Monday, April 23, 2007

Oscar the Tempermental Server

I was fascinated today to learn that our servers up here at work have a theme. Apparently we are sporting the solar system theme. We have machines with names like MARS or EARTH. It is funny to me how people interject organization and groupings onto totally unrelated things. What does the solar system have to do with a computer network?

How fascinating it would be to have a computer network with names from Sesame Street or X-Men.

“Error: Cookie Monster has detected that your computer has cookies disabled. Please enable cookies on your machine to log onto Cookie Monster.”

“Error: Bert is currently not responding. Consequently, Ernie isn’t either.”

“Error: Wolverine is down at the moment, undergoing repairs on his endoskeleton. Connection should resume momentarily.”

“Error: Storm is a little under the weather today, so connection might be splotchy.”