A3020. The A3010 and A3020 were the smallest non-laptop RISC OS machines, and were also among the slowest (there were a few slower, though). Good for games, though.

Wintel
KiaAvella: An Acer Aspire One D250. In the US, Ford sold the Kia Avella (a variant of the first-generation Mazda 121) as the Ford Aspire.
Ko-Hyoteki: A Fujitsu P1620. Core 2 Duo in a netbook sized machine... so a little machine that pack(ed for its time) a punch. Ko-hyoteki means target (which was some subterfuge, in case it was discovered by spies), but was the name used for several classes of midget submarine that the Japanese used in WW2 (including in the attack on Pearl Harbor) - a little machine that packed a punch.

Other
bradbury: My printer. Capable of burning through paper. (Also, this acts as a continuation of the theme that the other SPARC machines started (I named this one last, it ran the factory default hostname for the longest time). What could set paper on fire? A spark. And this has a SPARC.)

None of my Apple devices have interesting hostnames (bhtooefr-ibook for my iBook G4 IIRC (been a LOOOOONG time since I've booted that), bhtooefr-mbpr for my MBP Retina, I don't think the Mac LC has a hostname (I got it to use it as a IIGS peripheral, though, to route LocalTalk traffic), and the IIGS doesn't have a hostname (nowhere to put one, although there is a Unix-like environment for it, but I haven't gotten that running to the point that I can change it from the default).) My phones and tablet run their defaults.

After all of those puns, I think I'll go ahead and put a C-note in the pun jar.

cesium133 · « **Reply #52 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 16:07 »

I really should come up with some theme for my hostnames... all my computers have hostnames of the form (myname)-(type of computer), e.g. (myname)-DESKTOP.

pwhodges · « **Reply #53 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 16:16 »

My home server host is running Hyper-V - it is called Juggler because it has to juggle its workload.

The domain controller (virtual) is called Boss, and the backup domain controller (physical - an old laptop in fact) is Sidekick. The file and web server (also SSH, torrents) is Minion (also virtual). No explanations needed, I guess.

(Previous servers have been called Dunce, 'cos the desktop is cleverer, and Elf, 'cos it was a busy little helper.)

Current desktops - mine: Willis (a family name); my wife's: Polly (one of the dogs) and Oxford ('cos it was my wife's work machine when she worked there). There's also a couple of laptops, but their names keep changing, and I can't remember what they are at present.

My domain name (both MS and Internet) is cassland.org - I used to live in a Cassland Road.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #54 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 20:19 »

I feel like Willis captured the spirit of Claire quite well in this guest strip.

And having read through all of Roomies!/It's Walky! this weekend made me really confused when I opened QC and saw Willis' art style.

celticgeek · « **Reply #55 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 20:24 »

My computer's name is "gaidhlig". Self explanatory for a celtic geek.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #56 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 20:57 »

Claire, what have you done?!

Also,

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #57 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 21:37 »

I did not realize what the spaceships were on first viewing.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #58 on:** 19 Aug 2013, 21:43 »

She's just upset because nobody's alive to hear her pun.

ZoeB · « **Reply #59 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 01:30 »

Look out! There are Llamas!

Ok, Alpacas. Same diff.

I suppose I better explain again....

Toe · « **Reply #60 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 02:13 »

I object, this comic only shows one butt, when there obviously has to be plural butts for an appropriate BUTTS LOL, I mean we have a clear case of Butts Disease, there's a dire need here, so BUTTS!!!!

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #61 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 04:06 »

Quote from: ZoeB on 20 Aug 2013, 01:30

Look out! There are Llamas!

Ok, Alpacas. Same diff.

I suppose I better explain again....

*shake shake*

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #62 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 04:09 »

Ooooh curse you troll master general Jephizba! Curse you! Enjoy your vacation!

Carl-E · « **Reply #63 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 06:39 »

Quote from: Toe on 20 Aug 2013, 02:13

I object, this comic only shows one butt, when there obviously has to be plural butts for an appropriate BUTTS LOL, I mean we have a clear case of Butts Disease, there's a dire need here, so BUTTS!!!!

Pretty sure it's Faye's butt, though. That's worth a few right there...

