Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday December 9th 2003
FN-FORUM: Site test: http://www.sonawane.co.uk/landt/
date posted 9th December 2003 23:53
Could I get a little site test. Haven't been able to check it on a PC. It is
just the bare bones at the moment but I just want to check that it functions
ok, fonts display ok (size could be an issue),...
FN-FORUM: Rochen Hosting
date posted 9th December 2003 22:50
Hi folks
Anyone had any dealings with Rochen Ltd for hosting? They seem pretty quick
on support and their costs are OK (preumably reselling US hosting as the
costs are in US$), but I've never heard o...
FN-FORUM: for fans of gromit and CSS
date posted 9th December 2003 22:47
just stumbled across this i did about 6 years ago.... still relevant!
http://www.tallhat.com/cheese...
FN-FORUM: Automating Open Office
date posted 9th December 2003 22:18
I'm attempting to automate OpenOffice from either PHP or ASP (preferably
PHP) but seem to have hit a brick wall straight away.
I can quite happily operate OpenOffice from a VBScript, but not f...
FN-FORUM: Friday 12th Dec - BEER NIGHT IN LONDON
date posted 9th December 2003 21:54
Just a reminder that we're meeting 7pm Friday, the Bricklayers (where we had
the last one).
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/show.shtml/880/
31 Gresse Street (west of Tottenham Court Rd, just no...
RE: FN-FORUM: Shared Internet Connection on XP Work Group
date posted 9th December 2003 21:54
It's a whole lot easier using a router. You also get a firewall off the
PC's CPU/memory.
----
Philip Painter, VIAS...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 21:51
Was talking about funny names the other day & somebody mentioned she knew
somebody called Jenny Taylor. Sounds innocent enough but reduce the first
name to Jen & say it faster...
Also know somebody ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 21:45
Again switching them ariund they could have called her Colmin.. Just a shame
her surname isn't Hair.
On 9/12/03 15:28, "Matt Burns" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> My folks did that to my sister and called...
FN-FORUM: Altavista
date posted 9th December 2003 21:41
Is it just me or is http://uk.altavista.com huge at the moment
I have a new PC so maybe it is me, but Altavista and Yahoo! are both showing
massive bold text for all searches, Google and others are f...
FN-FORUM: Web Design Comments
date posted 9th December 2003 21:32
Would like some feedback on the general design? I've been staring at it
for ages, and I can't think anymore... Obviously the buttons won't look
like that.
www.atomicphuse.com/temp
Cheers
Deborah
=A...
Re: FN-FORUM: ISDN Router
date posted 9th December 2003 21:06
on 9/12/03 7:47 pm, dave martin at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Macnaughton-Jones" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 19:58
i dated a girl called Candida :-(
On 9 Dec 2003, at 16:32, Chris Bazalgette wrote:
> 'Candida' - ie the bug that causes vaginal thrush....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 19:57
talking of birthdays - mine is in 2 weeks! :-D
Christmas Day - so my middle name is 'No=EBl' - haha!
On 9 Dec 2003, at 18:56, Martin Kellie wrote:
> Nov 14, just in case people had forgotten ;-)...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 19:55
haha - i guess - but this is in America and was actually spelt 'Shavon'
!
On 9 Dec 2003, at 18:07, Dom wrote:
> "Siobhan", innit?...
Re: FN-FORUM: ISDN Router
date posted 9th December 2003 19:18
i have a bintec thing its a seriel based one, bianca/brick xs 2mb not used
it came from an office clearence, aint got a clue how much its worth or if
it what you need,
has 10baseT | 10base2 | isdn | s...
FN-FORUM: PCG TAKING ON THE TAXMAN FOR HUSBAND AND WIFE BUSINESS
date posted 9th December 2003 19:06
Sorry, second one today, but this may be relevant to quite a few of you:
PCG TAKING ON THE TAXMAN FOR HUSBAND AND WIFE BUSINESS
For immediate release: Tuesday 9 December 2003
---BEGINS---
The Pro...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Room to let - SE London PS
date posted 9th December 2003 19:05
on 9/12/03 11:45 am, Danny Leonard at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Dont know if you know about such a site I've found that www.easyroommate.com
> is great for searching for room/house mates.
