Last year the same question was raised<http://www.lenr-forum.com/showthread.php?454-Choosing-the-name-Cold-Fusion-LENR>. My first longitudinal hair cutter opinion was to use LENR (beside being precise and popular, that term is easy to search in google). however after discussing with businessmen, they convince me that for my mum "cold fusion" was the best. I presented my position as such:
"Here is my position on the naming. Some people, like me initially wanted a precise, scientific, less connoted term like LENR. Today here is my position. Some corporate serial innovator said me that *Cold Fusion* is the best name. Today it is satanic because of mainstream denial, but soon people won’t care… but unlike LENR, CANR, LANR, HENI… it is not NUCLEAR … it is COLD, thus safe, not dangerous it is FUSION, so it is sexy, inclusive the only good name might be the Quantum Reactor… it is a bit geek … not for my mum. :mrgreen: For me like for many geek, quantum is sexy :shock: , and reactor is macho :shock: … but for mum, it is doubtful and dangerous black magic :twisted: … so really COLD FUSION is the best name… the brand is established, the 2 words have good connotation (safe, sexy, inclusive 8-) ), and bad reputation will disappear with a feeling of revenge on the men in power :twisted: … like raising the finger in front of the government. a safe sexy rebel reactor 8-) :twisted: … COOL! :mrgreen:" 2013/6/3 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > Until everyone agrees on what cold fusion is, there is no point to > inventing a new name for it. > > It does not matter in any case, because the name is not the thing. Many > words are technically inaccurate, obsolete or misleading. A "solid-state > disk" (SSD) is not disk-shaped, and a round shape tells you nothing about > the function of an SSD. A computer folder does not fold. > > Words such as "folder" and folder icons on the computer screen are > skeuomorphs. When my daughter was around 10 she came to my office and saw a > real manilla folder for the first time, and said, "so *that's* what it > shows on the computer screen." > > - Jed > >
