Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday June 3rd 2003
Re: FN-FORUM: AAAhhhh clients
date posted 3rd June 2003 23:14
> sounds about standard yeah, I particularly enjoy the "well I've seen it
> on another site and I want it too" variety that is normally followed by
> "no I can't remember which site, you find it and...
RE: FN-FORUM: AAAhhhh clients
date posted 3rd June 2003 22:50
Sucess!
This was the reply:
"Andy - i totally understand how you feel - dont worry i will contact you
tommorrow and i will come over and go through the list ok -
if she is doing what you have state...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac quark printing problem
date posted 3rd June 2003 22:35
> I increased Quark memory and tried to locate how to increase the
> printers memory, its a new Epson 1290, but couldn't find it. I'll try
> with background printing off but its strange because I've p...
RE: FN-FORUM: AAAhhhh clients
date posted 3rd June 2003 22:30
Dontcha just love em!
This job would be great if it wasn't for clients :)
Michael Beckett
Denial Design
http://www.denialdesign.com
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Re: FN-FORUM: AAAhhhh clients
date posted 3rd June 2003 22:23
Andrew,
sounds about standard yeah, I particularly enjoy the "well I've seen it
on another site and I want it too" variety that is normally followed by
"no I can't remember which site, you find it...
FN-FORUM: AAAhhhh clients
date posted 3rd June 2003 22:18
Does anyone else get days when they want to bang their heads on the wall
doing subcontract work ?
Heres a typical client message:
"Andy - Encloed is an attachment email from ****Client of Client****...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac quark printing problem
date posted 3rd June 2003 22:10
I increased Quark memory and tried to locate how to increase the
printers memory, its a new Epson 1290, but couldn't find it. I'll try
with background printing off but its strange because I've print...
RE: FN-FORUM: php OR asp.net
date posted 3rd June 2003 20:18
For anyone that's still interested there is an article comparing PHP with
ASP.NET at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/phpvsaspnet.asp?frame=tr
ue very useful reading I learnt quite...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 19:50
>Name servers listed in order:
>ns1.hsoft.co.uk =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (unable to validate IP)
>ns2.hsoft.co.uk =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (unable to validate IP)
that is indee...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 19:31
There might be a problem with their name servers (perhaps a router down
between their name servers and the rest of the world). I'm on Blueyonder,
but I use my own DNS, not theirs and can't see it.
Sa...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 18:38
John Wards wrote:
> http://www.ezb8.com/default.asp
>
> Is this a Graham Norton special?
Or *Changing Rooms*?
Em
--
http://bw3.co.uk/
Everything Internet...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac quark printing problem
date posted 3rd June 2003 18:36
> I've got a 16 page brochure on a quark document which is 7.6mb, my G4
> has 768mb RAM, yet when i try and print it, it tells me I haven't enough
> memory. Usually when that happens, there's some che...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic Artists..Who needs em?
date posted 3rd June 2003 18:34
~starts throwing stuff~ No you see why people are unwilling to pay for
professional graphic art services when cheesy programs will do it for
them...Bah Hum Bug :(
lolol
On 6/3/03 5:04 pm, [EMAIL REM...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 18:18
Quoting Ray McGinty [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > miss some of the things we could do with the ISDN setup.
> Hi James,
>
> What will I be missing then if I go to ADSL?
We had plain ISDN (installation pre-dat...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic Artists..Who needs em?
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:44
next you'll be saying "who needs web designers when there's the mighty
frontpage express!"
and
[quote]
> Graphic artists....Who needs 'em?
>
>
[/quote]
No, I don't think ducks need them.
;)
i...
FN-FORUM: Tax credits deadline
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:43
Timely reminder about tax credit claims (and URL) at the end of the =
advert.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database +ACY- Internet Applications Design +ACY- =
Development.
Microsoft...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:41
Fine here.. IE6 on Plusnet
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 03 June 2003 16:43
> To: Charles E. Gatenby
> Subject: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
>=20
>=20
> Hi
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:35
No joy here - BT Broadband.
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From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:43 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
> Hi
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:26
Tony Crockford:
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
Nothing here - Force9/Plusnet.
