You’ve no doubt heard about the first tests of CERN’s LHC today, but the folks at Reddit are clearly ahead of the game on this and are making sure that the scientists are adequately prepared for the discoveries that may be around the corner. They’ve taken the prudent step of sending CERN a crowbar, a copy of the Half Life Strategy Guide, and a ‘training headcrab’, together with a simple note:
“Get this to Gordon Freeman. He’ll know what to do.”
When pan-dimensional hell breaks loose, we’ll know who to thank for our ultimate salvation. 
September 10th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Hehe.. let’s “prepare for unforeseen consequences”..
September 10th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I made a similar connection this morning: http://www.ogre3d.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44288
Looks like everyone was thinking the same thing
September 11th, 2008 at 3:39 am
[...] Some time ago, I posted advice for the CERN guys in Lessons Learned From Gordon Freeman. It seems the Redditers have gone a few steps better, actually shipping essential equipment to CERN. The kit includes a crowbar, a training headcrab, and a copy of the Half Life Strategy Guide (follow the link for pics). They included a note, “Get this to Gordon Freeman. He’ll know what to do.” One of the CERN people, AlpineKat, promised to send pics of the gear in use. I suppose references to Gordon Freeman in relation to CERN will go on for a while yet. h/t to Steve Streeting. [...]