Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday June 19th 2003
Re: FN-FORUM: Weird Problem, cause unknown (ASP/Server/Cache?)
date posted 19th June 2003 23:58
I've had that before, it's a fucking nightmare.
I always forget what it is... it might be ISAPI cacheing or something... if
you have access to IIS, try unloading the application (properties>home
page...
Re: FN-FORUM: Weird Problem, cause unknown (ASP/Server/Cache?)
date posted 19th June 2003 23:52
> You'll always see the cached
> version even though the server has a more recent version of what you
> expect to see. That's my guess anyway...
The new computer hadn't been on the internet before a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 23:14
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
> > My car has centr...
RE: FN-FORUM: GOOD ISP ON 56K
date posted 19th June 2003 23:07
> > Looking for good ISP using a 56k connection as aol is messing me
> > around at the moment but has to be fairly good and good price.
Not the cheapest but I was very pleased with Demon + BT surfti...
Re: FN-FORUM: Weird Problem, cause unknown (ASP/Server/Cache?)
date posted 19th June 2003 22:58
Jonathan Irvine wrote:
> Any suggestions as to why this is happening?
What connection do you have to the Internet, via which ISP? Some ISPs
use transparent caches on port 80 for web traffic which c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 22:47
thats gotta be a world record beating url
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FN-FORUM: Weird Problem, cause unknown (ASP/Server/Cache?)
date posted 19th June 2003 22:31
Hello all.
Wonder if someone has any clue as to what is going on here.... it's driving
me nuts!!!!!!!!
http://yorksurvivalguide.co.uk/benefits/isjsa1617.asp
All the navigation links at the top for...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 22:07
Yes, you could leave your doors wide open in them days too, better class of
criminals, no child molestors and RAC men would salute you... Much better
days.
Dave
Blame the parents, I say... :-)
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 20:50
> The logo / outfits were already done - I just designed around them.
Yes, i saw them wearing them and performing on GMTV the other morning,
complete with 'HotDog'! I shall be doing the dance on a...
FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th June 2003 19:34
Ok done few changes so I would like you guys to see how it looks. cheers
www.response-print.com/beta/index.html. interested especially how it looks
on the MAC's
Best regards
Simon Jones
www.yodajones...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 19:29
Quoting Dirigo [EMAIL REMOVED]
> BTW: Perhaps one or two of you might be so kind as to give me a quick
> overview of the breakdown of your money, e.g., pound, quid, six-pence,
> pence, etc.
One P...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 19:24
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 7:24 pm, you wrote:
> Thanks Kathy ... appreciate it. Understand. Now GBP stands for ?Great
> Britain Pound? perhaps?
Yup.
> What's a quid represent?
A pound:
http://www.a...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 19:20
>when someone writes A31,000,
They mean 1,000 pounds. This list sometimes substitutes A3 for the pound
symbol:)
>Is that to be interpreted as American dollars equivalent to $31K?
We could but wish!...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 19:14
Thanks Kathy ... appreciate it. Understand. Now GBP stands for ?Great
Britain Pound? perhaps?
What's a quid represent?
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Re: FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 19:04
Oh that one! Didn't know it was called that.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful b...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 19:02
A3 is the list-munged version of A GBP symbol, so A31,000 is 1000GBP or
around 1,676.47 USD.
1 GBP = 100p (pence)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http:/...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 18:50
> found 6 music to be pretty good but the quality of reception over the net
is
> pathetic and I'd have to buy DAB radios for the house and the car
>
Are you on dial up? Quality over broadband is excel...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 18:47
Quoting Nick Grimshaw [EMAIL REMOVED]
> When I rule the world, personal tax returns will look like this:
> 1) How much money did you honestly earn last year? _______________
> 2) Multiply box 1 by 0...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 18:36
Quoting Lists [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Where is The Union Rooms?
Here:
http://search.yell.com/search/ShowMap?panY=0&location=Newcastle+Upon+Tyne&panX=0&replayURL=%2Fsearch%2FDoSearch%3Fstate%3DAMB%26busin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 18:34
Basically come out of Central Station and head right for a little while
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Ray McGinty
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 18:32
The question I have to ask though, is where do you find new music that isn't
teen orientated, without having to listen to non-prime-time programmes? Is
there a generally available radio station anyon...
Re: FN-FORUM: GOOD ISP ON 56K
date posted 19th June 2003 18:30
John Murphy wrote:
> Looking for good ISP using a 56k connection as aol is messing me
> around at the moment but has to be fairly good and good price.
I always found pipex & madasafish to provide an...
Re: FN-FORUM: GOOD ISP ON 56K
date posted 19th June 2003 18:29
Tesco works - fairly cheep - reliable
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>...
Re: FN-FORUM: GOOD ISP ON 56K
date posted 19th June 2003 18:28
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, John Murphy wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Looking for good ISP using a 56k connection as aol is messing me around at
> the moment but has to be fairly good and good price.
>
> Regards,
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: GOOD ISP ON 56K
date posted 19th June 2003 18:27
i'm on freeserve and i don't much in the way of probems with them,
cheap, cheerful and dont seem to mind my PC's connected up about 18
hours a day.. yet.
John Murphy wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>
>Looking f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 18:23
> Where is The Union Rooms?
Here is a picture, and a link to a map!
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/show.shtml/1237/
Best regards,
Ray
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FN-FORUM: GOOD ISP ON 56K
date posted 19th June 2003 18:21
Hi Guys,
Looking for good ISP using a 56k connection as aol is messing me around at
the moment but has to be fairly good and good price.
