| Friday, February 18, 2005 |
09:37 - Now we need a grant to teach it in public schools
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
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This is a hoot (via Marcus): a Microsoft page teaching parents how to speak l33t, so they know what their kids are up to.
It's important to remember that the leetspeek community encourages new forms and awards individual creativity, resulting in a dynamic written language that eludes conformity or consistency. However, there are a few standard terms. The following is a sample of key words that haven't changed fundamentally (although variations occur) since the invention of leetspeek. The first series is of particular concern, as their use could be an indicator that your teenager is involved in the theft of intellectual property, particularly licensed software.
It's actually about as good as I could expect a page like this to be, given the audience and the tone the company has to strike; it actually gives a little insight into the dynamics of how this stuff works. I can't decide if it'd have been fun to write up a page like this, or if it'd been hell...
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