Windows XP Easter Egg - Bush Hid the Facts

1) Open up Notepad
2) Type "Bush hid the facts"
3) Save the document
4) Close and Re-Open

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User Rating:	5.1 5.1/10 with 272 votes
Contributed By:	Anonymous on 08-23-2006
Reviewed By:	racedogg2, dicai

Special Requirements: Notepad

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Save this file	After opening it...	The chinese version after you open it

Text file used contains: "They are teh n00bs". Notice how it is someway composed of 3 (or more) fonts: round ends, square ends and calligraphic, even though notepad only knows one font. At least the round end font is Japanese, so this is probably ran

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STL writes:

This is not an egg, it's a bug. Given a file, notepad tries to understand whether it's ANSI or Unicode using a heuristic. This heuristic fails for 4+3+3+5 (and maybe some other short) text. If you want your text correctly, save the file as Unicode (File/save as). It's funny to find an interesting string matching the criteria though.

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TMBG2003 Framed Roger Rabbit writes:

It's a bug/egg (odd discovery, either way) that's actually triggered by typing any four-letter word, then two three-letter words, then a five-letter word. :)

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VitalStatistic63 writes:

It appears to be a problem with opening a 4-3-3-5 file, and not with saving it. I created the file in Notepad and saved as per the instructions, when I opened it I double clicked and it opened in Wordpad accidentally, as my system, is set for, and it was fine. Only when I closed then right-clicked , and opened with Notepad, did it show the error. Sure enough, I just went back and created the same file in Wordpad, Saved as Text under a different name, then opened that in Notepad and the fault showed up.

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Dushyant writes:

it is crated intensely,because if it is bug then any 4 + 3 +3 + 5 word converts when u reopen it,why only this bush hid the facts

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seana12 writes:

Try "This txt sez bybye" without the quotes.

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daunrealist writes:

Whaaat? That's wild. It doesn't do much, but it's still weird. Good find.

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Mark Sumone writes:

it is not an egg, it is a mistake. look on wikipedia its some sort off error.

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Clicko man writes:

Someone made a double of this! exactly the same.

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platnium writes:

i translated it it is �S �S renowned universities allow 208,000 daub �� i cant translated the other one yet

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Eric writes:

I tryed this ona friends computer and it loaded with chinesse symbols instead of the squares, that I believe means that the font is not there.

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kettling writes:

i tryed it with "bush hid the facts" and some other 4-3-3-5 combinations, but only the bush hid the facts worked.. the others failed.. how could this be?

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idiot_me writes:

I typed arms arm arm Brian and it came out :牡獭愠浲愠浲戠楲湡.

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One Martian... writes:

OH! the message says this: �o �L Hour Morocco by showing video games seized mongoose I translate the chinese words to english words in the Saint Google, and it is the translation.

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