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Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday October 2nd 2002

Re: FN-FORUM descriptions of porn pages

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:53

bugger missed that one! Paul J White wrote: > Latest Freelancers Job: > "I'm looking for someone who can write descriptions of porn pages. The > descriptions must include a Title and a short (100 cha...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:27

> I'll be there (I just got back from some work in Linlithgow > this minute, based in Edinburgh) > -- Richard Sounds like a quorum :>...

RE: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:24

Unfortunately the VPN route has already been rejected! I have been looking at using IPconfig and getting the WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface Physical address from there by screen scraping etc BUT hoped ther...

Re: FN-FORUM Mem errors under windows!

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:24

The files it takes notice of are those I mentioned. Autoexec.nt and config.nt. A virus also causes this (silverdollar, I think it's called). Or the program doesn't run in NT/2k/XP. to learn more about...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:22

Well I'm game. Anyone well up on their Edinburgh pubs? Recently met someone in the Malt Shovel on Cockburn Street, nice and near Waverley ;> > well it's about time!! > > Andrew > ________________...

Re: FN-FORUM descriptions of porn pages

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:21

I once worked on one of "those" phone lines. Bet I could do it! Something bizarre about talking dirty while dressed in jeans, sweater and wellies... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...

Re: FN-FORUM Virus

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:15

Shouldn't be able to infect you unless you either run the attachment on purpose or never patched against Code Red, Nimda etc. It only uses old exploits. However it doe shave a keystroke logger. It fo...

RE: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:11

Sounds like a VPN would be a better option then. Each PC dials into the central database server which assigns the dialling PC a unique IP address from a range specified on the central database server....

RE: FN-FORUM Royalty free (or even cost free!) images .....

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:07

www.freefoto.com free for personal use, about $25 for internet use Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Kerry K-C Sent: 02 October 2002 17:46 To: freelanc...

Re: FN-FORUM descriptions of porn pages

date posted 2nd October 2002 23:02

----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:11 PM Subject: FN-FORUM descriptions of porn pages > Latest Freelancers Job...

Re: FN-FORUM Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:56

Thanks Chris, The A3 design is to go to a printers and so they will obviously be able to print an A3 poster. I can't believe that there is not a way to set up an artboard in Illustrator that allows m...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:49

I'll be there (I just got back from some work in Linlithgow this minute, based in Edinburgh) -- Richard > well it's about time!! > > Andrew > _________________________ > Andrew Wilson Productions > W...

RE: FN-FORUM Mem errors under windows!

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:39

does win 2k take any notice of dos startup files ? Dd some digging and the refs seem to say corrupt dos files cause this error. The files are not corrupt as far as I know. > You need a dos memory man...

Re: FN-FORUM Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:36

hi adrian, i think your best bet is to carry on with your A3 board but then do ONE of the following: 1. got to page setup and set your page scaling to 70%. you should then be able to move the print "...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:19

well it's about time!! Andrew _________________________ Andrew Wilson Productions Web Design & Hosting - Print design South Lanarkshire, Scotland tel: 01899 220 300 mob: 07785 248 554 web: www.awp.c...

descriptions of porn pages

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:15

Latest Freelancers Job: "I'm looking for someone who can write descriptions of porn pages. The descriptions must include a Title and a short (100 character) descriptions. Writer should have proper kno...

Re: FN-FORUM Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 22:08

Hi Richard, I understand that I can't print an A3 page on an A4 printer, which is why I am testing with an A4 page, but the problem exists that I cannot print the A4 artboard on an A4 sheet due to th...

Re: FN-FORUM test

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:52

> This is the e-mail equivalent of winding up the volume on your P.A. and > shouting testing testing 1 2 3 for an hour. > How many years have you been a roadie? One, two? one, two... Paul (sorry)...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:52

> > Just what I needed...now who can supply the winning lotto numbers for > > tonight's draw before 6pm tonight ? > > > 13, 17, 26, 33, 39, 45 and 2 for your bonus ball... > Sorry if anyone wasted a...

Re: FN-FORUM Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:49

> Thanks Richard, > > So hiding page tiling gives me a whole A3 page to work on. I have done this > before and just tested it with an A4 page (as I only have an A4 printer) > However when I come to p...

