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Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday February 21st 2003

Re: FN-FORUM BT Broadband - shite service survey!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 23:22

This was before broadband, but BT Phone related. I had intermittent hiss on the line. Annoyingly enough it always seemed to go away when I first reported it. Line tests were done and rather unsuprisin...

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date posted 21st February 2003 23:14

Hi, Have your say and win a PS2 and two games - take time out to fill out our survey and we'll pick some lucky individual out of the hat to win the goodies! The eggheads are building a spiffing new v...

RE: FN-FORUM BT Broadband - shite service survey!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 22:54

No Offence, but BT openworld would have been my last choice, you should check out http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ see who is in the top 5 for speed and then check out there forum to see what other users...

Re: FN-Forum BT Broadband - shite service survey

date posted 21st February 2003 22:33

With regards to Rob's reply - all opinions welcomed, by the way... With regards to a backup system, there was no dialup alternative available - they only use one PC for internet access and it was the...

Re: FN-FORUM BT Broadband - shite service survey!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 22:28

Hiya, I hate to say good things about BT but I had absoluteley no trouble that was BT's fault when I went to ADSL Openworld last year. I had aa dial up service prior to that, and signed up for BT's...

Re: FN-FORUM BT Broadband - shite service survey!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 22:00

Hi Darren Yes I did get something for the hassle we went through with BT and the conversion over to Broadband from an ISDN line. The engineer left the line in such a state that there was so much noi...

Re: FN-FORUM BT Broadband - shite service survey!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 21:57

To be honest, my first impression reading this is that it was naive of you to terminate the isdn without establishing an alternative connection mechanism (ie dialup) first. - Regardless of what ass...

BT Broadband - shite service survey!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 21:30

Greetings one and all Looking to find out if anyone has experienced poor service from BT - AND got something out of it for their troubles. I do freelance work for a small advertising agency as their...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Estate Agents in Manchester

date posted 21st February 2003 19:56

on 21/2/03 5:45 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > www.fish4homes.co.uk is the best - has estate agent details as well as > properties. > > hth - Clare > we used to rent thro' Belvoir...

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date posted 21st February 2003 19:32

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RE: FN-FORUM Opera CSS oddity

date posted 21st February 2003 19:05

> Hi all > > http://www.microtekltd.co.uk/default.htm > > Just set up this page using CSS. It validates correctly. > All seems to work fine in Netscape and IE but Opera 6 puts > the bottom text up...

RE: FN-FORUM Microsoft Action Pack

date posted 21st February 2003 18:59

Thanks Kathy - it's as I thought ;-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Lists Sent: 21 February 2003 18:33 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: Re: FN-FORUM...

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date posted 21st February 2003 18:46

Saw this on tonight's NTK ... http://www.google.com/search?q=middle+east+%22peach+process%22 Hutch...

Re: FN-FORUM ASP Update Problem - Loop through Request Object?

date posted 21st February 2003 18:42

Ecky, sorry I'm a bit of a dunce when looking at examples could you do a very simple page that uses your sub for us morons? John Paul Cooper wrote: > thanks Dan / Ecky ... you've basically sugges...

Re: FN-FORUM Re: Amazon Marketplace

date posted 21st February 2003 18:36

Thanks Chris and Clare > I'd use it for selling books (if I wasn't a such a hoarder)... That's what I want to use it for. And for selling software. > I've bought a few books (although Amazon set P&...

Re: FN-FORUM Microsoft Action Pack

date posted 21st February 2003 18:33

They used not to. But from last year, the licences expire (but the products don't, if you see what I mean). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kathy http://www.ve...

RE: FN-FORUM ZIP MAC 2 PC?

date posted 21st February 2003 18:31

Hi Simon, You could take a look at TransMac from Acute Systems - http://www.asy.com I've used it for a few years and it works well, costs about £50 though I think. Regards, Tony...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Estate Agents in Manchester

date posted 21st February 2003 18:29

Hi Steve > I was wondering if any of you could suggest a few estate agents > (preferably with web sites) that I could have a look at. I was doing a similar exercise this week and bookmarked the foll...

Re: FN-FORUM Active directory questions

date posted 21st February 2003 18:27

You should set your own local DNS (on any box) as the dns server for all your clients and set your ISP's DNS as a forwarder. Nothing else will work reliably. If AD can't register it's service records,...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Estate Agents in Manchester

date posted 21st February 2003 18:22

Cheers all. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 21 February 2003 17:45 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: Re: FN-FORUM OT Est...

