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Large Hadron Collider renamed, I /facepalm.
Brian Keljore \| 5:10 PM on 09.17.2008	30 comments

Aaron Borges of Rhode Island is the winner of the contest to rename the collider with the name of Halo.

Everyone, do it with me now.

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30 comments | showing # 1 to 30

Hamza CTZ Aziz

It's not named after the game.

Corak

I would have prefered Gordon, but its to late now.

Brian Keljore

@ Hamza: "It was by far the most popular entry, with hundreds of people suggesting the name. The winner of the competition was chosen at random from those who suggested Halo; this was Aaron Borges of Rhode Island, USA, who wins $892 (£500)"

I am pretty sure its a safe bet that most of the people suggesting the name where referencing the game, namely the device from the game. The justification they give stinks of PR garbage speak. Besides, this contest was held on the internet.

Hamza CTZ Aziz

Actually, you may be right. And in a way, if it is named after the game, it fits. Halo is a giant gun that could destroy the universe, so could the LHC, lol.

Brian Szabelski

So... when do we all get to be Spartans and fight The Covenant?

ryu89

DAMNIT deep thought would have been a great name....

Brian Keljore

@ Hamza: This calls for some internet Matlockery!

Brian Szabelski

Also, further proof gamers had something to do with it:

"Black Mesa, the name of an ill-fated research facility in the computer game franchise Half-life, was particularly well represented by gamers who Dugg media coverage of the competition on the social bookmarking site Digg."

pendelton21

...god dammit...

SteamyV

It's also only a "suggestion" to the CERN folks, so this isn't exactly legit. Yet.

CelicaCrazed

I'd personally name it "Dooms-Day-Device" but you know, that's just me :P. I'd honestly love to hear the world's reaction to the name haha.

MrSadistic

doom III: resurrection of evil device

king3vbo

Black Mesa would have been awesome

TheDreadHawk

@ King3vbo

That or Aperture, lol.

MrSadistic

i'm still going with gay dad

would have been a really spiffy name

Zen Albatross

i think Halo is a pretty cool guy. eh fight alein and doesn't afraid of anything.

Guagloves

Black Mesa ftw

Danl Haas

Black Mesa would have been much better. Goddamn casuals.

Darren Nakamura

Yes, Black Mesa or Aperture Laboratory would have been great. Halo is still fitting though. Who wants to bet that CERN just keeps it as the LHC though?

Steel Squirrel

I vote, The Hardon Colllider.

Krow

MechaMonkey

As long as it keeps on Large Hadron Collidin', I don't care what it's called.

Electro Lemon

I'm still calling it Black Mesa.

Samit Sarkar

I fear for the future of humanity.

ace of knaves

Well that's...wait...what?

Excel-2011

"Halo conjures visions of radiant beauty, power and wisdom. The circle of light reflects the collider's form; it is a crowning achievement of science and engineering. It also gives more than a nod to the experiment's importance to religious debate."
A ha ha ha ha ha!

Sharpless

Black Mesa is win. Halo is teh ghey. People are welcome to like whatever they want, but I'm finding Halo-twats more and more intolerable.

JRisJunior

and the fucker won $892 just by naming it? WTF?!?!

RJG

Halo is a fitting name, on account of it being a giant circle and all. I don't get what the big deal is. Sure, it shares the same name as a game, but if you're hatred for the game extends to its very name, then there is clearly a problem with your thinking and emotional responses.

Too Much Coffee Man

Lots suggested that to find the answer to life, the universe, and everything, we should name the experiment after the computer designed to do just that in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Deep Thought.

That's what I would have gone with.

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