Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 06:59:02 11/14/04
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On November 13, 2004 at 23:19:58, Uri Blass wrote: >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. The author is a really a man, not a woman,there is no "hotbabe" and that is where the satire comes in. The whole page where the link is a "joke", . The only thing true is that there is a chess program there. > >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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