FuryoftheStars · « **Reply #64 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 07:03 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Aug 2013, 21:43

She's just upset because nobody's alive to hear her pun.

Quote from: ZoeB on 20 Aug 2013, 01:30

Look out! There are Llamas!

Ok, Alpacas. Same diff.

*facepalm* I didn't catch the spelling until after I read these two and went back to look again....

Quote from: Toe on 20 Aug 2013, 02:13

I object, this comic only shows one butt, when there obviously has to be plural butts for an appropriate BUTTS LOL, I mean we have a clear case of Butts Disease, there's a dire need here, so BUTTS!!!!

Well, you do also have a couple robot Alpaca butts in profile.... Yeah, I don't think those would count for much, either.

TimO · « **Reply #65 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 08:50 »

Regarding May's name, presumably in AI/AnthroPC space, they communicate using their own "internal" naming / designation system. This could quite possibly something as simple as an IPv6 address, but it doesn't necessarily need to be human readable (OK, we can read IPv6 IPs, but they're not very friendly).

If May hadn't had much to do with human's previously, she may not have needed a name which humans could easily use, so her interactions with Dale may have been her first significant human to non-human communication, and that necessitated a name.

I quite liked May, she had an appropriately "what the fuck" attitude, so hopefully we'll see her again, further downstream.

Since we have a lot of machines at work (I'm not sure how many, certainly tens of thousands), but only one Windows domain, and thanks to Microsoft's forethought, a flat namespace, every machine has to be uniquely identifiable via it's name alone (even though the FQDN allows them to be recognised through the hierarchical structure of the DNS system). Locally, through random historical chance, we've ended up giving all our lab's servers names relating to horses, so they've become more and more cryptic. The early ones were Unicorn and Pegasus, but in more recent times we've had to resort to names like Xanthus and Balius!

pwhodges · « **Reply #66 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 09:17 »

Quote from: TimO on 20 Aug 2013, 08:50

thanks to Microsoft's forethought, a flat namespace, every machine has to be uniquely identifiable via it's name alone (even though the FQDN allows them to be recognised through the hierarchical structure of the DNS system).

This is why my machines at work all have (had, it's changed recently) names starting with clph- and ending with the last digits of their IP address (and some coded letters in between).

However, note that it's no longer necessary to use NetBIOS/WINS in a domain, so the flat namespace can be history.

In my previous job, the naming "scheme" was that any new machine, server or desktop, had to have a name that was as completely unconnected with any other name on the network as could be thought of; that's how I ended up with a desktop called "Bread".

KOK · « **Reply #67 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 09:38 »

The server names at work are named using a scheeme that is frequently changed. We have

Animals of prey
Asterix characters
Scientist
Nordic mythology

depending more on when the server was named than what it is or what is does. The most recent scheme is strings of letters and digits that seem emminently logical to the infrastructure people, but utterly random to everybody else.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #68 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 10:00 »

For my stuff the naming scheme is Nordic Mythology as well.

My Android has the hostname "ratatoskur".

FuryoftheStars · « **Reply #69 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 10:01 »

Our work servers are named... not very originally. First couple letters are the site designation followed by what it hosts (ie, DC for Domain Controller, FP for File & Print, NOTES for our old Lotus Notes mail server, etc) and a numeric if needed. Regular PCs are either the user's last name first initial with the PC model tacked on the end, or site initials and station location. It works, though.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #70 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 10:25 »

Fuzzy mini-llamas.

EDIT: PT410X found his serial number more dignified for ID purposes than a human-style name.

Interesting difference: Winslow got to pick his own name, May didn't. Is that a civil right you lose in Robot Jail?

Storel · « **Reply #71 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 12:01 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 20 Aug 2013, 10:25

Fuzzy mini-llamas.

Link no worky.

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 20 Aug 2013, 10:25

Interesting difference: Winslow got to pick his own name, May didn't. Is that a civil right you lose in Robot Jail?

For companion APCs, I have the impression that the process is pretty informal: if the 'bot doesn't already have a name, it and the human toss around some ideas, and the 'bot picks one it likes. Or if it doesn't have a strong preference, maybe it lets the human pick. (I don't think they've ever mentioned how Pintsize got named, though.)

