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#198532 - 15/01/2004 15:05 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
foxtrot_xray
addict

Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
Hi!
My name is Mike. (Although I reply to alot of different names, including and not limited to 'Fox', 'Michael', 'Idiot', 'Dumbass', and a few others I can't repeat here.)

I started with only one Empeg. It had a name - I called it 'carplayer'. I was unoriginal at the beginning. Shy, they say. Then I got to know it. Took it on trips - even though it didn't have a permanent home in my car. In fact, we went on LONG trips. Thinking about it, possibly 6 1500-mile trips..

Then there was an accident. A car next to me tried to occupy the same space and time as a semi-trailer. The resulting matter/anit-matter explosion nearly killed me, and worse, almost damaged 'Carplayer'.

So, had to get a new car. I got a Mini. Big (small?) change from the truck. But, I had money to give Carplayer a good home. I did. Now Carplayer rocks.

However, while talking with the movers who were going to give Carplayer it's home, I looked at other species on display, and realized that if Carplayer passed on, I wouldn't know how to live on. So, I went out and picked up another. At this point I realized I couldn't name it 'Carplayer 2', so they got better names. "Laurel" and "Hardy", at first. They grew up a little, and got better names that they deserve: "Waldorf" and "Statler".

They switch out occasionally in their home in the car, they both love trips. They have a close relationship with my Palm, and love to take commands from it. They also liove being shown-off at work in a neat little wooden house built just for them.

*uh* Anyways. (Can you tell I do work for a companyt that makes role-playing games?)
Me.
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Mike 'Fox' Morrey 128BPM@124MPH. Love it! 2002 BRG Mini Cooper

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#198533 - 15/01/2004 15:10 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: foxtrot_xray]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
They grew up a little, and got better names that they deserve: "Waldorf" and "Statler".
I forgot to say this the first time you mentioned the names: Those are particularly cool names for empegs.

Brownie points to anyone who knows where the names come from.
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Tony Fabris

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#198534 - 15/01/2004 15:17 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: tfabris]
RobotCaleb
pooh-bah

Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
its the two old guys in the box

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#198535 - 15/01/2004 15:22 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: RobotCaleb]
Ezekiel
pooh-bah

Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
It's my dream job to be one of those two guys.

-Zeke
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WWFSMD?

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#198536 - 15/01/2004 15:30 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: tfabris]
BAKup
addict

Registered: 11/11/2001
Posts: 552
Loc: Houston, TX
Muppet Show.
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--Ben
78GB MkIIa, Dead tuner.

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#198537 - 15/01/2004 15:35 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
butter
enthusiast

Registered: 07/03/2002
Posts: 211
Loc: State side
empeg = Hodge Podge (hops from car to home)
RioReceiver = Portnoy (works "underground" through the phoneline)
Palm = Milquetoast (small and nearly undescructable)
Computer = Oliver (fast, smart, and black (sorry, not very pc))
Old Computer = Opus (big, slow, and clunky)

Can anyone guess which cartoon I like?
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Tobin
Mark IIa - 60gb - Smoke
[blue]fitter, happier, more productive[/blue]

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#198538 - 15/01/2004 15:50 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
Since my minivan always carried all my saxophones in high school (I have 4 or 5), friends took to calling it the Sax Machine. I then got the vanity plate SAX MCHN. So that's the name of my empeg. My startup image is a Honda Odyssey I made with SAX MCHN next to it
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Matt

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#198539 - 15/01/2004 18:48 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: tfabris]
foxtrot_xray
addict

Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
Aw, thanks! I'm touched!

I have a little script file in place (that Hijack runs) that echos a quote to the screen every time it's booted up. Like:

"I have half a mind to go home."
"If you had half a mind, you wouldn't be here in the first place!"
"Har har har!"

to name one.. Love it.

Me.
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Mike 'Fox' Morrey 128BPM@124MPH. Love it! 2002 BRG Mini Cooper

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#198540 - 15/01/2004 18:59 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: 753]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Ah... Sashca was a pure typo on my part. And I always spell "Dieter" as "Deiter" but that's out of bad habit... the "actual" name on the machine (and my cat's name) is spelled Dieter. I always 2nd guess myself on that, so thanks for clearing it up!

There is no need for either to go on a diet!
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Brad B.

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#198541 - 15/01/2004 19:00 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: RobotCaleb]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
customsex, you don't watch TV, you're cheating!
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Brad B.

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#198542 - 15/01/2004 19:34 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
Laura
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
My MKl is Jake and my MKlla is Audioslave. And both of mine work great.

<waves to Mark>
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Laura

MKI #017/90

whatever

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#198543 - 15/01/2004 20:08 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
RobotCaleb
pooh-bah

Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
he didnt say that i had to have the knowledge before the question was posed!

youre just jealous i beat you

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#198544 - 15/01/2004 20:10 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: RobotCaleb]
RobotCaleb
pooh-bah

Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin
well, since you didnt answer, i guess, technically, i didnt beat you. but still, you gotta be jealous. i mean, come on, its me

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#198545 - 16/01/2004 04:22 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
frog51
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Mine are for a similar purpose - my 'practice' LAN for running exploits and attacks. I never seem to get enough time in our work A&P LAN for this so it makes sense to do it at home. Plus, it is more configurable - I don't need to sign for, or document changes I need.
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Rory
MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi
MkII, 240Gb in Mark Lord dock
MkII, 80Gb SSD in dock

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#198546 - 16/01/2004 12:22 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: foxtrot_xray]
Major_Sarcasm
member

Registered: 28/08/2003
Posts: 149
Loc: Isle of Wight, UK
They grew up a little, and got better names that they deserve: "Waldorf" and "Statler".


