(Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com):
You're right, and I retract my suggestion completely if someone comes up with something more fun and standards-compliant! :-) Famous encyclopedists?
Pliny, Vincent of Beavais, Denis Diderot, Jimbo? (ha ha)
...don't forget Mortimer Adler. Besides, having a server named mortimer is about as nerdy as it's possible to get.