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".
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The Fine Structure Lounge
 
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  • #177
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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  • #178
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.
 
  • #179
How about:

The STEM Cell
 
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  • #180
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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.:

Schrodinger'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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  • #181
gneill said:
The Rest Frame Lounge
That could be shortened to "The Rest Frame" as I think that already conveys the notion of lounging.
 
  • #182
DrGreg said:
That could be shortened to "The Rest Frame" as I think that already conveys the notion of lounging.
It could also be a thread topic, thus kind of confussing ...
 
  • #183
How about:

The Energy Bar
 
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  • #184
gneill said:
How about:

The Energy Bar
Not good. Energy is a real valued scalar, so what should that ##\bar{E}## mean?
 
  • #185
fresh_42 said:
Not good. Energy is a real valued scalar, so what should that ##\bar{E}## mean?
Hah! Math joke! :smile: Good stuff.

I was going for a pun on the recent energy drink / energy bar / well, anything energy craze. I am humbled by your incisive critique :sorry:
 
  • #186
gneill said:
Hah! Math joke! :smile: Good stuff.

I was going for a pun on the recent energy drink / energy bar / well, anything energy craze. I am humbled by your incisive critique :sorry:
Yeah, I couldn't find a good Red Bull pun, that's why. :sorry:
 
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  • #187
fresh_42 said:
Yeah, I couldn't find a good Red Bull pun, that's why. :sorry:
Could've gone with "that's Red Bull Cr*p" Just sayin' :smile:
 
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  • #188
gneill said:
How about:

The Energy Bar
too restless!
[but then again, so is mc2 ...]
 
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  • #189
fresh_42 said:
so what should that ##\bar{E}## mean?
You're so mean! That could mean 'mean PF member energy value' spent on that forum ...
 
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  • #190
The Partially Derivative Lounge
 
  • #191
Huygens' New Wave Cantina
 
  • #192
Faraday's Cage
 
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  • #193
gneill said:
The Partially Derivative Lounge
You mean as in "The Partially Deranged Lounge"?
 
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  • #194
PF's Cloud Chamber
 
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  • #195
gneill said:
Huygens' New Wave Cantina
Closed Society: de Broglie Waves only!
 
  • #196
gneill said:
Faraday's Cage
All tensions must stay outside!
 
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  • #197
The Improper Integral Lounge
 
  • #198
gneill said:
The Improper Integral Lounge
Victims of beam accidents only!
 
  • #199
The Reactor Room
 
  • #200
Strange Matter Lounge
 
  • #201
Entropical Island Bar
 
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At this rate, Greg will be changing the name every day.
 
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  • #203
L4 Lounge - Relax in our orbit!
 
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  • #204
The Gravity Well
 
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  • #205
gneill said:
L4 Lounge - Relax in our orbit!
Do you consider the other four as too crowded already?
 
  • #206
fresh_42 said:
Do you consider the other four as too crowded already?
L1 through L3 are just for unstable people. You wouldn't like them :smile:
L5 is still being furnished.
 
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  • #207
Free Fall Lounge

- Full service, no weighting!
 
  • #208
gneill said:
Free Fall Lounge

- Full service, no weighting!
But one could argue that we're already there! And even worse: the entire universe is already there.
 
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  • #209
The "You name it!" Lounge ...
 
  • #210
The Weightlessness Shelter Cafè

The Science is Fun Lounge! ...
 

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