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.

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.

its the two old guys in the box

It's my dream job to be one of those two guys.

-Zeke

Muppet Show.

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?

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

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.

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!

customsex, you don't watch TV, you're cheating!

My MKl is Jake and my MKlla is Audioslave. And both of mine work great.

<waves to Mark>

he didnt say that i had to have the knowledge before the question was posed!

youre just jealous i beat you

well, since you didnt answer, i guess, technically, i didnt beat you. but still, you gotta be jealous. i mean, come on, its me

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.

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!

ROFL. Hey, no problem. I grew up with those guys. Idolized them. So to speak.

Me.

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.

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 ^_^

DragonCube is already taken, so I'm not sure about it.

Dragendo? Dragondoh? =]

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.

Good to hear it's still happily playing along!

Cheers

Erik (the Mk2) and Emma (the Mk1)

Erik (the Mk2) and Emma (the Mk1)

Let me guess, the names of your children ?

\\Kaare

Taympeg

Sorry, for some reason I couldn't resist replying with that subject change.

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

Actually, we were more concerned with when you are leaving again... a new beta would be nice.

I feel a little left out of the fun, my player has no name.. sniff sniff!

<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

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.