Contest to rename "PF Lounge" category

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In summary, the PF Lounge needs a new name. Suggestions include "Event Horizon Cantina", "The Star Dust Watering Hole", or "PF Discussions Observatory".
  • #141
mfb said:
I don't know, it sounds very energetic.
It sounds like an ill-fated rapper who's chosen the wrong side of the street.
 
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  • #142
The MC Square ...
Is there an empty spot?
 
  • #143
mfb said:
I don't know, it sounds very energetic.
And kind of relativistic ...
Stavros Kiri said:
The MC Square ...
Is there an empty spot?
I was afraid I was going to end up in the classical 1/2mV2 domain! ...
 
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  • #144
fresh_42 said:
It sounds like an ill-fated rapper who's chosen the wrong side of the street.
Or a DJ who is a little old fashioned and staid
 
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  • #145
Hehe, I just saw the changed name of the forum and I thought "MC Square, what does that mean?". I took a while (proper time) before I understood :smile:.
 
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  • #146
DennisN said:
Hehe, I just saw the changed name of the forum and I thought "MC Square, what does that mean?". I took a while (proper time) before I understood :smile:.
That brings up an issue though. Since traditionally the 'PF Lounge' (temporary "The MC Square") includes general discussions etc., it may not easily be recognizable (with the latter said name) [as a category, or forum], at least by the non-physics type oriented people (members as well as visitors) and ... not only!(→ Example: @DennisN )
(TBH I had some problem too ...)

@Greg Bernhardt ...
 
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  • #147
Stavros Kiri said:
That brings up an issue though. Since traditionally the 'PF Lounge' (temporary "The MC Square") includes general discussions etc., it may not easily be recognizable (with the latter said name) [as a category, or forum], at least by the non-physics type oriented people (members as well as visitors) and ... not only!(→ Example: @DennisN )
(TBH I had some problem too ...)

@Greg Bernhardt ...

Gotta keep you guys on your toes :biggrin:
 
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  • #148
Greg Bernhardt said:
Gotta keep you guys on your toes :biggrin:
What? You think we are all ballerinas?! :woot:
 
  • #149
Tom.G said:
What? You think we are all ballerinas?! :woot:
There's enough mc2 for everybody! ...
 
  • #150
Greg Bernhardt said:
Gotta keep you guys on your toes :biggrin:
I hope you are aware that the name change is not, and never will be, universal:

If there is life on any planet in the Alpha Centauri/Proxima system, and they are able to observe computer monitors of PF members, the Alpha aliens won't notice the name change until about 4 years has passed.

Furthermore, there is a huge volume of space which the light from the monitors of PF members have not reached yet, which means aliens in this region are unaware that Physics Forums exists (cosmological horizons). I leave it to the interested readers to calculate how big the observational "light sphere" of Physics Forums is in space, but you may have to ask @Greg Bernhardt when the first version of the forum was put online, since this information is needed to perform the calculation.

And why not end this post even more tragically? There is a huge region of space in which aliens never will know Physics Forums exists. Since the Universe is expanding, the light from the monitors of PF members will never reach that region (particle horizons).
 
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DennisN said:
I hope you are aware that the name change is not, and never will be, universal:

If there is life on any planet in the Alpha Centauri/Proxima system, and they are able to observe computer monitors of PF members, the Alpha aliens won't notice the name change until about 4 years has passed.

Furthermore, there is a huge volume of space which the light from the monitors of PF members have not reached yet, which means aliens in this region are unaware that Physics Forums exists (cosmological horizons). I leave it to the interested readers to calculate how big the observational "light sphere" of Physics Forums is in space, but you may have to ask @Greg Bernhardt when the first version of the forum was put online, since this information is needed to perform the calculation.

And why not end this post even more tragically? There is a huge region of space in which aliens never will know Physics Forums exists. Since the Universe is expanding, the light from the monitors of PF members will never reach that region (particle horizons).
The change is with respect to
DennisN said:
proper time
(i.e. PF proper time)
 
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  • #152
DennisN said:
Since the Universe is expanding, the light from the monitors of PF members will never reach that region (particle horizons).
Well, you need to consider PF's cosmic inflation.
 
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  • #153
Greg Bernhardt said:
Gotta keep you guys on your toes :biggrin:
Tom.G said:
What? You think we are all ballerinas?! :woot:
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  • #154
jtbell said:
Who is who? And most important: who is the real dangerous one of the two?
(I'm one of the smart elephants hiding until the scene is cleared!)
 
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  • #155
fresh_42 said:
Who is who? And most important: who is the real dangerous one of the two?
(I'm one of the smart elephants hiding until the scene is cleared!)
If I remember correctly hippos are far more aggressive and more dangerous than crocodiles/alligators, w.r.t. how many humans are killed each year. Furthermore, if my memory serves me correct, the hippo is the most dangerous mammal, while the most dangerous animal overall is the mosquito, due to the spreading of diseases (w.r.t. humans killed each year).
 
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DennisN said:
hippos are far more aggressive and more dangerous than crocodiles/alligators
Also consider what would happen if that dancing hippo fell over onto you. :nb)
 
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  • #157
dlgoff said:
Well, you need to consider PF's cosmic inflation.
That was in early PF [Universe]! ...
 
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  • #158
Stavros Kiri said:
That was in early PF [Universe]! ...
Boy was it chaotic! :nb):biggrin:
 
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  • #159
Greg Bernhardt said:
chaotic
Could be a good name for the Lounge; The Chaotic Lounge.
 
  • #160
dlgoff said:
Could be a good name for the Lounge; The Chaotic Lounge.
Not as long as there are mentors ...
 
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  • #161
Stavros Kiri said:
Not as long as there are mentors ...
Probably why Greg didn't like it. :olduhh:
 
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  • #162
dlgoff said:
Probably why Greg didn't like it. :olduhh:
He had a hard time back in 2003 and forth, until equillibrium was reached ...
 
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  • #163
What I first saw was (MC)2 = 1,210,000
 
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  • #164
Helios said:
What I first saw was (MC)2 = 1,210,000
But ##MC^2=MCC=1,200.##
 
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  • #165
fresh_42 said:
But ##MC^2=MCC=1,200.##
And 1200 = 1×2×0×0 = 0.
 
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  • #166
DrGreg said:
And 1200 = 1×2×0×0 = 0.
The naughty lounge?
 
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  • #168
The Twilight Zone.
 
  • #169
Oh, go on, get nasty.:

Schrodinger's Cathouse

:smile:
 
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  • #170
Or something more Newtonian:

The Rest Frame Lounge
 
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  • #171
How about:

Club Zero K. Come in and chill out!

Edit: Just reviewed the thread and realized that @Navin suggested essentially the same thing in post #82, so I withdraw this suggestion.
 
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  • #172
gneill said:
How about:

Club Zero K. Come in and chill out!
@gneill I like the "Rest Frame Lounge". Maybe @Greg Bernhardt will consider including one of these in his 10-12 that he has selected for the next 12 months.
 
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  • #173
Charles Link said:
@gneill I like the "Rest Frame Lounge". Maybe @Greg Bernhardt will consider including one of these in his 10-12 that he has selected for the next 12 months.
Thanks!
 
  • #174
I have a sarcastic##{}^*## suggestion from a mathematical point of view: The Index Acrobat's Inn.

##({}^*)## I sympathize with a mentor of mine who always refused to calculate, e.g. even products of upper triangular matrices, and thought in terms of the nilradical instead. :cool:
 
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The Crazy Gluon Bar and Grill

or just

The Crazy Gluon
 

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