personal photo server ?

[(RIP) Kaister]

Is this a good thing or not ?
I think it is - but might have missed s'thing .

http://www.qurio.com/product/index.html


Q: What is the “Big Idea” That Makes Qurio Different?

A: The innovative “Qurio Instant Photo Server.” Qurio uses web technologies to create a photo server that runs right on you own PC. This means you can manage all of your online photo sharing directly from the security of your own PC. There’s no need to use clumsy email attachments or waste time uploading pictures to someone else’s remote website. Simply import pictures into Qurio and send an email invitation. Qurio assigns your PC a unique web address, which guests click on to instantly view your Qurio Online Photo Album.

 

[Fanum]

For showing someone some photos, yes, it's a good idea, but it's obviously no good for say, posting pics here, unless you leave your PC on all the time.

 

[Fanum]

Actually, just been thinking about this again and it's just a fancy front end for something many of us have probably been using for years, like the ICQ shared folder.

If I want to make files (like the GS manual for example) or photographs available to anyone else on another PC, all they have to do is use ICQ, know my number (2152396) and get my authorisation.......they can then browse my 'shared folder, and download anything I've put in it.

I've used it here to give someone an MP3 before, and the manual etc.

 

[richie]

If you are keen why not get some space and a dot com. Cost about 35 notes for 500megabytes per year.

Or get some free space and use freeparking to point your own dot com to it. 30 notes for two years...

Or even combine the two and have multiple dot coms and only one server...

 

[Fanum]

(got one )

 

[richie]

What are you effing on about Bill....

Re Got one...

 

[Paul Young]

This sounds interesting.......

I've got some video files (GS related..... ) & have been trying to figure out how I could share them or make them available for download.

The problem has been their size 23Mb, 43Mb & 72Mb so file hosting gets expensive due to the bandwidth needed.

Suggestions? Would this sort of thing work better than P2P?