Just numbers in the web start console

[Ed Ewing]

One of my coworkers is seeing only numbers in his java console, instead of the text that is being sent there.

Have any of you ever seen something like this:

Java Web Start Console, started Tue Nov 22 12:51:52 PST 2005 Java 2 
Runtime Environment: Version 1.5.0 by Sun Microsystems Inc.
8311697114116105110103323473110116101103114971161011003271101110111109
1013266114111119115101114341310861011141151051111105832524648491310131
0108111971001051101033210010110297117108116321121141011021153210211411
1109583247105103989510010110297117108116951121141011021154612010910813
1011210811710310511044321109710910132613278101119327111497112104761119
7100101114443299108971151153261329911110946971021021211091011161141051

He claims he is using WebStart 1.0.1, and clearly it is JRE 1.5.0.

He probably needs to up-date the version of WebStart, but still this is such funny behavior from the console that I just had to ask if anyone has any explanation.