- Nick Grim...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:24
> I'm off to buy myself a dress and a digital camera.
Don't forget to shave your legs.
anything and everything to do with apple macintosh computers
http://www.m4mac.com
07958 773472...
Re: FN-FORUM: RyanAir (OT)
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:23
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 3:01 pm, you wrote:
[tax refund]
> I have had to do this a couple of times. I contacted the agent who sold=
me
> the tickets, explained the situation and they refunded the ta...
FN-FORUM: Mac quark printing problem
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:14
I've got a 16 page brochure on a quark document which is 7.6mb, my G4
has 768mb RAM, yet when i try and print it, it tells me I haven't enough
memory. Usually when that happens, there's some cheeky...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:13
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 3:57 pm, you wrote:
> http://www.ezb8.com/default.asp
Most amusing. Shame about the linguistic slip-up:
"I consider myself on being the sexiest babe in Manchester, mind you"...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:11
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
> If anyone has five minutes to see if they can't see it (i...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:09
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
>
> If anyone has five minutes to see if they can't see it...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:05
> I can see it! Do I get a prize? I'm on blueyonder
> Try www.dnsstuff.com see what it says, there may be a problem with one
> or more nameservers.
Thanks for this and to everyone who replied - look...
FN-FORUM: Graphic Artists..Who needs em?
date posted 3rd June 2003 17:00
Strange thing has recently happened. A client decided that my work was that
*good* (ahem) That would I be able to design a new logo for his company?
"Of course I would!", said I....Knowing full well...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:59
> > Ha! its a cunning marketing ploy for this company:
> > http://www.parosholidays.com/
I'm off to buy myself a dress and a digital camera....
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:56
I can see it! Do I get a prize? I'm on blueyonder
Try www.dnsstuff.com see what it says, there may be a problem with one
or more nameservers.
Michael Beckett
Denial Design
http://www.denialdesign.com...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:52
> Ha! its a cunning marketing ploy for this company:
> http://www.parosholidays.com/
Like the URL ezb8 ... Easy bate ... Must remember to check back in a few
months to see what they are selling ......
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:52
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
>
> If anyone has five minutes to see if they can't see it...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:50
Hi Tony,
No joy for me from here either (Onetel ADSL)
Using Dnsreport.com I can see that your nameservers have stopped
responding... Have you recently updated the domain?
http://www.dnsreport.com...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:50
Can see it, no problem (ntlworld)
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Sent: 03 June 2003 16:43
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Subject: FN-FORUM:...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:48
I can't see it - ntl:freedom (ntlworld)
Liam
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Of Ray McGinty
Sent: 03 June 2003 16:49
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> ju...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:48
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi
>
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
Your name servers, ns1.hsoft....
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:46
fine for me, ntl cable, midlands.
> Hi
>
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
>
> If anyone ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:45
> just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
> from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
>
> If anyone has five minutes to see if they can't see it...
Re: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:44
I can't see it. My ISP is GCONNECT in Rawtenstall - Pam
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From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:43 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM:...
RE: FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:42
No joy here
Using Claranet as well
Sorry
Norman
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
Behalf Of Tony Crockford
Sent: 03 June 2003 16:43
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Su...
FN-FORUM: DNS/ISP issues
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:39
Hi
just heard from client that they can't see: http://www.torbytes.co.uk/
from some of their machines, including those using Claranet ISP.
If anyone has five minutes to see if they can't see it (if...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:15
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 4:16 pm, Norman Beresford wrote:
> They both use Fasthosts.....
Can't hold that against them....;-)
john...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:14
> Ha! its a cunning marketing ploy for this company:
> http://www.parosholidays.com/
>
> look at the banner at the bottom.
>
> Rather clever.
>
Not that clever if you don't notice it ;-)
Paros, ve...
RE: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:12
They both use Fasthosts.....
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Behalf Of John Wards
Sent: 03 June 2003 16:11
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: [ot]...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:12
> If you have a moment, could you take a look at
> www.viscountinteriors.co.uk/home.html and let me know if any errors appear
> or if the logo doesn't appear or appears strangely?
