Paul12345534

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by Paul12345534 12y ago
This isn't exactly a graceful shutdown. The majority of their files were already deleted in the past on very short notice. I have no idea who still used or trusted their service.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
Rapidshare shafted their paid users long ago (announcing the deletion of files on short notice) then they came back with a business model that was not exactly well thought-out.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I see there's a few downvotes, no worries. What private company is going to be here in 200 years? in 300? I know the NSA-hate is strong here but it's not like you'd have to add the most personal information. Perhaps someone l
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I wish the US govt. would sponsor something for citizens to store a bit about themselves and their family indefinitely. Even 20MB or 30MB per person, which seems modest and feasible, would allow people to pick a few of their most important
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
One of my Filipino friends was doing this sort of work. She did it well and got paid well but she finally quit over ethical concerns. I would find it incredibly entertaining if customer records ever leaked ;) although there'd be no way
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
Once upon a time when I was first learning to program, I wrote a Python script to download them from bartleby.com and make them into nice CHM files :) some good stuff
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I like Cebu City but the internet is not always as stable as what you might find in the US.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I could see this being used in repressive countries to find devices or memory cards full of e-books and learning materials.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
As soon as they have the budget, they'll be watching you ;) For the meantime, dozens of foreign intelligence services are probably picking up the slack.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
Agreed, 3-6 months notice is fine. This is not a classy way for them to address the issue.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I understand people need to make business decisions but short notice on something like this isn't exactly a classy move.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I love the Wayback Machine, I wish they'd archive all pages though even those that don't wish to be archived.... keeping them away from public view until copyrights expire someday.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I would love to see it live on with no new unneeded features, no changes made unless they are to fix bugs. Keep a stable long-term product and get as many people as possible looking over that code for flaws.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
You couldn't pay me enough to give up Visual Studio
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I think my other comment got lost. I use OneNote and UltraRecall now. I used to use Macropool ContentSaver (now known as WebRecall) and gladly bought a license, but I didn't upgrade when their browser extensions quit working in newer b
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I used to use KeyNote also but I didn't really care for the underlying RTF storage format especially when it came to images... and the program had some other limitations. http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
I've had the opposite experience with Crashplan. Their software does take a lot of RAM though. I'm happily storing 3TB on their servers for $5 a month (yearly). I don't think that's such a bad deal.
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by Paul12345534 12y ago
No dangerous "dongle" jokes this year I hope ;)
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
When I made this comment, the headline was worded differently.
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
His biggest issue is he didn't have a CD reader? A basic USB DVD reader is cheap and sometimes quite handy. To say you lost your documents implies a lack of effort. If they were THAT important, you would get them. As far as proprietary
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
One reason I picked Crashplan (same price, $60 a year) over Backblaze (this might not apply to most people) is that Crashplan doesn't remove your deleted files if you use the option. That allowed me to backup several hundred DVDs of da
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
Google Drive has an API but it's certainly not meant for S3 use-cases serving content on websites :) https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/ When you talk about Glacier, you must remember there
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
Flickr is also limited to jpeg photos only ;) and I'd trust Google for safety of my data (not necessarily privacy) for more than a crummy hosting provider.
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
Quite happy paying for Crashplan at the moment but Google Drive has the allure of instant access to files with a nice API... no heavy desktop client.... complete control how you access them.... I have 4-5TB total between my photography and
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
Popehat
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
It's just as easy to pay a monthly fee for Netflix, etc.... than it is to pay for a VPN (and properly use it, a small mistake outs your IP) to avoid being sued for torrenting. Now... back in the Megaupload's heyday, things were a
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
There's a lot of people who still suffer with bandwidth caps. I have 3TB stored on Crashplan but I still get nervous about that. Companies have disasters or go out of business all the time.... I'm considering moving to bluray + ba
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
Pretty happy with Crashplan but I might sign up for this also just to have some storage I can access via an API. Crashplan only works with their client and their client isn't exactly lightweight to leave running 24/7.
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
Unrelated to the robbery part, but if anyone is trying to escape the unrest in Thailand, the Philippines is a pretty cheap place to stay for a short period. Most people know English. I would opt for Cebu City over Manila but that's jus
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by Paul12345534 13y ago
ugghh, typing before morning coffee, I meant age large age gap hahahha

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