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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008McDonalds Dragons
Despite my admonitions, the grandparents took the kids to McDonalds <hoik spit>, and they've come back with a CD in a plastic dinosaur egg. Shows how much profit they're making on their Crappy Meal, dunnit. On OSX 10.3.9, after playing some stupid Flash intro, the Dragons app stops with "Alert: Permission required." On 10.4.11, the stupid Flash intro crashes out after a few seconds. On 10.5.2, I get a screen that says : OSX Leopard - version not available. 10 points for realising Macs exist, and knowing what the latest OS is. Nul points for not using some non-OS-version-sensitive technology. Showing package contents, and firing up the embedded Flash application, it all works as far as it did in 10.3.9, ending with the Alert: Permission message. No clicking, command keying, whatever seems to get past this, despite trying it in an admin account. Ignoring the obvious requirement for the application of a big fat clue-by-four to the GPs, what could McDorkalds be doing that a) won't work on any version of OSX we have, and b) is worth further investigation?  SignaturePd > Despite my admonitions, the grandparents took the kids to McDonalds > <hoik spit>, and they've come back with a CD in a plastic dinosaur egg. > Shows how much profit they're making on their Crappy Meal, dunnit. Give in. This way madness lies. I've tried... > On OSX 10.3.9, after playing some stupid Flash intro, the Dragons app > stops with "Alert: Permission required." No 10.3 install to try it on, but this is what happens to me on a 10.4.11 install. > On 10.4.11, the stupid Flash intro crashes out after a few seconds. Odd - works fine here in the sense of no crashing, but behaves as you describe 10.3.9 to do. > On 10.5.2, I get a screen that says : OSX Leopard - version not > available. Snap. > 10 points for realising Macs exist, and knowing what the latest OS is. > Nul points for not using some non-OS-version-sensitive technology. According to the dates on the CD, this was mastered in November 2007. In Nov 2007, there really, -really- should have been a Leopard version of what they're doing available. > Showing package contents, and firing up the embedded Flash application, > it all works as far as it did in 10.3.9, ending with the Alert: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > work on any version of OSX we have, and b) is worth further > investigation? I suspect they want access to the file system or possibly even the camera, and that the Flash settings are denying it as insecure. I tried the site to see if there was a patch, nothing. I emailed - nothing. Thing is, although I could run it under a Windows VM instead the Mac experience has put me off doing so. What level of permissions does it want that it can't get under an Admin account? And if it wants that depth of access, what would it do under Windows? I have become...suspicious. Cheers, Ian > > Despite my admonitions, the grandparents took the kids to McDonalds > > <hoik spit>, and they've come back with a CD in a plastic dinosaur egg. > > Shows how much profit they're making on their Crappy Meal, dunnit. > > Give in. This way madness lies. I've tried... Quite. > > 10 points for realising Macs exist, and knowing what the latest OS is. > > Nul points for not using some non-OS-version-sensitive technology. > > According to the dates on the CD, this was mastered in November 2007. > In Nov 2007, there really, -really- should have been a Leopard version > of what they're doing available. In Nov 2007, they really really should be doing stuff that's OS agnostic, Windows, Mac, *nix, whatever. What could they want to do that Flash doesn't do on any platform? SignaturePd > I suspect they want access to the file system or possibly even the > camera, and that the Flash settings are denying it as insecure. I tried [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > depth of access, what would it do under Windows? I have > become...suspicious. And rightly so. Today my two girls were given the McDonalds 'Fairy" DVD (their crude gendering of stuff makes me weep), and insisted I try them. So I ran one on my Parallels XP VM. It wasn't made clear exactly what was being run or installed. The only question or option was language. As you can see here: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/lydiardtregoze/2465160768/> it has taken over my desktop. The 'games' themselves are lamentable Sims-alike efforts involving sub-Disney fairys. My 4 and 6 year olds tired of them within two minutes, so I exited the application. But the hideous wallpaper is still there. I ejected the DVD, shut down Windows, exited Parallels - and then booted it back up. Disgusting wallpaper still there. What else has been installed, changed etc I have no idea. This is one reason why I turn off Airport whenever I have to open Windows. Now I'll see if there's an uninstaller worthy of the name. It is indeed the binary equivalent of their 'food', and the fact that Leopard gags at it is a blessing. It was time for a Parallels/XP re-install anyway, but now I've forced myself into one. Danny > > I suspect they want access to the file system or possibly even the > > camera, and that the Flash settings are denying it as insecure. I tried [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > have to open Windows. Now I'll see if there's an uninstaller worthy of > the name. Well, I would imagine it is what it looked like. It has changed the walpaper. You can right click on the desktop and change it back, and I would imagine you can just uninstall the McD application. Which is more than you can do with the food. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com >> Disgusting wallpaper still there. What else has been installed, changed >> etc I have no idea. This is one reason why I turn off Airport whenever I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would imagine you can just uninstall the McD application. Which is more > than you can do with the food. There's always the "lower digestive movement" that those funny ads talk about, but doesn't Parallels have some kind of snapshot/rollback facility? Cheers, Chris > >> Disgusting wallpaper still there. What else has been installed, changed > >> etc I have no idea. This is one reason why I turn off Airport whenever I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > about, but doesn't Parallels have some kind of snapshot/rollback > facility? Well, if you quit without saving, none of it would have been added when you restart. By which I mean 'yes'. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com > >> Disgusting wallpaper still there. What else has been installed, changed > >> etc I have no idea. This is one reason why I turn off Airport whenever I [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Chris lot of the macdonalds have free wifi, via the cloud, have to give a postcode but thats it, so thats handy if on the hoof, though the food is best avoided and the coffee is normally terrible, worse than the food normally. but free wifi is handy sometimes... roger Signaturewww.rogermerriman.com > Well, I would imagine it is what it looked like. It has changed the > walpaper. You can right click on the desktop and change it back, and I > would imagine you can just uninstall the McD application. Which is more > than you can do with the food. I know the wallpaper can be changed, but its the... intrusiveness... of changing it without asking. As I said, the only question during installation was 'What language?' In fact, it wasn't clear it was an installation, as opposed to just running some Flash or html off the disc. I didn't expect anything different from a combination of Windows and McDonalds, but still. Danny >> ...Thing is, although I could run it under a Windows VM instead the Mac >> experience has put me off doing so. What level of permissions does it [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > it has taken over my desktop. Ooh. Not pleasant. Can imagine a few dads with daughters and a Windows worklaptop making a few embarrassed tech support calls when they get back to the office. > ... This is one reason why I turn off Airport whenever I > have to open Windows. Now I'll see if there's an uninstaller worthy of > the name. Little Snitch is working fine as a firewall for Windows too as it requests permission each time vmware-natd wants to do something. Cheers, Ian > Despite my admonitions, the grandparents took the kids to McDonalds > <hoik spit>, and they've come back with a CD in a plastic dinosaur egg. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > On 10.4.11, the stupid Flash intro crashes out after a few seconds. The software is working fine. It is doing for your computer what their crap does to your stomach. Andy |
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