September 10, 2023
The naming of Computers
So my laptop is named Etna. My desktop is named Himawari. But Himawari is just about dead. I mean, when you're running the Windows 10 installer on to a formatted hard drive and you're getting the equivalent of bluescreens and other system service exceptions, something is clearly wrong with the hardware that isn't showing up on conventional tests.
Thus I've finally gotten out the crowbar to pry open my wallet. Himawari is going to get a Motherboard transplant with a new AMD 7900 cpu, a nice fast 2 TB M.2 SSD, and 64 Gig of DDR5 ram. Oddly, the sum of that is pretty close to the cost of Himawari's initial construction, if you wanna go WAY back and figure out when I posted that. I'm still too penny pinching to spring for a new video card yet. If I can just get a stable system that will run without blowing up unexpectedly when I scroll the mouse in a browser window, I'll be happy. If I can get World of Warships running on it so I don't have to run it on Etna (it surprised me that that worked!) I will be ecstatic.
I might even finally buy a proper desk.
Anyway, the point was to think of a new name. Himawari was named for the computer expert in some anime, Vividred IIRC. So who would be a good computer expert from a more current show?
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If you're making Himawari more powerful, isn't that just Vivid Yellow?
If you like Space Mercenary, Mimi might not be an expert, but she's a fast learner with massive... storage capacity. I gather there's a super-enhanced robot maid pilot arriving at some point, although perhaps Mei is too generic a name.
-j
If you like Space Mercenary, Mimi might not be an expert, but she's a fast learner with massive... storage capacity. I gather there's a super-enhanced robot maid pilot arriving at some point, although perhaps Mei is too generic a name.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at September 11, 2023 04:38 PM (oJgNG)
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Hmmm, a hot robot girl might be a good choice.... Although 2B is a terrible name.
I expect delivery on Monday, so there's time. I'd ask for other people's suggestions, but I think it's just you and occasionally Pete coming here.
I expect delivery on Monday, so there's time. I'd ask for other people's suggestions, but I think it's just you and occasionally Pete coming here.
Posted by: Mauser at September 12, 2023 06:32 PM (BzEjn)
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Not recent, but Aiko from Magipoka?
Honestly, I can't think of many recent computer babes, and I just skimmed the season listing back to 2019. Hermit Mio from Edens Zero is a possibility. Monster-maker Miss Kuroitsu is more of a mad scientist than a computer expert, but very cute. Dungeon haremette Roxanne has no technical skills but great I/O ports. Quirky vampire Nazuna is at least a gamer.
Completely abandoning the computer-expert theme, if I were building a new machine right now, I might go with Meigo from Endro, Grea from Manaria Friends, Tanya the evil, Mamako or Medhi from two-hit-multi-target-mama, Funi-chan from Astra, or Tirana from Cop Craft.
-j
Honestly, I can't think of many recent computer babes, and I just skimmed the season listing back to 2019. Hermit Mio from Edens Zero is a possibility. Monster-maker Miss Kuroitsu is more of a mad scientist than a computer expert, but very cute. Dungeon haremette Roxanne has no technical skills but great I/O ports. Quirky vampire Nazuna is at least a gamer.
Completely abandoning the computer-expert theme, if I were building a new machine right now, I might go with Meigo from Endro, Grea from Manaria Friends, Tanya the evil, Mamako or Medhi from two-hit-multi-target-mama, Funi-chan from Astra, or Tirana from Cop Craft.
-j
Posted by: J Greely at September 13, 2023 02:33 PM (oJgNG)
Posted by: J Greely at September 13, 2023 02:49 PM (oJgNG)
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Very interesting possibility! And my parts arrived early today.
Posted by: Mauser at September 13, 2023 05:39 PM (BzEjn)
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Recent computer geekettes in anime?
Do It Yourself! has a computer geek named Miku Suride, nicknamed Purin. More of a 3D-printer geek than a computer geek, given the "vocational school" nature of the show.
Lycoris Recoil has a hacker loli named Kurumi. Her online avatar is a squirrel/chipmunk thing named Walnut.
Yurei Deco takes place in a Dennou-Coil-like augmented-reality city. The main character is a girl named Berry, but that isn't very anime-sounding.
If online-gamer geekettes count, Kaede or Risa (or any of the girls) from Bofuri could work. Or Runa the NEET gamer from that Lv999 Boyfriend thing.
Do It Yourself! has a computer geek named Miku Suride, nicknamed Purin. More of a 3D-printer geek than a computer geek, given the "vocational school" nature of the show.
Lycoris Recoil has a hacker loli named Kurumi. Her online avatar is a squirrel/chipmunk thing named Walnut.
Yurei Deco takes place in a Dennou-Coil-like augmented-reality city. The main character is a girl named Berry, but that isn't very anime-sounding.
If online-gamer geekettes count, Kaede or Risa (or any of the girls) from Bofuri could work. Or Runa the NEET gamer from that Lv999 Boyfriend thing.
Posted by: mikeski at September 14, 2023 10:05 PM (DgGvY)
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I think I'm gonna go with Purah. In part because she's also got that white hair/tan skin thing going on....
Just running my backups now before I take the plunge and gut Himawari. Playing WoWS while it runs on my laptop Etna.
Just running my backups now before I take the plunge and gut Himawari. Playing WoWS while it runs on my laptop Etna.
Posted by: Mauser at September 16, 2023 01:55 PM (BzEjn)
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