# Hey, Spock, YOU'RE A FUCKIN' MORON! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346 "2010-04-08T00:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/101 "2010-04-13T23:05:11Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Nope, Real Vulcans code in binary. Machine language is binary (though, often times hex is used so that 1 character can replace 4). ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/102 "2010-04-13T23:07:19Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > It was really a secret code for "Another of those crazy non-corporeal entities is aboard. This time it has invaded you. Go spastic on it as if you are computing something without end. And shut down everything except for life support. They do show amazing forethought, like having a button on their communicators for “Put the Klingons in stasis.” Queen to queen’s level 3. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/103 "2010-04-13T23:11:11Z")
Did you forget to re-modulate? Compensate? Reverse polarity? ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/104 "2010-04-13T23:15:55Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > They do show amazing forethought, like having a button on their communicators for “Put the Klingons in stasis.” > > Queen to queen’s level 3. Kirk: _Captain_ Og– Me: _ **LORD Og!** _ Sorry, couldn’t resist. (It would have been… futile!) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/105 "2010-04-14T00:28:55Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Machine language is binary (though, often times hex is used so that 1 character can replace 4). Assembler == Machine Language? I thought binary coding was marking bit by bit (1010010001000100010) or something like that, was I mistaken? ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/106 "2010-04-14T01:02:31Z")
TRUCE!!! Stop the madness!! Moderators, lock this f-er down, and free up some storage space. Stop droppin’ the corbamite on this thread. The fact that it went this long is embarassing. I didn’t mean to go all doomsday machine on your f-ing hero. My fox paws and shit. Okay: Spock and the Fonz walk into a bar. The Fonz turns gay. How’s that? We square and shit? (no offense to anyone’s preference and shit, believe me, it is simply an iconic deal and it is ok if you don’t understand it.) Spock rocks. Ok? We cool? He saved the Universe. Ok? BUT REALLY, what is with that gay-as-shit-double-handed-fist-strike-bullshit? Ain’t Taekwondo, ain’t Judo, ain’t Chewbacca. In my calculations, it could only be less effective if not done at all. SPOCK that, you f-ing BITCHES!!! Word. ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/107 "2010-04-14T01:09:31Z")
Oh my…language…is that the mouth you use to kiss yourself in the mirror with? ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/108 "2010-04-14T01:13:53Z")
This is one of those threads where all the good quotes are gone by the time I got here. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/109 "2010-04-14T01:17:10Z")
Yes, it is highly logical I am typing with my mouth. STOP THIS THREAD! ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/110 "2010-04-14T02:24:46Z")
YOU STOP! I mean, no, wait, let’s all stop. No, wait, let’s keep going, no wait, let’s slow down, no, wait, Happy New Years!!! I slept with your brother and I’m sorry, can we just forget it, already? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/111 "2010-04-14T02:32:15Z")
Only a fool fights in a burning house. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/112 "2010-04-14T02:37:10Z")
I think this is an awesome thread to be remembered for. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/113 "2010-04-14T02:40:54Z")
I thought that **Super Kapowzler** would return to this thread coherent and regretful. One out of two ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/114 "2010-04-14T02:45:24Z")
How does our new meme go? This thread is like taking tabasco from a baby! ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/115 "2010-04-14T02:56:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think this is an awesome thread to be remembered for. 😃 Here, here! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/116 "2010-04-14T03:35:35Z")
> [@Super\_Kapowzler](#): > > STOP THIS THREAD! [Mod Hat On] No. [Mod Hat Off] ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/117 "2010-04-14T04:40:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Mod Hat On] > > No. > > [Mod Hat Off] And there was much rejoicing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/118 "2010-04-14T06:30:41Z")
Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Save us!”… and I’ll whisper > [@Marley23](#): > > [Mod Hat On] > > No. > > [Mod Hat Off] ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/119 "2010-04-14T07:17:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Mod Hat On] > > No. > > [Mod Hat Off] And he means it. Check out [threadspotting](http://www.straightdope.com/threadspotting/archive/). ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/120 "2010-04-14T10:03:15Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Assembler == Machine Language? > I thought binary coding was marking bit by bit (1010010001000100010) or something like that, was I mistaken? You’re right about binary coding, but assembly language (an “assembler” is something that does something with assembly language) uses mnemonics - it’s a step up from machine code which literally is just ones and noughts. –Mal, twenty-odd years in IT before getting tired of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346.md?page=7)