Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday November 26th 2003
RE: FN-FORUM: Is 700k to much
date posted 26th November 2003 22:53
You must be good to charge that much!
;)
Chaz.
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To: Charles E. Gatenby
Subject: FN-FORUM: Is 700k to much...
RE: FN-FORUM: Is 700k to much
date posted 26th November 2003 22:50
it like a navigation and top intro bit for a header of the site
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Re: FN-FORUM: Is 700k to much
date posted 26th November 2003 22:48
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, John Murphy wrote:
>
> Is 700k to much for a flash movie with animation and sound these days? Just
> a bit curious otherwise I have a lot to cut down.
>
> John
Hi,
Is it an intr...
FN-FORUM: Is 700k to much
date posted 26th November 2003 22:46
Is 700k to much for a flash movie with animation and sound these days? Just
a bit curious otherwise I have a lot to cut down.
John...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 20:44
I'm not, nor have I ever been, a 'proper programmer' which is why Cold
Fusion interests me. The only languages I know are Lingo and
Actionscript, both of which, I am reliably informed, fall under th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Apple G5
date posted 26th November 2003 20:40
As soon as I've saved up enough moolah I'm splashing out on the fastest
G5 I can stretch to. I tried one out in Micro Anvika running 10.3 and
it ROCKED
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 08:51 PM,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Apple G5
date posted 26th November 2003 20:26
we've just taken delivery of a few. We primarily use it for print and
imaging. Fantastic tools and very intuitive with OS 10.3. No lag and as
quick as thought...until Apple produce something even fa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 20:17
well they've just has a new CEO appointed so chances are this
had something to do with the recent spasmodic reprise of the dance.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/managing/articles/0,1511...
FN-FORUM: Apple G5
date posted 26th November 2003 20:05
Does anyone have an Apple G5 and if so how have you found it, do you use it
for web and print work? are there any problems in general?
Thanks
Carla...
RE: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 20:00
We / I have been very luckly, not hit too hard, two clients with a few keyphrases dropped, thats all.
Luckly Im one of the sensible chaps who never guarentees #1 postions for any key term, or in fact...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 19:44
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
>
> Most odd eh? and co...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 19:43
Ron wrote:
>Interesting that sponsored links still return relevant results. That's
>lucky, 2 months before Googles proposed public offering isn't it?
>
>Ron
>
>
>
>
As was pointed out in the articl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 19:35
Most odd eh? and commercial sites suffered the worst, oh and commercial sites that tended to be in high competition areas, which
also happens to be high Adwords cost areas.... dont know what to make o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 19:24
Interesting that sponsored links still return relevant results. That's
lucky, 2 months before Googles proposed public offering isn't it?
Ron...
Re: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 19:23
If it's a Windows server, Veritas Backup Exec.
What's wrong with the good old free NTbackup? It works, it does the system
state, even does Exchange, what more could you want?
+++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bizarre spam
date posted 26th November 2003 19:16
It doesn't point to an IP address, etc etc. It might have had a script or
something, but since I don't accept HTML mail and have a popup killer. I
didn't see it.
As all you get if you click the link...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bizarre spam
date posted 26th November 2003 19:11
No escaped characters, no @ signs, nothing.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bizarre spam
date posted 26th November 2003 19:10
It is a real(ish) link. http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?accverify
It just takes you to an error page as there are no parameters to say what
account it is.
That's why I couldn't figure out...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 18:53
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Karl Bunyan
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
>That's a good article. I was doing quite well on 'london web
>development' up until then (no 6, I think). Nowhere to be seen any more....
RE: FN-FORUM: Postgres on Cygwin
date posted 26th November 2003 18:51
Managed to get it working Yay! It only took a whole day :)
For those of you brave or mad enough to try the same at some point, here is
a list of the problems I encountered :
1) I had previously inst...
FN-FORUM: Matrix M$ spoof (first half)
date posted 26th November 2003 18:36
http://www.geeknewz.com/comments.php?catid=1&id=260
Best Regards
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES
Internet Consultancy
t : 0845 644 6568 (Local Rate)
f : 0871 433 2278 (10p per min)
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FN-FORUM: Matrix M$ spoof (first half)
date posted 26th November 2003 18:36
http://www.geeknewz.com/comments.php?catid=1&id=260
Best Regards
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES
Internet Consultancy
t : 0845 644 6568 (Local Rate)
f : 0871 433 2278 (10p per min)
e : [EMAIL REMOVED]
w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 18:33
>but I'm sure they'll be tweaking
it again soon.
Dont rely on it!
