Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday December 5th 2003
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 23:03
on 5/12/03 10:50 pm, Ken Smith at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Or do we work with the change that is coming whether we like it or not. How
> do maximise the advantages we do have. One that seems clear to...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Room to let - SE London
date posted 5th December 2003 22:43
Room to let in 2 bedroom 'walk-up' modern flat. Fully equipped kitchen with
washing machine. Located in London SE20, quiet neighbourhood, 5-10 min walk
to 3 separate train lines with easy commute to V...
RE: FN-FORUM: hacking course
date posted 5th December 2003 22:23
David Turner:
> The course is described as a hacking course, but obviously if you know the
> tricks, you should be able to better protect against them. (plus it would
> interest me)
http://www.hacker...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 22:22
So we have to accept that cheap competition is going to come from India =
or
elsewhere. So what do we do - abandon IT and become Plumbers? Cut our =
prices
in the hope that the competition will go bro...
FN-FORUM: Blogging..
date posted 5th December 2003 22:10
Hi all,
Just launched our very own blogging site - Would appreciate any comments and
if you fancy opening an account, please feel free (it's free!)
Particularly interested in people having a go at t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 21:52
The ipod delivery address was London. Anyway, they can't investigate
themselves (oh yes they can)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co....
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 21:41
Lol ... Dynorod perhaps?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Andy
Stafford
Sent: 05 December 2003 21:08
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 20:40
> > I hope this doesn't imply slander against plumbers 'cos
I
> > know one personally and also the one (not connected with the first one)
> who
> > came to attend our flood was ... VERY sociable - bu...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 20:33
> I hope this doesn't imply slander against plumbers 'cos I
> know one personally and also the one (not connected with the first one)
who
> came to attend our flood was ... VERY sociable - but that's...
RE: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 20:12
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: 05 December 2003 16:07
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
>
>
> Just...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT]digital camera [was Red fluorescent light]
date posted 5th December 2003 19:39
on 4/12/03 9:41 pm, Dominic Allkins at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Not as small as an Ixus by some way (SLR size), but I bought a Fuji
> FinePix S602 Pro a few months back. Technically it's a 3Mpixel ca...
FN-FORUM: Browser tags
date posted 5th December 2003 19:12
Where can I change my IE browser tag?
This bit: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
In the registry somewhere I presume?
Mike
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 19:02
on 5/12/03 7:01 pm, Andy Stafford at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Now I think of it, networking's quite similar to plumbing...
>
> Especially the "nice person":"c**t" ratio
I hope this doesn't imply...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nissed as a pewt (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 18:48
I find it's always best to have a friendly neighbour with a comfy couch ;-)
Ali Turner wrote:
> Where's the option to ring the doorbell as I can't seem to find the door? :)
Em
--
http://www.webdesig...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 18:33
> Now I think of it, networking's quite similar to plumbing...
Especially the "nice person":"c**t" ratio...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 18:23
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 4:51 pm, David Turner wrote:
> i thought, "f*** yeah, networking engineers are gonna be a lot harder t=
o
> source from india, that is the area to get into if you were starting n...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 18:21
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 1:50 pm, Susan wrote:
> Can anyone recommend any ready recruitment website software? i.e.
> database, ability to upload jobs, searchable jobs postings?
I've got / done a recrui...
RE: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 18:06
>Why not send it to [EMAIL REMOVED]
Because that is the met rather than Cambridge constabulary ?
Regards
=20
Darren Spink
TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750
FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686
EML: [EMAIL REMOVED]
ICQ:...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nissed as a pewt (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 17:55
Martin Kellie wrote:
> Peachy!
>
Thought you'd like that one, Martin ;-)
Paul....
FN-FORUM: OT World Cup 2006 draw
date posted 5th December 2003 17:55
Interesting (if you like football) draw for some of the home Nations.
Poland in with England again too!