Virus

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:48

I've been getting quite a few virus alerts today which seem to be forum related - the most recent came from [EMAIL REMOVED] with a subject "RE: FN-FORUM Micro Payments" - all of them have had the bugb...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:37

Haven't managed it yet,. I was in Edinburgh last week, am in Stranraer next week, Rutherglen :-( at the end of Oct and Motherwell at the end of November. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...

RE: FN-FORUM Micro Payments

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:35

------------EI5I9ZJDQ69FO0Z Content-Type: text/html; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paypal have been OK for me apart from locking my...

Re: FN-FORUM Mem errors under windows!

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:35

> You need a dos memory manager like QEMM Not a good idea with 2k or XP!! Have you tried setting the necessary stuff in config.nt and autoexec.nt? Like loading himem.sys and providing expanded memor...

Re: FN-FORUM Networking Question

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:13

Hiya, Mail server? Has someone got an Active Desktop option running that is polling a website? Anyone using something like the SETI screen saver which might be going off to try and get more data?...

RE: FN-FORUM Networking Question

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:00

I hope this is a quick question. I have a customer using dial up ISDN for their small office network. I am trying to trace some errant behaviour in their server where it is sending packets to their IS...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 21:00

> > ps: Andrew, I see you are from Edinburgh originally. I'm currently > > staying there ...and I'm in Linlithgow. I can feel the possibility of a "Scottish freelancers.net pint" closing in.... ;...

Inkjet Cartridges

date posted 2nd October 2002 20:39

I replied off-list some while back to someone who was enquiring as to where cheap Inkjet carts can be bought. I suggested a company to him which I had heard of just that day but had not used yet. I ha...

RE: FN-FORUM Mem errors under windows!

date posted 2nd October 2002 20:35

Due to MicroSoft design limitations, the DOS that is part of windows 95/98, still has a 'base memory'limit of 640k (k not megabyte!) Your problem is that you might have 128meg of ram etc, but dos ha...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 20:30

I've got about 5000 vinyl singles and LPs from early 60's onwards to sell. I started out on ebay and got good money for Beatles, Stones, Cream. Adam Ant goes down well with Germans, but if anything is...

RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 20:12

And if you can, make sure that you've also got comeback if they start delaying things because they don't have the resource (read can't be ar$ed) to do their user acceptance testing or provide informat...

Re: FN-FORUM Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:56

Thanks Richard, So hiding page tiling gives me a whole A3 page to work on. I have done this before and just tested it with an A4 page (as I only have an A4 printer) However when I come to print it st...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:49

If you are selling on ebay why not put EVERYTHING up? I thought the whole point of ebay was that the market decides what is valuable and at what price. At the end of the day if it doesn't sell what...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:44

> Reason 2 is just wonderful - I'm pretty much sold on it now and will proably make the leap sometime soon. Darren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMO...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:42

> The only problem with fixed price quotes is that if you have a client who > indulges in feature creep you need to nail stuff down VERY tight from the > start. Oops, completely forgot to mention tha...

Re: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:37

MAC address isn't actually unalterable. You can spoof it. Tell the OS/drive it's something else or use an LAA if it's Token Ring. Change the NIC... There are systems that do what they want already. It...

Re: FN-FORUM ot - Detecting bonus balls

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:29

14 million to 1.... i think we should all get a share of that one ;-) hehe ade -- "Nudity bounces between the sublime and the ridiculous..." the funkyfish collective [EMAIL REMOVED] -- Darren S...

Re: FN-FORUM Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:26

> I have set up an A3 artboard in Illustrator 10 (Mac) but I have what appears > to be an A4 page tiled in the bottom left corner. I want an A3 canvas to > work on. My printer is only an A4 printer if...

Re: FN-FORUM Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:18

your nav text is a bit small - in fact i missed the nav bar completely at first... how many different identities do you have? redculture (cheesy "neuropolitical" font btw), suburban new media, thom...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:13

While we are on the topic of music - is anyone here knowledgeable about old vinyl records - my dad is moving house and has given me all his old vinyl to sell online, no idea what some of it may be wor...

Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:08

I sent a message on the same subject about 10 am but it hasn't come through yet; it probably will now I am sending this, so sorry if it does. I am building a site for a client and he needs a couple o...

Mem errors under windows!

date posted 2nd October 2002 19:01

A strange but annoying prob. Can't run any dos progs of significant size. Keep getting "prog to big to fit in memory". Have fiddled with the pif file to no avail". Under Win98 there is no problem, is...