Hi Catherine
Seem...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Charging for a letter to be sent
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:11
> Right I am in the middle of a disput with my ex-insurace company and a thought
> occured to me...
>
> Banks charge you for sending letters, can I do the same?
Banks have your signature on various...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:08
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 4:06 pm, D Thomas wrote:
> lol, holy cow, I'm thinking it's a holiday ploy for that banner the picture
> of the girls are holding, flyswat.com, pretty nifty idea to gain a few h...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:06
>What will I be missing then if I go to ADSL?
Large bills?
>Hutch wrote:
>10 minute waits for page loads, interminable download times, constant
>redialing ....
>Hutch :p
ADSL rock solid and as f...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:02
lol, holy cow, I'm thinking it's a holiday ploy for that banner the picture
of the girls are holding, flyswat.com, pretty nifty idea to gain a few hits
though!
Best Regards
D Thomas
Tel: 0870 162 0...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 16:00
> http://www.ezb8.com/default.asp
>
> Is this a Graham Norton special?
>
Ha, looks like some kind of setup to me...
Paul....
Re: FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:59
Hi,
Ok it seems to work fine in Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 but when you
navigate to 'seating.html' Error message occurs and I think it has something
to do with this in your code:...
FN-FORUM: [ot] Girls fancy a holiday?
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:53
http://www.ezb8.com/default.asp
Is this a Graham Norton special?
John...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:51
10 minute waits for page loads, interminable download times, constant
redialing ....
Hutch :p
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Behalf Of Ray McGinty
Sent: 03 Jun...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:34
> XP - Moz1.3, Site works fine - I would change the logo tho, looks like a
> bev&emboss special, yuk!
Heee hee, we have told them similar although we probably weren't as polite
as you, but they like...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Charging for a letter to be sent
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:26
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 3:18 pm, Paul J White wrote:
> > Right I am in the middle of a disput with my ex-insurace company and a
>> thought occured to me...
> > Banks charge you for sending letters, can...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:26
I'll see what I can do lol. I got offered some for 'Taproot' a while =
back
for a competition. Also got offered an interview with the band today but
couldn't get up to London.
I'll let ya know if/whe...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:17
Liam wrote:
> WOW!! The speed-up is amazing!!! Thankyou very very much!!
>
> You can see the huge difference - http://rockreview.co.uk
>
> That's great! Cheers!!
That's what we're here for :) So any...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Charging for a letter to be sent
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:14
> Right I am in the middle of a disput with my ex-insurace company and a
thought
> occured to me...
> Banks charge you for sending letters, can I do the same?
>
> ...or is this just cookoo?
>
Good luc...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Charging for a letter to be sent
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:12
> Banks charge you for sending letters, can I do the same?
If this is the case, I'm going to be sending Richard Branson some letters....
FN-FORUM: [OT] Charging for a letter to be sent
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:09
Right I am in the middle of a disput with my ex-insurace company and a thought
occured to me...
Banks charge you for sending letters, can I do the same?
I have to send them a letter to confirm my c...
FN-FORUM: ACTINIC TRAINING
date posted 3rd June 2003 15:01
Hello.
I have a number of Actinic training vouchers that I am looking to offload.
Does anyone have any ideas (other than ebay) as to where would be a good
place to start?
Thanks.
---
Outgoing mail...
RE: FN-FORUM: RyanAir (OT)
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:56
Deborah,
I have had to do this a couple of times. I contacted the agent who sold me
the tickets, explained the situation and they refunded the tax amount to my
cc.
Good luck.
Stewart
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Re: FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:47
Everything appears and works fine.
W98, IE6.
Emma
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From: "Catherine Hutchinson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: FN-FORU...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:46
The drop down menu on the top left doesnt work too well on Opera
7, Win ME.
When I hover over it the menu drops down and I see 5 items
(shelving & Storage,..,storage wall)
When the cursor is elsew...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:45
WOW!! The speed-up is amazing!!! Thankyou very very much!!=20
You can see the huge difference - http://rockreview.co.uk=20
That's great! Cheers!!