Group 6
ENGLAND
Poland
Austria
WALES
NORTHERN IRELAND
Azerbaijan
Group 5
Italy
Slovenia
SCOTL...
RE: FN-FORUM: Nissed as a pewt (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 17:39
Where's the option to ring the doorbell as I can't seem to find the door? :)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Martin
Kellie
Sent: 05 December 2003 18:01
To:...
RE: FN-FORUM: Nissed as a pewt (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 17:33
Peachy!...
FN-FORUM: Nissed as a pewt (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 17:22
Get some practice before the festive season really kicks in...
http://vapaatila.net/alko/promillelukko/hutikka_v0_13.html
**************************
Justin Goring
Design Consultant
www.lightsu...
Re: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 16:39
Thanks Matt, I'll give that a go ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Burns" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score...
FN-FORUM: hacking course
date posted 5th December 2003 16:29
Anyone been on a course by this lot http://www.sec-1.com/ ?
The course is described as a hacking course, but obviously if you know the
tricks, you should be able to better protect against them. (plus...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 16:28
>Weren't the Americans whining about ONLY controlling 75% of the banana
market not too long ago?
Well they do need all those bananas, after all isn't that what muscle =
bound
bullies (doormen etc) e...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 16:24
s'funny, there is a kid in the office now, who is a friend of the gaffers
doing his a'level computer project.
he was saying he wasnt too keen programming, but thought networking was more
fun, apparen...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 16:22
Why not send it to [EMAIL REMOVED]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritat...
Re: FN-FORUM: INITIAL CITYLINK rant! (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 16:18
But they haven't been the same since I zipped them to save space...
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 16:17
Imagine the confusion of calls, my tractors been nicked, my narrowboat has
just sunk and by the way wheres my fucking iPod,
hahahaha
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From: "Pete Croft" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 16:11
on 5/12/03 4:12 pm, Dom at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> and i quote (from the BBC article - a US steel worker talking here):
>>
>> "They talk about free trade, but it is not free trade. We are the only...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 16:02
John Kyle wrote:
> Get it touch with the bacon that the said telephone refers to and tell them
> to stop sending you unsolictated spam (and also suggest that they have
> better things to do with tax...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 15:59
> On Friday 05 Dec 2003 2:14 am, Luke Perman wrote:
>
>> and i quote (from the BBC article - a US steel worker talking here):
>>
>> "They talk about free trade, but it is not free trade. We are the on...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 15:53
You could also report the police to the police, claiming that they are
masquerading as HUNTINGDON MAILORDER selling it/electrical goods which I am
sure the police are not allowed to do (even if they a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 15:50
Get it touch with the bacon that the said telephone refers to and tell them
to stop sending you unsolictated spam (and also suggest that they have
better things to do with tax payers money etc). It wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 15:49
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 1:56 am, Dave Edwards wrote:
> Thanks Dom.
A pleasure.
I was pondering this further over a game of pool with a graphic design=20
student last night, and it struck me that a lo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 15:46
Mike wrote:
> Just recieved this, I have / did not order anything
>
> It appears to be from: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> A google shows the phone number as Cambridgeshire constabulary!
Hey yeah I got one o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 15:44
Mike wrote:
> Just recieved this, I have / did not order anything
> It appears to be from: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> A google shows the phone number as Cambridgeshire constabulary!
> What do you reckon?...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 15:44
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 2:14 am, Luke Perman wrote:
> and i quote (from the BBC article - a US steel worker talking here):
>
> "They talk about free trade, but it is not free trade. We are the only
> c...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 15:42
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 7:24 am, Joe Pritchard wrote:
> I hear amongst friends who've done a lot of work with Indian IT compani=
es
> that one of the buy offs after Bhopal was that Western multi-nationa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Linux Time servers
date posted 5th December 2003 15:40
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 2:15 pm, Rich Cooper wrote:
> Anyone know the linux shell command to sync the time on box with a (goo=
d
> reliable) time source on the web. I want to add a cron job you see.