FN-Getting tired

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:44

Hi all i have been registered with FN for over 6 months and occasinally i would reply to project postings only never to get a reply I know why.. over a month ago i posted a project as in i needed a...

RE: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:34

gonna die of shock if they all come up...lol Regards Darren Spink TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750 FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686 EML: [EMAIL REMOVED] ICQ: 56667649 PGP: 0x077CDA7D -----Original Message----- Fro...

RE: FN-FORUM Royalty free (or even cost free!) images .....

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:28

Ai ... buy my pretty pictures, make me rich :) Hutch -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Kerry K-C Sent: 02 October 2002 18:09 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Su...

Re: FN-FORUM Royalty free (or even cost free!) images .....

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:25

> > >They really >need images like coins, graphs, 'meetings', 'nodding donkeys' (you know, >the ones you see at the start of Dallas!). > >Anyone got any suggestions as to alternative sites? > How a...

RE: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:23

> If you have a LAN then you might talk to an ADSL router via > the LAN connection, and in that case the machines would have > a MAC address by virtue of the LAN card. I think. Been a > long time...

Re: FN-FORUM Royalty free (or even cost free!) images .....

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:22

£30 is the standard charge for getty royalty free (RF) images (e.g. from their Photodisc collection). corbis charges around £20 for 72dpi RF images. however, it might make sense to buy a couple of...

FW: FN-FORUM Royalty free (or even cost free!) images .....

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:11

-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 02 October 2002 17:59 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Royalty free (or even cost free!) images ........

RE: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 18:11

Hi Mike, I have a client that wants to be able to uniquely identify a whole series of pc's they have which are spread around the country and connected to the internet and check a unique unalterable id...

RE: FN-FORUM test

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:56

> Now which test of the many was this that I sent ! >> This is the e-mail equivalent of winding up the volume on your P.A. and shouting testing testing 1 2 3 for an hour. It works, dammit! It just...

Re: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:54

ADSL uses DUN on Windows - usually via USB rather than serial port. If you have a LAN then you might talk to an ADSL router via the LAN connection, and in that case the machines would have a MAC addr...

Royalty free (or even cost free!) images .....

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:49

I know this topic has been covered various times and I did retain the link to Getty Images from a previous thread, but I'm hoping some folk may be able to point me in a 'good' direction here. A clien...

RE: FN-FORUM MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:35

I was under the impression ADSL uses dial-up networking so doesn't need a mac address, I think u have to talk to the com port instead. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL RE...

Re: FN-FORUM test

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:35

49% A near miss ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Macnaughton-Jones" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 4:51 PM Subject: FN-FORUM test > test > > ========...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:29

> Just what I needed...now who can supply the winning lotto numbers for > tonight's draw before 6pm tonight ? > 13, 17, 26, 33, 39, 45 and 2 for your bonus ball... HTH, Paul...

Re: FN-FORUM Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:18

Hi Damian How do you find time to redesign your own site? I'm so bored with mine but will take too much thinking about to redo it. Looks good, but i agree about the left square looking a bit blank....

RE: FN-FORUM test

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:16

Now which test of the many was this that I sent !...

RE: FN-FORUM test

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:16

what is this? Andrew --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/02...

RE: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:06

> > The trouble I keep having is when I use Dreamweaver Templates and the > images are linking to the template which is in a different > folder to the > other files. > > Other comments - there ar...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:04

http://www.netcraft.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.vendetta.co.uk DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia +++++...

RE: FN-FORUM Site Check

date posted 2nd October 2002 17:04

Thanks Michael and Tamsin for your input. We had a bit of a debate internally about the content and the design as lot of people thought that language is very poor, but our Global Marketing Director in...

MAC Addresses/Physical Address!

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:58

I'm trying to obtain programmatically the MAC Addresses/Physical Address for ADSL modems! I have tried using the code I have for mac addresses on ethernet cards (from Microsoft's msdn) but it looks li...

does this work?

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:57

test...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:54

> It's a download from MS (free). > > Here http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx > Cheers Kathy, that's just the thing! Paul....

test

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:52

test...

Re: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:50

kwasi, get back in your host's stomach on mars ! R O V I D I A N www.rovidian.com Complete Internet Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merv" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wedne...

Re: FN-FORUM iMac HTML Rendering

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:48

Thanks.... This is what I'm hearing from elsewhere as well. ho hum! Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Web Design" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002...

test

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:45

test...

