Antisemitismus in MS-Windows ?!!!!
Michael Zimmermann
Antisemitische Nachrichten in MS-Windows ???
Unter MS-Windows existieren seit der Version 3.1 die TrueType-Schriften.
Darunter auch eine mit dem Namen "WinDings", die verschiedene Grafik-
symbole enthaelt. Diese Schrift wurde von Microsoft-Mitarbeitern erstellt,
die Zuordnung der einzelnen Symbole zu den Zeichen des normalen ANSI-
Zeichensatzes wurde ebenfalls von keiner anderen Firma uebernommen.
Wenn nun in einem beliebigen Programm unter Windows 3.1 die Abkuerzung
NYC geschrieben wird, die ja bekanntlich fuer Ney York City steht und in
den Staaten recht haeufig gebraucht wird, kann man diese Zeichen auf die
Schriftart WinDings umformatieren und erhaelt die entsprechend zugeordneten
Symbole. New York City ist diejenige Stadt der USA, in der die meisten
Bueger mit juedischem Glaubenbekenntnis leben. Meines Wissens uebersteigt
die Anzahl der dort wohnenden Juden sogar die Anzahl der Juden im Staate
Israel.
Fuehrt man diese Umformatierung wie beschrieben durch, so erscheint anstelle
der Buchstaben NYC ein Totenkopf, ein Davidstern und ein nach oben gerichteter
Daumen. Wie soll man diese Anordnung anders interpretieren als eine anti-
semitische Nachricht, die den Tod der Juden fordert bzw. gutheisst.
Microsoft steht natuerlich auf dem Standpunkt, dass diese Zuordnung der
Buchstaben zu den Symbolen rein zufaellig ist ...
Wolfgang Strobl
>Antisemitische Nachrichten in MS-Windows ???
>Unter MS-Windows existieren seit der Version 3.1 die TrueType-Schriften.
>Darunter auch eine mit dem Namen "WinDings", die verschiedene Grafik-
>symbole enthaelt. Diese Schrift wurde von Microsoft-Mitarbeitern erstellt,
>die Zuordnung der einzelnen Symbole zu den Zeichen des normalen ANSI-
>Zeichensatzes wurde ebenfalls von keiner anderen Firma uebernommen.
usw. usf., Rest geloescht. Das englische Original dieser Raeuberpistole
kann man weiter unten nachlesen.
Anstatt eines eigenen Kommentars zu diesem duemmlichen Stuss erlaube
ich mir, den unveraenderten Text eines postings, den ich vor einem
Jahr aus comp.risks gefischt und in meinem Kuriositaetenordner auf-
bewahrt habe, zu posten.
Aber als Lesestoff und Literaturhinweis moechte ich trotzdem vorher noch
zwei Buecher empfehlen, einmal
John Allen Paulos, Zahlenblind - Mathematisches Analphabetentum
und seine Konsequenzen. Mit einem [laenglichen] Vorwort von
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Heyne Sachbuch, 1990, ISBN 3-453-06033-4 (Taschenbuch 14,80 DM)
und dann
Martin Gardner, Kabarett der Taeuschungen, Unter dem Deckmantel
der Wissenschaft,
Ullstein, 1981, ISBN 3-550-07718-1 .
Speziell das Buch von Paulos laesst einen verstehen, warum Leute
einen solchen Unsinn glauben koennen, obwohl er jedem, der auch
nur ein wenig von Statistik oder Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
versteht, genau so schnell als Bloedsinn auffaellt wie einer
dieser Scherzbeweise, dass 1 gleich 7 ist, alle natuerlichen
Zahlen gleich sind oder dass alle Katzen drei Schwaenze haben
(Keine Katze hat zwei Schwaenze, eine Katze hat einen Schwanz
mehr als keine Katze, also hat eine Katze drei Schwaenze).
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From comp.risks Tue May 12 21:46:29 1992
From: axd...@acfcluster.nyu.edu (Aaron Dickey)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
Date: 29 Apr 92 23:24:20 GMT
Hey everyone!! Did you know that Microsoft is advocating the killing of Jews
in New York City? I sure didn't! But it's true! I read it in the paper!
Get ready for a whopper. Once again the news media proves that it doesn't
know the first thing about computers. The entire story, retransmitted
without permission, is below, as it appeared in today's New York Post.
For those who don't know, the Post is a tabloid paper, where the entire front
page is one huge headline. So, screaming out at millions of New Yorkers this
morning was the headline, "PROGRAM OF HATE". Above the headline is a photo
of one of those old PC green-screen displays, with "NYC" = <skull> <Star of
David> <thumbs-up sign> superimposed on the screen. Above that is a
subheadline, "Millions of computers carry secret message that urges death to
Jews in New York City..."
So, without further ado, here's the story:
ANTI-JEWISH CODE LURKS IN POPULAR SOFTWARE, by Don Broderick
One of the world's best-selling computer programs contains a secret
anti-Semitic message apparently urging death to Jews in New York City.
A computer consultant discovered the diabolic message while installing
Microsoft's new Windows 3.1 software for a client yesterday.
The consultant was testing a mailing-address use of the program when he
noticed the letters "NYC" had been replaced by a hateful message - a skull
and crossbones, the Star of David and an approving thumbs-up symbol.
Microsoft strongly denies any hidden message. Others disagree.
"There's no way it could be a random coincidence," said Brian Young, a
friend of the consultant, who does not wish to be named.
