You can clearly see their flight-path is an arc. The cloud is still there, they are just above it. Freezeframe the trailer, and slowly move through that scene. The trail left by the hovercraft is black early on, meaning they probably just flew through it. Just before the scene is cut into the next, there is a frame showing them entering a grey cloudy mass. the tops of clouds are visible in the background.
sorry to tell you this, but a good deal of the imported cars are coming to america with less power than they have elsewhere. i've been told that there was a HP cap on imported cars until a short while back. not sure if i believe it, but america has a history of getting the short end of the stick. a few examples: the WRX, the lancer, s13/s14 silvia (240sx), the supra, NSX. all of these cars had HP greatly lower than the japanese equiv. the RX7 was removed from american markets because it was too good. some cars we simply never got! the skyline, and the s15 silvia would dominate if they were available in the US from the manufacturer. (motorex doesn't count) do some research. import cars are every bit as fast and nimble as american cars. in most cases more so. the power is up to snuff, it's just that for some reason we've been getting crap, or at least crappy engines for the past few decades.
did you actually read what i wrote, or did you just stop on the word 'VNC-like'. there is no backdoor, it cannot be accessed without the USER choosing to connect. it's not really even a server program... it's actually 2 client apps. one for the user, and one for tech. the connection is held through the intermediary server. the server cannot contact your client software, the only way a connection takes place is if the user initiates contact.
as an employee of (cable company name removed) i can tell you exactly what it does. it isn't spyware or ad-ware. i predicted when we were first told about this new tool that this story would show up on slashdot. hence i had several questions when i first got it, and even went so far as to contact a member of the development team about it.
the software has 2 major functions-
a) -secure software that allows technical support to connect (by proxy) to a remote machine to perform a myriad of tasks. it can push urls, view TCP/IP related (only) connection info in cases of slow-speed troubleshooting, and even has a function to allow the technician to troubleshoot further by using a remote VNC-like application.
this may sound scary, but read on. the software leaves no open ports, and cannot be remotely-accessed without the user activating the software (at a tech's request). the user must then manually connect to a closed server with an auth code that the tech gives. the tech connects to the server, and may be allowed any of the above tasks if authorized by the user. the customer is told clearly what will be done, and the tech explains what he/she is doing before proceeding. there are strict policies for the use of this software. the technician is not allowed to browse the hard-drive, download/install/troubleshoot any application that is not on the supported list, and is under no circumstances allowed to change anything on the user's computer without explicit permission. i can't stress this enough, in order for any kind of connection or action to take place the software will ask the user if it's ok to proceed with on-screen alerts! the user may break the connection at anytime during the process for any reason by clicking a button on the taskbar.
since the connection takes place through a single closed, proprietary server there is virtually no chance of this application being used as a backdoor. the software is hardcoded with the URL of the server, and can connect ONLY to that server and nothing else. even if someone malicious were to get a hold of the client software, without (password protected) access to the server to generate a short-time auth code for the user to type in, it's useless.
b) -a backup/restore application for tcp/ip and connection property settings. it's configured to save driver files for the NIC and USB modem devices, ip address/subnet mask and DNS property information (in cases where specified), and occasional pings and traces to the dhcp server, gateway, and dns servers along with netstat info. the software catalogues the information bi-weekly, and stores it on the hard-drive. none of this information (save the pings and traces) can be retrieved by anyone outside the system. it's mostly used for cases where the user breaks the connection by altering configuration. the backups allow the user to restore the connection settings to a previous known-working configuration.
that all.
this isn't a data-mining application. privacy was discussed in detail in software-training. i understand being cautious, (hell, i'll admit i was concerned as hell when it was first announced) but i can tell you in all honesty that the bundle on our 'easy installer' cd's contains no spyware. broadjump was contracted to write the software specifically for our use, and no 'add-on' click-tracking or cookie-scouring was allowed.
the client software is ONLY in the hands of tier-2 and above, highly-skilled, highly trained and QA/policy monitored technicians. the broad-jump software is a means to an end for technical-support. if you've had any experience supporting win9x systems you know that windows can be downright retarded when it comes to connection management. it has been an invaluable tool when faced with users who doesn't know their right mouse-button from their left. thus far it's been a huge success, customers seem to love it, it allows us to do all the work, while they just watch and keep tabs or relax as they see fit.
i knew there would be a few who flipped out over this application. but really, the only people who get up in arms about it are those who don't need it. if you're smart enough to understand what this software does, you should be smart enough to understand that there is a genuine need for it. it's the people who call tech support complaining about error 691's with their caps lock key on, or who've lost the address bar in IE who need it. if you're not comfortable with the application, uninstall it.
