Re: ROT13 (was Re: [req] Lips / Kiss)

On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:18:53 -0600, Donovan <bak...@gwtc.net> wrote:

%Brock Kevin Nambo wrote:
%> 
%> Donovan wrote in message <350...@gwtc.net>...
%> >Excuse my ignorance but what is so special about ROT13? Why is it in
%> >this newsgroup and who uses it?
%> >
%> >These are serious questions. I'm not being sarcastic....yet.
%> 
%> ROT13 is a decoding method used by people who want to keep things hidden
%> from plain view; for example, to spamblock email addresses, to hide spoiler
%> information, or to protect people who don't want to see inoffensive
%> information.
%> 
%> They just rotate the letters 13 spaces through the alphabet.
%> 
%> --
%> >>BKNambo
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%> ----http://come.to/brocks.place
%> Hey look, it's the Roman Empire!
%
%
%OK! Thanks for explaining that to me.
%
%Now what does it have to do with our newsgroup? I'm sorry I'm so slow at
%these things. *S*
%
%Donovan


Donovan,

	I don't think this is anything particular to _this_ newsgroup, but
people everywhere use ROT-13.  It's a very very basic form of encoding, simple
enough to decode by hand if you had the time ;)

-R-

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