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Windows Anti Bush campaign...
2006-07-02, 5:27 PM #1
1.) Open up notepad

2.) Type: bush hid the facts

3.) Save, and close notepad.

3.) Open file

4.) WTF?!

Another thing:

Put a period at the end of it the sentence, save, open, remove period, save and notice that it saves it normally now.
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2006-07-02, 5:35 PM #2
Weird...

But I changed 'bush' for 'mark', and it does the same thing.

:ninja:
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2006-07-02, 5:35 PM #3
? I don't see anything...? Screenshots?
2006-07-02, 5:37 PM #4
actually this is a bug with notepad. It works with any 4-3-3-5 combination string. It's because save defaults to ansi and open defaults to unicode.
TheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWho
SaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTh
eJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSa
ysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJ
kWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSays
NiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkWhoSaysNiTheJkW
2006-07-02, 5:38 PM #5
Weird
"DON'T TASE ME BRO!" lol
2006-07-02, 5:43 PM #6
The original story on /. and digg used the string "this app can break" with the same result.
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2006-07-02, 5:43 PM #7
TheJK, not ALL 4-3-3-5 combinations work. Only some.
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Got a stretch to my stride;
a stroll to my step;
2006-07-02, 5:49 PM #8
Hey, you're right. I tried it with a few cuss and unmentionable 7 words and it didn't break.

It's been identified as a bitshift error, but I'm not sure why it doesn't work on all 4-3-3-5 combinations.
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Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski,
Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem.
2006-07-02, 5:51 PM #9
Well, I randomly did "peas one six flood" and that came out as boxes. I think it depends on any formatting in the text, too... a capital P had it working fine.
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2006-07-02, 6:46 PM #10
Notepad calls IsTextUnicode to determine if the file is UTF-16 or ANSI. As the documentation notes, some ASCII strings can trigger false positives, causing Notepad to incorrectly interpret the file as UTF-16.
2006-07-03, 8:49 AM #11
even if this were somehow anti-bush, I wouldn't see how this would be an anti-bush "campaign", being that it is an easter-egg and isn't advertised or anything
2006-07-03, 9:04 AM #12
Originally posted by Argath:
Notepad calls IsTextUnicode to determine if the file is UTF-16 or ANSI. As the documentation notes, some ASCII strings can trigger false positives, causing Notepad to incorrectly interpret the file as UTF-16.


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2006-07-03, 9:28 AM #13
Originally posted by TSM_Bguitar:
even if this were somehow anti-bush, I wouldn't see how this would be an anti-bush "campaign", being that it is an easter-egg and isn't advertised or anything


...or if anything, it would be a pro-bush conspiracy since the text "bush hid the facts" disappears when you reopen it. ;)
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2006-07-03, 10:20 AM #14
Does this only work on XP, because I'm on 98 and it's not doing anything. :/
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2006-07-03, 10:25 AM #15
Quote:
Windows 95/98/Me: Although IsTextUnicode is not normally supported on Windows 95/98/Me, it is supported by the Microsoft Layer for Unicode. To use this version, you must add certain files to your application, as outlined in Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me Systems.
Requirements

Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista: Included in Windows NT 3.5 and later.
Windows 95/98/Me: Unsupported.
Redistributable: Requires Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Windows 95/98/Me.
Header: Declared in Winbase.h; include Windows.h.
Library: Use Advapi32.lib.

This might be why.
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2006-07-03, 10:54 AM #16
Regardless of the reasons, it is really lame that this should be happening. It's f***ing notepad. Maybe their version of notepad is legacy software.
2006-07-03, 12:41 PM #17
How many microsoft programs can you name that aren't buggy?

I'm waiting....
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2006-07-03, 12:43 PM #18
ms paint? :v:
2006-07-03, 12:43 PM #19
Yeah I don't know any bugs in MS Paint...
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"Oh."
2006-07-03, 12:55 PM #20
MS Paint does exactly what it's meant to. :o

NOTHING
2006-07-03, 1:33 PM #21
:( MS Paint brought us FGRs comics.
Sorry for the lousy German
2006-07-03, 1:38 PM #22
MS Paint works for what I want.
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-07-03, 1:52 PM #23
Originally posted by Impi:
:( MS Paint brought us FGRs comics.


Most of the JPG's are saved in Paint Shop Pro though, to avoid übercompression.

But still, MSPaint is quite craptacular. Except 13 years ago.
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2006-07-03, 2:09 PM #24
It also brought use Kyle's diagrams.
2006-07-04, 4:15 PM #25
What's supposed to appear? Mine just turned into 畢桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴
一个大西瓜
2006-07-04, 5:10 PM #26
HAHA! YOUR CULTURE IS BROKEN!
2006-07-05, 12:56 AM #27
Originally posted by Pommy:
What's supposed to appear? Mine just turned into 畢桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴

Hmmm, does that mean anything?
Sorry for the lousy German
2006-07-05, 11:44 AM #28
no .. half of the characters aren't even standard chinese characters (or don't exist at all in chinese ..) .. the half that does exist is like "complete rubbing of jade earrings that glow, collect them" totally devoid of grammar
一个大西瓜
2006-07-05, 11:47 AM #29
I get that too. Isn't that what others get? :/
nope.
2006-07-05, 8:18 PM #30
Originally posted by CaptBevvil:
...or if anything, it would be a pro-bush conspiracy since the text "bush hid the facts" disappears when you reopen it. ;)

hah good point

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