FN-FORUM Opera CSS oddity

date posted 21st February 2003 18:00

Hi all http://www.microtekltd.co.uk/default.htm Just set up this page using CSS. It validates correctly. All seems to work fine in Netscape and IE but Opera 6 puts the bottom text up on the right ha...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Estate Agents in Manchester

date posted 21st February 2003 17:42

www.fish4homes.co.uk is the best - has estate agent details as well as properties. hth - Clare Clare Dodwell co2co Internet Services http://www.co2co.uk.com ________________________________________...

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date posted 21st February 2003 17:26

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RE: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 17:20

>Ah! What do you know of them? Well I don't know of them personally, but I have seen their work, and I don't like the way they risk a clients site, Ema is correct their techniques are antiquated and...

Re: FN-FORUM ASP Update Problem - Loop through Request Object?

date posted 21st February 2003 17:18

thanks Dan / Ecky ... you've basically suggested the same thing. I thought it was a bit of a flaw not being able to acess the names in the form collection. Cheers guys Paul. >From: "David Eckersal...

Re: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 16:59

on 21/2/03 3:16 pm, Mike Adamson at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Hi Steve, the page you refer to has been 'optimised' by someone who is using > 'slightly dodgy' > techniques when its not ness. to do so,...

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date posted 21st February 2003 16:53

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Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 16:41

Just thought I'd butt in regarding resizing JPEGs in PHP... Speaking from experience you can use the internal PHP functions as Andrew suggests but this relies on the GD image libs which quite frankl...

Re: FN-FORUM Dynamic HTML I Think!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 16:15

> Can this be done with version 3 of Dreamweaver > as I have not upgraded since as I am now a predominately > PHP/MySQL/PostgreSQL on Linux and Apache developer and found previous > upgrades not wort...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 16:14

On 21/02/2003 at 12:23 Andrew Mottershead wrote: >Does anyone know of some freeware which will allow here to resize images >and save files at jpegs? Something like "the gimp" would be way to much >in...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 16:13

On 21/02/2003 at 12:15 Dave Polhill wrote: >If the client does want the full integration then they can buy me a shiny >new development kit first or if they just want reports I'll be following up >some...

RE: FN-FORUM Dynamic HTML I Think!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 16:03

Paul, Thanks. Obviousely time for me to read my Dreamweaver manual. Although quick question before I do. Can this be done with version 3 of Dreamweaver as I have not upgraded since as I am now a pre...

Re: FN-FORUM ZIP MAC 2 PC?

date posted 21st February 2003 15:55

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Simon Kimberley wrote: > Help needed. Can anyone tell me how to read a MAC zip disk on my PC Zip > drive? > The Iomega site says "You can use a Mac-formatted Zip disk if the PC...

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date posted 21st February 2003 15:54

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Re: FN-FORUM ASP Update Problem - Loop through Request Object?

date posted 21st February 2003 15:40

> > If I use... > > > > for each item in Request.Form > > > > I just get access to the values. > > > > I've thought of using GET for the form rather than POST as I remember > there > > being a way to...

Re: FN-FORUM Dynamic HTML I Think!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 15:39

See earlier posts about hiding/showing stuff between tags. A bit of javascript can do this easily. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Weatherburn" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Fr...

Fw: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 15:37

Bah sent this from the wrong email account :( > I recommend Paintshow Pro by JASC - shareware > > others worth looking at: > > Dogwaffle looks interesting > http://www.tucows.com/mmedia/preview/295...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 15:36

I recommend Paintshow Pro by JASC - shareware others worth looking at: Dogwaffle looks interesting http://www.tucows.com/mmedia/preview/295721.html Serif Photoplus http://www.tucows.com/mmedia/prev...

Re: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 15:34

> lol... just looked at that site a bit more > > > Ah! What do you know of them? I had a bunch of 'optimised' files from them for a client just this week, and Ema commented that their techniques were...

Re: FN-FORUM ASP Update Problem - Loop through Request Object?

date posted 21st February 2003 15:29

you do access the form items names in a for each... loop its how i generate variables in large forms: sub genVars for each thing in request.form if isnumeric(trim(request.form(thing)))...

RE: FN-FORUM Dynamic HTML I Think!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 15:24

> Ok folks good one for you. > > I wish to avoid using flash. What I am after is > something that will allow > this: One jpg of the light switch in the off position. That img has an onclick eve...