"It's pretty scary. I was pretty shocked by the whole thing."
Computer owners who use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word or any other Microsoft
program containing a print font named "Wingdings" can duplicate the
anti-Semitic message by typing the letters "NYC" on their screen.
Microsoft said "Wingdings" was designed by Bigelow and Holmes, an outside
vendor, and denied that Microsoft intentionally designed the secret message.
Prof. Charles Bigelow confirmed that his company provided the symbols, but
insisted that Microsoft made the final "mapping" decisions assigning his
symbols to specific keys on the keyboard.
But a senior Microsoft spokesman said the charge that the fonts contain a
hidden message is "outrageous."
"It's like saying that if you randomly type out characters on a keyboard to
spell 'Satan', you can do that, but it's incredible to say that there's
anti-Semitism in Microsoft or one of its vendors," said Charles Hemingway.
But Young, who discussed the matter with other computer consultants, isn't
so sure it's just a coincidence.
The "Wingdings" font contains no letters - just 255 symbols.
Young calculated the odds of three letters of the alphabet being combined
with 255 symbols, and said he found that the odds of obtaining the message
were less than one in a trillion.
"It's mind-blowing," said Young. "Somebody's responsible for this. This
is very offensive."
"I found it hard to believe some of the stories about the resurgence of
Nazi sympathizers - but this puts things back into perspective."
Microsoft, based in Seattle, is the world's biggest software publisher,
with 100 million customers around the world and sales of more than $2.3
billion in 1991.
When Windows 3.0 was introduced in 1990, customers were snapping it up at
the rate of 30,000 a week.
-- end of article
Above the story is a line of some of the various symbols in the "Wingdings"
font, with the caption: "LOADED: When a specific font is used in Microsoft's
Windows, these symbols, which correspond to the alphabet, appear. Type the
letters NYC, you get the death sign, the Star of David and the thumbs-up."
So what do you all think? Should we load up the buses and make a pilgrimage
to Redmond to firebomb Bill Gates's mansion, or what?
Aaron Dickey Bitnet: axd7104@nyuacf
New York University Internet: axd...@ACFcluster.nyu.edu
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[EVERY computer-mapped linguistic utterance will correspond to some
sequence of symbols in this alphabet, so there are certainly many other
combinations that will be offensive to someone. For example, the word
CYNIC will begin with thumbs-up, Star of David, and skull and crossbones,
and end with another thumbs-up. Two thumbs-up are not necessarily good.
PGN]
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Ingo Wilken
miz...@balmuff.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Zimmermann) writes:
>Antisemitische Nachrichten in MS-Windows ???
>Unter MS-Windows existieren seit der Version 3.1 die TrueType-Schriften.
>Darunter auch eine mit dem Namen "WinDings", die verschiedene Grafik-
>symbole enthaelt.
[...]
>Fuehrt man diese Umformatierung wie beschrieben durch, so erscheint anstelle
>der Buchstaben NYC ein Totenkopf, ein Davidstern und ein nach oben gerichteter
>Daumen. Wie soll man diese Anordnung anders interpretieren als eine anti-
>semitische Nachricht, die den Tod der Juden fordert bzw. gutheisst.
>Microsoft steht natuerlich auf dem Standpunkt, dass diese Zuordnung der
>Buchstaben zu den Symbolen rein zufaellig ist ...
Oh No! (*plopp*)
Das ganze lief vor ziemlich genau einem Jahr schonmal in
alt.folklore.computers. Mit etwas Phantasie kann man in fast alles
irgendeine "teuflische Botschaft" o.ae. interpretieren. Erinnert mich
irgendwie an die Satans-Verse die man angeblich hoeren soll, wenn man
bestimmte Songs rueckwaerts abspielt, oder dass (A)D&D angeblich zu
Selbstmord und Teufelsanbetung aufruft.
Meine Meinung: die spinnen, die Amis.
Ich hab hier noch den alten Thread aus alt.folklore.computers, die Leute
dort haben dass natuerlich auch voll auf die Schippe genommen und in alle
moeglichen Firmen-Kuerzel u.ae. die tollsten Bedeutungen reininterpretiert:
---- schnipp ----
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Subject: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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-- end of article
So what do you all think? Should me load up the buses and make a pilgrimage
to Redmond to firebomb Bill Gates's mansion, or what?
--
Aaron Dickey Bitnet: axd7104@nyuacf
New York University Internet: axd...@ACFcluster.nyu.edu
Al Roker Is God.
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From: axd...@acfcluster.nyu.edu (Aaron Dickey)
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Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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Well, it appears that the Brainless Millions once again have the upper
hand. Hot off the press, here's the story from Thursday's early edition
of the NYPost...
FURY SPARKS DEMANDS FOR END TO COMPUTER 'HATE CODE', by Don Broderick
The discovery of an apparently anti-Semitic message lurking in a computer
program sold by the world's biggest software publisher set off a furious
storm of controversy yesterday.
The coded message, seemingly urging death to Jews in New York City, was
found in Microsoft's new Windows 3.1 software.
Microsoft insisted it is a coincidence that the program replaces the
letters "NYC" with a skull and crossbones, the Star of David and an
approving thumbs-up symbol.
"We are very sensitive to the hurt feelings of the Jewish community,"
said Microsoft spokesman Collins Hemingway.
But he said people who believe this is a secret message "are the same kind
of people who listen to rock records backwards."