RE: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:45

Thanks George, Carla & Emma Just what I needed...now who can supply the winning lotto numbers for tonight's draw before 6pm tonight ? Regards Darren Spink TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750 FAX: +44(0)113 2...

RE: FN-FORUM Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:39

Nice, looks good. put some heights and widths in and it'll be spot on and not rejiggle in front of my eyes! Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Thomas Web...

RE: FN-FORUM Mac PPP connections

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:39

They only have the one dial up and its Netscape a sthe browser. Connection is ok to pick up emails but once surfing is attempted the connection is lost! Andrew -----Original Message----- From: [EM...

Server build (windows)

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:37

Hi all I need a quote on having a server built for us. We'd supply the hardware, you'd just need to install the software on it. The software would be win2k Server, IIS, the .net framework and SQL S...

RE: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:36

Netcraft.com -----Original Message----- From: Darren Spink [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 02 October 2002 14:42 To: freelancers Subject: FN-FORUM Detecting server info. I know I asked this a while ago and...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:32

Hi Darren, Two options... http://www.netcraft.com/ (click "What's that site running?") or download Sam Spade, enter an address and choose Web from the menu. http://www.samspade.org/ssw Cheers Geo...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:31

visualroute.visualware.co.uk will tell you a tracert and server info Regards Carla ************************************************************ http://www.naughtymutt.com 01939 233 116 Elegant Print...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:31

netcraft R O V I D I A N www.rovidian.com Complete Internet Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Spink" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: "freelancers" [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, October 02,...

Re: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:29

Thanks for comments! style="background-image: url(images/back.gif) didn't work for me but (../images/back.gif) did. The trouble I keep having is when I use Dreamweaver Templates and the images are...

Re: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:23

Nope. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.vendetta.co.uk DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia +++++++++++++++++++++++...

Re: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:19

If you don't set some sort of mailing list option (Phil?) in spamarrest, it produces those messages. It diverts mail to whatever at spamarrest.com but in the headers it has =real address somewhere. So...

Server build (windows)

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:18

Hi all I need a quote on having a server built for us. We'd supply the hardware, you'd just need to install the software on it. The software would be win2k Server, IIS, the .net framework and SQL S...

Re: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:17

Yes, till I followed the advice on the tin then they stopped He likes green eggs no spam syn On 2/10/2002 2:14 pm, "David Nye" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Dan says [EMAIL REMOVED] is not on the list....

Re: FN-FORUM Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:13

D, it looks very much like your old site?? or is this a "redesign" of a "redesign" ive seen b4??? Like the new name and the use of stock. Detailing aint bad etiher... needs some flash to fill t...

Re: FN-FORUM iMac HTML Rendering

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:12

Imac's are pretty notorious if you have any errors in the coding, go through the code and double-check it. Best Regards D Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web...

Re: FN-FORUM Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 16:08

Darren Spink wrote: > can someone suggest a script/website etc that I can give an url to and it > will tell me what server they are running etc...which OS...the usual stuff. http://uptime.netcraft.co...

test

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:59

test...

RE: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:57

yup, maybe contact spamarrest? Ant. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of David Nye Sent: 02 October 2002 15:15 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: RE: FN-FOR...

RE: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:53

Dave, I escaped on the first round NOW I am getting them... Mark Anderson 01202 775483 07802 404838 mob Web Development and database design [EMAIL REMOVED] http://www.anderson.uk.com -----Original M...

Re: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:52

Lindsey no grey swirl here either, Win2k IE6. Best Regards D Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web: http://www.twdmedia.com Mail: [EMAIL REM...

Re: FN-FORUM Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:50

Yes I did although I'm actually doing something with it now and I can't remember for the life of me any comments that were made. >Did - you post a concept simlar to this - more greys and blues a few...

RE: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:36

No swirl here - Win 2K SP3 - IE6 with latest patches regards Andrew Mottershead Web Developer Mindstream Web Design email: [EMAIL REMOVED] tel: +44 (0)1743 718262 fax: +44 (0) 7092 115513 web: ww...

RE: FN-FORUM Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:36

> It's at http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk/www PS I wouldn't > even bother looking at it on the older browsers. Did - you post a concept simlar to this - more greys and blues a few months ago - it s...

RE: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:32

Hello there folks Eye for you seems to be a nice pony site and dosent really look like it was made in Flash. www.eye4u.co.uk LOL - that's what I thought. regards Andrew Mottershead Web Develope...

