Canberra home to a better class of nerd?

Very Bored

Primal said :

But what about the hyphen after NCC? We can’t just have people leaving hyphens out willynilly. It’d be anarchy!

I stand humbly corrected and agreeably concur. Apostrophes, be they misplaced or missing, are more my thing. Like the “buses and taxi’s” I saw at the Westpac entrance of Woden Westfield earlier today.

smiling politely said :

Well a hypen with a letter wouldn’t necessarily be needed for the very first model.

But what about the hyphen after NCC? We can’t just have people leaving hyphens out willynilly. It’d be anarchy!

(I just wish the motto underneath was ‘Canberra – The Final Frontier’)

One of the best I ever saw was on a sporty little coupé. The car was a sort of pinky-purple colour. The number plate: RHUBARB.

The second best: YID 10T.

sarahsarah said :

Pretty sure this is the is one of the best number plates I’ve ever seen!

My favourite Canberra number plate is ‘DAD 747’. Still silly, I know. But so much better than “Mike 1984”.

I’ve seen this on another car ( I think) before in Gungahlin and I was all like
“NERD!!!!”
Then I realised that I understood what it meant – So I was equally as bad.

Although… To be fair. The main reason that I know it is because that was a cheat code to a video game back in the early 90s. It wasn’t until years later that I realised what the code actually meant.

Pretty sure this is the is one of the best number plates I’ve ever seen!

Primal said :

Yes, and where is that hyphen? My inner Trekkie nitpicker insists that one be put in place.

Well a hypen with a letter wouldn’t necessarily be needed for the very first model.

I’m kind of surprised to see it on a blue (not white!) commodore instead of a prius or something.

nobody said :

You should be thankful. Their Starship Enterprise on Star Trek had the ID code NCC-1701

Yes, and where is that hyphen? My inner Trekkie nitpicker insists that one be put in place.

johnboy said :

There’s 10 sorts of people who get binary…

If your going to do a quote, at lease get it right,

There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don’t…

johnboy said :

There’s 10 sorts of people who get binary…

There are 10 sorts of people, those who get binary, and those who don’t.

There’s 10 sorts of people who get binary…

trevar said :

The plate, the post and the comments have all gone over my head. Should I attempt to understand them, or should I be thankful?

You should be thankful. Their Starship Enterprise on Star Trek had the ID code NCC-1701

i’ll be more forthcoming and blunt than trevar; what’s this then – ploise ixplain..? [as a brunette once muttered]

The true tragedy of this is there is not more space on the plate for another character – then other nerds could share the joy by specifying a particular make of ship.

Star Wars had Jar Jar Binks… enough said.

The plate, the post and the comments have all gone over my head. Should I attempt to understand them, or should I be thankful?

He’s a very good mate of mine….and yes, uber nerd!

gospeedygo said :

Except if you like Star Wars. *crosses arms*

They’re not mutually exclusive. Star Trek is science fiction. Star Wars is fantasy. Some people like to drink from both cups.

Except if you like Star Wars. *crosses arms*