Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday December 20th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Friday Fun
date posted 20th December 2002 22:58
Julian Templeman wrote:
> ...and seasonal, too
>
> http://www.toonedin.com/movies/WhiteTrashXmas.html
Suprisingly good!
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.co.uk
POV-Ray News & Resources http://Pov...
Re: FN-FORUM Christmas
date posted 20th December 2002 22:58
Carla Boulton wrote:
> Merry Christmas all and hands off those keyboards until January (ha
> ha)
Fat chance!
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.co.uk
POV-Ray News & Resources http://Povray.co.uk
T...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 21:36
http://www.jub-jub.com/photos/dcp_0445.jpg
http://www.jub-jub.com/photos/dcp_0376.jpg (I'm sure they airbrushed that
belly in)
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Cut Your Credit Card Debt 50% - No Loan Req.
date posted 20th December 2002 21:29
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Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 19:49
http://www.tamdesign.co.uk/rifleshooting.jpg
or http://www.tamdesign.co.uk/tamsin.jpg
Tamsin...
Re: FN-FORUM .netters finalizing
date posted 20th December 2002 19:10
if your objects are containers you can do the following;
have one class that is the public interface (these are the objects that will
have a finalise method)
they contain a reference to another class...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 19:01
> You will regret this...
> http://www.mobit.co.uk/xebit/img/jpg/team.jpg
> L to R
> Tony (me)
>
Well, while we're all at it, here's me at Le Mans last year, drunk, tired
and shabby after the 24 hour...
Re: FN-FORUM Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 18:54
If the keywords aren't already in the body, then are they really keywords
for your content?
Doing a page specifically for Googlebot is more likely to get you banned
that anything else.
Improve the e...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 18:50
> > It's nice (in some cases) putting faces to names - anyone
> else have any
> > pics of themselves we can see? I know there's one of us on our site!
> >
> > Merry Christmas :-)
> >
> > Em
You will...
[ OT ] christmas fun
date posted 20th December 2002 18:50
download project64 and a load of N64 roms... :D
theres a gamecube and alledged xbox emualtros out as well - if you've the
hardware to play em on!...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 18:38
http://www.evenhand.net/matt_portrait.jpg
Matt
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Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 18:32
Here's me with my relatives (I'm the fat hairy one on the right)
http://www.jub-jub.com/photos/pic00035.jpg
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Re: FN-FORUM Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 18:27
well its a good idea for text-based browsers as well
how im starting to do things is having all my content in xml, then parse it
through the relevant xsl file to generate output:
is user-agent mozil...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 18:09
http://www.vcsnet.co.uk/fatty.jpg
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Re: FN-FORUM Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 18:06
>> Better to improve your
> > existing content and use CSS for formatting? HTML for logical structure,
> CSS for formatting.
>
> The thinking behind it was we could put in the keywords into the body a...
Re: FN-FORUM Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 17:57
It may be a disadvantage : look on the Google guidelines for "doorway pages"
:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
Go to Quality Guidelines - Specific recommendations:
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Re: FN-FORUM [ot]Business Xmas Cards?
date posted 20th December 2002 17:32
Yes I did - Pam
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Subject: FN-FORUM [ot]Business Xmas Cards?
> Hmm send thi...
Re: FN-FORUM Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 17:30
> Not a good thing unless it's a page for all visitors with JavaScript
> disabled. What's the point if it is the same content? Better to improve
your
> existing content and use CSS for formatting? HTM...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Business Xmas Cards/photos
date posted 20th December 2002 17:24
John Wards wrote:
> http://198.78.65.143/christmascard.jpg
It's nice (in some cases) putting faces to names - anyone else have any
pics of themselves we can see? I know there's one of us on our site...
RE: FN-FORUM .netters finalizing
date posted 20th December 2002 17:18
Think you're right Julian, was just hoping for a way of
doing this without too much effort. Thing is, I do need to
save data on the last release of the objects rather than
explicitly, so I will h...
Christmas
date posted 20th December 2002 17:15
Merry Christmas all and hands off those keyboards until January (ha ha)
Regards
Carla nd Nigell
www.naughtymutt.com...
Re: FN-FORUM Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 17:10
Not a good thing unless it's a page for all visitors with JavaScript
disabled. What's the point if it is the same content? Better to improve your
existing content and use CSS for formatting? HTML for...
[ot]Business Xmas Cards?
date posted 20th December 2002 17:05
Hmm send this again..don't think the forum like attachments....
Did anyone send out business Crimbo cards?
