l33tn355 (or some such)

Hecate

so, um, whos l33t?, why do you consider yourself to by l33t?

what is l33tn355 anyway?

SantaHoe

<ME TAKES="A DEEP BREATH">
In hacker lingo, "l33t" means "Elite".
Implying that you know a lot about various computer systems, their security and how to gain unauthorised access to them.
("0wn1ng y0uR b0><" means gaining root privilages on your system)

This so-called "l33t-speak" has been scoffed at by 0ld-sk00l hackers as being the language of script-kiddies and thus most serious hackers have rejected it.

I don't consider myself to be "l33t" as then I would be admiting my "script-kiddyness", also due to the fact that I haven't "0wn3d" anyones "b0x".
Although I sometimes like to take the p1ss with l33t-$p3@k, I do it for fun, not to impress.

Hobbes

JeffK is l33t!

He just about explains it all.

Hecate

nice one, I 'ph33r' you all now

El_Presidente

Yes, thats the spirt

Excelsior

i will haX0r yuor filez yuo dummies i AM L33T and appz the haX0r and r00lz and i am IN AN CLAN 40 OUNSCE and my friend Jeryy shots some guy iun the ASS with the ralegun!!!

indeed.

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It is so lonely here in my indecipherable tower of speech impedimency

Shinji

"l33tsp34k" has pretty much become part and parcel of IRC communication now, and even real-life communication for net-heads; it's practically a seperate dialect of English. I give it 2 years before a US college starts running courses in it

When spoken, l33tsp34k is quite different to normal speech... The word "l33t" is pronounced "leet", not "elite", for example. Words like "pe0n", "llama", "r0x0r", "fux0red", "ha><0r" and "sux0r" are also commonly found in the speech pattern of those fluent in l33tsp34k, and the term "0wn" is pretty important too. Describing something as "t00 d4mn l33t" is common; telling a pe0n to "get sum skillz" is a regularly used insult.

It's gone beyond being script kiddie territory at this stage and is just another contribution to English vocabulary. Whether this is a sad and nerdy thing or not, is open to question...

Ja,
Rob (taking the ****.... mostly.)

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BossArky

Oh my God.

WhiteWashMan

bloody hell. i remember in the good ol days of telnet about 92 (yes, and all this was green fields etc ) when the only way to become leet was to use acronems and the such
you know
brbr=be right back
afk=away from keyboard
afaik=as far as i know
lol=laugh out loud
imho=in my honest opinion
etc=etcetera

er, all but the last one
god, now i feel old

Q_Ball

d0[]\[]+ q[]_[]35+10[]\[] []\/[]3 []_33t[]\[]355 0r 1 0p3[]\[] 4 c4[]\[] o \/\/)-(00p455 0[]\[] y0[]_[]r []D [] []\/[] []D 455

translation:

dont question me leetness or i open a can of whoopass on pimp ass

note: added new Q_Ballian letters

[This message has been edited by Q_Ball (edited 31-03-2000).]

Asuka

LOL

SantaHoe

Who?!

Hobbes

HA HA :P April Fools.

Check out http://www.happypuppy.com/ as well.

Fool

jeffk got hacked.(today i think)
look quick before its gone.

Wyverne

erm.....
in the spirit of this thread

"I +]-[i[]\[]k [_]r 4[_[_ f[_][_[_ 0f 5]-[33+"

Jelvon

for those of us who aren't fluent enough in l33t-speak to contribute to this thread go to http://www.elfqrin.com/lamerize.html to convert normal speak into hacker dialect so you too can sound lÎKÊ â ®ëâl £ÃMë®

Jelv

amp

As I am now posting from Linux I declare myself officially |337!!

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