New computer name

[lethargic_man]

After nearly eight years, epicyclic is dying, and will shortly be replaced. Which means I need a new name based on a universally accepted scientific theory which turned out to be completely wrong. So far I've had phlogiston (desktop, 2000-2004), luminiferous.aethernet (laptop, 2002-2007), epicyclic.aethernet (desktop, 2004-2012) and coronium (laptop, 2007-present).

Ideas I've had for the new machine include Vulcan, Piltdown and Clovis. Anyone got any other suggestions, or preferences?

Comments

[curious_reader]

Are you talking about your laptop or your real computer?

[lethargic_man]

Firstly, my laptop is every bit as real as my desktop; secondly if you read my post again, you'll see I've already answered your question.

[jack]

Lamark? Coronium?

http://blog.plover.com/math/major-screwups.html is Mark Dominus asking for some mathematical examples. The later adenda (linked at the bottom of the page) contain some examples, but none with a catchy widely-used name, alas.

[lethargic_man]

I'm already using coronium!

http://blog.plover.com/math/major-screwups.html is Mark Dominus asking for some mathematical examples.

<gets distracted>

[jack]

Doh! Sorry :)

[pseudomonas]

homunculus? geocentric?

[bluepork]

I can't believe I'm being sucked into this... I don't get why you have to give your laptop a name at all. Seeing as you do, could you just call it "laptop"?! Anyway, here's some suggestions on your own theme, none of which took much googling to come with!:

Aether
Emmission
Miasma

Or, if you want to be controversial, Creationism, although I'm not sure if that counts as a scientific theory to start with.

[lethargic_man]

I don't get why you have to give your laptop a name at all.

*nix OSes require a machine to have a name.

Seeing as you do, could you just call it "laptop"?!

That would be a poor name, seeing as it's a desktop! ;^b

Aether

If you look at my post, you'll see I already used luminiferous.aethernet for my first laptop.

Anyhow, you're too late: I've already set the machine up now, and named it piltdown.

[bluepork]

Oops (on both fronts). Although, I think there's a certain charm to having a desktop called "laptop". It's like, a computer with aspirations!

[bluepork]

Ooh. I'm actually getting into this, now!

How about these:

The island of California
Corpuscles
Netpunism

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Obsolete_scientific_theories for more hilarity!

[lethargic_man]

<gets well distracted>