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Re:O.mg Cable by zarmin on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:29PM (#28395592)
What was the codename for the project to create that system?
Re:O.mg Cable by mhh__ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:50PM (#28399907)
The British system were called Rainbow Codes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Code

See this from the article:

"During WWII, British intelligence was able to glean details of new German technologies simply by considering their code names. For instance, when they began hearing of a new system known as Wotan, Reginald Victor Jones asked around and found that Wotan was a one-eyed god. Based on this, he guessed it was a radio navigation system using a single radio beam. This proved correct, and the Royal Air Force was able to quickly render it useless through jamming."

Read R.V. Jones book "Most secret* war" if this kind of war-engineering interests you.

* Pay attention to "most secret" rather than the ghastly Americanism "top secret"!

Re:O.mg Cable by Closi on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:38PM (#28395708)
Probably “Project Phoenix”.

If you ask any project team to come up with a project name they will probably pick ‘Project Phoenix’.

Re:O.mg Cable by erhk on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:10PM (#28396062)
Because all project work is reviving something that has been done before?
Re:O.mg Cable by wincy on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:20PM (#28396865)
No dude because it’s a badass name. If it’s super cool you get to name it “Operation Dark Phoenix” which is even more badass.
Re:O.mg Cable by neuronic on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:48PM (#28397165)
No, because all new projects are on fire from the get go.
Re:O.mg Cable by jl6 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @04:19PM (#28396842)
Because projects start in the smouldering ruins of as-is, and their business case is mythical (and if you want to rise in this environment you’d better be flame-retardant).
Re:O.mg Cable by alasdair_ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @07:03PM (#28398443)
Because the product is mythical and it will all end in flames.
Re:O.mg Cable by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:49PM (#28399902)
The Phoenix did not end in flames. It started in flames.
Re:O.mg Cable by richardw on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:36AM (#28400453)
It’s immortal and cyclical. There is no beginning or end. Popular focus is obviously on one part of that cycle.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)

Re:O.mg Cable by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:29PM (#28397603)
That or NexGen/NextGen.

Someone should do a study...

Re:O.mg Cable by exikyut on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:27PM (#28400090)
*Sigh*

...Telstra in Australia called the transition from its 3G network to 4G "Next-G".

Why is this suddenly so depressing lol ._.