Liam Martin
Rockreview.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:32
Catherine Hutchinson wrote:
> If you have a moment, could you take a look at
> www.viscountinteriors.co.uk/home.html and let me know if any errors
> appear or if the logo doesn't appear or appears str...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:21
Liam wrote:
> Sorry about that, I changed it last night and it wasn't working =
> properly. It's fixed now.
>
> Problems still occurring, any more guesses for me :'(
It's definitely the JavaScripts -...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:14
> miss some of the things we could do with the ISDN setup.
Hi James,
What will I be missing then if I go to ADSL?
Best regards,
Ray
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Ray McGinty Information Design...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:13
> why not ask Zen why they aren't in on it?
Hi Tony,
I have asked them. I will let you know their response!
Best regards,
Ray
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Ray McGinty Information Design
Speci...
FN-FORUM: site check please
date posted 3rd June 2003 14:10
If you have a moment, could you take a look at
www.viscountinteriors.co.uk/home.html and let me know if any errors appear
or if the logo doesn't appear or appears strangely?
If you could let me know...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:46
> Isn't RADSL what provides the outreach service - i.e., over
> 3.5km to 6km
> ? That's where we'd fit anyway
the limit for radsl is 59db
you're not far off, and you're right they might complain if...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:45
> From: "James Murphy" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> ... yes I'd much rather have ADSL than an ISDN dial-up connection but we
> rather miss some of the things we could do with the ISDN setup.
All I miss from Hom...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:41
> > Personally, I'd take the hit on the disconnection, and get
> it from Zen
> > - in my experience BT are hopeless. They deserve to lose
> all of their
> > broadband customers because their ADSL...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:39
Sorry about that, I changed it last night and it wasn't working =
properly.
It's fixed now.
Problems still occurring, any more guesses for me :'(
Liam
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RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:28
So what happens if I keep complaining on 151 about noise on the line.
They'll just tell me that there isn't any and that it's not in the
contract for them to provide a noise free line.
Isn't RADSL wh...
RE: FN-FORUM: ASP Problem....
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:25
If you don't want to duplicate code to vbs try a free little dos program
called url2file. You can run it to call any page and save the content to
either a file or >null: e.g.
C:\WINDOWS\URL2FILE.EXE...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:21
> Well absolutely correct. But how come you can have 2 lines,
> one from our
> house and one from the one 2 doors further away. Correct me if I'm
> wrong, both these lines then go along to a junction...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:10
Well absolutely correct. But how come you can have 2 lines, one from our
house and one from the one 2 doors further away. Correct me if I'm
wrong, both these lines then go along to a junction box and...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:09
> > There is no cost involved - that was my main concern as well
>
> That's great news Andy if its true. But did you buy BT Broadband? The
> problem only arises (I believe) if you decide to go with a...
Re: FN-FORUM: ASP Problem....
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:08
for regular times convert the ASP into VBS (quite simple) and then set a
scheduled task to run it
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tue...
Re: FN-FORUM: ASP Problem....
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:07
Thanks Pete, but I dont know how to do it in ASP on
Windows 2000 Server.
Regards
PicesPower
--- Pete Black [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Well, if you must use ASP code - and by this I mean
> you must wri...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:05
Hi,
Nope, I tried via Demon.
Cheers
Andy
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From: Ray McGinty [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 03 June 2003 13:05
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone u...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:04
> Personally, I'd take the hit on the disconnection, and get it from Zen - in
> my experience BT are hopeless. They deserve to lose all of their broadband
> customers because their ADSL roll-out has...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:03
Hi Tony,
> I would steer well clear of BT broadband.
>=20
> Why not get a second line installed, specifically ask for it to be
> suitable for ASDL - if it isn't then cancelling the order should be
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:02
Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> When I complained to BT about my inability to get broadband, I said what
> about getting another line installed specifically for broadband and they
> t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:01
Hi Andy,
> If you're on home highway, you simply book the conversion, then when BT
> come to test the line they disconnect the highway kit at the exchange.