> (...
FN-FORUM: Worrying Email
date posted 5th December 2003 15:38
Just recieved this, I have / did not order anything
It appears to be from: [EMAIL REMOVED]
A google shows the phone number as Cambridgeshire constabulary!
What do you reckon?
Mike
----------------...
RE: FN-FORUM: INITIAL CITYLINK rant! (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 15:29
> profusely for the fact that Citylink had managed to deliver=20
> some Christmas
> presents that I had ordered to an address 300 miles away from=20
> where I live.
I eventually got my parcel deliver...
RE: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 15:22
So attribute '0' is the score and attribute '1' is the name. You will need
to have stored the email address of the person in this file. the script will
need amending to allow the collection of the ema...
Re: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 15:14
Dan Cook wrote:
[snip]
You be wanting:
// Add name to end of list, and sort
$tscores[$scoresize + 1][0] = $winscore;
$tscores[$scoresize + 1][1] = $winname;
// vvv ADD THIS, from wherev...
Re: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 15:09
> i shall buy you a beer. (but none of that lager rubbish has to be a nice
> bitter. or maybe stout.)
> [hmmn. theres a website waiting to be done, sending people e-beer's]
>
That reminds me of......
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 15:07
> Can anyone recommend any ready recruitment website software? i.e.
> database, ability to upload jobs, searchable jobs postings?
> Also a docs library database?
Susan, go to http://www.onrec.com/con...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 15:05
Yeah knew that was going to picked up on, I'm not saying they should or
shouldn't. I was just trying to highlight the stiffing that goes on within
the "fair play" of capitalism & how the west has the...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 15:00
Susan
I found this site very useful=20
System requirements:
Website - You must have a website in order to install the software. The sof=
tware does not run on your PC, it runs on the actual compu...
Re: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 14:51
For some reason, I cant get this to work - below is the PHP script if that
helps? -
//------------Start of code...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 14:51
>Oh and whilst I'm at it...
>
>The west needs to stop flogging guns and military equipment to these
>countries so that they can at least just battle against one thing rather
>than themseleves. And als...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 14:43
Oh and whilst I'm at it...
The west needs to stop flogging guns and military equipment to these
countries so that they can at least just battle against one thing rather
than themseleves. And also sto...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 14:30
Can I just ask how the first 2 paragraphs can possibly be made together.
In the first you argue that that's how capitalism works and in the next
you say that drug companies shouldn't be capitalist.
W...
RE: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 14:28
i would start at www.apache.org ;-)
hth
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Matt
Burns
Sent: 05 December 2003 13:49
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re:...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 14:10
I'd have to disagree. Firstly with the sentence below, the west has & is
stiffing developing countries but that does not mean with call centers
moving off-shore that Britain is being stiffed. It's jus...
RE: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 14:00
Thanks for the beer (*hic*)
You think your heads hurting now, wait until they ask you to add buy one get
one free!
Or worse, buy a mop get a free bucket!
Or worse still buy a mop a bucket and a pack...
Re: FN-FORUM: Linux Time servers
date posted 5th December 2003 14:00
Rich Cooper wrote:
> Anyone know the linux shell command to sync the time on box with a (good
> reliable) time source on the web. I want to add a cron job you see. (running
> redhat 8.0)
>
> Also wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Linux Time servers
date posted 5th December 2003 13:59
On Friday 05 Dec 2003 2:16 pm, Rich Cooper wrote:
> Anyone know the linux shell command to sync the time on box with a (good
> reliable) time source on the web. I want to add a cron job you see.
> (ru...
RE: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 13:48
yep. you are right. spent an hour staring at paper prototypes last night,
and gave up cos my head was hurting.
this method wins.
thanks for helping me.
i shall buy you a beer. (but none of that lag...
FN-FORUM: Linux Time servers
date posted 5th December 2003 13:48
Anyone know the linux shell command to sync the time on box with a (good
reliable) time source on the web. I want to add a cron job you see. (running
redhat 8.0)
Also will this set the time at the co...
