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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrot=
e:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 06:05 am, Random832 wrote:
>
>> On 2015-12-01, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>> You download things FROM a computer, you upload them TO a computer.
>>
>> I'm a little bit confused as to what kinds of file transfers
>> you think don't have at least two endpoints.
>
> If you have a computer with two network connections, plug a cable from on=
e
> to the other, and now you can download stuff from yourself in half the ti=
me
> it would take to download from the Cloud.

If you have a computer with both wired and wireless network, plug half
a cable into the wired network, and download stuff from yourself over
401.5=C2=BD!

ChrisA