Dropbox Great Space Race! - Earn up to 25gb of free space with your university
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Hey everyone!
Ahh, October. Changing colors, rustling leaves, and problematic problem sets can mean only one thing — yup, It’s definitely school o’clock again. As this school year gets into full swing, we’re on a mission to make your life easier by inviting you to the greatest race for space the world has ever seen (you know, aside from the whole moon thing):
[B][URL="https://www.dropbox.com/spacerace"]The Great Dropbox Space Race![/URL][/B]
So you’re probably shaking in your little space boots and wondering, ‘Okay, great. What’s that?’ Well, Space Race is a chance for you to support your school and compete against other schools for [I]eternal glory[/I] (by [I]eternal glory[/I] we mean up to 25 GB of free Dropbox space for two years).
[B]How it works[/B]
Earn points by referring your classmates, friends, and professors to Dropbox (they just need to sign in with their school email and install Dropbox if they haven’t already), and by getting them to complete the “[URL="https://www.dropbox.com/gs"]Get Started guide[/URL]”. As you and your classmates earn more points, everyone from your school registered for Space Race will get more free space. Cosmic.
[B]The Details[/B]
[B]Rules[/B]
- You must register for Space Race with an eligible school email address (if you have an existing Dropbox account you can still join)!
- If you’ve signed up for Dropbox with a non-school email, no problem! You can verify your school account on the Space Race page.
- Your school gets 1 point for each person who registers for Space Race and installs Dropbox on their computer (if they haven’t already).
- Your school gets 2 more points for each person that goes through the Get Started guide (including you!)
[B]Free Space![/B]
- Just by signing up, you get 3 GB for two years.
- Each level your school achieves means more free space. That means the more classmates and friends you rally to Dropbox, the more space every Space Racer at your school gets, up to 25 GB for two years!
- In addition to earning points, you’ll still get the normal 500 MB bonus for each referral.
- You’ll have 8 weeks to get as many people as you can from your school signed up for Space Race!
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My mailbox is already getting spammed by random people I have never heard of from the uni due to this bullshit.
FUCK it and everyone who bothers me with it.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;38058360]My mailbox is already getting spammed by random people I have never heard of from the uni due to this bullshit.
FUCK it and everyone who bothers me with it.[/QUOTE]
I was trying to find a way to send an email to everyone at my uni, but apparently I have to add each address individually :smithicide:
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;38058390]I was trying to find a way to send an email to everyone at my uni, but apparently I have to add each address individually :smithicide:[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1Nff6jgjo[/media]
[QUOTE]up to 25 GB for two years![/QUOTE]
Eh, I got 25gb on skydrive just for clicking a button and that's permanently linked to my windows live account
plus the integration in office is amazing
Shame that this doesn't seem to work in Finland. Meh, still got 50GB from my S3
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;38058422]Eh, I got 25gb on skydrive just for clicking a button and that's permanently linked to my windows live account
plus the integration in office is amazing[/QUOTE]
But if you add all the free space together
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5483751/Photos/2012-10-16_1443.png[/img]
plus I'm sure they'll do another similar thing within a year.
[editline]16th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=JoonazL;38058442]Shame that this doesn't seem to work in Finland. Meh, still got 50GB from my S3[/QUOTE]
It works in the Netherlands, why wouldn't it work in finland??
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;38058409][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1Nff6jgjo[/media][/QUOTE]
I don't know what's more funny, how useless the invention is, or the fact that they guy sounds like niko
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;38058444]But if you add all the free space together
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5483751/Photos/2012-10-16_1443.png[/img]
plus I'm sure they'll do another similar thing within a year.
[editline]16th October 2012[/editline]
It works in the Netherlands, why wouldn't it work in finland??[/QUOTE]
Yeah but I'm talking about the long lasting of that usage, its saying free 25gb for two years for the winners, so when you say your two years is up, it reducts that usage and now well you can't do shit?
Mind you, I'm pretty jealous of the 75gb of space you have
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;38058473]Yeah but I'm talking about the long lasting of that usage, its saying free 25gb for two years for the winners, so when you say your two years is up, it reducts that usage and now well you can't do shit?
Mind you, I'm pretty jealous of the 75gb of space you have[/QUOTE]
Every school that reaches enough points will get the 25gb for two years. And that was my point, I'm sure before those two years are over, a different event will have taken place in which you'll be granted more free space.
I really don't have a use for cloud storage of more than 1-2 gigs at most until we get cheap cloud storage with sizes comparable to consumer hard drivers (ie 1~2TB)
[QUOTE=koeniginator;38058663]I really don't have a use for cloud storage of more than 1-2 gigs at most until we get cheap cloud storage with sizes comparable to consumer hard drivers (ie 1~2TB)[/QUOTE]
I have 20GB in dropbox due to refferals, and I've used 50% of it. The only reason I don't use it so much is because of my internet connection. Uploading big files at 100KB/s is not fun.
[QUOTE=cdlink14;38058901]I have 20GB in dropbox due to refferals, and I've used 50% of it. The only reason I don't use it so much is because of my internet connection. Uploading big files at 100KB/s is not fun.[/QUOTE]
When I have a lot of shit to upload I just do it at uni :v:
Damn I graduated already :( I could use a little extra Dropbox space.
[QUOTE=Tiersin;38058986]Damn I graduated already :( I could use a little extra Dropbox space.[/QUOTE]
I had access to my old email address like half a year after I switched to a different uni :v:
I'd easily buy the 100GB package if I was able to store files on their servers, without it being stored locally on my PC as well. I have a lot of home videos, and I'd love to be able to upload them online, and then just stream them from the net using any of my devices. I've considered a VPS or similar but I don't see anyway it would be possible without going into some very complex security coding to stop others from getting public access.
Only for two years?
Eh.
Can't you already do this, but it's permanent? I have ~19 gb free on my account.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;38059288]Can't you already do this, but it's permanent? I have ~19 gb free on my account.[/QUOTE]
It stacks.
[editline]16th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=DarkMonkey;38059108]Only for two years?
Eh.[/QUOTE]
Because two years is such a short amount of time?
[QUOTE]Earn points by [B]referring[/B] your classmates...[/QUOTE]
I hate this fad.
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5483751/Photos/2012-10-16_1728.png[/img]
The second place is Dutch as well :v:
[editline]16th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Desuh;38059610]I hate this fad.[/QUOTE]
They want more customers, deal with it.
[QUOTE=Desuh;38059610]I hate this fad.[/QUOTE]
i don't think you understand what a fad is
I already have 50GB on my dropbox (and only use around 2GB).
[QUOTE=Keegs;38059683]I already have 50GB on my dropbox (and only use around 2GB).[/QUOTE]
Did you just refer a shitload of people or were there more of those "Get 'X'GB free" things?
Get 50GB free from the Galaxy S3 thing, wasn't available in the US but I did some guide and it worked, looks like they patched it though because it never worked for my friend.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;38058409][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1Nff6jgjo[/media][/QUOTE]That is some Alan Wake shit right there.
[QUOTE=Bokito;38059701]Did you just refer a shitload of people or were there more of those "Get 'X'GB free" things?[/QUOTE]
You can only refer up to 16gb.
I hope this pressures Google into adding right click context menu grabbing of public links.
[img]http://puu.sh/1fvfp[/img]
aw yea, time to GET OUT THERE
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