i work 'tech support' for the 3rd largest cable internet service provider. we have the most sophisticated phone queue monitoring system available. last year our queue exceeded 5 minutes on hold less than 6% of the time (the entire year!). our tech staff is highly trained, and well paid. we have the ability to on-site technicians, and manage over 100 individual markets in the US.
the problem is not the support, it's the users. they aren't satisfied, because they don't understand why we can't help them in many cases. people call for printer support, application support, or support when they don't even use our products. they call with early pentium computers, using windows 98, with a USB-NIC, a freeware firewall installed, and more software loaded on startup then i even use. they are rude, and uncooperative...or they want something for free. most of them seem to think we're here to teach them how to use their equipment. customer satisfaction has gone down because the consumers have become lazier, and in many cases it seems less intelligent. over the past 5 years i've watched the curve of user intelligence slip more and more, while we as a call center get better and better.
in my opinion, if you want better support for your purchase, do your research before you buy it. make sure it will do what you want it to do, and make sure you're willing to pay the price for the product. don't expect us to take a loss because you made a mistake.
there are certain options in M$ OS's that parade as features, but in practice through their obscurity perpetuate a monopoly.
an example in your opinion are these practices monopolistic?
Lousiville area! we had a geek apartment over in the devonshire for a while, small lan of 8 computers. I can happily say we moved and got a bigger place and we're up to 14 computers with dsl and cable. Evryones moving out tho. We're looking for a new spot. probably a townhouse
mahahahahah
-duck
"microsoft windows ("windows")is an operating system released by Microsoft Corp. It is the most widely used operating system for PC's in the United States, and it's versions include Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000. Linux, which continues to be developed through the open source model of software development, also is an operating sytem. It can also be run on a PC as an alternative to Windows, although the extent to which it is so used is limited. Linux is more widely used on servers."
Anyone else offended? Maybe this is flamebait, off topic, troll- If so moderate down, but am I the only one who sees a couple errors here?
interesting way to describe it. however, i don't think that this will make too much difference. i forsee the end of napster. meanwhile, i'm stocking my partition full of mp3's, like a bomb shelter before before a nuclear war...
Dear Metallica, Remember that 15 bucks you wanted me to spend on your cd? Well, I spent it on a new IP from my DSL carrier. Change that figure to 317,376 banned users;) -duck
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You can clearly see their flight-path is an arc. The cloud is still there, they are just above it. Freezeframe the trailer, and slowly move through that scene. The trail left by the hovercraft is black early on, meaning they probably just flew through it. Just before the scene is cut into the next, there is a frame showing them entering a grey cloudy mass. the tops of clouds are visible in the background.
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sorry to tell you this, but a good deal of the imported cars are coming to america with less power than they have elsewhere. i've been told that there was a HP cap on imported cars until a short while back. not sure if i believe it, but america has a history of getting the short end of the stick. a few examples: the WRX, the lancer, s13/s14 silvia (240sx), the supra, NSX. all of these cars had HP greatly lower than the japanese equiv. the RX7 was removed from american markets because it was too good. some cars we simply never got! the skyline, and the s15 silvia would dominate if they were available in the US from the manufacturer. (motorex doesn't count) do some research. import cars are every bit as fast and nimble as american cars. in most cases more so. the power is up to snuff, it's just that for some reason we've been getting crap, or at least crappy engines for the past few decades.
did you actually read what i wrote, or did you just stop on the word 'VNC-like'. there is no backdoor, it cannot be accessed without the USER choosing to connect. it's not really even a server program... it's actually 2 client apps. one for the user, and one for tech. the connection is held through the intermediary server. the server cannot contact your client software, the only way a connection takes place is if the user initiates contact.
as an employee of (cable company name removed) i can tell you exactly what it does. it isn't spyware or ad-ware. i predicted when we were first told about this new tool that this story would show up on slashdot. hence i had several questions when i first got it, and even went so far as to contact a member of the development team about it.
the software has 2 major functions-
a) -secure software that allows technical support to connect (by proxy) to a remote machine to perform a myriad of tasks. it can push urls, view TCP/IP related (only) connection info in cases of slow-speed troubleshooting, and even has a function to allow the technician to troubleshoot further by using a remote VNC-like application.
this may sound scary, but read on. the software leaves no open ports, and cannot be remotely-accessed without the user activating the software (at a tech's request). the user must then manually connect to a closed server with an auth code that the tech gives. the tech connects to the server, and may be allowed any of the above tasks if authorized by the user. the customer is told clearly what will be done, and the tech explains what he/she is doing before proceeding. there are strict policies for the use of this software. the technician is not allowed to browse the hard-drive, download/install/troubleshoot any application that is not on the supported list, and is under no circumstances allowed to change anything on the user's computer without explicit permission. i can't stress this enough, in order for any kind of connection or action to take place the software will ask the user if it's ok to proceed with on-screen alerts! the user may break the connection at anytime during the process for any reason by clicking a button on the taskbar.
