This is going to sound like a joke, or sarcasm. It's neither. When I buy a computer that's fairly close to the maximum spec possible, it becomes known as "The Beast". When I buy a laptop, supplementary or low-spec box for some reason, it is "The Tiddler".
If there is more than one Tiddler at any one time (there are usually many) they get a second name but they are still primarily Tiddler.
There is never more than one "The Beast" at any one time. If a Beast enters where a Beast already exists, existing Beast has to retire. Any machine that has been Beast will always be Beast though (as a mark of a respect). They just get known as "Old Beast".
To date, there is "The Beast" (who is two and a half years old and had better watch his step), five "Old Beasts", sixteen "Tiddlers" and nine pre-Beasts. There is also an extended family of phones, PDAs, robots, PVRs, single-board boxes, and things which defy categorisation.
All robots get names (which I won't share) and all pieces of software have names (which I also won't share).
Of the six Beasts, the third "Old Beast" is the only one with another name. He is "Blue Beast" and he was the stuff of legend. I don't think there will ever be another Beast to have a special name.
Is it normal to give name to your personal belongings?
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This is going to sound like a joke, or sarcasm. It's neither. When I buy a computer that's fairly close to the maximum spec possible, it becomes known as "The Beast". When I buy a laptop, supplementary or low-spec box for some reason, it is "The Tiddler".
If there is more than one Tiddler at any one time (there are usually many) they get a second name but they are still primarily Tiddler.
There is never more than one "The Beast" at any one time. If a Beast enters where a Beast already exists, existing Beast has to retire. Any machine that has been Beast will always be Beast though (as a mark of a respect). They just get known as "Old Beast".
To date, there is "The Beast" (who is two and a half years old and had better watch his step), five "Old Beasts", sixteen "Tiddlers" and nine pre-Beasts. There is also an extended family of phones, PDAs, robots, PVRs, single-board boxes, and things which defy categorisation.
All robots get names (which I won't share) and all pieces of software have names (which I also won't share).
Of the six Beasts, the third "Old Beast" is the only one with another name. He is "Blue Beast" and he was the stuff of legend. I don't think there will ever be another Beast to have a special name.