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Old 07-03-2007, 09:48 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ScreaM
Hmm, I'm lost.
Kids nowadays... I must be getting old!

It's an ancient form of secret communication called ROT-13 where you exchange each letter for the one 13 positions before/after in the alphabet (so encoding and decoding is the same, as long as you're using a 26 letter alphabet). Used to avoid revealing spoilers or to disguise offensive language in e-mail and on the Net -- old mail/news readers used to have an easily accessible ROT-13 function.
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