There are many crazy and outlandish conspiracy theories being invented every day. Conspiracy theories can be invented by anyone, especially in today's technology-driven society. Everything becomes moot when evidence is acquired on the matter. While not always true, people go out of their way to make up stupid things that might prove it correct. There are a lot of theories that have turned out to be false. Carefully analyzing every detail of the theory is the only way to be sure whether it is true or false. Among all the interesting conspiracy theories, there are the sinister messages found in the Wingdings font. When you type NYC with the Wingdings font in Microsoft Word, you see a skull and crossbones, a Star of David, and a thumbs-up hand gesture. Many believe this means approval of the killing of Jews in or from New York. There is also a theory that Microsoft placed a hidden message about the September 11, 2001 attack on the Twin Towers in the Wingdings font. There are claims that this is true, and many are false. The acronym NYC in Wingdings Microsoft font raises concern and makes many people worried. Microsoft denies that there was any intent or credibility in the anti-Semitic message. They released a statement that included the following: “the conclusion was that the sequence in the Wingdings character set is random and that there was no malicious intent” (Glasner). With the amount of characters in the Wingdings font, it's almost impossible not to come across some acronyms or words that might seem to have underlying meanings. Microsoft also claims: “Following the example of the alphabet, what would happen to existing documents and applications if we swapped a handful of letters?... in the middle of the paper... s. It is proven false that Q33NY had anything to do with 9/11, the attacks on the Twin Towers, the planes involved, or the bus route used to the airport from which the planes were diverted. It's very easy to take any piece of information, twist it, and turn it into a completely different story or piece of information. Once a theory is made public, everyone jumps on the bandwagon and does everything they can to make it true, even if it isn't. If you take common sense and take the time to actually think about the stupidity of this topic, it will be very clear to most people that this is a false conspiracy theory. Works Cited Glasner, Joanna. "MS denies this once again." Wired.com. 22 September 2001. Web. 05 December 2011. "Wingdings." Squidoo: Welcome to Squidoo. Amazon, 2009. Web. 05 December. 2011. .