RE: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 15:22

lol... just looked at that site a bit more says it all Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Steve Thomas Sent: 21 F...

RE: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 15:19

Hi Steve, the page you refer to has been 'optimised' by someone who is using 'slightly dodgy' techniques when its not ness. to do so, the tag has its specific uses and this is one way 'some SEO's' pl...

Re: FN-FORUM Dynamic HTML I Think!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 15:03

> Anyon have any idea how I can get this to work. It appears to be very > similar in idea to disjointed rollovers, where mouseover a button and > another piece of the screen changes, but i want this t...

Dynamic HTML I Think!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 14:44

Ok folks good one for you. I wish to avoid using flash. What I am after is something that will allow this: a) All object to load into a single page. b) One of the objects resembling a lightswit...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 14:34

Quoting Andrew Mottershead [EMAIL REMOVED] > When I asked the client why she was uploading bitmaps it turns out that > she has no image editing software. > > Does anyone know of some freeware Not...

RE: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 14:31

I think whoever optimised it may have misunderstood or misread some advice somewhere about "making sure you always have tags" and forgot the "when you have script" bit :) Mike Denial Design *who was...

Re: FN-FORUM CSS newbie/wannabies

date posted 21st February 2003 14:25

Thats great.... but does it tell where i get the free five days from to learn it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ema" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:39 PM...

RE: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 14:20

> or particularly politically correct! ;>...

Re: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage OT Clearly Bookkeeping

date posted 21st February 2003 14:09

Hi Simon I don't know about Clearly Bookkeeping, but I agree with...

Re: FN-FORUM CSS newbie/wannabies

date posted 21st February 2003 14:06

On Friday 21 Feb 2003 1:39 pm, Ema wrote: > For those interested in learning CSS, here's a *free* five-day course > you can have emailed to you each weekday - I haven't tried it so cannot > comment on...

Re: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 14:03

> Well I would answer, but I'm not one of the SEO *boys* > > > Please forgive my ignorance but I aint no SEO guru > > or particularly politically correct! Aww... isn't that sweet? It's almost as i...

Re: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 14:03

on 21/2/03 1:47 PM, Ema at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Steve Thomas wrote: > >> I have a quick question for the SEO boys, I have just had a conversation >> with a friend regarding SEO and he was talkin...

Re: FN-FORUM ASP Update Problem - Loop through Request Object?

date posted 21st February 2003 13:52

Forgot multiple values get passed using comma delimiters if I use the same name for the inputs...a long week is the excuse. Anyway I'm sure you've enjoyed my ramblings. Paul ______________________...

Re: FN-FORUM Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 13:46

Steve Thomas wrote: > I have a quick question for the SEO boys, I have just had a conversation > with a friend regarding SEO and he was talking about this site Well I would answer, but I'm not one o...

CSS newbie/wannabies

date posted 21st February 2003 13:39

For those interested in learning CSS, here's a *free* five-day course you can have emailed to you each weekday - I haven't tried it so cannot comment on its contents, etc. http://webdesign.about.co...

Another SEO question

date posted 21st February 2003 13:37

Afternoon all, I have a quick question for the SEO boys, I have just had a conversation with a friend regarding SEO and he was talking about this site http://www.englishtimbers.co.uk/ Now, my quest...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 13:32

----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Mottershead" [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:54 PM > I would - but this site is php/mysql. Thanks though. I write a resizing script for...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 13:01

Andrew, what about Photoshop Elements (which replaced PhotoDeluxe) which is about £50? I know it's not free but it is very very simple to use for those who don't so that kind of thing every day Rega...

ASP Update Problem - Loop through Request Object?

date posted 21st February 2003 13:01

Hi I'm using a form that has a few dynamic fields that appear as a user fills out the form. This is fine except for one particular field which uses a button to add as many input fields as the user...

RE: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:56

Thanks em - just the ticket. regards Andrew Mottershead Web Developer Mindstream Web Design email: [EMAIL REMOVED] tel: +44 (0)1743 718262 fax: +44 (0) 7092 115513 web: www.mindstream.co.uk To he...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:54

> When I asked the client why she was uploading bitmaps it turns out that > she has no image editing software. > > Does anyone know of some freeware which will allow here to resize images > and save f...

Re: FN-FORUM Re: Amazon Marketplace

date posted 21st February 2003 12:53

I've bought a few books (although Amazon set P&P charges which are quite high and I've probably ended up paying as much as new cost from somewhere with free P&P). Works similar to ebay - you're relyi...

