Renaming GIMPS? - Page 2

VictordeHolland · 2018-02-01, 21:34

It definitly needs a few additional terms:
Super Hyper Giga Mega eXtensive Cool GIMPS Power?

ixfd64 · 2018-02-01, 23:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madpoo

I know... right? Should we start a petition to rename the project?

Maybe a naming contest?

I like the project and all, but calling it "gimps" has always rubbed me the wrong way (is that a horrible case of "no pun intended" since we're talking about gimps and all? Certain meanings of the word are... unfortunate thanks to a little movie called Pulp Fiction)

I seem to recall that this issue came up for GIMP (the image editor) as well.

Uncwilly · 2018-02-02, 00:53

Monsieur Marin Mersenne's Prime Exponent Number Internet Search.

heliosh · 2018-02-02, 08:50

Transcontinental Research for Unfactorizable Mersenne Primes

LaurV · 2018-02-02, 09:25

You guyz! (and galz!), want to kill an old guy like me... I can not stop, I am laughing my lungs out... (especially the last two names)

ET_ · 2018-02-02, 10:45

MIMPI = Maxima Inter-contextus Mersennei Primorum numerorum Indago.

Uncwilly · 2018-02-02, 13:50

Prime Research Involving Mersenne Exponent Numbers Extremely Trial-factored.

retina · 2018-02-03, 13:47

Electricity And Time Sucking Hugely Idiotic Tests

Very Awesome Gigantic Indivisible Number Assessments

GP2 · 2018-02-03, 17:41

In all seriousness, the most sensible name change would be simply GMPS, with G for Great or perhaps Global.

Back in the mid-1990s, the idea of using the Internet for collaborative distributed projects was brand new. But no one today would feel the need to put "Internet" into a title, it's kind of redundant.

There is little competition for this acronym, mostly just GMPs = Good Manufacturing Practice (s). Wikipedia redirects GMPS to "GMP synthase (glutamine—hydrolysing)", which is fairly obscure.

I wonder how often it's happened that someone wanted to install the software on their work or school computers, and the person with decision authority said, hmmm, let me Google "gimps" to see what this is all about, and the end result was non-approval.

pinhodecarlos · 2018-02-03, 22:47

Instead of renaming the project name why not create a boinc GIMPS project to capture more CPU/GPU power?

jasong · 2018-02-03, 23:04

Not for GIMPS, but my name could stand for Just A Simple Old Nobody.

Too self-deprecating?

2018-02-02, 10:45	#17
ET_ Banned "Luigi" Aug 2002 Team Italia 1001100000001₂ Posts	MIMPI = Maxima Inter-contextus Mersennei Primorum numerorum Indago. Last fiddled with by ET_ on 2018-02-02 at 10:46

2018-02-02, 13:50	#18
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 3×7×17×31 Posts	Prime Research Involving Mersenne Exponent Numbers Extremely Trial-factored. Last fiddled with by Uncwilly on 2018-02-02 at 13:53

2018-02-03, 22:47	#21
pinhodecarlos "Carlos Pinho" Oct 2011 Milton Keynes, UK 2·5·11·47 Posts	Instead of renaming the project name why not create a boinc GIMPS project to capture more CPU/GPU power? Last fiddled with by pinhodecarlos on 2018-02-03 at 22:47

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GP2 Sep 2003 5036₈ Posts	In all seriousness, the most sensible name change would be simply GMPS, with G for Great or perhaps Global. Back in the mid-1990s, the idea of using the Internet for collaborative distributed projects was brand new. But no one today would feel the need to put "Internet" into a title, it's kind of redundant. There is little competition for this acronym, mostly just GMPs = Good Manufacturing Practice (s). Wikipedia redirects GMPS to "GMP synthase (glutamine—hydrolysing)", which is fairly obscure. I wonder how often it's happened that someone wanted to install the software on their work or school computers, and the person with decision authority said, hmmm, let me Google "gimps" to see what this is all about, and the end result was non-approval.

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