> If it checks out and you can have adsl, t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:00
> You're probably right. Our Highway connection was down for a
> week recently. It took the engineer 2 minutes to fix when he
> was eventually sent to the exchange. He just had to "reset
> the card...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 13:00
Quoting Oktal [EMAIL REMOVED]
> All I know is I spent 2 years with a Home Highway box and was relieved to
> pay the £50 to see the back of it....I think I only spent about a day on
> 128k as no prov...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:59
Liam Martin wrote:
> Any ideas on speeding up??
>
> Suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
> The URL - http://www.rockreview.co.uk=20
A quick look at the code showed quite a few included bits of JavaScri...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:57
> When I complained to BT about my inability to get broadband, I said what
> about getting another line installed specifically for broadband and they
> told me that even if I did that they couldn't gu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:55
Hi Damon,
> All I know is I spent 2 years with a Home Highway box and was relieved to
> pay the =A350 to see the back of it....I think I only spent about a day on
> 128k as no providers could give a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:55
Liam Martin [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> We have had a problem for a few weeks in that the homepage and some
> other pages are very slow to load. It occurred quite suddenly and we
> don't really know wha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:52
Hi Catherine,
> Why will BT charge to disconnect? Are you part way through a contract?
Presumably because the engineer has to go the the exchange and physically
remove the Highway kit
>
> Do you onl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:51
> If I buy from BT Broadband, BT will not charge anything for
> diconnecting or
> reconnecting Highway (so the call centre lady claims anyway).
>
> Well reader, what would you do...?
>
> Best regards...
Re: FN-FORUM: ASP Problem....
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:48
Well, if you must use ASP code - and by this I mean you must write it as
a web application, then the obvious way would be to write a script
that requests a URL (you could use wget or similar, or use P...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:47
When I complained to BT about my inability to get broadband, I said what
about getting another line installed specifically for broadband and they
told me that even if I did that they couldn't guarentt...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:44
>
> If I remember correctly, this divides the CD into two directories resulting
> in one part for the PC people, which has all the autorun.inf, etc one area
> and the Mac people, which contains all t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:42
I would steer well clear of BT broadband.
Why not get a second line installed, specifically ask for it to be
suitable for ASDL - if it isn't then cancelling the order should be
free.
second line ins...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:39
If you're on home highway, you simply book the conversion, then when BT
come to test the line they disconnect the highway kit at the exchange.
If it checks out and you can have adsl, then they'll remo...
FN-FORUM: Advice/Help Please! Very Slow Loading Site
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:37
Hi All,
I am running a website called ROCKREVIEW which launched last November. =
Since
then everything has been going from strength to strength and our =
popularity
has risen enormously. We have alre...
FN-FORUM: ASP Problem....
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:34
Hi,
I want to update few rcords on daily basis on a
specific or on random timings automatically without
anyones activity in the access database using ASP
code. Any one has ideas.
Regards
Pices Power...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:33
Cheers for all the help on this folks.
I've collated the relevant info and shoved it onto the poor sod that's
actually going to do it ;)
He's got access to a mac for the burning, so at least that's...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:27
All I know is I spent 2 years with a Home Highway box and was relieved to
pay the £50 to see the back of it....I think I only spent about a day on
128k as no providers could give a 128k FRIACO, as BT...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:26
> Empty blue box here. No content
>
> Mac OS9.2 IE5.1
Ditto with Mac IE 5.2.2 under OSX - but looks fine in Safari!
anything and everything to do with apple macintosh computers
http://www.m4mac....
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:20
Why will BT charge to disconnect? Are you part way through a contract?
Do you only have BT Highway, do you not have landline too, that could be
converted?
Catherine
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RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?)
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:19
> Thanks for that ... It was set on 'automatic'. This is Unicode UTF-7.
> There's a Unicode UTF-8 - what's the difference?
Hi,
My guess is (and anyone out there correct me if I'm way off) is that UN...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:19
Ray wrote:
> If I buy broadband from Zen, I will have to pay BT =A350 to disconnect
> Highway, and =A375 to reinstall it if the line is no good.
>
> If I buy from BT Broadband, BT will not charge anyt...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:18
> If I buy broadband from Zen, I will have to pay BT =A350 to disconnect
> Highway, and =A375 to reinstall it if the line is no good.
