Why not do that?

>not sending yourself files over email.

>>20397728
Because it's 2011. There exist better ways to transfer files over the Internets.

Good thread.

>Sending anything other than text through email.

Oh, fuck, you got me.

>>20397747
What is your point?
It's easy and fast to e-mail files to yourself.

Stop being an autistic man child, not everyone has time to play silly games.

I just use my fileserver.
Why wouldn't everybody do this? Setting up a server is neither expensive nor hard, unless you want some enterprise-grade shit.

>>20397747
I'm waiting to hear them.

platform independent
no additional software to install
file in multiple locations for redundancy
Why not?
>11MB file size limit
m'eh

I generally just put shit on megaupload if I want to share it between computers.

>>20397747
lol but if u send dem over the internet, it becums public. if u send it via email only u see it

>>20397800

Uh, usb drives. Small as hell and you would have to be a massive poorfag not to afford one, if several.

It depends on what the file is and where I am. If the machine I'm on has an FTP client installed, I'll upload it to my file server. If it's a picture, I just use photobucket and text files and such, I'll just email them to myself. That is, of course, if I don't have my flash drive with me.
Of course you'd want to go with the superior options first, but they're not always available.

Faster than digging for flash drive.

>>20397869

>$1/gb
>2011

Why the fuck don't you have an sftp server?

My older phone didn't have bluetooth file transfer. So to get photos off, I had to email them to my computer. If I want to read something on my computer later from my ipod touch, I would email myself.

>>20397869
How is plugging in a device, moving a file too it with a much slower transfer time, and then having to bring the psychical device to the other machine, and transfer it over with once again, slow transfer speeds, more effective then simply uploading it to my email quickly, where I can then access it anywhere with an Internet connection??

>>20397920
>psychical device

>>20397920

Oh, that's right, it's not.

[X] Told
[  ] Not told

>>20397920
Just gonna point out, not everywhere has an internet connection. I just use it as a last resort though.

>>20397920

Nigga you just want to argue. Maybe it's faster for you, since you have a server and shit. Not everyone has that, or even good upload speeds, so trying to attach a 20mb file to a damn email (which most accounts have pretty small attachment limits) then send it is retarded. And attaching files to emails is what this thread was originally about.

I use googles gmail as a storage drive. so i guess I am a superposition of sending myself emails and not sending myself emails.

>>20397955

>Put 20mb file on flash drive, 5 seconds.
>Take data to where ever you're going, minutes to hours.

>Send email, takes 20 seconds on a 2mb/s connection.
>Data arrives instantly.

Uh, why not?
It's super easy and fast.

>>20397955
Which is exactly what I'm talking about. If your email won't allow you 20mb of file storage, fucking drop it and get gmail. The only part that's stupid is actually sending it, just save it to your drafts.

>>20397920
if its like a word document its easier to just email it to myself. not by much but it doesn't involve my fat ass moving to get my usb drive.

>>20397975
I don't really see what you mean. If you need it on another computer, you're still going to have to go to the physical computer to download it onto your computer.

>they don't use the Cloud
are you guys cavemen? I thought it was the technology board.

>being pretentious and ass pained over a completely acceptable method of moving data

>>20398033
>he let's everyone see his files

I do this all the time OP, from home to work and from work to home.

It's also great for sending yourself reminders!

>>20398033
>Afraid of textual interfaces
>Terrified of the CLI
>Uses public file storage server

What is wrong with you?

>>20398048
>I can't into privacy settings
and any decent cloud service default to letting only your account access them.

FTP is blocked from work OP.

Hotmail SkyDrive beats everything you mentioned

>>20398044
>completely acceptable
Sure is "I have never administered an email server before" in here.

>>20398080
>he thinks cloud services are actually secure

laughingwhores.flac

>>20397869

lol, that's even slower than just e-mailing the files.

>>20398014
point and laugh as this person has never used ssh/scp

i use ubuntuone
4everalone.jpeg

>>20398069
>still using interfaces from before he was born
>technology

>>20398125
I didn't even imply that. But they're far from public.

>>20398160

You can access the google cloud files by manipulating the URL.

>>20398000

Well, yeah, actually pressing the send button is an unnecessary step. And for smaller files it's fine. I do it myself. Just saying that a flash drive (which is not exactly slow as far as transfer speeds) can be better, especially if you're not guaranteed a good internet connection, for those people that travel between different locations and rely upon their files being instantly retrievable.

>>20398167
Glad I'm not using the google botnet then.

I often email myself pdf files as a way of transferring from the laptop I work on to the mac sitting on my desk directly behind it because I don't have acrobat pro on my laptop yet.

I could use my usba but I hate sticking it in the mac because of all the files and folders it creates on it.

Hey, I know this thread! It's called "Let's watch the OP prove that he's smarter than everyone else".

Oh boy! I'm going to go get popcorn to watch the show.

>>20398157
Are you serious?
Look at the post I was referencing.
There are only two options there.

>>20398182
>Windows Live Skydrive
Oh, that's rich

> not having a flashdrive and dropbox synced at all times

1. Dropbox... (shared folders and so on...)
2. FTP
3. USB --> no internet connection needed (e.g. on vacation)

But e-mail?!, it already needs to be an emergency case then...

WTF is wrong with e-mail?

For anything under 15MB it's just fine.

>>20397718
I e-mail daily server backups to myself.

You mad? - you mad.

>>20398205
>Keep pretending it's ridiculous, doesn't know why

>>20398191
No, you can ssh into the other computer and download it remotely.

seriously the only reason you wouldn't want other people to see your files is if your using it for porn or illegal stuff. Other than that who cares?

>>20398255
0/10

Okay OP, you got me. It's how I quickly move files from my phone to my PC because I am too lazy to get me a cheap Bluetooth dongle, let alone walk upstairs for the USB cable.

>>20398255
1/10 for slight rage

>>20397955
>Not everyone has that, or even good upload speeds, so trying to attach a 20mb file to a damn email (which most accounts have pretty small attachment limits) then send it is retarded.

Even on a shitty 10mbit upload line, 20MB still only takes 16 seconds.

That's like ten image files on 4chan OP. You can't e/mail that much to yourself? Whai?

>>20398255
protip: corporate data.

Some people here actually have jobs.

>>20398252
Between these fucking two options:

>Put 20mb file on flash drive, 5 seconds.
>Take data to where ever you're going, minutes to hours.

>Send email, takes 20 seconds on a 2mb/s connection.
>Data arrives instantly.

You have to go to the remote computer to put the file on the computer you want.
I'm not saying there are only two options; I use sshfs myself, it's just that both of those suggest using an email service that requires you to be at the remote host. I think. Unless you have some kind of mail server then just fuck you.

>>20398320
Oh, I see what you mean, my mistake.

>>20398319
USB is software disabled on all computers here at work. It's probably some weird group policy setting.
So USB is not an option.

The Co. wants to know what you are sending where.

In fact, setting e-mail to auto-forward to a non-company account is a permaban from work (aka insta-firing!).

>>20398339
Don't worry, I like to interject for a moment too.

I always have Outlook running anyway, so pop up a new message window, drag-n-drop the file into it, type in my other address and hit send. Done.