Nuclearo wrote:Jason Toddman wrote:Soooooooooo.... is ANYONE gonna explain what the point of 1337 was or not?!?!!!
Never mind that we passed it already!
What was it all about?!? #$@%^&@#!!!

Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeetDon't say I'm not nice later.
Why would I say that, Mr. Nice Guy?
So, an alternate alphabet, huh?
I shoulda known. I made up one for my own use from the time I was 10 so I could write about my TUG experiences in a diary without anyone else being able to read it. In my case though I made up entirely diffrent symbols for numbers and letters - including two alternating symbols for the most common letters (and a third one for 'e') toi make it harder to decipher. Good thing too, as my mother and oither relatives seemed to enjoy prying into my stuff when I was a teenager! But no one could decipher my alphabet, wherea I had memorized it and could (and still can) read it effortlessly. My journals are in fact the major reason why I can write my Tugstories in such detail. I wrote down everything I could whenever I was 'free' (literally) to do so.
Now, I understand that 1337 means elite.
I still don't get the point of THAT exactly, but nuts to it... maybe I'm just a moron after all.
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
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