Freelancers Forum Messages on Sunday June 30th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 23:56
im not sure how much longer "open source" and "free software" will by
synonyms - with staroffice now costing and the likes of red hat making money
from linux distros.
the open source/copyleft movemen...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 23:34
Sorry - sent that too soon!
> Don't use Windows update then, no one's forcing you to. You can get security
> patches using other methods.
And how long will they continue to be available on less drac...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 23:26
> Don't use Windows update then, no one's forcing you to. You can get security
> patches using other methods.
> The EULA (for the WM update) actually says they will download security
> patches to t...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 23:05
David Eckersall [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> much as i detest the high-horse proclamations of superiority from the open
> source bunch M$ are rapidly becoming a shirt too tight to wear.
Well, from this b...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 20:25
i wouldnt say you were stuffed paul, after all your firewall should have the
final say what software connects to the web.
its quite amusing though watching M$ slam nails into its own coffin though,
a...
FN-FORUM fucking automated replies was MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 20:13
> I am currently out of the office and will return on June 10th 2002.
thats great - just pop in your time machine and travel back to the 10th,
turn off the automailer and we'll never have recieved th...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 20:05
its this kind of thing that shows how far M$ have gone from producing useful
software to becoming uberstalinistic control freaks.
much as i detest the high-horse proclamations of superiority from the...
Re: FN-FORUM Networking PCs & sharing peripherals
date posted 30th June 2002 20:02
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Peter Cooper wrote:
> > You will need a small hub or switch, 4 network cards (one of which will be
> > PCMCIA or cardbus depending on your laptop), and a network cable for each
>...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 19:59
ummm, not when some M$ patches end up having viruses in them...
imo the prospect of M$ downloading things to my pc at will sits very badly
with me. M$ have shown they they like to push products with...
Re: FN-FORUM Networking PCs & sharing peripherals
date posted 30th June 2002 19:49
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Nick de Voil wrote:
> Thanks a lot Darren & Alex, that makes things a lot clearer.
>
> > Finally, if you wish to share your Internet connection, you'll need some
> > firewall/ro...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 19:17
The EULA (for the WM update) actually says they will download security
patches to the OS and WM, it says nothing about running as system or local
administrator. But then you didn't get it from Windows...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 19:14
Don't use Windows update then, no one's forcing you to. You can get security
patches using other methods. Many AV vendors do this already.
Mind you, if MS forcibly downloaded security patches, there...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 18:59
Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Scandal! I've already downloaded it and didn't even glance at the EULA so
> I'm stuffed. What flavours of Linux do people recommend and is a dual boot
> system se...
Flash Colouing
date posted 30th June 2002 18:38
Can anyone point me at a tutorial/example of making a colouring book
type thing in flash. Where the user can pick a colour and then draw with it.
Thanks very much
Tamsin...
Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 18:15
> Of course, you could just not download the update, but then that leaves a
> root-exploitable hole in your machine.
>
Scandal! I've already downloaded it and didn't even glance at the EULA so
I'm stu...
MS takes control
date posted 30th June 2002 16:52
When fixing the recently publicised major security hole in Windows Media, MS
also changed the terms of Windows Update.
If you agree to the terms of the fix for WM, it also means that you accept
that...
Searching for Stock Photography Sites...
date posted 30th June 2002 16:01
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RE: FN-FORUM Brazil
date posted 30th June 2002 14:58
>sympathy for the German keeper
hehe... nope
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Re: FN-FORUM design check
date posted 30th June 2002 14:46
> Nick & Paul, I am not sure how many people on the forum have degrees, but
my
> experience is quite a few people who do what I do don't have them and the
> degree is relevant to the work I do (its no...
Re: FN-FORUM Brazil
date posted 30th June 2002 14:40
> at the end: 2 - 0 for brazil
>
And well deserved too, although you have to feel a bit of sympathy for the
German keeper. Nah, only kidding!
Paul.
> Mike A wrote:
>
> >Come on Brazil !!
