cjsmith
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join:2000-11-03
Villa Rica, GA
| The Search for Intelligent Life on the Internet
Here are some recent rumors culled from e-mail lists and Web sites. Answer true or false to test your grip on reality.
1. A body with bound hands was found atop one of the buildings near the former World Trade Center towers.
2. CNN used old footage of Palestinians dancing in the street after the terrorist attack.
3. The television evangelist Jerry Falwell said civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility for the attacks because their actions have turned God's anger against America.
4. Following the attacks, a prominent Canadian broadcaster declared that "it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least- appreciated people on all the earth."
5. The number 11 comes up a lot. For instance, the attack was on 9/11, and 9+1+1=11. Also, New York City, Afghanistan and the Pentagon each has 11 letters. The twin towers, standing side by side, looked like the number 11. And so on.
6. The planned cover for a hip-hop album due to be released in November depicted an exploding World Trade Center.
7. Typing NYC into a Microsoft Word document, highlighting it and changing the font to Webdings reveals a positive message.
1. True. 2. False. 3. True (Falwell later retracted the statement). 4. Mostly false (Gordon Sinclair's defense of America was delivered in 1973). 5. True, perhaps. 6. True. 7. True: NYC = |
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Starfish
Per Ardua Ad Astra
ExMod 2002-04
join:2000-12-28
Netherlands
clubs:   |  Nice summary  |
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Anon | do you have a link about #1? |
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Anon | reply to cjsmith
said by cjsmith:
7. Typing NYC into a Microsoft Word document, highlighting it and changing the font to Webdings reveals a positive message.
OMG! Don't have Webdings, but tried it using Wingdings. It reveals a very negative image! |
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joseftu
Premium
join:2001-02-13
Brooklyn, NY
clubs: | Here's a link from Wired re:#7
Microsoft Denies Wingding Thing, Again |
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