Name the newest member to the server family!!!

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Old man Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Sep 07 Posts: 29 Credit: 3,025,264 RAC: 0	Message 1043413 - Posted: 21 Oct 2010, 0:47:02 UTC - in response to Message 1043409. ... First off, since Mork has been such a hard and valued worker though these many years... Jocelyn was the master BOINC database server until the end of August 2009, she's been recalled for an encore performance. While the nearly 14 months of service that mork provided are valuable, jocelyn has filled the role for much more time. I think it's time for another feminine name anyhow. Joe Myeraah might be a good name for the server. (If you do not know Myeraah, was the master of Wyandotte, Tarhes daughter.) More about Tarhe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarhe ID: 1043413 ·

Todd Hebert Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Jun 00 Posts: 648 Credit: 228,292,957 RAC: 0	Message 1043422 - Posted: 21 Oct 2010, 1:26:34 UTC Last modified: 21 Oct 2010, 1:34:07 UTC How about Orson - Mork's advisor from Ork. Orson, Orson - come in Orson... I loved this show back in the day :) Todd ID: 1043422 ·

dnolan Send message Joined: 30 Aug 01 Posts: 1228 Credit: 47,779,411 RAC: 32	Message 1043423 - Posted: 21 Oct 2010, 1:38:12 UTC - in response to Message 1043409. Last modified: 21 Oct 2010, 1:38:48 UTC Jocelyn was the master BOINC database server until the end of August 2009, she's been recalled for an encore performance. While the nearly 14 months of service that mork provided are valuable, jocelyn has filled the role for much more time. I think it's time for another feminine name anyhow. Joe Keeping on that theme, how about Carolyn - sounds kind of like Carl, similar to Jocelyn, and Carolyn Porco worked with Carl Sagan briefly and is quite connected to the theme of extra terestrial exploration and astronomy. -Dave ID: 1043423 ·

Dennis Walker Send message Joined: 3 Jul 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 1,173,307 RAC: 2	Message 1043455 - Posted: 21 Oct 2010, 4:27:45 UTC - in response to Message 1043409. ... First off, since Mork has been such a hard and valued worker though these many years... Jocelyn was the master BOINC database server until the end of August 2009, she's been recalled for an encore performance. While the nearly 14 months of service that mork provided are valuable, jocelyn has filled the role for much more time. I think it's time for another feminine name anyhow. Joe If the new server is replacing Mork then the Mork and Mindy child's name, Mearth would be good. I also see value in choosing a name along the line of Jocelyn but, if I followed the expaination correctly, the new server is replacing Jocelyn's replacement - despite Jocelyn currently standing in for Mork. (Not to be confused with The MEarth Project (a survey to photometrically monitor 2000 nearby, small stars (called M dwarfs)...). Dennis ID: 1043455 ·

-BeNt- Send message Joined: 17 Oct 99 Posts: 1234 Credit: 10,116,112 RAC: 0	Message 1043458 - Posted: 21 Oct 2010, 4:41:00 UTC How about "Newbie" ;) I think Mork's replacement should be from the show that replaced the show in the TV line up. Another large name that's common in pop culture. The original show aired at 8pm on ABC in 1981 replaced in 1982 in the same time slow by "Joanie Loves Chachi" or another show on the same time slow is "Magnum PI" on CBS. So "Chachi" since he was in the show that replaced Mork and Mindy...... Or from Magnum PI the character "Ice Pick" because maybe it will kill the complaints ;) ducks and runs Traveling through space at ~67,000mph! ID: 1043458 ·

Francis Noel Send message Joined: 30 Aug 05 Posts: 452 Credit: 142,832,523 RAC: 94	Message 1043459 - Posted: 21 Oct 2010, 4:46:20 UTC Last modified: 21 Oct 2010, 4:47:44 UTC I'd call it "Headroom". Fitting on so many levels. But thats just me :) Edit : "Max" would do too ! mambo ID: 1043459 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1043465 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 3:25:55 UTC I'd go with Oscar II, but that would be too good to be true...LOL. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1043465 ·

Cliff Harding Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67	Message 1043474 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 3:53:52 UTC - in response to Message 1043465. Last modified: 22 Oct 2010, 3:56:40 UTC Figured I take this time while the forum is up to tally the names so far. Mearth is in the lead with 6, and Carl Sagan a close second with 4, Wall-E is third with 2. All of the others have 1 each: Alf Atlas banished Carolyn Chachi Cosmos crunch Crusher Drake Enrico ET Grover HAL Headroom Ice Pick Jansky Johnny5 Kermit Lazarus Mark Max MorkJr MorkII Mother MSattlerJr Myeraah Nebula Newbie Orac Orson OscarII Pi Picard Quark Riker Robby Sattler T1000 ID: 1043474 ·

