computer question

i know this is a forum about cedar pont but i need help here. my employer went and added filters and now i CAN'T go to cedar point.com to see the web cam.. is there any way around this.. i have my own isp so i dont have to go through them but i am unsure how to do this please someone help me!! i need to have the webcam on so i can see the rides testing or i'll go nuts come april

xombra.com/proxy. This works at my school. Just type in the adress and it works on most websites.

thanks alot ill try it tomorrow.. i type it then type the address?

m not very computer literate

Companies that use filters usually block access to proxy sites as well.

Yes thats a good question do you type the proxy then the web address? They have blocked alot of things at my school too. They did not block cedarpoint.com but they did block this site...its soo sad.

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Cory Marshall

Many companies will actually fire employees for using the internet for non job related purposes.

well im a manager.. its a corporate thing but they have no establised rules against cedar point or sports.. the rules are aginast porn of course and online gaming i asked my GM and he said sports are fine....... but the off site company controls everything.. he brings his laptop in and uses it but i cant do that with my position

Bill Horvath said:
thanks alot ill try it tomorrow.. i type it then type the address?

Yes. its in spanish but its not too hard to figure out.

huh is there some sarcasm there

I would get it in writing that it's OK to look at the webcams before I actually did it. :P

Luckily I have an employer who really doesn't care what we do as long as we get our work done.

Bill Horvath said:
huh is there some sarcasm there

No, not at all. I meant that although its spanish, some of the words look sinular english. I am sorry if I sounded sarcastic.

oh i c no problem im gonna try it.. i hope it works

Here's a complicated solution...

At home, set up a cron job (or equivalent on your platform) that downloads the webcam images at whatever interval.

At work, connect to your home computer via ssh, secure FTP, or HTTP to retrieve the images. If your home IP address changes frequently, use a service such as DynDNS to keep track of it for you, or use a daemon on your machine that will send you an email (at work, of course) each time your IP address changes.

That's the way a geek would do it. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

But dosn't that cost money? Im just wondering.

ride man you lost me at hello.. i am so not computer savvy i wish i knew how to connect to my home computer even if i had to pay a small fee

heh Dave, that CustomDNS service from DynDNS is very nice. :)

I can't even, unfortunately, think of a way all that could be accomplished on Windows. Friendly OS, let me tell you.

- Ben

ok they spanish think works... sort of i still cant clicks links and i dont know the exact address to the cameras........i wish i would of learned computers in school now

CP Webcams:

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/webcams/index.cfm

Can you click on the pic, since its JAVA-based?

EDIT:

Here's the exact address for the Skyhawk cam:

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/webcams/webcam.cfm?chip=2

:)
*** Edited 3/24/2006 2:39:44 PM UTC by djDaemon***

THANK YOU for the link i appreciate it i tried it and it did work.....im relieved

Good. Im glad it works. Ya, the proxy isnt the best, but it works when you need it.