Regards,
John
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 18:12
I worked for Eurotrash for two years, they're far too tasteful and
intelligible for them, now if they were German...
o
o=B0...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 18:12
Yah ... it's easy to get wound up by this sort of stuff if you consider your
own musical tastes to be more highly evolved. I had to whore myself and play
this sort of stuff when I was a DJ in a large...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 18:10
But I enjoy a good stir (just like you do!)
> I was simply debating whether someone in my position should support the
> PCG specifically.
Hard to say really. But I can't see a reason to actively NOT...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 17:57
Where is The Union Rooms?
Paul is good at describing people (well, I recognised him!) Ema is tall with
short hair. I am short with tall (no, scrub that) long hair.
There's photo of Ray somewhere. Jo...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:53
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] John Wards
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>In all my rage at the dire music I forgot to mention the site...
>
>Nice, but I presume you didn't pick the colour scheme?
Well I *coul...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:51
> sadly most hooky schemes seem to be legit these days.
Outrageous. When I was (very much) on the fringes you stood a
reasonable chance of getting knee-capped if you got it wrong and
bought to many...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 17:44
Quoting James Murphy [EMAIL REMOVED]
who quoted Dirigo [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Wouldn't happen to be going to the Orlando area, would you?
> Probably given that the people I'm doing the work for are i...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:43
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] John Kyle
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>Who the fuck buys that shit anyway?
Kids. It's probably not aimed at you. :)
Take it for what it is - a fun, silly song. Personally I t...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:41
>>>They sound just like someone else, but I can't remember who.
T'Pau
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RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:37
Christian goths at that. They sound just like someone else, but I can't
remember who. It is rather catchy though (but I'll admit that my tastes
veer more towards Scooter (who also get played a lot o...
RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 17:32
ok Nick, we're on the same track still
.net and Java are much easier to decompile into
understandable code than vb6 and even more so c++
the majority of 'pay for' products are currently
writ...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:28
>on the subject of evenessence... bloody goths at number 1? I ask you.
goths at number one??????? when??? where??? jeez i'm out of touch!!!
Nikki
(goth-extraordinaire !!)
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RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:25
Is it only me that thinks the lyrics (not the chorus) are a bit rude ???
Nikki
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:24
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:31 pm, neil wrote:
> on the subject of evenessence... bloody goths at number 1? I ask you.
Its brill huh!
Nearly fell over when I found that out just now.
John...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:23
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From: "Dave Polhill" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:28 PM
> Yay!, and bring back "Noisy Mothers" to Channel 4 while you're at it ;-)
>
Having not read...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:21
sadly most hooky schemes seem to be legit these days.
e.g. recent kiddie/boy band antics such as "buy our single on saturday and
only from woolies and we'll sign it for you (proof of purchase require...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:18
Yay!, and bring back "Noisy Mothers" to Channel 4 while you're at it ;-)
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:17
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:22 pm, Dom Ramsey wrote:
> Plus it's loads of fun to work on. The client (Mike Stock of Stock
> Aitken & Waterman fame) is cool. Basically the brief was "We want a web
> site...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:13
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Norman Beresford
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>I thought it was already in the charts, judging by the amount of
>airplay they get on The Box (before anyone asks, I watch it in...
FN-FORUM: Reading Meet Place
date posted 19th June 2003 17:09
Hi,
OK Reading meet on thur 26th. Can I suggest the Monks Retreat near the
train station/Oracle. any other offers?
Also if you are coming send me a quick note to let me know who is coming.
Also can...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:07
'who the fuck' indeed...
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:07
You are a great man and I salute you. :)
Dom
www.dynamite.co.uk
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Charles E.Gatenby
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>That is unbelievable bad, I shall by two copies.... :)
>
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:07
> They are currently Number 2 in the midweek singles chart. If you have no
> shame, please go out and buy lots of copies of the single so it gets to
> number one on Sunday and I can be semi-famous....
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:06
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:12 pm, John Kyle wrote:
> No they would all be sued for promoting obescity 'cause as we all know fast
> food joints just amke you wanna eat until you puke, bit like the recor...
FN-FORUM: Newcastle Meeting - TUESDAY 24th June 2003
date posted 19th June 2003 17:05
I have made a decision (someone has to) (-:
The next Meeting in Newcastle will be as follows:
Date: Tuesday 24th June 2003
Location: The Union Rooms (Wetherspoons) Newcastle upon Tyne - upstairs, e...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:03
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 5:08 pm, John Wards wrote:
> They are number 2!
>
> I have just lost the last shread of faith I had in the UK music
> industry.....
>
> ...off to cry in the corner and dream of...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 17:02
No they would all be sued for promoting obescity 'cause as we all know fast
food joints just amke you wanna eat until you puke, bit like the record
really . Who the fuck buys that shit anyway?
-----...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 16:58
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 4:55 pm, Dom Ramsey wrote:
> They are currently Number 2 in the midweek singles chart. If you have no
> shame, please go out and buy lots of copies of the single so it gets to...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 16:57
That is unbelievable bad, I shall by two copies.... :)
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RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 16:56
'eat to the beat'... is this for real???
This would be banned in the US for inciting obesity (along with the word
yacht which encourages elitism) ?!?!?!?