Cheers for...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 18:26
I was nearly called Charles, as my birthday is the same as Prince Charles -
Nov 14, just in case people had forgotten ;-)
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Re: FN-FORUM: ADO - getRows() - pageSize
date posted 9th December 2003 18:19
cheers andy, got it working just now..
saw that getRows has a numRec property...
objRS.getRows( [ThePageSize] ).toArray();....
i would've thought just objRS.pageSize would be enough but put togethe...
RE: FN-FORUM: ISDN Router
date posted 9th December 2003 18:05
It's not spare, sorry, but my Netgear RH348 has been doing quite nicely
for me recently.
Just thought it was worth you knowing model numbers in case you decide
to do a bit of ebaying for something...
RE: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 18:02
>Mind, if you're still off the vodka, you'll be needing something to
do...
That I am Paul and feeling better for it!
Kai...
Re: FN-FORUM: Shared Internet Connection on XP Work Group
date posted 9th December 2003 17:59
EEwwww! Shudder. One of my clients insisted on doing this (themselves) and
had problems. This coincided with a change over from Openworld to BT
something else and is now solved, so I don't know what c...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 17:51
What it failed to mention was that 2 were called ESPN...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:47
Dan Norcott wrote:
>
> heh - yes, I was only joking as you know, good sir.
>
> I have a bit of French in me, and can perform simple transactions without
> being beaten around the head with baguette...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:44
> pigeon
Oops. Pidgin.
so yu ken kamap man bilong save long tok
http://www.june29.com/HLP/lang/pidgin.html...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 17:42
I used to work with girl called Debbie Cock, and she was very keen to get
married to her boyfriend to lose her emabaressing surname.
One day she told us that her brother was breifly engaged to a girl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:40
kai farnhill wrote:
>>Tis a shame our schools do not start languages so early, I hear from an
>>education bod that from 2004/5 there are plans afoot to introduce a
>>European language from age 4.
>...
FN-FORUM: Shared Internet Connection on XP Work Group
date posted 9th December 2003 17:40
Has anyone set up a work group network on XP?
with a Shared Internet Account using BT Openworld
am having problems sharing the connection? any insight would be much
appreciated
nick
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 17:37
On Tuesday 09 Dec 2003 4:31 pm, Ema wrote:
> Luke Perman wrote:
> > there was a girl in my class at school called 'Shavon'...
>
> Do you not think that was perhaps an unfortunate mistake at the regist...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:35
> > It seems a shame to me to turn back the fine trend of making the
barbarians
> > learn how to speak proper, like what we do.
> >
> *lol* very good, although I've always found a bit of French useful...
RE: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:32
>Tis a shame our schools do not start languages so early, I hear from an
>education bod that from 2004/5 there are plans afoot to introduce a
>European language from age 4.
We've already started teac...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Charity
date posted 9th December 2003 17:30
> > www.unicef.org.uk/clickforlife/
> Clicked.
Ditto.
=====
Regards
Will Jordaan
Mobile: +44 (0) 7932 087 353
Triple Technology Ltd
Audio Visual & Streaming Media Provider
Phone: +44 (0) 870 199 3...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 17:27
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] dave martin
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
>I remember in the paper (so it must be true! :p )many years ago that a
>couple called there child Sonic, the little blue hedgehog from...
FN-FORUM: ISDN Router
date posted 9th December 2003 17:26
RG9uJ3Qgc3VwcG9zZSBhbnlib2R5J3MgZ290IGFuIElTRE4gcm91dGVyIGdvaW5nIHNwYXJlIGFm
dGVyIHRoZXkndmUgY29udmVydGVkIHRvIEFEU0wgPyBNaW5lIGlzIGJlaW5nIHZlcnkgYW5ub3lp
bmcgYW5kIGNhbid0IHN0YXkgY29ubmVjdGVkIHRvIE1TIE...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:26
>
>>Tis a shame our schools do not start languages so early, I hear from an
>>education bod that from 2004/5 there are plans afoot to introduce a
>
> european
>
>>language from age 4.
>>Carla
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Intergrating site content
date posted 9th December 2003 17:20
Rus Foster wrote:
> Hi All,
> What do people think is the best way of intergrating
>
> http://www.jvds.com/unixhelp/
>
> with
>
> http://www.jvds.com
>
> I don't really want to edit all the page...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 17:20
lol! Stick that in yer pipe!
