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The naming scheme of systems in the hackspace (hostname) is "people involved in computing" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)#Distinguished_researchers]. This includes pioneers in similar relevant fields. Please note that pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare. | The naming scheme of systems in the hackspace (hostname) is "people involved in computing" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)#Distinguished_researchers]. This includes pioneers in similar relevant fields. Please note that pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare. | ||
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* [[Knuth]] | * [[Knuth]] | ||
* [[Church]] (Router) | |||
* [[Lovelace]] (Workstation for [[Makerbot]]) | |||
* [[Flowers]] (Media PC) | |||
* [[Difference]] - Public Terminal | |||
* [[Project/IRC Terminal|Shannon]] (IRC Terminal) | |||
* <s>[[Dennis]] - Random spare goodish pc.</s> gone. | |||
* [[Capek]] Lobby display | |||
== Current names == | == Current names == | ||
machines should be available as hostname.lan.hackspace.org.uk from inside the space (just hostname should work). some machines are available from the outside as hostname.hack.rs | machines should be available as hostname.lan.hackspace.org.uk from inside the space (just hostname should work). some machines are available from the outside as hostname.hack.rs or hostname.london.hackspace.org.uk | ||
* [[ | * [[Asimov]] small pc used for talking to robots [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov Asimov]. | ||
* [[Babbage]] (Server in the space) | * [[Babbage]] (Server in the space) | ||
* [[Bell]] (Door entry/building management) | * [[Bell]] (Door entry/building management) | ||
* [[ | * [[Bowyer]] - another 3D printing machine | ||
* [[Booch]] emoncms power monitoring raspberry pi thing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_Booch Grady Booch] | |||
* [[Boole]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole Boole]) - ldap/spacenet, dhcp, dns, netboot, ntp, syslog etc. | |||
* [[Caxton]] HP Laserjet 2200D Printer | |||
* [[Equipment/Colin]] sort of fileserver, was netbootyboxxy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Colin Colin]. | |||
* [[Denning]] network services machine (was boole) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Denning Denning]. | |||
* [[Gill]] - Environment monitoring Raspberry Pi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Gill Gill] | |||
* [[Hamming]] new doorbot machine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming Richard Hamming] | |||
* [[Hopper]] (Vending machine) | * [[Hopper]] (Vending machine) | ||
* [[ | * [[Equipment/Computers/Lorentz|Lorentz]] Dell Laptop | ||
* [[Equipment/LaserCutter|Layzor]] -- ([[Patel]] was formerly the PC for laser cutter) | * [[Equipment/LaserCutter|Layzor]] -- ([[Patel]] was formerly the PC for laser cutter) | ||
* [[ | * [[Marconi]] (Spare laptop 1, needs wireless drivers installing) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi source] | ||
* [[Perlman]] A DoorBot [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radia_Perlman Perlman] | |||
* [[Postel]] (The SGI O2) | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Torvalds]] New 3D Printing Machine | * [[Torvalds]] New 3D Printing Machine | ||
* [[ | * [[Tesla]] Replacement for [[Lovelace]] | ||
* [[Turing]] (Bitfolk VM) | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Equipment/Turk]] Guest Laptop. | * [[Equipment/Turk]] Guest Laptop. | ||
* [[Wilkes]] front doorbot (Like Wilson) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes Wilkes] | * [[Wilkes]] front doorbot (Like Wilson) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes Wilkes] | ||
See [[Laboratory 24/Network]] for details on these machines. | See [[Laboratory 24/Network]] for details on these machines. | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Cray Cray] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Cray Cray] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stark_Draper Draper] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stark_Draper Draper] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hall_(programmer) Hall] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hall_(programmer) Hall] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teuvo_Kohonen Kohonen] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teuvo_Kohonen Kohonen] | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 23 May 2014
The naming scheme of systems in the hackspace (hostname) is "people involved in computing" [1] [2]. This includes pioneers in similar relevant fields. Please note that pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare.
Old names
Names used on systems no longer in use.
- Knuth
- Church (Router)
- Lovelace (Workstation for Makerbot)
- Flowers (Media PC)
- Difference - Public Terminal
- Shannon (IRC Terminal)
Dennis - Random spare goodish pc.gone.- Capek Lobby display
Current names
machines should be available as hostname.lan.hackspace.org.uk from inside the space (just hostname should work). some machines are available from the outside as hostname.hack.rs or hostname.london.hackspace.org.uk
- Asimov small pc used for talking to robots Asimov.
- Babbage (Server in the space)
- Bell (Door entry/building management)
- Bowyer - another 3D printing machine
- Booch emoncms power monitoring raspberry pi thing Grady Booch
- Boole (Boole) - ldap/spacenet, dhcp, dns, netboot, ntp, syslog etc.
- Caxton HP Laserjet 2200D Printer
- Equipment/Colin sort of fileserver, was netbootyboxxy Colin.
- Denning network services machine (was boole) Denning.
- Gill - Environment monitoring Raspberry Pi Gill
- Hamming new doorbot machine Richard Hamming
- Hopper (Vending machine)
- Lorentz Dell Laptop
- Layzor -- (Patel was formerly the PC for laser cutter)
- Marconi (Spare laptop 1, needs wireless drivers installing) - source
- Perlman A DoorBot Perlman
- Postel (The SGI O2)
- Torvalds New 3D Printing Machine
- Tesla Replacement for Lovelace
- Turing (Bitfolk VM)
- Equipment/Turk Guest Laptop.
- Wilkes front doorbot (Like Wilson) Wilkes
See Laboratory 24/Network for details on these machines.
Potential new machines currently under discussion
- Borg (Anita Borg) - replacement for babbage and vm server
- Zeus (Konrad Zuse) - 64 core, 512Gb RAM compute server.
- Lamarr Lamarr or Hedy (sp?)
Potential names
Potential names on the edge of the scheme
- Adams - UUNET
- Armstrong - FM
- Backus - Naur Form
- Beer - Regulatory systems
- Black - Feedback amp
- Brown - Servomechanics
- Darwin
- Dirac - Quantum mechanics
- Edison - Electrical engineering
- Erwin - Userfriendly character
- Faraday
- Flood - Prisoner's dilemma, travelling salesman problem
- Gray - Music synth
- Heron - Automata
- Hollerith - Automated punch card systems, his company eventually became IBM
- Korolyov - Rocket science
- Markov
- Maxwell - Electromagnetic theory
- Moog
- Norton - Circuit analysis
- Pitts - Neural Networks
- Reeves - PCM
- Simon - AI
- Smith - RF analysis
- Stob - Satirist
- Tesla
- Watt - Steam Engine Bad-Ass
Potential names not from the scheme
- Bubbles, Buttercup & Blossom
- FuzzyWhif
- heck-a-tombical plus minus
- Micropig/Spiderpig
- NPR (No Prescription Required)
- Pong/Ping
- Cabbage - an alternative / backup / failover for Babbage?