>
> If I buy from BT Broadband, BT will not charge anything for d...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:14
> If anyone has a version of IE 5.0 could you take a look at
> www.testzone.co.uk/marwood/ and let me know if you see a blue box appear
> where there should be content on the right hand side?
Hi Cath...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:10
> When burning a hybrid CD on toast, you do have the option of making it
> auto-run for the Mac. However, I think most Macs have autorun disabled on
> their CD drives anyway...or well, all the macs in...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:07
Hmm...
After looking into this broadband malarkey a bit more I find there's a snag=
.
I'm currently using BT Highway which is incompatible with ADSL.
BT need to remove the Highway service before th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 12:03
> We need to get a CD working for both PCs and Macs. It's to be handed out to
> customers, and ideally will autorun when being slapped in the drive.
>
> Easy enough on PCs as far as I can see - jus...
FN-FORUM: RyanAir (OT)
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:52
Does anybody know the situation with regards to claiming back the
airport tax when you miss a flight.
Aparently, 'by law you should get back the airport tax'
Regards
Deborah
==========
Graduate &...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:49
I was involved in a project for a company last year that had a similar
issue. The way they handled it was to burn a hybrid CD on a mac using the
application Toast.
If I remember correctly, this divid...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:43
> I guess the questions are:
>
> 1) Is there a mac equivalent of the autorun.inf
> 2) Are we going to run into any nightmares of file system
> compatibility, or
> will a CD burnt by a PC with PC di...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?) [OT]
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:41
What they been smoking?
badam-pish :)
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Re: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?)
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:39
High bit characters, I should think.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and...
RE: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:31
Win 98
Theresa
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Re: FN-FORUM: USB Extension Cable
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:31
>>> I need a USB extension cable.
>>> My device wire has a flattish rectangular male end
>>> (is that what they call type A?), and that's the same as
>>> plugs into my pc (female socket.)
>>> Thus, I...
Re: FN-FORUM: USB Extension Cable
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:19
> But for some reason this is for an Imac? (thought
> that was for removing hair) - is there a difference
> between Mac/PC USB systems? Surely Not, anyone?
No difference - USB's the same on both plat...
FN-FORUM: Mac/PC CD
date posted 3rd June 2003 11:10
Hi all
We need to get a CD working for both PCs and Macs. It's to be handed out to
customers, and ideally will autorun when being slapped in the drive.
Easy enough on PCs as far as I can see - jus...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check / Download
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:57
IE6 WinXP Pro ADSL - opens Media Player and plays tracks
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Behalf
Of Paul Summers
Sent: 03 June 2003 10:47
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL RE...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check / Download
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:56
Hi Paul,
It will be entirely dependant on whether users have install anything to
handle MP3 files in their browser. In mine Quicktime is in charge, so I
get a white frame in the centre of the scre...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:50
Hi Catherine,
I realised after I send the mail that you might be after more than just
the homepage. :)
http://www.layer1.co.uk/marwood2.jpg
Looks like trouble.
George
Catherine Hutchinson wrote:...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:43
Hi, thanks for the colour mismatch information.
I also prefer verdana as a small font but the client disagrees.
Cheers
Catherine
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FN-FORUM: Site check / Download
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:43
If you have a look @ http://secure.digitalarts.uk.com/marcsilk/ and go
into the 'Audio Downloads' area, when you click on the download button
for each of the items - What happens? Different browsers/...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:36
Hi
It looks fine in 5.5
Carrie
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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:17 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
> If any...
RE: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:35
Hi Catherine
Yeah looks like a color mis-match with the flash / browser
interpretation of the blue... You can overcome this by using a small 2x2
pixel .PNG image - with the same hex code as the flash...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:32
Hi, thanks for this. I should have been more specific though it's the pages
with the menu on them that are the problem, ie
http://testzone.co.uk/marwood/index2.html - I couldn't trouble you for a
scr...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:25
Hi catherine,
Have a look here for a screenshot:
http://www.layer1.co.uk/marwood.jpg
Only thing I can see is that the background isn't the same colour as the
flash movie. Looks fine in IE6/Mozil...
