| Subject: Re: S@H is soliciting money. |
| From: Wayne Brown |
| Date: 20/03/2006, 17:23 |
| Newsgroups: sci.astro.seti,alt.sci.seti |
In alt.sci.seti Martin 53N 1W <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> wrote:
Martin wrote: [No I'm not going mad! There's more than one "Martin"!!]
Martin 53N 1W wrote:
What don't you like about Boinc other than that it is "new" and has more
features?
The only reason I stopped running SETI@home was (and still is) the fact that
the name sounds like a euphemism for a sexual act.
Yes, it is a deliberately 'slightly controversial' name to sex things up
a little. Very good for getting more people interested.
Also very good for getting some people *un*interested, including me.
--
Wayne Brown (HPCC #1104) | "When your tail's in a crack, you improvise
fwbrown@bellsouth.net | if you're good enough. Otherwise you give
| your pelt to the trapper."
e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0 -- Euler | -- John Myers Myers, "Silverlock"