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Caption CERN Contest Week 1

A contest log for Caption CERN Contest

Caption CERN, win a prize!

adam-fabioAdam Fabio 02/03/2015 at 04:02102 Comments

Week 1: 2/2/2015 - 9pm PDT 2/10/2015

Yes, you get an extra day this week.

Link to the original CERN link: https://cds.cern.ch/record/1761017

What the heck is going on in this image? We've got a man operating robot arms, cameras, old school oscilloscopes, and lots of equipment in the background.

Add your humorous caption as a comment to this project log. Make sure you're commenting on this project log, not on the project itself.

As always, if you actually have information about the image or the people in it, let CERN know on the original image discussion page.

Good Luck!

Discussions

RodolpheH wrote 02/04/2015 at 16:52 point

Seen above, first documented wedding between a human and a robot after approval of the "Proposition Infinity" on the legalization of robosexual marriage. This event turned into a roborgy when robots starts tickling their knobs.

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Julius (Mr. Seeker) wrote 02/04/2015 at 14:52 point

Look mommy, without hands!

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Sheldon wrote 02/04/2015 at 14:03 point

An engineer who kept a grudge a long time after losing repeated "but I'm not touching you" arguments with siblings

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Sugapes wrote 02/04/2015 at 13:47 point

First joystick prototype. We have come a long way since then!

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Karl Rosenqvist wrote 02/04/2015 at 11:22 point

Despite massive funding on early development, the selfiestick was considered to complex for massproduction in 1967.

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casten wrote 02/04/2015 at 09:16 point

A demonstration of a first generation scope under test in the Tektronix automated test lab.

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977652a wrote 02/04/2015 at 06:29 point

Ah, the probulator's done. Oh, wait, it hasn't started yet. *ding* Ok, it's about to start! *ding*

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RodolpheH wrote 02/04/2015 at 16:33 point

God dammit! I thought of this one this morning but couldn't because no access to the computer, you mind stealer! :D

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le wrote 02/04/2015 at 05:46 point

Building today's overlords.

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jlbrian7 wrote 02/04/2015 at 03:35 point

Roger Horne?

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Dave wrote 02/04/2015 at 03:09 point

As James Brown's "Sex Machine" came on the radio observers came to an abrupt silence as Herb awkwardly demanded everyone leave the room and shut the door.

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jlbrian7 wrote 02/04/2015 at 03:02 point
It is kind of funny that cern invented big data, and didn't keep track of the perishable parts of the photo subjects. www.cernlove.org/blog/tag/robot/

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Adam Fabio wrote 02/04/2015 at 05:29 point

Hey jlbrian7 - based on your link, I was able to search down the actual person in this image - it's Roger Horne, working with MANTIS. I've submitted this information to CERN's comments section. Awesome Work!

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Rollyn01 wrote 02/04/2015 at 01:59 point

And here we see a rare photo of Dr. Ivo Robotnik before his discovery of the Ultimate Chaos Cheeseburger with extra mayo.

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Ian Page-Echols wrote 02/04/2015 at 01:30 point

They give him cheesy projects,

the worst they can find (la-la-la)

He'll have to sit and complete them all,

and we'll monitor his mind (la-la-la)

Now keep in mind Nevin can't control

when the projects begin or end (la-la-la)

He'll try to keep his sanity

With the help of his robot friends.

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jareklupinski wrote 02/04/2015 at 00:25 point

Last known photo of Homo Sapiens, before the pictured man (name unknown) asked the robot if it would like to play a game.

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maartenva wrote 02/03/2015 at 23:48 point

The last picture of this robotic arm project before it got scrapped.

Lonely scientists used this after hours for private experiments.

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John Quirk wrote 02/03/2015 at 23:40 point

Iteration 1: Bienvenue à notre nouveau laboratoire!

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Chris Crochet wrote 02/03/2015 at 23:39 point

"They said I couldn't have Super Bowl Sunday off to watch the game at home. They said I had be at work to operate the nuclear reactor instead. I'll show them... I'll SHOW THEM ALL!"

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Martin Ferreira wrote 02/03/2015 at 23:00 point

Doctor Octopus: The Begining

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Kris wrote 02/03/2015 at 22:51 point

Hey look I have build a multi thousend dollar back scratcher. For a few buks more you can have the automatic mode enabled.

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jareklupinski wrote 02/04/2015 at 00:26 point

I'll give you a dollar to make it scratch my butt whenever it itches automatically

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Thomas De Long wrote 02/03/2015 at 22:44 point

Okay, AGAIN.

One, Two, Three, Four, I declare a thum—Hey! Get your metal mitts off my oscilloscope! You're not even watching!

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