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- ROT-13 Scrap. Copyright © 1993 by Ray Arachelian. All Rights Reserved.
-
- NOTE: This software and its documentation is distributed 'AS IS' and
- without warranties as to performance, merchantability, fitness for any
- particular purpose, or any other warranty either implied or express.
- Because of the various software and hardware environments in which this
- software may be used, no warranty of any kind can be provided. In no
- event shall the author of this program be held liable for any damages
- (real or imagined, physical, or to Steve Ebener's Ego) or losses arising
- out of the use or misuse of this software.
-
- This software is distributed as PoliticalWare. It is copyrighted by
- the author however you may distribute it freely. If you enjoy the
- use of this software and wish to continue to do so, please send a
- message to Steve Ebener, the current EchoMac Moderator asking him to
- reverse his decision about banishing HQX and ROT-13 off EchoMac. Send
- me a copy of this message and I'll tell you how to get rid of the
- nag screen.
-
- =======================================================================
-
- A simple tutorial on ROT-13:
-
- Rot-13 is a standard program which has been used for ages on
- the internet to hide the punchlines to jokes. It is so simple
- that no special software or hardware is needed to decode it.
- The use of a simple letter substitution table is all it is.
- The following tables show that letters are substituted with
- the 13th counterpart. (The English alphabet has 26 letters,
- hence, 13 in the first half and 13 in the second half.)
-
- The algorith, (or recipie if you will,) is simple. Just
- replace a letter from one half with the corresponding
- letter in the second half as shown in these tables:
-
- PLAIN: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
- ROT13: NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM
- INDEX: 12345678901234567890123456
- : 1 2
-
- PLAIN: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
- ROT13: nopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm
-
- PLAIN: 0123456789!@#$%^&*(){}[]\|;:'",<.>/?`~
- ROT13: 0123456789!@#$%^&*(){}[]\|;:'",<.>/?`~
-
- Hence, ROT-13 is merely a letter substition as follows:
- A-N B-O C-P D-Q E-R F-S G-T H-U I-V J-W K-X L-Y M-Z
-
- As can be seen, only letters are affected. Numbers and
- other ASCII symbols such as punctuation, parens, etc. are
- left untouched.
-
- ROT-13 is >NOT< an encryption program. It does not provide
- privacy, however, it's purpose is actually to let users view
- ROT-13'ed messages posted on the internet. ROT-13 originally
- started out as a program to hide punchlines to offensive
- jokes and the giving away of endings to movies in movie
- reviews.
-
- In my attempt to bring this program into popularity on
- FidoNet (EchoMac specifically,) I managed to step on the
- moderator's toes by writing a message which was totally
- encoded with ROT-13. He instantly banished me from the
- conference stating that FidoNet rules forbid encrypted
- material because FidoNet cannot provide for privacy
- due to possibly sysop liabilities for user misconduct.
-
- The rule he used to banish me does not apply since ROT-13
- is not meant to provide privacy, and cannot do so. Therefore
- he banished me unjustly. Additionally, as he's just been
- voted in, Steve Ebener has decided to revoke the allowing
- of HQX'ed files. Previously, they were allowed on
- EchoMac as long as they were relatively short. Steve
- Ebener seems to be cutting user rights down left and right
- and should be removed as moderator of EchoMac.
-
- I have written this program and the above documentation
- in order to aid users to become aquiented with ROT-13.
- This program is political-ware. I do not ask for money, I
- ask instead that you mail a letter asking Steve Ebener to
- allow HQX'ed messages, ROT-13 usage, and to stop banishing
- users with which he does not agree. Please do not use
- this as an opportunity to send flame mail. I won't be
- responsible for any harrasment charges against you if you do.
- I'm asking you to send a simple letter stating that you oppose
- his decision against allowing ROT-13 and HQX on EchoMac will
- do. :-) If he doesn't revoke his decision on this matter,
- I ask that you vote him out as EchoMac moderator. Mind you
- this is the same type of letter you'd send your congress
- person telling him that you won't vote for him if he doesn't
- address a specific issue.
-
- If by some stroke of luck you should get your hands on this
- program after Steve Ebener is kicked out of office, or
- allows ROT-13 and HQX on EchoMac, don't bother him. :-) To
- find out, just go and read EchoMac until the rules are posted.
- If you see mention of anything against ROT-13 or HQX, please
- send the letter immediatly. This program has been released on
- 6-20-1993.
-
- Email me a copy of the letter you sent him and I'll tell
- you how to disable the nag screen.
-
- Steve Ebener's email address is:
- Steve Ebener @1:152/42 (fidonet)
- Steve.Ebener@f42.n152.z1.fidonet.org (internet)
- His BBS phone number: 503-747-6098
-
-
- My Email addresses:
- Ray Arachelian @1:2603/204 (fidonet)
- rarachel@ishara.poly.edu (internet)
-
- Thank you for your support, and enjoy the program.
-
- ========================================================
-
- This program converts a text clipboard to ROT-13,
- or a ROT-13'ed clipboard into text. To use it simply
- put it in your Apple Menu, or somewhere accessible like
- on your desktop. Then you just go in your favorite
- word processor or text editor, select some text, copy it
- to the clipboard using Command-C (or if you prefer cut
- it to the clipboard.) Launch this program. Click the
- mouse button to get past the nag screen. Go back to
- your editor and select paste.
-
- This is very useful in conjunction with a terminal
- program. This way you can cut and paste ROT-13'ed text
- online and use it with your Mac.
-
- In addition, this new release of this program will
- also allow you to drag and drop a TEXT file onto the
- program. The program will then launch itself, and
- create a file called 13-filename which is the
- ROT-13 encoded/decoded file. (This is for Sys 7
- only!) However, if you do have a text scrap in the
- clipboard at the same time, both the file and the
- text scrap will be processed.
-
- You might wish to increase the ammount of memory
- available to this program by using the File Get Info
- command on it from the Finder if you're going to be
- using large text scraps.
-
- Please spread this program around, and enjoy it!
- (This assumes System 7, or at least Multifinder.)
-