`hýsøŕ Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) surely this has come up before but in the scienceforums logo in the topleft of the screen, whats with the integral without a 'dn' (or some other variable) after the f(n) lol Edited July 4, 2014 by `hýsøŕ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 It's "sfn". ScienceForums.Net. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 It's a play on the fact that the integral sign is the "long s". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekan Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 What about the bit in front though - the blue symbol? Isn't it a schematic of electrons orbiting an atomic nucleus. That seems to represent Atomic Power. And the blue suggests hard radiation. Which may have been good back in the 1950's, when Atomic Power was the leading thing in Science. But is it suitable today. Nowadays, we're all supposed to be into Green Renewable Power. Like Wind. To reflect this, shouldn't the SFN symbol be changed into a Green Windmill. It could easily be done - fill in the orbits and change their colour to soft Green. That would also make the symbol resemble a pretty Flower, which we could all hug. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimreepr Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 What about the bit in front though - the blue symbol? Isn't it a schematic of electrons orbiting an atomic nucleus. That seems to represent Atomic Power. And the blue suggests hard radiation. Which may have been good back in the 1950's, when Atomic Power was the leading thing in Science. But is it suitable today. Nowadays, we're all supposed to be into Green Renewable Power. Like Wind. To reflect this, shouldn't the SFN symbol be changed into a Green Windmill. It could easily be done - fill in the orbits and change their colour to soft Green. That would also make the symbol resemble a pretty Flower, which we could all hug. Cool! Really, WTF, it works, as a visual (LOGO), do we really need to read quite so much into absolutely everything? Arguing just for its own sake, is simple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/47547-sfn-logo-contest-poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/47547-sfn-logo-contest-poll Do you happen to know what the atom symbol is in reference to? Honestly, reminded me of the Naval Reactors logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I think it's in reference to an atom. We've had an atom in the logo since long before I joined SFN, so I dunno the whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorham Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 And what's with the fake atom? Wouldn't a nice orbital image be better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I think it's in reference to an atom. We've had an atom in the logo since long before I joined SFN, so I dunno the whole story. Thanks. I found a couple of the past versions on the Way Back Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20020807212653/http://www.scienceforums.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 And what's with the fake atom? Wouldn't a nice orbital image be better? Not fake, stylized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimreepr Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wouldn't a nice orbital image be better? How is it not an ‘orbital image’? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorham Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 How is it not an ‘orbital image’? A bit late, but these are orbitals: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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