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Re: Things You Can't Say in Notepad


From: "David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:31:46 +0200

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:41:06 +0200, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> 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.

Wierd - it seems to be only when loaded. Looking in a hex editor and it contains the words as normal.

Write the text in wordpad, save as a text file and open in notepad, shows the mangle characters.
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