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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Speaking of disk and other names |
| Date | 2015-01-22 17:36 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <cicqp0F35fjU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <210120151402378353%michelle@michelle.org> <54c1316e$0$24588$c3e8da3$f6268168@news.astraweb.com> |
On 2015-01-22, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote: > In article <210120151402378353%michelle@michelle.org>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote: > >> My computer is named "GayDeceiver", the startup disk is "Dora", the >> backup disk is "Pixel", and the printer is "Libby". > > I had cute names for years, then I got more and more disks and my > imagination started failing with age and now my drives (in my Mac Pro) > are named Bay_1, Bay_2, etc. Makes it easy to find the right one when > I'm swapping them around too. I've still got a USB drive named Godzilla, > from when I thought it was a pretty big drive. I, too, tend to give volumes more utilitarian names in order to make working with them as quick and pain-free as possible. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Speaking of disk and other names Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-21 14:02 -0700
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-21 13:16 -0800
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-21 16:25 -0700
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-21 18:19 -0800
Re: Speaking of disk and other names TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2015-01-21 21:22 -0600
Re: Speaking of disk and other names "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-24 02:28 +0000
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-24 18:40 +1300
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2015-01-25 08:14 +0100
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-26 09:39 +1300
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-22 06:26 -0800
Re: Speaking of disk and other names M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-01-22 09:51 -0500
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-22 08:01 -0800
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 10:53 -0700
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 12:20 -0500
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 17:36 +0000
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-01-22 17:45 +0000
Re: Speaking of disk and other names Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 15:04 -0500
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