Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday June 7th 2003
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Salesmen (was Nigerian scams)
date posted 7th June 2003 23:53
Sure it's not sale time at DFS? Buy new sofa - nothing to pay for a year -
flog sofa - do a bunk. Or better still, use stolen/cloned credit card to buy
sofa, so that they chase the wrong person in a y...
FN-FORUM: OT: Wow!
date posted 7th June 2003 22:52
Just been shown these :)
http://195.37.51.132/~simoadam/delaortofadown.WMV
http://www.lizziegrubman.com/star_wars_kid.htm
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.co.uk
POV-Ray News & Resources http://P...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Salesmen (was Nigerian scams)
date posted 7th June 2003 22:22
Have a number of caravans appeared in a nearby layby or a farmer's field by
any chance? If so, lock your shed. Either that or they've looked through
your window and taken pity...
Send them to me, I n...
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 7th June 2003 22:21
use .htaccess files in the directories
john rat :-)
>hi folks,
>
>can anyone tell me how i would create a site to be a members only place that
>means members have to log in with their choice of...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 20:34
Talk about stating the obvious, but from what I have seen it doesn't seem to
ideally reliable when it comes to getting a particular font name. I shall
have to have a better look.
regards
simon
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Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 7th June 2003 20:29
Quoting Stephen Hume [EMAIL REMOVED]
> hi folks,
>
> can anyone tell me how i would create a site to be a members only place that
>
> means members have to log in with their choice of username and...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 20:26
Quoting Simon Jones [EMAIL REMOVED]
> This is indeed a usfull peace of web software but the point is that he
> doesn't know what the name is, so how the hell is he/she meant to look up
> what the fon...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 20:17
Quoting Business A2Z [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I could stand to be corrected, BT Wholesales basic Broadband has no smtp.
You're right - at least not officially... and if it were genuinely cheaper that
woul...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 20:14
It has to be 'Planet of the Apes... The Musical' if only for....
"he can talk, he can talk, he can talk... I can siiiiinnnnngggg"
folowed by some of the greatest lyrics ever written including my fav...
RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Nigerian Scams -Rant by a Nigerian
date posted 7th June 2003 20:08
It's definatley something to do with the stupidity of salesmen... friends of
mine had a loveley stone cottage in mid wales (horseway herbs) and still had
a salesman call round trying to sell them ston...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 20:04
> Yes, it also ends up with them moving the town after Homer turns
Springfield
> into the an garbage dump.
Yes, I find this a little dramatic. I thought this kinda thing was reserved
for Treehouse o...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 20:04
Quoting John Anderson [EMAIL REMOVED]
> So. Now what?
Not a lot - either he has to pay for this (or less for something like ICUKNET's
email only service) or he has to have a local SMTP server that...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 19:12
The links won't work because they're all just links to "#" at the moment
- It's just a mockup layout until it's ready to be grafted onto the
front of some Content Management :>
> Tried it with IE 5.2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site - now Tyneside
date posted 7th June 2003 19:06
I dunno, I thought it was because they closed Palmers and Leslies so there
wasn't anyone (with a job) left to use the ferry.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kath...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 18:57
> If anyone has a moment or two I'd be grateful for a check of
>
> http://www.sidc.co.uk/restyle/
>
> Tested on ie6, ie5, phoenix, firebird and Moz1.2 - all OK as far as I
> can see.
>
> Degrades t...
FN-FORUM:
date posted 7th June 2003 18:41
hi folks,
can anyone tell me how i would create a site to be a members only place that
means members have to log in with their choice of username and password, for
example reed.co.uk
i also need a...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 18:39
Yer I have just noticed how shis and as you say 'Laborious' it can be. hee
heee I will not use that software from now on.
I think I will just stick to eye strain why I am edentifying fonts
Regards...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 18:24
Yes, it also ends up with them moving the town after Homer turns Springfield
into the an garbage dump.
Darren
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RE: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 18:22
Actually this one is better.. should have posted this one
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
The identifying process on the other one, is a bit laborious and only
sometimes identifies the font corre...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 18:18
"Portfolio" looks like Eurostile Extended Black.
Can't identify "Fashion" et al. My eyes started to blur over after running
through several hundred fonts.
John Anderson
Soaring Penguin...
RE: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 18:16
> > http://www.gmazzarini.com/travel.htm
Don't have the font but I do have the PSD files for a client's site that
looks pretty similar...
Insignia-A ???
Cameron...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:57
I stand corrected this is a nifty peace of work
appologise
regards
Simon
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Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:54
Deborah,
This is indeed a usfull peace of web software but the point is that he
doesn't know what the name is, so how the hell is he/she meant to look up
what the font is if he/she doesn't know the n...
