VLSI Layout Design and Digital Simulation with Microsoft® Excel. Basics, Concepts, Methods

I was pretty shocked by the whole thing.В» Computer owners who use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word or any other Microsoft program containing a print font named В«WingdingsВ» can duplicate the anti-Semitic message by typing the letters В«NYCВ» on their screen. Microsoft said В«WingdingsВ» 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 В«mappingВ» 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 В«outrageousВ». В«It’s like saying that if you randomly type out characters on a keyboard to spell вЂSatan’, you can do that, but it’s incredible to say that there’s anti-Semitism in Microsoft or one of its vendors,В» said Charles Hemingway. But Young, who discussed the matter with other computer consultants, isn’t so sure it’s just a coincidence ...»