Damn!

I was doing some excel quiz the other day (where you had to put names to pictures of muppets), and I got Wladorf but I couldn't remember the name of the other muppet for the bloody life of me!

Thanks for putting me out of my misery!
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Steve

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#198547 - 16/01/2004 13:44 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: Major_Sarcasm]
foxtrot_xray
addict

Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
ROFL. Hey, no problem. I grew up with those guys. Idolized them. So to speak.

Me.
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Mike 'Fox' Morrey 128BPM@124MPH. Love it! 2002 BRG Mini Cooper

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#198548 - 17/01/2004 12:33 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
192.168.0.1 central - Linux server in the basement
192.168.0.2 central3 - Replacement Gentoo Linux server, still being built
192.168.0.10 dragonsden - Gaming PC
192.168.0.11 dragonbookw - Powerbook Wireless
192.168.0.12 dragonbook - Powerbook Wired
192.168.0.13 dragoncar - Empeg Mark2a 60GB
192.168.0.14 destivu - Media PC, named after the Gateway Destination software
192.168.0.15 dragoncube - PowerMac G4 Cube
192.168.0.16 dragonwhelp - Empeg Mark 2a 10GB
192.168.0.17 pocketdragon - iPaq H3630
192.168.0.18 xdragon - X Windows terminal I have never gotten to work
192.168.0.19 dragontv - Replay TV 5000 unit

My GameCube, XBox, and RioReceiver need to be named and added to the DHCP file, as does the SGI Indy box I recently got.

I'm thinking evildragon for the Xbox. DragonCube is already taken, so I'm not sure about it.

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#198549 - 17/01/2004 17:56 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
Yonzie
journeyman

Registered: 21/09/1999
Posts: 71
Loc: Denmark
Hm... Thought the naming thing was a mk2 thing... Guess I'll need to get a better look at the emplode menu once I get around to updating it (It's exclusively used in-car, and the rest of the stereo isn't installed yet, so I wouldn't get much use from it, even if it was).

My computers have names though: Kamishiro, Mikaze, Asuka, Chii, Rem, Mariel, Yuzuki & Koizumi.
The car has "Yuki" on the plates (halfway down)... Goes good in snow for some reason ^_^
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#00182, 10GB, Amber, Denmark, Peugeot 206, Rebuilding my stereo - great things to come

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#198550 - 17/01/2004 20:40 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: drakino]
loren
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
DragonCube is already taken, so I'm not sure about it.
Dragendo? Dragondoh? =]
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#198551 - 18/01/2004 23:55 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
lockuplever
enthusiast

Registered: 30/01/2002
Posts: 264
Loc: Tucson, AZ
I've never named my riocar, but I should probably call it "mlord",

You've worked on it, it runs hijack, and spends most of its time in one of your docks.

BTW, thanks for everything.
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Steve

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#198552 - 19/01/2004 07:34 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: lockuplever]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
Good to hear it's still happily playing along!

Cheers

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#198553 - 22/01/2004 09:22 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
schofiel
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
Erik (the Mk2) and Emma (the Mk1)
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One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015

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#198554 - 22/01/2004 16:40 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: schofiel]
_hardcore_
member

Registered: 22/09/2000
Posts: 195
Loc: Copenhagen, Denmark
Erik (the Mk2) and Emma (the Mk1)


Let me guess, the names of your children ?

\\Kaare

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#198555 - 22/01/2004 16:50 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
Taym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Taympeg
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= Taym =
MK2a #040103216 * 100Gb *All/Colors* Radio * 3.0a11 * Hijack = taympeg

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#198556 - 22/01/2004 19:07 Hi, Mark, send it here and it won't work ok... [Re: mlord]
Daria
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
Sorry, for some reason I couldn't resist replying with that subject change.

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#198557 - 06/02/2004 07:52 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
Not telling you empeg names but the ship i am on has three compressors named

Smokey, wheezy and leaky

Back on the 21st if anyone is wondering
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P.Allison fixer of big engines Mk2+Mk2a signed by God / Hacked by the Lord Aberdeen Scotland

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#198558 - 06/02/2004 08:51 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: thinfourth2]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Actually, we were more concerned with when you are leaving again... a new beta would be nice.
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~ John

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#198559 - 14/02/2004 12:33 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
avatarTX
member

Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 193
Loc: Dallas Texas USA
I feel a little left out of the fun, my player has no name.. sniff sniff!
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Carl Aydelotte Dallas Texas USA empeg MKII 080000506 40gb-green

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#198560 - 17/04/2006 18:46 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: mlord]
matthew_k
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
<Bump>

My empegs still work fine. The one in my car has worked great for five years now. The one at my girlfriend's works great too. The two in my house would work great if I put them back together. I can't remeber the last time any of them crashed.

Matthew

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#198561 - 17/04/2006 19:37 Re: Hi, my name is Mark, and MY empeg works great! [Re: matthew_k]
ricin
veteran

Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
Both of mine have problems. :/
One doesn't boot at all, and the other crashes and had disk issues often.

Doesn't really matter right now, though, because I lost my car in a flood on NYE and now have a new car that I haven't installed the empeg into yet.

I seriously miss my music.
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Donato
MkII/080000565
MkIIa/010101253
ricin.us

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