From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Pronouncable ROT-13 names (was Re: Best one I've s
	 	een)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:12:32 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	Gunax lbh, Yrr.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Toth [mailto:jtoth at megrez.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:07 AM
To: 'WSFA members'
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Pronouncable ROT-13 names (was Re: Best one I've s
een)

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:16:23AM -0500, Strong, Lee
(StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL) said:
> 	Actually, I changed my name at least twice before I joined WSFA and
> twice afterward so I don't agree that one's name is outside one's control.
> However, I do not understand this "ROT-13 name" stuff, and request an
> explanation.  Thank you, Lee

I'm sorry; explaining ROT-13 would violate the terms of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act.

Seriously, it's a simple cipher where every letter is rotated 13
spaces.  So we replace a by n, b by o, etc.  It has the advantage
that it's self-decrypting--i.e. doing the same thing again will
bring you back to where you started--so it's fairly popular on
Usenet for encrypting spoilers, offensive language, and so forth.

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