RE: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:53

Hi there, I would - but this site is php/mysql. Thanks though. regards Andrew Mottershead Web Developer Mindstream Web Design email: [EMAIL REMOVED] tel: +44 (0)1743 718262 fax: +44 (0) 7092 115...

RE: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:51

> Does anyone know of some freeware which will allow here to > resize images and save files at jpegs? Something like "the > gimp" would be way to much in this case... just something > small and eas...

Re: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 12:41

Which reminds me, Has anyone played with Clearly Bookkeeping, and could offer comments? My bank manager is trying her best (bless her) to get me to buy it, as I do everything manually at the moment....

RE: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:35

Hi Andrew, If you can I would suggest creating an ASP.NET page, as ASP.NET is great for this sort of image manipulation. I have just written a page for another site that takes an image uploads/saves i...

Re: FN-FORUM Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:35

Andrew Mottershead wrote: > Does anyone know of some freeware which will allow here to resize images > and save files at jpegs? Something like "the gimp" would be way to much > in this case... just s...

ZIP MAC 2 PC?

date posted 21st February 2003 12:34

Help needed. Can anyone tell me how to read a MAC zip disk on my PC Zip drive? The Iomega site says "You can use a Mac-formatted Zip disk if the PC has disk exchange software installed." Regards Sim...

Freeware for resizing jpegs

date posted 21st February 2003 12:23

Hi there I have a client who needs to upload images to their site - I've set a script for this in the content management area. Just checked the site and she's uploaded the images as bitmap .bmp files...

Re: Amazon Marketplace

date posted 21st February 2003 12:19

I've bought a few items without any problems, Marion. Haven't sold anything though. - C Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:41:39 +0000 From: Marion Chappell [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: FN-FORUM Amazon Marketpla...

Re: FN-FORUM SEO page rename question

date posted 21st February 2003 12:18

Looks good. That 404 solution is just what I am after! Thanks a lot, Darran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darran Shepherd" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 12:16

A big thank you to everyone who helped me out on this one, on and off list. It looks like back-door write access via the database is a no-go and to be honest I'm getting too old for all this rummagin...

Re: FN-FORUM Copying & pasting from IE to Word

date posted 21st February 2003 12:08

> It could be that they aren't highlighting quite the same part of the page > that you are - if they miss the start/end of the table the paste operation > goes awry. I've tried being as ham-fisted as...

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date posted 21st February 2003 12:06

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Re: FN-FORUM OT Estate Agents in Manchester

date posted 21st February 2003 11:56

Not strictly what you want but try the Loot website - http://property.loot.com/ Darren Yates [EMAIL REMOVED] http://dittodesign.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Smith" [EMAIL REMOVE...

RE: FN-FORUM SEO page rename question

date posted 21st February 2003 11:52

1) avoid duplicate content, if you re-name the page delete the old one 2) build a custom 404 page to catch all the old requests 3) def avoid the refresh option - not good 4) Google will handle your sc...

RE: FN-FORUM SEO page rename question

date posted 21st February 2003 11:39

> Maybe the best option is to copy all new pages into old-name > pages, with no links into old names - that way the old ones > should disappear with time? If someone dives into an old > subpage, no...

OT Estate Agents in Manchester

date posted 21st February 2003 11:38

I know it's a bit OT, but I'm looking for a place to rent in Manchester (working in Stretford) and knowing that there are a few of you in that area I was wondering if any of you could suggest a few es...

RE: FN-FORUM Copying & pasting from IE to Word

date posted 21st February 2003 11:33

It could be that they aren't highlighting quite the same part of the page that you are - if they miss the start/end of the table the paste operation goes awry. Best wishes, Ross Hamilton -- [EMAIL R...

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date posted 21st February 2003 11:27

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Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 11:23

> and some guy > having a nervous breakdown firebombed the flat... After all that lot, it wouldn't have been you would it? -- Pete ==== Original Message: > Did I mention the Drama School that ope...

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date posted 21st February 2003 11:13

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RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 11:10

Without the developers kit the only access available from Sage to anything else is read only (to be clear, you can read the information but you can't write or modify any of it). A friend had a reque...

Re: FN-FORUM preloader

date posted 21st February 2003 10:58

Cheers Paul Yeah wouldn't mind seeing them, send them to [EMAIL REMOVED] , thanks again. Best Regards D Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------------- Web: http:/...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 10:49

Well if you're after easy database access I would look at Astra Accounting. http://www.astraaccounts.co.uk/default.asp Its a bit of a niche product (being originally Mac only), and it requires MSDE...

