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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 10 Mar 1998.
Re: ROT13 (was Re: [req] Lips / Kiss)

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


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.


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From: "Brock Kevin Nambo" <new...@earthling.net>
Subject: Re: ROT13 (was Re: [req] Lips / Kiss)
Date: 1998/03/10
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