Child of a Metal God

Actually, I thought that too, but I find I use mine quite a lot for exactly that — samba is a morass of permissions issues and firewall mucking, especially when you need data to move securely, IM networks are unreliable, and everything else requires a server you both share access to.  It's really useful for ad-hoc document handoffs, etc., and can actually be faster than a network anyway &mbdash; handing someone sitting next to you a token beats waiting for flaky wireless networks hands down.