Victorinox LHC Special

skydan · **on:** May 14, 2009, 09:25:42 PM

I wish. Talk of the Vic Astronaut had me thinking. What with CERN being in Switzerland and all that, why no knife for use by its physicists? And they must all be nerdy gadgetheads just like the rest of us.

So what knife would a particle physicist choose? (The Scientist if an obvious choice

) As well as the usual tool what would it have to have? A magnifying glass perhaps (to see the particles of course). And a laser, naturally. Humm, what else?

american lockpicker · **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2009, 10:03:33 PM

One of those memory drives.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2009, 10:06:26 PM

It's got to have a laser pointer

Craig · **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2009, 10:09:58 PM

Something with lots of screwdrivers, a Cybertool or an Explorer would be a good choice. Or a mighty SwissChamp, the pliers and file would be useful.

Gareth · **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2009, 10:10:12 PM

Replace the aluminium with lead liners?

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2009, 10:11:18 PM

Quote from: Gareth on May 14, 2009, 10:10:12 PM

Replace the aluminium with lead liners?

american lockpicker · **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2009, 10:17:33 PM

Has to be alox.

Neil · **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2009, 11:51:48 PM

Quote from: Gareth on May 14, 2009, 10:10:12 PM

Replace the aluminium with lead liners?

and Foot long forceps, miniature geiger tube in place of the corkscrew. The spatula for stirring up "a really hot cup of tea".

Best make the whole thing non-magnetic and have Don't panic on the outside

Neil

nuphoria · **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2009, 12:07:24 AM

A pipette, small epindorf and a UV light.... I could meddle with genes with that set up

Nikos · **Reply #9 on:** May 15, 2009, 01:28:13 AM

...and don't you dare order it with GITD scales!

BIG-TARGET · **Reply #10 on:** May 15, 2009, 02:01:56 AM

Noth;
Don't forget that commercial you posted, with the I.T.geek with the LM Skeletool

rp252 · **Reply #11 on:** May 15, 2009, 02:10:21 AM

I'd say a crow bar. It's what Gordon Freeman would want

silentio · **Reply #12 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:49:49 AM

Quote from: rp252 on May 15, 2009, 02:10:21 AM

I'd say a crow bar. It's what Gordon Freeman would want

I came into this thread just to say this! You beat me to it... Here's a pic

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/gordon-freeman-receives-crowbar-will-defend-raging-hadron/

skydan · **Reply #13 on:** May 15, 2009, 11:58:01 AM

Quote from: NKB on May 14, 2009, 11:51:48 PM

and Foot long forceps, miniature geiger tube in place of the corkscrew. The spatula for stirring up "a really hot cup of tea".

LOL.

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Best make the whole thing non-magnetic and have

Yeah, magnetism plays havoc with the collider. An antimatter container pod would be a useful tool though quite how to do that and be non-magnetic could be tricky. Still, I'm sure Mr Elsener and co. will figure something out.

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Don't panic on the outside

Neil

Oh wow. How cool are they!

Some more ideas for the LHC SAK:

The handles would be made of the finest ultramahogany topped with rich ultrared leather to commemorate the day of the Great On-Turning.

For the possibility of wormholes opening up into the future, a tool to extract the chip cover (and chip) of an errant T800 before it runs amok. And thus saving humanity.

A self-calibrating chronometer to check for warps in time and other temporal anomalies.
A ruler to do same for spatial anomolies.
The laser can be used to test the speed of light...

I was going to suggest a light sabre tool but I can see that it might be frowned upon as an EDC SAK by the local plod for the down-trodden in the UK.

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