Caption CERN Contest Week 15

Week 15: 5/13/2015 - 9pm PDT 5/20/2015

Accidents happen! When you're working on the bleeding edge of science and technology, things don't always go as planned. In this image, we're looking at what appears to be the result of some sort of failure. We're not sure what the piece of equipment was, but "was" is the proper term - as it's now charred to a crisp.

The two scientists investigating the damage don't seem to be worried about the radiation warning posted on the end of the machine's aperture. Hopefully they know what they're doing!

Last week's prize was a Bus Pirate. This week we're giving away another Dangerous Prototypes design, a Logic Pirate from The Hackaday Store.

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

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pawnofjokes wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:41

And that is why you don't microwave metal...

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haxtormoogle wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:37

So some kid from the tour group just stuck a fork in it? Yeah man check it out, his finger print is vapor deposited on to the metal here!

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schult wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:34

In my defense, even you expected more of the turkey to be left over.

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JayKay wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:24

After watching Back To The Future numerous times, Ed and John decided that Doc Brown's CRM-114 was not powerful enough. They amped it up - like only CERN engineers could.

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Jack Laidlaw wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:15

"I knew we should have waited before updating the FTDI drivers on release day!!!"

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JoelS wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:11

"No no, nothing to be seen here. We're not roasting coffee with gamma rays or anything. CERN is about serious stuff, you should know that."
- Being the best nerd at CERN was all about brewing the best coffee with the most government funding.

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pabardini wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:09

This is the last time you're cooking.

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Hacker404 wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:03

After the first 50 units, the main source of the replicator burnt out.

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mark gunderson wrote 05/14/2015 at 23:01

"Confound it, Jenkins! I told you, Mr. Fusion only runs on banana peels and beer cans!"

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Michael wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:50

"I could go for a snack" he says

"I bet we could make toast right between those coils" he says
"That's not 'too much smoke' " he says
Where the hell is he now that I'm cleaning up his damn "toast!"

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Andre Esteves wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:47

" - You see it, Marcel!! Like i told you... Someone forgot to set the device for 220V AC."

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Roger Williams wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:43

The Gadget was supposed to vaporize the entire island, but someone had mistakenly specified "micro" instead of "mega" for the yield target.

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Tony Long wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:42

Hardware Accelerator moto - Fail Fast, Fail Often. Also applies to Accelerator Hardware.

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Brian Tkatch wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:28

The cowdog sauys, "moof!"

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Rob wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:25

"On the plus side, we seem to have invented indestructable stickers."

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stryker wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:10

Following the tragedy the Coroner recommended to never, ever, cut the blue wire first.

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d0cPr0ph3t wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:09

I can fix it man. My dad is a plummer and he has this awesome set of tools. Yeah I can fix this.

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Keith Pimmel wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:04

Jonesy and Bub realized they misplaced their enthusiasm in the nuclear snow cone machine.

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GuyisIT wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:04

"How are we going to get the coffee out of this thing now?"
Version 1.0 of the single cup coffee machine, later perfected by Keurig.

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h3po wrote 05/14/2015 at 22:03

"Hmm, that may be why they don't take liability for the auto-overclocking feature."

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