# The strangest computer bug ever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-computer-bug-ever/428278>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 30, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-computer-bug-ever/428278 "2007-11-30T04:37:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-computer-bug-ever/428278/21 "2007-11-30T20:22:25Z")

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:smack: Console. Of course.

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**Author:** ![PuddingCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@PuddingCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PuddingCat)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strangest-computer-bug-ever/428278/22 "2007-12-01T15:47:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect]  
“Bush hid all the facts” looked like a bunch of little blocks when I opened it back up. I’ve learned to be suspicious that little blocks are probably real symbols from an unsupported font.

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[http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/24/95235.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/24/95235.aspx)

explains the issue. It’s caused by notepad trying to identify the data format and getting it wrong.

tim

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