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Re: Bug or just having fun in Word


From: Fred Hoot <fredh () CLICKACTION COM>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:07:29 -0800

I would guess that this is probably a left-over from the initial testing and
debugging.  The 1st number is the number of paragraphs and the second number
is the number of times "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." is
repeated in the paragraph.


-----Original Message-----
From: Holland, Stephen
To: VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM
Sent: 3/15/01 11:50 AM
Subject: Bug or just having fun in Word

        >
        > Not even Bill Gates can explain this one!
        > Try this:
        > Open a Word document and type this:
        >
        > = rand (200,99)
        >
        > Press enter and wait 3 seconds...
        > Microsoft will reward $$$ to anyone who can explain it.
        >


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