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Bush hid the facts in Notepad!!!

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neutralizer

Lifer
Oct 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: tfinch2
I wonder why MS hasn't released a hotfix for this yet. :p

Why would they need to? It doesn't make the program unstable, and it rarely occurs anyways.
 

skrilla

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Maybe I'm not doing it right.

I can get it to work with

"John hid the facts"

but same process -> start - run - notepad.exe - save

"John can eat rocks"

doesnt work
 

ahurtt

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Feb 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Originally posted by: magomago
In linux all I have is a a text file that says "Bush hid the facts"....for thoes with windows tell me what happens! I'm too lazy to reboot :p

it turns into about 8-10 square blocks

Not for me, it turned in to Chinese just like what jonnyGURU posted above.
 

Afrotech

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Aug 3, 2004
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Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
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....


Thank You!
 

ahurtt

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Feb 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: ahurtt
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Originally posted by: magomago
In linux all I have is a a text file that says "Bush hid the facts"....for thoes with windows tell me what happens! I'm too lazy to reboot :p

it turns into about 8-10 square blocks

Not for me, it turned in to Chinese just like what jonnyGURU posted above.

Nevermind.
 

Babbles

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Jan 4, 2001
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Oooh, one more thing that you can do on a PC that you can't do on a Mac! :D