Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] 3l337 license plate

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Christian M. Cepel wrote:

> While a lot of them drop the P, here's a helpful tutorial
> http://packing-org.justgotowned.com/

I would like to go through the photos at a more leisurely pace but I'm not 
sure that is possible.  It looks like I can find most by google image 
search for "owned."

Anyway, the thing I'd like to know is if there is a definitive or at least 
convincing etymology for pwn or pwned.  I'm sure it came from own and 
owned (and from obtaining root access without permission), but why was the 
'o' replaced with a 'p'?  One suggestion is that the p-key is next to the 
o-key, and I can believe that, but someone must have looked into this. 
People usually do searches of old usenet archives for clues.


> (btw. Packing.org used to be the goto site for people who wished to know 
> what conceal-carry laws are across the country... especially what states 
> would honor other state's permits.  The owner took it in a different 
> direction and stopped keeping it updated and other sites were forced to 
> step in and pick up the load.)

It looks like a person who is "packing" is the one who is "owned."

Mike

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