>On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 00:12, Dwight Hines wrote:
>
>> P.S. What about this naming of computers? Someone told me that if you name
>> your computer, it will give you less trouble and more fun. Any truth to
>> that?
>
>i agree with that one...
>my computers have names (well, they're mostly linux boxen and have a
>domain name... wembly.iriXx.org, hamish.iriXx.org, indigo.iriXx.org ...)
>all have various stories behind them...
Of course computers behave better when you call them by name! All of mine
have have had names, from my first, circa 1983, a ModComp Zorba Z-80 CP/M
machine named El Greco. Usually, I wait for the machine to reveal its true
character (if not its True Name) before naming it and connecting it to the
network.
>whereas i tend to be the sort of person who crashes machines by sitting
>in front of them... particularly G4s and iMacs...
>
>someone told me once that there's a theory on crystal behaviour and high
>energy / tension states... rather like people who can stop watches, some
>people can crash computers because of their high body energy...
I had a friend who could do that to El Greco on a regular basis. To say she
was high-energy would be an understatement. I never thought of hanging some
warding crystals ne El Greco when she was around.
>which would explain why newbies always panic and it crashes, then the
>expert comes along and it works fine...
Long ago, when micro-computers used cassette tapes for mass storage, I
worked as an OS maintenance technician for large main-frame computers. Even
those systems would acknowledge the presence of one who knew their True
Names. I could tame systems that even the operators couldn't manage because
I took the time to learn the True Name and true character of each system I
worked with.
Ask me some day about computers and the Way.
Sp00ky
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