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Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a name for my chess program?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 11:28:56 07/28/99

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On July 28, 1999 at 13:41:09, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

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>
>	«Chupacabras» literally means «Goatsucker». I only posted the literal meaning
>the first time I was asked, and then I realized that was a mistake and that a
>longer explanation was needed.
>	In the Mexican Mythology, el Chupacabras is a monster which feeds itself with
>goat blood. It has been described as some sort of giant bat, which drinks even
>the last drop of blood of its victims. When goats are wanting, it also attacks
>other beasts, like horses; but returns to its usual diet of goat blood as soon
>as it finds them. Studying the geographic pattern of the attacks, some
>investigators have conjectured that there are actually two Chupacabras instead
>of one, but they have never been seen together.
>	El Chupacabras has also been identified with corrupt politicians (by some kind
>of analogy), thus blaming it of most of our country's problems.
>José (:

Ah, that is the piece I was missing. You consider me to be a corrupt politician
and blame me for problems here. I thought you may have posted it because you
thought my program was mythical (or that it sucked).

KarinsDad :)



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