RE: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:47
http://www.identifont.com/index.html
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Re: FN-FORUM: MP3 Volumes [OT]
date posted 7th June 2003 17:46
I have been wishing for something like that for a while -=
excellent!!!
On 7 Jun 2003 15:38:50 -0000, Andy Stafford wrote:
>I know a few people on list play a lot of MP3s so this might be=
of
>int...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 17:45
I think maybe the best solution then would be to increase the image size so
that it not only stands out more but the text is then alot more readible
then it is at the moment.
Yer ok maybe I seemed a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 17:41
> Suggestion only you don't have to take it up..:)
LOL :>
The process you describe is more or less what I did, actually :<
Problem is that there's lots of small text within the concentric ovals
and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 17:34
Cameron,
If you have the original image that your client supplied or have access to
the paths that it was oringinally created with in say, illustrator or what
ever I would suggest using either and th...
RE: FN-FORUM: pending delete domains
date posted 7th June 2003 17:32
Stas wrote:
> This one isn't mine, I wish it was. The one I'm after has been bought
> by domain reseller, they wanted $10k for it and now it is going to
> expire off them. :)
Funny you should say tha...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 17:31
On 7 Jun 2003 14:54:42 -0000, Business A2Z wrote:
>I could stand to be corrected, BT Wholesales basic Broadband has=
no
>smtp.
Hmm, that's because they expect the reseller to provide one I=
guess...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 17:29
> The only nig I have with the site is the logo is a low res
> quality. Try and make that more clear and it would look better.
Yeah I know: the logo's quite complex (not my doing: I prefer simpler
s...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:25
The overlapping GM on the Title is a type: Century, Gothic, Regular
regards
Simon
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Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:15
That is what I am experiencing at the moment.. When I tried to endentify the
fonts for jd
Regards
Simon
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 17:14
Hi,
IE 6.0, XP seems to be fine here.
The only nig I have with the site is the logo is a low res quality. Try and
make that more clear and it would look better.
Best regards
Simon
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Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:09
"Portfolio" looks like Eurostile Extended Black.
Can't identify "Fashion" et al. My eyes started to blur over after running
through several hundred fonts.
John Anderson
Soaring Penguin...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 17:03
Thank you. I'd rather lick pigeons.
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> On 7 Jun 200...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 17:02
Uh, jd,
Which font did you have in mind? I see 3-4 fonts being used.
John Anderson
Soaring Penguin
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FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 7th June 2003 17:01
If anyone has a moment or two I'd be grateful for a check of
http://www.sidc.co.uk/restyle/
Tested on ie6, ie5, phoenix, firebird and Moz1.2 - all OK as far as I
can see.
Degrades to legibility (ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 16:59
Dave Edwards asked:
> > (He's got Quickmail but he's never come to grips with
> >> it.)
>
> Any idea what version? There's (or was) a disaster of an implementation
> called QuickMail Pro that purport...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 16:53
Thank you. I'd rather lick pigeons.
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> On 7 Jun 200...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 16:50
> The dialog I liked was when Homer became the Head of garbage
>
> Lisa: "Dad, is this one of those situations that could be solved by a simple
> apology"
> Homer: "Lisa, I don't apologize. I am sor...
FN-FORUM: MP3 Volumes [OT]
date posted 7th June 2003 16:33
I know a few people on list play a lot of MP3s so this might be of interest
to someone:
http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
(geocities sites tend to crash my IE because of those horrible windows that...
Re: FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 16:29
which font on the page do you wish to identify. I will tell you the font on
my next post
Best regards
Simon Jones
Yoda Media
www.yodajones.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 16:19
> For completeness. I hate not finishing something I've begun, and I thought
> there'd be a way of getting his email working properly. (That he doesn't
> provide me with as much support as he should...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 16:15
The dialog I liked was when Homer became the Head of garbage
Lisa: "Dad, is this one of those situations that could be solved by a simple
apology"
Homer: "Lisa, I don't apologize. I am sorry that ju...
FN-FORUM: need to identify a font
date posted 7th June 2003 16:11
hello
i need to identify the font used on
http://www.gmazzarini.com/travel.htm
the guy is a freind of mine and i put new pics on his site for him, he wants
to add a new section so he needs the link...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 16:07
>
> Mmmmm incapacitating... (can't remember episode I think it was in =
> reference
> to chloroform)
>
"The Springfield Connection" - Marge becomes a cop and Homer uses her Pepper
Spray on his break...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:57
Dave asked:
> John - I could check (and will later for the sake of the exercise) though
> may I ask the rude question - why are you even bothering in view of the
fact
> he is not just cheap but also...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:56
> I could stand to be corrected, BT Wholesales basic Broadband has no smtp.
