Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:17:44 06/11/02
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On June 11, 2002 at 16:14:27, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 11, 2002 at 16:12:20, John Merlino wrote: > >>On June 11, 2002 at 15:21:10, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On June 11, 2002 at 14:42:25, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>Some of you may remember this message from my "amusing e-mails" post: >>>> >>>>I like the chess problem. Such as how to kill a black king >>>>until to 3 ways? What the chessmaster 8000 can to do about >>>>the problem?, Because i have The chessmaster 5500 can't do >>>>it, can do it but 4 ways or 5 ways not 3 ways.Thank's >>>> >>>>My question was "does anybody know what this guy is asking"? Some interesting >>>>theories were put forth, but it seemed obvious to me that this person was using >>>>a translator program. Well, as it turns out, he responded to me in his native >>>>language, Indonesian! >>>> >>>>------------- >>>>Saya dari negara Indonesia (Jakarta), maaf saya kurang bisa menulis dalam bahasa >>>>english. Saya punya masalah tentang bagaimana menentukkan langkah yang paling >>>>sedikit untuk mematikan raja, jika saya misalnya problem seperti ini : bahwa >>>>dianalisa posisi raja hitam akan mati dalam tiga langkah ke depan dimana posisi >>>>putih melangkah terlebih dulu. Tapi setelah saya masukkan ke software >>>>chessmaster 5500, dia menganalisa mati dalam lima langkah. Bagaimana pendapat >>>>anda apakah ada software yang bisa menyelesaikan masalah saya. >>>>------------- >>>> >>>>The first sentence, I can guess at. I'm pretty sure it is "I'm from Indonesia, >>>>and I do not know English". So, if any of you know (or know anybody who knows) >>>>Indonesian, could you please translate this for me? Feel free to reply via >>>>personal e-mail to jmerlino@ubisoft.com.... >>>> >>>>Sounds (reads) like a beautiful language, no? >>> >>> >>>Saya dari negara Indonesia (Jakarta), maaf saya kurang bisa menulis dalam bahasa >>>english. >>>"I am from country of Indonesia of Jakarta, my forgiveness can more not very >>>well write in language English." >>> >>>Saya punya masalah tentang bagaimana menentukkan langkah yang paling sedikit >>>untuk mematikan raja, jika saya misalnya problem seperti ini : bahwa dianalisa >>>posisi raja hitam akan mati dalam tiga langkah ke depan dimana posisi putih >>>melangkah terlebih dulu. >>>"I have the problem about how step MENENTUKKAN that most A little to disarm >>>king, if I am for example this problem : That Analysed by position of dying , >>>black king in three steps to front where position White step earlier." >>> >>>Tapi setelah saya masukkan ke software chessmaster 5500, dia menganalisa mati >>>dalam lima langkah. Bagaimana pendapat anda apakah ada software yang bisa >>>menyelesaikan masalah saya. >>>"But after I enter to software CHESSMASTER 5500, he analyses to die in five >>>steps. How is opinion You are what has software that can settle my problem." >>> >>>He believes that there is a mate in 3, but ChessMaster 5500 stops after >>>announcing a mate in 5. Perhaps we could ask him for the position: >>> >>> >>>Can you please save the position for us to a file and email it? We can then >>>find out if it is a checkmate in 3 or really a checkmate in 5 moves. >>> >>>"Anda silakan dapat menyelamatkan posisi untuk kami ke suatu arsip dan emel hal >>>itu? Kami kaleng kemudian tahu jika hal itu adalah suatu checkmate pada tahun 3 >>>atau benar-benar suatu checkmate di dalam 5 gerakan." >>> >>>I used this: http://www.ewgate.com/ewtranslite.html >> >>You're a friggin' GOD, you know that, Corbit? > >Things didn't go too well for Herod, after he got accolades like that. Let's >just call it "google aware" for now. I spent about 10 minutes looking around, but everything I found was either an individual word translator, or a pay site. Many thanks again, jm
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