[lycaon]

I was running a search on a member's posts(using the "Search: All posts by this registered user." in the profile) and noticed something interesting�

As the search was running, where it says "About to search�", I noticed the titles of some forums that I'd never seen: "Seti@Home" and "Linux on Mac".

Interesting, hmmm�

[wlonh]

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/foru...5&DaysPrune=20

no biggie there...

but the Linux forum is coming as soon as MacNN gets a good Linux mod, it is just waiting to be sprung upon you all

[lycaon]

wlonh,

thanks.

I guess the SETI@Home forum is a participants-only forum.

And I hope the Linux-on-Mac opens soon. I'm curious.

[disectamac]

yeah it also searches through the Moderators forum but never finds anything interesting

[wlonh]

boy that's for sure

[ThinkInsane]

Hey, can I be the mod for linux-on-mac? Hey, what's linux?

[oscar]

Originally posted by disectamac:
yeah it also searches through the Moderators forum but never finds anything interesting

We mainly talk about how godly we are. =)

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-See Yea!

[wlonh]

boy that's for sure

[lycaon]

hey wlonh,

You should update the SETI@Home client link on the MacNN SETI page. I was playing with version 2.03 for about an hour before I found out there was a version 2.04.

btw, I'm about a quarter of the way thru my first W/U

[wlonh]

we know that... the consensus was that 2.03 was the one to put up at the time, it will be changed soon, as Misha and Mark have determined

[lycaon]

I know that you know. After all, I found out about 2.04 from your SETI thread. But I didn't know before, but now I know.

[wlonh]

we knew that too



Martin Short as Slimy Lawyer: "I knew that... of course I did... why would you think I didn't know that? I knew that"

[This message has been edited by wlonh (edited 06-23-2000).]

[reader50]

I did some deliberate searches of the Moderators/Private forum. Searches for "Dumb", "Idiot", "Jerk", and "Stupid" did not have a single hit.

What is the point of a private forum if you don't take advantage of it to talk about us?

[Cipher13]

I reckon they must use some super-secret code to talk to each other, just to thwart attempts like that...
example:

Wlonh: Isn't that Dragonlance a great fellow?
Oscar: Absolutely. One of the most valuable members of the MacNN community for sure...

Now I'm sure you don't need me to translate that. Or it could be more than that - take this next example:

Wlonh:sd654f6sd14f3d5sf6d65sd5fh54ewrd5fs4�*���*�j uhadhkajsfi�*���*dhkjaL*Ӭ�*��hdfkajdshfL��**�*��� *��
Oscar:���ksdj3la3ekraa����olkwlje3lwasd�*��*�!

Anyway you get the idea - and to all moderators/admins, we're onto you!

Cipher13

[lycaon]

.senigne hcraes morf snoitasrevnoc rieht edih ot mhtirogla noitpyrcne terces repus a esu ylbaborp yeht ,rehpiC yeH



[This message has been edited by lycaon (edited 06-24-2000).]

[Cipher13]

...ees ot su tnaw yeht tahw ees senigne eht tel ylno dna ,seY

31rehpiC

[disectamac]

I seriously doubt they communicate this way. It's time consuming. Maybe that's why there aren't many posts in that forum.


I y1l2s3u4o5i6r7e8s t9b0u2o3d4 y5e6h7t e8t9a0c2i3n4u5m6m7o8c s2i3h4t y5a6w. s7'8t9i o2o3t e4m5i6t g7i8n9m0u2s3n4o5c. e6b7y8a9M s0'2t3a4h5t y6h7w e8r9e0h2t t3'4n5e6r7a y8n9a0m s2s3o4p n5i t6a7h8t m9u0r2o3f.

[lycaon]

ou'reYay ightray. It is imetay onsumingcay.

ycaonlay

[wlonh]

ixnay embermays... ouyay're ayway ongwray

we use sanskrit

no... no... each admin/mod has their own 'rosetta stone' enigma-like machine that we use

wait... no, we use the tengwar...

um, what was the question again?

[Cipher13]

Actually its not that time consuming - I thought it would be but not so - type the message normally, then read it backwards and type the backwards version as you read. I can do that almost as fast as I can type normally... Of course it doesn't feel natural which makes it slower - when typing normally you can do it totally without thinking. Hell, when someone asks me to say the alphabet I start with 'Q'...

Cipher13

[lycaon]

It was REALLY easy for me. I just used Tex-Edit Plus and an applescript called Reverser from the Official AppleScripts for TE+ Archives.

Here's one that I wrote for ROT13 (at least it's how I think ROT13 works?).

Code:
tell application "Tex-Edit Plus"
	if exists window 1 then
		set z to contents of window 1
		set z to my doROT13(z)
		set contents of window 1 to z
		set z to {}
	else
		beep
		display dialog ("" & return & "Error!" & return & �
			"Could not detect an open document window!" & return & "Please try again.") �
			buttons {"Ooops!"} default button 1 giving up after 30
	end if
end tell

on doROT13(z)
	set za to {}
	set z to z's items
	repeat with x in z
		set a to ASCII number x
		if (a > 64 and a < 78) or (a > 96 and a < 110) then
			set a to a + 13
		else if (a > 77 and a < 91) or (a > 109 and a < 123) then
			set a to a - 13
		end if
		set end of za to ASCII character a
	end repeat
	return za as string
end doROT13

Basically, it just rotates a character by 13 (e.g. a->n). Here's a block of text modified with ROT13:

Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er fgnaqvat gbb pybfr! Abj V'z jbexvat ba bar gb zbqvsl grkg nppbeqvat gb qvfrpgnznp'f fcrpf nobir (whfg sbe sha).

And you thought I was really smart�

[wlonh]

no i didn't

[lycaon]

Hey!!!

I resemble that remark!

(hmmm� that doesn't sound quite right somehow)

[disectamac]

click on the edit link above my last post ( ) it was extremely time consuming.

[Cipher13]

`pqnh$w{sm|+

That says Apple rules!

Done with an algorithm I wrote and put into a HyperCard program.
Nice text encrypter. I use it for e-mails.
If you would like a copy, you know what to do.

Cipher13

[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 06-25-2000).]

[disectamac]

I could use something like that for reasons unmentionable send it my way.....

[garrettnelson]

a while back on a MacAddict CD there was a nifty program called Atinlay that automatically changed text into Pig Latin...really cool!

[lycaon]

s0i1h2T s4i a !6t7s8e9t



p.s. Cipher, here's a cyborg smilie for ya!

[This message has been edited by lycaon (edited 06-25-2000).]

[Cipher13]

2e1c4i6N 1!7e2i9l8i4m7s9

Sorry, I'm too lazy to do the bolding

BTW, Disectamac, you get that e-mail? My server has been playing up lately...

Cipher13

[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 06-26-2000).]

[disectamac]

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[disectamac]

ahhh....click on the above that post lots a work. I was afraid the forum software might overload.

[wlonh]

look, i am not going to check this unless it continues... there had better not be anything even slightly unkosher going on in those messages... no illegal stuff of any kind, no obscenity...

ok please?

[disectamac]

Kosher's my middle name. Disect a Kosher Mac jr.

[lycaon]

Don't worry, wlonh. Nothing obscene or illegal. Regarding kosher, no comment.

[John]

ThinkInsane, what is your email address.... your sonicnet.net email bounced to me. Please update your profile as well