▲ 148 ▼ xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment Title text: The one that sounds like the oracle at the center of the galaxy where the hero travels to hear a prophecy is probably Brookhaven National Laboratory's now-dismantled COSMOTRON. Transcript: Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com Source: https://xkcd.com/3286/ explainxkcd for #3286
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (3 children) I would have put cyclotron halfway permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Plenty of underutilized names there. I mean "scintillation counter"?! That's all the way to the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago Right? I want to keep count of my scintillations, for sure permalink fedilink source parent [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 weeks ago my favourite amusement park ride wwwEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEeeeEEEE permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Plenty of underutilized names there. I mean "scintillation counter"?! That's all the way to the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago Right? I want to keep count of my scintillations, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago Right? I want to keep count of my scintillations, for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 weeks ago my favourite amusement park ride wwwEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEeeeEEEE permalink fedilink source parent
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