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

Author: Michel Chassey

Date: 14:04:23 07/28/99

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Can you imagine how many «CHUPACABRAS» will be created by simply copying
his program ?)
North America could be overrun by them in no time. :)

On July 28, 1999 at 14:28:56, KarinsDad wrote:

>On July 28, 1999 at 13:41:09, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>
>>	«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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