Names die hard

Two things that inspired my blog post today. One is Bruce Willis' latest movie, Die Hard 4.0. Two, I was spring cleaning (any idea how the expression “spring cleaning” came about?) when I found an AutoCAD software CD which I thought was useful for my friend who is studying industrial design.

He said the software is Version 4.1 and therefore obsolete because currently AutoCAD’s software is Version 6.5 Release 4.

(Pause)

Ok, let’s assess this. If there’s a Release 4, there must be 3 releases before it. Why can’t they call it Version 6.9? Or simply Version 9.0?

I remember playing the Street Fighter arcade game long time ago. It was followed by Street Fighter 2, which was an updated version with more characters and “cooler” moves. Then came Street Fighter 2 Turbo, which had smoother actions and movements that were probably choreographed by Jean Claude Van Damme. Nice. Tekken was just beginning but the Street Fighter series continued with Street Fighter 2 Turbo Special Edition. Nicer. But somehow, for some strange reasons, the game makers refused to call it Street Fighter 3.

I read about a guy who had money to spend on cars and could not decide between Subaru Impreza WRX Turbo Prodrive P1 (rally specific) and Subaru Impreza WRX Turbo STi Spec-C (tuned for circuit racing, hence “Spec-C”). Of course, that was after he crossed out the Subaru Impreza 22B Coupe and the Subaru Impreza RB (Richard Burns) Signature Model from the list.

If you are considering buying the latest Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (a rally-bred version of the Lancer family saloon), you know you won’t be asking for an Evo 8 (labeled as Evo VIII). Instead, you would be asking for an Evo 9 (labeled as Evo IX), which apparently is no longer available as it was replaced by the Evo 9 Tommy Makinen Edition. THAT too is out of production because the latest one is called the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 MR FQ 360.

If you can wait, perhaps you may see the Evo 10 (labeled as Evo X) in showrooms late this year. Unless of course, the people at Mitsubishi decide to call their latest creation the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 Tommy Makinen Edition FQ 360 GTi Type-R Spec-C Version 2 Release 4 Special Anniversary Model.