Topic 3 of 40: ftp
Sun, Sep 22, 1996 (15:25) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
FTP stands for file transfers protocol. Obscure stuff you say? Not if
you want to build a web page. FTP lets you send files from your local
computer to a remote unix server, such as the files that make up your web
page. It also let's you transfer files from the webserver to your local
system. We'll talk about how to use ftp and what programs to get for
doing ftp in this topic.
8 responses total.
Topic 3 of 40 [internet]: ftp
Response 1 of 8: Joe Pedrosa (casino) * Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (13:57) * 2 lines
Well Terry, I'm not sure whethter I'm supposed to post my question in this "Response" box or whether I'm supposed to submit it via e-mail to you? However, here it is nonetheless : I have the registered version of WS_FTP Pro, v.4.04, (patch applied to v.4.02), and when I install the latest beta, v.4.10, 96.11.18, the installation reports that my beta will expire in 30 some odd days. Do you know what will happen on the expiration day? Will I be stuck with nag screens, or perhaps the program will cease to fu
ction, who knows? Anyone?
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Response 2 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (16:23) * 2 lines
The best place to ask would be in the WS-FTP topic in the apps conference.
Post it there and I'll try and get someone in the know to answer your question. OK?
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Response 3 of 8: Joe Pedrosa (casino) * Fri, Jan 3, 1997 (13:46) * 1 lines
Nevermind and thanks anyway, Ipswitch posted their v.412 Release shareware and then the WS_FTP Pro v.1.2 upgrade patch a day later, and all is d/l'd and patched and well now.
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Response 4 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (23:30) * 40 lines
A question came via email today that I didn't
at first understand.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Curry [mailto:ccurry@poet.com]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 1998 7:04 PM
To: terry@www.spring.com
Subject: text to avatar
Terry,
Do you know of a product and/or company that does text to avatar
translation? We're building an NT-based content management demo and we want
to include this feature.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
CKC
Carol Kay Curry
VP Marketing
POET Software
(650) 286-4640
ccurry@poet.com
But when I asked around and found out this:
I don't know if this fits the bill, but there used to be a
ventured-backed startup called nFX out of the MIT Media Lab that did
something that could be construed to be "text-to-avatar" stuff. They had
a technology that allowed an animator to create a "template" for a
cartoon character by feeding the system several line drawings of it in
various positions and specifying areas of it as nose, eyes, etc. Once you
did that, then it would automatically generate animations based on
textual commands (literally stage directions: "walk three steps to the
left"). Had wonderful potential for the web, as the textual commands were
very low bandwidth and pretty comprehensive.
It seems is still alive.
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Response 5 of 8: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (17:05) * 1 lines
I use CuteFTP which is a mercifully easy and lightning quick program my son recommended to me. I had to have help setting it up - which was kindly and patiently provided. Since then it is a joy to use and makes me look very good to those who do not have the capability.
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Response 6 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (19:48) * 6 lines
It's good. I use ws ftp out of habit, but Bulletproof ftp rocks, it's the
UPS of ftp programs.
Always gets your stuff.
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Response 7 of 8: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (20:33) * 1 lines
So far, CuteFTP has, as well, but I will save this to file in the event it lets me down - then I upgrade to Bulletproof (I take no prisoners!)
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Response 8 of 8: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Dec 1, 1999 (18:22) * 6 lines
Not sure where to put this but it is important enough to put here as it is an FTP site for the Gutenberg Project. Don't know what that is? Check it out!
ftp://archive.org/pub/etext/etext90/GUTINDEX.ALL
Or the main page of the Project to put every extant book on the internet for free access (FTP the text to your hard drive)
http://promo.net/pg
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