"Name Kai's Computer" Contest!

ZOMBIE USER 866 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 866** » Fri May 25, 2001 2:32 am

Hi, everybody!As I mentioned in today's "Chatterbox," I'm starting up a contest, for this coming week! For those of you who have been following ShadowFall and reading "Kai's Chatterbox" along with it, you know I just got the speech recognition on my Mac to work. But now I need a good name for the computer. I've been calling it "Buster," but I don't particularly like that. Anyway, the speech rec icon I've chosen is a cute robot, and I have him speaking in a "Trinoids" robotic-alienesque voice.The contest is "Name Kaichi's Computer," and the rules are simple: names must be either two or three syllables long, easy for a native English speaker to pronounce, and not x-rated. You may enter more than one name, if you like, but all names must be posted in this thread, not emailed to me or given in an Instant Message. The contest will run from Friday, 25 May to Friday, 1 June, at which time I will try all the entries on "Buster" and see which one he has the least trouble recognizing or responds to the fastest. The winning name will then be ceremoniously applied to my newly-speaking Mac, and there will be much rejoicing... Okay, so maybe there will just be a little gleeful giggling on my part. Cyber cake and ice cream will be served, and possibly those new chocolate cream filled Oreo cookies...if they last that long.There may be a prize for the person who submits the winning name, but I haven't decided what it is yet. Maybe an 8 x 10 inch drawing of the winner's favorite Kyoki Press character would be a decent prize. I don't know. I'll take suggestions on that, too.Let the naming begin!(^-^)Kaichi

ZOMBIE USER 866 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 866** » Fri May 25, 2001 2:51 am

Oh, I almost forgot!! Here's a pic of the speech recognition robot:<img src="http://www.kyokipress.com/images/icons/robot.jpg" width=60 height=60 border=0>(^-^)Kaichi

Kellogg · Post by **Kellogg** » Fri May 25, 2001 7:27 am

How about:Jojo, the dogfaced computer, or just
Jojo for short. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">Scott Kellogg

Richard Cobbett · Post by **Richard Cobbett** » Fri May 25, 2001 7:53 am

That is a scary looking little bugger...GRATUITIOUS SILLINESS: MakxukHis eyes are the biggest feature, so how about something related to that? Iris, Blinky, or if you're a Star Wars fan, Padawan (for 'pupil). I'm not very good at names, that's why I usually use mythological names or descriptive ones when I need them. So how about "Stupid infernal program, why don't you obey my orders you infernal piece of slime from the darkest pits of HADES!!!" In my experience, most apps are called that eventually------------------
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ZOMBIE USER 866 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 866** » Fri May 25, 2001 8:38 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Richard Cobbett:
That is a scary looking little bugger...GRATUITIOUS SILLINESS: Makxuk
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh, now I can't do that to him. I'd have to use Maxrok, instead...(~-^) <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
I'm not very good at names, that's why I usually use mythological names or descriptive ones when I need them. So how about "Stupid infernal program, why don't you obey my orders you infernal piece of slime from the darkest pits of HADES!!!" In my experience, most apps are called that eventually<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Heh...Richard san, we're talking about a Mac, here... The only programs that ever give me trouble are Netscape, Explorer and the atrocious AOL program. As a matter of fact, I never had a system crash in the year before I installed AOL. Since then, I have been able to trace most crashes to AOL or one of the browsers, and almost every other one to a corrupted font or an extension conflict for some freebie software I downloaded at download.com.I LOVE MY MAC!!!!Btw, great names so far, everybody!! Looks like I'll be spending a long while trying out names on "Buster," and the contest is only one day old.(~-^)Kaichi

Megazone27 · Post by **Megazone27** » Fri May 25, 2001 8:39 am

How about the "ShazBox"

Snakemeat · Post by **Snakemeat** » Fri May 25, 2001 11:13 am

If your speach recopgnition robot might someday have the capability of teaching you or me a new language; one might give him the name Multi-lingual.
rusty nails
and puppydog tails
make peice