I think you're right about that - seem to remember a topic some weeks ago on
this.
anything and everything to do with a...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:54
> (He's got Quickmail but he's never come to grips with
>> it.)
Any idea what version? There's (or was) a disaster of an implementation
called QuickMail Pro that purported to conform to POP/SMTP stan...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:49
I could stand to be corrected, BT Wholesales basic Broadband has no smtp.
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 15:45
I've always had a soft spot(!) for:
"Sorry Bart. I didn't notice you, Jay Leno and the monkey bathing a clown."
Makes you wonder what the writers' meetings must be like.
John Anderson
Soaring Peng...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:44
Some hosting companies offer smtp when you host with them.
Typically with pop-before-smtp authentication to prevent spam=
use.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Registering domain names
date posted 7th June 2003 15:43
>most of their system is automated - I guess it makes financial=
sense
>eventually...
key word here is eventually. You need a lot of money up front to=
set up a system like that,
which not everyon...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:38
On 7 Jun 2003 13:57:03 -0000, Pete Black wrote:
>Never heard of an ISP that does not provide SMTP service if they=
do
>provide POP3 for receiving mail.
AOL, nuff said.
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Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 15:25
> I'd guess he's only really got four choices:
>
> 1) find an open relay somewhere and use that (not likely)
> 2) cough up to his ISP for the SMTP service (not pleasant)
> 3) open a mail account with...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 14:51
Never heard of an ISP that does not provide SMTP service if they do provide POP3
for receiving mail.
Are you sure your client isn't mistaken about this? I can't see any logic in the
ISP providing 'on...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT The Simpsons
date posted 7th June 2003 14:38
Nah but these are pretty good too:
Mmmmm fattening... (episode with homer choosing his own religion with a
whole bar of butter in a waffle)
Mmmmm incapacitating... (can't remember episode I think it...
RE: FN-FORUM: Registering domain names
date posted 7th June 2003 14:37
> What kind of insane profit margin is that, you have to wonder
> sometimes
> about some peoples business models!
>
> -Paul-
http://www.123-reg.co.uk
offer cheap .co.uk domain (5.18+vat) registrati...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Friday June 6th 2003
date posted 7th June 2003 14:31
> It were Paul J. White what wrote :
>
> > > County Down?
> > >
> > Five
> > four
> > three
> > two
> > one... will that do?
>
> Ouch...Are you standing in for Dan while he's out ?
>
Sorry, I'll ge...
Re: FN-FORUM: Registering domain names
date posted 7th June 2003 14:24
[EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> The truth is:
> co.uk domain names cost #5 PLUS VAT for 2 years to nominet members.
> Being a nominet member is lots of paperwork and a non negligible yearly...
Re: FN-FORUM: Registering domain names
date posted 7th June 2003 14:10
On 6 Jun 2003 14:28:09 -0000, Dom wrote:
>>of domain names - bought him a load of co.uk's for a fiver each=
and
>>resold them at 30!
>What's your plan for when this guy talks to his mate down the=...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 14:09
> So. Now what?
>
> John Anderson
> Soaring Penguin
try this:
http://www.hotpop.com/index.jsp
but remember that there are restrictions on a free service.
hth
Tony...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 14:01
> The immediate problem I can see with installing his own SMTP Server is that
> his connection isn't always on any one machine. He shares it across a
> couple of Macs so that he doesn't have to pay t...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 13:58
John Anderson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Maybe I'm not phrasing the questions properly, or maybe I'm not
> understanding the answers. The client has a ISP connection. He uses
> Outlook Express and/or...
Re: FN-FORUM: pending delete domains
date posted 7th June 2003 13:47
> There are a few companies around that have automated systems that "poach"
> good-looking domain names as soon as they become available - which is
> probably quicker than you can do manually. I shou...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 13:44
Maybe I'm not phrasing the questions properly, or maybe I'm not
understanding the answers. The client has a ISP connection. He uses
Outlook Express and/or Netscape to collect emails, with no problem...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Friday June 6th 2003
date posted 7th June 2003 13:35
It were Paul J. White what wrote :
> > County Down?
> >
> Five
> four
> three
> two
> one... will that do?
Ouch...Are you standing in for Dan while he's out ?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Web site - now Tyneside
date posted 7th June 2003 12:53
I remember having my first snog when I was about 13 on the Jarrow side of
the Ped Tun
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Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Software v's Browsers
date posted 7th June 2003 12:43
Quoting Ashar [EMAIL REMOVED]
> browser vs. native os ?
