Geotechnical Engineers' Computer Names

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Thousands of geotechnical engineers visit the GVL every day. Each time a computer requests connection to a WWW server, it has to reveal its identity, according to the Interent standards set up by W3C. Web servers "log" this information to a file, to know who did what, and when.

Looking at the GVL's logs we found out what the geotechnical engineers name their computers. Here is a brief list:

You know what I named mine:
geotech.civen.okstate.edu
pretty unimaginative, don't you think?

Among GVL users there were both cowboys and indians:
ppp16.cowboy.net
indian-17.vf.pond.com
and even some ancient races were here:
aztec.ASU.EDU

But normal geotechnical engineers use more appropriate names:
soils-vis.ce.ufl.edu
loess.ce.engr.uky.edu
sands.CE.Berkeley.EDU
boulder.unibe.ch
rock11.ethz.ch
clay.ce.kth.se
illite.ce.kth.se
illite.ge.man.ac.uk
shale.mines.edu

Some even get more technical:
rebar.usc.edu
grout.civil.ualberta.ca
STRAIN.GG.UTK.EDU
triaxial.uniandes.edu.co

Some admire great civil engineering works:
hooverdam.ecn.purdue.edu
transsiberia.ecn.purdue.edu
suezcanal.ecn.purdue.edu
eurotunnel.ecn.purdue.edu

Some want to express something, but don't say exactly what they mean:
expression.ce.utexas.edu
katie-kaboom.cs.utexas.edu

Some of us are proud of our height and race, like tall swedes:
tallswede.stc.housing.washington.edu

Some names are long:
Cust37.Max12.San-Francisco.CA.MS.UU.NET
and some are short and sweet:
bv.com

Some love nuts:
hazelnut186052.nuts.nwu.edu
macadamia186071.nuts.nwu.edu
chestnut186089.nuts.nwu.edu
Some hope to get lucky, too:
lucky134.nuts.nwu.edu

Some love outdoors, blue skies and camp fires:
SkyBlu.CCIT.Arizona.EDU
fire.camp.clarkson.edu

Many geotechs have friends in the animal kingdom:
bear.itc.udel.edu
sparrowhawk.ecn.uoknor.edu
elephant.eng.clemson.edu
dolphin.eng.clemson.edu
shark.eng.clemson.edu
monkey.eng.clemson.edu
unicorn.it.wsu.edu
camel.eng.clemson.edu
sheep.lance.colostate.edu
swordfish.jcu.edu.au
rabbit.erin.utoronto.ca
panda.uwaterloo.ca

Some like their dogs supercharged:
bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
turbodog.edoc.com

Reptilian and amphibious are among all-time favorites:
snake657.orl.mmc.com
turtleeng.clemson.edu

Some even like flies, roaches, and bees:
swampfly.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
stiltfly.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
aquaroach.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
masonbee.watstar.uwaterloo.ca

Spanish selections will leave you speechless:
mad.servicom.es bacterio.cedex.es

Others adore their car parts:
innertube.execpc.com
hubcap.clemson.edu

Some like to remain secret: anonymous.chevron.com
Some can't forget childhood dreams: cinderella.unm.edu
And some get planets involved in this:
saturne.ensem.u-nancy.fr
uranus.kt.rim.or.jp
neptune.univ-fcomte.fr
neptune.pegasus.cranfield.ac.uk
Isn't neptune special? How about some fantasy? bbs.galactica.it
galactica.galactica.it -- OK, OK, we got it!

Some enjoy earthquake effects, that's for sure:
rumble.seismo.unr.edu
shake.seismo.unr.edu
jolt.seismo.unr.edu

Some reflect their national character, such as...
Australian: bushfire.hunterlink.net.au
German: sun12.cip-bau.unit-hannover.de (it's not meant to be simple or funny, it's German; it's straight to the point, functional, and robust)

Of course, if you can't think of anything else, you can always say "geotech!" like me:
geotech.civen.okstate.edu
geotech.engin.umich.edu
GEOTECH.MIT.EDU
geotech.ce.vt.edu
geotec01.eng.ufba.br
geotech2.dur.ac.uk
geotech4.tamu.edu
GEOTECH.CEE.CORNELL.EDU
geotec1.civil.kitami-it.ac.jp
pc.geotek.unit.no
geotek-097.geotek.se
geotec15.ncl.ac.uk
geotek.upc.es
geotek1.ce.utep.edu

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New Additions

These came after we did this page:

I'm getting confused, is this improvement or is this getting out of hands now?
angel.TheBrain.cz.it
flathead.dnrc.MT.gov
leachette.eng.utoledo.edu
zombie.xtra.co.nz
backfire.ultraseek.com
chaos.WPI.edu
savage.comeng.chungnam.ac.kr
zeus.unitel.co.kr
zeus.me.utoronto.ca
gospel.iinet.net.au
devil.stm.it
quicksand.eng.utoledo.edu
so.what.com
hazard.ncl.ac.uk
comancheMines.edu
Ellis-pc141.uncontrolled.QueensU.ca
spitfire.ecn.ou.edu
venus.dtv.dk
We've got two new ones from UTK:
TERZAGHIENGR.UTK.EDU
which is nice, but what is this: DIRTYCHIPENGR.UTK.EDU
? We have yet another Zeus!
zeus.cooper.edu
Now that's an environmentalist:
wastenot.ehnr.state.nc.us
bookwoman..mayo.edu

Now aren't you jealous of this one:
finsand.geotek.chalmers.se
I wonder what they mean by this:
nameless.house.gov pistachio186224.nuts.nwu.edu ... but who's counting?
Some prefer to count their castles...
castle26.castles.com

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