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nick_peoples
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10/12/2009
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21st January, 2011 at 02:00:10 -
Hey,
For the update service for Gurglefight, I'm looking for a file hosting service. Ive been searching for a while, and i cant seem to find a right one.
It needs:
Unlimited file transfer
A direct link to the download file
Needs to be free (I'm cheap  )
other than that, that's all i need. I really don't care for size limit (I'm only uploading 1 file under 10 MB) and speed.
Any suggestions? Is there a different option rather than using a file hosting site? (I'm using the download object to download the file)
thanks for your help,
nick
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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06/11/2004
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21st January, 2011 at 02:45:02 -
Windows Live Skydrive.
It's by far the best file host - 25GB storage, no bandwidth limit, no ads, hot-linking works (incl. with the download extension), files are never deleted, great interface, ultra-reliable...
And if you don't have a hotmail account, that's your problem - don't bother whining about it or asking for other hosts, because you won't find another one as good 
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Sumo148
Super amazing fantastic user
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26/01/2009
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21st January, 2011 at 02:47:36 -
you can try dropbox. Practically you download it and it adds a special folder on your computer. Anything you put in that folder can be linked by right clicking it and selecting "dropbox > public link". Then you share that link and anyone can download it and your files will never get deleted (unless you delete them)
Right now I have 2.25 gig's free. Plenty enough at the moment  And if you use this link to download it, then we both get an extra 250 mb of storage space
http://db.tt/GkH118s
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HorrendousGames
Sourpuss
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31/10/2009
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21st January, 2011 at 04:01:25 -
I used both of those, while skydrive was nice, you can only upload a max of 50 megs at a time, and if you've got a file thats 51 megs, you're out of luck.
Dropbox is definitely awesome and convenient. I would've posted a link to mine if Sumo didn't post his first.
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That Really Hot Chick
now on the Xbox Live Marketplace!
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/That-Really-Hot-Chick/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258550942
http://www.create-games.com/project.asp?view=main&id=2160
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nick_peoples
Registered
10/12/2009
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173
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21st January, 2011 at 12:49:43 -
Thanks for your help everyone 
I really like the idea of the drop box, do you know if that provides you with a direct link to the file?
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nick_peoples
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10/12/2009
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21st January, 2011 at 12:57:36 -
nevermind, i got it to work!
This is really cool!
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Sumo148
Super amazing fantastic user
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26/01/2009
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21st January, 2011 at 21:27:58 -
yay! Glad you like it 
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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06/11/2004
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22nd January, 2011 at 13:13:21 -
I'm looking at Dogzer's project page, and I just see a whole lot of "Could not load httpl.dropbox.com..."
And if you download "Skydrive Explorer", it also makes your skydrive appear as a drive in windows explorer, so you can just drag and drop files.
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Sumo148
Super amazing fantastic user
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26/01/2009
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22nd January, 2011 at 14:28:10 -
thats because he probably deleted those files, so the url cant find the photos
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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06/11/2004
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22nd January, 2011 at 15:13:09 -
Every time I reload the page, I get different images appear, but it never manages to load all of them.
I'm guessing it's a page timeout problem, caused by Dropbox being too slow...
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Sumo148
Super amazing fantastic user
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26/01/2009
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22nd January, 2011 at 23:36:41 -
which project page? I've never seen this happen before, I want to see
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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06/11/2004
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22nd January, 2011 at 23:50:39 -
It was the "Hover Racer" project page - seems to be working again now though.
EDIT: Spoke too soon - getting more missing images again...
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HorrendousGames
Sourpuss
Registered
31/10/2009
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23rd January, 2011 at 02:32:41 -
Perhaps it's a browser issue. I know when I use opera, images won't show up a lot of times, regardless if they are able to load or not.
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That Really Hot Chick
now on the Xbox Live Marketplace!
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/That-Really-Hot-Chick/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258550942
http://www.create-games.com/project.asp?view=main&id=2160
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OMC
What a goofball
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21/05/2007
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23rd January, 2011 at 02:59:49 -
They're loading for me Sketchy. O_o
Nick! One of those fine services seems to be working for you, but I'd recommend picking up a free account at some webhost like http://webs.com just to give it a try. A direct link like nickpeoples.webs.com/file.exe is a lot prettier (not to mention easier to work with) than a string of gobbledegook for a service like dropbox or skydrive.
Though I guess if you've got it working, there's no need!
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
Registered
06/11/2004
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1971
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23rd January, 2011 at 03:21:58 -
It's intermittent, and not a browser issue - possibly depends on traffic or something.
Anyway, use whatever you like, as long as it's not imageshack, which I hate with a passion.
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