RE: FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 13:45
Susan - we developed quite a comprehensive recruitment site for a client,
which can be found here : http://www.fotraders.com - it covers everything
you mention except the docs library database althoug...
Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 13:43
Thanks for the replies, I did have a look at zen-cart last night but was
put off because there doesn't seem to be anyone using it in a production
environment at the moment, I've been known to be adven...
Re: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 13:41
Cheers, I'll give that a try.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The e-Guy Limited" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM:PHP / High scor...
RE: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 13:38
>>However the problem i have with this is that if the user wanted to add a
>>band from 2-4 at a cost of £4.75 it gets a bit complicated.
Don't follow, that would just be a 2+ band would it not?
You...
RE: FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 13:34
Susan - we developed quite a comprehensive recruitment site for a client,
which can be found here : http://www.fotraders.com - it covers everything
you mention except the docs library database althoug...
RE: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 13:26
Hi Ron,
No the bonus item doesnt work in my model.
but i liked your model in the first post, it was much simplier than my
effort
Price breaks
------------
Qty Cost
(each)
1+ £5.00
5+ £4.50...
RE: FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 13:26
http://www.hotscripts.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?bool=AND&query=recruitment&
catid=all
Free one ->http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/21095.html
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL...
FN-FORUM: RE: recruitment software
date posted 5th December 2003 13:23
Can anyone recommend any ready recruitment website software? i.e.
database, ability to upload jobs, searchable jobs postings?
Also a docs library database?
Can't find anything useful in google.
Thank...
RE: Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 13:20
Is there any indication when this will be released as a ready version?
susanengel
graphicdesign
m: 077 0943 6103
www.susanengel.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 13:20
Tony Crockford wrote:
> did you try:
> http://www.zen-cart.com/
Just re-reading the Zen Cart "home" page, and noticed that it needs
Apache 3.x to run...
Where would one get such a version? :-)
Ma...
RE: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 13:17
Should be very easy if you have the email address to hand and is stored
against the person who holds the highest score. You will need to manipulate
the PHP code to output an anchored href/mailto like...
Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 13:10
On 5 Dec 2003 13:28:35 -0000, Chris Dawson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> Why not try Zen-cart instead?
>>
>> an osCommerce fork it builds upon it but claims easier setup and
>> standrads
>> compliance...
RE: FN-FORUM: [ot] Data Processing Protection Corporation
date posted 5th December 2003 13:05
I got one a couple of weeks ago and investigated reporting it. Trading
Standards in Trafford were already aware.
----
Philip Painter, VIAS...
Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 13:00
> Why not try Zen-cart instead?
>
> an osCommerce fork it builds upon it but claims easier setup and standrads
> compliance:
> http://www.zen-cart.com/modules/frontpage/
anyone else get an empty web...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 13:00
I'm not advocating anything. Just saying what I think will eventually
happen. We stiffed other countries, now they're doing it to us...
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: differences between win98 + XP...
date posted 5th December 2003 12:58
cheers ppl - i'm going down to the clients office on monday so
hopefully can get to the root of what system / update / browser
configuration he's using ;-)
On 5 Dec 2003, at 11:32, Pete Croft wrot...
Re: FN-FORUM: INITIAL CITYLINK rant! (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 12:58
I'm sure they live somewhere in a directory on Kathy's server :)
on 4/12/03 3:17 pm, Karl Bunyan at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Where could I download new drivers from?
>>
>>
>> I do quite well with...
Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 12:53
Chris Batchelor wrote:
> hiya,
>
> I've got a client that would like me to use osCommerce (and well I'd
> quite like to myself since it's open-source) - however I was just
> wondering if anyone he...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 12:53
on 5/12/03 12:50 pm, Lists at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Not right now, but in another 50 years or so, the poor here won't be able to
> afford decent food and medication...so they'll be as healthy as t...
