# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/121 "2010-04-14T10:39:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Mod Hat On] > > No. > > [Mod Hat Off] Query…is your mod hat a fedora, a top hat, or a pickelhaube…I must know, in order to determine which hilarious image this brings to mind. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/122 "2010-04-14T11:02:39Z")
**Zebra** , I’m still laughing. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/123 "2010-04-14T14:41:01Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Query…is your mod hat a fedora, a top hat, or a pickelhaube…I must know, in order to determine which hilarious image this brings to mind. A snappy French beret. Cigarette holder accessory is optional. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/124 "2010-04-14T15:25:41Z")
Today is a good day to post! ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/125 "2010-04-14T15:57:53Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Query…is your mod hat a fedora, a top hat, or a pickelhaube…I must know, in order to determine which hilarious image this brings to mind. In keeping with **Zebra** ’s post, it’s a fedora. > [@BigT](#): > > And he means it. Check out [threadspotting](http://www.straightdope.com/threadspotting/archive/). I would have written a better description if I’d realized it was going to be used in threadspotting. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/126 "2010-04-14T18:07:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > In keeping with **Zebra** ’s post, it’s a fedora Yes, a fedora. I agree! In keeping with Spock’s head gear in “A Piece of the Action.” [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/STPieceoftheAction.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/STPieceoftheAction.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/127 "2010-04-14T18:23:54Z")
Shameless bid to let future posters see my name. Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/128 "2010-04-14T18:45:49Z")
> [@Super\_Kapowzler](#): > > Reason: now it suggests agrondizement, stop the thread, please lock the fucker down. **Parallel Spock** : _Your ag[sub]r[/sub]on[sub]d[/sub]izer, please_ ---
**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 14, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/129 "2010-04-14T19:03:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Today is a good day to post! Related, although not immediately pertinent: A zombie thread is best served cold. ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/130 "2010-04-14T19:36:09Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > 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. Aha, got it. ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/131 "2010-04-14T19:38:13Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > Related, although not immediately pertinent: > > A zombie thread is best served cold. And It is very cold in space. ---
**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 14, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/132 "2010-04-14T19:45:34Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > And It is very cold in space. And in cyberspace no one can hear you moan. (As in, “Oh, no. Not that thread! Not again…”) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/133 "2010-04-14T20:47:21Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > And in cyberspace no one can hear you moan. (As in, “Oh, no. Not that thread! Not again…”) In Cyberspace, EVERYONE can hear you whine. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/134 "2010-04-14T21:19:24Z")
Kahn! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/135 "2010-04-14T21:48:40Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > 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. Yes, and I have been trying to create a Mnemonic Memory Device from stone knives and bearskins, for just such occasions. ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/136 "2010-04-14T22:03:04Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Kahn! Don’t you mean **KHAAAAAN!**? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/137 "2010-04-14T22:12:58Z")
… But like a bad marksman, you keep missing the target. You’re going to have to come down here, Khan. You’re going to have to come down here and kill me yourself. ---
**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 15, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/138 "2010-04-15T00:38:57Z")
You and Spock smilin’ Aboard the starship Star Track Get a life, Trackies! A toilet mission Flat front, round core and two wings Star Track Enterprize! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/139 "2010-04-15T00:45:54Z")
Tsk, Tsk. \* Everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed in school\*. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/140 "2010-04-15T02:10:19Z")
> [@Super\_Kapowzler](#): > > You and Spock smilin’ > Aboard the starship Star Track > Get a life, Trackies! > > A toilet mission > Flat front, round core and two wings > Star Track Enterprize! Keep going and put it to music. I’d buy that for a dollar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346.md?page=8)