By: XMLicious
I don't know about KIO but GVFS is basically a wrapper around FUSE. sshfs is the bomb, fer sure. See also s3ql and s3fs which mount a cloud storage service as a filesystem.
View ArticleBy: ArkhanJG
Another option for mounting an sftp site is using sshfs; works on both linux and osx via fuse. (OSX used to have a nice GUI sshfs/FUSE tool in macfusion, but it's a bit broken in mountain lion). In my...
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klangklangston: "Once we have an actual IT guy instead of me and the digital marketing guy cobbling together kludges, I think that's worth pursuing. (Maybe I'll agitate to put an IT wishlist on our...
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In many flavors of linux SFTP support is built in via GVFS or KIO and is natively handled by many of the file manager applications, so that it's indistinguishable from browsing a hard drive and any...
View ArticleBy: ArkhanJG
While I think about it, FTP use these days is considered harmful for general use. It's totally insecure so password leakage is a real issue, and unless you know what you're doing it's pretty easy to...
View ArticleBy: ArkhanJG
If you want cloud hosted, google apps (free with your own domain) includes drive with 5GB free space per user and 10GB upload limit (obviously assuming you buy more space!); I've used it successfully...
View ArticleBy: klangklangston
Once we have an actual IT guy instead of me and the digital marketing guy cobbling together kludges, I think that's worth pursuing. (Maybe I'll agitate to put an IT wishlist on our site, in case coders...
View ArticleBy: b1tr0t
Anyway, I'll take a look at ge.tt. If our stupid servers weren't such a mess, I'd agitate for a file locker just through FTP on our own site, but that has to wait for us to fuck around with a whole lot...
View ArticleBy: klangklangston
"Those of you who like transferring files too big for email: ge.tt. (though you should really go with Dropbox or Drive at this point.)" Dropbox had a weird TOS change a bit back where they wrote...
View ArticleBy: Egg Shen
Personally, I'm not sure what legit business that leaves them with. I suppose they figure putting themselves out of business is preferable to finding themselves in Kim Dotcom's shoes.
View ArticleBy: ArkhanJG
Also - if you're a premium uploader, you're tying a real name and credit card to what you upload, not just an IP address. If you're sharing popular dodgy material, that would strike me as a stunningly...
View ArticleBy: ArkhanJG
I'm a little confused about this 'outbound' thing. Someone help explain what's about to happen to my friend (who of course isn't me but just some guy I met on the train), a rapidshare user who stopped...
View ArticleBy: wierdo
Very easy. There are quite a few Blu-Rays that clock in at over 40GB. Much like PS3 exclusives, which often seem to have their disks packed to the gills, actually. Regardless, there are plenty of...
View ArticleBy: Malor
Not if you're watching in HD, Mitheral. :) 720p usually comes out around 1.4 gigs for the typical 40 minutes of a TV episode, using much stronger compression than what's on, say, a BluRay. And a...
View ArticleBy: Mitheral
salmaciswrites"Is it just me being old,but isn't 1GB still a shitload of data to be downloading in a day?" Massive game downloads aside ya that would be a shit ton of data to be downloading from rapid...
View ArticleBy: 23
Those of you who like transferring files too big for email: ge.tt. (though you should really go with Dropbox or Drive at this point.) The rest of you: ShareBee and Slimrat. On the one hand, online file...
View ArticleBy: radwolf76
Egg Shen: "It will be interesting to see how their "We only facilitate copyright infringement for paying customers" defense plays on Capitol Hill." Oh, I'm sure being a paying customer doesn't insulate...
View ArticleBy: Sys Rq
"Sorry, the web sitefile you are trying to accessdownload has exceeded its allocated data transfer." 1997 called...
View ArticleBy: Sebmojo
Full games are getting into the 20 gig range now, for the really big titles." Max Payne 3 was 35 gig.
View ArticleBy: Rashomon
When I download an old [out of print] album it is far less than 1GB and is often in a zip drive, anyway. So 1GB is plenty for my needs. If I have to pay a bit to get some rare music that I couldn't...
View ArticleBy: Samizdata
Malor: "Samizdata: I am going to have to assume you mean megabytes and not gigabytes. Yeah, demos are usually 750 megs or so, not gigs. Yet. That must have been a typo. Full games are getting into the...
View ArticleBy: Malor
Samizdata: I am going to have to assume you mean megabytes and not gigabytes. Yeah, demos are usually 750 megs or so, not gigs. Yet. That must have been a typo. Full games are getting into the 20 gig...
View ArticleBy: Malor
From Rapidshare's standpoint, if they upgrade to premium, that's additional revenue, and if they move to another service, then Rapidshare can tell regulators that steps were effectively taken to curb...
