Week 23 of the Caption CERN Contest has been laid to rest. Thanks to all the entrants who stopped by to pay their condolences and leave captions for the dearly departed SC-1 . CERN engineers and scientists are a crafty bunch, so I'm betting that SC-1's spirit (and many if its components) lived on in newer CERN projects. We have to thank CERN's unnamed photographer for capturing these events. It's always great to see the people and the personalities behind the science.

The Funnies:

• "After many years of ignoring the pitiful meows, it was finally determined that Schrödinger's cat was, in fact, dead." - Josh Kopel
• "We gather here to mourn the deaths of all those brave and noble components that left this world surrounded by magic smoke to reside forever in great the parts bin in the sky." - Kid Iccurus
• "CERN's annual Halloween parade was a huge disappointment that year, which was probably due to the fact that they held it in June." - DainBramage

This week's winner is Scott Galvin with the following quote:

Scott describes himself as "Just a visiting Geek with dreams of universal domination". I'd suggest you start small, Scott. Maybe dominating a Bluetooth personal area network with your new LightBlue Bean from The Hackaday Store is just what you need to set your plans in motion!