Deborah
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RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 16:55
I thought it was already in the charts, judging by the amount of airplay
they get on The Box (before anyone asks, I watch it in the gym). It's
appalling and should be banned :D
Norman
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 16:51
I imagine we will see them on Eurotrash soon
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RE: FN-FORUM: Photos on CD
date posted 19th June 2003 16:50
Get Adaptec 6, will do all this and a menu system for both images and movies
provides tranistions etc, costs around ?30-50.
Regards,
John
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RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 16:49
Anthony Johnston:
> > > > > Seems a shame that MS has now put public commercial
> > > > > application building out of reach for .net developers.
> > > > eh? No moreso than Java !
> > > I wouldn't writ...
FN-FORUM: OT: Fast Food Rockers
date posted 19th June 2003 16:45
Completely off topic and a shameless plug (just not for me).
I'm currently working on this:
http://www.fastfoodrockers.co.uk/
(*Warning* Turn down the brightness on your monitor, turn the sound
d...
RE: FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 16:38
Thanks for the offer but I reckon I really need to be somewhere that's
signposted. I get lost really easily after a few pints or several...
Kai
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Re: FN-FORUM: Director 7 and XML
date posted 19th June 2003 16:37
on 19/6/03 4:31 PM, John Murphy at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Steve,
>
> It's a game under multimedia handy man, basically it pulls the xml info for
> questions into the game in text format may be a b...
RE: FN-FORUM: OPEN to Offers (OT)
date posted 19th June 2003 16:36
Were are you based paul, if you are intrested i can always drive up!
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RE: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 16:36
Whoops! Forgot second half of the message.
It's probably what your friend was on about.
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RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 16:36
I think of myself as a freelancer like yourself, as I work from home and
avoid agencies like the plague.
Joining the PCG is not the only way to avoid IR35, but its a damn good
start....
Here are a f...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 16:35
> You mean some'fing like this???
>
> http://www.dvdwizardpro.com/copydvd.html
>
Yeah, that doesn't 'write' DVDs it copies them to CD, which is an entirely
different prospect. Not surprising my non-te...
RE: FN-FORUM: OPEN to Offers (OT)
date posted 19th June 2003 16:35
Very Good Condition (still being used) focus is out slightly but that could
be my graphics card at higher rez!., its in my office at the moment south
wales, was lookin around ?150-?200?
Its about 6-8...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photos on CD
date posted 19th June 2003 16:34
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Rus Foster wrote:
> Hi All,
> For a personal project I want to make a CD of photos that I can play on
> DVD player. Can anyone give me some hints on what I should be googling?
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 16:31
You mean some'fing like this???
http://www.dvdwizardpro.com/copydvd.html
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RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 16:29
> > > > Seems a shame that MS has now put public commercial
> > > > application building out of reach for .net developers.
> > > eh? No moreso than Java !
> > I wouldn't write public stuff in Java for...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 16:25
Hi David,
At 3:53 pm +0000 18/6/03, David Nye wrote:
>I must be using the wrong keywords; I cannot find any prices for those
>insulation block things often used in timber framed walls. I think they
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Director 7 and XML
date posted 19th June 2003 16:22
Steve,
It's a game under multimedia handy man, basically it pulls the xml info for
questions into the game in text format may be a bit of help. I think I have
some stuff here can try and dig out. Her...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 16:22
> I wouldn't do it. If pushed I MIGHT try the following, but it comes with
> all the caveats and warnings of 'I am not an electrician or mechanic and
am
> not responsible' that I can muster...:-)
>
E...
RE: FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 16:19
Sure....Follow the M62 until you see the white rose of Yorkshire on the =
left
hand side of the motorway....then...take your next left....and park =
anywhere
it is safe to....walk from there.
Hopefull...
RE: FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 16:17
Had a brain wave, phoned the ground and have 2 car parking options.
Merci,
Kai
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RE: FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 16:15
Could come park outside ours if you want but it's about a mile walk
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RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 16:14
I heard polystyrene produces toxic fumes in a fire. Is that (still)
true?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL Se...
RE: FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 16:11
Unfortunately not. I'm in Lancashire (nr Blackburn), the wife has the
tickets and finishes work at 5 and the match begins at 5.30. I know
there's a car park outside Old Trafford (football ground) off...
FN-FORUM: OPEN to Offers (OT)
date posted 19th June 2003 16:10
Guys,
I'm selling a 21inch Panasonic Monitor with RGB Connections, can send a pic
if interested, open to offers on it.
Regards,
John
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RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 16:07
> campaign for freelancers across all sectors
Perhaps part of my problem is that, in my mind, there is an enormous
difference between an IT contractor and an IT freelancer. Maybe the PCG
could change...
FN-FORUM: Photos on CD
date posted 19th June 2003 16:00
Hi All,
For a personal project I want to make a CD of photos that I can play on
DVD player. Can anyone give me some hints on what I should be googling?
Kodak photo cd? Or can DVD players show JPG's?...
Re: FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 15:57
Wouldn't the Metro be easier or are you too far away from it - it stops just
outside the ground.
Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 15:53
> I don't think so - I want to suspend them under the tiles (to insulate
> the attic itself).
They could be polystyrene. I'm currently doing a brochure for a company
that makes polystyrene for build...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 15:48
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 10:48 am, you wrote:
> > Any ideas please?
news:uk.d-i-y...
FN-FORUM [Totally OT] Parking at Old Trafford
date posted 19th June 2003 15:45
Hello,
Anybody know where you can park easily that is conveniently close to Old
Trafford Cricket ground (in Manchester, of course)? Just received free
tickets for Lancashire v Yorkshire for tonight an...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELAN CERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 15:33
sorry!
