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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