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View Poll Results: What should I name it?
Jonah (From War Games) 6 28.57%
VIKI (From IRobot) 2 9.52%
ARIIA (From Eagle Eye) 0 0%
GLaDOS (From Portal) 7 33.33%
The Turk (From The Sarah Connor Chronicles) 1 4.76%
Xoanon (From Doctor Who - The Face of Evil) 1 4.76%
Other (Please Specify) 4 19.05%
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Old 07-02-2010, 09:23 AM
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Just bought a new laptop from an early 4th of July sale, and need a name for it on my network. Current named devices on my network are:

HAL
Master Control
SkyNet
Colossus
Guardian

Hopefully you see where this is going...a need a name for a computer that has dreams of world domination. If computers are going to take over the world, I want to get on their good side early.

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Old 07-02-2010, 09:36 AM
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Uh... dude, the computer from Wargames was Joshua.

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Old 07-02-2010, 09:52 AM
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I agree that you have teh name wrong, but should totally go with war games. I love that movie.
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Old 07-02-2010, 09:53 AM
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Uh... dude, the computer from Wargames was Joshua.

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Dope, was thinking Joshua; no idea why I typed Jonah.
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Old 07-02-2010, 09:57 AM
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GLaDOS isn't a bad pick, but SHODAN would give you a little more street cred with the older video-gamer nerds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHODAN
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Uh... dude, the computer from Wargames was Joshua.

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I agree that you have teh name wrong, but should totally go with war games. I love that movie.
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Old 07-02-2010, 10:10 AM
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Go with War Games whatever the name.
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Old 07-02-2010, 10:13 AM
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I say GERTY from Moon.
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Old 07-02-2010, 10:25 AM
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HAL 9000 was the computer from 2001.


SAL 9000 was the computer from the sequel, 2010. Since the year is 2010, I think you should call it SAL.
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