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1999.02.24. - Ted Byfield, MIT hostnames 1999-02-23

Subject: MIT hostnames 1999-02-23
From: t byfield
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:29:30 -0500

[for those interested in domain name theory, here's
something to meditatie on. forwards were stripped.
--cheers, t]

[Culled to working names on 1999-02-23 - mayoff]
[Selected from the names of 50,000 MIT hosts]

A Classic
-----------
rtfm.mit.edu

Cereals - normal, at first.
-------
life.ai.mit.edu
trix.ai.mit.edu
alpha-bits.ai.mit.edu
beet-chex.ai.mit.edu
masticated-neo-bohemian-cthuloid.mit.edu
chewy-chomp.mit.edu

General Abuse
-------------
my-hostname-is-longer-than-yours.mit.edu
no-sir-i-did-not-see-you-playing-with-your-dolls-again.ai.mit.edu
long-hostname-carefully-selected-to-expose-fixed-length-buffers.mit.edu

People and Attitudes
--------------------
blithering-intellectual.mit.edu
chick-magnet.mit.edu
convivial-niceguy.mit.edu
dimple-boy.mit.edu
fearless-leader.mit.edu
boyish-good-looks.mit.edu
disarming-smile.mit.edu
that-blonde-chick.mit.edu
uma-thurman.mit.edu

Drugs
-----
big-fat-bag-of-crack.mit.edu
crack-baby.mit.edu
crack-whore.mit.edu
ten-cent-crack-whore.mit.edu

Sex
---
den-of-iniquity.mit.edu
big-pimpin.mit.edu
big-screw.mit.edu
dog-lover.mit.edu (of course, this may not really be sex-related...)
puppy-lover.mit.edu (same)
fried-foreskin.mit.edu
fuck-the-skull-of-jesus.mit.edu
margaret-thatcher-naked-on-a-cold-day.mit.edu
moaning-lisa.mit.edu
pearl-necklace.mit.edu (also somewhat subjective)
porn-star.mit.edu
spankasaurus-rex.mit.edu
squirting-sphincter.mit.edu
turgid-pole.mit.edu
x-rated.mit.edu

Commentary
----------
emacs-makes-a-computer-slow.mit.edu (notably not in gnu.ai.mit.edu domain)
existence-is-meaningless.mit.edu
failure-is-unacceptable.mit.edu
glad-i-am-not-a-dec.mit.edu
i-am-not-the-moose.mit.edu
i-cant-think-of-a-new-hostname.mit.edu
i-could-not-think-of-a-hostname.mit.edu
i-dont-know.mit.edu
i-goddess.mit.edu
i-m-so-tired.mit.edu
i-see-everything-twice.mit.edu
i-will-fear-no-evil.mit.edu
ignorance-is-strength.mit.edu
incite-sedition.mit.edu
its-a-feature.mit.edu
lost-cause.mit.edu
macs-suck.mit.edu
my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels.mit.edu
my-dog-ate-it.mit.edu
not-a-guppy.mit.edu
not-a-mac.mit.edu
not-a-minihub.mit.edu
not-a-pretty-computer.mit.edu
not-a-printer.mit.edu
not-a-supported-platform.mit.edu
not-a-typewriter.mit.edu
not-an-sgi.mit.edu
not-what-you-think.mit.edu
pepsi-sux.mit.edu
piece-of-shit.mit.edu
point-and-drool.mit.edu
screw-loose.mit.edu
shit-happens.mit.edu
the-world-is-mine.mit.edu
thing-that-should-not-be.mit.edu
think-different.mit.edu
this-is-a-test.mit.edu
this-machine-has-no-neck.mit.edu
turning-coffee-into-theorems.mit.edu
yes-dear.mit.edu
yes-i-am.mit.edu

Odd Other Things ---------------- shit-box.mit.edu sticky-scrot.mit.edu seal-clubbing.mit.edu really-bad-pun.mit.edu right-bundle-branch.mit.edu purry-fuzzball.mit.edu nibbled-to-death-by-ducks.mit.edu oh-no-not-again.mit.edu bilge-pump.mit.edu because-i-was-inverted.mit.edu church-of-briantology.mit.edu full-contact-origami.mit.edu small-dogs.mit.edu small-gods.mit.edu something-intelligent.mit.edu the-brown-ring-of-quality.mit.edu

Technical --------- bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy.mit.edu tep-soda-machine.mit.edu turing-machine.mit.edu