For an AI prisoner in a work-release program, the rules are likely a bit stricter. In fact, I think May explicitly tells Dale "You get to name me" because of the program she's in. So yeah, that's probably a right you don't get when you're a prisoner.

FuryoftheStars · « **Reply #72 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 13:42 »

Quote from: Storel on 20 Aug 2013, 12:01

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 20 Aug 2013, 10:25
Interesting difference: Winslow got to pick his own name, May didn't. Is that a civil right you lose in Robot Jail?

For companion APCs, I have the impression that the process is pretty informal: if the 'bot doesn't already have a name, it and the human toss around some ideas, and the 'bot picks one it likes. Or if it doesn't have a strong preference, maybe it lets the human pick. (I don't think they've ever mentioned how Pintsize got named, though.)

For an AI prisoner in a work-release program, the rules are likely a bit stricter. In fact, I think May explicitly tells Dale "You get to name me" because of the program she's in. So yeah, that's probably a right you don't get when you're a prisoner.

Hmm, obviously up for interpretation, but my view of it was that she simply didn't have one yet and/or didn't care... 2495, 3rd panel

Kugai · « **Reply #73 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 14:23 »

The Alpacalypse

Damn

*Heads for a Llamasary*

cesium133 · « **Reply #74 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 14:28 »

I don't know if Christianity will save us from the Alpacalypse. Perhaps we should consult the Dalai Llama?

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #75 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 14:52 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Aug 2013, 06:39

Quote from: Toe on 20 Aug 2013, 02:13
I object, this comic only shows one butt, when there obviously has to be plural butts for an appropriate BUTTS LOL, I mean we have a clear case of Butts Disease, there's a dire need here, so BUTTS!!!!

Pretty sure it's Faye's butt, though. That's worth a few right there...

and it looks like she's..... aiming?

FuryoftheStars · « **Reply #76 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 15:20 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 20 Aug 2013, 14:28

I don't know if Christianity will save us from the Alpacalypse. Perhaps we should consult the Dalai Llama?

Didn't Sim City 2k or 3k have funny cracks now and again involving Llamas? Including some reference to a Dali Llama?

Quote from: FunkyTuba on 20 Aug 2013, 14:52

Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Aug 2013, 06:39
Quote from: Toe on 20 Aug 2013, 02:13
I object, this comic only shows one butt, when there obviously has to be plural butts for an appropriate BUTTS LOL, I mean we have a clear case of Butts Disease, there's a dire need here, so BUTTS!!!!

Pretty sure it's Faye's butt, though. That's worth a few right there...

and it looks like she's..... aiming?

I'm sorry... that comment couldn't help but remind me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9rBv4Dn3Bk&feature=player_detailpage&t=83, start 1:23

ankhtahr · « **Reply #77 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 15:36 »

Hmm. Reading Jeph's twitter makes me imagine him like this.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #78 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 17:08 »

Quote from: Storel on 20 Aug 2013, 12:01

Link no worky.

Thank you -- fixed it.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #79 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 18:20 »

I have no idea what's going on in todays guest comic and am confused that Claire is suddenly built like Triple H.

jwhouk · « **Reply #80 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 18:33 »

May's Gone, Where do we go from here?

The first date, of course. 7 (10.6%)
Back to CoD, as always. 5 (7.6%)
Angus finds out - he got the part! 6 (9.1%)
Wacky "Smif is back in session" hijinks! 1 (1.5%)
MOM shows up in NoHam - and makes a beeline for the Secret Bakery! 3 (4.5%)
Amir books the band for a concert! 5 (7.6%)
A week of guest strips! 7 (10.6%) <-- Sadly, the winner.
A week of Yelling Bird and Harriet! 7 (10.6%)
C'mon, you're slipping; you forgot (unfinished storyline to be named later) 3 (4.5%)
Waffles and Spathe Ham! 1 (1.5%)
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY 7 (10.6%)
Who cares? It'll be funny. 6 (9.1%)
MOAR MAYYYYYY!!!!!! 4 (6.1%)
Claire puns again! (That's for Westrim.) 4 (6.1%) <--- DAMN YOU, WILLIS!

