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This and that...
I had loads of fun (not!) trying to download a 350 MB zip file of all the files in my hosting account directory. I must've tried a dozen times, and each time, things went well for about the first hundred megs, after which the process sort of trailed off into nothingness.
Changing browsers did not help.
Once, I got almost entirely through the download, only to have it die at the 99% level.
Fortunately, a bit of quick thinking (and Filezilla) allowed me to move the file to a directory I could get at via ftp.
All of the issued having to do with IP addresses appear to have been solved, and I even got a refund for an IP address "rental" that I really didn't need.
* * * I thought I was a pretty advanced org-mode user until I stumbled across just how easy it is to keep a personal journal of "who did what to whom, on what day, and for what amount." I now do this in parallel with my org-mode to-do list, and it's pretty powerful.
I suspect that trying to teach anyone how to go about doing this would encounter resistance, unless said student was already something of a fan of emacs (or had few compunctions about learning how to use that venerable editor).
Time to go get ready for the last tai chi workout of the year...
Changing browsers did not help.
Once, I got almost entirely through the download, only to have it die at the 99% level.
Fortunately, a bit of quick thinking (and Filezilla) allowed me to move the file to a directory I could get at via ftp.
All of the issued having to do with IP addresses appear to have been solved, and I even got a refund for an IP address "rental" that I really didn't need.
I suspect that trying to teach anyone how to go about doing this would encounter resistance, unless said student was already something of a fan of emacs (or had few compunctions about learning how to use that venerable editor).
Time to go get ready for the last tai chi workout of the year...