> >
> >3 -...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP REQUIRED
date posted 30th June 2002 14:39
> FYI, it doesn't look like this renders right in MacIE 5.1.4 (current
> version). The buttons on the left appear with their top edge level with
the
>
Interesting Marcus, the client uses both PCs and...
Re: FN-FORUM Brazil
date posted 30th June 2002 14:34
at the end: 2 - 0 for brazil
Mike A wrote:
>Come on Brazil !!
>
>3 - 0 I reckon
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RE: FN-FORUM degree check
date posted 30th June 2002 12:57
Glad to know I'm not the only UOL graduate in here ;o)
Matt Keeble
www.keebleconsulting.com...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP REQUIRED
date posted 30th June 2002 12:10
> Better than relying on iffy sniffer scripts, use the @import trick to
> serve up full css for proper browsers with a minimal style sheet for non
> compliant ones. Using a visibility:hidden style on...
Re: FN-FORUM ADSL ISP's - who to choose?
date posted 30th June 2002 12:06
Rob Thyssen [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Sorry, what are you talking about here? Those are some pretty big
> statements you've made. Any chance of a URL that backs any of these
> claims up? I am a PIPEX c...
Re: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 11:55
Excellent!
Thanks for your help Steve.. I have given a path to the .lib file (without
the "D:" element and it now works correctly!!)
My long weekend may finally be over!
Thanks again m8!
vav
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Brazil
date posted 30th June 2002 11:54
Come on Brazil !!
3 - 0 I reckon
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RE: FN-FORUM HELP REQUIRED
date posted 30th June 2002 11:50
I stand corrected - much better solution than mine ;o)
Matt Keeble
www.keebleconsulting.com...
Re: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 11:35
Steve (thanks very much for your help on this by the way - I see you are a
sunday wrker too eh!?)
If i go to this url...(on the new server)
http://www.demo-area.net/cgi-bin/UpdateVars.pl
i get the...
Re: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 10:49
Hiya,
Fair enough. Can you give the exact error message you're getting?
Looking at your script, make sure that this path...
/usr/www/reed/flash_modules/data.txt
...is correct for your server. If t...
RE: FN-FORUM business card
date posted 30th June 2002 10:36
Perhaps a bit more space around the telephone numbers all looks a bit
bunched up...
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RE: FN-FORUM business card
date posted 30th June 2002 10:35
I agree..
Darren Spink wrote:
> Hi Ade,
>
> Do you think this looks any better then ??
>
> http://www.arkad.co.uk/testcard3.jpg
>
> Regards
>
> Darren Spink
Yes. I'd swap the "IT consultancy..." an...
Re: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 10:24
John,
this is what i imaged could be the problem but I have no idea how to
write the path - writing it windows style just produced a different error..
Wold you know how i shold write it? It l...
Re: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 10:22
Thanks Steve, but I did have this in the script originally.. my new host
says that i do not need to do this. Apparently any ".pl" script in the
cgi-bin will automatically be able to run Perl...
Any o...
Re: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 09:18
Hiya,
You need to put the path to the perl interpreter on the first line
(generally known as the shebang) an dit looks something like this...
#!/usr/bin/perl
Check your ISP FAQ or Support section i...
Re: FN-FORUM business card
date posted 30th June 2002 08:28
Darren Spink wrote:
> Hi Ade,
>
> Do you think this looks any better then ??
>
> http://www.arkad.co.uk/testcard3.jpg
>
> Regards
>
> Darren Spink
Yes. I'd swap the "IT consultancy..." and your...
RE: FN-FORUM CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 01:03
I'm not a wizard, but a suggestion might be to put the full path to the
subparseform.lib file on line 1. Maybe the current path on your new server
space doesn't include the current directory...?
JP...
CGI Script Error
date posted 30th June 2002 00:49
Hi all,
just wondering i there are any Perl wizards out there who can help
me with this...
Ive got a CGI script that updates a set of variables for a flash
file...however, since installing i...
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