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View Poll Results: Are you 1337?
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Yeah, damn right! h4x0r etc.
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10 |
29.41% |
No, I'm not that lame
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16 |
47.06% |
I'm not lame - I'm on a Linux site because my porno viewing went horribly wrong
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3 |
8.82% |
One thousand three hundred and thirty seven?
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5 |
14.71% |
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06-14-2004, 04:59 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Gentoo ~x86
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are you 1337?
just to get an idea of the numbers...
EDIT: To any mods - I can't edit the poll - Can you change the question to "Can you speak 1337?". Some people seem to be misunderstanding. Thanks.
Last edited by drigz; 06-15-2004 at 12:58 AM.
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06-14-2004, 06:48 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: S.W. Ohio
Distribution: Ubuntu, OS X
Posts: 760
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What numbers are you talking about? I only see one number.
I'm bored
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06-14-2004, 10:09 PM
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#3
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Gentoo!
Posts: 1,153
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Re: are you 1337?
Quote:
Originally posted by drigz
just to get an idea of the numbers...
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... or to get numbers on how many kiddies
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06-14-2004, 10:11 PM
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#4
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,149
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Oh god, has it come to these types of questions in General.. I'll be sure to avoid it even more now..
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06-14-2004, 10:22 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 3,658
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are you 1337?
Of course we are. Didn't you realize we're runnning this entire site off your grandmothers Windows Me box?
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06-14-2004, 11:33 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Burke, VA
Distribution: RHEL, Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora
Posts: 1,418
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Meh?
I eat script kiddies for breakfast.
I have lobster for lunch.
--Shade
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06-14-2004, 11:36 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Miami FL
Distribution: Mac OS X 10.4.11 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Posts: 429
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OK! That is where I post now, all to say is: Extreme CC, and to you Shade
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06-15-2004, 02:42 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: New York
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,358
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That the hell is this thread about any way???
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06-15-2004, 03:11 AM
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#9
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Slackware current & occasional dabbling with Mandrake 10.0
Posts: 29
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no, im 1351, fuxx0r!!!!
(Sorry... sorry... I really don't communicate like that... it's the sleep dep talking.)
And for the benefit of those who don't what what the numbers mean:
Leet
Leet (often l33t, 31337, or 1337) is a cipher, or simply a novelty form of English spelling. It is characterized by the use of non-alphabet characters to stand for letters bearing a superficial resemblance, and by a number of quasi-standard spelling changes such as the substitution of "z" for final "s" and "x" for "(c)ks". Leet is traditionally used on the Internet and other online communities, such as bulletin board systems, to complement Internet slang or "chatspeak". Leet is used by hackers, crackers, script kiddies and gamers, and even lamers. While leet was once an extremely popular trend amongst hackers, the current trend favors proper spelling and grammar, which some believe serves as a more effective form of expression. Many skilled hackers of today do not normally use leet due to its association with Internet users whom they dislike, pejoratively dubbed lamers. However, leet is a cultural phenomenon amongst hackers, and is known and used (usually in the jocular) by many computer professionals because of this.
Certain factions maintain that "true" leetspeak is spelled correctly, with the exceptions described above. They do not consider the use of extreme short forms (such as b, or u) to be leet or leetspeak; instead, they refer to it by such terms as "AOL speak" because they associate such habits with people who chat using MSN Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger. Another habit which is sometimes associated with leetspeak or Internet chatting is capitalizing every other letter (JuSt LiKe ThIs), sometimes called stickycaps. A similar habit involves capitalizing every letter except for vowels (JuST LiKe THiS).
Stolen from http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Leet.html
Does anyone else find it vaguely ironic that there's a dictionary definition for 1337?
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06-15-2004, 03:34 AM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Earth
Distribution: Linux 2.6.25.4
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It's all terribly stupid, immature behavior for people who apparently can't speak proper English...
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06-15-2004, 03:17 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: UK, Manchester
Distribution: Gentoo (2.6.10-r4) & Ubuntu
Posts: 145
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1337 h4x0rs make me laugh, they're such idiots.
now... wheres my porn gone?
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06-15-2004, 03:35 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Slackware current & occasional dabbling with Mandrake 10.0
Posts: 29
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Quote:
Originally posted by dave_starsky
now... wheres my porn gone?
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Hey, cool, someone else here for the porn... how about all those hot naked penguins, eh?
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06-15-2004, 05:26 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Houston
Distribution: Knoppix,lenova yoga 3, Samsung s6 -android
Posts: 307
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I bet that won't be asked in Trivia Pursuit.
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06-15-2004, 05:40 PM
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HCL Maintainer
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: McCalla, AL, USA
Distribution: Arch, Gentoo
Posts: 6,940
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GNU/Linux is aimed at skilled users, not the 3l33T3 war3z crowd. (1f U sp3ll l1k3 th1s, gu3ss wh1ch U R)
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06-15-2004, 07:04 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 63
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leet is a pain in the ass, i got a couple friends who say it one even got a leet site n3rdv4n4.com and thats annoying
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