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Why does 13375p34k suck and how people use it - I wrote that before. But here comes an interesting detail I found on a page of a Slashdot user. I don't remember the name of the user, nor his site - nothing at all. So please feel free to comment this entry and provide the links.

So, what is all the fuss about?
Behold!

------the origin of 13375p34k------

"In the beginning, there was USENET. USENET was great. But then a problem started happening. Hackers started using USENET to talk about hacking. Then, the moderators of some boards began filtering out words such as hack, hacker, hacking, etc. What were the hackers to do? They did what hackers always do. They beat the system.

Using words like h4x0r instead of hacker was a good idea back then, allowing hackers to get past silly restrictions on their newsgroups. What 1337 has become, however, in no way resembles its original purpose. "