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Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Chairboy on November 26, 2003, 12:49:25 AM: Hi all,

I'd like to pick your brains for some suggestions on a code name for a project. I can't tell you anything about it since some of you know where I work, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

Basically, I'm looking for a code name that's a synonym or related to the concept of a 'Dark Horse', as in a 'dark horse candidate', someone who nobody thinks is going to win, but comes out from behind to victory.

BTW, for all you wags out there, I already floated the name 'Dark Horse'. The response I got was that it might be a little too on the nose.

Thanks!
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on November 26, 2003, 12:50:50 AM: The Four Horseman

If you don't choose that, the apocalypse will certainly rain down on us all.
-SW
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on November 26, 2003, 12:52:08 AM: But for a realistic suggestion:

The Poo Wrangler.

Who the hell thinks that would win?!
-SW
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: NUKE on November 26, 2003, 12:59:36 AM: What about: "The Chairboy Project" ?

ahhh........ j/k

"France"
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: GRUNHERZ on November 26, 2003, 01:05:15 AM: Shadow Rider

BTW where do you work?
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: ravells on November 26, 2003, 05:56:40 AM: Close to Grunherz: Shadow Warrior or Shadow Steed.

Ravs
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Post by: Holden McGroin on November 26, 2003, 05:59:57 AM: 'Project Seabiscuit' .... maybe a little sappy...

I think Chairboy works at the DOD or NSC, and we are naming the operation for covert military operations in either North Korea, Iran, or France.
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Sparks on November 26, 2003, 07:00:34 AM: Black Beauty - that was a Dark Horse too ya know ....
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Strange on November 26, 2003, 07:15:48 AM: The Pale Rider - Good movie too :aok
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: AWMac on November 26, 2003, 07:42:12 AM: Project Butt Jockey :rofl :rofl :aok
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Mickey1992 on November 26, 2003, 07:46:39 AM: Project Long Shot.
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Gunthr on November 26, 2003, 07:52:33 AM: How about "Project Thermopoly" - A reference to the battle at the mountain pass of Thermopoly where 300 Spartans held off 600,000 Persions. Obscure enough to not be "in your face" or obvious, but significant to those who care ...
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: boxboy28 on November 26, 2003, 09:37:40 AM: "Project UNDER DOG":aok
Title: Re: Need code name for project
Post by: gofaster on November 26, 2003, 09:45:40 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Chairboy
Basically, I'm looking for a code name that's a synonym or related to the concept of a 'Dark Horse', as in a 'dark horse candidate', someone who nobody thinks is going to win, but comes out from behind to victory.

Would "Operation John Elway" be too obvious?

(http://images.nfl.com/qbclub/images/elway_john.jpg)
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Dux on November 26, 2003, 10:19:15 AM: Just call it "Black Helicopter" and dispense with the mystery already.
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Westy on November 26, 2003, 10:31:28 AM: Project Obfuscated Equus caballus
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Maverick on November 26, 2003, 10:31:30 AM: How about "lights out".
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: vorticon on November 26, 2003, 10:46:32 AM: black donkey
black sheep
rotweiler(sp)
project horse
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: SOB on November 26, 2003, 10:52:01 AM: Project "Jesse the Body"
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: vorticon on November 26, 2003, 11:47:42 AM: project excalibur
project morgana
king arthur
project tree hugging hippies
project mighty ducks
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: -dead- on November 26, 2003, 12:49:22 PM: Swordfish

According to Marxist theory, all codenames or secret passwords always have to be "Swordfish".
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: BEVO on November 26, 2003, 01:35:46 PM: Longshot
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Chairboy on November 26, 2003, 01:55:05 PM: Some great suggestions so far, keep 'em coming!
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Maniac on November 26, 2003, 02:08:14 PM: Name it : "Another POS AV software"

:aok
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Chairboy on November 26, 2003, 02:19:42 PM: Heh, it's not AV. Good try.

:)
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Psyco on November 26, 2003, 02:34:59 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Gunthr
How about "Project Thermopoly" - A reference to the battle at the mountain pass of Thermopoly where 300 Spartans held off 600,000 Persions. Obscure enough to not be "in your face" or obvious, but significant to those who care ...

Not to be a smart prettythang, I like your codename and the story of the battle of Thermopylae . If your idea is used, the spelling will be right on the baseball caps. :aok

Psyco
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Post by: Vulcan on November 26, 2003, 03:35:45 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Chairboy
Heh, it's not AV. Good try.

:)

Hmmmm...

Project We-Need-EPO?

:D
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Post by: davidpt40 on November 26, 2003, 03:44:51 PM: Alright, you need a codename that is a longshot, that no one would expect to work at all...

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: FUNKED1 on November 26, 2003, 03:47:06 PM: Swarthy Stallion of Desire
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Mini D on November 26, 2003, 03:48:56 PM: Call the project "Top Secret". Then when someone ask's you what project you are currently working on you can tell them it's "Top Secret" and then snicker because you're the only one that will get it.

MiniD
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Post by: Fuzzy on November 26, 2003, 05:15:38 PM: Operation: Oral on first date
Jean Claude: Plan Damned
Project Brown Winker
Codeword Ringmeat left on the toilet seat
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: BlckMgk on November 26, 2003, 05:24:10 PM: Well if dark horse is to obvious.. use l33t sp34k...

soo

'D@Rk h0R53'
TOP 5ECrE+
thERMoPYL4e

Y35 i KN0W I'M $0 UBeR!
OWNeD!

haha ^ to funny
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Dux on November 26, 2003, 05:27:01 PM: Call it HAVE SECRET
and declassify it on X3 ;)
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: cpxxx on November 26, 2003, 05:52:21 PM: Think laterally a surprise winner or new star would be an obvious loser until the moment it won. Anything with dark or shadow implies deviousness so can't be used.

So how about 'Project Obvious Nova' as in star nova, or 'Project Obvious Lightning' or with the horse theme and reverse psychology 'Project Bright Mustang' or 'Project Blue Charger' as in charging out of the blue. Or 'Blue Mustang' or variations thereof.

I once owned a share in a racehorse called Jigsaw Boy. He always came from nowhere to win on the line approprately enough. Jigsaw is apt as in puttig the pieces together so what about 'Project Jigsaw Victory' as in late surprise. OK OK that's pushing it a bit. But you get my drift.

Knowing more about the project than I do you might find something both apt and implying a dark horse.
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Post by: Furball on November 26, 2003, 05:57:48 PM: Horses in Mythology: -

Arion - an immortal, extremely swift horse

Bucephalus - semi-legendary horse of Alexander the Great

Pegasus - a winged horse (already used by Rolls Royce for the harrier engine tho ;))

In Literature: -

Concorde - the mount of Sir Lancelot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (not a real horse, but a page banging coconuts together) :rofl

Shadowfax - from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

Silver Blaze - eponymous hero of a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle

Maybe one of these takes your fancy?
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Post by: vorticon on November 26, 2003, 06:19:47 PM: project beatles
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Gunthr on November 26, 2003, 06:35:52 PM: Quote
Not to be a smart prettythang, I like your codename and the story of the battle of Thermopylae . If your idea is used, the spelling will be right on the baseball caps.

Psyco

lol , okey dokey. I get a "D" in spelling, an "A+" in imagination. You also get an A+ in being a pain in my prettythang

:p

edit: Actually, that was a pretty cool way to point out the mispelling, and for a good reason. :) Thanks
Title: Need code name for project
Post by: Halo on November 26, 2003, 08:24:13 PM: Horatio (at the bridge)