Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: an104967@anon.penet.fi (Vivid)
Subject: Re: The Very Best of Catchy Hostnames pageant


Greets.

    We have the oddest hostnames here.  Upstairs, where the 
nontechnical parts of the company (read: nonessential) dwell, all the 
machines and servers are named after British writers, and that's okay. 
We downstairs, on the other hand, must tolerate the resident feminist 
male's unilateral decision to name all of the machines (our 
workstations!) after feminine hygiene products.  My machine is 
`always', which is okay, but some of the other, less-fortunate folks 
got "stayfree", "summers_eve", and worse.  Our poor mail gateway 
("massengil") must really get harangued by his electronic cousins on 
our network.  I can just see it and "shakespeare" exchanging little 
digital "Are too!", "Am not!" packets when the Sniffer's not watching. 
 
    I am, unfortunately, being serious.