Re: FN-FORUM SEO page rename question

date posted 21st February 2003 10:46

Answering myself, perhaps? Maybe the best option is to copy all new pages into old-name pages, with no links into old names - that way the old ones should disappear with time? If someone dives into a...

Re[2]: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 10:44

Did I mention the Drama School that opened in what had been a warehouse out the back of this flat? There are only so many hours of tone-deaf teenagers doing vocal scales, and idiots bellowing out the...

Amazon Marketplace

date posted 21st February 2003 10:39

Has anyone used this? Good or bad? Cheers, Marion...

Copying & pasting from IE to Word

date posted 21st February 2003 10:33

Does anyone know why, when I copy an HTML table from a web page (IE6) and paste it into Word (XP) the formatting comes across perfectly, but when my customer does it (IE5.5, XP) it loses all the forma...

SEO page rename question

date posted 21st February 2003 10:19

Hi, I am about to reorganise and hence rename some pages on a site, which have acceptable positioning in google but trying to do better. Domain name & Main index is staying the same. Renamed pages hav...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 10:11

> I'm intrigued though Tom, what did the pet behavourist do to > shut your dogs up? You have to think "dog". They (in particular the puppy) bark for attention. So if they bark and you go to see them...

Re: FN-FORUM preloader

date posted 21st February 2003 10:04

the body onload fires once the page is fully loaded... no sample URL but can mail you a file. also have a preloader with status bar & skip button so let me know paul >From: "D Thomas"...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 10:01

> Perhaps that wasn't his name? > Carla Believe me, it was. It was written all over his face....

Re: FN-FORUM I can take it no more ...........!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 09:55

Can't beat that but just got back from an interview for a permie job, with a company that asked me flat out in the first 5 mins if I could tell him the name of an application ( pen poised) that could...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:50

> ... and screaming SHUT UP YOU CUNT. Perhaps that wasn't his name? Carla on 21/2/03 9:25 am, Dan Norcott at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > I used to live in a flat next door to someone I vaguely knew, w...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:49

Andrew Mottershead wrote: > Just shoot the things - preferably with a small bore gun - you'd need > to use at least two shots then unless you were a very good shot the 1st > time. That's the humans...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:42

I love the irony - the juxtaposition of 'shoot the things - preferably with a small bore gun' with 'http://www.unitedforpeace.org'. It's hypocrisy like that that landed Mr Jones in so much s**t with...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:34

Well... while we're on the subject. We managed to to silence noisy neighbours as well. When we lived in Bath (on the traffic lights, on the busiest road into town, on the route to the hospital and the...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:30

> > Ok. What did we do? We took the complaint seriously. I know how loud our > dogs barking *can* be. They get excited when we're getting ready for > walkies etc and make a row. It would drive me mad...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:28

Whatever you play your neighbour won't be able to hear it over the sound of her dog barking! - Have you considered moving house? Clare Dodwell co2co Internet Services http://www.co2co.uk.com _____...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:25

I used to live in a flat next door to someone I vaguely knew, who, when he was battered, used to play excruciatingly shit rave music in his bedroom at about two in the morning. My girlfriend at the t...

Re: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 09:08

Quoting oPless [EMAIL REMOVED] > I try to keep away from that god-awful program. "sage" is not one program its a whole raft of different ones, acquired over the years from a variety of developers a...

Re: FN-FORUM preloader

date posted 21st February 2003 09:08

Thanks for that Paul, nice and simple little script that one, being a javascript no-entity person myself, have you got the extra bit of code that will redirect the user to another URL once the images...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 09:05

LOL,. I actually preferred Metallica, "One".... Did the trick after a few weeks of it playing at 7am each morning as I left for work. > I once left a single of "Ace of Spades" (4 versions of the sam...

Re: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 09:00

Quoting Dave Polhill [EMAIL REMOVED] > Hi, > > Do any of you clever lot know anything about accessing a Sage accounts > database (not sure which version) via ASP.NET? Not much I'm afraid: A couple...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 08:46

*sigh* - had some email problems this morning. Sorry ;> > -----Original Message-----...

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date posted 21st February 2003 08:25

unsubscribe%20freelancers --- On Thu 02/20, Martin Kellie < [EMAIL REMOVED] > wrote: From: Martin Kellie [mailto: [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:45:47 -0000 Subjec...

Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 08:23

I feel your pain Kai, in my last flat the neighbour above us had a tumble drier inside a shower basin directly above our bed, and ran the thing from 9pm - 3am every night because it was 'cheap rate el...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 08:15

As far as I can tell, the Sage Developer thing is how you find out about the side effects and get a properly documented data model. I would totally agree that without knowing *exactly* what you sho...

Re: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #4506

date posted 21st February 2003 08:13

Disturbing the peace is a matter for the dibbles, no? And don't hesitate to report her to the dog warden for neglect/cruelty. Dog owners who couldn't care less about their "member of the family"...

RE: FN-FORUM Accessibility question

date posted 21st February 2003 08:12

Thanks Tony - maccaws was my next stop, I've been lurking on that list for too long ;> Also came up with diveintoaccessibility.org, which is a very useful resource I thought... http://maccaws.org/w...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 08:09

As far as I can tell, the Sage Developer thing is how you find out about the side effects and get a properly documented data model. I run Sage for my own accounts and a few hours work with an Access...

Re: FN-FORUM obscene email

date posted 21st February 2003 07:53

Hi, http://www.4cm.com/badwordlist/index.php and http://scritch.freeshell.org/swear.html appear to be the best I can come up with after 15 mins in front of google. Regards, Simon ----- Original...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 07:08

No but I know a man who does. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Polhill [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 20 February 2003 22:34 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage Hi, Do...

Re: FN-FORUM obscene email

date posted 21st February 2003 06:49

A very useful thread this one. I am implementing the IP address idea. Had been considering various bad word filters for other purposes - anyone done this / have a list ? or swear a lot!? Hugh ----- O...

Re: FN-FORUM I can take it no more ...........!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 06:49

the thing i hate the most is when they start sending you URLs to websites they've found, and say stuff like, "have a look at this one, it's very very good - we love it" so you go look, thinking hmmm...

Re: FN-FORUM I can take it no more ...........!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 05:10

I had one last week with a quote. "We have this site, cost us £N 12 months ago from a lad we know, look is Ok [oh really?], but the CMS is much too difficult to use, and the results display is no us...

Re: FN-FORUM I can take it no more ...........!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 03:40

....Monty Python and the Holy Grail - in my opinion the funniest film ever made, EVER !!! Some prefer Life of Brian, to those people, i say, NEE, or KNEE, (or NOO if drunk) ;-) ----- Original Messa...

Re: FN-FORUM Free fax to email providers

date posted 21st February 2003 03:26

MessageDemon Internet supply fax2email numbers with their standard dialup. It's one of the reasons I still keep my demon account. -S ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REM...

Re: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 03:23

Interesting, thats going into my knowledgebase :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Mottershead" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:42 AM Subject: RE: FN-...

Re: FN-FORUM I can take it no more ...........!!!!

date posted 21st February 2003 03:01

... and when you do they then change their name, and demand another shrubbery? Then, when you have found the other shrubbery, you must then place it by the first shrubbery, only a little higher so you...

Re: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 02:54

I try to keep away from that god-awful program. I had to install+support it in the bad old days of DOS and Windows 3.x and the Workgroup style networking nonsense. Even dedicated accountancy people h...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 02:46

Shouldn't that post have been titled: " I can take it no more ...........!!!!" regards Andrew Mottershead Web Developer Mindstream Web Design email: [EMAIL REMOVED] tel: +44 (0)1743 718262 fax: +...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 02:46

Just shoot the things - preferably with a small bore gun - you'd need to use at least two shots then unless you were a very good shot the 1st time. regards Andrew Mottershead (Who is vegitarian, l...

RE: FN-FORUM Integrating ASP.NET with Sage

date posted 21st February 2003 02:41

sage comes with an odbc driver - set up a dsn connection to the sage db and you can do SELECT statements fine - i would not update the db outside of sage though unless you know about the side effects....

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date posted 21st February 2003 01:53

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Re: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 00:42

Can you not report her to the RSPCA if she's leaving her dog locked up all day. It's cruel. If you record the barking and play it to her I think you'll just wind up the poor dog who's obviously alread...

RE: FN-FORUM OT Dog Barking

date posted 21st February 2003 00:18

Hi Kai, I've a few useful (I hope) tips here: As a dog owner myself - I've got three greyhounds - I know how easy it is to miss what's going on. We had a complaint from our neighbours about our dog...



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