Top Gun style callsigns for IT techs, like the fighter pilots we are

[jthompson]

As alluded to in the annoying things thread, I watched two Top Gun films last weekend and have had lines and songs from the movies stuck in my head all week. One of the fun things about those films is the cool callsigns that the pilots have (I can't decide whether the maverick protaganist being literally named Maverick is one of the best or one of the lamest bits of character-naming in all movie history). Names like Ice, Cyclone, Hangman, etc. all help to ramp up the cheesiness to a delicious level.

 

Given that IT techs are just as cool if not cooler than best-of-the-best navy fighter pilots, what callsigns do you think would work well? I'm going to offer a few examples to start:

 

• Reboot
  
• Spacebar
  
• Firewall
  
• Cronjob
  
• Bluescreen
  

[MancTech]

i like the callsign "Cache" for someone with a wealth of IT knowledge at their fingertips.

[LeMarchand]

• RAM
  
• HardDrive
  
• Terminal
  
• Powershell
  

[TechMonkey]

- DropTable

- Mass Outage

- Deploy and Pray

- SIMS Lover

- Cloud Jockey

- FLOSS Angel

- FLOSS Devil

- Reboot be damned

- Packet Dropper

- High Ping

- DOS (Can be Denial of Service or Disk Operating System depending on application)

- DDOS

- Basement Dweller

[jthompson]

DropTable doesn't sound like someone I'd want as a wingman/wingwoman. Mind you, neither does Mass Outage :|

[LeMarchand]

Delete /All

[HarryMonkey]

3Key

BIOS

EffTwelve

[jthompson]

i like the callsign "Cache" for someone with a wealth of IT knowledge at their fingertips.

 

Maybe OneNote or WikiPedia for someone who always diligently updates their documentation.

[network41]

Mouse Jockey

[TechMonkey]

DropTable doesn't sound like someone I'd want as a wingman/wingwoman. Mind you, neither does Mass Outage :|

 

There is always someone that wakes up and chooses chaos. It needs labelling.

[simonw]

UNIX

Server

Wi Fly

Cr*pduster

Toner

[simonw]

- Basement Dweller

 

It sounds like I'm not the only one to have a basement as an office. Coolest place with todays heat.

[Dos_Box]

• MouseBall
  
• Backup
  
• Patch
  
• PowerDown
  
• Flatscreen
  

Edited June 16, 2022 by Dos_Box

[DeGrimmy]

Ghost

Hotkey

Flash

Encrypter

Patch (EDIT: Beaten to it by Dos_Box!)

Livewire

Tech

Edited June 16, 2022 by DeGrimmy

[synaesthesia]

RM-RF.

[hardtailstar]

Nerd

 

Geek

 

Magic

[jthompson]

Helpdesk (for one of those people who is pointedly unhelpful to end users)

Dreamcast (for one of those people who always seems to buy the 'wrong' games console)

manpage (for someone with misplaced pride in "never reading the ******* manual")

[3s-gtech]

Syntax

 

For my unreal ability to code badly.

[skyline_17]

Firefox

Vertex

Quantum

Blade

[network41]

Blocker

[HPlum78]

Breaker

Rebooter

Restarter

 

:-p

[CHiLL]

Control

Alt

Delete

[Ironside]

Toner

 

Puts a new spin on the phrase "I've got good tone".

 

On the topic of fighter pilot terminology, could also go with Firefox 2.

[round2it]

plugmonkey or picnic

[LeMarchand]

On the topic of fighter pilot terminology, could also go with Firefox 2.

 

Only if you think in Russian.