Comments on: 1337 – A Geek’s Language

By: David Lano

David Lano — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:15:38 +0000

@Jessica – There’s a link in the post pointing to a chart. The chart contains all of the common symbols…but yes. I would consider 1337 to be one of those things where you can most definitely make up your own version – it’s probably better that way! :)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:10:26 +0000

Hi david lano… l33t is great for passwords …. just got into l33t a few weeks ago but I was just wondering, is there a basic type of grammer for it? Or can u just add random symbols?

By: Saourealis

Saourealis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:57:50 +0000

Oizea:
Wow, I’d never seen it on a site link! That’s what the variation I saw looked like though, but I was under the impression that you actually selected it in a language selection thing, rather than visiting a different site. Thanks for the link, I couldn’t find that anywhere!

By: Oizea Hatcher

Oizea Hatcher — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:46:35 +0000

@Saourealis – 600673.com ?

BTW, 1337 may be more useful for text input. The side effect: No more hunt-and-peck. See Oizea Type for example.

By: David Lano

David Lano — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:47:37 +0000

@Saourealis – Wow, really! I’d be interested in seeing that link…if you can find it. :)

By: Saourealis

Saourealis — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:16:51 +0000

Re: The Dane – that’s an awesome incorporation of l337 and emoticons into a password. I never considered using emoticons!

Re: Post – Google has a nifty little “hidden” language option for 1337 in the search options. I don’t have the link onhand at the moment, but it can be pretty trippy to look at your search results if you change your language to l337!

By: David Lano

David Lano — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:57:53 +0000

@The Dane – Thanks for doing a bit of show and tell. I like it! :)

I have a few 20-25 character 1337 passwords that I’ve hand-memorized; thankfully, otherwise that would be ruthless for logging in. :/

By: The Dane

The Dane — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:48:03 +0000

Well, obviously, I’m not going to give away any real examples but let’s say you wanted an easy pass to remember for your site here. You might try doing something like David Lano Oh No.

D4^!dL4n0no3$O_o

Broken down, that’s David (D4^!d) Lano (L4n0) Noes (no3$) and a troubled/wonky face (O_o).

You’ve got a 16-character, alphanumeric there with four upperline Shift-characters. A strong password that’s easy to remember. And only a pain to type until your hand memory commits it. My current main password choice is about as long and complex and I can type it without thinking.

But yeah, I wouldn’t use that pass for your site now. Sorry. You can put it on your merchandise though ^_^

By: David Lano

David Lano — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:36:51 +0000

@ The Dane – I’d be curious to see an example of this ‘mix’ you talk of. Care to give us a sneak peak? :)

By: The Dane

The Dane — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:05:52 +0000

I’ve used L33t for years and tend to employ some mix of it, slang, and japanese-style emoticons in my passwords. Good stuff. Easy to remember and harder to crack.