However, Rabbi Pinchas Stolper of the Union of Jewish Congregations of
America said: "It's easy to see all these little things as being random and
unimportant, but one gets the sense that something is loose in our society
and someone better start worrying about it."
Mordechai Levy, founder of the militant Jewish Defense Organization,
warned that the Jewish community will not idly stand by in the face of
anti-Semitic messages.
"Hate messages should all be made illegal. If we find any computer person
is involved in this we will track them down - and put them out of
business," said Levy.
Brooklyn Councilman Noach Dear said that, coincidence or not, Microsoft
should change the program or be subject to a boycott.
The Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith, which contacted the office
of Microsoft founder Bill Gates yesterday, was assured by Microsoft it would
consider changing the assignment of symbols on the keyboard to avoid the
problem in future versions of the program.
"We think it was a reasonable and immediate response. We will follow it
and monitor their progress," said ADL spokeswoman Myrna Shinbaum.
--end of story
Personally, I think that Microsoft should tell them all to go screw off if
they really believe this. Even if a boycott was started, Microsoft would
probably save money in the end, since any people that participated would
be the same ones calling tech support four times an hour asking where
Drive C is.
--
Aaron Dickey Bitnet: axd7104@nyuacf
New York University Internet: axd...@ACFcluster.nyu.edu
Al Roker Is God.
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Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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By my power of seeing into the future I predict...
Lots of lawyers getting very rich.
Seriously, this report just shows how little understanding of anything from
computers to probability theory there is within any newspaper office.
--
Geoff. Lane. Janet: zza...@uk.ac.mcc.uts
UTS Sys Admin, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL
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From: rmi...@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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Date: 30 Apr 92 19:17:35 GMT
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In article <1992Apr30...@acfcluster.nyu.edu> axd...@acfcluster.nyu.edu (Aaron Dickey) writes:
>
> Microsoft insisted it is a coincidence that the program replaces the
>letters "NYC" with a skull and crossbones, the Star of David and an
>approving thumbs-up symbol.
[...]
> The Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith, which contacted the office
>of Microsoft founder Bill Gates yesterday, was assured by Microsoft it would
>consider changing the assignment of symbols on the keyboard to avoid the
>problem in future versions of the program.
They'd better test all possible combinations of words and acronyms, or someone
else will find something, regardless of what they do.
I wonder if that consultant described in the first story bothered to take
a count of all popular acronyms, correlate it with the 26 symbols mapped to
the alphabet, and calculate the odds of at least one of them coming up with
a combination that someone somewhere could conceivably interpret as being
anti-something.
I suspect those odds would be pretty good. There are any number of people
who spend their waking lives hunting for this sort of thing.
>Even if a boycott was started, Microsoft would
>probably save money in the end, since any people that participated would
>be the same ones calling tech support four times an hour asking where
>Drive C is.
Hear, hear!
--
Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
Computing Division Head rmi...@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
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From: sm...@sctc.com (Rick Smith)
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Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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axd...@acfcluster.nyu.edu (Aaron Dickey) quotes:
>ANTI-JEWISH CODE LURKS IN POPULAR SOFTWARE, by Don Broderick
>...
> The consultant was testing a mailing-address use of the program when he
>noticed the letters "NYC" had been replaced by a hateful message - a skull
>and crossbones, the Star of David and an approving thumbs-up symbol.
> Microsoft strongly denies any hidden message. Others disagree.
> "There's no way it could be a random coincidence," said Brian Young, a
>friend of the consultant, who does not wish to be named.
At least the consultant has a sense of shame.
> Young calculated the odds of three letters of the alphabet being combined
>with 255 symbols, and said he found that the odds of obtaining the message
>were less than one in a trillion.
The important odds are those of obtaining any messages at all. You
find that out by printing a "dictionary" of words and acronyms with
the Wingdings font. A decent sized dictionary will probably yield
dozens of symbol strings that look "meaningful." This is not because
someone is embedding "secret messages." It really *is* random chance.
No matter how Microsoft (or anyone else) assigns keyboard keys to
symbols, you're going to find "secret messages" of that kind.
Whenever you have symbols with negative connotations, they'll end up
being associated with _some_ other letters. Thus, you'll have "hidden
hateful messages."
> "It's mind-blowing," said Young. "Somebody's responsible for this. This
>is very offensive."
I find ignorance and headline hunger far more offensive.
If we all want to start a Real Witch Hunt, we can start running
dictionaries against every symbol font out there. The Mac has Cairo
and Mobile as well as those Postscript fonts like Zapf Dingbats. I'm
sure we can indict Cairo for being anti-Arab, we just have to look
close enough at where the guy wearing the Fez shows up. DON'T TAKE
THIS SERIOUSLY. This is mass hysteria and media idiocy at its worst.
>So what do you all think? Should me load up the buses and make a pilgrimage
>to Redmond to firebomb Bill Gates's mansion, or what?
There will always be good reasons to get mad at Microsoft. This isn't
one of them.
Rick.
sm...@sctc.com arden hills, minnesota
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Carnegie Mellon University. CMU. thumbs up, bomb, cross. It's OK to blow
up christians.
-Dave
CMU disagrees
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From: dsie...@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert)
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In article <1992Apr30.1...@odin.diku.dk> elg...@diku.dk (Niels Elgaard Larsen) writes:
>axd...@acfcluster.nyu.edu (Aaron Dickey) writes:
>
>> But Young, who discussed the matter with other computer consultants, isn't
>>so sure it's just a coincidence.
