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Caption CERN Contest Week 23

A contest log for Caption CERN Contest

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adam-fabioAdam Fabio 07/09/2015 at 05:3859 Comments

Week 23: 7/8/2015 - 9pm PDT 7/15/2015

Something a bit different this week. CERN is probably best known for the various particle accelerators they've had over the years. One of the first units was synchrocyclotron SC-1, which operated from 1957 to 1974. According to the album page on CERN's servers, SC-1's last day of operation was celebrated with a funeral procession. Scientists, and staff walked the grounds with flowers, top hats, and even a shrouded coffin. We can all related to decommissioning a well worn piece of equipment. Be it a computer, a machine tool, or even a synchrocyclotron. There are always the mixed feelings of thanks that it did a good job, and the relief that it will no longer need to be maintained.

Even though we have a pretty good idea of what's going on in this image, we're going to caption it anyway! Give us your best captions of what you think is really going on here!

This week's prize is a LightBlue Bean from The Hackaday Store.

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

Discussions

MechaTweak wrote 07/16/2015 at 18:47 point

Tired of attempting and failing to make every piece of equipment "idiot-proof", the engineers decided that encouraging natural selection was a viable path forward.  

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The Green Gentleman wrote 07/15/2015 at 14:31 point

Oddly, in spite of his resemblance to Karl Gebhardt, his reference to their work as "The Weight Cause" and his taste in Apollo-themed headgear, Charles Hebgard's behavior raised no flags at CERN until his now-famous "Behold, the Sun King Ariseth" memo appeared in mailboxes across the facility.

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scott galvin wrote 07/15/2015 at 10:47 point

KFC modeled security for the original recipe after CERN's measures to protect the universal soup's fundamental particle mix.

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Lou wrote 07/14/2015 at 02:58 point

It appears they are celebrating (not mourning) the death of the engineer who designed the street light that is visible at far right. 

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Lou wrote 07/14/2015 at 02:51 point

Ding Dong the glitch is dead...  For most of us it is a happy moment when we correct a software problem, at CERN, it turns into a street party that can last for days.

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The Green Gentleman wrote 07/13/2015 at 21:00 point

After a brief flirtation with Discordian Theory, CERN physicists finally settled on Chaos Theory as the most effective tool in calculating Lyapunov exponents.

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scott galvin wrote 07/13/2015 at 13:55 point

The Higgs Boson Particles were accidentally place in the Cern time capsule before it was buried, thus the difficulty if finding them now.

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tlankford01 wrote 07/13/2015 at 00:45 point

With the fall of the final cylon, the parades coming to a conclusion, mankind could ready itself to complain about Window 10.

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lethal popcorn wrote 07/12/2015 at 21:40 point

Real life Hulk's funeral: after the incident, he was so radioactive that the burial had to be done with rad-suits.

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lethal popcorn wrote 07/12/2015 at 14:44 point

Real life Hulk's funeral: after the incident, he where so radioactive that the burial had to be done with rad-suits.

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David S wrote 07/11/2015 at 21:59 point

Just think Kurt, in only 20 more years we can retire you in this pine box. 

So it goes, Jim, so it goes.

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RoboMonkey wrote 07/10/2015 at 18:59 point

Oh when the Quarks...go marchin in......Oh when those crazy Quarks go marchin in.....we want to be in that number.....When the Quarks go marchin in!

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pedernucles wrote 07/10/2015 at 16:44 point

"Schrodinger was right! let's put the box underground."

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thejackl_2000 wrote 07/10/2015 at 15:57 point

from the back... "Dibs on the cyclotron!"

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Justin Richeson wrote 07/10/2015 at 15:50 point

1974: First annual sub-atomic particle rights parade.  Last held in 1974.

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chipveres wrote 07/10/2015 at 14:04 point

Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly...

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scott galvin wrote 07/10/2015 at 11:49 point

Mardi gras is just not the same when conducted by scientists.

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Julius (Mr. Seeker) wrote 07/10/2015 at 11:02 point

Because in 1956 Switzerland did not attend the olympic games, the guys at CERN thought it would be wonderful to do their own event, called the "Science Games". Notable sports included: SpeedSoldering, Pong, Arc Throwing, debugging and many more. Unfortunately the show had to be cancelled early because an engineer got electrocuted by the Jacob's ladder.

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Sheldon wrote 07/10/2015 at 09:11 point

Sadly it wasn't just particles that were short lived.

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andy.stallard wrote 07/10/2015 at 08:59 point

Alas poor Geoff is dead and gone. His face we'll see no more. He should have checked the status light before opening the door!

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