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"Bush Hid the Facts" Windows Bug

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1. Load Notepad in Windows (in my case XP Pro)

2. Type "bush hid the facts" (all in lowercase, no quotes)

3. Save this file under a name of your choice

4. Re-open the file

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{"commentId":384793,"authorDomain":"prompt"}

'Easter eggs' about Bush seem to be everywhere, where will the next one be found?

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  • 4 votes
Reply#1 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:06 AM EST
{"commentId":385018,"authorDomain":"Catch22"}

Your link makes it very clear that this isnt an easter egg, but a bug and has nothing to do with Bush.

Any 4 word phase with 4 lowercase letters, 3 letters, 3 letters and 5 letters should work.

E.g. "gore hid the facts" would result in exactly the same thing.

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  • 8 votes
#1.1 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:16 PM EST
{"commentId":385704,"authorDomain":"bmvaughn"}

Agreed... this seed could have been called:

guys woo jon nagel

{"commentId":385704,"threadId":"55433","contentId":"446107","authorDomain":"bmvaughn"}
  • 6 votes
#1.2 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:22 PM EST
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{"commentId":385025,"authorDomain":"cqtech"}

Something about the linked site is crashing Opera 9.02 for me.

The issue does not come up on Windows Vista at least.

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    Reply#2 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:18 PM EST
    {"commentId":385060,"authorDomain":"mike3k"}

    That's a bug, not an Easter egg.

    {"commentId":385060,"threadId":"55433","contentId":"446107","authorDomain":"mike3k"}
    • 3 votes
    Reply#3 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:34 PM EST
    {"commentId":385429,"authorDomain":"dannymcgee"}

    Haha. Beautiful.

    {"commentId":385429,"threadId":"55433","contentId":"446107","authorDomain":"dannymcgee"}
      Reply#4 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:37 PM EST
      {"commentId":385577,"authorDomain":"WriterX"}

      Sweet. :)

      {"commentId":385577,"threadId":"55433","contentId":"446107","authorDomain":"WriterX"}
        Reply#5 - Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:16 PM EST
        {"commentId":386146,"authorDomain":"Marriage"}

        Ahh, let the conspiracies begin!

        {"commentId":386146,"threadId":"55433","contentId":"446107","authorDomain":"Marriage"}
          Reply#6 - Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:24 AM EST
          {"commentId":388888,"authorDomain":"cindybaconbits"}

          Changed when I typed in bush hid the facts, nothing else changed. XP Home Edition is what I use.

          {"commentId":388888,"threadId":"55433","contentId":"446107","authorDomain":"cindybaconbits"}
            Reply#7 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:54 AM EST
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