>> The "Wingdings" font contains no letters - just 255 symbols.
>> Young calculated the odds of three letters of the alphabet being combined
>>with 255 symbols, and said he found that the odds of obtaining the message
>>were less than one in a trillion.
>
>If they want to calculate sick probabilities, it should be something like.
>(I know it should ne nested summations, and NYC is not a word)
>
><number of symbol fonts> * <number of MS pgms>
>
> n=..<# meaningful n letter words>*<# offending combinations of n symbols>
>SUM ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> n=2 n*(n-1)*n
>
>
>Which could easily become close to one.
>Would it be possible to construct a mapping so that such accusations could be
>avoided?
>
>I wonder how they got the "one in a trillion". Maybe 255^5, but why.
>
Hmmmmm....255^3 * 26^3 ~= 290 billion. Hmmm, upper and lowercase makes 52
letters, for 255^3 * 52^3 ~= 2.3 trillion. That's less than one in a trillion
all right.
I'm with the other posters -- someone post the list and we'll find as many
other examples as possible, with one of three desirable results:
1) The stupid rumour is completely discredited and forgotten.
2) The media gives even MORE attention to the rumour and we sit here laughing
our heads off.
3) 2) occurs and, as a result, Microsoft is financially destroyed and Bill
Gates becomes a pauper.
I'm rooting for number 3, personally...
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From: dagb...@cayley.waterloo.edu (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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>
>So what do you all think? Should me load up the buses and make a pilgrimage
>to Redmond to firebomb Bill Gates's mansion, or what?
Naah....MS/DOS is plenty of reason to do that, never mind the silly fonts...
Dave Brown
dagb...@descartes.waterloo.edu
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Using the Secret Table of alphabet-symbol correspondences, i have come
up with the following messages about the University of Maryland:
UMD (abbreviation in my net address): cross, bomb with fuse lit, thumbs-down.
hmm, i guess that's an admonition against Christian terrorism?
UMBC (Baltimore County campus): cross, bomb, ok-sign, thumbs-up.
uh oh, looks like our campus in baltimore is _into_ Xtian terrorism...
UMCP (College Park campus): cross, bomb, thumbs-up, triangular flag.
obviously encouragement for a modern crusade against Nepal (the only
triangular flag on _my_ world map...)
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From: er...@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
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Subject: More Fun with the Wingdings Font!!!
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Hail Eris!
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%{
/************************************************************************
NAME
wingding.l
DESCRIPTION
A lex program to assist in investigating "secret messages" in the Wingdings
font of Microsoft Windows. Theory: if we generate enough of these and flood
the media with them, the public will eventually catch on to the silliness
of the whole exercise. To make, do
lex wingding.l
mv lex.yy.c wingding.c
cc wingding.c -o wingding
BUGS
This is a fast, sloppy hack. The problem doesn't deserve anything better.
AUTHOR
Eric S. Raymond <er...@snark.thyrsus.com>, 2 May 1992
****************************************************************************/
%}
%%
[Aa] {(void) printf("peace-sign-hand ");}
[Bb] {(void) printf("hand-\"okay\"-sign ");}
[Cc] {(void) printf("thumbs-up ");}
[Dd] {(void) printf("thumbs-down ");}
[Ee] {(void) printf("pointing-left ");}
[Ff] {(void) printf("pointing-right ");}
[Gg] {(void) printf("pointing-up ");}
[Hh] {(void) printf("pointing-down ");}
[Ii] {(void) printf("palm-forward ");}
[Jj] {(void) printf("happy-face ");}
[Kk] {(void) printf("indifferent-face ");}
[Ll] {(void) printf("frowning-face ");}
[Mm] {(void) printf("bomb-with-fuse-lit ");}
[Nn] {(void) printf("poison-symbol ");}
[Oo] {(void) printf("rectangular-flag ");}
[Pp] {(void) printf("triangular-flag ");}
[Qq] {(void) printf("airplane ");}
[Rr] {(void) printf("sun ");}
[Ss] {(void) printf("raindrop ");}
[Tt] {(void) printf("snowflake ");}
[Uu] {(void) printf("cross ");}
[Vv] {(void) printf("shaded-cross ");}
[Ww] {(void) printf("fancy-cross ");}
[Xx] {(void) printf("Maltese-cross ");}
[Yy] {(void) printf("star-of-David ");}
[Zz] {(void) printf("crescent-and-star ");}
. {ECHO;}
%%
static int yywrap()
{
return(-1);
}
main()
{
while (yylex() > 0)
continue;
}
/* wingding.l ends here */
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And now, more Wingdings decodings from the Paranoids for a Better Tomorrow:
BSA (Boy Scouts of America): hand-"okay"-sign raindrop peace-sign-hand
Obviously these are secret instructions that it's OK to spit on peaceniks.
FSU (Former Soviet Union): pointing-right raindrop cross
God's gonna flood the commies out till they convert!
FBI: pointing-right hand-"okay"-sign palm-forward
The FBI is OK and protects you. However, the use of the Hindu palm-forward
mudra for "protection" may indicate that our stalwart G-Men gave been
Corrupted by Foreign Influences.
CIA: thumbs-up palm-forward peace-sign-hand
Everything will be OK if we can just stop the damn hippies.
NBC: poison-symbol hand-"okay"-sign thumbs-up
We'll rot your brain, but it's OK. Really. Think positive.
