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From: Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:15:59 +0000 (UTC)
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Rui Maciel wrote:
) The following xkcd comic caught my attention:
)
) http://xkcd.com/949/
)
) Indeed, it appears that transfering files over the internet is still an open 
) question.  Email is only a viable option if the file size is relatively 
) small, and it really depends on the whims of the email service providers 
) involved in a file transfer.  
)
) Adding to this problem, a third party is deedlessly involved in this, which 
) is a security problem and it threatens the privacy of each part involved in 
) transfering files.  This problem also affects any form of alternative which 
) relies on a third party web hosting service.
)
) IM services may represent the best option which is currently available, but 
) they rely on a user registering an account, which may not be convenient.  In 
) some cases the file transfer also involves a third party, which brings all 
) the problems which were already mentioned.
)
) Other options, such as setting up a FTP server, are too convoluted and 
) technically demanding for a couple of techincally illiterate users (i.e., 
) the vast majority of internet users) to rely on this method to transfer 
) files.
)
) Is there any relevant method to transfer files on the interent?

Another comic writer was way ahead of you: http://www.dilbertfiles.com/


SaSW, Willem
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            drugged or something..
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