Hi & Marque

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:24

Firstly, hi to everybody, I'm new to the forum so thought I'd better say hi first. Ok... I've got a site that has a scrolling marquee at the top of it (with the weather forecast in it). This is done...

RE: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:15

Dan says [EMAIL REMOVED] is not on the list. Any other ideas? I assume other posters are still getting the spam filter auto-response? David Nye http://dnye.co.uk Business Systems, Database & Interne...

Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:14

Opps, forgot to mention I know about the horizontal scroll :c) Best Regards D Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web: http://www.twdmedia.com Mail:...

Opinions

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:12

Hi all I'm having a re-design for around the 20th time on my site but before I go any further wanted to hear your views or pos any suggestions? It's at http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk/www PS I woul...

RE: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:07

Hi Mark,Eye for you seems to be a nice pony site and dosent really look like it was made in Flash.www.eye4u.co.uk But the others are great especially 2a...

Re: FN-FORUM dealing with COM objects

date posted 2nd October 2002 15:05

On PHP its only available under Windows (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php), not even seen any need to try it to be honest. Cant remember under Perl. -- Richard > Hi, > > has any one on this l...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:52

Yea but have you see http://www.mylefttrouserleg.com? syn On 2/10/2002 11:58 am, "Mark Anderson" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > I agree about Matinee! I did some work for them years ago and almost ended...

Detecting server info.

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:44

I know I asked this a while ago and I did get a reply, but I can't remember what I did with it. can someone suggest a script/website etc that I can give an url to and it will tell me what server they...

Re: FN-FORUM Mac PPP connections

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:44

So what happened? Dial up the what? What OS version ? What were they using to browse? Have they got the correct info in the relevent bits? Ie TCP/IP etc. have they an alternate dial up to check? sy...

iMac HTML Rendering

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:37

Hi folks, An on-topic query for a change. I have a program which produces an HTML e-mail. This renders OK in Outlook and IE, and also the HTML renders OK in Netscape. However, on iMac the HTML mai...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:20

It's a download from MS (free). Here http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.vendetta.co.uk...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:19

Hi Darren, Thanks for the advice on what to charge for such a project. When we have both finished lets exchange URLs as it will be interesting to see how we both approach it. Adrian. > From: [EMAI...

RE: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:13

I have sent Dan the email address from the headers [EMAIL REMOVED] but I assumed this was not the one used to subscribe, since the problem has persisted for several days. Or maybe he/she re-subscribed...

Re: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 14:00

It was a btinternet address. Why did I remember that? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.vendetta.co.uk DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating...

Re: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:59

You also have an empty style tag in the head. The path to the image is incorrect in the style sheet, there is no images directory in the site root (because you've currently got in it in a subd...

Re: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:48

that isn't... sshhhh.... an animated GIF is it? don't worry i won't tell anyone... ;-) Lindsey Hill wrote: > Hi all > > I'm having a problem with a disappearing background image! > > It should be...

dealing with COM objects

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:45

Hi, has any one on this list ever had to deal with COM objects either in Perl or PHP, on Windows or Linux ? I have been told it is possible to use COM objects from with in Perl on Linux, but when...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:44

> Even Word 2k with the clean HTML > filter (not save as web page, export to HTML) is OK. > Where's that option Kathy? Could be the solution to a minor client problem here... TIA, Paul....

RE: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:38

'/images/back.gif' the first '/' is going to the root of your main domain perhaps you mean 'images/back.gif' Ant. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Lindsey H...

Re: FN-FORUM Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:29

David Nye wrote: > Can someone send the real email address for this Kwasi geezer to > [EMAIL REMOVED] so he can unsubscribe it please? I'm not getting them anymore and have deleted all previous ones,...

Mac PPP connections

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:28

Here's one for the Mac's :) I have someone who can not get any web pages up after making a connection! Any ideas about the ppp settings? Andrew :) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Chec...

Mac PPP connections

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:28

Here's one for the Mac's :) I have someone who can not get any web pages up after making a connection! Any ideas about the ppp settings? Andrew :) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:26

I couldn't get the matinee website to work in Mozilla 1.1 at all. Most of the links seem be done in javascript. I have killed unrequested pop-ups in Mozilla, maybe that is the problem. Anyway, I co...

