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Subject: Re: sometimes you just never know ...

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 20:19:58 11/13/04

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On November 13, 2004 at 23:05:24, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 13, 2004 at 07:56:14, Martin Grabriel wrote:
>
>>On November 13, 2004 at 01:10:17, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>what you might get with  a google search
>>>
>>>
>>>how about a free chess program , written by a woman who goes by the handle of
>>>"HotBabe"?
>>>
>>>http://www.stauffercom.com/hotbabe/about.html
>>>
>>>includes source ...it's different ...
>>>
>>>(In case some of you do not catch on - this is a satire)
>>
>>the 63mb download link doesn't work - it just lead to the smaller file :)
>
>I understood from Mike Byrne that this is a satire that it is probably not a
>chess program but I have no idea what it is.
>
>I was afraid from viruses so I did not try to run the software earlier but I
>thought that Mike Byrne will not include a link for viruses so I decided to try
>to run it now.
>
>When I tried to run it I get the following warning:
>
>The publisher could not be verified.
>Are you sure you want to run this software.
>
>I read later:
>This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher
>You should only run software from publishers you trust.
>
>I never got that warning when I ran chess software and I am too afraid from
>viruses to try to run the program so I will probably never know what it is
>about.
>
>Uri

Inspite of it I decided to dowload the source code and it seems that this is a
chess program inspite of the comment that it is a satire.

I know nothing about the computer language that it is written(never see .e files
but the content of the files talk about chess).

Uri



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