Mike
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> White
> Sent: 26 November 2003 18:15...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 18:23
Dan Norcott wrote:
> This may sound like, but isn't intended to be, a jibe - but isn't cold
> fusion shit?
I guess that's a matter of opinion. :-)
> Is there any reason why one might use it over an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 18:23
I have found an open source backup program - completely free and backs up
linux/unix, windows and mac - is called bacula
www.bacula.org
Best Regards
John Kyle (iMS Ltd)...
RE: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 17:31
I'm at the stage now where I'm waiting for a product update for Version
9. Their technical support guys have been good but every 10 days or so,
the backup sets fail. It's a bit weird because I had no...
RE: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 17:25
J Sutton wrote:
> What ever you do, DO NOT use Veritas Backup Exec. I've had a
> nightmare with that so far
That's strange, I use Backup Exec. all the time on several servers and I
don't have any p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Internet outtages yesterday
date posted 26th November 2003 17:16
Hey people!
Yes it was a country wide problem.
Ive been in contact with several ISP's and they all report the same problem.
For verification see below heres one i found
http://status.bulldogdsl.com/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 17:06
Karl Bunyan wrote:
> On the bright side, I'm now 4th for "london web development -waffle
> -spoogle -mongle". Better get myself some more bandwidth and await the
> flood of traffic.
>
*lol* I tried...
Re: FN-FORUM: Antivirus
date posted 26th November 2003 17:02
You can set up the profiles on the main server to update the roaming
profiles (assuming you have roaming profiles), so when you log on it runs a
script to install the new updates.
However, NAV has it...
RE: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 16:58
On the bright side, I'm now 4th for "london web development -waffle
-spoogle -mongle". Better get myself some more bandwidth and await the
flood of traffic.
Karl
> -----Original Message-----
> From:...
FN-FORUM: Postgres on Cygwin
date posted 26th November 2003 16:54
Hi All
Do any of you have experience of installing PostgreSQL in Cygwin on Windows
XP home? I have now spent an entire day trying to get it working without
success. First off I discovered that all my...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 16:49
Karl Bunyan wrote:
> That's a good article. I was doing quite well on 'london web
> development' up until then (no 6, I think). Nowhere to be seen any more.
> No 2 is now the london underground site,...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 16:45
> I grovel! I came to web via programming (C++ Object Pascal etc) and I must
> say that CF can do everything that PHP can and with custom tags anything
> else. If you can code it you can do it in CF....
RE: FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 16:41
That's a good article. I was doing quite well on 'london web
development' up until then (no 6, I think). Nowhere to be seen any more.
No 2 is now the london underground site, so that's worked out real...
Re: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 16:39
Yes. Datafort will do this. Go to their site (www.datafort.co.uk) and
download their software and use the unlock code of 221310-030. I get a TINY
commission then! Seriously though it is good.
At...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 16:36
I grovel! I came to web via programming (C++ Object Pascal etc) and I must
say that CF can do everything that PHP can and with custom tags anything
else. If you can code it you can do it in CF. Much...
RE: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 16:35
What ever you do, DO NOT use Veritas Backup Exec. I've had a nightmare
with that so far
Many thanks,
J Sutton
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Dominic Al...
RE: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 16:31
Have just recommended Handy Backup - it's not industrial strength, but
if the servers are on the same LAN then you can run the programme from a
workstation and backup the servers... Works for my dev...
RE: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 16:30
Have you tried Handy Backup (http://www.handybackup.com/) - might be
worth a look...
Dominic
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Re: FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 16:24
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Anyone know of a good file backup prog to incrementally backup two drives
> each night (not windows server backup)
Retrospect. Or whatever they're calling Backup Exec thi...
FN-FORUM: Google changes ranking policy
date posted 26th November 2003 16:19
http://www.searchengineguide.com/lloyd/2003/1125_bl1.html
--
James...
FN-FORUM: RE: Printing Co
date posted 26th November 2003 16:17
Customer used this co recently and is very happy with them:
http://www.fullcolour.com
Thought I'd share...
=)
susanengel
graphicdesign
m: 077 0943 6103
www.susanengel.co.uk...
FN-FORUM: Server backup prog
date posted 26th November 2003 16:17
Anyone know of a good file backup prog to incrementally backup two drives
each night (not windows server backup)
Best Regards
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES
Internet Consultancy
t : 0845 644 6568 (Local R...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nice eye-candy
date posted 26th November 2003 16:12
Daniel Robinson wrote:
>
> Sorry I've picked up this thread a bit late.. are you talking about=20
> Photoshop? I provide tuition, =A315 p.h. if you are based in London.=20
> It's kind of hard to prov...
