Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday April 1st 2003
RE: FN-FORUM: cyrix MIII 500mhz
date posted 1st April 2003 23:52
370. Bit of advice - plonk the words "Cyrix MIII 500Mhz CPU" into Google
and you get your answer :)
Cheers
Kai
monoliff
internet design and production
www.monoliff.com
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Re: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 23:49
on 1/4/03 7:48 pm, Elizabeth Varley at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>> We're using epson compatible cartridges from www.choicestationery.com
>>
>> June B
>>
>>
>
> Is the quality of compatibles...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone on Freeserve dailup? [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 23:46
I feel for you,
I went for years putting up with the same shit using dial-up operators.
I went through a number, including Tiscali, Freeserve, BT, Line One and
AOL(spit!), amongst others and I found n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 23:44
I think he meant his choice of ISP. The demon spawn itself.
> Quoting [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> > its cheap
>
> The BT offerings? Nope, they're not particularly cheap - what they are is
> advertised and m...
FN-FORUM: paypal integration
date posted 1st April 2003 23:33
how easy is paypal integration with a site?
i have a client who wishes to use it to charge people for a game so i need
confirmation from it that payment has gone through to findih processing the
orde...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone on Freeserve dailup? [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 23:25
I've been kicked off most of the ISPs operating in this country for
over-use (Clara, Demon, Surfanytime, Plus.Net, Freecall and BT to name
but a few). And funnily enough I'm currently abusing my Frees...
FN-FORUM: ahitclub.com
date posted 1st April 2003 23:02
Hi All,
I have a customer that wants to run a browser on our server pointing to
ahitclub.com to "generate traffic". Is it me or is this a) a pointless
exercise. b) going to ruin his page ranking
rus...
FN-FORUM: online or offline web stats.
date posted 1st April 2003 22:59
I am very familiar with tools like Webtrends for log analysis but can anyone
here recommend any other worthwhile stats programs (win32) or online
subscription services etc.
Regards
Sam Morgan
WIR...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 22:46
Quoting [EMAIL REMOVED]
> its cheap
The BT offerings? Nope, they're not particularly cheap - what they are is
advertised and marketed well )-:
James Murphy
Consett, County Durham....
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone on Freeserve dailup? [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 22:21
I use freeserver, but go via an ISDN router. And I wish I could upgrade
to ADSL but I can't. If they want to pay for a 512Kb leased line, I'll
happily switch ;-)
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From: Kerr...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 22:19
Er how?
By definition for a virus or worm to propagate it has to be able to
execute...
In article [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] (Dave
Edwards) wrote:
> Me again. It's not your client in Oxford i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 22:00
> > He he he
> >
> > Didnt realise this was a site check. But yes, my spelling is atrocious
> (and
> > I am not even sure I spelt that right either) .
>
> Seriously though, is the text blurred in plac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 20:49
All the same, who cares when there's a kid wearing a fishbowl on his head.
Nice folio site Tim
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From: "Tim allan" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 20:48
> He he he
>
> Didnt realise this was a site check. But yes, my spelling is atrocious
(and
> I am not even sure I spelt that right either) .
Seriously though, is the text blurred in places ? It was d...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone on Freeserve dailup? [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 20:08
I used to use Freeserve Dial-up but converted to ADSL about 2 years ago. =
I
used standard Windows dialler to connect and never had a problem. How =
can
they tell you're not using their dialler?
Wh...
FN-FORUM: outlook express question (mac v5.0.6)
date posted 1st April 2003 19:49
i have a folder full of emails from various people who i want to email back
in one go. basically i don't have their email addresses in my address book
but i want to add them all to the BCC box of a ne...
Re: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 19:48
I bought some from Inkjets and Toners but haven't tested them yet. Different
printer (but still epson).
No site but phone numbers 01458 274744.
They'll probably through in a free gift too....
Jon
-...
Re: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 19:42
Bless you. Have you consulted your calendar today?
> Hmm, I'd have expected a bit more accuracy from vunet.
>
> M$ Have always had a POSIX Subsystem for the NT line of systems, though
> it has most...
RE: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 19:40
> > very interesting ;)
> >
> > http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139874
> >
> > Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
> > By James Middleton [01-04-2003]
> > But Redmond will still demand licence revenu...
