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

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 07:16:02 11/14/04

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On November 14, 2004 at 10:08:31, Uri Blass wrote:

>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

You missed this line from the webpage:

""Ken Stauffer's wildly humorous HotBabe Chess ... offers challenging play,
accompanied by wicked commentary. This game really has to be played to be
believed!"
-- Greg C.

and a little research seems to confirmed it:

http://www.stauffercom.com/portfolio.html



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