That's pretty close (notwithstanding the fact that my other email client is
written in Java and apparently does a pretty good job of running o...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Nigerian Scams -Rant by a Nigerian
date posted 7th June 2003 12:38
>>>> Calm down love. How's about a nice cup of tea?
>>>
>>> LOL. Reminds me of a salesman who rang me the other day :
>>>
>>> "Hello luv. Is the boss in?"
>>>
>>> How far do you think he got with t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site - now Tyneside
date posted 7th June 2003 12:23
I though it was the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel that got rid of the
Hebburn-Wallsend Ferry??? (Incidently that is the one in Get Carter where
they dump the car into the river). For anybody who lives in and...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 11:39
John Anderson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Does anyone know of an SMTP server he can use that doesn't require him
> to use their dial-up number? Oh, he's on a Mac
You need an ISP that supports authenti...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 11:28
And as for setting up a Linux box, I want to put in as
> little effort
> as possible on this.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> John Anderson
> Soaring Penguin
you could do what I did and google for "smtp serv...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Friday June 6th 2003
date posted 7th June 2003 11:21
> >> there is the IRA in Ireland does not imply that everyone from County
Durham
> >> is a terrorist, does it?
> >
> > Sort out your geography and I'll answer the question.
>
> County Down?
>
Five
fou...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 11:19
Mercury (Pegasus) also works well on a Windows box. It runs on an XP
Workstation as well although the docs don't mention it.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kath...
Re: FN-FORUM: linux ethernet troubles
date posted 7th June 2003 11:04
Cheers for the reply
but I cracked it, 'twas due to the fact that I ahd both card running
on the same network ie 192.168.1.0. I changed one of them to
192.168.10.0 and it seemed to kick in straight...
Re: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 10:59
To the question of SMTP Servers, Andrew responded:
> John, You have a choice -
>
> PostCast Server which is free:
> http://www.postcastserver.com
>
> http://www.postcast.com/html/download.asp
>
> and...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 10:42
John, You have a choice -
PostCast Server which is free:
http://www.postcastserver.com
http://www.postcast.com/html/download.asp
and Pegasus which is also free.
http://www.pmail.com
Both are smtp...
FN-FORUM: SMTP Servers
date posted 7th June 2003 10:29
I have a client (for not much longer, actually, if he keeps taking 5 months
to pay Invoices) who has signed up with a company to provide him with
Broadband (for £45 per month). But no email server....
RE: FN-FORUM: pending delete domains
date posted 7th June 2003 09:22
Stanislav wrote:
> I'm after one particular domain which is not mine, but it is in
> PENDINGDELETE state atm. I know it takes exactly 5 working days to
> clear from this state when I (or anyone else)...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Software v's Browsers
date posted 7th June 2003 09:16
browser vs. native os ?
Ashar
Friday, June 6, 2003, 6:13:19 PM, you wrote:
>> Web applications /are/ software programs...
>> Software v's Browsers
David> Suggestions for clearer names on a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site - now Tyneside
date posted 7th June 2003 09:15
> The family lived in Whitley Bay (Monkseaton) - I haven't been near the area
> since I was 8 but I do remember the Spanish City, St. Mary's Island,
> Cullercoats, names like Heaton, North and South S...
FN-FORUM: newsnose
date posted 7th June 2003 02:50
I'm looking for software which collates uptodate news
links such as newsnose (moreover). Any others both
commercial or otherwise?
__________________________________________________
Yahoo! Plus -...
Re: FN-FORUM: How do u get freelance work when u 1st start off?
date posted 7th June 2003 01:44
> Whatever happened to a 'trade' price?
>
> I believe you can't charge them the same, especially when you first
> start out, and there are a number of advantages to being the third party
> that make...
FN-FORUM: Freelance rates
date posted 7th June 2003 01:21
Hi.
I am a Graphic Designer based in Nottingham and I am looking to start
freelancing but I am unsure as to what to charge as my hourly rate.
Is there a going rate for the east midlands?
Thanks
Pa...
FN-FORUM: pending delete domains
date posted 7th June 2003 01:19
Hello,
I'm after one particular domain which is not mine, but it is in
PENDINGDELETE state atm. I know it takes exactly 5 working days to clear
from this state when I (or anyone else) will be able to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site - now Tyneside
date posted 7th June 2003 00:54
One of the ferries still there, but the one at Hebburn, which I remember
quite well, has been gone a while.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.ve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Registering domain names
date posted 7th June 2003 00:41
>> Two? Try "most". Personally, I found myself the other day agreeing a =
> fe=3D
>> e=3D20
>> for some fairly ill-defined work, and I ended up saying, "look, I'm not=
> g=3D
>> oing=3D20
>> to take...
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