HAL Send message Joined: 28 Mar 03 Posts: 704 Credit: 870,617 RAC: 0	Message 1043476 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 4:06:56 UTC How about Barsoom - the name of the civilization on Mars according to Edgar Rice Burroughs ID: 1043476 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66218 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1043478 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 4:10:17 UTC Last modified: 22 Oct 2010, 4:11:57 UTC I like: Wall-E ... Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST ID: 1043478 ·

RottenMutt Send message Joined: 15 Mar 01 Posts: 1011 Credit: 230,314,058 RAC: 0	Message 1043485 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 4:26:29 UTC Last modified: 22 Oct 2010, 4:29:24 UTC ORION 1. Classical Mythology . a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation. 2. Astronomy . the Hunter, a constellation lying on the celestial equator between Canis Major and Taurus, containing the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel. ID: 1043485 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1043487 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 4:41:10 UTC You folks run with it....... I got my wish. Oscar II was just a pipe dream. One Oscar is enough for me.... If I really had another go at it, I might suggest Tigger...... Who was my first real kitty, and who I lost at the young age of 5-1/2 years to kidney failure. Tigger was a wonderful kitty, just as Oscar was... It's sad to lose them at too young an age, but wonderful to remember them for who they were...... This was Tigger. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1043487 ·

alan Send message Joined: 18 Feb 00 Posts: 131 Credit: 401,606 RAC: 0	Message 1043503 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 7:40:41 UTC - in response to Message 1043474. Clifton, a minor correction: Robby has two votes, mine and Charles Jackson's. To throw another one into the mix: Gravitas, a component of many ship/Mind names in Iain M. Bank's Culture novels ID: 1043503 ·

Lionel Send message Joined: 25 Mar 00 Posts: 680 Credit: 563,640,304 RAC: 597	Message 1043506 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 8:10:53 UTC - in response to Message 1043503. Wally or Waldo ... ID: 1043506 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1043507 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 8:15:40 UTC Last modified: 22 Oct 2010, 8:18:17 UTC How about....... Avatar The ultimate movie about a guide to ourselves that could lead us astray if we do not listen to our hearts........ Avatar That would be the name. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1043507 ·

jason_gee Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0	Message 1043508 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 8:18:55 UTC - in response to Message 1043507. Was that two large... CPUs ? How about 'Seven' ('Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01') "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. ID: 1043508 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1043509 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 8:20:01 UTC - in response to Message 1043508. Last modified: 22 Oct 2010, 8:25:43 UTC Was that two large... CPUs ? How about 'Seven' ('Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01') Avatar It's the ultimate name for our server....... Our avatar for our search...... Our guide, our protector. For what we find, may not be ours to take. And we must always remember this. Avatar "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1043509 ·

Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0	Message 1043512 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 8:48:30 UTC And what about Pandora? Pandora the planet, not the box!! SETI@home gives Pandora a new meaning---->the ultimate server! ID: 1043512 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1043514 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 9:00:10 UTC - in response to Message 1043512. And what about Pandora? Pandora the planet, not the box!! SETI@home gives Pandora a new meaning---->the ultimate server! Pandora was just the place of the search, not the one who searched. I would like to think that our Avatar could hold more wisdom than those who were sent to Pandora. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1043514 ·

Cliff Harding Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67	Message 1043522 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 10:50:41 UTC - in response to Message 1043503. Last modified: 22 Oct 2010, 10:56:01 UTC Clifton, a minor correction: Robby has two votes, mine and Charles Jackson's. My bad, blame it on a late night typo, had it right on the spreadsheet. Because of the error Robby has joined the leaders. I am also including in that group Avatar as I have added my vote for Avatar. Leaderboard is: Mearth is still in the lead with 6, and Carl Sagan a close second with 4, Wall-E, Robby & Avatar are third with 2. All of the others have 1 each: Alf Atlas banished Carolyn Chachi Cosmos crunch Crusher Drake Enrico ET Grover HAL Headroom Ice Pick Jansky Johnny5 Kermit Lazarus Mark Max MorkJr MorkII Mother MSattlerJr Myeraah Nebula Newbie Orac Orson OscarII Pi Picard Quark Riker Robby Sattler T1000 7of9, Barsoom, Gravitas, Orion, Pandora, & Tigger have joined as late additions with one each. Let's get the word out to as many as possible so that we can get the best possible name for Oscar's sibling. ID: 1043522 ·

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