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1.) Open an empty notepad file

2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)

3.) Save it as whatever you want.

4.) Close it, and re-open it.

:shiftyninja:

This is a known bug in notepad: if you type ANY combination of letters in a "4-3-3-5" combination the text will be reformatted as UNICODE text...and since notepad doesn't deal well with UNICODE....TA-DA!!

So, this works just as well as "Bush did win votes" or "dems lie big times" - choose your 4-3-3-5 character text.

--ScottKin

This is a known bug in notepad: if you type ANY combination of letters in a "4-3-3-5" combination the text will be reformatted as UNICODE text...and since notepad doesn't deal well with UNICODE....TA-DA!!

So, this works just as well as "Bush did win votes" or "dems lie big times" - choose your 4-3-3-5 character text.

--ScottKin

Glad there's a level head in here.

This story broke on digg a few days ago. Here's the follow-up:

http://digg.com/software/No_forbidden_strings_in_Notepad

This is a known bug in notepad: if you type ANY combination of letters in a "4-3-3-5" combination the text will be reformatted as UNICODE text...and since notepad doesn't deal well with UNICODE....TA-DA!!

So, this works just as well as "Bush did win votes" or "dems lie big times" - choose your 4-3-3-5 character text.

--ScottKin

awww you ruined all the fun! lol

This is a known bug in notepad: if you type ANY combination of letters in a "4-3-3-5" combination the text will be reformatted as UNICODE text...and since notepad doesn't deal well with UNICODE....TA-DA!!

So, this works just as well as "Bush did win votes" or "dems lie big times" - choose your 4-3-3-5 character text.

--ScottKin

:yes: you beat me to it.

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