Total Members Voted: 66

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #81 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 18:45 »

Quote from: Rghfrgl on 20 Aug 2013, 18:20

I have no idea what's going on in todays guest comic and am confused that Claire is suddenly built like Triple H.

Maybe she was given Steroids instead of Hormones?

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #82 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 18:54 »

I hope this isn't followed by Hanners getting stimulants.

Toe · « **Reply #83 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 20:30 »

Took me a moment to figure out the first panel. (Made a lot more sense after that.)

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #84 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 20:46 »

Yeah the entire source of the confusion is 'who is the man in panel 1?' And now I feel silly not knowing it was Hanners just from context.

DSL · « **Reply #85 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 20:49 »

I rather like the way the green men are aping the Official Star Trek TOS Bridge Poses.

Carl-E · « **Reply #86 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 20:57 »

Kel's style is a bit... wonky. I quit following Sorcery 101 a while back.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #87 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 22:43 »

The new poll is difficult with just a single vote. Willis and Corsetto are, of course, more familiar (not forgetting a bunch of locals). Rolling dice - Danielle gets the nod this time.

Squiddlywinx · « **Reply #88 on:** 20 Aug 2013, 23:52 »

I've been naming electronics since my first iPod asked me to. That was Bob, its successors were Jasper, my kindle's Suzy, and my laptops have been Jonah and Lola because I like Vonnegut and The Kinks.

And this strip seems like a weirdly in character thing for Hannelore to do. Claire and Clinton seem to have their quirks/relationship ramped up for drama but I could see Hannelore encoding some sort of hidden message into at least one of their songs. And now I'm wondering why Deathmole doesn't really make cheap little youtube videos to kind of get Hanners into performing. I'm sure Winslow could help out.

Storel · « **Reply #89 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 01:45 »

Quote from: FuryoftheStars on 20 Aug 2013, 13:42

Hmm, obviously up for interpretation, but my view of it was that she simply didn't have one yet and/or didn't care... 2495, 3rd panel

Ah, yes, I seem to have misremembered that strip. Looks like you have it right, thanks!

WareWolf · « **Reply #90 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 05:22 »

(Long time lurker, first time poster)

Why is Hanners a dude?

jwhouk · « **Reply #91 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 05:52 »

Hanners has been known to hack her hair short. She really needs to stop reading Wikipedia.

KOK · « **Reply #92 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 06:17 »

The guest comic authors really like Claire.

WareWolf · « **Reply #93 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 08:24 »

Quote from: KOK on 21 Aug 2013, 06:17

The guest comic authors really like Claire.

As the parent of a trans kid, I do too

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #94 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 11:25 »

Quote from: WareWolf on 21 Aug 2013, 05:22

(Long time lurker, first time poster)

Why is Hanners a dude?

The more I think about that the more questions I ask myself. Why is it so easy to mentally assign a sex based on a picture with so few cues? The short hair is just the Hanners we know. Is it something about facial dimensions, or is it the thick arms?

WareWolf · « **Reply #95 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 11:39 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Aug 2013, 11:25

Quote from: WareWolf on 21 Aug 2013, 05:22
(Long time lurker, first time poster)

Why is Hanners a dude?

The more I think about that the more questions I ask myself. Why is it so easy to mentally assign a sex based on a picture with so few cues? The short hair is just the Hanners we know. Is it something about facial dimensions, or is it the thick arms?

The arms, definitely. And the nose. The features are just too large and coarse to be immediately recognizable as Hannelore, who's much more slender and delicate looking.

FuryoftheStars · « **Reply #96 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 12:09 »

Yeah, I agree. The nose is what really sets it off for me. Took me a few times before I realized it was supposed to be Hanners.

Kugai · « **Reply #97 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 14:41 »

Toe · « **Reply #98 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 15:48 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 21 Aug 2013, 05:52

Hanners has been known to hack her hair short. She really needs to stop reading Wikipedia.

I always kinda wondered why she never let it grow back out, since it was sort of an accident. Well, other than the obvious 'because Jeph', of course.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #99 on:** 21 Aug 2013, 16:02 »

Well she didn't have a particularly good reason to do it in the first place but once it was short maybe she realized she liked it.

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