Re: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:23
Thanks Theresa, sorry could you tell me what operating system you are using?
Catherine
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RE: FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:20
I can see a blue background, no content, just the rollover links on the
left - which appear far into the centre
Theresa
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FN-FORUM: ie. 5.0
date posted 3rd June 2003 10:13
If anyone has a version of IE 5.0 could you take a look at
www.testzone.co.uk/marwood/ and let me know if you see a blue box appear
where there should be content on the right hand side?
Cheers
Cathe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband - anyone use Zen?
date posted 3rd June 2003 09:48
Thanks to all who responded on this. It looks as if Zen is the way to go
then!
> Ray McG wrote:
>> I've just heard that my exchange will get broadband in August. I
>> registered with Zen (among othe...
RE: FN-FORUM: Worldpay, Paypal and Branding
date posted 3rd June 2003 09:35
With Worldpay's Junior Select you can make your own HTML header and
footer to surround their payment forms. There isn't much you can do
within the form (except a bit of CSS, some colours and the odd b...
RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?)
date posted 3rd June 2003 09:25
> > PC OUTLOOK > TOOLS > OPTIONS > MAIL FORMAT > SETTINGS >
> > UNICODE OR MIME?
I don't have that.. Just HTML, Plain Text & Rich Text
Deborah
:::::: A t o m i c P h u s e ::::::
-----Origi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worldpay, Paypal and Branding
date posted 3rd June 2003 09:19
Worldpay wont let you brand. They let the customer know that it
is WP doing the credit card bit.
Ashar
Monday, June 2, 2003, 10:33:13 PM, you wrote:
Iain> Hi all,
Iain> I have some work in th...
FN-FORUM: Artwork Delivery - Quickcut
date posted 3rd June 2003 09:15
Morning all
I have to quote today on producing ads for a client to include delivering
them to the publication. The publication in question insists on using the
Quickcut system for delivery of pdf fil...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?)
date posted 3rd June 2003 09:13
I too post in plain text (from Mutt on Linux) and characters get munged.
If I had to guess, I would say it is probably the fault of whatever
software it is that adds the advertising banners on the b...
Re: FN-FORUM: USB Extension Cable
date posted 3rd June 2003 08:34
>From: "Sherry" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: USB Extension Cable
> We bought one recently from Dabs.com. Worked a treat :-)
> Sherry
>
Have you got the part number (from the invoice)?
I u...
RE: FN-FORUM: Turbo10 search engine
date posted 3rd June 2003 08:33
Its just a meta search with a sprinkle of PPC... the register fails to mention this.. grrr, I hate
being fed PPC when its not made TOTALLY clear:
"So how does it work?
You list with Turbo10 by select...
Re: FN-FORUM: Layout Check
date posted 3rd June 2003 08:30
Cheers Deborah, im a bit unsure about the choice of font on the buttons
also.. maybe time to look for something a bit more descriptive..
ta
vav...
Re: FN-FORUM: Turbo10 search engine
date posted 3rd June 2003 07:26
Looks like a searcher of search engines.
Which is fine until the powers that be at Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista and
everywhere else say 'Sod this for a game of soldiers' and stop the
linkages...
I'd al...
Re: FN-FORUM: Turbo10 search engine
date posted 3rd June 2003 06:57
too slow just now (probably because it seems to be using perl)
....but it looks good when it does produce a result.
Ashar, ducking for cover
Monday, June 2, 2003, 10:31:14 PM, you wrote:
Dave> Co...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?)
date posted 3rd June 2003 01:08
> PC OUTLOOK > TOOLS > OPTIONS > MAIL FORMAT > SETTINGS >
>
> UNICODE OR MIME?
>
> Think it should be Unicode... at least that's what works with me%20// LOL
> just kidding... I mean the '%20//' was...
RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Advice needed (characters going wrong?)
date posted 3rd June 2003 00:17
PC OUTLOOK > TOOLS > OPTIONS > MAIL FORMAT > SETTINGS >
UNICODE OR MIME?
Think it should be Unicode... at least that's what works with me%20// LOL
just kidding... I mean the '%20//' was me.
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