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Re:Ixoth by rottencupcakes on Monday October 24, 2011 @03:22AM (#3148608)
Truthfully, it's a really bad name for a piece of software you're supposed to reference verbally.

Luckily, you can name it anything you want in your address book.

"Watson, please order me the usual from Grub Hub"

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Re:Ixoth by Raphomet on Monday October 24, 2011 @03:31AM (#3148628)
Presumably this was a design choice: "Ixoth" doesn't really sound like anything else, which means Siri is unlikely to confuse it with another name or command.
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Re:Ixoth by qrush on Monday October 24, 2011 @07:34AM (#3149169)
Yep, this exactly. I purchased the domain originally because I was going to write a roguelike game, but then I got an iPhone 4S :)

The name comes from a monster in Nethack, for the curious: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Ixoth

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