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My parents’ home network automatically assigns IP addresses via DHCP. My MacBook is named “Cotterpin.”

From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, Scholastic Mass Market Paperback Edition, page 131.

From the Futurama desktop wallpaper available at Adult Swim.

Via email from Abbey:
When I was getting a tour of what was going to become my apartment, I asked what number the unit is. The building is being remodeled and it took a moment for the landlords to plot out what number mine would be. When they settled on three, I joked that [...]