127 points | by fnands 3 hours ago
23 comments
We need followup post exactly 365 days later describing first karting accident inside CERN
Exactly
CERN Research Facility, Geneva. Subject: Gordon Freeman, Male, Age 27
Happy April Fools Day!
As Alumni, the tables outside R1 are prime for getting ideas, with some help from fermented barley, especially after work during Summertime.
I always look forward to CERN's April fools jokes!
I can't believe people are still doing this
How dare people have fun.
I really miss Think Geek :-(
When they later actually sold the t-shirt they had previously presented as an April Fools joke? That was pretty cool.
oh my, I should really visit one day, I'm not even that far from CERN
high temperature super conductors my beloved
> Each kart is turbo-boosted by 64 superconducting engines,” explains project leader Mario Idraulico
I guess we can now call you Mario 'Kart' Idraulico.
Oh wait.
Thank you CERN, that was a smart one.
Since I didn't get the name reference either, here is a link for those who want a hint: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idraulico
Meh joke considering this was paid on public money.
Same as choosing to spend xxx,xxx USD to have .cern when using subdomains would have worked too (and caused less validation / compatibility issues).
As a tax payer in one of the member states, I approve of this joke.
They got the intern to write a funny post. Probably took them an hour and it drums up a bit of good press for the Hi-Lumi LHC.
Money well spent if you ask me.
Is this an april fools joke? The title image looks so over-the-top that I really can't tell if it's a joke or not
No of course not, they have Mario guys running around in karts doing maintenance of hyper complex system with wrenches. No physics can resist Mario's wrench, thats how we move humanity forward
There is a Luigi on the team as well. How it can't be true?
And Yoshi. And Pfirsich, which is Peach in German
Fratello. Must be a bro.
CTRL+F "safety and health"
We need followup post exactly 365 days later describing first karting accident inside CERN
Exactly
CERN Research Facility, Geneva. Subject: Gordon Freeman, Male, Age 27
Happy April Fools Day!
As Alumni, the tables outside R1 are prime for getting ideas, with some help from fermented barley, especially after work during Summertime.
I always look forward to CERN's April fools jokes!
I can't believe people are still doing this
How dare people have fun.
I really miss Think Geek :-(
When they later actually sold the t-shirt they had previously presented as an April Fools joke? That was pretty cool.
oh my, I should really visit one day, I'm not even that far from CERN
high temperature super conductors my beloved
> Each kart is turbo-boosted by 64 superconducting engines,” explains project leader Mario Idraulico
I guess we can now call you Mario 'Kart' Idraulico.
Oh wait.
Thank you CERN, that was a smart one.
Since I didn't get the name reference either, here is a link for those who want a hint: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idraulico
Meh joke considering this was paid on public money.
Same as choosing to spend xxx,xxx USD to have .cern when using subdomains would have worked too (and caused less validation / compatibility issues).
As a tax payer in one of the member states, I approve of this joke.
They got the intern to write a funny post. Probably took them an hour and it drums up a bit of good press for the Hi-Lumi LHC.
Money well spent if you ask me.
Is this an april fools joke? The title image looks so over-the-top that I really can't tell if it's a joke or not
No of course not, they have Mario guys running around in karts doing maintenance of hyper complex system with wrenches. No physics can resist Mario's wrench, thats how we move humanity forward
There is a Luigi on the team as well. How it can't be true?
And Yoshi. And Pfirsich, which is Peach in German
Fratello. Must be a bro.
CTRL+F "safety and health"