Useless, useless

[snopes]

Comment: Please identify for me what each of the letters in S N O P E S
stand for.
I read thru your Glossary and still could not determine the abbreviation.

[rockland6674]

The above e-mail has been brought to you by the D.U.M.B.A.S.S. corporation.

[Auburn Red]

Hmmm....how about Some Nerd Obviously Proves Everything Superbly?

[snopes]

Comment: I would like to forward to you an email that I received about
President Obama being controlled by George Soros. I am not very adept at
the computer. I would really like to just forward the email and have you
examine it. Do you have an email address that allows me to do that?

[Brad from Georgia]

S, Barbara's oh so sweet,
N, and you both are neat,
O, what a smart duo you two are!
P, all your praise we sing,
E, you know everything,
S, that's how sure of you we are!
Put them all together, they spell MOTHER,
A name that means the world to me.

[snopes]

Comment: Dear Sir/Madam,

I received an Email from a friend re "Facebook Invitation" and "Adobe
flash plug-in".

I got onto your 'site' re these two issues and noted that a big red dot
was placed beside the word "HOAX".

Does the big red dot mean that the said issue/s are a HOAX or it is not a
HOAX.

[Ieuan ab Arthur]

Dear OP:

We use a simple binary AND system based on the colour of the dot (e.g., "red," "yellow," "green," etc) and the description of the item (e.g., "true," "false," "hoax", etc.) to indicate whether an item is true or false. That is to say, if the colour of the dot is green and the word description is "true, then the AND condition validates to logical TRUE. This, of course, means that the issue itself is true.

On the other hand, if the colour of the dot is red and the word description is "false" or "hoax," then the AND condition validates to logical FALSE. This means that the the issue itself is false (or a hoax as the case may be).

Of course, if the colour of the dot and the word description do not match (i.e., a green dot and "false," a red dot and "true," etc), then both sides of the AND do not validate to logical TRUE and as a result the condition itself validates to FALSE. This means that the entire article was probably edited by one of snopes' cats walking on the keyboard.

I hope this clears up any confusion.

Ta ra 'wan,

Ieuan "or not" ab Arthur

[snopes]

Referred by: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp

Comment: I'm new to using Snoops so a little explanation is needed. I
looked at an e/m showing the info possibly stated Sunday's 07 Sept. 2008
11:48:04 EST on meet the press. Your answer was false---- but you show
what I read below under examples; is this an example your showing of the
falsly produced e/m that was circulated? Do you show what he actually
DID SAY ?

[snopes]

Comment: I was emailed a link to a story about Mr. Ed (of TV fame) being a
zebra.
It was sent as proof that Snopes can't be trusted.
Well, I happen to trust Snopes, and I thought the item seemed "fishy", so
I started digging.
Here is what I found:
The link is to http://www.snopes.com/lost/mistered.asp
It looks VERY legitimate! And the links on this page do take you to "the
real" Snopes pages!
However, the fact that I cannot find "The Repository of Lost Legends" when
I do a search on the REAL Snopes search, and the fact that the link is to
www.snopes.com/lost seemed odd to me.
So I started Googling and playing around.... and eventually I got to this
page: http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.asp
On that page they give a long explanation about "False Authority
Syndrome". The page is signed by Barbara "Ed-ified" Mikkelson".
The advice on that page is really very good.... after all, that's the
reason I eventually discovered that page... the original didn't pass the
smell test, so I kept researching until I found my answer.
BUT.... I still don't know if you folks own that page or not.
SO..... now the friend that sent the original link and I are having an
argument. I think someone is spoofing you, and using REAL links back to
the REAL Snopes.... He thinks this truly is part of Snopes.
I need you to settle the argument....
And if it isn't you, I thought you would want to know that someone is
abusing your name and links!

[snopes]

Comment: Is this clip true?
It is the Hubble telescope...?

http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines...hubble-images/

[snopes]

Comment: HOW CAN A PERSON TELL IF THE SUBJECT IS TRUE OR FALSE.

I CANNOT SEE ANY CLUE ON YOUR WEBSITE.

LAST YEAR THERE WAS A GREEN CHECK FOR TRUE AND A RED ONE FOR FALSE...
NOW THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL WHAT IS TRUE OR FALSE THAT I CAN SEE. AM I
MISSING SOMETHING??? VR

[snopes]

Comment: How do I tell the difference between something TRUE or NOT TRUE?

[Photo Bob]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: How do I tell the difference between something TRUE or NOT TRUE?

Easy peasy. If it is based on fact it is true. If it is based on opinion, conjecture or just plain bullshot then it is not true.

[snopes]

Comment: http://snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp This is actually true.
Once i was in Africa at equator. Some people (for a small fee of course)
gave us a simple bowl with a hole in it to try it. And it worked

[snopes]

Comment: What about the stamp coming out that commerates a mormon holiday?

[snopes]

Comment: Greetings,

I have enjoyed your site for several years.

I would make one suggestion. Please, "draw a line," or
make another "obvious break" between the featured article
and your assessment thereof. I often find it difficult to
discern your separation therin.

[Auburn Red]

Sir/Madam:

I find that reading the entire article helps in such situations.