KimiG · Post by **KimiG** » Fri May 25, 2001 11:21 am

Here's mine!!!!!!! Gizmo, Popeye, Lucy (he might be a girl!), Popcorn, gadget I'll think of some more later. ;Psmoochies,
KimiG

Delinquents · Post by **Delinquents** » Sat May 26, 2001 4:51 am

umm...what about "Skeeter"...i dunno why i just like that name i guess =)~-peace
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Russ · Post by **Russ** » Sat May 26, 2001 9:59 am

Snookums.I had a TRS-80 I called that, a long time ago.------------------
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Richard Cobbett · Post by **Richard Cobbett** » Sat May 26, 2001 11:12 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kaichi:
Heh...Richard san, we're talking about a Mac, here<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Good point, my calculator's never crashed either <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif"> (Okay, okay, gomen asai and all that )
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Ashandra · Post by **Ashandra** » Sat May 26, 2001 11:37 am

Hmm...all right. I'll go through some of my L5R cards. I love some of those names. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">Yoritomo (That's my favorite)Reiko (Okay, that's me...kinda. But it could be a girl!)O-Ushi (I think that means Cow...or Fat. Comes from Hida O-Ushi, which means Fat Cow. Which she certainly isn't)YoshiOsenKisadaYakamoAnd...that's all I can think of right now. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">Red

Jazz · Post by **Jazz** » Mon May 28, 2001 7:57 am

How about Akira.------------------
Friends help you move.....REAL friends help you move bodies.Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the darkness of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
--William Blake

Cannonshop · Post by **Cannonshop** » Mon May 28, 2001 9:10 am

"MacBot" seems appropriate, or, possibly "MacBeth" heheh, after all, "Macintosh" is originally a scotch name... Maybe "MacBrane"?
(of course, given that it seems to have a nasty view of communicating with outsiders, perhaps "Campbell" is more appropriate.)

Jpeane · Post by **Jpeane** » Wed May 30, 2001 9:13 am

After reading your "Chatter Box" for today, I would like to suggest "Marlowe" for the robot. You could also use "Faustus," "Tamburlaine" or perhaps even "Dido." Tho, the robot looks a bit silly for such dignified names, I suppose. Perhaps it should be aviation related. "Roscoe," "Lindy" or perhaps even "Tail Spin."Jim

Jazz · Post by **Jazz** » Wed May 30, 2001 9:42 am

Just plain Faust, Paradise umm......*thinks*------------------
Friends help you move.....REAL friends help you move bodies.Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the darkness of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
--William Blakehttp://www.portals.i-p.com/

Huijun · Post by **Huijun** » Thu May 31, 2001 12:10 am

How about....Big eyes Small head? = /Ok, crappy name there. =pOr how about Bottie?Huijun
P.S. He doesn't look menacing at all. In fact, he looks so cute! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">

Lee Lee · Post by **Lee Lee** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 6:55 am

Looks like a Phil to me.

ZOMBIE USER 866 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 866** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 2:13 am

Ok!! Finally got all the names tried out, and came up with eight that worked equally well. So, I'd like to hold a vote, here, to help me decide on a winner!The names in the running are:

<UL>
<LI>Jojo
<LI>Blinky
<LI>Padawan
<LI>Snookums
<LI>Yoshi
<LI>Lucy
<LI>Popcorn
<LI>Cambell
</LI>

The Mac had some trouble recognizing certain combinations of consonants (like the mpb in Campbell), so I tried different spellings in each of those cases.Anyway, I'll let the voting go for a week, so everyone who wants to vote on a finalist name can do so. The cut-off for votes will be Friday, 15 June. Please only vote for one of the names listed, above, and vote only once.This has been a lot of fun for me, so far, and I can't wait to see which name wins!!(^-^)Kaichi[This message has been edited by Kaichi (edited 06-08-2001).]

KimiG · Post by **KimiG** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 4:21 am

Popcorn!!! too bad gizmo didn't work I really like that one. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/frown.g ... oochiepoos,
KimiG