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Not just deprecated, but deleted: Google finally strips File Transfer Protocol code from Chrome browser (FTP is dead)
The Register ^ | Oct 20, 2021 | Richard Speed

Posted on 10/20/2021 9:34:06 PM PDT by dayglored

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To: eyedigress; dayglored

If you still have a computer with a CD ROM (or blueray etc) you can rip them to MP3 and stream them to a more modern car stereo or aux input. Sheesh I remember spending 100s of hours burning my CDs to MP3. Now I have no idea where my CDs are even stored. Maybe I gave them away.

Just got myself a new (very used, but new to me). Runs great. But not even bluetooth. CD changer in the trunk. Very 1999 tech. I am searching for a low cost method to convert it to bluetooth. There is one dash mount thingy that broadcasts into one of the radio channels and mirrors to a phone.


21 posted on 10/20/2021 10:28:46 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: dayglored

I used to build computers for a major manufacturer and learned that the chipset for WIN98 was obsolete.

Our company programs all worked on that platform.

I searched high and low to get those MB’s. I had 6 waiting by the time I left. I also bought all of the HD’s that match.

I copied each HD drive on the floor, maybe 6 stations. That transfer box was about 900 bucks.

HD failure on the floor had me down to about 2 hrs.

Good Times! :^)


22 posted on 10/20/2021 10:30:50 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: dayglored

It has USB ports. I’m Lazy.


23 posted on 10/20/2021 10:33:42 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: Angelino97; dayglored
Bring back Gopher!


24 posted on 10/20/2021 10:35:20 PM PDT by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force)
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To: dayglored

1) It’s true that FTP should be avoided.

2) The presence or absence of FTP in a specific program has nothing to do with whether or not the protocol itself is dead.


25 posted on 10/20/2021 10:52:17 PM PDT by TennesseeProfessor
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To: TennesseeProfessor

Would someone tell me what the heck what you just said? I can’t get that damned Microsoft Chronic out of my Internet Explorer system. Bring back Windows 7 then get the bell away from my computer. W7 worked very well and so does I.E..


26 posted on 10/20/2021 10:59:48 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: dayglored

mIRC!


27 posted on 10/20/2021 11:21:27 PM PDT by Bikkuri ("Anyone who trusts this government hasn't been paying attention." <Hat tip to DJ Macwow>)
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Well, I still use FTP a couple of times a week.

Does what I need it to do, and I don’t have to waste time and energy learning how to use something else.


28 posted on 10/20/2021 11:21:57 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: dayglored

What about Archie?


29 posted on 10/20/2021 11:33:15 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I still use Windows 7. Never made the upgrade. I’m thinking my next computer should be a Linux Mint Cinnamon.


30 posted on 10/20/2021 11:56:01 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: dayglored

Oh wow, bring back memories.

Early internet protocols telnet, ftp, usenet, gopher, even remember using the finger daemon and messing with people in chats by telling them real names. lol


31 posted on 10/21/2021 12:10:51 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: markomalley

I think the last time I used Gopher was, I don’t know, 1997?


32 posted on 10/21/2021 1:12:59 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: monkeyshine; eyedigress; dayglored

There was a lifeguard at the pool I rehab at in his early 20s.

I gave him a CD of my latest musical efforts. A few weeks later I asked him if he ever listened to it.

His response was that he thought he had a CD player somewhere in his basement but he couldn’t find it.

I’ve got a Parasound C/DP 1000 with the outboard DAC & while it’s 27 years old now and acting more than a little cranky and quirky sometimes, (just like me), it was built like a tank and still sounds wonderful.

I can also up-res my files to 24 bit/192k sample rate but only take the time to do it for my favorites. Even just converting mp3 to .wav makes a difference on a good system.

You should be able to pick up a Bluetooth adapter for your car at just about anyplace from Best Buy to WallyWorld or your local car stereo installer. Good luck.


33 posted on 10/21/2021 1:48:44 AM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
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34 posted on 10/21/2021 3:09:47 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: dayglored
TFTP doesn't even have the pretense of authentication available, just connect to the server and it gives you the file.

TFTP is typically used for PXE booting. I still use it for HPC clusters to re-image nodes from the head nodes.

35 posted on 10/21/2021 3:13:13 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: dayglored

Can a Freeper Tech translate from Dolphin to English, please.

I am a Freeper beancounter. I am not sure how this FTP change impacts my life


36 posted on 10/21/2021 4:04:04 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: dayglored

I can assure you that reports of FTP’s demise are premature. FTP is alive and well across much of the public Internet. It may not be available as a browser utility, but it’s still very much in use.


37 posted on 10/21/2021 4:13:25 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: dayglored

I didn’t even know Chrome had an FTP, not that it matters. Before I retired, I used one a lot, but it was managed by my employer and probably pre-Chrome.


38 posted on 10/21/2021 4:37:12 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty. Don't forget his cohort)
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To: dayglored

FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol


39 posted on 10/21/2021 5:19:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: monkeyshine

You can get an external CD drive with a USB connector for modern machines.


40 posted on 10/21/2021 5:25:13 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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