Jason Moyer on 9/4/2013 at 20:50
I'm pretty sure the name Shodan is uncommon enough that it's likely an allusion to the System Shock series. If you read the actual description of what it does, it makes the connection even more plausible.
catbarf on 9/4/2013 at 21:39
Shodan is also the lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts and is (apparently) also a term in the game of Go.
In retrospect, the Japanese theme behind SHODAN's origins in-game explains the name.
demagogue on 9/4/2013 at 22:03
Yes "dan" means rank in Japanese (literally "step"), and "sho" is the pronunciation of "beginning" for compound words. It's the same term for first-rank karate & Go players, and a lot of other activities that rank with experience. You also have a shodan ranking for flower arranging & tea ceremony. ;)
retractingblinds on 10/4/2013 at 12:51
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
I'm pretty sure the name Shodan is uncommon enough that it's likely an allusion to the System Shock series.
That's actually quite literally what it is.
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http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/455416/20130410/stone-unturned-shodan-world-s-scariest-search.htm)
Quote:
...the search engine, so named after the villain in the cyberpunk role-playing games System Shock and System Shock 2, have amassed information on at least 500 million devices monthly since it was launched in 2010.
june gloom on 10/4/2013 at 16:22
So Evabot has even less of a point. Magical.
Peanuckle on 13/4/2013 at 21:02
So they created a program that they expect to sell and named it after a megalomaniacal, genocidal AI?
Flawless logic.
SubJeff on 13/4/2013 at 23:01
Cyberdyne exists too, and there is some robot or something named Hal.
Just names from fiction man, it's not like they're naming it after something real; like Hilter moustache cream or Stalin Funeral Directors or something.
june gloom on 14/4/2013 at 00:01
I dunno I'd totally go to Stalin Funeral Home.
demagogue on 14/4/2013 at 01:05
And who doesn't like a refreshing swig of ice cold Pol Pot Pop in the summer heat?
SubJeff on 14/4/2013 at 06:00
I was thinking about crazy/offensive branding the other day; the patient wristbands where I work are called Banda labels.
Banda was the dictator I lived under for 10 years in Africa and by all accounts was pretty notorious at the time (my father worked for him and that combined with the censorship meant from our POV he was fine).
Anyways, I was thinking about stuff like the Big Brother TV show and how people have no clue where stuff comes from. This could allow for all sorts of shenanigans.
