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You know how when you were a kid you would type 80085 into a calculator because it sort of kind of looked like another word? Maybe that was just us. But modern computers give you oh so many more ways to make plain text borderline unreadable.For instance, there's absolutely no practical reason you would ever want to u?op ?p?sdn ?x?? ?no? d?1?. But this little text inverter application has inspired hundreds of digg users to write comments that are best read if you're standing on your head.
Sure, it's kind of cool looking, but you know what else is cool? Being able to read the comments. Still, if you want to drive your mom crazy with your next email home, flip your text upside down and pretend not to understand why she's having trouble reading it.
[via AppScout]
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Subscribe to commentsRPJul 2nd 2007 8:33PM
Strange that it doesn't work with numbers... 7734, etc.
Chris MorozJul 2nd 2007 8:49PM
¡sǝɔɹnosǝɹ puɐ ǝɯıʇ ɟo ǝʇsɐʍ ǝʇǝ1dɯoɔ ɐ ʇɐɥʍ
JakeJul 2nd 2007 9:12PM
@RP: It finds whatever Unicode characters that look like letters upside down. This is generally not possible for numbers, so they're not converted.
kss18Jul 3rd 2007 5:36AM
I have found this to be a very useful skill, like when you are sitting across the desk from someone -- job interviews, especially.
xnok
MythorJul 3rd 2007 5:39AM
SBOOB?
Fail. :P
Correct number for teh upsidedown funz is 58008. Or 5318008, if you're particularly cool.
80085 doesn't need to be flipped.
p-diddyJul 3rd 2007 5:45AM
There was a series of mystery books (like Encyclopedia Brown-type books) when I was a kid that had the solutions in the back printed upside down and backwards. You were supposed to turn the book upside down and read it in the mirror. I was too lazy for that so I just learned to read upside and backwards. I can still do it after a few seconds of practice. I wonder what those books were called....
-p-
IsaiahJul 3rd 2007 5:26AM
Here's a Smart Block for Nik that does this.
http://www.yourhead.com/flipout.block.zip
Nxqd3051990Jul 3rd 2007 5:48AM
It's just for fun lolz :p
I thought my font's problem at the first time :D
nXqd
DodoJul 3rd 2007 10:08PM
snoıɔı1ɐ-ǝ1oɥssɐ
AndreJul 9th 2007 8:52PM
isn't it 35007, the upside-down punchline for the slightly risque joke of the one girl + 16 yrs of age...did some "act" 3 times and the result was how she felt?