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> It also has a cute set of version names based on atomic number.

This reminds me of my favorite lab numbering scheme. Each computer in the lab is assigned an element name, with the last byte of its assigned IPv4 address being its atomic number.

So if your machine were `cobalt` your IP would be 192.168.0.27, If it were `oxygen`, 192.168.0.16, etc.

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“Glenn, we need you to find another transuranic element again…someone added a new machine to the network”

You could add another class 'C' and start naming the networks by the elements and the hosts by the chemical compound resulting!

yeah just grow them organically

It's a bit late for Seaborg, but there are IUPAC systematic names for undiscovered ones anyhow.

Thats pretty cool.

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