Thread: My Computer is 1337

1337 (leet) is hacker speak for elite, and there are some who try to document its natural occurrence. Unfortunately, I missed out on 1337:13:37 and 1333:33:37 (I didn't feel like setting an alarm or watching a clock), but I did capture an example of 1337.

And what does all this mean?

Just that the "uptime" is 1337 hours, which is a cool number and a loooooong time.

For the non geeks:
1337 is 'leet' if you substitute letters for numbers.
Leet is short for 'elite' and is used to indicate either high level of skill (in coding, hacking, cracking, ...) or a powerfull (and expensive) piece of machinery.

Pics or occurrences of certain numbers are considered funny or cool. 1337 is one of them.

And then whaddya got?

Huh? That "leet" clock shows 1927 hours or 0722 if the caption can't be believed. Where are we, the slow, supposed to find this magical number in the illustration?

Originally Posted by Bruno

For the non geeks:
1337 is 'leet' if you substitute letters for numbers.
Leet is short for 'elite' and is used to indicate either high level of skill (in coding, hacking, cracking, ...) or a powerfull (and expensive) piece of machinery.

Pics or occurrences of certain numbers are considered funny or cool. 1337 is one of them.

But if you substitute letters for the numbers it is ACCG. Why did you post this confusing ****? Now I won't be able to sleep at night. God this compucrap really indicates how truly old and stupid I am. Thanks alot.

Originally Posted by Bruce

Huh? That "leet" clock shows 1927 hours or 0722 if the caption can't be believed. Where are we, the slow, supposed to find this magical number in the illustration?

Oh...you are so not leet!

BTW, I just heard about leet about a minute ago

can't be that l33t if yer running windows...

Originally Posted by jockeys

can't be that l33t if yer running windows...

Ooo, burn