...if you get robreid to give you a special color and thicken your line on the [URL=http://www.teamprimerib.com/rr1/topfgraph55.htm]factor graphs[/URL] (*cough*trif*cough*)

... you know all of the DC jargon used in this thread

... You're a contractor for a defense agency, but know more acronyms in Distrubted Computing and the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search than in your job.

DC, LL, DC, TF, GIMPS, MP, 33M, et cetra, et cetra.

... the first thing you did when you walked into your school's large computer lab was pull up the system info to see if the systems are technologically advanced enough to be assimilated :whistle: :grin:

...if you are looking at this message.

...you figure a way to get on to your boss's computer unsupervised for a few minutes....

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Uncwilly [/i]
[B]...you figure a way to get on to your boss's computer unsupervised for a few minutes.... [/B][/QUOTE] ... with administrative privileges so when Prime95 is installed, it will still run while the computer is logged out. :shock:

I would like to do that. I could gain about 10 machines that way....

You build a 10 petaflop supercomputer in your basement, and the government pleads with you to sell it.

You actually build a quantum computer in your basement.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ixfd64 [/i]
[B]You build a 10 petaflop supercomputer in your basement, and the government pleads with you to sell it.

You actually build a quantum computer in your basement. [/B][/QUOTE]

...if you bought a T3 just too get enough exponents to keep that thing busy... then we log on tomorrow, "8 new mersenne primes discovered"... and we see this new user name that is holding 1st place...

... you can't sleep at night knowing one of your boxen is down.

... you skip work/school the next day to fix it despite the fact that this will result in untold extra hours of work when you return.