Re: FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 12:51
On 5 Dec 2003 13:00:58 -0000, Chris Batchelor [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> hiya,
>
> I've got a client that would like me to use osCommerce (and well I'd
> quite like to myself since it's open-source)...
RE: FN-FORUM: INITIAL CITYLINK rant! (OT)
date posted 5th December 2003 12:48
> Cannot EVER recommend enough that you avoid
> INITIAL CITYLINK delivery service at all costs.
Weird coincidence. I just got a phone call from firebox.com apologising
profusely for the fact that Cit...
Re: FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 12:45
Dan,
I can't answer your question, but could I be well cheeky and ask to see
your PHP script? I'm rubbish at PHP and this sounds like quite a useful
script to have in the library. Tell me to go jum...
FN-FORUM:PHP / High score question...
date posted 5th December 2003 12:38
I'm currently working on a Flash Christmas quiz:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/dcphp/quiz.htm
(It's nowhere near finished yet - the idea is that santa drops puddings down
chimneys when questions are ans...
FN-FORUM: should I use osCommerce?
date posted 5th December 2003 12:32
hiya,
I've got a client that would like me to use osCommerce (and well I'd
quite like to myself since it's open-source) - however I was just
wondering if anyone here had any experiences with it, ei...
Re: FN-FORUM: flash loading variable problem
date posted 5th December 2003 12:26
It's a bit of an ugly workaround, but try sticking the text file in the
same directory as the swf and then calling them in using a relative
rather than full path. Flash can be a bit of an old woman...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 12:22
Not right now, but in another 50 years or so, the poor here won't be able to
afford decent food and medication...so they'll be as healthy as the poor
were 100-200 years ago - rickets, cholera etc etc...
Re: FN-FORUM: flash loading variable problem
date posted 5th December 2003 12:21
> i've got a flash file which is being hosted on server A. i've put some code
> into the swf to load some variables from a txt file on server B.
>
> this is working fine when i run the files locally...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: for mac gurus
date posted 5th December 2003 12:17
You can remove your administrators password completely if you want to ,
OSX will still indicate with bullets. My old boss made everyone take
passwords off completely so he could poke his nose throug...
FN-FORUM: flash loading variable problem
date posted 5th December 2003 12:16
hi,
i've got a flash file which is being hosted on server A. i've put some code
into the swf to load some variables from a txt file on server B.
this is working fine when i run the files locally (thr...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: for mac gurus
date posted 5th December 2003 12:15
If you are in OSX is often uses a fixed number of bullets to indicate a
password even if none exists, so that any potential hacker can't tell
how many letters are in your password. Your intended pas...
RE: FN-FORUM: IIS setting problem
date posted 5th December 2003 12:11
don't worry...sorted now!
Paul Cooper
Internet Developer
Intex Design
http://www.intexdesign.net
>From: Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
>To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM: [ot] Data Processing Protection Corporation
date posted 5th December 2003 11:54
Charles E.Gatenby wrote:
> Woo Hooo I am someone!
> Finally received one of those scammy data pro letters.
> What should I do with it?
File under "B" for "Bin".
Pete
--
Peter Croft
PC Associates...
RE: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 11:48
Sorry missed the point of the bonus line in my last post
Item Description Cost
123456 Plant Pot £5
Price breaks Bonus Item
------------
Qty Cost
(each) qty bonus price
1 £4.50 1 £0.60...
Re: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 11:45
David Turner wrote:
> Both have problems, and i was wondering if anybody had seen this done
> somewhere on the web in a slick easy to use, easy to update and easy to
> understand way.
If you mean by...
RE: FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 11:43
A system we developed for one of our customers uses price breaks like your
second example. but we define them implicitly:
Item Description Cost
123456 Plant Pot £5
Price breaks
------------
Qty...
FN-FORUM: [ot] Data Processing Protection Corporation
date posted 5th December 2003 11:42
Woo Hooo I am someone!
