more than just svr names?

[gnotheis auton]

TAZ 99.9%
SIX 100%
NINE 100%
SEVEN 100%
ASTRO 100%
PHOENIX 100%
DEXTER 100%
DEEDEE 100%
RASMUS 100%
QBERT 100%
LOLA 100%
ZOOMER 100%
ESCHER 100%
HUGO 100%

i'm on Escher.......what's Escher?


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[Bob]

Hi,


i'm on Escher.......what's Escher?


You can read all about the various Servers and where their names originated from here:
http://www.futurequest.net/About/

But specifically about ESCHER


"ESCHER was named after the popular artist that excelled at putting out complex drawings in such a way that made the impossible appear possible."


Have a Good One,
Bob

- What's in a name? Everything for some :P -

[gnotheis auton]

:D 8} :D

thanks, Bob.
i checked out http://www.futurequest.net/About/ , some of it really cute or just really cool.

gnotheis auton
-i'll have to remember this when i get my very _own_ network of pc's someday 8}

[Deb]

You can view some images of his work at http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/ and at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~davemc/Pic/Escher/

Deb
- TeRRa and I have many T-Shirts et al that contain those pictures

[Dunx]

Escher was a wonderful artist, there's no doubt about that. Read about his work in the context of self-reference and AI in Douglas Hofstadter's book Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. An extraordinary book.

i'll have to remember this when i get my very _own_ network of pc's someday
Oh, you need a naming scheme!

My naming scheme is currently based on Cthulhu Mythos entities, as written about by H P Lovecraft and a number of other horror writers since. One day I'll get round to writing down all of the machines, but currently I have: dagon the laptop (so named because it's green); azathoth the desktop system and peripheral server (which recently fulfilled its name by going insane); and cthugha the firewall.

Those are all Linux boxes or custom devices (cthugha); Windows boxes don't get good names in my house.

[gnotheis auton]

Windows boxes don't get good names in my house.
hehehehehe >: ) know what you mean on that one :D !

Cthulhu Mythos
yeah, familiar w/H.P. Lovecraft. just went looking for some good sites on Cthulhu Mythos for my subdomain........will pass on if i get any to you guys :)

[gnotheis auton]

Originally posted by Dunx:
[COLOR=indigo]My naming scheme is currently based on Cthulhu Mythos entities, as written about by H P Lovecraft and a number of other horror writers since. One day I'll get round to writing down all of the machines, but currently I have: dagon the laptop (so named because it's green); azathoth the desktop system and peripheral server (which recently fulfilled its name by going insane); and cthugha the firewall.

ahhhhhhh----just checked out your site, since you sounded like someone who does gaming! i'm actually in one called V;tM, and how i found out about Cthulhu Mythos :D

very cool site btw8}

[Joe]

Originally posted by Bob:


- What's in a name? Everything for some :P - ** I should have edited this quote to only include the specific part I wanted. :] **

There's a word for it
And words don't mean a thing
There's name for it
And names make all the difference in the world

(Give me back my) Name
Talking Heads

:)

[PaulKroll]

Does anyone remember the Elder Party for President campaign pack that went around a few years back?

"Cthulhu promises an end to inflation, an end to higher taxes... Cthulhu promises AN END..."

And one of my favorite bumper stickers: "The Elder Party: Why choose the lesser of two evils?"

[Dunx]

ahhhhhhh----just checked out your site, since you sounded like someone who does gaming! i'm actually in one called V;tM, and how i found out about Cthulhu Mythos :D

It's been a while since I played Call of Cthulhu (or ran, rather - I've never actually played it), but it's very much in the blood, so to speak. I'd certainly be interested in any good Mythos sites.

By "V;tM", do you mean Vampire: The Masquerade? I got the rules for that and it looked fascinating. If only I'd had any players...

very cool site btw8}

Very kind.

Incidentally, does anyone remember a comic character called Zenith from 2000AD? One of Grant Morrison's early ones. The universe that was set in owed a certain amount to the Mythos (eg Iok Sotot was one of the first baddies).

[gnotheis auton]

By "V;tM", do you mean Vampire: The Masquerade? I got the rules for that and it looked fascinating. If only I'd had any players...

yes. i'm in a Camarilla campaign right now, but i think you sound like you'd enjoy even more something like WoD, V;tES or even The Mage:Ascension. i don't know what kind of rules you enjoy for your players, but _as_ a player, i know that The Mage is amazing calculations (in abilities) to do anything, and the Eternal Struggle's plots are far more elaborate and intriguing than even WoD! www.white-wolf.com would have plenty on the above mentioned if you're interested.

:D