CBS: thumbs-up hand-"okay"-sign raindrop
We'll make you so happy you'll cry.
ABC: peace-sign-hand hand-"okay"-sign thumbs-up
Gad! This network's been infiltrated by those damn hippies!
All hail Discordia!
--
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Subject: Re: More Fun with the Wingdings Font!!!
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Thanks for posting this. I had a lot of fun playing with this while I was
waiting for my downloads to finish.
For example, I came up with:
IBM: palm-forward hand-"okay"-sign bomb-with-fuse-lit
Wait...it's supposed to crash.
INTEL: palm-forward poison-symbol snowflake pointing-left frowning-face
Hey! Use our cool 80x86 chips, they're backwards compatible...uh...
even with the 8086.
MAC: bomb-with-fuse-lit peace-sign-hand thumbs-up
Hippies with a bomb?! Right...it must be good...uh...whatever you say.
ATARI: peace-sign-hand snowflake peace-sign-hand sun palm-forward
Yikes! Even more hippies flogging the coolest thing this side of the sun.
In the end, you'll wait for something else.
...I'm just having problems interpreting the rectangular-flag in:
MSDOS: bomb-with-fuse-lit raindrop thumbs-down rectangular-flag raindrop
From alt.folklore.computers Thu May 7 01:01:35 1992
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From: ok...@solb1.essex.ac.uk (Oke S)
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Subject: Re: More Fun with the Wingdings Font!!!
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In article <epang.7...@sfu.ca> ep...@fraser.sfu.ca (Eugene Pang) writes:
>...I'm just having problems interpreting the rectangular-flag in:
> MSDOS: bomb-with-fuse-lit raindrop thumbs-down rectangular-flag raindrop
Well, everything else is 'bad', so I guess the flag must be just a glitch...
well, what do you expect from DOS?
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#### ### ## ## #### ## # email: ok...@essex.ac.uk
# # # # # # # # ## #
#### # # # # # # # ##
# # # # # # # ##
#### ### # # #### # #
80% of statistics are wrong.
From alt.folklore.computers Thu May 7 01:01:36 1992
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From: ne...@iis.ethz.ch (Matthias Neeracher)
Subject: Re: More Fun with the Wingdings Font!!!
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In article <epang.7...@sfu.ca> ep...@fraser.sfu.ca (Eugene Pang) writes:
>...I'm just having problems interpreting the rectangular-flag in:
>
> MSDOS: bomb-with-fuse-lit raindrop thumbs-down rectangular-flag raindrop
It crashes so often it could make you cry, but it isn't square to cry.
How about ichthus (Greek for "Fish", but an early code word for Christ) ?
palm-forward thumbs-up pointing-down snowflake pointing-down cross raindrop
Which means:
It's ok to push him and put him down, it's cool that he was buried, crucified
and spit on.
psu: triangular-flag (Symbol for god) raindrop cross => Jesus wept.
help: pointing-down pointing-left frowning-face triangular-flag
=> Leftists will go to hell because they frown upon God.
Matthias
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In article <epang.7...@sfu.ca> ep...@fraser.sfu.ca (Eugene Pang) writes:
MSDOS: bomb-with-fuse-lit raindrop thumbs-down rectangular-flag raindrop
How about "Microsoft are anarchists who piss on the flag" as a loose
interpretation?
Nick
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Here's some more...
DEC
thumbs-down pointing-left thumbs-up
"Problem ? Call DECdirect. No problem."
bill gates
hand-"okay"-sign palm-forward frowning-face frowning-face pointing-up
peace-sign-hand snowflake pointing-left raindrop
"I'm a nice guy and I want to be your friend ! No ? No !
Up yours, man ! I'm so cool I could cry."
apple computer
peace-sign-hand triangular-flag triangular-flag frowning-face
pointing-left thumbs-up rectangular-flag bomb-with-fuse-lit
triangular-flag cross snowflake pointing-left sun
"We replaced the hippies with a bunch of squares we thought were OK, but
who suck big-time. God ! Now all the cool guys are at Sun."
nt (New Technology)
poison-symbol snowflake
"Will kill your system, but it's really cool. Honest."
AFC (alt.folklore.computers)
peace-sign-hand pointing-right thumbs-up
"A bunch of hippies who will solve everything."
Hmmm - maybe there is something in this after all.
Quick - somebody get the TLA file from sci.space and we can really
have some fun.
STF
[These ones should probably go to alt.conspiracy...
JFK
happy-face pointing-right indifferent-face
LBJ
frowning-face hand-"okay"-sign happy-face
LHO
frowning-face pointing-down rectangular-flag
]
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overtech - a tandem with aero bars...for the stoker.
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Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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according to this list, DOA gives you thumbs-down, a flag, and a peace symbol.
a secret pro-war message?
-j
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From alt.folklore.computers Mon May 11 17:39:00 1992
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My anonymous sources have given me the following listing of the Wingdings
font:
Hands:
A = peace sign
B = "okay" sign
C = thumbs-up
D = thumbs-down
E = pointing-left
F = pointing-right
G = pointing up
H = pointing down
I = palm forward (i.e., "Stop")
Faces:
J = Happy
K = Indifferent
L = Frowning
Danger:
M = bomb with fuse lit
N = poison symbol
Flags flapping in the wind:
O = Rectangular
P = Triangular
Random:
Q = airplane
Weather:
R = sun
S = raindrop
T = snowflake
Religion:
U = cross
V = shaded cross
W = fancy cross
X = Maltese cross
Y = star of David
Z = Islamic icon (crescent and star)
My sources point out that "LA" = frowning face, peace sign, which shows that
Microsoft predicted the riots in Los Angeles after the Rodney King trial.