RE: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 19:36
> We're using epson compatible cartridges from www.choicestationery.com
>
> June B
>
>
Is the quality of compatibles as good as the real thing? My father-in-law
had some and they gave everything a...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP reading bytes
date posted 1st April 2003 19:27
Hi Stas
I guess you've tried something like this...?
$len = strlen($mystring);
if ($i;$i
> Hello freelancers,
>
> Does anyone know how to read binary string byte by byte in PHP?
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 19:25
i didnt know u knew my dad! :)
In an email dated Tue, 1 Apr 2003 4:32:02 pm GMT, Deborah Causton [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
>My stupidest client won't even have an email address on his site because
>he...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 19:13
>
> >One of the most successful April Fools I did was way back in the good
> >old days before hard disks, networks, viruses et al were invented.
>
> You must be getting on a bit then. ;p
It does f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 19:11
He he he
Didnt realise this was a site check. But yes, my spelling is atrocious (and
I am not even sure I spelt that right either) .
Tim
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From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REM...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 19:08
Darran Shepherd:
> Dog chocolates are nice. They taste just like Carab (sp?) and apparently
> have allsorts of vitamins added. That probably explains my
> healthy looking coat, umm, I mean hair.
An...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 19:07
Actually, they probably are made from carob, as chocolate is toxic to dogs
and cats.
As much as 1 ounce of real chocolate can render a dog unconscious. Cats
normally don't touch chocolate.
>
> Dog...
RE: FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 19:02
Try using: smtp.btclick.com this seems to work through any BT dialup.
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
Behalf Of Theresa HARE
Sent: 01 April 2003 16:33
To: FN-FOR...
Re: FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 18:58
There is no workaround for this other than to sign up with an ISP providing
email services. I use a slightly cheaper alternative in that my Kalagoo.Com
site (amongst others) is hosted with www.netweav...
Re: FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 18:50
on 1/4/03 4:33 pm, Theresa HARE at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I think this question may have arrisen before but Can't remember the
> solution - or whether there is one!
>
> One of my clie...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 18:41
its cheap...
Re: FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 18:22
> One of my clients has just 'upgraded' to BT broadband and selected the basic
> package. They installed it today and he is very pleased with the speed of
> the internet and reciving emails, but he wa...
RE: FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 18:22
> BT
> Broadband does not provide e-mail services. Now is there a
> workaround this?
> He gets the message along the lines of 'the email address is
> not recognised'
> when he tries to send an email....
FN-FORUM: Anyone on Freeserve dailup? [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 18:19
Any of you guys on freeserve? i've been sent 4 or 5 emails about them
wanting me to use their dailer instead of winxp's default, i sent them 5
emails back with the same thing, telling them that I didn...
FN-FORUM: RE: Umbrella companies V Limited
date posted 1st April 2003 18:18
not sure what distinction you're making between umbrella company or Limited
company status... umbrella could also be incorporated.
There are pro's and cons to listing your company as Limited - mainly...
Re: FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 18:06
Sounds like you'll need to use the smtp.btclick.com trick, get your
client to set his outgoing server to this address and get messages as
normal (assuming that he uses a third party for email in gen...
RE: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 18:06
I have 3 unwanted black carts for Epson Stylus Colour 800/850/1520
(C-108) and one colour cart for 400/600/800/1520 (089) - Free to a good
cause!
I think www.choicestationery.co.uk is cheapest for co...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 18:06
Ring Master was used by Neighbourhood Watch schemes, but last I heard
was being replaced, at least in West Sussex. RM was a real pain for
answering machines.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Syst...
RE: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 18:02
> > very interesting ;)
>
> > http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139874
>
> > Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
> > By James Middleton [01-04-2003]
> > But Redmond will still demand licence revenue...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 17:56
Paul Inglis wrote:
>>Ben Ede wrote:
>>
>>
>>>One of my thicker mates still pays me maintenance ;)>
>>
>>Ben Ede? Ben Ede from the CSA?
>>I was your supervisor back then and will be taken the appropria...
Re: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 17:52
Its actually worse than you thought...
http://www.tomshardware.com/column/20030401/index.html
Pete...
FN-FORUM: Flash Tutorial
date posted 1st April 2003 17:51
Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial which shows the
actionscript for rubbing in/out a mask.. Was trying to think of an
example site, but it escapes me right now..
Cheers
Deborah
:...
Re: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 17:47
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Varley" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:11 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
> very int...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP reading bytes
date posted 1st April 2003 17:41
> Does anyone know how to read binary string byte by byte in PHP?
Use either substr(), $string[i] or foreach($bytestring as $bytechar) to get
the next byte from the string as a char.
According to th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 17:38
Andy Stafford wrote:
>> I gave the url for a site over the phone to a client (on AOL),
>> spelling out the net address letter by letter then saying 'hit
>> enter'. Client says they got a page not foun...
Re: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 17:29
And this is the comparison matrix;
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/overview/default.asp#F
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From: "Darran Shepherd" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tues...
Re: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 17:27
Hi Elizabeth,
We're using epson compatible cartridges from www.choicestationery.com
June B
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From: "Elizabeth Varley" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesda...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 17:24
I hope you haven't got to breathe on any clients this afternoon!
(Beats Chicken Whiskas by the way. Tried it and now can say really don't
recommend it...no bull)
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From: "...
Re: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 17:24
Yeah, as Andrew Y was saying, if you're dealing with large quantities of
data then if the database grows over a certain size (I can't remember what
it is) then you'll need to move to Enterprise editio...
RE: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 17:24
Well this is the best April fools so far - So much truth in a story about
MicroSoft and it's hairy days as a *nix supplier and even the technical
correctness about posix xompliance - though MS POSIX a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 17:20
My stupidest client won't even have an email address on his site because
he insists it's to complicated. I offered to set it all up for him...
but alas no..
..And no he's not very proficiant in usin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 17:18
Nah,
I still don't think it's a good idea to store the images in the database;
I'm guessing from the size and the security / access concerns that these are
document scans rather than pictures; if tha...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 17:13
> thats foul....dog food, saying that i do love dog biscuits
Dog chocolates are nice. They taste just like Carab (sp?) and apparently
have allsorts of vitamins added. That probably explains my heal...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 17:11
I know a girl who swears that a pat=E9 I eat - wild boar from Tesco's - =
smells
and taste's like Chum.
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 01 April 2003 15:44
To:...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 17:03
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> i like stupid clients, u can mean & horrible to their faces and they
> still think ur god cos u know how to open a google search window :)
he says from an AOL email account...
Re: FN-FORUM: concept design
date posted 1st April 2003 16:57
My inspiration tends to come from memory, photo, ideas I have had, things i see, two bits of paper stuck together at groovy angles or things i enjoy, clouds shaped like members of my family and then i...
RE: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 16:43
Her website is Crap (apparently the designer doesn't believe you can connect
a database to a website!!!! I'm working on it believe me...) But KAZ(Karen
Johnson) Tel: 01202 511252 Mobile: 07813178350...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 16:39
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Carl Taylor
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>One of the most successful April Fools I did was way back in the good
>old days before hard disks, networks, viruses et al were invent...
RE: FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 16:36
> cheapest place (ideally online) to buy Epson printer
> cartridges or very good
> quality generics to fit an Epson Stylus Photo 890.
>
> Any recommendations?
> Thanks muchly
> Elizabeth
I don't thi...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 16:31
'ringmaster' sounds like something you should save for after hours or that requires a visit to the seedier side of amsterdam...
FN-FORUM: BT Broadband
date posted 1st April 2003 16:21
Hi all,
I think this question may have arrisen before but Can't remember the
solution - or whether there is one!
One of my clients has just 'upgraded' to BT broadband and selected the basic
package....
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 16:16
That's very perceptive of you Darran - unfortunately, the only time they
wanted to 'have a quiet word' with my brother was when I'd fitted him
up,
Hutch
*To be read to the theme tune from The Sweeney...
FN-FORUM: Umbrella companies V Limited
date posted 1st April 2003 16:11
Hi all,
Has anyone had any dealings with running under an umbrella company. What are
the down sides with reference to having a limited company?
Just been asked this by someone and I couldnt give an...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 16:08
on 1/4/03 2:32 pm, Judy Kenwright at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> but
> I wondered if the Housecall service which scans your system while you're
> online was Mac compatible.
