I’ve been using FTP (that stands for File Transfer Protocol) for a long time. It’s been around since before there was a World Wide Web, back when the Internet was text-only and computer monitors were monochrome and gave you retinal sunburn if you stayed up all night using BITNET Relay to talk to your fellow geeks. (I was a Classics major, but I’ve been online since 1985, and I have my freshman … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-7-03: FTP, Labels, & Mac Backups
Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends: I've been shifting files from my ancient Mac PowerBook over to my new(ish) Windows XP machine in order to put them onto ZIP disks and be able to take the PowerBook (still completely functional apart from a damaged floppy drive) to the computer recycling people. In the course of going over these files, I came across something that might interest … [Read more...]
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