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Bounce Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 66 Credit: 5,604,569 RAC: 0 |
Just had a thought. As a way of thanks to Sun Microsystems for their genorous donation may I humbly suggest naming the new server Helios. K.I.S.S. Name it after me. After all, Mom always called me "sun". |
Y & J Send message Joined: 14 Nov 01 Posts: 15 Credit: 215,639 RAC: 0 |
Thumper poll results as of 09:03 EST votes/percent [b]1. Helios (Greco-Roman) 71/59.66%[/b] 2. Liza (Africa) 1/0.84% 3. Re (Ra) (Egypt) 10/8.40% 4. Surya (Hindu) 2/1.68% 5. Inti (Inca) 2/1.68% 6. Tonatiuh (Aztec) 2/1.68% 7. Shamash (Sumerian) 6/5.04% 8. Freyr (Norse) 6/5.04% 9. Apollo (Greco-Roman) 13/10.92% 10. Amaterasu (Japan) 6/5.04% Total Votes: 119 [color= blue][u]SETI@home classic workunits = 5,906 with CPU time of 60,377 hours[/u][/color] |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
ORION is the name I want to submit |
ADLKIRK Send message Joined: 3 Sep 04 Posts: 90 Credit: 48,158 RAC: 0 |
It appears I'll have to wait until the new server is up and running. I have been making repeated attempted to u/l my results on the last WU's completed, and keep receiving a "5/7/2007 7:39:59 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi failed with a return value of -106" error message. Oh well, stuff happens... |
elendil Send message Joined: 7 May 02 Posts: 28 Credit: 1,908,698 RAC: 0 |
Thumper poll results as of 09:03 EST One more vote for Helios as a tribute to Sun! -=[ Not all who wander are lost ]=- |
Mephist0 Send message Joined: 4 Dec 99 Posts: 12 Credit: 1,401,540 RAC: 0 |
[quote] "Sol" is also the Swedish word for sun.. =) But i like Helios more :) |
Brian Silvers Send message Joined: 11 Jun 99 Posts: 1681 Credit: 492,052 RAC: 0 |
ORION is the name I want to submit I assume the reference is to the hunter, and not to the nuclear pulse propulsion project... ;-) I think the point is to name it something Sun-related to show appreciation for the donation... Perhaps the validation systems (currently on bruno) could be renamed to Orion, as it will be "hunting" for valid results...? :) |
Ace Casino Send message Joined: 5 Feb 03 Posts: 285 Credit: 29,750,804 RAC: 15 |
Sun lives by the motto, "a rising tide lifts all boats." So how about “Dos Boot†for a name? Well if you don’t like that here are some more and they ARE “Sun Microsystems†related: Buzz Light Year Buzz Light Year Mr. Lightyear “to infinity and beyond!†Woody Rover: for the Mars rover The Green Door Project Oak or Oak Java Well? |
tenebra Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 35 Credit: 368,467 RAC: 0 |
Helios is totally Greek. The Romans called the Sun "Sol" from which the designation "Sol system" in many scifi shows originates. The name Helios is the current word for Sun in Greek even today. In Italian the name for the sun is "sole". I am half-greek half-italian, and live in Athens Greece. If you are from Greece, please visit the following: Sicence Fiction and Fantasy Forum The World of Science |
Morris Send message Joined: 11 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 9,077,302 RAC: 29 |
Helios is totally Greek. The Romans called the Sun "Sol" from which the designation "Sol system" in many scifi shows originates. The name Helios is the current word for Sun in Greek even today. In Italian the name for the sun is "sole". .. that is where the famous "o sole mio" comes from :) sun people, run fast :) my workunits buffer is draining ... M. |
Jens Send message Joined: 23 May 05 Posts: 2 Credit: 482,228 RAC: 0 |
Still waiting to get a new work unit. The server must have gone down right after I downloaded my last work unit on this computer, so it's been about 4 days now. swilliams284 - Didn't mean for it to sound ignorant, I was just stating my status like a good number of people here. I usually like to keep my statements short and to the point. |
Charles C Burgess Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 9 Credit: 573,746 RAC: 0 |