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FR...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELAN CERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 15:28
Andrew Yorkshades:
> So you're letting us keep dishonest earnings then?
Shhhh!
- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }...
RE: FN-FORUM: New Media Age
date posted 19th June 2003 15:23
> >> I mean.. I know I'm better than (say) Agency.com, but I'm just a
> >> freelancer for gawdsake! :)
> >
> >You leave agency.com alone :-)
>
> I'm sure they were fine until they sacked all the bes...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELAN CERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 15:23
So you're letting us keep dishonest earnings then?
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Grimshaw [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 19 June 2003 15:30
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 15:20
James Murphy:
> > Bollocks. What do you mean "less tax than they really should?".
>
> Hmm, the problem is that /enough/ companies and individuals
> started taking the mickey in terms of how much of...
Re: FN-FORUM: New Media Age
date posted 19th June 2003 15:16
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Gerard McGovern
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>> I mean.. I know I'm better than (say) Agency.com, but I'm just a
>> freelancer for gawdsake! :)
>
>You leave agency.com alone :-)...
RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 15:13
Anthony Johnston:
> >> Seems a shame that MS has now put public commercial
> >> application building out of reach for .net developers.
> > eh? No moreso than Java !
> I wouldn't write public stuff in...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 15:04
> Paul J White wrote:
> > On a related topic - a friend told me he saw some software that allows a
CD
> > burner to write DVDs. I think this is unlikely, as the formats are
rather
> > different - can...
RE: FN-FORUM: New Media Age
date posted 19th June 2003 15:01
> I mean.. I know I'm better than (say) Agency.com, but I'm just a
> freelancer for gawdsake! :)
You leave agency.com alone :-)
I remember the days when it was just Online Magic and we were down in...
FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 14:55
(Sorry everyone - this posting seems to get truncated for some reason -
third time lucky?)...
FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 14:52
Hi David...
Re: FN-FORUM: Director 7 and XML
date posted 19th June 2003 14:52
on 19/6/03 12:08 PM, John Murphy at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> http://www.director-online.com/ they have something on there, similar to
> what your after.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> Outgoing mail is...
Re: FN-FORUM: quick page check
date posted 19th June 2003 14:46
Cheers George,
Thanks for the tip on he bg color too. Fixed it.
regards,
Darren Yates
[EMAIL REMOVED]
http://dittodesign.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Hazlewood" [EMAIL REMOVED...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 14:46
Quoting Dirigo [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Wouldn't happen to be going to the Orlando area, would you?
Probably given that the people I'm doing the work for are in the travel trade...
> If so, don't forget...
Re: FN-FORUM: quick page check
date posted 19th June 2003 14:41
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Anybody with a minute to spare can you just check the page below.
> Seems the client gets the white box displayed when Flash is not
> installed. I know for a fact it is instal...
FN-FORUM: Fw: quick page check
date posted 19th June 2003 14:33
scrub that this is an old holding page copied from
an old cd and the swf links are pointing
to my hard drive Doh !
regards,
Darren Yates
[EMAIL REMOVED]
http://dittodesign.co.uk
----- Original Mes...
FN-FORUM: quick page check
date posted 19th June 2003 14:29
Anybody with a minute to spare can you just check the page below.
Seems the client gets the white box displayed when Flash is not
installed. I know for a fact it is installed and the movie is in Flash...
FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 14:29
Hi David...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 14:23
Quoting James Murphy [EMAIL REMOVED]
To Florida, as it happens, where I am apparently going to be dragged
into an
alehouse or two (-:
*** Fantastic ... you'll only be about 350 miles south of me de...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 14:20
I have never supported IR35 - I totally agree with James' take on that.
I was simply debating whether someone in my position should support the
PCG specifically. Maybe the elements James so eloquantly...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 14:20
>'Breeze'(?)Blocks
I don't think so - I want to suspend them under the tiles (to insulate
the attic itself).
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & D...
RE: FN-FORUM: MySql database
date posted 19th June 2003 14:18
> Is there an easy way of transferring the contents of a
> Mysql database on
> my PC to a Database on the Host?
>
> Thanks
> Pam
what they said, or use PHPmyAdmin to export (from your PC) and i...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 14:17
Hi Pam
Fortunately not, but over the years they've stuffed up most of my mates,
blocked us from supplying software that Gov departments want, that we can
do at a 100th their price (and still make a...
Re: FN-FORUM: for the non pop bitches
date posted 19th June 2003 14:04
'cept its a bettery company and in now way affiliated with powergen...
fucking funny domain name though
neil wrote:
>I thought this kind of thing was just urban myth but no, the new italian
>branch...
Re: FN-FORUM: MySql database
date posted 19th June 2003 14:01
PAMELA WHITTAKER wrote:
> Is there an easy way of transferring the contents of a Mysql database on
> my PC to a Database on the Host?
locally:
mysqldump -u -p DATABASE_NAME > expoort_file.sql...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 13:58
No, luckily! Did you know Margaret Thompson - COBOL programmer? But one of
my friends suffered under the team leadership of some [EMAIL REMOVED] there. They had
so many writers who couldn't write that...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 13:54
Very true. But I think the abuses by big business far outweigh the legal tax
avoidance of a few micro businesses, both morally and financially. But micro
businesses don't contribute much to the NL ele...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 13:49
> But if a contractor is basically working for one company for several
> months why should they not be employed?