FN-FORUM: [Fwd: Give this a try!]
date posted 26th November 2003 16:07
I know it's been around a while, but a friend has just reminded me -
still worth a play ;-)
http://www.turntables.de/
Cheers, Paul....
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 16:02
>There speaks a designer! CF has many advantages to the programmer - proper
>session variables, links to C++ etc plus load balancing and so on.
lol - designer my arse. I've been a horrible coding ge...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nigerian Bank Website
date posted 26th November 2003 15:58
I have worked and lived in Nigeria and virtually everything is a scam
there. Don;t touch it unless you are paid in cash up front. No bankers
drafts fron the Central Bank of Nigeria or other banking...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 15:55
There speaks a designer! CF has many advantages to the programmer - proper=
=20
session variables, links to C++ etc plus load balancing and so on.
It is also completely platform independent so one is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Cool tool for PC => Macs
date posted 26th November 2003 15:51
On Nov 26, 2003, at 13:08, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
> Ema wrote:
>> Generates screenshots of pages on Safari
>>
>> http://www.danvine.com/capture/
>
> Now that is cool!
>
> Rick
Coo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Trade Print
date posted 26th November 2003 15:44
SOURCEFOUR wrote:
>Has anybody used the following print company? Any experiences would be
>appreciated.
>
>www.trade-print.com
>
>Many Thanks
>
>Rob
>
>
>
>
Can't say about them, but the company i...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Fridges
date posted 26th November 2003 15:21
Nope.. I got it 'that=92s nice'.. then it went straight into storage.
=A0
=A0
:.:.:. A t o m i=A0c=A0P h u s e .:.:.:
=A0
=A0
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FN-FORUM: Nigerian Bank Website
date posted 26th November 2003 15:10
Hi,
I think that I am hosting a Nigerian scam website at:
http://cipradexbank.com
I have informed Sussex police, but I haven't heard anything from them yet.
If you look at the stats http://cipradexb...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Fridges
date posted 26th November 2003 15:10
The guy in the office next to me pulled the handle off after two days. I
think it was the big american fridge look that misled him as to its
robustness.
Karl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EM...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 15:00
David Nye wrote:
>>someone has stripped this list of email addresses to be used for spam
>
> I have not received any spam on the account I am using for this list.
> All email addresses are removed fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 15:00
> > someone has stripped this list of email addresses to be used for spam
>
> I have not received any spam on the account I am using for this list.
Neither have I but
> All email addresses are remo...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Fridges
date posted 26th November 2003 14:58
Anyone still using the free fridge they got during the Viking Direct gold
rush of summer 2003? I've had mine running 24/7 since the day it arrived
without a single problem. Anyone else?
Hutch...
RE: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 14:54
> someone has stripped this list of email addresses to be used for spam
I have not received any spam on the account I am using for this list.
All email addresses are removed from the web archive.
Da...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 14:53
This may sound like, but isn't intended to be, a jibe - but isn't cold
fusion shit?
Is there any reason why one might use it over and above php, asp, .net or
whatever?
I worked with a developer who...
RE: FN-FORUM: Anti Virus / Small Business Server 2003
date posted 26th November 2003 14:46
Paul Summers wrote:
> Anyone recommend the best Anti Virus Solution that will work=20
> well with Small Business Server 2003... Coverage needs to=20
> include the network server + 25 network clients....
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 14:46
Although I use Dreamweaver for the quick and easy stuff it does not answer=
=20
all needs - especially when you want to do some fancy stuff or just=20
slightly out of the ordinary. For example, sendin...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:42
ooo... you have a house??
On 26 Nov 2003, at 14:52, Gerard McGovern wrote:
> Just wondering, that's all. I do have other rooms in the house that=20
> would
> benefit from the =A337 player you s...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:40
cool... 54mbps it is then!! i'm still on 11... i guess i need to
upgrade my network :-D
luke
On 26 Nov 2003, at 14:44, Nick B wrote:
>
>> True... but I very much doubt any wireless connectio...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I ... ermm ... want it ... ?
date posted 26th November 2003 14:38
It was in PC Extreme this month. Singularly shite magazine mind you.
Hutch
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Sent: 26 November 2003 14:59
To:...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:38
http://sale-depot.co.uk/electronics/item/B0000B0A4H/Yamada,DVX,6100,MPEG4=
,Mu
lti,region,DVD,Player.html
Got mine at cost off the distributer after I reviewed it. If you can do
without Divx, the sam...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I ... ermm ... want it ... ?
date posted 26th November 2003 14:34
i'm not even gonna ask how you knew that page, Hutch......... ;-)
On 26 Nov 2003, at 13:07, Andy Hutchinson wrote:
> Pot noodle and wank, sir?
