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Re: WOS FTP mirror?

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On Sun, 9 Jul 2017 17:03:30 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Duncan Snowden:

> On 8 Jul 2017 22:03:53 +0100
> "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote:
> 
> > $ ls -la World*
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 92763002039 Jun 10 04:32
> > World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror.zip
> > 
> > No frigging clue how I extract such a large file though!
> 
> Hmm. Good point. Glad I didn't bother now. It's like a zip bomb that
> you already *know* is going to blow up in your face.
> 
> How about setting up a spare machine with a minimal Linux distro that
> boots to the commandline without starting too much irrelevant crap
> (Arch or Void would be my picks), give it a few hundred Gb of swap
> space, and leave it to chew on it for a few days?

Or... I could just keep it as-is safe in the knowledge that I have a
copy should I ever need it, and never actually use it.

Sort of like those people that buy two copies of everything just in
case one breaks, which it never does (there are people like that,
aren't there?).

Chris


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  Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-18 22:00 +0000
    Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-19 09:37 +0100
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            Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-05-21 22:52 +0100
              Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2017-06-06 12:26 +0000
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                Re: WOS FTP mirror? deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk> - 2017-06-07 16:59 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-06-07 23:36 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2017-06-08 02:28 +0000
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-07-08 22:03 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-07-09 17:03 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2017-07-15 13:12 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-07-15 23:09 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? fuzzix <fuzzix@fuzzix.invalid> - 2017-07-17 10:02 +0100
                Re: WOS FTP mirror? Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2017-07-18 04:33 +0100
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