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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 22 Jun 2010 17:11 On 22 Jun 2010 20:22:13 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) gurgled happily, sounding much >like they were saying: > >>> Post a CD. > >> Nope. Obvious, and posties steal those too- or at least, they have done >> so to me in the past. > >I've never had a CD go missing or get broken. Not once. And I send and >receive 'em regularly. Likewise - whether going in a soft slipcase, a CD jewel case, or a DVD-style case. All of which are extremely obvious to the fingers of anyone who cares to fondle the mail. There must be some right bastards in Peter's post chain. Cheers - Jaimie -- Some people have years of experience. Some have one year's experience several times.
From: Peter Ceresole on 22 Jun 2010 17:26 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > There must be some right bastards in Peter's post chain. Well it's not as though it hasn't changed; previously I was in SW London, which was where I lost the CDs, and now in SE London. However, I used www.dropsend.com and it looks as though it may have worked. It's much like Yousendit, but the filesize limit on the free service is 2GB. I shall wait to see how it works out. -- Peter
From: Chris Leuty on 22 Jun 2010 17:31 In article <1jki5t7.15k06l54wrhgN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > I have to send somebody 300MB worth of slides. They have a pissy > Blueyonder account so the largest attachment they can receive is about > 25MB. Yousendit want to charge nine bucks a month for the ability to > send a message that size. So I bought a cheap Peckham Council 2GB thumb > drive, wrapped it in a letter and sent it. And it arrived slit open and > empty. Bastards. > > As she lives in London, cheapest and safest is to use my bus pass and > deliver it by sneakernet. Anybody got a better idea? Dropbox has 2GB free online storage and you can share selected files/folders inside your space with other specified Dropbox users, plus keep back-ups of your important files, sync between different computers (Mac/Linux/Windows) etc etc: https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTIwNDczMjg5 N.B. That's a referral link that gets me and you an extra 250MB space each. Once you've signed up you can pass your referral link onto others, e.g. your friend in London, and get up to 10GB free storage.
From: Peter Ceresole on 22 Jun 2010 17:37 Chris Leuty <news2010(a)leuty.me.uk> wrote: > Dropbox has 2GB free online storage Thank you. My son in law uses it to send large music files (his music, not commercial stuff although his music is commercial) and it seems to be working. -- Peter
From: Ben Shimmin on 22 Jun 2010 18:24
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com>: > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >>> Post a CD. > >> Nope. Obvious, and posties steal those too- or at least, they have done >> so to me in the past. > > I've never had a CD go missing or get broken. Not once. And I send and > receive 'em regularly. I've had at least half a dozen DVDs from LOVEFiLM go missing. Never had a broken one though (but they usually send them two at a time, and you have to go to a reasonable amount of effort to snap two DVDs). b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert |