Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] 3l337 license plate

["Ryan Thornton" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

This blog is a similar idea:

http://failblog.wordpress.com/

- Ryan

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 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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