# SESAME? You have got to be kidding me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556 "2013-03-10T17:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/1 "2013-03-10T17:18:16Z")
Its apparently [not April the First](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Centre_for_Synchrotron-Light_for_Experimental_Science_Applications_in_the_Middle_East) either. SESAME is called the _International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East_ . Its being built [in Jordan.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20447422). [Its membership includes](http://www.sesame.org.jo/sesame/about-us/members-and-observers-of-sesame.html) > [@](#): > > are Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran (!), Israel (!!), Jordan, Pakistan (!!!), the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey. Its apparently no joke. Cyprus and Turkey. Iran and Israel. Could someone tell me what they do?. I will be having a few words with my MP next I see him. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/2 "2013-03-10T17:44:07Z")
The voice-activated security door at their office wasn’t thought through very well, considering the fact that almost everyone knows the password already. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/3 "2013-03-10T18:09:27Z")
And I was expecting this to be from someone learning about security - there’s a fairly old security architecture called SESAME that’s based on Kerberos, and people always seem to giggle a bit the first time they hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/4 "2013-03-10T19:04:48Z")
Admittedly, it’s a dumb name (and I hate the idea of coming up with an acronym or initialism and backtracking to a name), but it sounds like a good idea; a multinational science research organization (and one in which Israel is working with Islamic countries!). ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/5 "2013-03-10T19:06:30Z")
I imagine they are doing research of a scientifical nature. What’s there to be surprised about? It’s kind of like being surprised that someone would be doing experiments with a laser. Isn’t it a good thing that Israel and Iran can put aside politics and work together on basic research? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/6 "2013-03-11T06:30:01Z")
Well no, since the Israelis have been killing Iranianscientist associated with SESAME. Differences do not seem to have been put aside. As it is you have a declared nuclear power, a known nuclear power and a wannabe nuclear power involved. With at least one failed nuclear power. These countries are all rather uneasy with each other and whatever the research can done seems to me to be of a very rudimentary type for security purposes. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sesame-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me/652556/7 "2013-03-11T07:37:56Z")
If we’re discussing synchrotrons with special names, my favorite is the Photon Factory. [Photon Factory - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_Factory)