f/fgeorge wrote:

ACTUALLY it was mentioned to them early on but they had already
decided to use it, seems in the US that the word does not mean the
same as elsewhere. I can knock you on your head, or I can Boink you on
your head. The meaning is the same in the US. Elsewhere it apparently
means something else entirely.

f/fgeorge,

I have to say (in what I am shocked to discover is my first post this group
since December 2002!) that on the whole I tend to agree with Wayne Brown.

New-fangled features, bells and whistles just isn't the point.

SETI @ home "classic" "just works"(TM)? so ANY changes, especially on a
large farm, are not welcomed.

But the main point is BOINC ~ BONK = UK colloquialism for s3x.  As I don't
want to make this into an over 18's only newsgroup, I will say no more :-^

However, to balance this point of view, I would like to make the following
points:

1) Wayne Brown's sig includes the line "When your tail's in a crack..."  Do
you (or indeed does Wayne?) know what any of the several possible meaning
are, for the UK colloquialism "crack"?

2) My main reason for not switching from SETI @ home "classic" to BOINC
(apart from the name...) is the fact that it requires ALL PC's to have
direct internet access, which, with a family of two young (i.e. < 10 y.o.)
boys, I am not prepared to give them.

3) I notice that Wayne has indicated a preference for GIMPS.  I wonder
whether Wayne knows what the term "GIMP" means in the UK?  To give you a
clue, there are specialist (often mail-order) stores which sell gimp masks.
Apparently.  Not my cup of tea, but then they do say it takes all sorts. :-)


Martin