>
> http://daimaoh.kir.jp/ho/menssom.htm
>
> Hutch...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:27
> Why do you need to know? Don't you have an Xbox that does=20
> everything short of nipping down the shops for 20 Lambert?
Just wondering, that's all. I do have other rooms in the house that =
would...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anti Virus / Small Business Server 2003
date posted 26th November 2003 14:27
Paul Summers wrote:
> Anyone recommend the best Anti Virus Solution that will work well with Small
> Business Server 2003... Coverage needs to include the network server + 25
> network clients. Was...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nice eye-candy
date posted 26th November 2003 14:25
Sorry I've picked up this thread a bit late.. are you talking about=20
Photoshop? I provide tuition, =A315 p.h. if you are based in London. =
It's=20
kind of hard to provide these kind of tips over a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anti Virus / Small Business Server 2003
date posted 26th November 2003 14:24
Paul Summers wrote:
> Anyone recommend the best Anti Virus Solution that will work well with Small
> Business Server 2003... Coverage needs to include the network server + 25
> network clients. Was l...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:23
Why do you need to know? Don't you have an Xbox that does everything =
short
of nipping down the shops for 20 Lambert?
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:20
>
>
> True... but I very much doubt any wireless connection could sustain the
> transfer rate to stream a movie anyway ;-)
I disagree - apart from mpeg2 maybe (But who really stores movies as
4GB+...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:19
Kind of depends what you are looking for in a FPS though really.
Timesplitters / Goldeneye are both more puzzle and task-based than Halo
which is just blasting. I can't comment on your assessment th...
FN-FORUM: Antivirus
date posted 26th November 2003 14:17
Hi All,
I'm looking at a rollout of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition... We have 7
Servers, and about 30 workstations all that need it.. - they're a mixture of
NT4 and Windows 2000 server and Workst...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:15
Halo's an excellent game and the fact with consoles that you can design
it to work with essentially one controller is most useful. I'd like to
play it with a mouse though... Just to see how much easie...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout - fao Tony
date posted 26th November 2003 14:14
On 26 Nov 2003 14:01:48 -0000, Justin [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
> What you wrote re CSS clarified some fundamentals that I was really
> struggling with, and as such
> have completed my firs...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nice eye-candy
date posted 26th November 2003 14:13
Thomas Design wrote:
>You'll still be there playing with it in 10 years time ;)
>
>
So what's a good book to use to learn the other stuff? I follow the
step-throughs of how to make a pwetty bauble...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:11
Yes I would like to know that one
----- Original Message -----
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I wan...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:09
> > As for GameCube, - Nintendo have canned it - even they don't beleive in
> > it anymore.
> >
> considering they have had some of the biggest game releases ever seen over
> the last 6 months i dont...
FN-FORUM: Anti Virus / Small Business Server 2003
date posted 26th November 2003 14:09
Hi All
Anyone recommend the best Anti Virus Solution that will work well with =
Small
Business Server 2003... Coverage needs to include the network server + =
25
network clients. Was looking at the...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:08
>
> I agree that as a DVD player the Xbox isn't the best - DVD=20
> players are cheap yes, but can you get a DVD player for =A335=20
> that will play VCD's / SVCD's / DivX Movies / DVD's / AVI's /=20...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 14:06
For free? Definitely interested....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 14:05
> As for GameCube, - Nintendo have canned it - even they don't beleive in
> it anymore.
>
considering they have had some of the biggest game releases ever seen over
the last 6 months i dont think they...
Re: FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 14:02
Are you talking about hand-coding or using it in Dreamweaver context? I
would like someone to help me get started, but I am a Dreamweaver user
as opposed to a hand-coder. What would you charge?
On...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:58
>PoP's not out yet is it ? Looks like a March/April 2004 on the xbox
>according to amazon. CM4, yes played it waiting to see what RS2 and
>Rbrally is like (that's assuming that it's not on hold!).
Is...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:56
I agree that as a DVD player the Xbox isn't the best - DVD players are =
cheap
yes, but can you get a DVD player for =A335 that will play VCD's / =
SVCD's /
DivX Movies / DVD's / AVI's / MPG's etc et...