Because it costs the client more that way and they can't be laid off at a
whim. Plus i...
Re: FN-FORUM: MySql database
date posted 19th June 2003 13:49
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, PAMELA WHITTAKER wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there an easy way of transferring the contents of a Mysql database on
> my PC to a Database on the Host?
>
Yes there is :). You want to ta...
RE: FN-FORUM: MySql database
date posted 19th June 2003 13:46
Can you get Mysql to perform an Export - usually this would produce an SQL
script file which (optionally) contains Table(etc) configuration plus Insert
statements for your Data
-----Original Messa...
FN-FORUM: MySql database
date posted 19th June 2003 13:38
Hi,
Is there an easy way of transferring the contents of a Mysql database on
my PC to a Database on the Host?
Thanks
Pam
'
NTMail K12 - the Mail Server for Education...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Problems with Sun
date posted 19th June 2003 13:36
No problems - Have just visited & logged in
Have checked latest in EJB Forums
So it seems OK
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
Behalf Of John Kyle
Sent: 19 June 2003...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 13:29
Aren't you refering to 'Breeze'(?)Blocks, I think they are also known as
Thermal Building blocks
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
Behalf Of David Nye
Sent: 19 June...
RE: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 13:28
Are the Soundblaster (Audigy, etc) family still fixed at 48khz ?
They always used to be which meant they had to be dithered down to 44.1
adding to latency/load/timing problems or mess up the tuning of...
FN-FORUM: New Media Age
date posted 19th June 2003 13:27
Has anyone else here been contacted by New Media Age about being
included in their Top 100 Interactive Agencies list?
I mean.. I know I'm better than (say) Agency.com, but I'm just a
freelancer for...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 13:23
Paul J White wrote:
> On a related topic - a friend told me he saw some software that allows a CD
> burner to write DVDs. I think this is unlikely, as the formats are rather
> different - can anyone c...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 13:22
I see you are another EDS "Fan!!". You weren't by chance one of the
Contractors at the DDS like me who lost their job because of them?
Pam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lists" [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 13:20
Ahh sorry you mean can a cd burner write onto dvd dics. Would imagine so
but not get as much data on there because of the lasers (heres hoping i got
it understood correctly this time lol)
----- Orig...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 13:13
While were on the subject of contractors and Mr Taxman, anyone else seen the final paragraph of this news story this morning ?
Revenue under fire from MPs over tax problems
http://www.accountingweb.c...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 13:07
> you can write a dvd format to a cd just that you wont get anywhere near as
> much video on it
>
Erm, that doesn't actually answer my question - you got it the wrong way
round ;-)
> ----- Original M...
RE: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 13:07
Two things I like are customisation, and convergence.
I finally found a phone that is perfect for both: The SPV.
As it's literally a pocket PC so the synchronisation with PC outlook and IE
is fantasti...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 13:04
you can write a dvd format to a cd just that you wont get anywhere near as
much video on it
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, Ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd discs
date posted 19th June 2003 13:01
On a related topic - a friend told me he saw some software that allows a CD
burner to write DVDs. I think this is unlikely, as the formats are rather
different - can anyone confirm?
Paul....
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 13:01
Quoting Lists [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Bollocks. What do you mean "less tax than they really should?".
Hmm, the problem is that /enough/ companies and individuals started taking the
mickey in terms of how...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 12:54
Quoting Dirigo [EMAIL REMOVED]
> So ... if you make it over to this side of the pond
Am apparently going on a Jolly (well I'm going to have to work) in a weeks time (-:
> ... you know which citie...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mysql searching
date posted 19th June 2003 12:53
Hi Dan
Done a similar thing on a Memo (text) field in a Foxpro SQL Query for a
client a while back that also doesn't support full text indexing by using:
select * from abcfile where upper(substr(me...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 12:49
Quoting Joe Pritchard [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Being treated as unemployed when
> I'm not actually involved in project work I'd find demeaning and insulting.
Except that in this specific context you want t...
FN-FORUM: CD
date posted 19th June 2003 12:47
--
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is anyone who can tell me if it is possible to
create a CD where there are various programs on that you can have
opening up automatically when you click the a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with audio track
date posted 19th June 2003 12:47
Sorry for the delay Nikki, Just sent it now.
It's a 4meg file and zipping it up only makes it 3.9meg so I didn't bother.
If it doesn't come through, let me know and I will try and post it somewhere
fo...
FN-FORUM: for the non pop bitches
date posted 19th June 2003 12:41
I thought this kind of thing was just urban myth but no, the new italian
branch of powergen really is dumb enough to use the domain name ..
http://www.powergenitalia.com
cheers
neil.
---
Outgoing m...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 12:34
But if a contractor is basically working for one company for several
months why should they not be employed? The company can only use a
contractor instead if a contractor chooses to take the contract....
RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 12:33
hmmn. i remember working down south in some posh place... hmmn marlow it
was. at rank xerox international HQ. (is that still there? this was the late
80s.)
i asked my colleagues to point to yorkshire...
FN-FORUM: Mysql searching
date posted 19th June 2003 12:29
Hi all
I have been asked by a client to change the way their site search works -
they want results ordered by relevance, and for it only to pick out words
which start with the search term (ie. if the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 12:03
Hi,
Ok I have just done a quick optimisation of the image for the first page.
can someone tell me how it loads up on there computer and of course how the
text is looking. Thanks
Best regards
Simon J...
