Computing Names for Your Children



Because of my grim and pessimistic understanding of life, I don't consider having children to be an acceptable option. Despite this, I've decided that I must have a child so that I can name it Cyrix.

I wonder if I could get away with such a thing if I let the other person choose the Christian name, and had Cyrix as the middle name?

Anyway, in case you too would like to give your child a computing name, here are some suggestions:

Claris

Sort of sounds like Clarence.

Corel

Sounds like a cross between Corey and Jor-El (wasn't that Superman's dad?)

Linux

Like Linus, I suppose, since it was named after Linus Torvalds.

Lotus

Well why not? Rose, Daisy, Myrtle are all used as names, why not Lotus?

Mac

Macintosh - except it sounds as though you're a raincoat.

Maxtor

This one is good. Have you ever noticed that powerful or greatly feared overlords or monsters often have names ending in "or"? For example, Skeletor, Gigantor, Sador (the Malmorian - remember him?)



And there actually is an e-mail programme called Becky.

If you have any other suggestions, or actually have given a child a computer name, feel free to e-mail me at desslok@mailexcite.com



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