X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111659,e3f32c6b695b12d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid111659,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,6f8790cec9c439f3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: "Brock Kevin Nambo" Subject: Re: ROT13 (was Re: [req] Lips / Kiss) Date: 1998/03/10 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 332817984 References: <3502661e.104572692@news.mag-net.com> <3504BCDC.7DE14518@on.spammer> <350540EE.C8C2B7FD@bcgroup.net> <350562E3.4938@gwtc.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,comp.lang.pascal.borland Donovan wrote in message <350562E3.4938@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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----http://come.to/brocks.place Hey look, it's the Roman Empire!