Misspelling for owned, pwned just stuck after a long time. Probably originated on usenet or bbs's etc.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:50 PM, John Duncan Yoyo <johnduncany...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:57 PM, tjpa <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > > > >> 1. I have no idea what 'pwned' is, unless that is a major spelling > error. > >> > > > > You could try reading the Wikipedia entry. > > > > It's cool kid for owned. the pwn to own contest has gotten headlines in > the national press for the past few years. > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