See the (or maybe not) attached card we sent out........think we scared most
people ;-)
Or...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Supervisor evaluations.......
date posted 20th December 2002 16:44
A Merry Christmas to all and I wish all great success for next year...
especially me ;-)
Tony Ford
Interface Designer
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www.tony-ford.co.uk
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[OT]Business Xmas Cards?
date posted 20th December 2002 15:56
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Did anyone send out business Crimbo cards?
See the attached...
PGP via JMail
date posted 20th December 2002 15:52
Has anybody done this and had problems ?
I think I'm creating the object correctly;
with lobjJMail
.AddRecipient [EMAIL REMOVED] "Andy Macnaughton-Jones",
"0xAAAAAAAA"
.PGPEncrypt=true
.subje...
RE: FN-FORUM Those Swedes do it again - wicked site
date posted 20th December 2002 15:50
Yep. Familiar with that site due to his nifty wallpapers. Amazing site,
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 15:40
Have you changed something? I just took another look and I got lots of
vertical scrollbars crushed up at the foot of the page. When I refreshed,
it corrected itself and the graphic now stays NEAR the...
Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 15:13
> > I just realised you are moving the layer dynamically. I don't know
enough
> > about that to be able to suggest why it works differently on a Mac.
> Putting
> > it in a frameset would be less pain...
[OT] Supervisor evaluations.......
date posted 20th December 2002 15:03
Actual quotes taken from supervisor evaluations.
1. "Since my last report, this employee has reached absolute rock-bottom and
has started to dig." He's weird!
2. "I would not allow her to breed."
3...
Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 15:02
I cant use a frameset since the bottom border layer goes
under two others because of the curve up on the left.
Darren
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Different Template for google?
date posted 20th December 2002 15:01
My boss and I are pondering setting a different template up if GoogleBot vists
our sites.
It would contain the smae content as normal just strip out the formating
html/javascript etc.
Is this a go...
Merry Christmas
date posted 20th December 2002 14:48
Merry Christmas everyone - have a great time.
I am under orders to take two weeks off - but working from home means it's
too easy just to pop in and check the email etc!
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 14:36
thanks again Andy I'll look into it
Darren
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Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 14:34
Darren,
I just realised you are moving the layer dynamically. I don't know enough
about that to be able to suggest why it works differently on a Mac. Putting
it in a frameset would be less pain.
A...
Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 13:53
Darren,
No. I downloaded the page to Adobe GoLive and the layout doesn't either.
The bottom graphic partly covers the others.
HTH
Andy G.
on 20/12/02 12:31, [EMAIL REMOVED] at [EMAIL REMOVED] wro...
Re: FN-FORUM w3.org down?
date posted 20th December 2002 13:34
On Friday 20 Dec 2002 1:01 pm, Andrew Mottershead wrote:
> Is w3.org down - I can't connect neither can the sam spade browser....
> dns attack maybe?
Hmm seems to be.........
My "baby" got attacked...
Beta 2 Opera
date posted 20th December 2002 13:33
Just noticed that Opera 7.0beta2 for Windows is out, with a host of bug
fixes and features - only 3MB if you have Java installed already.
Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM w3.org down?
date posted 20th December 2002 13:09
> Hi there,
>
> Is w3.org down - I can't connect neither can the sam spade browser....
> dns attack maybe?
>
The validator is certainly down, tried to run something by it a couple of
times in the last...
xmas message
date posted 20th December 2002 13:08
http://nogen.ecards.hallmark.com/Website/Images/Greetings/nfz1482/nfz1482.sw
f?type=swf&message=Happy+Xmas+Everyone
Happy Christmas everyone! Not that many of us will be shutting up shop for a
fortni...
FN-FORUM Those Swedes do it again - wicked site
date posted 20th December 2002 13:06
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
One to share; one Robert Lindst...
Re: FN-FORUM .netters finalizing
date posted 20th December 2002 13:05
Ant said...
>I have a collection object containing objects
>
>It seems that the objects in the collection are finalizing
>before the collection object itself.
>
>Does any one know how I can stop this...
w3.org down?
date posted 20th December 2002 13:01
Hi there,
Is w3.org down - I can't connect neither can the sam spade browser....
dns attack maybe?
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Design
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tel: +44 (...
Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 12:31
Thanks Andy.
Does the bottom border hug the bottom of the browser on resize ?
Darren
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Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 12:09
Looks OK on Mac with MSIE 5.1. Mouseover and status line works. Main links
work - which go to document not found. I assume those pages aren't in yet.
The smaller links (begining Mortgages and endin...
RE: FN-FORUM Debt Recovery Letters
date posted 20th December 2002 12:03
Thanks Kathy
I've passed them on to her.
