better name than BigMac

[jayb2000]

OK, we know VT's is coing to be called BigMac (and it looks like BigMac2), but there have to be enough creative people out there to come up with some better names for Apple/OS X clusters

Xpack
The Orchard (its a cluster of Apples..)
G500

ok, those stink.
But anyone else?

[Laslo Panaflex]

How about W.H.O.P.E.R. BigMac, W.H.O.P.E.R, get it? Oh wait, that name is already taken. . .

/I got nothing

[Sun Baked]

Originally posted by Laslo Panaflex
How about W.H.O.P.E.R. BigMac, W.H.O.P.E.R, get it? Oh wait, that name is already taken. . .

/I got nothing Anybody want to play a game?

How about global thermonuclear war?

[Mr. Anderson]

HAL 9000

It would be damn funny if they did use that, though :D

Or Deep Thought - Douglas Adams was a macophile as well....

D

[IIvan]

Wargames!!!!

Thats Awesome!! It was such a terrible movie- i love 200 bit modems that are actually phones and manually closing 5 inch floppies and..

Hale to the nerds!:D

[Sun Baked]

Originally posted by IIvan
Wargames!!!!

Thats Awesome!! It was such a terrible movie- i love 200 bit modems that are actually phones and manually closing 5 inch floppies and..

Hale to the nerds!:D Naming any computer W.H.O.P.E.R. reminded me too much of this...

http://datacore.sciflicks.com/wargames/images/wargames_large_03.jpg

[neoelectronaut]

I have to say that "The Orchard" sounds pretty cool.

Hmm...maybe MacAttack?

"High Fives?"

"Giant room of Macs?"

[IIvan]

I think that in keeping with the age of the "original" WOPR :D, they should network them all through ADB somehow...

Just imagine: News Flash! VTs new supercomputer with 1100 Macs breaks a new barrier... 850 FLOPs!!!

woohoo

[benixau]

Hi-5. And now all we need is one of those logos on the side of each machine.

[alxths]

Maximus Prime or Maximor!!!

Gluteus Maximus?

If there were a million cpus you could call it Maxamillion(maximilian).. well.. i'm sure there's a million of SOMETHING in that cluster..

[Counterfit]

The Orchard would be good for the room, wing, and/or building the cluster is in, but Big Mac is perfect for the cluster itself.

[benixau]

The truck company may have something to say about that name

[szark]

Just wanted to point out that the official name of Virginia Tech's cluster is System X, not Big Mac.

[Counterfit]

Originally posted by benixau
The truck company may have something to say about that name What truck company? :confused:

[mac15]

Macsamillion

[revenuee]

How about

"the little apple that could"
or

"supercalafragalisticmacannotias -- X"


"mad mac's ( :rolleyes: )"

or, or

"eleven double O " (1100) -- get it, get it


NOTE: this is not a spam, i'm dead serious.

[jayb2000]

Originally posted by neoelectronaut
I have to say that "The Orchard" sounds pretty cool.

Hmm...maybe MacAttack?

"High Fives?"

"Giant room of Macs?"

GROM - thats not bad

COX - Cluster of Xservers
BOX - Barnfull of Xservers
OX - OSX Xserver
ROX - Racks of Xservers
DETOX - Deathstart Equipped Totally Of Xservers

[KC9AIC]

I was going to comment about its name being "System X." but szark beat me to it. should it be called "System XServe," or would that be bland and unoriginal?