Re: TI-H: OT: some etymology...

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Re: TI-H: OT: some etymology...


31337d = 7A69h = 111101001101001b = 75151o

I suppose one could say that one is quite 111101001101001… but its hard to 
pronounce.

>
>In the hacker culture, the word "elite" has many mutations.
>
>Elite ==: eleet, ereet, 3l33t, 31337, and various shortenings and mutations 
>of
>those main ones.
>
>From ESR's Hacker's Jargon File (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/)
>
><PASTE MODE="ON">
>elite adj.
>
>Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a general 
>positive
>adjective. This term is not actually hacker slang in the strict sense; it 
>is used
>primarily by crackers and warez d00dz, for which reason hackers use it only
>with heavy irony. The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to the 
>"hidden"
>or "privileged" sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which, typically,
>contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only let you 
>post,
>or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or `boards') on a BBS. Those
>who got to the frequently legendary `triple super secret' boards were 
>elite.
>Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms `eleet', 
>and
>`31337' (among others) have been sighted.
>
>A true hacker would be more likely to use `wizardly'. Oppose lamer.
></PASTE>
>
>Of course, the only problem I have with this definition is part of ESR's 
>(and
>others) legendary refusal to admit that the demographic they call 
>"crackers" is
>just a small yet significant *subset* of what they define as "hackers".
>Somewhat like saying a murderer isn't human, although they technically are.
>But that's getting a little off-topic now, isn't it? :P
>
>On Tue, 08 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Um, just curious on this.  Where did "reet" come from?  Some variation 
>of
> > "elite", right?  Could someone provide me with an etymology of it?

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