FN-FORUM: One to One Advanced Cold Fusion Training in London
date posted 26th November 2003 13:55
If anyone is interested I am an very proficient Cold Fusion person and
could give one to one training in London - NW10 area. I have my own servers
etc....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:54
On 26 Nov 2003, at 13:07, Luke Perman wrote:
>
> hmm... true...
>
>
> On 26 Nov 2003, at 12:48, Carl W Crawley wrote:
>
>> True... but I very much doubt any wireless connection could sustain
>> th...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:50
What I really want is halflife 2 and doom3.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl W Crawley [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 26 November 2003 14:09
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jon...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:50
PoP's not out yet is it ? Looks like a March/April 2004 on the xbox
according to amazon. CM4, yes played it waiting to see what RS2 and
Rbrally is like (that's assuming that it's not on hold!). =20...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:50
If you like shoot-em-ups, get your hands on Medal of Honor Frontline
and / or Timesplitters 2. Both should be available as Xbox classics
now, so they are quite cheap.
On Wednesday, November 26, 200...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:44
>In technical terms, neither the PS2 or gamecube beats the xbox. However, it
don't matter how >good a console is technically if the games for it don't
have playability. We've had our xbox >since launc...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:43
I'm more a run around shooting wildley in a halo/rtcw/unreal type way =
than the sneak-em-up but I really ought to try them properly
Andy
IWD2 LLP
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=20
-----Original Message-----
Fro...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:41
At one point we had both a PS2 and an Xbox in my flat, and obviously in=20=
terms of gameplay, graphics and functionality, the xbox won hands down=20=
- the PS2 looked primitive by comparison. And t...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:37
> > my girlfriend and sister prefer the simplicity of a stand alone DVD
> player.
>
> Not the same person I hope.
Ha :-)
Thankfully no.
G...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout - fao Tony
date posted 26th November 2003 13:36
Tony,
What you wrote re CSS clarified some fundamentals that I was really struggling with, and as such
have completed my first fully laid out CSS site - without the use of tables.
Thank you.
Justin...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:33
How about Splintercell? we got the xbox purely for that game
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:52 PM...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:27
In technical terms, neither the PS2 or gamecube beats the xbox. However, =
it don't matter how good a console is technically if the games for it =
don't have playability. We've had our xbox since laun...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:24
> as in dvd player or console? considering you can get a dvd player for
about
> £35 i think thats beaten for value, personally i think the xbox is just
> dirt, seem to be a huge ugly black box that...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 13:18
> > but then you would have an xbox in your living room,
>
> So?
>
> > the new
> > kiss one seems better plays divx, has a built in hardrive and
> > has the network thing as well, dont think its wire...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:55
That usually depends where you're from...=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Stafford [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 26 November 2003 13:11
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:53
£175 from http://www.premodded.com
Highly recommended!
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Gerard
McGovern
Sent: 26 November 2003 13:05
To: FN-FORUM /...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:49
What about a 54bps one?=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Perman [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 26 November 2003 13:07
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: Re: FN-FORU...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:46
> my girlfriend and sister prefer the simplicity of a stand alone DVD
player.
Not the same person I hope....
Re: FN-FORUM: Internet outtages yesterday
date posted 26th November 2003 12:45
Yes but on Monday it was ten times worse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rus Foster" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Intern...
Re: FN-FORUM: Internet outtages yesterday
date posted 26th November 2003 12:45
Luke Perman wrote:
> i lost internet and email access from both NTL and Easyspace from about
> 5pm onwards yesterday - they only just came back on earlier this
> morning... Easypace claim that it w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Cool tool for PC => Macs
date posted 26th November 2003 12:43
Ema wrote:
> Generates screenshots of pages on Safari
>
> http://www.danvine.com/capture/
Now that is cool!
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.com
POV-Ray News & Resources http://Povray.co.uk
TEL...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 12:43
On 26 Nov 2003 11:24:29 -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
>
> Is wiki an acronym for something ? I'd not come across it's use before.
Nope - see:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki
(wiki wik...
FN-FORUM: [OT] I ... ermm ... want it ... ?
date posted 26th November 2003 12:42
Pot noodle and wank, sir?
http://daimaoh.kir.jp/ho/menssom.htm
Hutch
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Andy
Macnaughton-Jones
Sent: 26 November 2003 12:5...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:42
hmm... true...
On 26 Nov 2003, at 12:48, Carl W Crawley wrote:
> True... but I very much doubt any wireless connection could sustain the
> transfer rate to stream a movie anyway ;-)...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:40
> but then you would have an xbox in your living room,=20
So?
