Re: Things You Can't Say in Notepad

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:29:41 +0100 (BST)
From:                   Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>

> My Windows 98 Notepad doesn't have this problem
>
> Can anyone else reproduce this?

> On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Fergie wrote:

> > f 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.

Works as described in XP.

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