I tried that - threw up an e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 16:03
on 1/4/03 2:11 pm, Elizabeth Varley at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> very interesting ;)
>
> http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139874
>
> Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
> By James Middleton [01-04-20...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 15:57
I've had a client swear their sites not online...
Of course they had accidently set IE to 'work offline'
... and yes they used AOL (and 'signing on' mysteriously made the website
appear)
As to you...
RE: FN-FORUM:ADSL MODEM (ZOOM), DELL MONITOR, ETHERNET HUB (4 PORT)
date posted 1st April 2003 15:55
Hey People,
If anyone is interested, I have got a Zoom ADSL modem (40 ono), 15"
dell Monitor (35 ono), and an Ethernet Hub (4 port - =20 ono) - all
almost brand new and hardly used.
Email me on [E...
FN-FORUM: PHP reading bytes
date posted 1st April 2003 15:50
Hello freelancers,
Does anyone know how to read binary string byte by byte in PHP?
Thanks in advance,
Stas...
Re: FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 15:45
> very interesting ;)
> http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139874
> Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
> By James Middleton [01-04-2003]
> But Redmond will still demand licence revenue
Heh. I trust...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 15:41
Jacket tatties scooped out and mixed with cheese, bacon, jalapenos, black
pepper and cayenne pepper - very tasty
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of
Ema
Sent: 0...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 15:40
on 1/4/03 12:16 pm, Andy Connor at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Interesting to hear that you are an ex-resident and that you sister still
> lives here.Where are you now Dave?
>
> I forget the name of it...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL and an ADSL router
date posted 1st April 2003 15:37
the following is an extract from an article on VNUNET.com dated in 2000
I have also spoken to NTL, not Telewest. Who say, we do not offer ADSL
services anywhere in the UK.
As you said there is noth...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 15:31
thats foul....dog food, saying that i do love dog biscuits...
RE: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 15:24
> You also need to establish that if=20
> you're storing all that data in the database rather than as=20
> links then you may need to switch to SQL Server Enterprise.
You've got me intrigued now Andy...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 15:16
Tellytubbies are presumably fairly technically adept anyway - they can use
advanced machinery such as tubby tustard machines and spacecraft. Not to
mention that they each come with a television embed...
Re: FN-FORUM: concept design
date posted 1st April 2003 15:07
On this subject... I sometimes look through my "old designs" folder which
stores the relics that "never quite made it" for my inspiration.
My new portfolio site is currently being produced using one...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 15:04
on 1/4/03 1:29 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] at
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I gave the url for a site over the phone to a client (on AOL), spelling out
> the net address letter by letter then sayi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 15:01
> I gave the url for a site over the phone to a client (on AOL), spelling
out
> the net address letter by letter then saying 'hit enter'. Client says they
> got a page not found message. took me a whi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 14:59
> > www.thebottlerocket.co.uk
>
> Sorry, I was having a nosey, can you tell me - Is some of the text on your
> site blurred or do I need a new monitor ?
>
Didn't do my eyes any favours - but it's a ni...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 14:59
>Ben Ede wrote:
>
>> One of my thicker mates still pays me maintenance ;)>
>
>Ben Ede? Ben Ede from the CSA?
>I was your supervisor back then and will be taken the appropriate
action.
ROFL! Almost...
RE: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses
date posted 1st April 2003 14:56
Contracts are important. I had a contract for a client (parent-company were
French) to work on a given project, with ten days notice built in, but two
weeks into the term they cancelled and then tried...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 14:56
Andy Stafford wrote:
>>www.thebottlerocket.co.uk
>
>
> Sorry, I was having a nosey, can you tell me - Is some of the text on your
> site blurred or do I need a new monitor ?
I had a neb too, and th...
FN-FORUM: cheap cartridges?
date posted 1st April 2003 14:49
I'm sure this one's been asked before, so apologies, but I'm looking for the
cheapest place (ideally online) to buy Epson printer cartridges or very good
quality generics to fit an Epson Stylus Photo...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 14:47
Actually I have just found out what the real name, it is called "Ring
Master" available in Hounslow West London and other places I am sure..
Regards
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES
Internet Consultancy
t...