Finally received one of those scammy data pro letters.
What should I do with it?
Chaz....
FN-FORUM: IIS setting problem
date posted 5th December 2003 11:40
I have a site running fine on IIS 5 that uses ASP includes like this....
But on a machine running IIS 6 I get the following error...
----------8...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-reg domain transfer
date posted 5th December 2003 11:37
Ok thanks Em,
I will do it in that order.
Ta,
Hugh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ema" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: 123-reg...
FN-FORUM: cost per item in CMS
date posted 5th December 2003 11:21
Hi all,
I am trying to do a screen prototype for a cost per item in a CMS. and i
havent come up with a satisfactory solution. There is potentially growing
number of items, and my solution needs to su...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 11:06
Not quite in the same way I think. Somehow I doubt call centers moving
abroad will leave you physically crippled.
On 5/12/03 10:03 am, "Lists" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> We are all victims of capit...
Re: FN-FORUM: differences between win98 + XP...
date posted 5th December 2003 11:04
Alan Sheppard wrote:
> I'm almost sure IE Upgrades are not part of windows update but a separate download and
> manual install, though service packs
IE upgrades are normally shown as "Critical Upd...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 11:00
Yep, thanks.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Allkins [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 05 December 2003 11:22
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Wind...
Re: FN-FORUM: Php albums
date posted 5th December 2003 10:59
Bob Gentle wrote:
> The requirement is for a no brain gallery which can be run by anyone.
http://gallery.sf.net
Cheers
George
--
Layer1
http://www.layer1.co.uk
t: 08456 440 798 m: (07801) 94516...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:58
its a pity you cant run IIS in a Chrooted jail. then paths and .. would
not be a concern to the humble developer... sigh
unless someone know how to do this in IIS ?
--
[EMAIL REMOVED] http://www....
Re: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:56
can be turned off.... hold on......
IIS Manager, select website, properties, home directory tab, configuration
button, options tab, enable parent paths checkbox.
I had the same issue.
HTH
Rich
--...
RE: FN-FORUM: Php albums
date posted 5th December 2003 10:56
Scrub that question. Typical. I just found out hhow to delete images in
coppermine.
Bob.
Still glad for alternatives though.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Beh...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:54
experienced the same problem, was a pain in te butt to solve
yes it can be turned on - Allow Parent Paths
according to microsoft there is a security issue
and "include file" should be replaced with...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:53
It's the parent paths behaviour. In previous versions of Windows parent
paths was allowed, but if a server was not properly secured it became a
potetial security risk.
With Win2003 Server MS decid...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:53
Found the fix;
default web site > properties > home page > app options > enable parent
paths=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Kalagoo.Com [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent:...
Re: FN-FORUM: Php albums
date posted 5th December 2003 10:50
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:13:58AM -0000, Bob Gentle wrote:
>
> Morning,
>
> Anyone have experience of a free photoalbum in php.
Gallery :
http://gallery.sourceforge.net
as sampled in
http://b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:49
Have you tried include virtual?
i.e.
or
(assuming you are going
back to the root).
Paul.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Macnaught...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-reg domain transfer
date posted 5th December 2003 10:47
If you are admin contact then you will receive the email (be patient!),
but if someone else's name is admin contact, the email will go directly
to them and they will have to forward it to you. It's...
FN-FORUM: Php albums
date posted 5th December 2003 10:46
Morning,
Anyone have experience of a free photoalbum in php.
Needs to a)upload the images through the browser. b)delete from server
when so longer wanted in the gallery.
I've looked at coppermin...
FN-FORUM: Windows Server 2003
date posted 5th December 2003 10:42
We've a problem.
On windows server 2003, it appears that you can't do;
../../../sharedfiles/db/db.inc
To navigate up from an inlude file in ASP
The Include file '../../../sharedfiles/db/db.inc' ca...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 10:06
http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/news576.html
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/thejournal/content_objectid=3D=
1368
5903_method=3Dfull_siteid=3D50081_headline=3D-MP-s-Probe-India-jobs-row-n=
a...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 09:46
Even if there are conditions (I believe there were with Siemens, for
example) it's impossible to enforce them.
