Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: String to Base76 Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 03:17:37 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 52 Message-ID: <1563678.2SE5xb2OBs@PointedEars.de> References: <2354908.xs77J3FyXh@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1436318448 15158 eJwNx0EBwDAIA0BNUBKwA+nwL2G93+HQqAyCgcVmGdrFL8+NlliIvvXuA4XDrOS0oY+t5gcWIBD5 (8 Jul 2015 01:20:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 01:20:48 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwNyMkRACEIBMCUOJxhCQdF8g9hrf41nMoTi+DCPJSJSObX+JyDYyrUbZl2ComAjbCrhbPuRF+V2lN3v3f/ASxWFT0= Cancel-Lock: sha1:sQFKXQdKhUhQxEYsYO74nsWRlR8= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwQERADEIAzBL9CgF5Gz88C/hk3BBk1SIsbFLZz9L9me4FtnlL0eFw64L73nuIwqI6fMDAf8QIQ== Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:28353 Wesley wrote: > On 7/7/2015 18:30, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Wesley wrote: >> ^^^^^^ >> Please fix. > > What is wrong with that name? It is incomplete, Mr. Crusher. > As I've said before I am hesitant to use my full name, No, you said before you were hesitant to use your *real* name. And suddenly it was so easy for you. What does that tell you? > because of spambots/trolls. The spambots argument has been refuted just yesterday. As for trolls, utter nonsense. Trolls could not care less about your real name; all they want is to provoke you and jerk off of it. You might be afraid of _stalkers_ IRL, but then if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. >>> I was more thinking of using it as a basic text encryption. Not for >>> security, but for privacy from just stumbling upon the text. Instead you >>> would have to decrypt the string using the bot. I've used it in the past >>> with base64, but like I said, we want to be special snowflakes. >> Base64 and related *encoding* schemes are _not_ ciphers; it is _not_ text >> *encryption*. They have primarily been developed to *encode* ASCII >> control codes in a safe way for transmission. >> >> Which texts do you think you would be (*not*) encrypting with this? > > Encode, not encrypt. As I told you. There is a “not” in that sentence, intentionally… > […] I meant to encode discussions on bulletin boards mainly to keep other > people from being able to easily understand some things. One cannot help you if you do not state your purpose clearly. This is not a guessing game. RTFFAQ and stop wasting our time. > I regret posting this thread. You should regret other things instead. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.