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To: TokyoMex who wrote (399)	1/28/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: I Am John Galt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18444

Not a Professor, TokyoMex, just a kid that makes a living off of it. It's a different philosophy, TMex. You're right about needing shockwave and flash to see some of their website, but very little of it. However, that's not what Sesame Ad is or does. Sesame Ad serves as a plug-in so that you don't have to download it. That's the beauty of it! Shockwave Flash and Sesame Ad are two different philosophies. With Flash, you actually make ads. With Sesame Ad, you optimize them for near perfect viewing enjoyment. Flash is necessary for viewing only Flash made ads. Sesame Ad doesn't discern between Flash, Quicktime, MPEG, or any others. Sesame Ad is a program that sits on the Netmaster server. Basically, what it does is it is referenced through the HTML code in any given page. So, let's say you go to United Airlines and click on a link. Sesame Ad software from the Netmaster server that is referenced pops up a menu, and determines what you have. It asks your browser whether or not you have shockwave plugins. If you do, it will send a shockwave video(If that is what United Airlines wants to send). It also asks how quick your connection is. It will compress the video as it sees fit for optimization over the web. So, the quality of the video will be different for different connections, but will always be of maximum quality(what I mean is maximum frames per sec) for the connection. Sesame Ad isn't a program that creates an ad. It displays it. And to incorporate it for their "Under Construction" signs is stupid. They should, perhaps, take care of their Echomedia logo, which i think they will. Hope the explanation helps. But see what i'm saying tokyomex? You're saying that Sesame Ad needs plug-ins without exploring it. The least you could've said was, "Perhaps I'm wrong, could someone clarify it?" There are some people as less technical as you or I reading this thread. C'mon sir, let's not jump to conclusions without due diligence. Matty Gregg

To: TokyoMex who wrote (399)	1/28/1998 6:10:00 PM
From: BlackStar	Respond to of 18444

I have been lurking for a few months 'enjoying' the running commentary on NETZ. :) I am basically long but I am not foreign to other forms of trading. Also, I don't really care about how other people conduct their business as it is their money and not mine. That said, I'll pick up the slip on this here question. [Ahem. Having read a Matty's answer I realize I'm not answering you actual question but maybe a general variant of it. Keep that in mind as I don't feel like reediting the entire message.] But how is it that the software engineers at NETZ are able to deliver TV style ads to internet viewers, without plug-ins, when the same software engineers have not created or supervised the creation of a website, that cannot be viewed properly, in its entirety without plug-ins. (As many NETZ holders can attest to). I think it is safe to say that we don't know why this is so. But we may make more or less educated guesses. My primary guess is that the NETZ site is not a prioritized project compared to keeping current customers happy and paying while making sure the entire heap of newly aquired stuff is becoming operational. I see it a little bit like not waving your arms when hanging on by your fingernails. An easily viewed website is not important? It certainly is, but not solely to keep us investors happy. The most important aspect of the ad demo is that it works for site admins and web AD's that are on the prowl for new cool tools to present their ides with. But then again those people tend to have all plugins ever released in alpha version two revs above our sorry selves. Also, I had no problems with it. It took a while to load at first but then it played ok. But make no mistake, I agree whole heartedly that it 'does not look good' when the demo (as I have gathered) does not work for the average investor. They should fix it. Not knowing their other projects I cannot prioritize for them.