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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3436.0. "Kitty nodenames . . ." by SMURF::S_FRASER (C'mon everybody! Smurf's up!) Mon Mar 19 1990 11:50

    
    I couldn't find an appropriate place to put this, but thought this info
    might be worth passing on.
    
    Andy (my hubby) just got a workstation, and decided to go for the
    nodename 'Siamez'.  Just for yuks, I checked the node database, and
    found others available that some of you may be interested in.
    
    BURMEZ, BURMES, MECOON, TONKNZ, OCICAT, SCFOLD, RGDOLL, ABY, ABYS,
    RUSBLU, FURFAC, CATFUR, 4PAWS, KALICO, SIAMES, LYNXPT, BLUEPT, SEALPT,
    CHOCPT . . .
    
    Any others? :^}
    
    
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3436.1CATMAXVAXWRK::SKALTSISDebMon Mar 19 1990 12:033
    well, my workstation is named CATMAX
    
    Deb
3436.2I have a cat node also...WILKIE::IVESMon Mar 19 1990 12:307
    
    my workstation node is named RAGDOL:: I have had so many comments
    on this.
    
    Great fun, and always gives me a chance to talk about the breed.
    
    Barbara
3436.3*IGNORANCE IS BLISS?????*AIMHI::OFFENMon Mar 19 1990 12:339
    Ok, gang.  How does an un-informed person (like me) get to use one of
    those??  I thought the Dept picked the node-name and that's what you
    were stuck with.
    
    I'm lucky with AIMHI  my motto is ONWARD and UPWARD.
    
    Sandi and the Storm Troopers
    
    
3436.4SMURF::S_FRASERC'mon everybody! Smurf's up!Mon Mar 19 1990 12:5910
    
    I think that in most groups you can request a name for your
    workstation.  If it isn't already in use, it's yours.
    
    Barbara - yeah, I'd looked up RAGDOL and saw it was already in use.  A
    few other good ones were gone, too - like KORAT and CALICO.  My
    workstation is named SANDY, but then I named it before I got into cats
    in a big way :^}
    
    
3436.5TABBY takenWOODRO::RUSSOMon Mar 19 1990 13:443
    My  workstation is TABBY::.  After Malcolm and Abbey, my 2 tabbies.
    
    					Mary
3436.6clarificationASABET::CUNNIFFTue Mar 20 1990 08:1013
    Re kitty nodenames - 
    
    FYI - doing an MC NCP SHOW NODE nodename_you_want and getting an 
    "unrecognized node" doesn't guarantee that it isn't in use.
    There's something called "hidden areas", the nodenames of which
    aren't known by your node, but only by "hidden area routers".
    There are also UNIX nodes which use VMS nodes as mail routers.
    Mail addresses like FOO::BAR::username are sometimes hints of these.
    
    The only way you can be sure that a name is available is to go through
    your network registrar.
    
    jack
3436.7SMURF::S_FRASERC'mon everybody! Smurf's up!Tue Mar 20 1990 08:458
    
    I use the Findnode utility (from the Toolshed) to determine whether or
    not a nodename is in use.  I also double check a current copy of
    mininode.lst, which includes hidden and/or Ultrix nodes that don't
    necessarily run DECnet.  
    
    Sandy - Malice in Ultrixland :^}
    
3436.8CRUISE::NDCPutiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313Wed Mar 21 1990 07:221
    How about "BOBCAT" or BOBKAT, CATTOY, CATNIP, CATFSH, KATFSH
3436.9CRUISE::NDCPutiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313Wed Mar 21 1990 07:231
    Oh - and "dibs" on SCFOLD!!!  Now if I can just get a workstation.....
3436.10ALLVAX::LUBYDTN 287-3204Wed Mar 21 1990 12:086
	
	How about FATCAT??

	;-)

	
3436.11SMURF::S_FRASERC'mon everybody! Smurf's up!Thu Mar 22 1990 08:366
    
    CATTOY and KATFSH appear to be still available.  The others (including
    FATCAT) are taken - bummer, 'cause I *like* that one! :^}
    
    Sandy
    
3436.12CRUISE::NDCPutiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313Thu Mar 22 1990 08:511
    Well, how about FATKAT.
3436.13SMURF::S_FRASERC'mon everybody! Smurf's up!Thu Mar 22 1990 10:406
    
    Nancy - believe it or not, FATKAT lives in Canberra, Australia :^}
    
    
    BIGCAT looks to be available, though . . .
    
3436.14How about ADVCAT?COMICS::WARNESFinns det n�gon h�r som talar Svensk?Fri Mar 23 1990 06:599
    I hit lucky when my nodename was selected for me, for my soon-to-arrive
    Workstation.   ADVCAT, an abbreviation for a well known yellow drink,
    but (coincidentally) containing the word CAT.  Now I need to figure
    what the ADV part could denote
    
    ... A Decidedly Venerable CAT perhaps ?
        ^ ^         ^         ^
    
    Suggestions welcomed from Graham Warnes + Squiff + Fudge.
3436.15SMURF::S_FRASERC'mon everybody! Smurf's up!Fri Mar 23 1990 08:594
    
    Or maybe short for 'Adventure Cat'! :^}
    
    
3436.16I almost forgot about this one!!CLOVE::SPINGLERWed Apr 04 1990 16:255
    
    My husband has CAT54 for his workstation.  After his "Black and white"
    patrol cat... Spot!