FN-FORUM: RE: Cyrix MIII
date posted 1st April 2003 14:46
I'm in luck, ive just found one in my storeroom! no wait I've got 2 and and
early pentium.......think i'll play for a while...see how long it takes to
break them!
>From: "John Papworth" [EMAIL...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 14:38
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ema" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
> Ben Ede wrote:
>
> > One of my thicke...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 14:28
i like stupid clients, u can mean & horrible to their faces and they still think ur god cos u know how to open a google search window :)...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 14:23
Yeah we have the same thing here called a "Police Surgery" which they =
have
around the area and they also allow you to be contacted by phone or =
email if
there is something dodgy going on line you s...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 14:20
I know their products, particularly PC-cillin (!) wouldn't be suitable, but
I wondered if the Housecall service which scans your system while you're
online was Mac compatible. I thought the initial pr...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Wrongfully arrested
date posted 1st April 2003 14:14
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> On the other hand though being of average
> description works the other way as well as the police are often looking for
> people to do line ups and i was on their books for qu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 14:13
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I gave the url for a site over the phone to a client (on AOL), spelling out
> the net address letter by letter then saying 'hit enter'. Client says they
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 14:13
I'm currently working with a client whose business is document-based and
they keep terabytes worth of images of the documents, some of which are
200-300 page TIFFs.
I designed the system to work by s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 14:09
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Dave Polhill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> All this talk of food is making me hungry :-(
>
> Anyway, I have two upcoming projects that involve storing and managing
> fairly large (20-40Gb) col...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 14:07
> My parents would have probably appreciated it too. Except=20
> that whenever plod turned up at our front door it was always=20
> with very good reason ...
Hutch, I'm sure it must have been down to...
RE: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 14:05
> Despite my previous experience, my instinct is to store the=20
> images in the SQL Server tables for a number of reasons:
>=20
> a) - Security
> b) - Speed of retrieval
> c) - Use of RAID and multi-...
RE: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 14:02
Hi
We had around 300,000 photos of various sizes on one project all held in
one directory - it worked fine to start with but eventually became too
slow so we moved it with a number of problems to a h...
FN-FORUM: Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
date posted 1st April 2003 13:59
very interesting ;)
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139874
Microsoft opens DOOrS to Linux emulator
By James Middleton [01-04-2003]
But Redmond will still demand licence revenue
Microsoft has thrown in...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 13:58
When I lived in London, some of the guys used to cook with cheapo dog food
regularly. They swore it was a) cheaper and b) more hygienically processed
than human tinned stew. Tasted OK in goulash, mous...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 13:57
Who ever it was that had brie with cranberry sauce and bacon yesterday,
I thank you :-) It planted the seed which grew into my lunch today...
yum yum!!
Em
--
http://bw3.co.uk/
Everything Internet...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 13:55
Salad followed by Worcester Sauce Crips, Nice'n'Spicy Nik Naks and one
Caramel Taxi.
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RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 13:52
All this talk of April Fools has got me reminiscing - Dangerous!
One of the most successful April Fools I did was way back in the good
old days before hard disks, networks, viruses et al were invente...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 13:51
on 1/4/03 12:59 pm, Catherine Hutchinson at [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
> as you are also honour bound not to mention that i
> likened him to a tellytubby ;-)
LOL! I am diplomacy itself! You didn't call...
Re: FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 13:48
Storing images in the database is good for security. But it will greatly
increase the size of the database that you require.
Don't forget the whole thing about how you actually deliver the images to...
RE: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses
date posted 1st April 2003 13:46
> There issue is that the client has been shafted in the past with
> overcharging and poor work and are consequently unwilling to
> commit to such
> an agreement. They seem to view it as a clause in...
Re: FN-FORUM: concept design
date posted 1st April 2003 13:44
Hi John
Sometimes it's just comes easy when I'm browsing through the CD's they send
through when other times it's been a absolute nightmare, that's when I start
searching around the net looking for a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses [OT]
date posted 1st April 2003 13:39
> www.thebottlerocket.co.uk
Sorry, I was having a nosey, can you tell me - Is some of the text on your
site blurred or do I need a new monitor ?
Andy...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 13:35
Friends of mine pulled a classic, they were in Wales for the weekend in
the middle of nowhere, they had a radio/cassette thing with them. One of
them works in Video/Audio production. They taped a John...