> the new=20
> kiss one seems better plays divx, has a built in hardrive and=20
> has the network thing as well, dont think its wireless...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:40
Yeah I used to use the Xbox to play DVDs but I bought a standalone
player once I decided I needed multiregion. I know nothing about
chipping, I'm not that techy
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:39
> The only problem I'd have with using an Xbox as a DVD player
> is that it's the wrong size & colour and it's got quite a noisy fan.
Must admit, I don't use my Xbox as a DVD player. But that's mai...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bizarre spam
date posted 26th November 2003 12:38
Yeah this has been a problem for a while now regarding ebay spam.
I can assure you it ***IS*** spam and if you look carefully at the links on
it it points to an IP address instead of ebay.com or ebay...
RE: FN-FORUM: Internet outtages yesterday
date posted 26th November 2003 12:36
But Rus's systems were immune to it! Hooray for Rus.
Incidentally, I'll get of your name servers now Rus
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Rus
Foster
Se...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:35
but then you would have an xbox in your living room, the new kiss one seems
better plays divx, has a built in hardrive and has the network thing as
well, dont think its wireless though.
----- Origin...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:33
The only problem I'd have with using an Xbox as a DVD player is that
it's the wrong size & colour and it's got quite a noisy fan.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From...
Re: FN-FORUM: Internet outtages yesterday
date posted 26th November 2003 12:29
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Luke Perman wrote:
>
> was anyone else here hit by the so-called 'transatlantic backbone
> failure' yesterday??
>
> i lost internet and email access from both NTL and Easyspace f...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:25
> does the chipped xbox stream video content from your PC's
> hard drive wirelessly though?? eh??
>
> ;-)
My xbox streams video from one of my home servers over wired ethernet. The
same would be p...
FN-FORUM: Internet outtages yesterday
date posted 26th November 2003 12:23
was anyone else here hit by the so-called 'transatlantic backbone
failure' yesterday??
i lost internet and email access from both NTL and Easyspace from about
5pm onwards yesterday - they only just...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:23
> does the chipped xbox stream video content from your PC's hard drive
> wirelessly though?? eh??
>
> ;-)
True... but I very much doubt any wireless connection could sustain the
transfer rate to str...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:18
does the chipped xbox stream video content from your PC's hard drive
wirelessly though?? eh??
;-)
On 26 Nov 2003, at 12:32, Carl W Crawley wrote:
>
>> http://www.govideo.com/Index.asp?GV=D2730
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: FAO Ron [OT]
date posted 26th November 2003 12:15
Spews is great isn't it! :(
Ron
(Not the network admin at this company!)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of
[EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 26 November 2003 12:33
To: F...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:12
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 12:30:10PM -0000, Gerard McGovern wrote:
>
> > http://www.govideo.com/Index.asp?GV=D2730
> >
> > oh yeah i do!
>
> Better value would be a chipped xbox that will do all that...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:11
step 1, purchase slimline ITX server from www.linitx.com
step 2, purchase cheap ass btv484 or hauphauuge card.
step 3, install freevo
http://freshmeat.net/projects/freevo/?topic_id=123%2C128%2C126
s...
FN-FORUM: FAO Ron [OT]
date posted 26th November 2003 12:08
My email to you regarding the Lancers project was rejected by
your servers as possible spam???
Do you have another email address I can send it to if so
mail me of list.
regards,
Darren Yates
[EMAIL...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:07
> http://www.govideo.com/Index.asp?GV=D2730
>
> oh yeah i do!
Very nice indeed - however my chipped Xbox does the same and I also can play
games on it ;-)
Rgds,
C....
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 12:06
> http://www.govideo.com/Index.asp?GV=D2730
>
> oh yeah i do!
Better value would be a chipped xbox that will do all that DVD players does
plus a whole lot more.
G...
FN-FORUM: [OT] I want it!!!!
date posted 26th November 2003 11:59
http://www.govideo.com/Index.asp?GV=D2730
oh yeah i do!
luke
----
Evoke Media Ltd.
t. +44 (0) 709 227 0480
e. [EMAIL REMOVED]
w. www.evoke-media.com
"Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, A...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 11:45
On 26/11/2003 at 11:56 Objective 2000 wrote:
>Yep, mea culpa I'll grant you it should be 790px.
Umm inverted, 760px; :-)
S
Objective 2000 Ltd
AccessEdit accessible HTML Editor http://www.objective2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 11:42
yeah, i found it kinda strange considering i was on MAC!!
luke
On 26 Nov 2003, at 09:17, Deborah Causton wrote:
> I had it aswell, infact twice... said it was from Tiscali.
