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We work using remote desktop (Germany <-> Asia) and it goes pretty well.
For many small files is good enough. For big files is a PITA though.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Have you considered using Dropbox or one of the other "cloud" drives? They keep the content synchronized pretty continuously.
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Second option in the original post.
The server has an inbuilt "dropbox" like software that allow that.
Thank you!
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RDP is an excellent tool BUT if you decide to allow the remote working then have an FTP Server (I use FileZilla) at the hosting end and use something like "winscp" to feed the modified files back
winscp runs a sync across the ftp protocol and therefore only transfer modified files and can be run multiple times to make sure that transfers aborted due to PC restarts get completed
you can run over ssl/tls and providing you have decent usernames and passwords then it would be reasonably secure
for added/alternative security factor in a VPN
FileZilla would also allow you to set different transfer rates for different times of day so that the DSL wouldn't be maxed out at busy times
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I'll have to look for the VPN thing (which sounds good when it increases security), but, the RDP (VNC, TeamViewer, the one that comes with windows...)... will help a lot and then, no files need to be stored into the remote computer as everything will stay in the server always...
Thank you!
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Step 1. Calculate how many floppy disks you will need...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 
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So you got the nostalgic nightmare I was aiming for! Sorry... really!  
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If they're not tech savvy, then they're probably using windows (you didn't say), so I'd suggest OneDrive if the files have to available locally to the user. With that, the files are locally cached and automatically synced to the cloud as they are changed. Just don't let the user put files elsewhere on their system, so maybe move all the microsoft directories to it. You'll get all their personal crap too, but hey, they're getting free backups of their person stuff, so they shouldn't complain.
If the files don't need to be local with the user, then I agree with others -- have them remote desktop into a system at the company. That way you limit their person stuff, and you get to control what's installed on that machine, when (if) its virus checked, etc.
If they're using a fruit, then you'll have to find an equivalent for that OS.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Nah, the remote option will do it...
Even the onedrive, google drive... options are there, there's too much data and it will be much easier to handle it by remoting.
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I'd be impressed if an unsavvy user managed to touch 3 GB worth of files faster than it could be backed up.
If they will alter 3 GB worth of files every day, and you need them backed up every night, and they can turn off their computer, then there really isn't any choice -- the files have to live on a server you control at your company or you won't reliably have backups of them.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Non tech-savvy people have strange super powers that grant them the ability to destroy everything in seconds...
You know... like leaving a bottle of tequila on the backspace key of a computer... 
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True. And there's far better places for that bottle of Tequila, like filling our glasses, something a lot of non tech-savvy people do seem to understand 
Good luck with the backup strategy for that user. Something tells me you're going to need it.. or a lot of that said Tequila
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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It's a good suggestion, but given there will be only two positions... all the sending/receiving would be done between two computers so the p2p magic would be reduced to a kind of dropbox... and this solution is already in the server the company has.
Thank you!
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If I remember right CG used to always bitch about Quantas, looks like things haven't changed.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Too much suing. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I'm split on this one. I mostly agree with you. But, there is a reasonable expectation that parts of the plane won't fall apart in flight and injure you. For Pete's sake, the thing could have come loose during take-off or landing and smacked someone in the head...
After reading the article however... When the parent says 'The entertainment unit kept falling down, and to entertain a two-year-old you have to try to keep that TV up' then clearly the parents are to blame as well. Falls once? Maybe it wasn't fastened in securely... Put it back up, carry on. Second time it falls? Seriously, don't risk your kid's safety. Switch seats, notify an attendant... Anything except put it back up and act like everything's going to be alright.
The airline is negligent in this case, sure, but $200k for a situation the parents could have easily avoided? That's just ridiculous. Pay for any hospital fees and post-op care and call it even. Parents need to learn their lesson on this one.
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Kyle Moyer wrote: but $200k for a situation the parents could have easily avoided? That's just ridiculous. Pay for any hospital fees and post-op care and call it even. Parents need to learn their lesson on this one.
Very reasonable. 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Kyle Moyer wrote: Maybe it wasn't fastened in securely... Put it back up, carry on. Second time it falls?
Definition of stupid - repeat an action and expect a different result.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Yah I was not sure of the wording nor the attribution.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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good point of view.
I fly a lot and I have seen some things where I thought... what a moron / idiot / dumb / whatever adjective you want to add to the list.
In one flight, there was a situation... the end could be seen in advanced, when it eventually happened and the guy started shouting to the stewardess... I (and three other people) could not stay quiet: She is not responsible for your idiocy, so STFU and let her do her job / leave her alone.
The moron still complained a bit more and then closed his mouth. If company was sued or not... I don't know.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Having used Google to endrun around the paywall to the original article my opinion on this 180ed. The Daily Fail's clickbait implied the kid lost at big chunk if not all of his finger. The original article showed an unbandaged picture of the kids finger. From that, despite the families claim, it doesn't appear that he actually lost anything permanently at all. The cut went through his nail and doctors were forced to remove the half of it closest to the finger tip, but the finger tip ahead of where the nail was severed appears the normal size. Having had an ingrown nail removed once I know the kid isn't going to have an enjoyable month or two while it grows back; but there's nothing to indicate that there's any sort of real permanent injury.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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