Meine Güte, die Paranoia greift aber wild um sich...
Sollen sich doch einfach alle, denen die Methode und die Art der Umfrage nicht gefällt, zurücklehnen und zusehen, wie die "Dummen", die sich darauf einlassen, schreiend untergehen.
Sobald man nämlich durch das erste Raster gekommen ist, kommt es noch vieeeel schlimmer:
Hi Wolfgang Schwarz:
[aah, deshalb wollten sie den Namen wissen ...]
Greetings from the Flight Simulator team:
Thank you for participating in this Flight Simulator 2004 study. This email contains instructions on how to download and install the files needed for the study.
Our goal with this study is to see how our customers use Flight Simulator 2004 at home. The files we provide record what aircraft you use most often, which flights you fly, what features you use, etc. It lets us see what our customers actually do when they are flying. We can take what we learn from all of you and craft a Flight Simulator that is attuned to how our community really uses our product.
If you elect to proceed with this study, follow the steps below to download and run the FSLog.msi file. The FSLog.msi file will install two items on your computer.
The first item is a program called Watson, this program will take the data that is recorded while you use Flight Simulator 2004 and automatically send it to our servers so we can see what you did in that session of Flight Simulator. This requires a broadband connection. You also need to be running one of the following versions of Windows on your computer; Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional.
The second item that will be installed is a file called FSLog.dll. FSLog.dll will record everything you do inside Flight Simulator 2004 and temporarily put it in a log file. The first time you run Flight Simulator 2004 after installing the file, FSLog.dll will run a program called DXDiag (already part of the Windows operating system), which provides data on your processor speed, your video card, the amount of RAM you have, etc.
This will only record information from Flight Simulator sessions; nothing else you do on your computer can be recorded. Every time you exit out of Flight Simulator, Watson will send this temporary log file to us. After you finish using a Flight Simulator session, a four question survey will appear that we’d like you to answer about the session you just concluded.
If you have past experience in Flight Simulator 2004, we'd like to get some detailed feedback on your past experience with the simulator. The FS2004 Usage Survey page asks your likes and dislikes about the product. Your participation in this will also help us to understand how you have used the simulator in the past. This is longer than the previous demographic survey you filled out; however we'd like to ask you to take the time to fill it out as it will give us information concerning what you like and dislike about Flight Simulator. We appreciate the time you take to give us this feedback.
All of the information we collect from you is used solely by members of the Flight Simulator team to improve our products. It will not be used by any other agency or group for any purpose. Click the following link if you’d like to see the FS 2004 Data Collection Privacy Policy.
If you are interested in participating in this study, please note:
1) This is your UserID. xxxxxxxxxxxx. This user ID will be needed to access the Survey web site and also to run Flight Simulator the first time you start it after installing the Survey files. Please keep it nearby so that you can refer to it when needed.
2) Make sure you have Flight Simulator 2004 installed on your computer and that you’ve run it at least once (automatically creating a configuration file) prior to installing the Survey files.
3) After you’ve installed and run Flight Simulator, click on this FS2004 Survey link. Download and run the installation program to install Watson 2.0 and FSLog.dll in your Flight Simulator 2004 directory. The Web site also contains instructions on how to uninstall the programs when the Survey Study is over or if you decide you no longer want to participate.
4) You can send any questions or comments to FS2004 Survey.
Thanks again for helping us make a better product for you.
Sincerely,
The Flight Simulator Team.
Eine DLL, die Daten an M$ sendet - böse, böse...
Als ob wir davon in Windows nicht schon genug hätten.
Fakt ist - die Umfrage ist vom FS-Entwicklerteam (das ist über mehrere Quellen bestätigt) und soll genau den Zweck haben, der angegeben ist: den Entwicklern einen Überblick über die Nutzungsgewohnheiten der FS-Benutzer zu geben. Daraus ergibt sich auch die Notwendigkeit, das Verfahren weitestgehend standardisiert und automatisiert abzuwickeln.
Alles andere - vor allem eine offene Befragung - wäre blanker Unsinn, da nicht vernünftig auswertbar.
Ernsthaft -
Meine einzige Befürchtung bei der Angelegenheit ist, dass meine Testergebnisse den Geamteindruck verfälschen, weil ich meinen Flusi täglich an die 50mal starte und herunterfahre und dazwischen nicht viel mache.
Entwicklersystem eben....
(Mal sehen - vielleicht sollte ich den noCD-Crack durch die Original-Exe ersetzen, bevor ich loslege ...)
Viele Grüße
Wolfgang