>
> ... why on earth wo...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] For all you hardcore fans (i love 1992!)
date posted 26th November 2003 11:40
yep, it was the R&S label i first got into (way back then...) Joey
Beltram was the master...
i had a friend who was so hooked on Energy Flash that he kept dropping
the tune constantly throughout...
FN-FORUM: OT: A re-run of the OJ Simpson Chase ??
date posted 26th November 2003 11:37
Subject: OT: A re-run of the OJ Simpson Chase ??
http://www.arkad.co.uk/the_chase.jpg
Regards
Darren Spink
TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750
FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686
EML: [EMAIL REMOVED]
ICQ: 56667649...
Re: FN-FORUM: Javascript question...
date posted 26th November 2003 11:36
yep - but scrollbars look shite!!! :-)
luke
On 25 Nov 2003, at 13:14, Nick Grimshaw wrote:
> It's do-able, but IIRC not consistent across browsers.
> May I (strongly) recommend not re-inventing t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:35
on(release) is for the old fashion Flash 5 geek.
For easier maintainability use
buttonInstanceName.onPress = function() {
... actionscript code
};
EG:
txt1 = "Some text"
txt2 = " and some more"...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:34
fieldName = "Tony Blair is a jolly nice chap.."
Haha.....Love the example :-)
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26,...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 11:32
On 26/11/2003 at 11:08 Paul J White wrote:
>
>Simon, it's a pity after that well structured answer, your example has a
>horiz scroll at 800x600 ;-(
Yep, mea culpa I'll grant you it should be 790px...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:30
Note - this method only works in Flash 6 and above - text field
instance names not supported in previous versions
:D
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 11:51 AM, Manjit Singh wrote:
> Using instan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:26
Using instant name instead of var in the properties palette
box1.text = "Freelance";
box2.text = box1.text + " Forum" ;
Simple test would be to place 2 dynamic text fields without buttons on stag...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:25
It's definitely + to stick strings together.
D
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 11:40 AM, Oktal wrote:
> I haven't tried it but I'd imagine you'd want to stick something like
> this
> on the oth...
FN-FORUM: Trade Print
date posted 26th November 2003 11:23
Has anybody used the following print company? Any experiences would be
appreciated.
www.trade-print.com
Many Thanks
Rob...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:22
Oktal wrote:
> I can't remember in AS whether + or & concatenates strings.
It's + (or += for add and assign) it's the same as
ECMAScript/JavaScript. & is the concatenation operator in VBScript (an...
FN-FORUM: MS One Note 2003
date posted 26th November 2003 11:21
I just had a brief browse through some promo videos of MS One Note 2003 and
it looks quite interesting (currently downloading the 75Mb evaluation copy).
I wondered if anyone on here has used this and,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:19
Just a thought but you might try
initially:
_root.fieldName.text="Tony Blair is a "
and then to add more:
on(release){
_root.currentText = _root.fieldName.text;
_root.fieldName.text = _root.currentT...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:18
Why didn't I think of that (because I'm a dunce?).....Cheers Matt!
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Subj...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:15
I haven't tried it but I'd imagine you'd want to stick something like this
on the other button :
on (release) {
_root.textboxname = _root.textboxname + "more text here";
}
I can't re...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:13
Dan Cook wrote:
> I'm using....
>
> _root.textboxname = "BLAHBLAH";
>
> ....to display text in a text box when a button is clicked. However, I have
> another button which when clicked, needs to 'a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:07
I'd probably carry the original text in a variable, and then combine the
"added" text with the variable before updating the textbox.=20
(disclaimer: been a while since I've looked at flash!)
Regards...
FN-FORUM: Quick Flash question....
date posted 26th November 2003 11:02
I'm using....
_root.textboxname = "BLAHBLAH";
....to display text in a text box when a button is clicked. However, I have
another button which when clicked, needs to 'add' more text to the textbox...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 10:59
Is wiki an acronym for something ? I'd not come across it's use before.
And I'd like to "suggest" to my browser where to stick it's footer ;-)
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 10:48
On 26 Nov 2003 10:42:50 -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
>
> Hi Tony,
> Well I guess it was late when I replied and I'd had no response and
> all gee'd up seeing a nice long me...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 10:43
Objective 2000 wrote:
> Most commonly though people want a fixed size page, say 800 x 600. In truth it will be less than that, more like 795x595
> but that's by the by.
>
> In CSS2 you can use min...
