windows vista notepad

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)
Regards, -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver
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Is this a joke the developers put in? This is real funny.
"Shijaz" wrote in message

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)
Regards, -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver
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Any text string of the form:
xxxx xxx xxx xxxxx
does this. It's an encoding error..been there for years. -- Jack R
"Shijaz" wrote in message

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)
Regards, -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver
---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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"Jack R" wrote in message

Any text string of the form:
xxxx xxx xxx xxxxx
does this. It's an encoding error..been there for years. --

lol wow yes!
cows are now clean opens as 潣獷愠敲渠睯挠敬湡
grab the hat again WORKS FINE doesnt garble
kiss the two girls 楫獳琠敨琠潷朠物獬
goat ran off today WORKS FINE
jump off the train WORKS FINE
ants ate our brain WORKS FINE
They lie for money 桔祥氠敩映牯洠湯祥
...and so on and on
WHAT COULD IT ALL MEAN? An innocent bug or the secret to understanding the Universe??? Make your own conclusions! and report back!

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)
Regards, -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver

LOL YES it does!
wow
I got this on reopening the file: 畂桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴 (chinese characters, or maybe kanji)
"Shijaz" wrote in message

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)
Regards, -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver

However, not when you save in Unicode of course

same here, Babelfish informs me that this means "□□□touches □□reflects picks □"... fun to know what is happening here...

wow
I got this on reopening the file: 畂桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴 (chinese characters, or maybe kanji)

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:37:03 -0700, Shijaz wrote:

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)

Does the same thing in XP.

I'd love to know who has the time to find these things out.
"Shijaz" wrote:

Hi,
Type the following string exactly as it appears in Notepad:
Bush hid the facts
and save it and close it.
Open the file again in notepad and you see strange characters.
If it is something legitimate (with encoding and stuff) please let us know. Or, if it is a bug, then it was there in Windows XP as well as Windows 2003 Server. And now, its there in Longhorn server as well. :)
Regards, -- Shijaz www.shijaz.com/isaserver