http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/ Learning shouldn't hurt. Let's share the insights that made difficult ideas click. Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/#comment-184282 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:59:04 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/#comment-184282 Yeah, I believe it's an issue with Notepad trying to decipher what encoding the file is -- it guesses based on the distribution of bytes! That particular English sentence has a byte structure similar to the unicode characters of other languages. More here: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/06/14/631016.aspx Yeah, I believe it’s an issue with Notepad trying to decipher what encoding the file is — it guesses based on the distribution of bytes! That particular English sentence has a byte structure similar to the unicode characters of other languages. More here: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/06/14/631016.aspx

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/#comment-184027 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:01 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/#comment-184027 Thanks, I see what you mean now. I still haven't figured out why it happens. Maybe it's a Windows joke? :) Thanks, I see what you mean now. I still haven’t figured out why it happens. Maybe it’s a Windows joke?

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/#comment-183625 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:22:29 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/unicode/#comment-183625 Hi Steven, I was unclear in my instructions (just updated). Try opening the file in notepad, rather than a hex editor to see the result :). Hi Steven, I was unclear in my instructions (just updated). Try opening the file in notepad, rather than a hex editor to see the result .

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