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What the hell?
« on: January 03, 2007, 11:56:45 pm »
This is weird.  I saw this on another forum.  What you do is:

1. Open up Microsoft's Notepad

2. Type: Bush hid the facts

3. Save it

4. Reopen it

It comes out in little [][][][][][][][][][] things.  Why's that?  Tad strange?!

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Nvm, I know why. 
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bush-hid-the-facts-notepad.html

Still neat though!
« Last Edit: January 03, 2007, 11:58:39 pm by AntiVirus »
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2007, 11:58:55 pm »
It's a bug in notepad. I think it does it for just about any 4 word phrase, where the first word is 4 letters, second is 3, etc.
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 12:01:41 am »
Yeah, most sentences that follow: 4 3 3 5
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2007, 12:09:19 am »
iago use the linux
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That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2007, 12:12:36 am »
Quote from: Newby on January 04, 2007, 12:09:19 am
iago use the linux
Looks like he is missing out on all the Windows fun!
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2007, 12:23:44 am »
I'm pretty sure this was posted on here before.  iago or someone articulated the reasoning behind it quite well, if I remember correctly.
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2007, 12:37:49 am »
Quote from: Sidoh on January 04, 2007, 12:23:44 am
I'm pretty sure this was posted on here before.  iago or someone articulated the reasoning behind it quite well, if I remember correctly.
Well la de da.  Didn't look for it.  I didn't recall hearing about it, so I assumed it wasn't already posted. :P
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2007, 12:43:49 am »
Quote from: AntiVirus on January 04, 2007, 12:37:49 am
Well la de da.  Didn't look for it.  I didn't recall hearing about it, so I assumed it wasn't already posted. :P

I wasn't accusing you of anything; I was just making a somewhat tangential statement.  I didn't mean to be rude or condescending.

It very well could have been posted before you even registered here.
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2007, 02:59:44 am »
No, I remember it being posted here less than a year ago.  "Old" :P

Here's the link.
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2007, 03:09:44 am »
Well damn, I was even here on these forums when that was posted!!  Looks like I am behind the times!  Well for those of you new people that didn't know, now you do! :D
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Lay now forevermore slender;
And all winds that liven
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2007, 04:21:06 am »
Quote from: Rule on January 04, 2007, 02:59:44 am
No, I remember it being posted here less than a year ago.  "Old" :P

Here's the link.

Ah.  My sense of time on these sorts of things isn't that well established. :(
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2007, 09:32:30 am »
THIS APP CAN BREAK
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2007, 08:26:12 pm »
Long story short: it's because of a bug when deciding whether or not a file is unicode.

And incidentally, it's not all about 4 3 3 5.  For example, "Bush hid the truth" doesn't work.
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2007, 08:51:25 pm »
Yeah, HABP.

I thought it was about detecting from the line ending, though.
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Re: What the hell?
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2007, 10:33:49 pm »
Quote from: iago on January 07, 2007, 08:26:12 pm
Long story short: it's because of a bug when deciding whether or not a file is unicode.

And incidentally, it's not all about 4 3 3 5.  For example, "Bush hid the truth" doesn't work.
It's not really a bug.  A heuristic is being used to guess whether a text file with no indication as to whether it is Unicode or not is probably Unicode.  As such, it's really just making an educated guess based on whether something is likely Unicode or not, and like most guesses, sometimes it gets it wrong.
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