RE: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:25

reddy - orange swirl here! Win 2K IE5 Andrew _________________________ Andrew Wilson Productions Web Design & Hosting - Print design South Lanarkshire, Scotland tel: 01899 220 300 mob: 07785 248 55...

Re: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:23

> I did it in css at first but it didn't show up in the browser, so I got > this 'style' code from the internet which shows on my browser but not > when i upload it. > > align="center" s...

Re: FN-FORUM background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:15

> It should be a grey, lined swirl in the background of this site: > http://www.apperleydesign.co.uk/autoweb/home.html but isn't showing up. > > I did it in css at first but it didn't show up in the...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:11

heh, nice. Good opportunity, work with the best, learn from the best =) Regards, Ryan Kirkaldy Tourism SouthWest - Web Design Specialists www.tourismsw.co.uk [EMAIL REMOVED] ----- Original Message...

RE: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:01

I agree about Matinee! I did some work for them years ago and almost ended up working there permanently!!!! Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Ryan Kirka...

background image mystery

date posted 2nd October 2002 13:00

Hi all I'm having a problem with a disappearing background image! It should be a grey, lined swirl in the background of this site: http://www.apperleydesign.co.uk/autoweb/home.html but isn't showing...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 12:44

couple of good flash sites for you =) www.matinee.co.uk www.eye4u.co.uk www.2advanced.com ( or .co.uk?, one or the other. ) Matinee's old one was the best flash movie i'd ever seen, they still on top...

Re: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 12:39

James Browne wrote: > I've decided to stop worrying about whether you have to put FN-FORUM in > the subject of your post, and just get on with it. LOL :-D > Its at www.solelandscapes.com , if you...

Kwasi

date posted 2nd October 2002 12:33

Can someone send the real email address for this Kwasi geezer to [EMAIL REMOVED] so he can unsubscribe it please? David Nye http://dnye.co.uk Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 12:27

Reason 2 is absolutely brilliant! I forked out for the upgrade (around £70) last month and haven't regretted a penny of it! the malstrom synth is really cool, esp for big trancy lead sounds. I also...

RE: FN-FORUM Access 2000 Quickun

date posted 2nd October 2002 12:25

If you are trying to deliver credit card details to a location which already handles these details from telesales, than I guess any delivery mechanism which ensures that the details are strongly encry...

RE: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 12:25

Just avoid any version before FrontPage 2000! David Nye http://dnye.co.uk Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development. Microsoft SQL Server, Access, ASP & VB Programming....

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:46

That's a good approach. The only problem with fixed price quotes is that if you have a client who indulges in feature creep you need to nail stuff down VERY tight from the start. I've just done some...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:39

> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3116403214_191961 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:24

Reason 2 is just wonderful - and enormously good value - you get so much gear for £225.00 It works very well with Cubase SX via re-wire too. I have used the built in seq - but it's much easier using...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:23

>I can't advise more, as I don't have time for such things, you'll have to >search, I'm afraid... Thanks, Mr busy ;) Back to google I go :) Cally (TS)...

RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:21

Hi Darren, Don't charge hourly. Don't charge per page. Charge per project, broken down into component elements. This way you can realistically earn far more than £50 an hour and produce a good valu...

Illustrator 10

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:07

I am creating a couple of A3 sized posters using Illustartor 10 on a Mac. Creating the artwork in Illustrator is fine, but I have problems when trying to set up the page size. My printer can only pri...

Re[2]: CodeCharge Case# 983887755 - Status: Closed

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:06

------------NST9BGB4CGYVJR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, We're sorry for the inconvenience. The support site and gotocode.com are working now. Re...

HTML/Flash - trainers (Brighton)?

date posted 2nd October 2002 11:01

Any Brighton Based Webbers out there who do training? Graphic designer - rusty in HTML(dreamweaver)/Flash...can you help? Ad [EMAIL REMOVED]...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:57

Hi, I tend to charge at around £20 to £25 for front end stuff and trivial back end work, and £30-£35 for back end stuff. And the stuff in the middle is called middleware...:-) And is treated as...

Re: FN-FORUM Micro Payments

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:56

Stay away from PayPal... I cannot stress this enough -- you'll be fine until you get burned at which point you will begin a journey down to your own personal hell. Don't believe me? (I got burned afte...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:52

Any of you musos tried out Reason with regard to miding up to some gear and creating a finished track with the built in seq ? I have the demo and the full product is really tempting. Darren Yates [E...