Re: FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses
date posted 1st April 2003 13:32
I used to work on handshakes alone...but then got burnt a few times and once quite badly and it cost me considerable time and money.
All you can do is explain the situation as clearly to the client a...
FN-FORUM: Thick clients...
date posted 1st April 2003 13:17
I gave the url for a site over the phone to a client (on AOL), spelling out
the net address letter by letter then saying 'hit enter'. Client says they
got a page not found message. took me a while to...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 13:06
Really got time on my hands today ...
In Canada, I used to receive occasional automated voice calls from the
police. This wasn't something you subscribed to - they just did it.
As in the phone rings...
Re: FN-FORUM: concept design
date posted 1st April 2003 13:05
John Murphy wrote:
> Just out of interested, D Thomas (not sure on you're first name sorry!)
John meet Damian, Damian this is John :-)
Em
--
http://bw3.co.uk/
Everything Internet...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 13:03
The Roebuck, was sitting in it yesterday. When Pete Townsend had his recent
run in with the press/police we were in there and it had a load of Paps
waiting in it.
Today I'm going to go the Hole In T...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 13:01
My parents would have probably appreciated it too. Except that whenever
plod turned up at our front door it was always with very good reason ...
Hutch
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Wrongfully arrested
date posted 1st April 2003 12:59
Em worte
No, never heard of this, but would prolly hear about my son (age 15)
being wrongfully arrested... He was picked up last night and held for 5
hours for answering the description of a youth...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 12:55
No, *suck-em* away...boom boom.
Ah, the fun of a double entendre...
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:56 AM...
FN-FORUM: Storing image collections in SQL Sever
date posted 1st April 2003 12:53
Hi,
All this talk of food is making me hungry :-(
Anyway, I have two upcoming projects that involve storing and managing
fairly large (20-40Gb) collections of images, each of which is about 1-2Mb
in...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 12:47
on 1/4/03 11:33 am, Judy Kenwright at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> www.antivirus.co.uk should be able to cope with a Mac.
Having time on hands and in the interests of keeping myself current, I had a
loo...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 12:47
Hi Dave, thanks for this, yes it is client in Oxford!! I may well pass your
info onto him as long as you are also honour bound not to mention that i
likened him to a tellytubby ;-)
Cheers
Catherine
-...
FN-FORUM: Termination Clauses
date posted 1st April 2003 12:34
Morning all,
Usually I lurk and drop the odd, generally inappropriate comment, at times.
However, I have a question I was wanting to field.
I have a potential client who is baulking at a particular...
RE: FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 12:33
>(as shown for being on the hard disk)
>beers.com -> /www/beers.com/index.html
>real-ales.com -> /www/beers.com/realale/index.html
You still run the risk of duplicate content, why not use;
http://ww...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 12:24
on 1/4/03 11:31 am, SOURCE FOUR at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> The one I use is Norton Internet Security/Anti-Virus - not had a virus yet -
> touch wood! And it comes with a personal firewall - good if...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 12:21
Ben Ede wrote:
> One of my thicker mates still pays me maintenance ;)
Ben Ede? Ben Ede from the CSA?
I was your supervisor back then and will be taken the appropriate action....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 12:19
I've heard of a Pubwatch scheme but they maybe different. I would like to
know Darran if its not too much hassle. Incidentally I broker this
http://www.wizzmail.co.uk/coorslist data and would be inter...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 12:17
a few years ago i was working at a big agency and my boss finally ordered me
a shiny new powerbook. i took delivery of it 3 days before april 1st.
on the morning of the 1st i rushed into the office e...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 12:13
I have a friend who is compiling a national database for recording crime
whereby victims will be able to log crime details for local areas. Although
he works for Kent Police I gather this will be reli...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 12:04
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 11:28 am, Ben Ede wrote:
> Many years ago I used to work for the wonderful Child
> Support Agency. It's amazing how much fun can be had
> by stealing a couple of pieces of heade...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 12:03
Interesting to hear that you are an ex-resident and that you sister still
lives here.Where are you now Dave?
I forget the name of it but is next to Mick Jagger/Jerry Hall's house(s) and
opposite Pete...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 12:03
Forging letterheads is easy when you design them anyway.