View ArticleBy: Egg Shen
if they move to another service, then Rapidshare can tell regulators that steps were effectively taken to curb illegal activities on their servers. It will be interesting to see how their "We only...
View ArticleBy: Samizdata
griphus: "Is it just me being old,but isn't 1GB still a shitload of data to be downloading in a day? Depends on what that data is, honestly. I have the most basic sort of cable internet available in my...
View ArticleBy: radwolf76
item: "what this'll mean, please" I would imagine that if the the people who upload the files who supply guy-onna-train's habit want to continue to use rapidshare for free, they will end up spending...
View ArticleBy: Egg Shen
what this'll mean, please When the aspiring downloader clicks the RapidShare link, they'll see a message saying the file's download limit for the day has been reached. If MediaFire's example is any...
View ArticleBy: wierdo
griphus: "Holy shit are pinball tables up to 300MB apiece? Are we talking about Visual Pinball or something else?" With all the HyperPin assets and everything, yes. The tables themselves aren't that...
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I'm a little confused about this 'outbound' thing. Someone help explain what's about to happen to my friend (who of course isn't me but just some guy I met on the train), a rapidshare user who stopped...
View ArticleBy: rmhsinc
pope guilty--your solution is one, of others, that can lead to a restaurant closing--over expansion, inadequate capitalization, new debt, erosion of quality, less flexibility to adapt to new...
View ArticleBy: juv3nal
salmacis: "Is it just me being old,but isn't 1GB still a shitload of data to be downloading in a day?" I don't really use rapidshare, but owning an iphone, in between updates to apps (as far as I know...
View ArticleBy: griphus
Holy shit are pinball tables up to 300MB apiece? Are we talking about Visual Pinball or something else?
View ArticleBy: wierdo
salmacis: "Is it just me being old,but isn't 1GB still a shitload of data to be downloading in a day?" No. It's only like 3 or 4 pinball tables or two thirds of a 43 minute HD multimedia presentation.
View ArticleBy: qxntpqbbbqxl
How do these file exchange companies make any money? I would think the ad and subscription revenue wouldn't cover the cost of bandwidth. I guess I must be wrong. DropBox's revenue is from premium...
View ArticleBy: XMLicious
Is it just me being old,but isn't 1GB still a shitload of data to be downloading in a day? Specifically addressed in regards to Netflix in the link griphus found:The "average subscriber" reportedly...
View ArticleBy: Malor
(Oh, and of course, on gigabit, you can download a gigabyte in 8 or 9 seconds, though session setup and speed ramping will probably make it about 20 seconds minimum)
View ArticleBy: Malor
Not if you live in Kansas City these days. Or Chattanooga -- their fiber is 100Mbit bidirectional for $70/mo... gigabit there costs $300. (250Mbit for $140). So not quite as cool, but you can still...
View ArticleBy: radwolf76
Pope Guilty: ""One plate per customer per day"."Challenge Accepted.Ok,this doesn't actually work for this metaphor.
View ArticleBy: Pope Guilty
Those days are coming sooner than our cable-providers would like. The metaphor I've come up with is that you have a restaurant which is an all-you-can-eat buffet. And it's incredibly popular, and your...
View ArticleBy: Thorzdad
Is it just me being old,but isn't 1GB still a shitload of data to be downloading in a day? Those W1f3yzw0r1d siterips can be huge.
View ArticleBy: Infinite Jest
I think Kim Dotcom's goal (already partially achieved) is to make New Zealand into a "fuck you, America" government. New Zealand governments swing between enthusiastic and genuine support for...
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GTA 12: The Moon, now with lander schematics compatible with most 3D printers!
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"Sorry, the web sitefile you are trying to accessdownload has exceeded its allocated data transfer."
View ArticleBy: blue_beetle
A demo of a relatively graphics-heavy game on Steam, for instance, will run you about 750GB. Those days are coming sooner than our cable-providers would like.
View ArticleBy: Egg Shen
How do they plan to enforce the 1GB cap? Again, the cap is on outbound downloads. They'll certainly know when they've served up 1 GB of of data on a file they're hosting.
View ArticleBy: mullingitover
How do they plan to enforce the 1GB cap? If they're just dropping a cookie, then this is as easy as closing one incognito browser session and opening another...
View ArticleBy: homunculus
Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl, Confiscate Winnie The Pooh Laptop
View ArticleBy: Egg Shen
Here's what Rapidshare shows now: Download not available: File owner's public traffic exhausted.
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Finnish Nine-Year-Old Given Laptop by Mysterious Donors After Police Seize Hers
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