Hello ALL!

What is the point of having ROT13 these days?

BTW, I enabled it for this message, but I still see it as normal.


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Hello August!

On 17.04.19 at 0:09:00, August Abolins wrote to All:

What is the point of having ROT13 these days?

No idea, sorry.

BTW, I enabled it for this message, but I still see it as normal.

Yep, so do I :)

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 17.04.19 - 13:44, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

What is the point of having ROT13 these days?

No idea, sorry.

Maybe it can used as a way to keep the secrets between ROT13 users, such
as only those who use OpenXP?

BTW, I enabled it for this message, but I still see it as normal.

Yep, so do I :)

So, would this be a bug then?


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Hello August!

On 17.04.19 at 18:11, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

What is the point of having ROT13 these days?

No idea, sorry.

Maybe it can used as a way to keep the secrets between ROT13
users, such as only those who use OpenXP?

BTW, I enabled it for this message, but I still see it as
normal.

Yep, so do I :)

So, would this be a bug then?

Dunno but Rot13 is ummmmmm, errrrrrrm, a bit stoneage and very easily deciphered. I've a good idea what the developer would say if I asked
him about this ;-)

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin,

On 18.04.19, you wrote to August Abolins:

So, would this be a bug then?

Dunno but Rot13 is ummmmmm, errrrrrrm, a bit stoneage and very easily deciphered. I've a good idea what the developer would say if I asked
him about this ;-)

So, you are suggesting that it has been disabled on purpose in oxp?

V whfg unccrarq gb abgvpr gung vg vf nyfb vzcyrzragrq va JvaCbvag, naq vg frrzf
gb or jbexvat svar va gurer. Guvf zrffntr jnf perngrq jvgu Jvacbvag'f EBG13.

ROT13 here is certainly a testament to the days of yore. ;)


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Hello August!

On 18.04.19 at 21:53:50, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

So, would this be a bug then?

Dunno but Rot13 is ummmmmm, errrrrrrm, a bit stoneage and very easily
deciphered. I've a good idea what the developer would say if I asked him
about this ;-)

So, you are suggesting that it has been disabled on purpose in oxp?

No, not at all, I'm suggesting that the developer probably wouldn't be interested but I'll ask him about it anyway.

V whfg unccrarq gb abgvpr gung vg vf nyfb vzcyrzragrq va JvaCbvag, naq vg frrzf gb or jbexvat svar va gurer. Guvf zrffntr jnf perngrq jvgu Jvacbvag'f EBG13.

Yes it is, yes it is and yes it was :-)))))

ROT13 here is certainly a testament to the days of yore. ;)

Yes, precisely.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 19.04.19 - 13:25, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Dunno but Rot13 is ummmmmm, errrrrrrm, a bit stoneage and very easily ZS>>> deciphered.

ROT13 here is certainly a testament to the days of yore. ;)

Yes, precisely.

Later, I realized that it was/is a popular way to obfuscate spoilers - a temporary hindrance to hide an answer or a scene detail when discussing movies, books, quizzes, contests, etc. ROT13 is a lot better than having
a page full of blank lines with the spoiler somehere "offsceen" in the
clear at the bottom of the message.

If someone wanted to spoil things for themselves, they would have to make
a deliberate effort to ROT13 and have no one else to blame.


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