I'm interested in what other messages people can find. If anyone has the
address of the New York Post, we could send them a list of the messages
Microsoft "hid" in the font.
A few messages I've found:
UNC = cross, skull & crossbones, thumbs-up: Obviously Microsoft thinks
Christians at the Univ. of North Carolina should be killed.
UCB = cross, thumbs-up, okay: Christians at UC Berkeley are okay?
GOD = pointing-up, rectangular flag, thumbs-down: God above us, gives a
thumbs-down to political divisions.
UN = cross, skull&crossbones: The UN is conspiring to kill Christians.
Well, I'm sure you can all do better :-)
Ken Shirriff shir...@sprite.Berkeley.EDU
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Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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In article <tpt5q...@agate.berkeley.edu> shir...@sprite.berkeley.edu (Ken Shirriff) writes:
>My anonymous sources have given me the following listing of the Wingdings
>font:
>M = bomb with fuse lit
>Z = Islamic icon (crescent and star)
>B = "okay" sign
Obviously, all books by Marion Zimmer Bradley are advocating violence against
people from Islam.
>Well, I'm sure you can all do better :-)
yeah -- any more?
For the sarcasm-impaired: :-) :-) :-) :-)
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Diagnostics Development, Amdahl Corp.
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
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From: ant...@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
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In article <tpt5q...@agate.berkeley.edu> shir...@sprite.berkeley.edu (Ken Shirriff) writes:
>My anonymous sources have given me the following listing of the Wingdings
>font:
[...]
>I = palm forward (i.e., "Stop")
>B = "okay" sign
>M = bomb with fuse lit
Stop IBM, blow them up.
>H = pointing down
>E = pointing-left
>L = Frowning
>L = Frowning
Leftists will be very unhappy in hell.
>A = peace sign
>T = snowflake
>T = snowflake
AT&T wants white fluffy peace
>M = bomb with fuse lit
>C = thumbs-up
>I = palm forward (i.e., "Stop")
MCI wants to start World War III and end civilization.
It looks like Microsoft is anti-IBM, very conservative, and
will soon announce a joint project with AT&T to counter
IBM's project with Apple.
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From: sau...@bbn.com (Steve Austin)
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shir...@sprite.berkeley.edu (Ken Shirriff) writes:
->Don't you think the media would be amazed if we sent them a list of dozens
->of secret messages showing Microsoft's alleged beliefs, what groups it
->supports, and who it wants to kill?
I typed a few things in and nearly fell off my chair laughing. Try
I Hand waving
B Finger+thumb "OK" sign
M A BOMB!!!
(goodbye, it's OK to blow up)
C Thumbs up
M A BOMB!!!
U A crucifix
(OK to blow up the church)
M A BOMB!!!
S A teardrop
(sorry about the bugs)
U A crucifix
S An oil drop (same as treardrop)
A V for victory hand sign
(God! Oil! Victory!)
G Hand pointing upwards
N Skull and crossbones
U A crucifix
(God and the church are dead)
L Frowning face
A V for victory hand sign
(bummer, they got off)
So there you have it! MicroSoft has turned all our dearest acronyms
into messages from Satan. Mr. Bill's pact with the devil is further
confirmed by his uncanny prediction of the result of the Rodney King
trial.
Steve
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tm...@scotty.ecs.umass.edu (Thomas C Mayo) writes:
>[comments about a story in the N. Y. Post about the mapping of "NYC" to
> a supposedly anti-Jewish message in the WingDing character set]
Since the article supposedly quoted a spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation
League, has anyone bothered to check to see if the report was legitimate?
This sounds like the kind of crap that you find in the "newspapers" at
supermarket checkout stands.
With all the very real problems in the world, one could hope that the
so-called leaders would worry about real discrimination and not such
utterly spurious issues such as this. And that the so-called news media
would be responsible in its reporting.
But that's probably too much to ask.
>>[what other "messages" could be created?]
>I think this is a fantastic idea. Somebody please post the symbol/letter
>mappings!
Here is a quick map of the WingDing character set, based on the encoding
vector names found in the file WINGDING.TTF. Since I don't have any
tools to actually map the names to the printed glyphs (and the manual which
came with the TrueType disks has been borrowed) I printed out the entire
range 0x20 throught 0xff, then manually built this map based on "best guess"
techniques. Some of the mappings are probably wrong, but at least you can
use it to construct whatever symbolic message you wish to inflict on your
local paranoids.
