Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
asking for this freeware.

Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?
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moral crisis." Dante

In article <jt51p563s4h2$.yeup2s1f1r37$.(E-Mail Removed)>, Chrissy
Cruiser says...
> Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
> asking for this freeware.
>
> Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?
>
Its on Majorgeeks

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Conor

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Chrissy Cruiser <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
Message-ID<jt51p563s4h2$.yeup2s1f1r37$.(E-Mail Removed)>:

> Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
> asking for this freeware.
>
> Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?


http://rapidshare.de/files/2681843/GoogleEarth.exe.html

(About 10.5 MB)

I think (don't know for sure) the "phoning home" is a way to detect
the difference between free and pay versions. I didn't have to supply
any email, username or password for the install. About all it could
know about me is my WAN IP and other routine info that any website can
get when I surf. I doubt it's doing any significant "data mining" any
more than entering search terms on the regular Google site would
provide.

Ron May

On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:29:47 -0500, Ron May <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Chrissy Cruiser <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>Message-ID<jt51p563s4h2$.yeup2s1f1r37$.(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
>> Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
>> asking for this freeware.
>>
>> Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?
>
>
> http://rapidshare.de/files/2681843/GoogleEarth.exe.html
>
>(About 10.5 MB)
>

Thanks for the link....it works very well on my machine, even though I
do NOT have the recommended 3-D graphics card yet....I guess I need to
go get one for full impact,,,

but.....*grin*...I do worry about them, as I notice that the
'suggested location' to fly to is 1600 Pennsylvanis Ave. 20006.
Perhaps that is a security measure ....

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:26:33 -0400, Chrissy Cruiser wrote:

> Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
> asking for this freeware.
>
> Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?

The "phoning home" is to download the image data. As you zoom in and
move around, it has to fetch those images from what I'm guessing is a
Google server. The program doesn't come with all of the images, as this
would make the download quite large (in the gigabyte range, I'm
guessing).

I can't get any copy I find to work. I get the error, We were unable to
connect to the Google Earth servers to activate you account. Please
verify that your internet connection is working properly and retry your
account activation For more information visit
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/...y?answer=20717 Error code:
ffffffffc00a01f6

I've tried DMZing this computer, turning off my firewall completely,
uninstalling (without reboot inbetween because I hate shutting down)
and reinstallling. Any ideas?

P.S. If i don't do anything, I just see stars, no Earth.

> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:26:33 -0400, Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
>
>> Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
>> asking for this freeware.
>>
>> Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?

On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:11:06 GMT, Chris L wrote:

> The "phoning home" is to download the image data. As you zoom in and
> move around, it has to fetch those images from what I'm guessing is a
> Google server. The program doesn't come with all of the images, as this
> would make the download quite large (in the gigabyte range, I'm
> guessing).

I got that part, I was wondering if there is any logging when not
requestion images. I haven't seen any, very unGooglelike LOL
--
"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in a
moral crisis." Dante

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:59:49 +0100, Conor wrote:

> In article <jt51p563s4h2$.yeup2s1f1r37$.(E-Mail Removed)>, Chrissy
> Cruiser says...
>> Did anyone pull down a copy that could be downloaded, so many folks are
>> asking for this freeware.
>>
>> Btw, anyone notice it phoning home?
>>
> Its on Majorgeeks

Thanks, Conor.
--
"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in a
moral crisis." Dante

On 1 Jul 2005 13:16:56 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I've tried DMZing this computer, turning off my firewall completely,
> uninstalling (without reboot inbetween because I hate shutting down)
> and reinstallling. Any ideas?
>
> P.S. If i don't do anything, I just see stars, no Earth.

Exactly the same here, and I've tried it on two different machines, XP SP/1
& SP/2, different firewalls, different AV. Same result every time.

Now uninstalled until such time as someone finds an answer, I can't.

Cheers,

Roy