FN-FORUM: last post (OT)
date posted 19th June 2003 12:02
That must be a personal record I've just checked back
through my posts since just before 9 this morning
I've made 14, 15 including this. Seems all I've done all
morning is write email. Including three...
FN-FORUM: [ot] Rant football fixtures copyright
date posted 19th June 2003 12:01
Argh......what a feckin stress it is running a website where over 300+ people
have access to publish stories and they all want to publish todays football
news the new fixtures......but they cant bec...
RE: FN-FORUM: Director 7 and XML
date posted 19th June 2003 11:59
http://www.director-online.com/ they have something on there, similar to
what your after.
Regards,
John
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by Norton Anti Virus
-----Original Message---...
RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 11:53
If your worried about coded protection then Obfuscating is the way to go,
BUT buy one rather than use the free one MS provide! on a speed issue I
think it reduces the size of variables etc so shouldn'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Problems with Sun
date posted 19th June 2003 11:50
Yeah my sunburns been killing me.
Darren
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kyle" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Re: Problems wit...
Re: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:48
Ideally all in one, music production, surround sound theatre,
game eax etc. The Audigy Platinum looks like the baby. Some of
the dedicated Music Pro cards probably have more features
for the Pro but I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Problems with Sun
date posted 19th June 2003 11:48
> Is anybody having problems getting onto http://java.sun.com website? Can't
> seem to get onto it
>
Nope, there in a flash on Blueyonder cable (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Paul....
RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 11:42
>> Seems a shame that MS has now put public commercial
>> application building out of reach for .net developers.
> eh? No moreso than Java !
I wouldn't write public stuff in Java for the same reasons...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 11:40
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] James Murphy
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>about half-way up on the right
Best description of Newcastle I've seen in a long time! :)
--
Dominic Ramsey
Dynamite New Media
www....
FN-FORUM: Re: Problems with Sun
date posted 19th June 2003 11:39
Is anybody having problems getting onto http://java.sun.com website? Can't
seem to get onto it
Best Regards
John Kyle...
Re: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:39
> Just looking now the Audigy Platinum has ASIO plus
> all the multimedia shebang for less mullah than the
> m-audio 2496 all be it only a tenner difference.
>
> Check the specs -
>
There's some go...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 11:36
The ones I think the IR should chase are the moonlighters who don't ask for
an SA return as they are on PAYE for their day jobs and therefore don't pay
any tax on their SE earnings at all... BASTARDS!...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 11:33
Bollocks. What do you mean "less tax than they really should?". If a
contractor/freelancer is really an employee, the contractor should PAYE tax
and NI and employers should pay employer's NI, SSP, ho...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:33
>...exterior mirrors, heated windscreen, electric windows front and rear,
oh yeah electric wing mirrors too errr.... ejector seat, front firing rpg's
and a clock ;-)
> A Solar Powered Car Battery Re...
RE: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:32
Audigy cards are not designed for serious music production the m-audio 2496
is. It just depends what you want to do.
Andrew
_________________________
Andrew Wilson Productions
Web Design & Hosting -...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:26
> > even electric fuel guage and engine temperature.
>
> Wow! I just poke a stick into the fuel filler to see how much is left! ;-)
:-) forgot to mention its also got a TV in the dash
Darren
-----...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:20
> My car has central locking, immobiliser, alarm, multi cd deck
> even electric fuel guage and engine temperature.
>
...exterior mirrors, heated windscreen, electric windows front and rear,
plus the h...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 11:20
Quoting James Murphy :
"Generally yes - although, as I understand it, there are some on that
side of the
pond who are working to improve the quality of both beer and education
in their
own small way...
Re: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:19
Thought as much, guess I can't expect much for £25.
If only I'd known last week I've just bought one of these
for a mate, I could of sold him mine and upgraded.
Just looking now the Audigy Platinum...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 11:19
True. But the point, not necessarily well-expressed (but then ministers tend
to be a bit dim about real life), is that there are tons of small
businesses/freelancers with IT skills who are under-occup...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:16
> even electric fuel guage and engine temperature.
Wow! I just poke a stick into the fuel filler to see how much is left! ;-)
Best regards,
Ray
------------------------------
Ray McGinty Informat...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 11:07
disregard the page size I mentioned on the last post
regards
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Johnston.Antix Software Limited" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, Ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 11:06
Anthony thankyou. I realise that the page size way to big for page but the
client asked me to keep the image quality as close as possible, I have now
however optimised the images on the page and I thi...
RE: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 11:05
It seems to me that PCG fundamentally represents contractors (the C in
PCG?) who want to pay less tax/NI than they really should. Yes, they are
obviously trying to extend their scope (e.g. to "freelan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 11:04
> Thanks, that's a cheery thought!
Well its looking ominous here in Manchester.
> With all the caveats about engine management systems, alarms, radios,
> central locking etc I think I won't risk it....
Re: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:59
> And I have a question, I have a basic Audigy 1 player
> 16 bit no ASIO (which BTW brings up
> Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in Google ;-)
> which works fine and sounds fine but when...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:52
> charger is connected and of course if your doing this outside
> its probaly gonna rain at some point ;-)
>
Thanks, that's a cheery thought!
With all the caveats about engine management systems, alar...
Re: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 10:49
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Johnston.Antix Software Limited" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:36 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applicati...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:48
> > are usually tin foil covered foam of some sort. I want to use them
> > between the roof joists, so that there is an air gap left under the
> > tiles, so I need something rigid I can slot onto bat...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:47
hmm.. don't know about all that but I've charged
a couple of batteries in place in a couple of cars
with no ill effects. One of them from dead, my current
car was laid up for a good few months after I...
