Re:Why Microsoft's engineering changes will be the real Wind...
by freehunter on Monday September 29, 2014 @02:35PM
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Well the Xbox team got it from the sci-fi author. The point is it might be inspired by Halo, but the Halo reference is inspired by the author. It's like saying John Locke is a reference to Lost, when Lost co-opted it from the philosopher.
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Re:Why Microsoft's engineering changes will be the real Wind...
by cwyers on Monday September 29, 2014 @02:52PM
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Well, Windows Phone has been using the name Cortana for their Siri-equivalent. The codename for the next version of IE is reportedly Spartan[1], which is used in Halo. The codename for the upcoming version of Windows is Threshold[2], which again is a name that shows up in Halo. Naming everything after things in Halo is apparently Microsoft's new thing.
1) http://www.zdnet.com/how-the-next-version-of-ie-codenamed-sp... 2) http://www.geek.com/games/microsoft-taps-the-halo-franchise-...
Re:Why Microsoft's engineering changes will be the real Wind...
by ObviousScience on Monday September 29, 2014 @02:49PM
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But John Locke in lost is merely a reference to and not the same as, John Locke the philosopher.
Not everything with the same name is the same thing, and it's possible to reference the second in a series of shared names that itself is referencing the first.
References aren't transitive, in this case.