------- 20-2F ------- 30-3F
20 space 30 0 folder
21 ! pencil 31 1 folderopen
22 " scissors 32 2 filetalltext1
23 # scissorscutting 33 3 filetalltext
24 $ readingglasses 34 4 filetalltext3
25 % bell 35 5 filecabinet
26 & book 36 6 hourglass
27 ' candle 37 7 keyboard
28 ( telephonesolid 38 8 mouse2button
29 ) telhandsetcirc 39 9 ballpoint
2a * envelopeback 3a : pc
2b + envelopefront 3b ; harddisk
2c , mailboxflagdwn 3c < floppy3
2d - mailboxflagup 3d = floppy5
2e . mailbxopnflgup 3e > tapereel
2f / mailbxopnflgdwn 3f ? handwrite
------- 40-4F ------- 50-5F
40 @ handwriteleft 50 P pennant
41 A handv 51 Q airplane
42 B handok 52 R sunshine
43 C thumbup 53 S droplet
44 D thumbdown 54 T snowflake
45 E handptleft 55 U crossoutline
46 F handptright 56 V crssshadow
47 G handptup 57 W crossceltic
48 H handptdwn 58 X crossmaltese
49 I handhalt 59 Y starofdavid
4a J smileface 5a Z crescentstar
4b K neutralface 5b [ yinyang
4c L frownface 5c \ om
4d M bomb 5d ] wheel
4e N skullcrossbones 5e ^ aries
4f O flag 5f _ taurus
------- 60-6F ------- 70-7F
60 ` gemini 70 p box4
61 a cancer 71 q boxshadowdwn
62 b leo 72 r boxshadowup
63 c virgo 73 s lozenge4
64 d libra 74 t lozenge6
65 e scorpio 75 u rhombus6
66 f saggitarius 76 v xrhombus
67 g capricorn 77 w rhombus4
68 h aquarius 78 x clear
69 i pisces 79 y escape
6a j ampersanditlc 7a z command
6b k ampersandit 7b { rosette
6c l circle6 7c | rosettesolid
6d m circleshadowdwn 7d } quotedbllftbld
6e n square4 7e ~ quotedblrtbld
6f o box3 7f box2
------- 80-8F ------- 90-9F
80 zerosans 90 fivesansinv
81 onesans 91 sixsansinv
82 twosans 92 sevensansinv
83 threesans 93 eightsansinv
84 foursans 94 ninesansinv
85 fivesans 95 tensansinv
86 sixsans 96 budleafne
87 sevensans 97 budleafnw
88 eightsans 98 budleafsw
89 ninesans 99 budleafse
8a tensans 9a vineleafboldne
8b zerosansinv 9b vineleafboldnw
8c onesansinv 9c vineleafboldsw
8d twosansinv 9d vineleafboldse
8e threesansinv 9e circle2
8f foursansinv 9f circle4
------- A0-AF ------- B0-BF
a0 (blank) b0 registersquare
a1 ring2 b1 registercircle
a2 ring4 b2 cuspopen
a3 ring6 b3 cuspopen1
a4 ringbutton2 b4 query
a5 target b5 circlestar
a6 circleshadowup b6 starshadow
a7 square2 b7 oneoclock
a8 box3 (see note below) b8 twooclock
a9 tristar2 b9 threeoclock
aa crosstar2 ba fouroclock
ab pentastar2 bb fiveoclock
ac hexstar2 bc sixoclock
ad octastar2 bd sevenoclock
ae dodecastar3 be eightoclock
af octastar4 bf nineoclock
------- C0-CF ------- D0-DF
c0 tenoclock d0 leafccwne
c1 elevenoclock d1 leafnw
c2 twelveoclock d2 leafsw
c3 arrowdwnleft1 d3 leafne
c4 arrowdwnrt1 d4 leafse
c5 arrowupleft1 d5 deleteleft
c6 arrowuprt1 d6 deleteright
c7 arrowleftup1 d7 head2left
c8 arrowrtup1 d8 head2right
c9 arrowleftdwn1 d9 head2up
ca arrowrtdwn1 da head2down
cb quiltsquare2 db circleleft
cc quiltsquare2inv dc circleright
cd leafccwsw dd circleup
ce leafccwnw de circledown
cf leafccwse df barb2left
------- E0-EF ------- F0-FF
e0 barb2right f0 bright
e1 barb2up f1 bup
e2 barb2down f2 bdown
e3 barb2nw f3 bleftright
e4 barb2ne f4 bupdown
e5 barb2sw f5 bnw
e6 barb2se f6 bne
e7 barb4left f7 bsw
e8 barb4right f8 bse
e9 barb4up f9 bdash1
ea barb4down fa bdash2
eb barb4nw fb xmarkbld
ec barb4ne fc checkbld
ed barb4sw fd boxxmarkbld
ee barb4se fe boxcheckbld
ef bleft ff windowslogo
-- --
Note: At least in a cursory examination (and I don't have the official
map handy at this terminal) there are two occurrences of the large open
box I've associated with the name "box3" and none associated with the
name "square6".
------
Joe Morris
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From: war...@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: Microsoft advocates killing of Jews
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Here's my list of paranoid acronyms:
IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) = stop, thumbs-down, pointing-right
"Stop complaining about the awards given to the generals by settlers".
TA (Tel Aviv) = snowflake, peace sign
"Peace is as likely as snow in Tel Aviv".
PLO = flag, frown, flag
"The PLO does not support a two-state solution".
UJA = cross, happy, peace
"If the Christians back the loan guarantees, there will be peace"
CIS = thumbs-up, stop, raindrop
"The breakup of the USSR will prevent future Chernobyls."
SHAMIR = raindrop, pointing down, peace, bomb, stop, sun
"Shamir will discourage the peace process, bringing a war, in which so
much oil will be burnt that the sun will be hidden"
LEVY = frown, left, cross, star of David
"David Levy sulks, is a leftist, is going to double-cross the Jews"
RABIN = sun, peace, okay, stop, poison
"Rabin will win the elections this summer, bring peace, succeed in office,
and stop polution"
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|warren@ But the font-maker
/ nysernet.org is not paranoid at all. Well not much, anyway.
