New Forum Proposal: Science Hobby and Tech Forum

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

I've been talking over IM to Hyperion, Kojikun, and Stormbringer about our various science experiments and devices, (Hyperion's coilguns and computers, Kojikun's Farnsworth Fusor, etc.) and we've come to realize we would like a forum for our and others' science hobbies. We can discuss our projects and link to other sites that are building these and other devices as well. Responses are strongly encouraged

[Evil Sadistic Bastard]

Question is, is there enough demand? It sounds like the SLM board would be good enough, though flamethrowers would be needed to wash the trolls away.

[Zaku-chan]

SCIENCE, Logic, and Morality.

[Sea Skimmer]

I see no need

[GrandMasterTerwynn]

I've been talking over IM to Hyperion, Kojikun, and Stormbringer about our various science experiments and devices, (Hyperion's coilguns and computers, Kojikun's Farnsworth Fusor, etc.) and we've come to realize we would like a forum for our and others' science hobbies. We can discuss our projects and link to other sites that are building these and other devices as well. Responses are strongly encouraged :)

The problem is, we already have the SLAM and OT forums for this sort of stuff. Creating a Science and technology forum could create confusion, especially among newbies who might wonder why we have two science forums.

[Hyperion]

technically one forum specifically for experimentation and true science/physics would be a good thing.

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Ok split the SLAM into Science and Logic/Morality forums

[GrandMasterTerwynn]

Ok split the SLAM into Science and Logic/Morality forums :)

Now that may have some merit. The actual science stuff there tends to quickly get overwhelmed by a mass of creationism and morality debates. However, would a purely science/technology and scientific/engineering hobby forum generate any sort of meaningful traffic?

[Hyperion]

Ok split the SLAM into Science and Logic/Morality forums

Now that may have some merit. The actual science stuff there tends to quickly get overwhelmed by a mass of creationism and morality debates. However, would a purely science/technology and scientific/engineering hobby forum generate any sort of meaningful traffic?

it would be a seriously reduced traffic, but most of us experimentor types don't have a good place to get together and discuss our projects and ideas, especially anywhere where the threads will stay visible more than 10 minutes before being covered with 2 pages of junk.

[GrandMasterTerwynn]

Ok split the SLAM into Science and Logic/Morality forums :)

Now that may have some merit. The actual science stuff there tends to quickly get overwhelmed by a mass of creationism and morality debates. However, would a purely science/technology and scientific/engineering hobby forum generate any sort of meaningful traffic?

it would be a seriously reduced traffic, but most of us experimentor types don't have a good place to get together and discuss our projects and ideas, especially anywhere where the threads will stay visible more than 10 minutes before being covered with 2 pages of junk.

Very true, very true. And then again, we have an Artwork and Photos forum that doesn't generate much traffic. I'm all for the splitting of SLAM into S and LAM. Unfortunately I'm not the one you need to convince. Have any of you PMed Wong on this matter yet?

[neoolong]

Ok split the SLAM into Science and Logic/Morality forums

But, but you lose the cool acronym.


Seriously though. How much traffic do you think it'll get? Will that be enough to warrant a forum? Or how about a private forum type thing?

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

<SNIP> Or how about a private forum type thing?

GREAT IDEA!!!!!

[Drewcifer]

Hey - what about armchair inventors? (read: ubergeek lurkers)

I probably couldn't contribute much more than a Rube Goldberg mousetrap ala Micheal Keaton in Nightshift, but it sounds like hella fun brain food.

[Hyperion]

Hey - what about armchair inventors? (read: ubergeek lurkers)

I probably couldn't contribute much more than a Rube Goldberg mousetrap ala Micheal Keaton in Nightshift, but it sounds like hella fun brain food.

lol, at least that's more useful than my laserguns and portable laser engraving unit...

of course then again do we really want the people on this board to know how to make microwave guns and other nastyness... YES!


and then of course there was my scrapped fission core project... (couldn't get fuel)

[Hyperion]

a reccommendation to the "armchair inventors" here, DON'T try to make a warpcore... if you want that story just ask...


(and on a related note, gasolene and gunpowder are not a substitute for antimatter, nor is bleach a substitute for matter...)

[Laughing Mechanicus]

I think splitting SLAM into S and LAM would be the best idea, lots of interesting stuff does tend to get buried rather quickly in the OT or SLAM froums. It wouldn't need to be limited to just experimenters, it could be used for military discussions too or something and "S&M" forum if you will...

[Evil Sadistic Bastard]

YEs, splitting it would be best. Especially since the fundie trolls wouldn't have much reason to go there anyway. That would keep at least one more section of the boards pure and unsullied by stupidity.

[Drewcifer]

Of course, if SLAM became S & LAM, we'd have to call the latter the LAM Board, or LAMB for short, just to mess with the fundies

[Hyperion]

*tries to knock the bad thoughts about "S&M" board out of his head...fails...*

[Pu-239]

What about the tech part of this forum?