Cheater!
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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Liese S. - Nov 11, 2012 4:18:32 pm PST #21480 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
-t - Nov 11, 2012 4:20:51 pm PST #21481 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I say if the old Cassandra is no more it's ok to reincarnate her in new hardware.
Eta: Oh, Miss Tick is good!
Etaa: Traditionally, my home network has Pratchett names for Mac stuff and Tolkein names for Windows. I'm pretty much losing my Tolkein population through attrition, though. It's a bummer.
NoiseDesign - Nov 11, 2012 4:24:52 pm PST #21482 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I wouldn't stand a chance if I didn't recycle names from hard drives that have gone the way of the Dodo.
Liese S. - Nov 11, 2012 4:29:18 pm PST #21483 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, but yours are ships, right, ND? There's a pretty limited number of ships' names, and you go through HDs at a right quick clip.
Networks: cities (Lothlorien, Rivendell, etc.) External HDs are towers (Minas Tirith). Portable handheld devices are weapons (Sting, Orcrist). Desktops and laptops are people, although it's all laptops these days. Current ones are Theoden, Gimli, and Galadriel. The last desktop was Rosie, because she stayed home. Oh, and the NAS is Elrond.
NoiseDesign - Nov 11, 2012 4:54:12 pm PST #21484 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Yeah. Mine are all fictional ships and things like jump drives are small craft types and have been branching out into characters because I've got so damned many jump drives.
NoiseDesign - Nov 11, 2012 4:54:12 pm PST #21485 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2012 5:12:26 pm PST #21486 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had been only creatively naming things with operating systems, but the lines are so blurry now, and so many things need identifying. Jump drives are definitely too transient, though. I just don't buy more than one of any sort, and tell them apart that way.
NoiseDesign - Nov 11, 2012 5:58:47 pm PST #21487 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I have dozens of jump drives and usually quite a few of each type. Names become critical.
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2012 6:12:31 pm PST #21488 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am so fucking agog at storage technology. I know that shit got predicted, but still. The teeny tiny not that expensive 64GB jump drive on my key ring in a lovely colour--man. I don't use them as much as I'd expected because of cloud and actual devices, but still. Fucking AMAZING.
ST:TNG fucking PADD, man. My mind is regularly blown.
NoiseDesign - Nov 11, 2012 6:59:23 pm PST #21489 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Yeah the amount of storage available now is staggering.
My little 11" Air astounds me. All solid state, weight of a feather, and enough power to render video. Just insane.