Announcement Contest to rename "PF Lounge" category

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The forum is seeking suggestions to rename the "PF Lounge" category, encouraging members to propose creative and fun alternatives. Participants are sharing various ideas, such as "Eigenlounge," "The Particle Zoo Lounge," and "Schrodinger's Saloon," while some members express a preference to keep the original name due to its relaxed nature. There is a mix of humor and serious suggestions, with discussions about the implications of changing a familiar title. Ultimately, the final decision will rest with the PF administration, but community input is actively encouraged. The goal is to enhance the category's appeal while maintaining its essence.
  • #101
hmmm27 said:
The Spherical Couch Lounge.
The Spherical-Cow Pasture.
 
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  • #102
Ok I am feeling playful and going to make an executive decision! For the next 12 months I'll change the category name each month. I've picked out 10 so far. We need two more good/clever names. Keep it up!
 
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  • #103
Greg Bernhardt said:
Ok I am feeling playful and going to make an executive decision! For the next 12 months I'll change the category name each month. I've picked out 10 so far. We need two more good/clever names. Keep it up!
And after 12 months? Back to square one? :wink:
 
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  • #104
Wrichik Basu said:
And after 12 months? Back to square one? :wink:
Just maybe that's it: We should call it "Square one".
 
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  • #105
Interdimensional Cross-Ripping District!
 
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  • #106
Greg Bernhardt said:
Ok I am feeling playful and going to make an executive decision! For the next 12 months I'll change the category name each month. I've picked out 10 so far. We need two more good/clever names. Keep it up!
I know what you're up to. Here are the names: "1st month PF Lounge", "2nd month PF Lounge" ... "10th month PF Lounge";
Hence (last two): "11th month PF Lounge", "12th month PF Lounge" ! ...

And thereafter, "PF Lounge" ...
Hey! That works. Totally new, totally innovative! ... :smile::biggrin:
 
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  • #107
ARRGGH! And it keeps getting worse! Anyone have a Howitzer so we can obliterate this insanity?
 
  • #108
Here's two catchy ones:
1) "Neurtinos walk through PF" bar
2) Square roots of PF
 
  • #109
Greg Bernhardt said:
Ok I am feeling playful and going to make an executive decision! For the next 12 months I'll change the category name each month. I've picked out 10 so far. We need two more good/clever names. Keep it up!
Don't know whether Eigenlounge made it on your list, but I still like it most. An alternative - and I stick with QM - could be: "Bohmian Rhapsody". Too bad the German word for a restaurants can't be used: "Lokal" - because "Bohmsches Lokal" would be more than perfect!
 
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  • #111
fresh_42 said:
Don't know whether Eigenlounge made it on your list, but I still like it most. An alternative - and I stick with QM - could be: "Bohmian Rhapsody". Too bad the German word for a restaurants can't be used: "Lokal" - because "Bohmsches Lokal" would be more than perfect!
Bohmsches Nicht-Lokal?
 
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  • #112
Bob & Alice's Ragtime Cafe

Locus Pocus

The Flat Earth
 
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  • #113
fresh_42 said:
Don't know whether Eigenlounge made it on your list, but I still like it most.
That's a good one! I agree too.
 
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  • #114
Curved Spacetime
 
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  • #115
Impulse Subjects

Impulsive Discussions
 
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  • #116
Tom.G said:
ARRGGH! And it keeps getting worse! Anyone have a Howitzer so we can obliterate this insanity?
I hope you're joking. Partial humor has been part of this thread almost from the start ...
Borg said:
Curved Spacetime
"Black Hole Lounge" ...
symbolipoint said:
Impulse Subjects

Impulsive Discussions
Too standard
 
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  • #117
#102 copied from #14...Lol, carry on...
 
  • #118
Beyond the Standard Lounge
 
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  • #119
Lounge at the end of the Universe.
 
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  • #120
Borg said:
Lounge at the end of the Universe.
Deep Space Lounge
(or "Deep PF Lounge")

Final Frontier Lounge
 
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  • #121
Stavros Kiri said:
Final Frontier Lounge
Final PFrontier Lounge
 
  • #122
Ok I have all 12! First will go up Nov 1st. I won't release a list. Just visit every first of the month to see what the lounge is called next. Thanks all, this will be fun!
 
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  • #123
Greg Bernhardt said:
... this will be fun!
Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time :smile:
 
  • #124
phinds said:
Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time :smile:
pfft, what do you know, you're a dog :biggrin::-p
 
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  • #125
Greg Bernhardt said:
what do you know, you're a dog :biggrin::-p
Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time. :cool:
 
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  • #126
jtbell said:
Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time. :cool:
Ah you just haven't seen a really lazy dog. I am an EXPERT couch potato.
 
  • #127
phinds said:
Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time :smile:
He has. Running PF ...
A name is just a name ("PF Lounge" etc.) ... but a game is just a game too! ("Contest to rename ...")
Greg Bernhardt said:
this will be fun!
It already has ... and beyond
jtbell said:
Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time. :cool:
I thought you said "space time" ... :-p
 
  • #128
Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.
 
  • #129
symbolipoint said:
Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.
Hey. Good point. How about "PF Lounge".
 
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  • #130
symbolipoint said:
Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.
Yeah but not as fun :biggrin:
 
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  • #131
symbolipoint said:
Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.
You should review the thread. That was defended but recently it took new turn.
phinds said:
Hey. Good point. How about "PF Lounge".
As you may have noticed, I was with you but "I was playfully corrupted" too on the new revisited turn ...
 
  • #132
phinds said:
Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time :smile:
Let's see ... How long has PF been in existence? I think @Greg Bernhardt knows what he's doing. Just sayin'.
 
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  • #133
dlgoff said:
Let's see ... How long has PF been in existence? I think @Greg Bernhardt knows what he's doing.
Of course, but it's my job to keep him from getting complacent :smile:
 
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  • #134
jtbell said:
Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time. :cool:
That's because they can do two things at the same time, as long as nobody is watching.
 
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  • #135
DrGreg said:
That's because they can do two things at the same time, as long as nobody is watching.
And they (cats) solve the "flat Earth mystery/puzzle": if the Earth was flat don't you think cats would have pushed everything off it by now?! ... :wink::-p
 
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  • #136
I know I'm going to forget to change it the first of Nov, so I'm doing the first one now :)
 
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  • #137
:cry:
 
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  • #138
MC Square.
I like it!
 
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  • #139
BillTre said:
MC Square.
I like it!
Yeah, but it starts to feel cold. And sometimes a bit lost. Not really a comparison to Times or Piccadilly, resp. Trafalgar for the purists.
 
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  • #140
I don't know, it sounds very energetic.
 
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  • #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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