;-P
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
On Tu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:16
> I find the same thing with most European countries now, the children's
> English education starts at 4 and they really want to use the education so
> any chance to speak English is grabbed. Holland...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 17:15
On Tuesday 09 Dec 2003 1:08 pm, Lindsay Baugh wrote:
> "alright" instead of "all right"
Two different meanings:
"The answers were alright"=20
"The answers were all right"
Also see here: http://dic...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 17:08
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
>
> on 9/12/03 4:37 pm,...
FN-FORUM: Intergrating site content
date posted 9th December 2003 17:07
Hi All,
What do people think is the best way of intergrating
http://www.jvds.com/unixhelp/
with
http://www.jvds.com
I don't really want to edit all the pages to include a header/footer.
iframes...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 16:59
on 9/12/03 4:37 pm, kai farnhill at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I don't know about Italians but the majority of Dutch speak excellent
> English, as, say, the Germans do. Every time I'm in Germany and I...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 16:41
on 9/12/03 3:04 pm, Matt Burns at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Oh, and dropping the "h" at the beginning of "herb" (mostly
> Americanese). It sounds so very wrong.
>
> As Herr Izzard said: "You say 'er...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 16:40
on 9/12/03 2:51 pm, Nick Grimshaw at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Andy Warwick:
>> Decimate should really only be used when exactly one tenth of a larger
>> group of people has been destroyed.
>
> I alw...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 16:38
I was at school with a set of sisters called Zoe, Xanthe, Demeter and
Amymone.
What happened after the first one?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http:/...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 16:30
>HyperAfterTooMuchCoffee,
Coffee? Sounds more like phet!
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Re: FN-FORUM: Sending mail with BT Openworld
date posted 9th December 2003 16:24
are you using mail.btinternet.com as the SMTP server?
if so, no problems here.
hth,
iain
www.bspin.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT) (Geek)
date posted 9th December 2003 16:22
I've always liked 'extremely case-sensitive'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 16:14
> My wife swears by 'Linguaphone' study courses. For a really good course
> you're talking many hundreds of pounds so I would ask at your local
> library.
>
> Kai
> Monoliff.com
My wife could already...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 16:11
I have a friend who says 'essentialy' and 'ultimately' before every other
sentence - no need!
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RE: FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 16:07
I don't know about Italians but the majority of Dutch speak excellent
English, as, say, the Germans do. Every time I'm in Germany and I try
speaking in tongue they politely begin speaking in English!...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 16:03
Do you not think that was perhaps an unfortunate mistake at the registry
office?
Luke Perman wrote:
> there was a girl in my class at school called 'Shavon'...
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 16:02
Chlamydia reminds me of what was a popular name for girls in the more
toffee-nosed families - 'Candida' - ie the bug that causes vaginal
thrush.
- Chris
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RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 16:01
> I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
> Any others?
Yes, the way everyone uses myself and yourself instead of me and you. They
do it to sound 'posh' but it sounds ridiculous....
FN-FORUM: Sending mail with BT Openworld
date posted 9th December 2003 15:59
Is anyone else having problems sending mail with BT Openworld?
John Anderson
Soaring Penguin...
Re: FN-FORUM: decode base64 to binary (in VBScript-ASP) ?
date posted 9th December 2003 15:52
thanks Richard, that didn't work for some reason, but this did...
http://services.eurobench.nl/tbxds/doc/tbxds-example_Base64_ASP.html
On 9 Dec 2003, at 14:30, Richard Watt wrote:
>
> http://www.p...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 15:48
there was a girl in my class at school called 'Shavon'...
On 9 Dec 2003, at 15:17, Abby Patel wrote:
> Could be worse, might have mixed the names up the other way and got
> Shaven...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
date posted 9th December 2003 15:43
I like " I hope your marriage is like our kitchen table, four twisted legs
and no drawers."
Andy Connor
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RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 15:41
> apparently my mom was going to call me 'Ananda'
> i wish she had now. kind of a cool name!
I was going to be either Nadean or Kieran (which I always thought was a boys
name, but after meeting a co...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 15:24
i like the story of Bowie's son - whom he called 'Zowie' - and now
prefers to be known as 'Duncan' :-D
apparently my mom was going to call me 'Ananda' ... i wish she had
now. kind of a cool name...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Charity
date posted 9th December 2003 15:21
They've already reached their target of 175.000 clicks.
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Re: FN-FORUM: mozilla and delete messages from server
date posted 9th December 2003 15:19
Many thanks. Problem now resolved.
