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Jon, I use it every day to link my home computer and my office computer. I put files in a folder on my office computer and it sychronizes the folders across both computers. I think it works really well.
Microsoft just bought it, so use it while it is still free.
Have you heard of anyone getting an "Assertion Error" when it tries to go to the web page to log in to your account? That just happened to my friend, although we haven't tried to share anything yet (and I haven't even installed it at my end yet).
wow. no. ask your friend to try another web browser.
Have you heard of anyone getting an "Assertion Error" when it tries to go to the web page to log in to your account?
An assertion is a programming tool where essentially the programmer is saying, "I expect things to be like this at this point - if they're not, let me know." So it's not really an error in the usual sense, but it does mean that the program did something (had some result, etc.) that was not expected or the programmer thought should not happen.
Anyone besides me having trouble getting into gmail today? Google itself works fine, as do all other URLs.
It's fine for me.
weird. Rebooted my computer, router and cable modem.
I've tried with multiple browsers (Firefox IE Opera).
Well, google and gmail have multiple sites, so depending on where you're located you might be hitting a different server than I am.
Movie, music or game with your Big Mac, sir? That’s what The Walt Disney Company in Hollywood has in mind. Patents filed by Disney reveal plans to drip-feed entertainment into a portable player while the owner eats in a restaurant.
You only get the full programme by coming back to the restaurant a number of times to collect all the instalments. McDonalds could use the system instead of giving out toys with Happy Meals, suggests Disney’s patent.
Portable players and modern cellphones store entertainment files in memory cards. They often have built-in Bluetooth or WiFi, too, for wireless downloading. Big files, such as a movie, take a long time to capture, so Disney will break the file into several segments that can be downloaded separately and spliced together by the player.
When the owner buys a meal they get an electronic code that authorises a partial download. If the file is in five parts there is a strong incentive to come back for four more meals.
That could be crack, if well managed.