From: Daniel Waite <rabbitblue@...>
Date: 2008-02-06T17:31:41+09:00
Subject: Strange characters... how are they created?

This isn't a Ruby-specific question, I suppose, but it's the language
I'm using for this project so I figured I'd ask here.

I've created a .torrent file, and between the bencoding is a
representation of the contents of the file I want to share (a small text
file):

20:Ÿø\îµÊ^Ω¬ ‡m$æÉ* ú0*

My question is, how does the BT client go from plain text to that? The
BT protocol spec says that pieces of data get SHA1'd, but I've never
seen a SHA1 hash look like that.

What am I missing?

In case the sample characters I pasted don't show up right, here's a
screen shot:

http://rabbitcreative.com/strange-charas.png
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