Cheers
Ali
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Re: FN-FORUM CLASSIC OLD SKOOL GAME RESOURCE
date posted 20th December 2002 11:32
I put my fist through the glass screen of a Scramble machine
when I was a kid in frustration at crashing again in the maze.
Probably didn't help that my dad owned the machine and I
wouldn't have had...
Re: FN-FORUM quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 11:29
The home page looks fine, but none of the links work. Is it just me?
On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 10:45 AM, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Morning all, could I have a quick page check from any
> Mac u...
Re: FN-FORUM CLASSIC OLD SKOOL GAME RESOURCE
date posted 20th December 2002 11:28
> Hi, I'm trying to track down a good games download resource for ARCADE
> CLASSICS in particular SCRAMBLE....
mame, you can get pretty much anything for that
http://www.mame.net/
You can get it for...
RE: FN-FORUM CLASSIC OLD SKOOL GAME RESOURCE
date posted 20th December 2002 11:25
Hi Adam,
Please email my friend and retro-game fanatic, [EMAIL REMOVED] - he has
thousands of classic games running on NeoGeo and other emulators.
Regards,
Nahoo
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Re: FN-FORUM CLASSIC OLD SKOOL GAME RESOURCE
date posted 20th December 2002 11:24
try http://www.macmame.org/
I know PC MAME can run the scramble roms, I assume that the mac one can too
Mike.
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RE: FN-FORUM CLASSIC OLD SKOOL GAME RESOURCE
date posted 20th December 2002 11:05
http://mamefans.metropoliglobal.com/down/Emulation/MAME/Roms/scramble.zip
http://www.mame.net
HTH
Norman...
CLASSIC OLD SKOOL GAME RESOURCE
date posted 20th December 2002 10:58
Hi, I'm trying to track down a good games download resource for ARCADE
CLASSICS in particular SCRAMBLE.... has to be the real thing... I'm mostly
on MAC and there ain't much about... anyone else out t...
Re: FN-FORUM Showing your client info on your websites
date posted 20th December 2002 10:57
Darren Beale wrote:
> I'd be interested to know how you all deal with showing off your client
> base. Do you ask permission of the customer first? Do you hide some of your
> work? do people try to po...
.netters finalizing
date posted 20th December 2002 10:49
I have a collection object containing objects
It seems that the objects in the collection are finalizing
before the collection object itself.
Does any one know how I can stop this?
Is this a garbag...
quick page check
date posted 20th December 2002 10:45
Morning all, could I have a quick page check from any
Mac users out there please.
http://www.dittodesign.co.uk/clients/Mortgage/
tia,
Darren Yates
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http://dittodesign.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM EMAIL SETTINGS
date posted 20th December 2002 10:42
unsub one address and resub with the other - see bottom of email for how to
do this.
You can also do this on the Freelancers Web site.
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Re: FN-FORUM EMAIL SETTINGS
date posted 20th December 2002 10:40
Hi Tony, welcome on board.
>Where can I change my email on Freelancers to use my NTL email address???
>
you need to unsub your current email address and resubscribe with the new
one.
liked your sit...
RE: FN-FORUM Newby
date posted 20th December 2002 10:36
I've done it.
I needed to un-subscribe the one email address and subscribe the default
one! Hurray.
Tony Ford
interface designer for interactive media
ww.tony-ford.co.uk/flash.htm
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OT: Friday Fun
date posted 20th December 2002 10:20
...and seasonal, too
http://www.toonedin.com/movies/WhiteTrashXmas.html
jt
in london
Templeman Consulting Ltd.
London and North Wales...
RE: FN-FORUM soundcards
date posted 20th December 2002 10:16
While we're on the subject of soundcards, according to my Device Manager, I
have a "Creative AudioPCI (ES1371, ES1373) WDM". I guess that's an OEM
Soundblaster? Anyway, it tends turn itself off from...
EMAIL SETTINGS
date posted 20th December 2002 10:03
I have a question on the settings for this 'list' I registered with my email address [EMAIL REMOVED] but my Microsoft Outlook runs through NTL. Although I can recieve mails from the list, I can't repl...
RE: FN-FORUM Newby
date posted 20th December 2002 09:58
Thanks Hutch.
I basically concentrate on Designing Interactive Systems for websites, software or games. Primarily my function is to see to it that the 'thing' is usable before it it gets inflicted o...
RE: FN-FORUM Newby
date posted 20th December 2002 09:58
Thanks Hutch.
I basically concentrate on Designing Interactive Systems for websites, software or games. Primarily my function is to see to it that the 'thing' is usable before it it gets inflicted o...