RE: FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 10:46
Anthony Johnston:
> I am a bit worried about this whole decompile thing in .net
> If you create an application for install onto a persons
> machine (rather than a web app) they are able to decompile
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:38
> are usually tin foil covered foam of some sort. I want to use them
> between the roof joists, so that there is an air gap left under the
> tiles, so I need something rigid I can slot onto battens,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:33
Paul, if the charger is a slow charger then no probs, otherwise disconect the neg lead and charge away! beaware by doing this you
may reset all sorts of things, alarms, C/locking, SRS, engine managmen...
FN-FORUM: Public Commercial Applications in .NET
date posted 19th June 2003 10:26
Just wondering...
I am a bit worried about this whole decompile thing in .net
If you create an application for install onto a persons
machine (rather than a web app) they are able to decompile
the as...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:25
I shoud maybe say that you shouldn't have the ignition turned
on while the battery is charging or try to start the car while the
charger is connected and of course if your doing this outside
its proba...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:24
Answer is probably not....if you have a lot of stuff attached to the
positive terminal charging it would probably result in some damage OR in not
enough current being available for the charge operatio...
FN-FORUM: IP Retention vs Licencing
date posted 19th June 2003 10:24
Hi
I'm figuring out some options for a proposal
Lets say I'm asked to create as stand-alone web app. I build to their
spec but make it a bit more generic so it's resellable, I'll be taking a
dev h...
Re: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:17
Yes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
> Insulation, mobile...
Re: FN-FORUM: Apple bargains from ... Apple!
date posted 19th June 2003 10:14
> does anyone have any other sites offering great deals on macs - i use a
> pc
> at the moment, but am wanting to get a mac for its colour management
> bits
> and pieces - also i have a mac at work...
Re: FN-FORUM: proftpd
date posted 19th June 2003 10:11
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 9:05 pm, John Wards wrote:
> I have just installed (well yesterday) proftpd from the bsd ports
> collection
>
> Logged in as a unix user and was able to upload files.....
>
>...
FN-FORUM: Car battery (well OT again)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:10
Insulation, mobile phones and now car batteries...
Is it possible and safe to charge a battery while it is still in the car?
The reason I ask is because there are about 93 seperate connections to the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Director 7 and XML
date posted 19th June 2003 10:09
Steve Thomas wrote:
> I am trying to produce a piece in Director 7 which pulls an XML file...
Hi Steve,
Just thought I'd reply seeing as no one else has (I think). There isn't
a huge amount of Dir...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 10:06
I know the stuff you mean, but have no idea what it is called - and that
Wickes website is crap. I shall ask instore for you anyway and report back
later.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "D...
RE: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 10:05
Hiya,
ie5 win2000 800x600
text slightly off centre right
fonts showing, but very pixelated
- bad for visually disabled, I realise the client is
insisting on it (BOO).
page size 160+kb - far to...
Re: FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 10:03
Ummmm.......
What happens if we don't WANT to be represented by the PCG? ;-)
Stupid as it may sound, I treat my freelancing / contracting as my job. I'm
NOT unemployed, therefore, even when I'm not...
Re: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 09:59
I've never bought one and I don't think I ever would of done
but some of the multi featured ones of late are looking tempting....
specially as I can right it off as a business expense ;-) but I am on...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 09:54
Thanks Paul (although I cannot see anywhere to enter a part number on
their site).
-----Original Message-----
I must be using the wrong keywords; I cannot find any prices for those
insulation block th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with audio track
date posted 19th June 2003 09:53
Justin you're a lifesaver - my 11 year old sends her thanks - and this 30
year old now officially worships you as you've saved my life!
Please email it to [EMAIL REMOVED]
Everyone else - thanks for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 09:51
Your welcome, I found ps does pretty good gifs without the bitmappy edges if
you need help on that email off list and I will see what I can do for you
--
~Kimber Chick
[EMAIL REMOVED]
www.bandtattoo...
Re: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 09:49
I've been following this thread with interest over the
last couple of days. Since I've been getting back into
making music again after recently buying a keyboard
controller and plugging my old guitar...
FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE : PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
date posted 19th June 2003 09:44
PRESS RELEASE - IMMEDIATE 19 JUNE 2003
PCG REPRESENTS "INVISIBLE" FREELANCERS AT APPSBG PUBLIC HEARING
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) presented its case for =
freelancers
at the public hea...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 09:44
Thank you lotus for that, the first positive reply I have had since posted
this. Aside from the grammatical errors.
You are correct about the font. I am actually planning on creating the font
on the m...
FW: FN-FORUM: Web Site Development Partner Required
date posted 19th June 2003 09:23
Hi,
Just to say many thanks for all of your offers (all 76 of them) and to
confirm this project has now been allocated.
Many thanks for your interest.
Regards
Mark
-----Original Message-----
Fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: proftpd
date posted 19th June 2003 09:22
On Wednesday 18 Jun 2003 10:38 pm, Paul Civati wrote:
>
> Have you changed your shell?
Oooh actually I have just changed roots shell to bash.
Would that have made any difference?
Cheers
John...
