It played using my default "Internet Exploder" when I first downloaded it. When I tried to play the cached version (which conveniently had the correct name), I tried to open it with Windows Media Player, but got errors. It is a Shockwave Flash Object, so I went to the Macromedia website and downloaded their player. Apparently it installs itself in IE, and I was able to run it that way. Other media players are supposed to be able to play Shockwave files.
Paul
If you don't have any sort of webmail access (or don't want to use it), there are plenty of free pop3 mail checkers (for whatever OS you use) designed for exactly this sort of thing. You get a list of the headers, including subject and sender, and sizes, and can delete mail without collecting it. A quick google, followed by a download (I'm sure there are some small ones...), should fix you up.
No. It **poses** the question: http://66.102.9.104/search?num=100&q=define:begs+the+question
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To clarify: No "maybe" about it. Unless Mike's server missed the post, the link was already in the thread. Perhaps he doesn't recognize
Without segmented downloading, this is true. (I have had very poor results using segmented downloading and no longer enable that feature.) . .
Resuming interrupted downloads is the *main* reason I use a download manager. A t one point, I was having problems with corrupted downloads too. I had my Rollback point set to 4kB (on a broken download, it backs up and re-downloads the last x kB). I changed this to 10kB and haven't had a problem since. . .
Dragging and dropping a link onto the Download Manager will often work when nothing else will. . .
Yes. I seem to remember a mention of this demonstration of wisdom.
As Paul said: *.SWF == ShockWave Flash This handles it:
In Firefox, File / Save Page As worked for me.
- YD.
The original question was "real or CGI?". The answer is "real".
The "maybe" was my word, when watching the advert I saw one DEFINITE edit and MAYBE a second that I wasn't sure about. Hence MAYBE -- sorry if that confused you.
"He" certainly does. He hasn't looked at the link yet (not currently online). He owns the DVD that Honda sent out with their version of how is was made, and it was not a computer generated animation, despite what numerous people on the internet may claim.
Otherwise, they went to a whole lot of trouble making a fake "making of video" showing all the failed attempts (where they tweaked the CGI to go wrong), with CGI people wandering into shot, and fake CGI interviews.
Not very likely, really. It's a pity that the skill in designing the ad and getting it to work gets overlooked by people saying "Oh, it's just a load of CGI"
Not if you notice the window going down. ;-)
What I wonder is about that thing on the overhead trolley that looks like an old LP or 14" video disk, getting knocked back by the headrest, then going the opposite way.
I saw a Rube Goldberg "thing" on late-night (or early morning) cable, many years ago, that looked a lot like this one sounds:
Thanks! Rich
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