My ex used to stupidly, have a few drinks and drive home every week.
That was until i scanned in a police logo and forged a letter saying
he...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 11:59
Andy Connor wrote:
> My local police force issue regular e-mails alerting subscribers to possible
> criminal activities locally.
> Does anyone else benefit from this service or know whether they have...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 11:56
We did the same to a guy at Uni. Took a letter from the accommodation dept,
photocopied out the header on a colour photocopier and then inserted out own
text saying that he was going to be evicted for...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 11:56
Catherine
Norton Anti virus is about the best for a mac.
Most ISPs scan for viruses now though.
Lindsey Hill
____________________
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Re: FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 11:53
Good Point!
Perhaps I have just been lucky up to this point but I have seen good results
(with both sites being indexed for about 10 months now) with a .Com/.Net
domain. Anywhoo! Another alternative t...
Re: FN-FORUM: concept design
date posted 1st April 2003 11:50
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From: "John Murphy" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:27 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: concept design
> -----Original Message-----
> From...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 11:46
on 1/4/03 10:49 am, Catherine Hutchinson at [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
> I have a client who uses a Mac and he's just sent me a virus. My antivirus
> software happily picked it up and I deleted it, but I...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 11:44
Now, do we succumb to apparent lesbian double =E9ntendre here, or are =
we more
mature than that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Carla Boulton [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 01 April 2003 11:21
To: FN-FORU...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 11:39
on 1/4/03 10:49 am, Catherine Hutchinson at [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
> I have a client who uses a Mac and he's just sent me a virus. My antivirus
> software happily picked it up and I deleted it, but I...
RE: FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 11:34
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Mike Adamson wrote:
>
>
> As you correctly say, gateways are a big no no.. also
> Duplicate content ensures that all but one domain will be dropped... not nice, you dont get to
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 11:34
symantec do mac antivirus products
http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_mac
this works with OSX or OS9.2 (you don't say which he is using)
i think it's about =A380 - he can pay by credit card and downloa...
FN-FORUM: automated response
date posted 1st April 2003 11:29
Thank you for your email. It will be dealt with shortly...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 11:29
> If you do bring in a gun please be very careful and make sure
> it's not loaded.
LOL
I don't know if there's anything like this around here, but my father's the
licensing officer for South Wiltsh...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 11:21
www.antivirus.co.uk should be able to cope with a Mac. They have a
'housecall' facility that finds and cleans viruses. I'm pretty sure it's Mac
safe, but you may want to check it before you direct him...
Re: FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 11:19
Catherine
The one I use is Norton Internet Security/Anti-Virus - not had a virus yet -
touch wood! And it comes with a personal firewall - good if you have
broadband constant connection! Website is h...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 11:17
:)
Many years ago I used to work for the wonderful Child
Support Agency. It's amazing how much fun can be had
by stealing a couple of pieces of headed note paper,
some official envelopes and sending...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 11:11
on 1/4/03 10:47 am, Andy Connor at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> "Pub is at the top of Richmond hill so I sat and gazed out over that."
>
> Spooky........I was cycling there about lunchtime yesterday!! I...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 11:09
> Has anyone tried Chicken Whiskas before
I find the breasts to be more flavoursome Judy,
Carla
on 1/4/03 9:43 am, Judy Kenwright at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Damian, next time the Welsh beat the E...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 11:02
on 1/4/03 10:43 am, Judy Kenwright at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Has anyone tried Chicken Whiskas before? Any recipes?
mmm ... isn't that cat food?
----------------------------------------------------...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 10:58
i am having a stale blueberry bagel and raspberry jam! its actually really filling and yummy...plus i get to dunk it in my tea...
RE: FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 10:56
As you correctly say, gateways are a big no no.. also
Duplicate content ensures that all but one domain will be dropped... not nice, you dont get to
decide which gets dropped. SE do not want duplica...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Police e-alerts
date posted 1st April 2003 10:49
My local police force issue regular e-mails alerting subscribers to possible
criminal activities locally.
Does anyone else benefit from this service or know whether they have the
ability to subscribe?...
