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xkcd comic: [Cueball stands near a computer, talking on the phone to another person.] Cueball: You want your cousin to send you a file? easy. He can email it to- ...Oh, it's 25 MB? Hmm... Cueball: Do either of you have an FTP server? No, right. Cueball: If you had web hosting, you could upload it... Cueball: Hm. We could try one of those MegaShareUpload sites, but they're flaky and full of delays and porn popups. Cueball: How about AIM Direct Connect? Anyone still use that? Cueball: Oh, wait, Dropbox! It's this recent startup from a few years back that syncs folders between computers. You just need to make an account, install the- Cueball: Oh, he just drove over to your house with a USB drive? Cueball: Uh, cool, that works too. [Caption below the panel:] I like how we've had the internet for decades, yet "sending files" is something early adopters are still figuring out how to do. Title text: Every time you email a file to yourself so you can pull it up on your friend's laptop, Tim Berners-Lee sheds a single tear.