h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In the old days, when everything on t he net, nwhen you wanted to say something that you didn't want everyone to hear (or just plain profanity) they uses a code called 'rot13' which is just every letter of the alphabet moved 13 places along, and this is toggled on and off by the cypher. Eveyone knew the code so it was not so secret but it meant you didn't have to read it if you didn'y want to:

Uses for rot13 (even on hootoo )

not revealing spoilers for books and films

having a private (well almost) convo on a thread

cover up profanity, although this would - on h2g2 - still probably break house rules - because the code is known to everyone

and many other uses probably


jbhyq or unaql Cebs!
Srpx, obt, pnec, puhqqvrf!!!!

Jubqhaavg? Gurl nyy qvq!!!

http://www.rot13.com/index.php cut n paste

Here is an entrythat mentions cypher and rot13

A583878


1234567890123
ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j__k_l_m
n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_y_z


h2g2 does funny things to the formatting of plain text.

Three suggestions:

1. Allow use of unformatted 'plan' text ( no smiley icons or guideml)
2. Have ability to do ROT13 (would be great for spoilers etc)
3. Enable use of unicode (tougher maybe but must-have for internationalization)