Quote from WinstonSmith on August 2, 2009, 2:45 pm

This is just a guess here, but it seems to me like the term "Gladdys" used in the Portal files would be a nickname; ie, "Gladdy's destruction." Why Valve would use a nickname in the files when the real name is used in other files is a mystery, but I'm guessing it would have to be some sort of inside joke.

Quote from ASBusinessMagnet on August 2, 2009, 2:48 pm

WinstonSmith wrote:

This is just a guess here, but it seems to me like the term "Gladdys" used in the Portal files would be a nickname; ie, "Gladdy's destruction." Why Valve would use a nickname in the files when the real name is used in other files is a mystery, but I'm guessing it would have to be some sort of inside joke.

Well, Valve never used the fact that GLaDOS was a human being, but she was.

Quote from WinstonSmith on August 2, 2009, 2:51 pm

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:

Well, Valve never used the fact that GLaDOS was a human being, but she was.

She was? How d'you know?

Quote from ASBusinessMagnet on August 2, 2009, 2:54 pm

WinstonSmith wrote:

She was? How d'you know?

If she wasn't, because Part 3 holds, she would never want to be free again. She wouldn't know what freedom is.

Quote from WinstonSmith on August 2, 2009, 2:58 pm

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:

If she wasn't, because Part 3 holds, she would never want to be free again. She wouldn't know what freedom is.

Ohh...we're talking about the Clone, the Construct, and the Cube still. I see.

Quote from ASBusinessMagnet on August 2, 2009, 3:02 pm

WinstonSmith wrote:

Ohh...we're talking about the Clone, the Construct, and the Cube still. I see.

The fact GLaDOS was a human being is simply a consequence of Part 3 of the Clone, the Cube, and the Construct. What you expected, a Rick Roll discussion?!

Quote from Ricotez on August 2, 2009, 3:49 pm

I've started to wonder now... The username on the wall indeed was 'cjohnson'. But does that have to apply to Cave Johnson? Couldn't it be... Chell Johnson?

Quote from ASBusinessMagnet on August 2, 2009, 3:53 pm

Ricotez wrote:

I've started to wonder now... The username on the wall indeed was 'cjohnson'. But does that have to apply to Cave Johnson? Couldn't it be... Chell Johnson?

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More to the point, this is probably not Cave Johnson's name and password, as previously thought, but the original Chell Johnson's name and password, from an earlier clone iteration who could remember who she was.

Even though the fact Chell is a clone is debunked, this [couldn't apply, read edit].

EDIT: The "notes.exe" file accessible only through the 'cjohnson' login doesn't mention Chell Johnson, it only mentions Cave Johnson. If GLaDOS knew it's Chell Johnson, why the a- don't mention Chell Johnson?!

Quote from WinstonSmith on August 2, 2009, 4:49 pm

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:

The fact GLaDOS was a human being is simply a consequence of Part 3 of the Clone, the Cube, and the Construct. What you expected, a Rick Roll discussion?!

I still don't see how GLaDOS is a former human. The only evidence presented on this forum is a comment from another site and a clip from a wiki. Albeit it is the Combine Overwiki, but still...
It just doesn't make much sense for GLaDOS to have been a human. I can (barely) accept the theory about Cave using his family as test subjects, but when a human mind becomes so twisted as to need several different cores--including a morality core installed? It seems like the company would have simply scratched the project and coded an AI.

Plus, I like Big Brother-esque way GLaDOS runs the facility.