For those of you using Windows, do the following:
1.) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.
2006-06-16 03:56:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
it's Notepad, not Wordpad.
2006-06-16 03:57:58 · update #1
it is a notepad bug,
Things You Can't Say in Notepad
If you're a Windows user, open Notepad and type in this phrase, without the quote marks and with no carriage return: "Bush hid the facts". Now save it and open it again.
The subversive text is probably gone, replaced by a line of white boxes, or Chinese characters if you have the font.
Weeeird.
It's not the massive right-wing conspiracy it might seem, though. The folks at WinCustomize.com discovered an odd bug in Notepad that's triggered by a text file consisting of a four-letter word, two three-letter words, and a five letter word. Some text does it -- "this app can break" is their example -- some doesn't.
If Microsoft can't keep strange bugs out of Windows' simplest application, we'd better get used to the monthly security patch cycle.
(Found via Digg)
2006-06-16 04:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by butchell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not the massive right-wing conspiracy it might seem, though. The folks at WinCustomize.com discovered an odd bug in Notepad that's triggered by a text file consisting of a four-letter word, two three-letter words, and a five letter word. Some text does it -- "this app can break" is their example -- some doesn't.
2006-06-16 11:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's weird. Does anyone have Windows who can read Chinese?
2006-06-16 11:00:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