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Old January 4th 19, 07:54 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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In message , Mayayana
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"wasbit" wrote

| Perhaps you could suggest somewhere free that will host these text files.
|
People who use those sites will know better than
I do, but I do keep a list of sites where I can get
files without trouble and sites where I can't. I'd
also be curious to see other lists, if you keep lists
for different categories of software.

My list of sites, though some are probably only for images:

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Sites that are broken:

Images:
photobucket.com
tinypic.com
flickr.com

Files:
Google docs
box.net
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Sites that work:

Images:
imgur
postimg.org
pictr.com
uploads.im

Files:
fileconvoy.com
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Thanks for those lists again.
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Having your own webhost, or paying for file storage
space, would be the clean way to host files. But that
also gets complicated. You have to know about webpage
coding or, at the very least, how to upload files via
FTP to your site, if you get a domain and website. And a
lot of webhosting is cheapo, with strict limits on file
downloads, and ads on pages. The cheapo sites don't
expect you to really use the resources.


I'd say learning to use an FTP client isn't _that_ much more onerous
than learning to use some of the third-party hosting sites (especially
if you include the user experience), but I accept that some's MMV.

I don't know about paid storage deals.


Well, mine is probably what you mean by webhosting rather than paid
storage - it costs me twentysomething pounds a year for registration and
service. I'm aware I could be liable for DOS attacks, but so far I've
found it a lot easier to, say, upload a screenshot of something we're
discussing and then post a URL like
http://255soft.uk/temp/Clipboard02.jpg than inflict something like
flickr on people. No ad.s are involved, and so far no DOS. I don't
store/share ISOs or movies, or anything of that sort of size.

But we can't really expect companies to be honest
and non-sleazy when their only business model is to
squeeze profit from people who refuse to pay for the
service.


Indeed.
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When I asked him about giving people options he got
mad and said a tech support person has no business telling
people how to use their computer. Just so. He had no idea
that he was doing just that. It had never occurred to him


Yes, "giving people options" is the _opposite_ of "telling people how to
use their computer"!

that there was any way to operate other than using freebie,
spyware email and avoiding payment for dropbox's services.


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