RE: FN-FORUM Micro Payments

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:51

Paypal have been OK for me apart from locking my account when I attempted to access it whilst in Cyprus. I really couldn't blame them for stopping the access but it did take a while to get it back up...

Cut your phone bill today!

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:45

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Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:44

Dunno. I learnt with a text editor. I don't expect there's much difference really. If the novice takes care to learn to do things properly, it'll work, otherwise it won't. I don't think the product ma...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:43

> Paul, thanks for all your help. One more question. Are their any music > lists that are similar to this forum? Although I enjoy posting here and get > a lot out of it, most of my posts are not re...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:42

Just like to pick up on the hourly rates people are charging. Is anybody seriously still getting between £30-£50 for web design, thats not including backend stuff which I'm sure will be. I ask bec...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:30

Paul J White writes: > Oh, where to start? Depends on what sort of music for one thing, and whether > you want to get your songs down for demos/sale or just so the rest of the > band can learn them...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:29

Just thought I'd mention the company I use to buy music equipment http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw2_index.html It is the German company "Thomann". Although they are based in Germany, they speak...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:28

Hi Adrian, > Darren, is your client Irish? Oh my god he is ! not really :-) >What do you charge for something like this or do you use an hourly > rate? I was hoping you could answer that one for...

Re: FN-FORUM Access 2000 Quickun

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:20

Isn't Dave some sort of file sharing thingy for Macs? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.vendetta.co.uk DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritatin...

RE: FN-FORUM Micro Payments

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:18

Yea, I have a PayPal account, but I don't use it now after they lost a couple of fairly large payments and were totally impossible to contact, Hutch -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED]...

Re: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:12

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_008D_01C269FA.52D9A150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Looks nice, very...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:07

> But am I the only one who leaps up in the night becuase they have a killer > tune in their mind > No! > and then runs around like a headless chicken trying to > remember where I left the dictaphone...

Spriznene duse

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:06

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Re FN-FORUM music looplabs

date posted 2nd October 2002 10:01

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you are losing $$$

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:59

SEARCH ALL OF THE LENDERS AT ONCE = Check to make sure your current mortgage is the best you can get. Or look for the best new mortage in the country for you. Check against 2700+ lender...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:55

Rick wrote: >> Make it clear that fixing the mess FP makes of the pages will cost money. Out of interest, since FP clearly inspires fear & loathing, what *would* the list recommend to a total novice...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:45

> As I said I sometimes feel like dragging the old analogue gear out and just > recording some live takes just to get something finished. Hell I got radio > play for stuff recorded on my old A8, I can...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ] Computer Music

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:44

Ade(funkyfish) writes: > Paul J White wrote: >>> that depends greatly on how you write your songs. >>> >> >> Generally sitting round with a pot of the aforementioned coffee, a sheet >> of >> pap...

RE: FN-FORUM Access 2000 Quickun

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:36

soz David (Davey?), Gone off the idea now, going to use private key encryption, i.e. have the public key on the web server for input and encryption of the cc nos, then have an app at the clients o...

Re: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:28

>Only slight problem is at 800 x 600 the pages are just too wide in IE6, giving a really >annoying - to me anyway ;-) horizontal scroll bar. Yes, that's a pity... It's nicely coded (apart from no im...

RE: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:24

Ade, Thanks for the advice. I think 300 gbp will be the limit of my spending power for the near future. I'll checkout the oktavas. Cheers, Stuart....

Re: FN-FORUM PHPshop/Worldpay Integration

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:24

Hi there, Having done some PHP/Worlpay integration it's not too bad. Dunno about teh precise issues around PHPShop, though. The documentation is a bit flakey in places, but we survived! The callba...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:21

Hi Rob,I take it you found this site on  www.bestflashanimationsite.com (should be in everyones favorites whos interested in flash)Did...

Re: FN-FORUM Access 2000 Quickun

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:20

Hi there, >In any case, I would not even consider storing credit card details in an >Access database, since anyone with access to the db can simply copy the >whole file. Same with MySQL, etc? Only co...

RE: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:19

Like it, would prefer the amount of space at the top to be reduced, bringing the text / menu further up the screen. >I'd also appreciate help with SEO No problem, you have sound clean code to work w...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:18

I got some local tutoring off freelancers.net, other than that i've not even bothered applying for any contracts off freelancers since I was just starting up; some people use it to get to get free quo...

