So I was browsing eBay and came across this ISA card by Stallion Technologies... model name:
ASS-ECHAT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stallion-Technologies … BIAAOSwkZhWTm-l
Really???? They couldn't come up with a better name?
Are there any horrible names for computer hardware that you have seen?
Anything with a "XP"
IMSI "Pet Mouse"
Covox "Speech Thing"
Razer "Boomslang"
It's not computer hardware, but at least home electronics. Maybe close enough. Had this hifi deck as a kid, kept the logo plaque when I scrapped it:
What the hell did they think? Must almost have been on purpose 😁
Wang?
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When you speak a different language, you can read other bad names such as "etrontech" which means in my tongue "crap-tech" 🤣
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wrote:When you speak a different language, you can read other bad names such as "etrontech" which means in my tongue "crap-tech" 🤣
Haha, yeah. About ten years ago, when I worked at Atlantic Container Lines, we drove past the Chinese restaurant "Kuk Pung" in New Jersey on a shore leave. It literally means "Dick Nutsack" in Swedish, the spelling is 100% correct. Believe me when I tell you we laughed our asses off 😁
There's a newer case, the Phanteks Enthoo, where the name just plain galls me. It doesn't mean anything bad, but it sounds ridiculous!
I've run across a few other lame ones too - A satellite antenna called "SATAN 450", and I distinctly remember seeing a mouse called "Barffi" at one point.
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Alas, I'm down to emulation.
assmann, I kid you not. they makes power and usb cables and stuff.
http://www.assmann-wsw.com/us/en/products/cable-assembly/
OK so assmann has a different meaning in German or something, buts its still funny
wrote:assmann, I kid you not. they makes power and usb cables and stuff.
http://www.assmann-wsw.com/us/en/products/cable-assembly/
OK so assmann has a different meaning in German or something, buts its still funny
It's a relatively common Germanic surname, but its literal meaning is unclear to me. The Swedish spelling of it, Assman, is even better. One of the telegraphists on a colleague of mine's old ship was named Bertil Assman. Apparently the USCG ran face controls every time he was aboard. Wonder why? 😁
wrote:assmann, I kid you not. they makes power and usb cables and stuff.
OK so assmann has a different meaning in German or something, buts its still funny
have u hard of this company its called siemens and they make ram so u ram siemens in slot XDDDDD; funy name's
wrote:assmann, I kid you not. they makes power and usb cables and stuff.
http://www.assmann-wsw.com/us/en/products/cable-assembly/
OK so assmann has a different meaning in German or something, buts its still funny
Sorry, couldn't resist:
Anything from one of the current "gaming" series of hardware.
Also, Zida Tomato Board. Because who doesn't like going to the computer store to buy tomatoes? As a bonus the portuguese word for tomatoes ("tomates") can be used as slang for balls, in keeping with the OP's theme.
I've found another one :
The "Commodore PET" means "Commodore FART" in french
Also you may now that because of how french is made where everything have a gender when you speak about it. Here, graphic cards are considered as "she". What was my surprise when I saw an old graphic card with "cougar" in "her" name ^^
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