FN-FORUM: Passport Information now generally available over the internet ........
date posted 26th November 2003 10:35
www.humnri.com/enter/passport/...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 10:17
Hi Tony,
Well I guess it was late when I replied and I'd had no response and
all gee'd up seeing a nice long message that didn't quite tell me what I
wanted to hear ;-) , but see comments below as [...
FN-FORUM: homesite browse a specific page
date posted 26th November 2003 10:07
Hi all,
I am using homesite, and i want to edit/ preview a specific page story.asp
I have all my mappings working fine, but i want to send a param list to the
page, so i actually want to browse to...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 10:05
On 26/11/2003 at 06:51 Tony Crockford wrote:
>On 25 Nov 2003 22:57:51 -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED]
>wrote:
>
>> Yes.... thanks for that "help" ;-)
>>
You can, with a lot of care an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 10:04
I got one aswell - Pam
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Warning
>
> Just had an email...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Transfers
date posted 26th November 2003 09:43
Dave said:
> Is transferring a domain supposed to take this long? How can I establish if
> it's Network Solutions, Company B or Company D that is gumming up the works?
>
> Oh, the A, B, C and D aliase...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 09:43
Deborah Causton wrote:
> I had it aswell, infact twice... said it was from Tiscali.
>
> ... why on earth would Tiscali be sending me a security patch - must be
> out the goodness of their heart?
> >...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 09:35
Well, I've probably had a few in my hotmail account but to be honest, I skip
through 99% of my hotmail messages anyway because they are mostly junk. But
believe it or not, its the first one I've had t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 09:33
They are also out from Worldpay, ccBill, Paypal and a host of others.
Proper companies never send out programs with emails.
At 09:12 26/11/2003, you wrote:
>Just had an email from 'Microsoft Secu...
RE: FN-FORUM: Open source html editors
date posted 26th November 2003 09:29
Thanks everyone for your advice.
There are four chocolate chip cookies in my lancers project section. See if
you can spot them all when it get released. :D
I'm not adding any more cookies now, so...
Re: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 09:21
On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 9:11 am, Dan Cook wrote:
> Just had an email from 'Microsoft Security Division' asking me to insta=
ll
> the attached patch. This is obviously a virus as Microsoft NEVER send...
RE: FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 08:53
I had it aswell, infact twice... said it was from Tiscali.
... why on earth would Tiscali be sending me a security patch - must be
out the goodness of their heart?
=A0
=A0
:.:.:. A t o m i=A0c=A0P h...
FN-FORUM: Warning
date posted 26th November 2003 08:47
Just had an email from 'Microsoft Security Division' asking me to install
the attached patch. This is obviously a virus as Microsoft NEVER send emails
with attachments. Just a word of warning.
Cheers...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS "table based" layout
date posted 26th November 2003 06:27
On 25 Nov 2003 22:57:51 -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
> Yes.... thanks for that "help" ;-)
>
> It's not trying to make CSS layout like a table layout,
But you are.
> it's tr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Name servers
date posted 26th November 2003 01:47
On Wednesday 26 Nov 2003 12:57 am, Abby Patel wrote:
> You need to configure it in your network settings. Funnily enough on
> Windoze boxes, changing DNS is one of the few things that does not trig=
g...
RE: FN-FORUM: Name servers
date posted 26th November 2003 00:54
Just remember which ISP kept going when others couldn't even keep a DNS
server running ;-)
Glad to be able to help.
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> Sent: 26 N...
Re: FN-FORUM: Name servers
date posted 26th November 2003 00:48
Damn, should of known that I've fiddled about in there enough.
Cheers Abby your a star. I'm up and running again :))
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To: [EMAIL REMOV...
RE: FN-FORUM: Name servers
date posted 26th November 2003 00:33
You need to configure it in your network settings. Funnily enough on Windoze
boxes, changing DNS is one of the few things that does not trigger a reboot
request.
Go into networking, TCP/IP properties...
Re: FN-FORUM: Name servers
date posted 26th November 2003 00:29
Hi Abby,
A total cock up thats going to take a while to sort out by the sounds of
things.
>Our nameservers seem to be holding up well at the moment as we seem to be
>pretty much unaffected by the ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: JavaScript and Flash???
date posted 26th November 2003 00:22
quite an old article but i still use this method...
http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/beginner/spawn_browser/index.shtml
hth
paul
Paul Cooper
Internet Developer
Intex Design
http://www.intexde...
Re: FN-FORUM: Name servers
date posted 26th November 2003 00:18
The TAT-14 ? which is a ring of routers connecting most of north europe
to the states is Kaput. The adhoc restoration team are now inplace but we
can expect big problems in delivery over the next few...