That's why I'm sure that'll we'll end up with a much greater gap between
rich and poor t...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Justin Timberlake tickets
date posted 5th December 2003 09:46
Same friend (who was very unreliable to Nick, sorry buddy) can't now go =
to
see Justin Timberlake tonight at Earl's Court. And neither can I. I saw =
him
with n*e*r*d at Brixton and he actually is qu...
Re: FN-FORUM: CURL in PHP
date posted 5th December 2003 09:36
thanks a lot Ron & Pete,
will have a look at these and may give you a shout, ron
Hugh
Ron:
> If all else fails with curl, php is quite capable of talking to a standard
> remote http server with fso...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 09:35
We are all victims of capitalism.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritati...
RE: FN-FORUM: differences between win98 + XP...
date posted 5th December 2003 09:35
Luke
I'm almost sure IE Upgrades are not part of windows update but a separate download and manual install, though service packs
(Sp) and patches do then appear for the version installed.
It could...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 09:34
Yes. http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/news576.html
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/thejournal/content_objectid=13685903_method=full_siteid=50081_headline=-MP-s-Probe-India-jobs-row-name_page.h...
FN-FORUM: 123-reg domain transfer
date posted 5th December 2003 09:32
Want to transfer a .co.uk domain to 123-reg.
In the instructions it says:
"The Administrative Contact for the domain will be sent an email by 123-Reg containing a link and password to confirm the...
Re: FN-FORUM: differences between win98 + XP...
date posted 5th December 2003 09:26
Has he got JavaScript turned on?
I don't have 98, but I've got 95, NT and 2k if you want it tested.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: for mac gurus
date posted 5th December 2003 09:22
> Different number of dots is confusing
that's by deisgn - reduces the chance of the password being guessed...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT]digital camera [was Red fluorescent light]
date posted 5th December 2003 09:12
Do you use the Fuji Hyper Utility software (as oppossed to Raw File
Converter LE) for RAW file conversion on your S2 ?
At the moment I'm using Bibble, but haven't seen the full Fuji software in
actio...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT : I RESIGN!
date posted 5th December 2003 08:54
I 'ate' in McDonalds in Moscow about 15 years ago. Once it was established
that we were carrying dollars we were ushered to the front of the very, very
long queue outside by some scary looking secur...
RE: FN-FORUM: CURL in PHP
date posted 5th December 2003 08:51
Ooh just spotted a bug in that! The $host variable should be set to the
capescience.com server live.capescience.com not my test server!
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL RE...
RE: FN-FORUM: CURL in PHP
date posted 5th December 2003 08:42
If all else fails with curl, php is quite capable of talking to a standard
remote http server with fsockopen(), you will need to know a bit more about
HTTP headers to get it working this way than with...
Re: FN-FORUM: was i just dumb?? copyright issue..
date posted 5th December 2003 08:35
On 5 Dec 2003 00:52:13 -0000, Jamie Reid [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
Welcome to insanity central.
> seems ive been cut out the loop and they are doing the sites themselves
> using
> my templates. granted...
Re: FN-FORUM: CURL in PHP
date posted 5th December 2003 08:30
Hugh F wrote:
> Without curl being built into php, how do I "use the system-command to execute the
> curl-binary from within my script"
PHP has a command "system()" that lets you execute a system-l...
FN-FORUM: CURL in PHP
date posted 5th December 2003 08:16
No one responed to my post early on Saturday morning :0(
To rephrase:
I want to use curl on two php webs.
On my dev system and host 1 it all worked fine.
On host 2 , when I try to use curl_init I ge...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fw: Odd referral
date posted 5th December 2003 08:16
Maybe it's some kind of trick to get a high google page rank. They've go to
be doing something to have got a page rank of 4 with THAT site!
