{"id":231,"date":"2006-07-15T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T18:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/231"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:46:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:46:12","slug":"mars-as-big-as-the-moon-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/viruses-and-scams\/mars-as-big-as-the-moon-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars as Big as the Moon Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My son and I briefly fell for a hoax email from one of his little league parents that claimed August 27th, the Red Planet would be spectacular, and visible wit hthe naked eye as large as the moon.<\/p>\n<p>I actually put it in my Outlook calendar, then a minute later, it occurred to me that this was a forwarded email from a trusted friend, so there was no way it could possibly be true! Sure enough, I was right, it&#8217;s a hoax.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"930014518-15072006\">Just like all nearly all  internet rumors in these mass forwarded emails, this is not true &#8211; <\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"930014518-15072006\">(see Nasas response\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/headlines\/y2005\/07jul_marshoax.htm\">http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/headlines\/y2005\/07jul_marshoax.htm<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"930014518-15072006\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"930014518-15072006\">when forwarding these myths and legends, I&#8217;d also like to point out thaty it&#8217;s important to put all of your friends and family email addesses in  a bcc field, instead of pasting them in the to: line for all the world to see &#8211;<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"930014518-15072006\">Here are specific details on how to do it, and some more <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/200301-emailetiquette.htm\">email ettiquette tips<\/a> I wrote a few years ago&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son and I briefly fell for a hoax email from one of his little league parents that claimed August 27th, the Red Planet would be spectacular, and visible wit hthe naked eye as large as the moon. 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