[SGVLUG] Looking for a better "snopes" site
Marsden MacRae
mmacrae at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 29 15:14:20 PDT 2005
Emerson, Tom wrote:
> Every now and then I get something from someone that is (to me) a
> well known internet "urban legend", chain-mail, or otherwise not
> worth promoting/repeating anymore. My usual response is to return a
> link to the particular myth write-up on snopes, <snip>
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a snopes-like site [explaining
> sources of urban/internet legends] that doesn't have a high
> "annoyance" factor? (pop-ups, pop-unders,
> potentially-malware-infested links, etc.)
>
>
I like to use
http://urbanlegends.about.com/index.htm?terms=urban+legends
Haven't had any trouble with popups and their search engine finds what i
want pretty quickly
Marsden
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