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Old 02-28-2007, 08:55 PM
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Heres a fun one for you...
On your desktop right click, new, text document...
name it somthing random, and open
type "bush hid the facts" w/out the quotes EXACTLY
save and close
reopen the document and observe

i'v only tried it on XP, so i don't know if it works on anything else...
Old 02-28-2007, 09:00 PM
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Heh, try "bush hit the balls", its also gone.
Old 02-28-2007, 09:03 PM
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wait, what does it do? computer at work isnt doing anything
Old 02-28-2007, 09:21 PM
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still says bush hid the facts



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Old 02-28-2007, 09:26 PM
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lol

畢桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴

i get squares
Old 02-28-2007, 09:33 PM
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I get a bunch of squares...
Old 02-28-2007, 09:37 PM
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yep its proof that bush even pays microcrap off.....
Old 02-28-2007, 09:58 PM
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Microsoft notepad bug... is attempting to interpret the string as unicode.

happens for most strings of 4, 3, 3, 5 characters with notepad
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huh well there you go...
thanks for pointing that out 1995BvSSE
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Still an intersting bug. I had never heard that...
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