I guess they are hoping that people will post the link on f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Odd referral
date posted 5th December 2003 07:52
Don't have the answer for you but can confirm a number of my
sites also have this almost daily...
Any insight would be useful
>
>Two or three of my sites are hit by this occassionally.
>
>HTTP_REFERE...
FN-FORUM: Fw: Odd referral
date posted 5th December 2003 07:18
Two or three of my sites are hit by this occassionally.
HTTP_REFERER => http://www.geocities.com/webrecommend/
REMOTE_ADDR => 210.193.14.70
REMOTE_PORT => 59312
REQUEST_URI => /joke/
/joke/ do...
Re: FN-FORUM: was i just dumb?? copyright issue..
date posted 5th December 2003 07:12
Jamie Reid wrote:
> okay my Q is i did some work i picked up through freelancers.net :D - was
> simply a couple of very quickly done HTML template sites for italian
> hotels...
> i do the first thr...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 06:57
I hear amongst friends who've done a lot of work with Indian IT companies
that one of the buy offs after Bhopal was that Western multi-nationals would
start shipping more high technology work to India...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 02:31
and? the government gave them money with no legally binding guarantees -
this is a fault of the government, not of the industry. if someones
stupid enough to give you free money then you take it. c...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 01:47
i wish someone would say that to America over the lifting of the steel
tariffs...
and i quote (from the BBC article - a US steel worker talking here):
"They talk about free trade, but it is not fre...
Re: FN-FORUM: differences between win98 + XP...
date posted 5th December 2003 01:40
hi alan
the SOB says he has upgraded to IE6 with windows update... i assume
that means sp1 is applied? (is that a service pack?)
seems that background images in tables aren't rendering and the
r...
Re: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 01:29
on 4/12/03 9:39 pm, Dom at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Now I generally steer clear of the "off-topic" stuff on this list (there's
> plenty of newsgroups out there if you justwant to chat), but here goes...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: for mac gurus
date posted 5th December 2003 01:01
so did you fix it? cool...........
yep, unless you specify otherwise, the 'master' password will be the
same as your account password, as you are the sole admin on the
computer right now...
if yo...
RE: FN-FORUM: PCG BREAKS OFF TALKS WITH NORWICH UNION IN PROTEST AT OFFSHORING
date posted 5th December 2003 00:32
On 04 December 2003 22:47, Neelesh Sonawane [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> At least you are not going to be a victim of capitalism in the same way the people of Bhopal where.
>
If you're going to go down...
FN-FORUM: was i just dumb?? copyright issue..
date posted 5th December 2003 00:24
Hey,
firstly hello!
freelancer forum virgin.. from sunny Glasgow(ish)!
my first post so be gentle with me
okay my Q is i did some work i picked up through freelancers.net :D - was
simply a couple o...
RE: Re: FN-FORUM: RE: for mac gurus
date posted 5th December 2003 00:16
I have set the master password,
And now tried that in my own account, and it's the same
??
Different number of dots is confusing
Thanks for advice :)
susanengel
graphicdesign
www.susanengel.co.uk...
FN-FORUM: cross platform web fonts
date posted 5th December 2003 00:15
anyone got a handy link to a list of typefaces that are available on
both MAC and PC ???
google's not chucking up anything useful...
luke
----
Evoke Media Ltd.
t. +44 (0) 709 227 0480
e. [EMAIL...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT : I RESIGN!
date posted 5th December 2003 00:14
>Hey guys!!
>
>loosen up a bit.. it was only intended for a bit of humour (humor for the
>americans amongst us)..
>
>ie to take a break from the sh1tty hectic lives that we lead and just
>remember the...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: for mac gurus
date posted 5th December 2003 00:04
hi susan,
congratulations!!
two things:
you MUST have a systems admin password in OSX - no buts!
the dots in your system prefs are irrelevant - it always puts a
unspecific number of dots so that...
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