Contest to rename "PF Lounge" category

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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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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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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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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).
 
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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Greg Bernhardt said:
chaotic
Could be a good name for the Lounge; The Chaotic Lounge.
 
dlgoff said:
Could be a good name for the Lounge; The Chaotic Lounge.
Not as long as there are mentors ...
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
Not as long as there are mentors ...
Probably why Greg didn't like it. :olduhh:
 
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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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What I first saw was (MC)2 = 1,210,000
 
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Helios said:
What I first saw was (MC)2 = 1,210,000
But ##MC^2=MCC=1,200.##
 
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fresh_42 said:
But ##MC^2=MCC=1,200.##
And 1200 = 1×2×0×0 = 0.
 
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DrGreg said:
And 1200 = 1×2×0×0 = 0.
The naughty lounge?
 
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Oh, go on, get nasty.:

Schrödinger's Cathouse

:smile:
 
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Or something more Newtonian:

The Rest Frame Lounge
 
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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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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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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!
 
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:
 
gneill said:
The Fine Structure Lounge
Why not just " 1/137 "? Would be interesting how people would make appointments: "See you later at the ..." - ##\alpha## perhaps?
 
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fresh_42 said:
Why not just " 1/137 "? Would be interesting how people would make appointments: "See you later at the ..." - ##\alpha## perhaps?
That would be nifty, but I think too many people would miss the reference.
 
How about:

The STEM Cell
 
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DrGreg said:
And 1200 = 1×2×0×0 = 0.
fresh_42 said:
The naughty lounge?
The Zero Point lounge/ Naught Lounge ...
["Lounge naught" (L0)]

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rootone said:
The Twilight Zone.
What!? Where!? :oldsurprised:

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gneill said:
Oh, go on, get nasty.:

Schrödinger's Cathouse

:smile:
No way I'm getting in! I'll be observer for the others! ... :biggrin:

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gneill said:
Or something more Newtonian:

The Rest Frame Lounge
Gee! How come we didn't think of that before/earlier !? :headbang:
(We all like a Classical Rest! ...)

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gneill said:
How about:

The STEM Cell
That's doubly catcy! ... but rare and hard to figure out it's a PF lounge ...[Boy, is it just my idea or this thread and contest is fun?! ...]
 
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