FN-FORUM: client with a mac and a virus
date posted 1st April 2003 10:37
I have a client who uses a Mac and he's just sent me a virus. My antivirus
software happily picked it up and I deleted it, but I'm now going to have to
email him and let him know. This particular clie...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 10:35
"Pub is at the top of Richmond hill so I sat and gazed out over that."
Spooky........I was cycling there about lunchtime yesterday!! I live in Ham,
where are you based Norman?
Andy Connor
----- Orig...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 10:31
Damian, next time the Welsh beat the English at rugby I promise to buy the
beers. I'm not holding my breath!
The broccoli and beans didn't seem so appealing last night so we decamped to
the pub for s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 10:17
Rus,
Keyword optimised domain names will definately help your cause. There are
generally 2 approaches to additional domains, one is to use the domain and
have it host a single/multiple gateway page w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 10:06
Yes, keyowrds in domain is good for positioning in google, but tends to be crap for brand building
i.e
www.keyword1-keyword2.com
hypens are treated as spaces ;)
Mike
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FN-FORUM: [OT] April fools
date posted 1st April 2003 09:56
=20
=20
My favourite April fools was when I was in Sydney, my flat mate had been
working at this caf=E9, run by this right bastard. I used my CPT skills
and with the help of another flat mate constr...
RE: FN-FORUM: anyone off to glastonbury
date posted 1st April 2003 09:50
Vagabonds - lol! Why not just call them pikeys and be done with it,
Hutch
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Behalf Of Dan Norcott
Sent: 01 April 2003 09:51
To: FN-F...
FN-FORUM: Keywords in domain name
date posted 1st April 2003 09:47
Hi All,
I'm just debating for SEO if it would be any benefit it I owned a domain
with a keyword in it. For example if I sell beer ( I wish ) would it be
better for for to own just rus.com or rusbeer....
Re: FN-FORUM: anyone off to glastonbury
date posted 1st April 2003 09:39
I'll have a virtual glastonbury by getting 20,000 people to crap in my shed
and then spend half a day queuing up to get to it, before vomiting when I
actually enter it. Whilst this is happening I wil...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 09:35
Combined with a necessary trip to the bank to pay in cheques. Plus I set my
own hours, don't you?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co....
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] April fool for you F1 fans..
date posted 1st April 2003 09:29
> Breaking News: Villeneuve Retires From F1!!!
> By Phil Huff
Very good. Just too far from the truth to be believable. :)
Darran....
FN-FORUM: [OT] April fool for you F1 fans..
date posted 1st April 2003 09:14
Thanks to one of the publishers on sportnetwork I spat my coffee accross my
monitor....
Here is the story...bstrd....
John
Breaking News: Villeneuve Retires From F1!!!
By Phil Huff
In a shockin...
FN-FORUM: anyone off to glastonbury
date posted 1st April 2003 09:08
all designers/developers unite at glasto!...
Re: FN-FORUM: One for the CSS gurus
date posted 1st April 2003 06:58
Thanks for the replies - especially Nick's lengthy explanation of the
problem.
I'm still working on this one, but it seems to me that in some circumstances
it might be better to stick to traditional...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 03:08
You folks are lucky enough to get lunch?
syn
On 31/3/2003 5:52 pm, "Lists" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I had steak for breakfast, and coffee.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
RE: FN-FORUM: cyrix MIII 500mhz
date posted 1st April 2003 00:49
I believe it was a socket 7, as it fitted into the old Pentium style
motherboards.
370 is for Celeron!
John Papworth
t: +44 [0]7986 538387
e: [EMAIL REMOVED]
This e-mail is strictly confidential...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL and an ADSL router
date posted 1st April 2003 00:46
There is no confusion. I have followed the wire from the ADSL modem to
the Microfilter, then the copper pair goes through the wall, next door
to the BT Croydon TE in Scarbrook Road. My customer is in...
RE: FN-FORUM: concept design
date posted 1st April 2003 00:15
Just out of interested, D Thomas (not sure on you're first name sorry!) how
do you tend to come up with your ideas? And are they based around
similarities in previous work?
I only ask as once I find...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Lunch
date posted 1st April 2003 00:05
Judy Kenwright wrote:
>LOL! Not that well, I had 6 large spoons of brown sugar on the Ready Brek!
>Just thinking about dinner now...broccoli and baked beans again I think.
>
>Judy
>
Broccolli and be...
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