Re: FN-FORUM Cheap Hosting
date posted 20th December 2002 09:44
Really Kathy this is too much of an insight into your past!
When I lived in Southall in the early 80s we used to go to an all you can
eat for £2.00 curry place and fill tubs with food for the next d...
RE: FN-FORUM soundcards
date posted 20th December 2002 09:43
David,
info here:
http://www.midiman.net/products/m-audio/audiophile.php
prices here:
http://www.digitalvillage.co.uk
or
http://www.midiman.net/products/m-audio/audiophile.php
don't judge this one b...
RE: FN-FORUM Newby
date posted 20th December 2002 09:25
Greeting Tony. Welcome aboard. Hope you find the list useful. Out of
interest, what's an interfacer designer? :)
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM Cheap Hosting
date posted 20th December 2002 09:17
Yes, I remember stopping at an "All you can eat for £5" place at Scotch
Corner or Selby Fork (or somewhere round there) on the way back from a Body
Building competition with a minibus full of starvin...
Re: FN-FORUM Debt Recovery Letters
date posted 20th December 2002 09:14
http://www.payontime.co.uk
or
http://www.credittocash.co.uk
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for Useful but I...
Re: FN-FORUM GCSE metaphors [OT]
date posted 20th December 2002 08:54
thought they are analogies,
Shaf
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Re: FN-FORUM Cheap Hosting
date posted 20th December 2002 08:29
Just like the eat-as-much-as-you-want restaurants, they don't have an
unlimited supply of food, they just assume you're not going to eat
everything....
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM GCSE metaphors [OT]
date posted 20th December 2002 08:25
Well. that just reaffirms my belief in the GCSE system.
Dave
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FN-FORUM Debt Recovery Letters
date posted 20th December 2002 08:11
Hi all
I have a friend who has some customers who are extremely bad at paying and I
remember seeing a link to some standard letters. Can anyone remember where
they were? The customers aren't just UK...
New D Drive - help a hardware divvy
date posted 20th December 2002 08:06
When I emptied my recycle bin the other day (PC Win 98 SE) I got a message
(not unlike one on the excellent http://www.deanliou.com/WinRG/WinRG.htm
- thanks for that link!) saying unable to access dr...
Re: FN-FORUM GCSE metaphors [OT]
date posted 20th December 2002 04:46
Yes - most, if not all of them are.
Derek
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RE: FN-FORUM selling domain names
date posted 20th December 2002 03:09
Be careful selling it if it is a trademark. Why not offer it in good faith
to the author, at what it cost you to buy/cover your costs? Explain why you
bought it originally, they may be happy to take i...
RE: FN-FORUM domain names
date posted 20th December 2002 02:55
When you say transferred to your webspace, do you mean that they have
pointed the DNS records, so that www.yourclient.domain points to your
webserver IP address, or do you mean that they have changed...
RE: FN-FORUM win2k dual boot
date posted 20th December 2002 02:46
I would agree that you load 9x on before 2k. I've had dualboots with 9x and
NT4/win2k before and always put the 9x on before. Unless you are using NTFS,
they can happily reside on the same partition,...
RE: FN-FORUM buying a .co.uk domain name already taken (squatting ?) ...
date posted 20th December 2002 02:41
Some basics:
Your client can't get it back, as they never had it.
Unless the company name is ZZZ and they have it trademarked or ZZZ is a
particular trademark of theirs, there is not a hope in hell...
Newby
date posted 20th December 2002 02:21
Just a quick hello to everyone as I am new to the club. I am a newby to the club, but a veteren in advertising withover 12 years experience.
Tony Ford
interfacer designer
www.tony-ford.co.uk/flash.ht...
Re: FN-FORUM soundcards
date posted 20th December 2002 01:52
any links to prices, specs ,etc, andrew?
cheers
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Remote_Controlled Mini Matchbox Cars 2
date posted 20th December 2002 01:16
==============================================
The World's Smallest Radio-Controlled Car...
..Is this years hottest Christmas gift!
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The hot...
RE: FN-FORUM soundcards
date posted 20th December 2002 01:09
I found the same process for the Audigy as with the PCI 128. But this is
with DVD playing. Maybe it might help, it was the IDE channels:
http://dmzweb3.europe.creative.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?S...
RE: FN-FORUM soundcards
date posted 20th December 2002 00:57
I found a similar problem occurring with the PCI 128. Doing a search on
the Soundblaster site's 'Knowledgebase' it advised me to change the
settings of the hard disks, something to do with a conflict....
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