since the connection takes place through a single closed, proprietary server there is virtually no chance of this application being used as a backdoor. the software is hardcoded with the URL of the server, and can connect ONLY to that server and nothing else. even if someone malicious were to get a hold of the client software, without (password protected) access to the server to generate a short-time auth code for the user to type in, it's useless.
b) -a backup/restore application for tcp/ip and connection property settings. it's configured to save driver files for the NIC and USB modem devices, ip address/subnet mask and DNS property information (in cases where specified), and occasional pings and traces to the dhcp server, gateway, and dns servers along with netstat info. the software catalogues the information bi-weekly, and stores it on the hard-drive. none of this information (save the pings and traces) can be retrieved by anyone outside the system. it's mostly used for cases where the user breaks the connection by altering configuration. the backups allow the user to restore the connection settings to a previous known-working configuration.
that all.
this isn't a data-mining application. privacy was discussed in detail in software-training. i understand being cautious, (hell, i'll admit i was concerned as hell when it was first announced) but i can tell you in all honesty that the bundle on our 'easy installer' cd's contains no spyware. broadjump was contracted to write the software specifically for our use, and no 'add-on' click-tracking or cookie-scouring was allowed.
the client software is ONLY in the hands of tier-2 and above, highly-skilled, highly trained and QA/policy monitored technicians. the broad-jump software is a means to an end for technical-support. if you've had any experience supporting win9x systems you know that windows can be downright retarded when it comes to connection management. it has been an invaluable tool when faced with users who doesn't know their right mouse-button from their left. thus far it's been a huge success, customers seem to love it, it allows us to do all the work, while they just watch and keep tabs or relax as they see fit.
i knew there would be a few who flipped out over this application. but really, the only people who get up in arms about it are those who don't need it. if you're smart enough to understand what this software does, you should be smart enough to understand that there is a genuine need for it. it's the people who call tech support complaining about error 691's with their caps lock key on, or who've lost the address bar in IE who need it. if you're not comfortable with the application, uninstall it.
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i work 'tech support' for the 3rd largest cable internet service provider. we have the most sophisticated phone queue monitoring system available. last year our queue exceeded 5 minutes on hold less than 6% of the time (the entire year!). our tech staff is highly trained, and well paid. we have the ability to on-site technicians, and manage over 100 individual markets in the US.
the problem is not the support, it's the users. they aren't satisfied, because they don't understand why we can't help them in many cases. people call for printer support, application support, or support when they don't even use our products. they call with early pentium computers, using windows 98, with a USB-NIC, a freeware firewall installed, and more software loaded on startup then i even use. they are rude, and uncooperative...or they want something for free. most of them seem to think we're here to teach them how to use their equipment. customer satisfaction has gone down because the consumers have become lazier, and in many cases it seems less intelligent. over the past 5 years i've watched the curve of user intelligence slip more and more, while we as a call center get better and better.
in my opinion, if you want better support for your purchase, do your research before you buy it. make sure it will do what you want it to do, and make sure you're willing to pay the price for the product. don't expect us to take a loss because you made a mistake.
there are certain options in M$ OS's that parade as features, but in practice through their obscurity perpetuate a monopoly.
an example in your opinion are these practices monopolistic?
its 1:45 EST and our @HOME service is still working... what gives? don't friggin scare us like that...
oh well, back to playing UT...
happy birthday unix! coincedentally, nov.3 == 365 days uptime for my unix machine!!
Lousiville area! we had a geek apartment over in the devonshire for a while, small lan of 8 computers. I can happily say we moved and got a bigger place and we're up to 14 computers with dsl and cable. Evryones moving out tho. We're looking for a new spot. probably a townhouse mahahahahah -duck
"microsoft windows ("windows")is an operating system released by Microsoft Corp. It is the most widely used operating system for PC's in the United States, and it's versions include Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000. Linux, which continues to be developed through the open source model of software development, also is an operating sytem. It can also be run on a PC as an alternative to Windows, although the extent to which it is so used is limited. Linux is more widely used on servers."
Anyone else offended? Maybe this is flamebait, off topic, troll- If so moderate down, but am I the only one who sees a couple errors here?
are you down with the penguin platform?
interesting way to describe it. however, i don't think that this will make too much difference. i forsee the end of napster. meanwhile, i'm stocking my partition full of mp3's, like a bomb shelter before before a nuclear war...
Dear Metallica, Remember that 15 bucks you wanted me to spend on your cd? Well, I spent it on a new IP from my DSL carrier. Change that figure to 317,376 banned users;) -duck