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My computer communicates with various remote services all day. I guess I should give it a name.
by nkrisc 7y ago
My computer communicates with various remote services all day. I guess I should give it a name.
- sunshinerag 7y agoclippy?
- DonHopkins 7y agoThere's a system called "DNS" just for that purpose. But you can't just "give" it a name. You have to rent the name.
- nkrisc 7y agoIf we accept that to use the word "communicate" to describe something is to anthropomorphize it, then I absolutely can just give it a name. I shall name it Clippy. However it does not, then my computer will not receive a name. But in all seriousness I'm not sure if you're joking or just didn't read the comment I replied to. I don't think there's a time against asking if someone read a comment!
- DonHopkins 7y agoI give all of my variables and functions and files good names. Does that mean I anthropomorphize them? (I do, but that's beside the point!)
- nkrisc 7y agoWell now that you've got me thinking about, maybe it does. Perhaps I should be more considerate of how I use my variables. They may have feelings, after all.