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The first big Unix workstations site I worked at, at the same time as this RFC, the head sysadmin started naming SPARCstations after vacation destinations she liked (`cozumel`, `stcroix`, etc.).

I guess it brightened up the all-gray cubicle farm.

My hostname idea was to name network printers after trees (e.g., `pine`, `elm`).

You can also make the hostname work with the FQDN. I once got the hostname `ilove.mit.edu`. I later got them to rename it to `ihavealovehaterelationshipwith.mit.edu`.



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