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Tour of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the straight-and-narrow dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "Last month Robert Scoble and I were able to do a video/photo shoot of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) with SLAC Emeritus Bebo White. SLAC is both the longest and straightest building in the world and is the home of three Nobel Prizes in physics. There is also a video tour available; part one and part two."

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  1. Hardcore geek humor by pestie · · Score: 2, Funny

    "SLACware" jokes in 3... 2... 1...

  2. Longest building in the world? by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it is. But I think that the time I had to pull several thousand feet of CAT5 through an old retail building that was constructed entirely of:

    1) Rat feces

    2) Razor-wire-lined plaster/lathe ceilings

    3) Meter-thick sedimentary deposits of cigarette smoke

    4) Did I mention rat feces?

    ... well, that sure seemed like the longest building in the world. We actually had places where we used a crossbow and fishing line.

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    Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
  3. and so close to san francisco by Dolly_Llama · · Score: 5, Funny

    SLAC is both the longest and straightest building in the world

    I'm a gay particle physicist, you insensitive clod!

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    Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan

  4. Nothing Shouts Serious, Professional Scientist by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing shouts serious, professional scientist like the name Bebo.

    1. Re:Nothing Shouts Serious, Professional Scientist by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, those physicists sound completely legitimate. On the other hand, Bebo sounds like a little furry pokemon thing or some sort of cute anime character. Well, except Zoltan. That guy sounds like he's either a Transformer or he's trying to generate massive earth-based black-holes so he can hold the planet ransom for one million dollars.

      Also, your average scientifically-interested slashdotter apparently things that a refrigerator modified to catapult you a can of beer is awe-inspiring and amazing. I don't put much stock in the interests of the average slashdot reader. I'm only back here because Slashdot still picks up better stories than Digg and is less spammy and redundant about it. Good old slashdot. Like a nice drunk ex-girlfriend that will always answer a booty-call.

  5. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    No. It just means fewest mac users.