how exactly does "1337" spell out "ELITE"?

[MaxDSP]

I can see the resemblance of other nerdbonic words but not this.

 

[stso]

me too :Q

 

[ericb]

1337 = leet which is shorthand for elite.

 

[Pussycat]

What is 1337 in the first place?? Did you just go around making up words, you weirdo!?

~Jos~

 

[EricNKrout]

Conservatives spell it 31337 (3 = E, 1 = l, 7 = T), but most just use 1337 as an abbreviation.

 

[Sigurd]

"elite" was bastardized to "eleet", which was further bastardized to "leet", which was once again bastardized to "l33t" (3 = e in nerdspeak), which was further bastardized to 1337. 1 = l, simple enough, but 7 = t is the stretch.

 

[datalink7]

1= l
3=E (looks like a backwards E)
3=E
7=T (sort of close)

1337=leet=elite

 

[Phunktion]

mIRC started the whole number lingo I believe and 3 has always been E.. think "L" eet.. but the 7 = T just doesn't fly well with me..

Haha.. Link to a classic

 

[EricNKrout]

You can also get really silly with stuff like:
| /\ |\/| /\ 1337 |-| /\ X 0 r (in English: I am an elite hacker)

 

[hungrypete]

you can't try to involve logic in a 'language' invented by a retarded 14 year old while high on spraypaint.....

 

[dakata24]

lol.. brings back memories when i used to have a pager.. hehe. that was before cell phones were everywhere.. pager talk was fun..

mirc started this? i thought it was pager code that started this... at least that's my first experience with it.. took me a day or two to get the whole alphabet and be able to read stuff cuz everyone had their own way of spelling stuff.

 

[MaxDSP]

so now I know. Do I feel 1337 now? That's open to consideration

 

[Wallydraigle]

l
l
l
l
l
v see signature

 

[datalink7]

ph0r 4 L33T Tr4n5l4+0R, go H3r3. (For a elite translator, go here.)

BTW... it is geoshitties.

 

[halik]

noone uses that crap other than scrip kiddies or wannbees. The real hackers talk normal, trust me

 

[dakata24]

hmm..

A = 8 or 4
B = 8
C = 0
D = 0
E = 3
F = 13 or 3
G = 6
H = 4
I = 1
J = 7
K = 15
L = 7
M = 177
N = 17
O = 0
P = 9
Q = 0 ?
R = 12
S = 5
T = 7
U = 17
V = ??
W = 177 or 111
X = ??
Y = 4
Z = 5 ??


hmm. that's how i remember it.. very rusty.. i prolly got some wrong...

 

[EricNKrout]

<< noone uses that crap other than scrip kiddies or wannbees. The real hackers talk normal, trust me >>



No, even *we* joke around with silly 1337-5p34k too on occasion.

 

[halik]

uh huh, you just picked your group...

 

[hungrypete]

<< noone uses that crap other than scrip kiddies or wannbees. The real hackers talk normal, trust me >>



alot of 'real hackers' drive shiny sports cars and run around doing security audits / etc for big bucks.... only the idiots and the freaks deface sites and 'speak' such nonsense.... if they claim to be 1337 that just means they are poor, dirty, ugly, and lazy. It's amazing what linguistics are capable of, being able to get someone's life story like that...

 

[MaxDSP]

"At my signal, unleash flames"

 

[skace]

Elite is pronounced "Eleet"
Eleet Haxormorphs into 31337
31337 shorthands into 1337
Variants of 1337 are: lEEt, l33t, 3r33t, rEEt.

Now you know, knowing is half the battle.

 

[dakata24]

Yo Joe!

 

[DannyLove]

you are a neeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

danny~!

 

[mrCide]

i = teh winner

all the 'hackers' that actually write code are just as lame and goof off as anyone else (trust me). but for the most part are arrogant and talk with proper grammar

 

[jjones]

1337 = cant spel