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Google Docs To Host Any File Type

Posted by kdawson on from the not-the-g-drive dept.

ezabi writes "According to a post on the official Google blog, in the coming weeks Google Docs will offer to host all file types with a limit of 250 MB, which as they say is larger than the current limit for email attachments. This will have its consequences: paid file sharing will die, more shared pirated material, newer vulnerabilities and malware distribution channels..."

6 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. This will also enable terrorists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before evil google did this evil thing, terrorists were forced to use rar to chunk their nefarious plans into sizes small enough for email attachments, or use horrible file sharing services like rapidshare which only makes them hate the west even more. Now their plans for global sharia will be made easier thanks to their malevolent brothers-in-arms over at google.

    I hope those evil doers over at live workspace don't read this news because sharepoint is an even eviler tool for pirates and malware authors and satan himself.

  2. Re:About split by mweather · · Score: 4, Funny

    You must work for a hard drive manufacturer.
    Here's the correct way to do it:
    tar -zc bigfile | split -a 5 -b 262144000 -

  3. Re:Will these be all public too? by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your software was stolen? Are you sure you didn't just misplace it? Scan your drives again to make sure it's really gone.

    Once I found some stolen software and downloaded it so I could burn it on a CD and return it to its owner. He wasn't interested, for some reason. I even offered to mail it to him. I don't think he had bought new software, either, so I guess he just didn't need it anymore. People are confusing when it comes to stolen software.

  4. Re:Will these be all public too? by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 2, Funny

    I get your point, but did you have to use the most annoying textual construct of the modern internet era to do so?

    It would only be worse if you did one of those snarky parenthetical explanations (read: this shit.)

  5. Wait... by symbolset · · Score: 2, Funny

    They sell movies? When did that start? Next you'll be saying they say they sell music. The very idea is ridiculous. Who would pay for that?

    --
    Help stamp out iliturcy.
  6. Re:SDF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, I only get that kind of notice when people rape the English language with sarcasm. Feel free to post a meaningless semantic argument about how what you did isn't actually equivalent to rape, but I'd hate to see you molesting any other languages. We'll have to keep you away from the newer constructed languages especially. They're underage.