Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 19:31:07 06/15/99
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On June 15, 1999 at 21:46:07, Albert Silver wrote: >On June 15, 1999 at 20:38:55, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >> >>I put in the Hiarcs 7.32 CD and clicked on manuals, and up popped the manual for >>Fritz 5.32. That was problem number one. I also notice that sometimes the time >>taken per move goes off. That was problem number two. But the real killer was >>when I put Fritz's Talk CD in and was playing a game against Hiarcs 7.32 and I >>happened to mutter to myself - Where the heck is the manual for Hiarcs 7.32. It >>was right after I said that, the voice on the CD began laughing! Has anyone >>experienced this phenomena - the Talk CD laughing? I did't think it was funny so >>I took out the Talk CD and poured Clorox on it and now it isn't laughing >>anymore! >> >>Mel > >The GUI (the program as opposed to the engine) is the same for Junior, Fritz, >Nimzo99, and Hiarcs. If it said Fritz then that was certainly an oversight, but >a minor one. As for the rest, well, it never would have occured to me to drown >the program in Clorox. If it survived, you might then consider putting it in the >toaster. I'm pretty sure that will do the trick. > > Albert Silver > >P.S. There is an alternative solution (though not nearly as interesting as >melting the damn thing's plastic guts) consisting of turning the talk off. Find a cafeteria at a local university with a beater microwave and heat up the CD for a few (I mean few!) seconds. I have seen this done -- not pretty, but pretty funny. :) Dave
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