Windows CONSPIRACY!!

o_lithium · 06-15-2006, 09:35 PM

So do this :O , It`s weird....

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.

o_uncle-argon · 06-15-2006, 09:39 PM

That is wierd, what does it mean?

o_voipme · 06-15-2006, 09:41 PM

I got a bunch of little boxes.

o_soulcutter · 06-15-2006, 09:44 PM

畂桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴

I copied and pasted the little boxes and they made the question marks above ^. I swear to god if the FBI rolls up to my dorm I'm gonna be pissed at you...

o_frenchtoast · 06-15-2006, 09:44 PM

...Bush hid the boxes?

o_deadly furby · 06-15-2006, 09:45 PM

How to break Windows Notepad
Exercise of the day
By: Nick Ferrell, Thursday 15 June 2006, 08:50

A blogger over at Wincustomise has discovered a way to break Windows Notepad.

It does not kill your machine or anything, but is light hearted entertainment for a Thursday morning.

What you do is open up Notepad, type in "this app can break" and save it to your hard drive.

Close Notepad and, when you open the saved file by double clicking it, Notepad will be unable to translate the file and spits out a random collection of characters.

According to another bog here, it is all to do with a limitation in Windows. Text files containing Unicode UTF-16-encoded Unicode are supposed to start with a "Byte-Order Mark" (BOM), which is a two-byte flag that tells a reader how the following UTF-16 data is encoded.

If it isn't there then the file cannot play properly.

o_theres *nothing* here · 06-15-2006, 10:40 PM

theres been something like this before.. crap i forgot what it was now or how to do it.

same way, i think you had to type something, but you had to save it as a explorer link or something.

o_zaskar · 06-15-2006, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoulCutter

畂桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴

I copied and pasted the little boxes and they made the question marks above ^. I swear to god if the FBI rolls up to my dorm I'm gonna be pissed at you...

Question marks?

Shows up as some sort of korian characters, im guessin u dont have the diff korian language packs installed? (i do just so i never see unknown characters in web browsers when i look up game info that sometimes goes to japoniese sites :P)

o_theres *nothing* here · 06-16-2006, 08:00 PM

OUCH!

just goes to show you can't beat a street geek, ladies and gentlemen.

o_vampiricus · 06-17-2006, 03:48 PM

hence why i use moonpad instead to open my text and cfg files.

o_loader · 06-17-2006, 04:22 PM

I use editpad classic.. Didn't work, had to reinstall my old notepad

Circuitous · 06-17-2006, 10:50 PM

I use kewlpad.

o_mikequist · 06-17-2006, 10:57 PM

Basically it's anything that follows the pattern of 4 letters 3 letters 3 letters 5 letters.'

Edit: NVM

Edit 2: No I'm right. It just all has to be lower case.

o_geokill-----> · 06-18-2006, 02:49 AM

Oh What? Strange....

o_vertical · 06-18-2006, 04:50 AM

bumr ina min seczor the following phraze doesn't translate into boxes, as you said 4,3,3,5 would. Neither does aaaa bbb ccc ddddd. Wierd though.

Nevermind, you have to delete the origional file, resaving over the old one will give you the correct text.

Circuitous · 06-18-2006, 04:51 AM

bumr ina min seczor is 4 3 3 6.

o_player · 06-18-2006, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vertical

Neither does aaaa bbb ccc ddddd.

That does work.

o_bubbles · 06-18-2006, 02:10 PM

I didn't get boxes or questionmarks. Even the forum displays them as Chinese symbols.

EDIT: When I translated the symbols in google translator I got:
慡慡 drawing less progress along daub 摤摤
It didn't translate the first and the last two symbols.

Circuitous · 06-18-2006, 02:25 PM

If you have the Chinese language pack installed, you'll see Chinese. Otherwise it looks like boxes or question marks.

06-15-2006, 09:35 PM	#1
o_lithium Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Windows CONSPIRACY!! So do this :O , It`s weird.... 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.

06-17-2006, 10:50 PM	#12
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	I use kewlpad. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

06-18-2006, 04:51 AM	#16
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	bumr ina min seczor is 4 3 3 6. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

06-18-2006, 02:25 PM	#19
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	If you have the Chinese language pack installed, you'll see Chinese. Otherwise it looks like boxes or question marks. __________________ Look at all those dead links.

06-15-2006, 09:39 PM	#2
o_uncle-argon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	That is wierd, what does it mean?

06-15-2006, 09:41 PM	#3
o_voipme Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Work Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I got a bunch of little boxes.

06-15-2006, 09:44 PM	#4
o_soulcutter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ohio Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	畂桳栠摩琠敨映捡獴 I copied and pasted the little boxes and they made the question marks above ^. I swear to god if the FBI rolls up to my dorm I'm gonna be pissed at you...

06-15-2006, 09:44 PM	#5
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	...Bush hid the boxes?

06-15-2006, 09:45 PM	#6
o_deadly furby Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cell Block 17 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	How to break Windows Notepad Exercise of the day By: Nick Ferrell, Thursday 15 June 2006, 08:50 A blogger over at Wincustomise has discovered a way to break Windows Notepad. It does not kill your machine or anything, but is light hearted entertainment for a Thursday morning. What you do is open up Notepad, type in "this app can break" and save it to your hard drive. Close Notepad and, when you open the saved file by double clicking it, Notepad will be unable to translate the file and spits out a random collection of characters. According to another bog here, it is all to do with a limitation in Windows. Text files containing Unicode UTF-16-encoded Unicode are supposed to start with a "Byte-Order Mark" (BOM), which is a two-byte flag that tells a reader how the following UTF-16 data is encoded. If it isn't there then the file cannot play properly.

06-15-2006, 10:40 PM	#7
o_theres nothing here Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	theres been something like this before.. crap i forgot what it was now or how to do it. same way, i think you had to type something, but you had to save it as a explorer link or something.

06-16-2006, 08:00 PM	#9
o_theres nothing here Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	OUCH! just goes to show you can't beat a street geek, ladies and gentlemen.

06-17-2006, 03:48 PM	#10
o_vampiricus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	hence why i use moonpad instead to open my text and cfg files.

06-17-2006, 04:22 PM	#11
o_loader Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I use editpad classic.. Didn't work, had to reinstall my old notepad

06-17-2006, 10:57 PM	#13
o_mikequist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tampa Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Basically it's anything that follows the pattern of 4 letters 3 letters 3 letters 5 letters.' Edit: NVM Edit 2: No I'm right. It just all has to be lower case.

06-18-2006, 02:49 AM	#14
o_geokill-----> Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Tejas Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Oh What? Strange....

06-18-2006, 04:50 AM	#15
o_vertical Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA, KY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	bumr ina min seczor the following phraze doesn't translate into boxes, as you said 4,3,3,5 would. Neither does aaaa bbb ccc ddddd. Wierd though. Nevermind, you have to delete the origional file, resaving over the old one will give you the correct text.

06-18-2006, 02:10 PM	#18
o_bubbles Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I didn't get boxes or questionmarks. Even the forum displays them as Chinese symbols. EDIT: When I translated the symbols in google translator I got: 慡慡 drawing less progress along daub 摤摤 It didn't translate the first and the last two symbols.

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