Announcement Contest to rename "PF Lounge" category

[Stavros Kiri]

Final Frontier Lounge

Final PFrontier Lounge

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

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!

 

[phinds]

... this will be fun!

Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time

pfft, what do you know, you're a dog

 

[jtbell]

what do you know, you're a dog

Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time.

 

[phinds]

Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time.

Ah you just haven't seen a really lazy dog. I am an EXPERT couch potato.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time

He has. Running PF ...
A name is just a name ("PF Lounge" etc.) ... but a game is just a game too! ("Contest to rename ...")

this will be fun!

It already has ... and beyond

Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time.

I thought you said "space time" ...

 

[symbolipoint]

Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.

 

[phinds]

Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.

Hey. Good point. How about "PF Lounge".

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.

Yeah but not as fun

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Keeping ONE consistent name would be more than adequate.

You should review the thread. That was defended but recently it took new turn.

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 ...

 

[dlgoff]

Greg, you REALLY need to find something more constructive to do with your spare time

Let's see ... How long has PF been in existence? I think @Greg Bernhardt knows what he's doing. Just sayin'.

 

[phinds]

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

 

[DrGreg]

Everyone knows cats are the real experts in dealing with spare time.

That's because they can do two things at the same time, as long as nobody is watching.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

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?! ...

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I know I'm going to forget to change it the first of Nov, so I'm doing the first one now :)

 

[Tom.G]

 

[BillTre]

MC Square.
I like it!

 

[fresh_42]

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.

 

[mfb]

I don't know, it sounds very energetic.

 

[fresh_42]

I don't know, it sounds very energetic.

It sounds like an ill-fated rapper who's chosen the wrong side of the street.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

The MC Square ...
Is there an empty spot?

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I don't know, it sounds very energetic.

And kind of relativistic ...

The MC Square ...
Is there an empty spot?

I was afraid I was going to end up in the classical 1/2mV² domain! ...

 

[pinball1970]

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

 

[DennisN]

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 .

 

[Stavros Kiri]

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 .

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 ...

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

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

 

[Tom.G]

Gotta keep you guys on your toes

What? You think we are all ballerinas?!

 

[Stavros Kiri]

What? You think we are all ballerinas?!

There's enough mc² for everybody! ...

 

[DennisN]

Gotta keep you guys on your toes

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).