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From: Jim on 19 Jan 2010 01:54
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:

> So let's say you've found a flash game on the Web that you like.
>
> Let's say you'd like to save it locally.

I've no idea, but this one consumed an un-Godly ammount of my time:

<http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp>

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From: Pd on 19 Jan 2010 03:46
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> <http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp>

Yeah, thanks for that, not at all. Damn.

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From: Duncan Kennedy on 19 Jan 2010 05:10
In message <1jck4by.xhbooj1y7wzr1N%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>, Woody
<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> writes
>
>Try to keep the window at around 700 x 490 or your bunny could be
>stretched!
>
The mind boggles!

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From: Rowland McDonnell on 20 Jan 2010 03:01
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> download the swf (located at
> <http://www.dailyfashiongames.com//media/0709/59298608.swf> with
> whatever you use for downloading. I use wget, I don't think it is
> standard any more - curl works as well, I just don't know what its
> command line is.

DeepVacuum and Blue Crab are what I use for downloading Web sites.
DeepVacuum uses wget. I dunno what you mean by `standard'.

So basically, its `Look at the source, find the reference to the swf
file, and grab it', yes?

How come I can't find the file in question on local disc when I access
the Web page normally? Is it really just loaded straight into RAM?

> Then drag the resulting swf file into safari, and it works fine.
>
> Try to keep the window at around 700 x 490 or your bunny could be
> stretched!

Umm. Yes. It's really very very silly.

I do wonder what the Web site owners get out of putting this stuff up
for use. And I also wonder if what's going on with them is some kind of
curious psychological experiment. And I *also* wonder what kind of
maniac came up with the bunny. I mean, what? So I wanted it in my
stash of Web oddments. And I couldn't. Time for a bit of
determination, I thought. And all for a bloody Flash game involving
dressing up a minute cartoon bunny in silly clothes. I mean, what?
Why? WHY DID I DO IT?

So I thought - hang on a bit, is this whole thing some kind of test?

Then I looked at some other Websites of the same sort, and noticed that
if I happened to see any adverts that appeared to be aimed at a specific
demographic, they were aimed at me. These bloody things seem to be
meant to attract middle aged men - huh?

Curious.

I'm just going to remain puzzled, I think.

Rowland.

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From: Woody on 20 Jan 2010 03:22
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote:

> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > download the swf (located at
> > <http://www.dailyfashiongames.com//media/0709/59298608.swf> with
> > whatever you use for downloading. I use wget, I don't think it is
> > standard any more - curl works as well, I just don't know what its
> > command line is.
>
> DeepVacuum and Blue Crab are what I use for downloading Web sites.
> DeepVacuum uses wget. I dunno what you mean by `standard'.

wget used to be part of osx. I dont know if it is anymore. I know I have
downloaded it manually but really dont remember what machine that was
for.

> So basically, its `Look at the source, find the reference to the swf
> file, and grab it', yes?

Most of the time, if they are not trying to stop you from doing that,
yes.

> How come I can't find the file in question on local disc when I access
> the Web page normally? Is it really just loaded straight into RAM?

Well, if it isn't in safari (if you were using that) caches, it may just
have been given a temporary filename when downloaded, so you didn't see
it with that extension. Or maybe for small files it really does put them
in memory - it would be inefficient, but I don't know how it does it.

If you did use safari you can look in the 'Activity' window, and you
will see the swf file in the file list. If you double click that file it
will actually download it to your normal download folder.

Note it does download it again, rather than link to a local copy.

> > Then drag the resulting swf file into safari, and it works fine.
> >
> > Try to keep the window at around 700 x 490 or your bunny could be
> > stretched!
>
> Umm. Yes. It's really very very silly.
>
> I do wonder what the Web site owners get out of putting this stuff up
> for use.

Generally traffic / advertising if it is a company, or just for fun if
they are small.

> And I also wonder if what's going on with them is some kind of
> curious psychological experiment. And I *also* wonder what kind of
> maniac came up with the bunny. I mean, what? So I wanted it in my
> stash of Web oddments. And I couldn't. Time for a bit of
> determination, I thought. And all for a bloody Flash game involving
> dressing up a minute cartoon bunny in silly clothes. I mean, what?
> Why? WHY DID I DO IT?
>
> So I thought - hang on a bit, is this whole thing some kind of test?
>
> Then I looked at some other Websites of the same sort, and noticed that
> if I happened to see any adverts that appeared to be aimed at a specific
> demographic, they were aimed at me. These bloody things seem to be
> meant to attract middle aged men - huh?

Thats odd!

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