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From: Andrew Templeman on 23 Jun 2010 03:42 Chris Leuty <news2010(a)leuty.me.uk> wrote: > 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. Just done that so i can share some docs on my iPhone. -- Andy Templeman <http://www.templeman.org.uk/>
From: Danny T on 23 Jun 2010 07:04 Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>: > I too was going to recommend Dropbox. I don't use it for sharing > files > externally -- just between my work computer and my laptop, and > occasionally > my iPhone or iPad -- but it's been a revelation. Great product. Another vote for Dropbox. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work in your case. I've been using a free account to send large TIFFs to a very non-techie person. Works a dream. -- Danny T
From: Justin C on 23 Jun 2010 10:02 On 2010-06-22, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> 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? Open a port on your router and enable FTP until the file has been DL'd, and the close it and disable FTP. Or host a web-server, have the home-page say noting and use security through obscurity and put the file in a location from which it can be DL'd, but is unlikely to be guessed. The pwgen program is good for coming up with unlikely directory names in which to put stuff for people - except it's not installed under OS X, but I'm sure that it can be (Fink, etc). Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 Jun 2010 10:53 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? > > Use it until it's proved otherwise. > > Simples. For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. For those who do not? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Woody on 23 Jun 2010 11:52
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > wrote: >> >>> Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? >> >> Use it until it's proved otherwise. >> >> Simples. > > For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. > > For those who do not? USB key and delivering by hand. -- Woody |