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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 1337§¶==|<? #91447 01/10/03 04:40 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage OP Carpal Tunnel OP Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030110.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91448 01/10/03 06:13 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... K3W1357!!! Does this mean that jimthedog can now talk behind our backs right before our eyes? 'n mebbe Jazzo and Rubrick, too? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91449 01/10/03 06:22 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,546 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,546 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ...leading to an ASCII-art revival? Some of the examples look harder to generate than the original English lettering! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91450 01/10/03 06:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I so totally don't understand what's going on here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91451 01/10/03 06:52 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage OP Carpal Tunnel OP Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 harder to generate than the original Duh! The point isn't to be easy to generate; it's to be incomprehensible. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91452 01/10/03 07:30 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina What the article doesn't mention is the scorn heaped on wannabes who use l33t. One of the surest ways to get viciously flamed in Usenet is to use leet - it's seen as a pathetic attempt to be kewl. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: leet #91453 01/10/03 09:38 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 leet = gleet look that one up at http://hdd.rox.com/?entry=gleet Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91454 01/10/03 09:49 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,546 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,546 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA The point isn't to be easy to generate; it's to be incomprehensible I guess that's my problem. i try 2 b efficient, and with that goal i can c y it mite b uzd. Obscurity for the sake of obscurity, on the other hand... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91455 01/11/03 12:20 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia w3ll i11 b bgrd stalz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 1337§¶==|<? #91456 01/11/03 05:07 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... mebbe Jazzo Don't count on it. I've never used it, nor has anyone I know. Had I not jumped onto this board two and a half years ago, I might have ended up going off into that world. Might have taught myself Flash too and I'd be in graphic design now instead of architecture . . . 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