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moedecker	Date: June 16, 2006 @ 9:52 PM Type this in your windows notepad: Bush hid the facts After you type that in, save it or save as. Then close it. When you reopen it all you'll see it as some weird rectangle squares or weird html symbols. Why? Ask that question of yourself, then ask windows. I thought the notepad was for personal notes but windows for some reason can and does scramble your notepad. If I was you I'd ask your legislators to add a 27th amendment repealing the 14th amendment. Or just keep dreaming that your life has value in their eyes, I didn't make it up I just discovered it.
Opossum	Date: June 17, 2006 @ 2:55 AM I can't believe I fell for that.
shadowself	Date: June 17, 2006 @ 3:37 PM " id="227142">http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/24/95235.aspx This is why it happens. If you think it's Microsoft trying to scramble text in Notepad when it refers to Bush, you will need this:
Opossum	Date: June 18, 2006 @ 2:38 AM Ah, I see. Newer computer technology rolling downhill yet again. Nothing changes when I type in ANY text in notepad and open it again - ever, at least on all my own systems, but I checked my wife's system which she just got recently, and it comes back in Chinese characters!
freddemillio	Date: June 18, 2006 @ 7:23 AM It may have a non-Al-foil-hat answer, but it is still pretty entertaining that it should happen with that particular string.
GeneHilbert	Date: June 18, 2006 @ 11:04 AM tried it - it read the same - no change.....