Software problems
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"Software problem" doesn't always refer to something "bad" about software -- it just means a problem that can be solved and either already has or needs to be. Perhaps the negative-connotation-having problems should be moved off into their own subcategory, Software bugs, the "feature-oriented" problems should be moved to Software features, and have only the leftovers remain in this category...
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[edit] Username/account/password overload
[edit] Don't even know if I have an account there or not
This is a direct side effect of having too many accounts to remember them all.
Sure, it's nice that most sites will have a "forgot my password" link/form. But that still requires you to know something about the account you (may or may not have) previously registered. Your username, perhaps, or "at least" your e-mail address.
Yeah, well, that's easy for some people. For those of us with very many e-mail addresses, sometimes it's not even possible to remember which e-mail address we entered when we registered on that site (again, if we even registered on that site at all...).
The best solution, I suppose, is prevention: keep track of your accounts so that this isn't a problem for you.
But what if you accidentally create a new account when you already have one? Hmm, that sounds like a separate problem in its own right...!
[edit] Solution: OpenID?
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[edit] People e-mailing photos to each other
Photos are too big to be e-mailing around and/or saving on an e-mail server (in case you forget to detach the attachments/delete the message).
And it's a pain to detach files, save attachments to appropriate spots.
The batches people send are too small and there's not enough control over resolution, etc. I usually prefer high-res. Don't send me a tiny, shrunk-down version.
Don't waste your time e-mailing individual photos to individual people; instead, use that time to label and organize your photo collection. Then just share the whole collection and let people download what they want.
Prefer the pull model over the push model.
[edit] [GMail (category)]: Illegal Attachment Causes Bounced Messages when Sending EXE file
Solution
http://www.tech-recipes.com/google_tips948.html:
Certain files are not allowed to be sent through gmail. Here is how to get through this restriction.
Google has blocked the sending of certain types of files through gmail that have high abuse potential. This will be noticed mainly when uses try to send executable files such as *.exe files or archive files (*.zip) containing executable files.
If you try, your email will bounce and you will receive an error like this:
<xxxxxxxx@gmail.com>: host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[64.233.xxx.xx] said: 552
5.7.0 Illegal Attachment 38si976657nzk
If you need to do this anyway, you just need to rename your file to something that is not blocked. I typically rename everything to *.bak. [I rename .zip to .zipo or something so the original extension is obvious.]
[edit] Is remote desktop a good thing?
In other words is it the [best solution (category)] to the problem of accessing data remotely?
[edit] Instances
Windows built-in remote desktop, VNC, GoToMyPC
[edit] Concerns
Low security.
One only needs to know your IP address and password and then he has total control of your computer. Scary.
One has much higher security if one simply disables remote desktop altogether (or blocks the port(s)).
[edit] Alternatives
- ssh
- Sharing files (via a FTP server, Subversion server, etc.) but not an entire desktop connection?
None of these alternatives is as flexible as remote desktop.
[edit] Advantages
Can access one's home e-mail account (read e-mail, send messages) from work (or anywhere), without having to set up your remote e-mail client to use your home e-mail settings- ...
