I posited a problem wherein FTP and HTTP were both unavailable, so the obvious solution is mail--NOT snail mail, email. The abuses are there, but there are times when FTP and HTTP are unusable-- in fact, there are "bridge sites" that let you FTP -> email, HTTP <-> FTP is regularly done in most browsers, and HTTP -> email is a curse upon all text-based mailing programs: if there wasn't a need to use a different protocol based on context, none of these bridges would exist or be used (FTP-email is dying because of the extensive use of the HTTP <-> FTP bridge and other problems). This problem is going to be with us a long time, and carping about the unsuitability one of the protocols for large files ain't helping.
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 18:23:35 -0600 (MDT), John Galt wrote: > > >Basic-4 many a moon ago, those things are HEAVY). In fact, I asked for > >the correct protocol, and all you gave me was sneakernet. Sneakernet is > >never the correct protocol, it's just a quick and dirty method of getting > >files between comps when you don't wish to use the correct protocol. > > And this is why discussions go on endlessly. Because people jump into > the middle without bothering to gain the context of the conversation. Want > the correct protocol for getting a file from machine A to machine B? > > Internet Protocols: > FTP: Name says it all. > HTTP: Not as nice as FTP, but it still is worlds better than email. > > Intranet Protocols: > SMB: Microsoft to the rescue > FTP: Still works > HTTP: Hey, still works. > NFS: Works wonders, esp. for shared projects. > > If none of those are available. TOUGH SHIT, MAIL IT. > > - -- > Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your > ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. > - > -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc > > iQA/AwUBNwqmmHpf7K2LbpnFEQKAIACfUL93NIUhrmptblv/wOtNl6Pg6l8AnjNj > KJkWxD0hoVCxPsdLc/Th+PMy > =UzJk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!