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From: rmi...@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
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Here's a few more acronyms:
D = thumbs-down
E = pointing left
C = thumbs-up
Several interpretations of this: pointing fingers at someone else, left hand
doesn't know what the right hand is doing, etc. :-) (for the humor-impaired
and DEC's legal squad :-) )
U = cross
C = thumbs-up
L = frown
A = peace sign
It's approved for Christians at UCLA to take part in the riots.
C = thumbs-up
U = cross
N = skull&crossbones
Y = Star of David
Thumbs-up on death to Christians *and* Jews at CUNY. Or maybe it's the
thumbs-up for Christians to kill Jews at CUNY. This one's worse than NYC. :-)
B = OK
Y = star of David
U = cross
Jews and Christians are OK at BYU (Brigham Young University in Utah). How
ironic ...
I think the single biggest problem with all of this is having the religious
symbols map to alphabetic characters. Move them, replace them with something
insignificant like geometric shapes, and it would be a lot harder to come up
with anything offensive.
Disclaimer: these are mine and do not represent any philosophy of my employer.
Probably none of Microsoft's, either.
--
Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
Computing Division Head rmi...@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
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In <RGM.92Ma...@cory.Berkeley.EDU> r...@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Rob Menke) writes:
>What does KIBO come out to be in the Wingdings font?
indifferent, stop, ok, flag
"The flag of indecision"
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|__/__/_/ is a very bitter apple.
|warren@ But the ***
/ nysernet.org is worried.
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In article <CKD.92Ma...@loiosh.eff.org> c...@eff.org (Christopher
Davis) writes:
Based on an earlier post that listed the characters (I, personally, am
avoiding Windows to prevent defenestration ;-)
KIBO = neutralface handhalt handok flag.
This must mean that it is not okay to feel neutral but you must
wave the flag.
We all must surrender to Kibo? Now THAT'S a satanic conspiracy if I
ever saw one...
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I have just had a bit of a play with Windows 3.1 (a curse
upon it and all its descendents) so I tried typing JEW. It
came out as a smiley face, a hand pointing left and a
cross/crucifix. Not very interesting until you remember Hebrew
is read from left to right - if obviously is saying
"Christianity makes you happy". Very sinister.
This is fun. Anyone else want to try it?
joan
--
"It was a typical small country Joan McGalliard,
town: a post office, a general Latrobe University,
store and a futon shop." Department of Computer Science.
Melbourne, Australia.
---- schnipp ----
Tschau
Ingo
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Ingo Wilken, CS Student, Univ.of Oldenburg, FRG | You mean I really did all of
wil...@uniol.uucp (..!uunet!unido!uniol!wilken) | dat stuff? Now dat explains
Ingo....@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de | why my head hurts an' why I
wil...@uniol.zer IRC:Nobody OL:ingo@faramir | feel so bad! -Snarf
Henning Schmiedehausen
> Antisemitische Nachrichten in MS-Windows ???
>
> Wenn nun in einem beliebigen Programm unter Windows 3.1 die Abkuerzung
> NYC geschrieben wird, die ja bekanntlich fuer Ney York City steht und in
> den Staaten recht haeufig gebraucht wird, kann man diese Zeichen auf die
> Schriftart WinDings umformatieren und erhaelt die entsprechend zugeordneten
> Symbole. New York City ist diejenige Stadt der USA, in der die meisten
> Bueger mit juedischem Glaubenbekenntnis leben. Meines Wissens uebersteigt
> die Anzahl der dort wohnenden Juden sogar die Anzahl der Juden im Staate
> Israel.
>
> Fuehrt man diese Umformatierung wie beschrieben durch, so erscheint anstelle
> der Buchstaben NYC ein Totenkopf, ein Davidstern und ein nach oben gerichteter
> Daumen. Wie soll man diese Anordnung anders interpretieren als eine anti-
> semitische Nachricht, die den Tod der Juden fordert bzw. gutheisst.
> Microsoft steht natuerlich auf dem Standpunkt, dass diese Zuordnung der
> Buchstaben zu den Symbolen rein zufaellig ist ...
Kann es sein, dass Du etwas paranoid bist??
Immernoch kopfschuettelnd
Henning
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h.bo...@amtrash.comlink.de
am 28.04.93 zum Thema "Antisemitismus in MS-Windows ?!!!!":
[Zeichenfolge NYC in WinDings ...]
> Fuehrt man diese Umformatierung wie beschrieben durch, so erscheint
> anstelle der Buchstaben NYC ein Totenkopf, ein Davidstern und ein nach
> oben gerichteter Daumen. Wie soll man diese Anordnung anders
> interpretieren als eine anti- semitische Nachricht, die den Tod der
> Juden fordert bzw. gutheisst. Microsoft steht natuerlich auf dem
> Standpunkt, dass diese Zuordnung der Buchstaben zu den Symbolen rein
> zufaellig ist ...
Meinst du nicht, dass man einige Sachen manchmal ueber-interpretieren kann ?
Ich wuerde heutzutage erst eimal davon ausgehen, dass so etwas wirklich zu-
faellig ist. Ich will _nicht_ behaupte, dass es in D oder USA keinen Anti-
Semitismus oder Fremdenhass gibt, gerade wir Deutschen haben z. Zt. ja mal
wieder genug davon. Aber hier wuerde ich wirklich von einem Zufall aus-
gehen und icht von Absicht !!!
Bye, HGB
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