Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:08:31 11/14/04
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On November 14, 2004 at 09:59:02, Mike Byrne wrote: >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. You may be right but how do you know that the author is a man? Uri
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