Re: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 09:21
Best novel use of a mobile phone, my mother is deaf and has a mobile phone
and uses it to send text messages to everybody she knows (deaf and hearing
people), this is one of the best uses of a mobile...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 09:17
> Er, yes, I tried Wickes. Went round in circles for a bit, got dizzy,
> gave up. Any more clues please?
>
David, I missed this thread earlier - what are you looking for? We are going
to Wickes later...
FN-FORUM: Director 7 and XML
date posted 19th June 2003 09:17
Morning all,
I am trying to produce a piece in Director 7 which pulls an XML file and
then displays it in a text field, would anybody be able to recommend a
tutorial for this. I have only been playin...
Re: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 09:15
> I was about to suggest that anything is possible... but then the
realisation
> dawned upon me that my Mother-in-Law has just forced my Father-in-Law to
use his
> birthday money to buy himself one (t...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: when they don't pay...
date posted 19th June 2003 09:14
Odd it was working ten minutes ago.
I've just been back there and its giving the error mentioned. :-/
Darren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Off On One" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Se...
RE: FN-FORUM: sound card (again)
date posted 19th June 2003 09:13
another happy user of the m-audio 2496 here - no problems at all in 14
months use.
Andrew
_________________________
Andrew Wilson Productions
Web Design & Hosting - Print Design - Graphics - Multimed...
RE: FN-FORUM: RE: when they don't pay...
date posted 19th June 2003 09:10
just tried using the link on the website rather than one in the email - in
now....
RE: FN-FORUM: OT: Insulation blocks (attic conversions revisited)
date posted 19th June 2003 09:09
Er, yes, I tried Wickes. Went round in circles for a bit, got dizzy,
gave up. Any more clues please?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Developmen...
RE: FN-FORUM: RE: when they don't pay...
date posted 19th June 2003 09:04
From what I remember there were a few useful ways of tackling
this problem, you might want to do a search for copyright
in the archive -
Thanks Darren
just checked the forum search = "You have an er...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd video & other data OT
date posted 19th June 2003 08:58
> Is it possible to put a movie on a dvd and some other files and still
> have it play in a dvd player?
Yes. Your not gonna have much space left on the disk after
burning a film from my recent limite...
Re: FN-FORUM: BT ADSL LAN recommendations
date posted 19th June 2003 08:52
> D-link
:)
Pete
--
Peter Croft
PC Associates...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: when they don't pay...
date posted 19th June 2003 08:50
This came up a few weeks ago -
From the forum archives 'Bad Payers & Copyright' -
--
The designer retains copyright and licences it to the client unless signed
over to them explicitly.
--
From what I...
Re: FN-FORUM: dvd video & other data OT
date posted 19th June 2003 08:37
Tam Stone wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> Is it possible to put a movie on a dvd and some other files and still
> have it play in a dvd player? The video only takes up a little bit of
> the disk so I'd like to...
Re: FN-FORUM: BT ADSL LAN recommendations
date posted 19th June 2003 08:32
Alan Sheppard wrote:
> Sling the modem in the bin and look at the D-link DSL-504 - It's got 4
> ports and on-board DHCP/routing/port protection etc..... so all you need is
> a hub for 6 pc's and net...
FN-FORUM: RE: when they don't pay...
date posted 19th June 2003 08:26
right, here's a familiar story:
I was contracted to do a website design, the guy contracting me did
coding/db stuff then passed it all on to his client, sites now live and i'm
getting totally pissed...
Re: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 07:58
When phones were big, brick shaped and analogue I had one for a few years,
then reverted back to a pager - reasoning was that I was doing a lot of work
in hospitals at the time and so the thing was ne...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 07:46
Quoting Dirigo [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I could try some real Bass Ale or others.
Othes, definitely others - you need to come to my Local wherein there should be
5 - all well kept, mostly from smaller brew...
Re: FN-FORUM: Apple bargains from ... Apple!
date posted 19th June 2003 07:43
am i right in assuming that the offers are advertised on this page on
wednesdays at 10am??
does anyone have any other sites offering great deals on macs - i use a pc
at the moment, but am wanting to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web site check
date posted 19th June 2003 07:35
Looks good to me on my mac text wraps fine etc. The only problem I see is
the words Accuracy Clarity and Quality are very bitmappy
--
~Kimber Chick
[EMAIL REMOVED]
www.bandtattoo.co.uk
http://lotus....
RE: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 07:34
Quoting Matt Thomas [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Can we ever live without one nowadays?
I was about to suggest that anything is possible... but then the realisation
dawned upon me that my Mother-in-Law has jus...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with audio track
date posted 19th June 2003 07:27
Karaoke Disc Sunfly 201 has that backing track on it. You can purchase
this from Karaoke Direct on www.karaokedirect.co.uk or 01506 636271.
Price =A322.00 inc P&P
Rgds=20
Aaron
-----Original Message-...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Save Money - www.moneysavingexpert.com
date posted 19th June 2003 02:46
Hey Paul!
Well, I have certainly found this list to be entertaining. ROTFLMAO at
times! Certain enjoyed the shed demolition event. Am now trying to
figure out how I could possibly finagle my compa...
Re: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 02:06
I find it reasuring if i'm walking on my own at night to have one in my
pocket. I don't actually use mine much though. And I keep forgeting to
put it on charge so it hasn't been on for a few days....
RE: FN-FORUM:Mobile Phones - love or hate them?
date posted 19th June 2003 01:36
I just picked up an Erickson P800 mobile phone today. It seems like the
best phone I have ever had, but that is probably because I just got it!
I thought I would start up a conversation on mobiles,...