This is Playing Dice, preparing you for anything and everything you may come across on your journeys across the Internet.
For those of you who thought upside-down text was bad, prepare yourself for the next level in lameness, uselessness, and annoyingocity: ROT13!
What is this horrible thing called ROT13, you may ask? Well, damn good question, but you’ll quake in fear at the answer. ROT13 is a simple encryption algorithm in which every letter is moved 13 places further in the alphabet than it originally was. For example, “A” becomes “N”, “Z” becomes “M”, and simple communication becomes a headache.
But fear not! Online translators exist to assist you in combating the evil that is ROT13. However, it will not, repeat, not, protect you from the eye-raping stupidity of whatever the original message was. Decode ROT13 at your own risk!
For those of you who want to take it a step further, there are over variations of ROT13, including, but not limited to: ROT5, ROT18, and ROT47. If you really want to mindfuck (psychological term) your fellow Internet users, take a gander at this handy translator!
And thus ends this completely informative and innocent blog post! Exclamation point!
January 14, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Guvf vf Cynlvat Qvpr, cercnevat lbh sbe nalguvat naq rirelguvat lbh znl pbzr npebff ba lbhe wbhearlf npebff gur Vagrearg.
Sbe gubfr bs lbh jub gubhtug hcfvqr-qbja grkg jnf onq, cercner lbhefrys sbe gur arkg yriry va ynzrarff, hfryrffarff, naq naablvatbpvgl: EBG13!
Jung vf guvf ubeevoyr guvat pnyyrq EBG13, lbh znl nfx? Jryy, qnza tbbq dhrfgvba, ohg lbh’yy dhnxr va srne ng gur nafjre. EBG13 vf n fvzcyr rapelcgvba nytbevguz va juvpu rirel yrggre vf zbirq 13 cynprf shegure va gur nycunorg guna vg bevtvanyyl jnf. Sbe rknzcyr, “N” orpbzrf “A”, “M” orpbzrf “Z”, naq fvzcyr pbzzhavpngvba orpbzrf n urnqnpur.
Ohg srne abg! Bayvar genafyngbef rkvfg gb nffvfg lbh va pbzongvat gur rivy gung vf EBG13. Ubjrire, vg jvyy abg, ercrng, abg, cebgrpg lbh sebz gur rlr-encvat fghcvqvgl bs jungrire gur bevtvany zrffntr jnf. Qrpbqr EBG13 ng lbhe bja evfx!
Sbe gubfr bs lbh jub jnag gb gnxr vg n fgrc shegure, gurer ner bire inevngvbaf bs EBG13, vapyhqvat, ohg abg yvzvgrq gb: EBG5, EBG18, naq EBG47. Vs lbh ernyyl jnag gb zvaqshpx (cflpubybtvpny grez) lbhe sryybj Vagrearg hfref, gnxr n tnaqre ng guvf unaql genafyngbe!
Naq guhf raqf guvf pbzcyrgryl vasbezngvir naq vaabprag oybt cbfg! Rkpynzngvba cbvag!