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BOINC stands for . . . ? (Part 2)
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Hydnum.Repandum Send message Joined: 18 Mar 03 Posts: 60 Credit: 4,122,841 RAC: 0 |
This is a competition and the winner will receive a CD full of very rare and precious work units. Do you know what BOINC stands for? I personally think BOINC = Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Normal Chaos What do you think? Entries so far (from Part 1) > Sir Alan No idea, but I think something from Batman would have sounded better - KERPOW or SPLAT perhaps. BOINC sounds a bit wimpish. > Petit Soleil Best Of Inocent Nerds Company > Petit Soleil Butt Of Irina Never Cum > xi3piscium Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing > Ranz BOINC = Berkeley Only Increases Nonexistant Communications > MattDavis Bunch Of Idiot Nerds Complain > Hydnum.Repandum BOINC = Best Open Intermittently Never Crunching > Carl Cuseo Bearing, Oftimes, Insanely, Nefarious, Calamities > Dogbytes Boinc = Bitching Orrifaces Intergrating Non-Sense Collectively > Hydnum.Repandum BOINC = Begining Of Inferior Number Crunching > Bill Barto Better Off If Not Computing. Hydnum Repandum </br> Open SETI Initiative |
GL324 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 44 Credit: 84,362 RAC: 0 |
> Part 2 - If we can not crunch lets have some fun! > > This is a competition and the winner will receive a CD full of very rare and > precious work units. Do you know what BOINC stands for? > > I personally think > > BOINC = Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Normal Chaos > > What do you think? > > > Entries so far (from Part 1) > > > Sir Alan > No idea, but I think something from Batman would have sounded better - KERPOW > or SPLAT perhaps. BOINC sounds a bit wimpish. > > > Petit Soleil > Best Of Inocent Nerds Company > > > Petit Soleil > Butt Of Irina Never Cum > > > xi3piscium > Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing > > > Ranz > BOINC = Berkeley Only Increases Nonexistant Communications > > > MattDavis > Bunch Of Idiot Nerds Complain > > > Hydnum.Repandum > BOINC = Best Open Intermittently Never Crunching > > > Carl Cuseo > Bearing, Oftimes, Insanely, Nefarious, Calamities > > > Dogbytes > Boinc = Bitching Orrifaces Intergrating Non-Sense Collectively > > > Hydnum.Repandum > BOINC = Begining Of Inferior Number Crunching > > > Bill Barto > Better Off If Not Computing. > > Hydnum Repandum </br> > Open SETI Initiative Battle Over Intelligence Needless Confusion £é¡¡£æe£ål¡¡s£ï¡¡£ál£év£å ... |
Hydnum.Repandum Send message Joined: 18 Mar 03 Posts: 60 Credit: 4,122,841 RAC: 0 |
BOINC = Best Operated Internally by Nematode Creatures |
bfarrant Send message Joined: 4 Jun 99 Posts: 228 Credit: 3,559,381 RAC: 0 |
BOINC = Broken Old Infrastructure Needlessly Collapsed |
Hydnum.Repandum Send message Joined: 18 Mar 03 Posts: 60 Credit: 4,122,841 RAC: 0 |
BOINC = Bouncing Out and In Near Collapse |
Jaaku Send message Joined: 29 Oct 02 Posts: 494 Credit: 346,224 RAC: 0 |
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Hydnum.Repandum Send message Joined: 18 Mar 03 Posts: 60 Credit: 4,122,841 RAC: 0 |
Born Out of Inspiration Neglect and Constipation |
MattDavis Send message Joined: 11 Nov 99 Posts: 919 Credit: 934,161 RAC: 0 |
Bolivia Often Includes Nerdy Complainers |
D. Drake Send message Joined: 21 Aug 01 Posts: 23 Credit: 1,866 RAC: 0 |
Beans Often Induce Noisy Conditions |
G.A.Waldenmeier@home_Project Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 63 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 |
Blast Orbit Inferno Nuclear Cäsium |
pcdeatherage Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 3,195 RAC: 0 |
Broken Operations INCorporated ------------------------------- Crockett did not go down like they lead us to believe...when will the powers that be learn that the truth is not just as good, it's better. Pena Diary |
G.A.Waldenmeier@home_Project Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 63 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 |
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The RealBigSwede Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 26 Credit: 26,660 RAC: 0 |
BOINC = BrOken INC the Only RealBigSwede Come get your BOINC T-Shirt @ [url=http://www.t-shirt.here.ws]the RealBigSwede's T-shirt Place<a> |
Hydnum.Repandum Send message Joined: 18 Mar 03 Posts: 60 Credit: 4,122,841 RAC: 0 |
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Purdy Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 76 Credit: 42 RAC: 0 |
Brutal Onslaughter of Innocent New Clients |
Qui-Gon Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2940 Credit: 19,199,902 RAC: 11 |
I don't know what BOINC stands for, but I seem to remember Carla on the old Cheers TV show using the term. Something like, "Hey, Sam, when are you gonna BOINC Diane?" Is that significant? |
D.J. Schweitz Send message Joined: 29 Oct 02 Posts: 157 Credit: 871,078 RAC: 0 |
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The worm that turned Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 100 Credit: 4,872,533 RAC: 0 |
Bureau Of INCompetence |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
Berkeley Open Infrastructure Not Connected Bouncing Output / Input Not Committed ... greetz, Uli |
John YSLee Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 319,703 RAC: 0 |
BOINC=Being Online Indicate Not Crunching |
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