Re: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:15

Hi,nice, simple,quick download site from where I am looking (win98 ie5).The only thing I would say is that the images in the portfolio section under the projects menu could be a little cleare...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:15

sounds a bit like monster.co.uk which I used to use. I went for an interview with a small company that posted a vacancy. They got 400 responses. 1% of which were actually suitable. Some people in...

Re: FN-FORUM Nameserver check

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:07

Richard, Default server: 217-79-100-163.adsl.griffin.net.uk Address: 217.79.100.163 >set type=any >mail.webcogs.com Server: 217-79-100-163.adsl.griffin.net.uk Address: 217,79.100.163 mail.webcogs.c...

RE: FN-FORUM Access 2000 Quickun

date posted 2nd October 2002 09:03

Who is "Dave"? ;-) I have never considered Access user level security particularly relevant for web facing databases, since the only user is the web service. (I also would not use the same Access dat...

Re: FN-FORUM Nameserver check

date posted 2nd October 2002 08:56

I should have said can't get anything using either of your name servers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.vendetta.co.uk DNRC Minister for U...

Re: FN-FORUM Nameserver check

date posted 2nd October 2002 08:48

If what you actually want is your MX record, here it is (using my DNS server) + an all records >nslookup Default Server: saul.kings.kje Address: 192.168.1.15 > set q=mx > webcogs.com Server: saul....

RE: FN-FORUM Nameserver check

date posted 2nd October 2002 08:06

Hi Richard, Ran it a couple of times and got the following:- C:>nslookup - ns1.webcogs.com *** Can't find server address for 'ns1.webcogs.com': Default Server: inh2dns01.imsnet2.btopenworld.com Addr...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 08:05

I've had one or two but few and far between. Out of curiousity how much does most people charge per hour?, I think I need to up my own rates. Best Regards D Thomas ---------------------------------...

Re: FN-FORUM Nameserver check

date posted 2nd October 2002 07:06

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Richard Lowe wrote: > Hello all, > > One for the techies. I'd be grateful if somebody could try the > following from the command prompt in Windows (or shell in Unix/Linux)...

info FUM

date posted 2nd October 2002 07:03

New Page 1...

Re: FN-FORUM [OT ish] Computer Music & John Major

date posted 2nd October 2002 01:43

Stuart Wright wrote: > Ade, > > You have confirmed my suspicions. I have been toying with the idea of > seperating the midi and the audio for a while but I've never got round to > it. My recording th...

Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 01:41

I also believe that the best way to make business is still to find yor own in your local area. People still like to actually be in contact and maybe meet, altho it's not really necessary. And the amo...

Nameserver check

date posted 2nd October 2002 01:41

Hello all, One for the techies. I'd be grateful if somebody could try the following from the command prompt in Windows (or shell in Unix/Linux): nslookup - ns1.webcogs.com set type=any mail....

RE: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 01:16

http://www.heavy.com nice, an advert that takes ages to load on cable before you even get to the main site! Nice advert, looked DR style to me. As for the heavy site... why do people insist on popping...

Re: FN-FORUM Frontpage

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:59

Many thanks for all the replies, very helpful. Think I'll try and steer him away from FP! Darren, is your client Irish? The guy I am doing the work for is based in SE London. What do you charge for s...

mySql on win98se

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:45

Hi, I'm currently in the hellish environment of developing on my win98 box running pws and mySql until I get a win2k server up and running in the office. However I have a really annoying problem and...

Re: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:40

Nice! I like it. The only thing I would say, and this is just my opinion is that the nav links seem abit out of the way. My eye goes to the middle of the page and the links just seem abit off to th...

RE: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:37

Hello James and welcome to the Forum I've had a quick look at your site and I have to say I think the overall design is very good - nice, clean and crisp. Only slight problem is at 800 x 600 the pa...

Re: FN-FORUM wanna see some flash on steroids?

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:27

> the best toy was the mixer. To go with the slight musical leaning of the posts this evening. There's an even better mixer here - www.looplabs.com > > is the top movie just a sequence of frames t...

RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Resources

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:26

I don't think it's that at all. I think that the sheer weight of applicants surprises people. I posted a small project on there and I got 230 applications (and counting). What I noticed most was that...

Re: FN-FORUM Site check.... And hello!

date posted 2nd October 2002 00:00

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