On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 06:49:03 +1000, Echy <acuhcewrongone@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>Derek wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:14:13 +1000, Echy <acuhcewrongone@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> [..]
>> 
>>>The file is on the way to you - 5.6 MB  
>> 
>> I've got it, and it's exactly what I've been looking 
>> for. Thanks very much for finding and sending it 
>> so quickly.
>> 
>>>- via YouSendIt. 
>> 
>> Yes, I've made a note of that site; it looks very 
>> useful. I'll go back to it later and see what the 
>> maximum file size is that they'll send and how 
>> long they're prepared to store them.
>> 
>>>Hope it is helpful. 
>>>Post back if you have success or not with you're 
>>>problem. 
>> 
>> I will, whether I manage to fix it or not. The most
>> annoying thing is that it packed up literally days 
>> after the warranty ran out, and I bought the damn 
>> thing brand new for cash for over £1600. I still use 
>> it from time to time in conjunction with my PC via 
>> a Belkin KVM switch, but I'm desperate to get it 
>> fixed now that I'm wifi'd up and want to just use 
>> my PC as a grunt for overnight downloading; that
>> sort of thing.
>> 
>>>Regards
>>>Echy
>>>
>>>P.S. What part of the world are you in?
>> 
>> I'm from England: Eastbourne, to be precise, so do
>> drop me a note if you're ever planning a trip to this
>> part of the World and want a guided tour of the 
>> local chip shops in my area.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Derek.
>
>Hello again Derek
>
>Glad it got to you safely and it looks likely to be helpful. 

It's been a great help. I wouldn't be sitting here 
looking at the circuit board if it wasn't for your 
help and that manual.

>Bad luck to 
>get the problem so soon out of warranty!

Amazing bad luck, if you want my opinion. I could
hardly believe it when it happened, and I took such 
good care of it as well. I've a friend who treats his
laptop like shit, with stickers here and there and he
never cleans it, but it still works like a brand new
machine after three battered years. I'll do my best
to hide the smirk when it does eventually go wrong,
which shouldn't be long now.

>YouSendIt has a 1 GB limit and they hold transferred data for seven days.

Which is more than enough for most .avi files, and
sends them without revealing the sender's address, 
but the drawbacks are as follows.

  [Note: Don't close this page or browse away while 
   the YouSendIt progress bar is being displayed 
   above. You'll see a confirmation screen when your 
   file has been successfully sent. Keep in mind that 
   a one megabyte (1MB) file can take 1 to 5 minutes 
   to send depending on your connection speed.]

Still, nevertheless, it's perfect for exchanging DVD
to .avi rips if you don't mind the wait while not being
able to come away from the page and browse. Ta
for that as well. 

>Mmmmmmm  chips ........ my kind of health food.
>
>...... although I wouldn't want to spoil my male model-like figure! 
>............

Still, driving through town with the scent of chip fat
and hot vinegar in the air makes any taxi run for the
wife or kids worth the while.

>  We don't have web cams working do we?

No, I'm afraid we haven't got round to that.

>Regards
>Echy