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I had to check the article to understand how it is notable for a 4chan user to also be a business owner. They're using "owned" in leet speak sense, infiltrated

by bagels 3y ago

I had to check the article to understand how it is notable for a 4chan user to also be a business owner. They're using "owned" in leet speak sense, infiltrated security.

Swizec 3y ago
The correct spelling in that case is pwned isn’t it? I got it from context, but those always felt like subtly different words to me.
- RamblingCTO 3y ago
  I've seen owned plenty of times. "Owned a box" like that
  - amatecha 3y ago
    yeah, "owned" came far before "pwned". Wiktionary cites this usenet post from 1996 https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sysadmin.recovery/c/IsdIZqfW_sM/m/9UTRiIoSy74J https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sysadmin.recovery/c/IsdIZqfW... .. can't find an "earliest source" for "pwned" tho
    - Izkata 3y ago
      "pwned" is from a late-90s StarCraft custom map where the map creator typo'd "owned" as "pwned" in a message that popped up when one player beat another.
- bombcar 3y ago
  pwn is a typo'd version of own, but since it's unambiguous it would have been better here
- sobkas 3y ago
  > The correct spelling in that case is pwned isn’t it? I got it from context, but those always felt like subtly different words to me. For me owned was as in "CIA owned Crypto AG" not "netrunner owned the Chrome" not that Chrome
livinglist 3y ago
Man I was wondering the exactly same thing! I’m not a native speaker so that might be why
- porcoda 3y ago
  Native speaker, and title confused me even being familiar with the whole owned/pwned thing. I clicked on the article simply because I was curious why being a 4chan-using sole proprietor would be at all interesting.
graypegg 3y ago
Oh wow. I think that’s actually worth a title edit to add a note.
amatecha 3y ago
yeah should probably be edited to "pwned" just to make it clear, even though "owned" is the original term for, well, getting owned/rekt/"hacked"/etc. I too thought it would be about a company who was a sole proprietor of an infosec corp lol
- dang 3y ago
  Ok, we've s/o/p/'d the title above. Thanks! Edit: oops, I meant s/ow/pw/.

by bagels 3y ago

I had to check the article to understand how it is notable for a 4chan user to also be a business owner. They're using "owned" in leet speak sense, infiltrated security.

Swizec 3y ago

The correct spelling in that case is pwned isn’t it? I got it from context, but those always felt like subtly different words to me.

RamblingCTO 3y ago
I've seen owned plenty of times. "Owned a box" like that
- amatecha 3y ago
  yeah, "owned" came far before "pwned". Wiktionary cites this usenet post from 1996 https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sysadmin.recovery/c/IsdIZqfW_sM/m/9UTRiIoSy74J https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sysadmin.recovery/c/IsdIZqfW... .. can't find an "earliest source" for "pwned" tho
  - Izkata 3y ago
    "pwned" is from a late-90s StarCraft custom map where the map creator typo'd "owned" as "pwned" in a message that popped up when one player beat another.
bombcar 3y ago
pwn is a typo'd version of own, but since it's unambiguous it would have been better here
sobkas 3y ago
> The correct spelling in that case is pwned isn’t it? I got it from context, but those always felt like subtly different words to me. For me owned was as in "CIA owned Crypto AG" not "netrunner owned the Chrome" not that Chrome

livinglist 3y ago

Man I was wondering the exactly same thing! I’m not a native speaker so that might be why

porcoda 3y ago
Native speaker, and title confused me even being familiar with the whole owned/pwned thing. I clicked on the article simply because I was curious why being a 4chan-using sole proprietor would be at all interesting.

graypegg 3y ago

Oh wow. I think that’s actually worth a title edit to add a note.

amatecha 3y ago

yeah should probably be edited to "pwned" just to make it clear, even though "owned" is the original term for, well, getting owned/rekt/"hacked"/etc. I too thought it would be about a company who was a sole proprietor of an infosec corp lol

dang 3y ago
Ok, we've s/o/p/'d the title above. Thanks! Edit: oops, I meant s/ow/pw/.