Re: Tech-man.com New FTP Server

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter wrote:
> On 04:29  31 Mar 2009, Jim wrote:
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>> On Mar 30, 2:51�pm, alarminst...@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> On Mar 30, 1:37 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> On Mar 30, 8:37 am, and...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew Gabriel)
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> In article <YJRzl.2412$Jm4....@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>> Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>>> We now have a dedicated FTP server.
>>>>>> ftp://x:y...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ (using web browser)
>>>>>> ftp://173.65.45.110:21/user:x pass: y (using FTP program)
>>>>>> Anyone wishing to upload manuals can do so at anytime. If you
>>>>>> wish
>> a
>>>>>> private ftp folder, contact me and I will do it for you.
>>>>> More than happy to upload manuals (particularly ones that have
>>>>> in the past been publically available), but not so someone else
>>>>> can then charge people to download them.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andrew Gabriel
>>>>> [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]
>>>> So .............. lemmie get this straight.
>>>> If you needed a manual and it was conveniently available at Jim's
>>>> web site and you didn't have to go searching for it, or you
>>>> couldn't get it anyplace but at Jims web site, ..... you wouldn't
>>>> pay him for it because someone gave it to him at no cost.
>>>> Oh .... OK ...... Now I get it.<
>>> Hey glad you understand the concept of paying for a service on the
>>> internet-
>> Apparently it's a quantum leap for some people.
>
> It may be academic because as soon as someonehas paid for it they post
> it for free everywhere.

Not at all. The problem with computers is they eventually fail. Since
many people never backup their data, or their laptop gets lost or
stolen, they at least know where they can get those manuals over and
over again.

Jim Rojas