Name it æ—¥ (日) (Sun) call it whatever you want. Just a thought. Has a Serenity/Firefly vibe to it if you'd like. |
Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
Hate to rain on the parade, but the plan is to put the old disks (boot drives and all) into the new system when it arrives. It's like a brain transplant. If all goes well the machine will come up thinking it is "thumper". And so the name of the new system will be... "thumper." - Matt -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude |
Michael Gmirkin Send message Joined: 18 Dec 03 Posts: 50 Credit: 8,956,363 RAC: 26 |
Just had a thought. As a way of thanks to Sun Microsystems for their genorous donation may I humbly suggest naming the new server Helios. Actually, Kronos might be better (or just Saturn). Otherwise known as the "first/best sun," if you want to get into mythology... Granted Helios is "better known," but Kronos/Saturn was "the first / the best / the primeval ruler of the heavens." Of course Kronos sounds cooler. ;o] http://www.kronia.com/thoth/thoth10.txt The first article therein is enlightening from a mythological point of view. The second and third are on other subjects, though the second is interesting (re: electric comets). ~Michael If there were no time, how old would YOU be? ~Me BOINC Seti@Home Stats: Classic Seti@Home Stats: |
freddie Send message Joined: 13 May 01 Posts: 1 Credit: 76,412 RAC: 0 |
A big thanks to all the people at SUN to get us up and running. YAHOO! |
elendil Send message Joined: 7 May 02 Posts: 28 Credit: 1,908,698 RAC: 0 |
Hate to rain on the parade, but the plan is to put the old disks (boot drives and all) into the new system when it arrives. It's like a brain transplant. If all goes well the machine will come up thinking it is "thumper". And so the name of the new system will be... "thumper." Oh well..., if the system thinks it should be called "thumper", than "thumper" it is. I take it that there is/will be a Sun Microsystems/Amaterasu (Japan)/Apollo (Greco-Roman)/Freyr (Norse)/Garuda (Hindu)/Helios (Greco-Roman)/Huitzilopochtli (Aztec)/Inti (Inca)/Liza (Africa)/Lugh (Celt)/Re (Ra) (Egypt)/Horus (Egypt)/ Shamash (Sumerian)/Surya (Hindu)/Tonatiu (Aztec) logo on the outside Matt?! :-{) -=[ Not all who wander are lost ]=- |
n5xmt Send message Joined: 7 Mar 07 Posts: 3 Credit: 136,625 RAC: 0 |
Hate to rain on the parade, but the plan is to put the old disks (boot drives and all) into the new system when it arrives. It's like a brain transplant. If all goes well the machine will come up thinking it is "thumper". And so the name of the new system will be... "thumper." The only issue the system MAY have is if any SW is keyed to the old servers HOSTID. BUT, that can be corrected (If the hardware is identical) by putting the NVRAM of the dead thumper into the new system. |
1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
Hate to rain on the parade, but the plan is to put the old disks (boot drives and all) into the new system when it arrives. It's like a brain transplant. If all goes well the machine will come up thinking it is "thumper". And so the name of the new system will be... "thumper." Unlikely since just about everything we're talking about is open source. |
William Hunter Send message Joined: 6 Dec 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 23,088 RAC: 0 |
Hate to rain on the parade, but the plan is to put the old disks (boot drives and all) into the new system when it arrives. It's like a brain transplant. If all goes well the machine will come up thinking it is "thumper". And so the name of the new system will be... "thumper." *lol* bloody typical! Computers just don't have any imagination, do they? |
Micheal Send message Joined: 4 Feb 07 Posts: 1 Credit: 315 RAC: 0 |
If you haven't read the front page news, Sun is coming through with a replacement science database server (yay!) which will be arriving Monday afternoon. What made the server crash - Michael |
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