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Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:04 am    Post subject: Sending large files... Reply with quote
    

A friend of mine gave me an old hard drive as it seemed to be unreadable, but my computer seems to be reading it OK.
Now that it is working, there are a lot of files that he might like to salvage so I am wondering how best to send them to him...

The simplest way may of course be to put them on a DVD and stick it in the post (didn't the carrier pigeon win the data transmission race recently?), or could do them some at a time with dropbox or similar, but I thought I'd ask here for other suggestions...

He suggested that I set up a VPN and share the drive on it, but he is a bit prone to finding complicated solutions to simple problems...

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dropbox or similar is going to be easiest

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
dropbox or similar is going to be easiest


yep ,once it is set up it takes seconds to transfer stuff.

for the free version i think it has a 5g limit so it might need a few changeovers if there is a lot of stuff

chez



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The free one is 2gb now - I've just set one up for Nenna's comms software. But I agree with the general 'this is the easiest way'.

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
But I agree with the general 'this is the easiest way'.


But when did hl ever take the easiest option?

chez



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

He might on this though, because he's busy turning his piano in to a hen-house.

I never thought I'd ever type that sentence out loud .

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



i never thought i would read a sentence like that and consider it a perfectly normal thing for a chap to do .

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
He might on this though, because he's busy turning his piano in to a hen-house.

I've not picked it up yet: need to fit a towbar and pick up the trailer first...

And, not wanting to disappoint, now that we've established the easy option, what are the fiendishly clever ways to do it?

chez



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
And, not wanting to disappoint, now that we've established the easy option, what are the fiendishly clever ways to do it?


Beyond my ken I'm afraid .

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Print all the code out, post the paper copy and then type it in at the other end?

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sean wrote:
Print all the code out, post the paper copy and then type it in at the other end?

Now that's just silly...

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dictate the binary via a ham radio message?

sean
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Establish line of sight and use an Aldis lamp.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



perfect and make sure you onion route it so as gchq cant copy it

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 15 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
dictate the binary via a ham radio message?

Actually, internet over ham radio was something I had intended to get into, back in the days when I was worried about the end of civilization...

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