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["David R. Matusiak" <matusiak AT hotmail.com>]

Beth et al,

thanks for the balsa tip. it looks like their software is maturing... might
be worth another try.

the "l33t" thing is a geeky teen-age wanna-be substitute for the English
word "elite." and that is what most "hackers" <or "h@kk0rz"> today claim to
be; elite.

if you are bright enough to come up with ways to "freakily" change letters
into numbers in your "handle" <secret hacker codename that gets you on
cnn.com> or "crew" <gang of pimply-faced playstation 2 addicts who you call
friends> or any "code" you distribute <probably stolen from someone who
knows what the hell they are talking about>, then you are obviously a genius
and should have hot, scantily-clad supermodels falling at your feet.

such is the glamorous lot of hackerdom today. once this whole trend passes,
they can go back to being the socially amblivalent, physically unfit, and
completely unpopular people they truly are. oh wait; that scenario doesn't
seem to change things much.

anywho, if you'd like to make sure these esteemed computing scholars are not
"on" your machine <you will notice periodic pop-ups stating "w3 0wn3 j00!">,
then you have to get hip to their lingo.

capiche?

err... ahh.. c@p1ch3?

d.m.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Ellison" <leonardbernst55 AT hotmail.com>
To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Lean on a Hacker; then get one of your file
formats hacked


> >yes, i understand that outlook express sucks. please be patient while my
> >brain surgery takes place; increasing my IQ enough that i might be able
to
> >use a l33t mail client such as mutt, balsa or kmail.
>

> Dave et al,
>
> Not that you didn't know this already, but...
>
> http://www.balsa.net/main.html
>
> And I know folks who swear by pine and emacs and refuse to be swayed to
> anything even as droll as Mozilla.
>
> Actually, I thought I'd look like less of a dolt when I ask "What the hell
> is 'l33t'?" if I at least TRY to offer something constructive/useful as
> well.
>
> Not sure it worked. Such is my life.
>
> Beth
>
>
>
>
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