Cheers
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Re: FN-FORUM: Company ADSL
date posted 9th December 2003 15:18
Jonathan Chong wrote:
> Anyone had any experience with this? We're looking for ADSL companies
> that won't tie us to a 12-month contract, because some employees will be
> moving homes, and allow th...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 15:12
My friend is a nursery teacher and her favourite was the poor little
girl called Pocahontas (sp?)
> Charlie:
>
>>I'm sure I've heard of similar tales from the USA. Apparently in the 2000
>>census t...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 15:10
> My folks did that to my sister and called her Karma (parents are Karin
> and Malcolm)
>
> And my other sister was *almost* called Xanth, but she ended up with
> Bonnie instead.
>
> Matt Burns
X...
Re: FN-FORUM: mozilla and delete messages from server
date posted 9th December 2003 15:05
Catherine Hutchinson wrote:
> Can anyone help? I have a client who uses mozilla as their email client and
> they can't find the 'delete messages from server' setting - anyone know
> where it is?
>
To...
Re: FN-FORUM: mozilla and delete messages from server
date posted 9th December 2003 15:05
Catherine Hutchinson wrote:
> Can anyone help? I have a client who uses mozilla as their email client and
> they can't find the 'delete messages from server' setting - anyone know
> where it is?
>
I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Company ADSL
date posted 9th December 2003 15:04
Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 3:01:55 PM, you wrote:
JC> Anyone had any experience with this? We're looking for ADSL
JC> companies that won't tie us to a 12-month contract, because some
JC> empl...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 15:01
Dave Edwards:
> Oops! Did I touch a raw nerve or did you just forget the smiley?
Missing smiley. ;OD
- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }...
FN-FORUM: Learning a new language
date posted 9th December 2003 15:00
Has anyone used any software to learn either Dutch or Italian? Is there a
package you could recommend?
TIA
John Anderson
Soaring Penguin...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:58
Have you noticed that he came from Wolverhampton? Just try reading that
aloud.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:58
>>From: Lindsey Hill [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>Reminds me of a Jamaican family I know where they all name their kids
>>ending in 'ia', they have Kaliya, Theah, and Leah and the
>>latest couple
>>want to n...
FN-FORUM: mozilla and delete messages from server
date posted 9th December 2003 14:57
Can anyone help? I have a client who uses mozilla as their email client and
they can't find the 'delete messages from server' setting - anyone know
where it is?
Cheers
Catherine
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Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
date posted 9th December 2003 14:51
My favourite Woody Allen quote is:
"My love life is terrible. The last time I was inside a woman was when
I visited the Statue of Liberty.."
I know how he feels...
Cheers
--
Andy Warwick
Cr...
RE: FN-FORUM: ADO - getRows() - pageSize
date posted 9th December 2003 14:48
Make sure that you've set the cursor to be client side (which it will be
in access anyhow). You also need to specify the pagenumber that you
want to get as well as the page size. I *think* you firs...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:47
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lindsey Hill [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 09 December 2003 15:06
>
>
> Reminds me of a Jamaican family I know where they all name their kids
> ending in 'ia', they...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:46
My best friends Mum wanted call her youngest son Mordecai, so all kids
would be M.W's.. The father point blank refused and so he got called
William instead and the pet parrot got the name.
:?
Debora...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:44
on 9/12/03 2:46 pm, Nick Grimshaw at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Definitely part of the precipitate.
>>
>> :)
>
> Bad jokes based on my sig? You're verging dangerously on John Anderson
> territory t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Company ADSL
date posted 9th December 2003 14:43
virgin is doing a adsl agreement with no 12 month contract
just seen the ads though, have no URL or experience of the service...
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RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:42
Charlie:
> I'm sure I've heard of similar tales from the USA. Apparently in the 2000
> census three parents called their daughters Latrine and one called their
> daughter Chlamydia ('It sounded pretty...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:40
I remember in the paper (so it must be true! :p )many years ago that a
couple called there child Sonic, the little blue hedgehog from the sega
megdrive. im sure he must be at school now....
RE: FN-FORUM: Company ADSL
date posted 9th December 2003 14:39
If the ADSL line was used wholey for business use and they're employees
then it would be a business expense and all deductable. If it's used in
part and they're employees then it would partially be a...
Re: Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site check please - special lettings
date posted 9th December 2003 14:38
Danny
You need to set the border to "0" on the UKWDA logo on the about page to re=
move the blue line
looks good tho
Malcolm
http://www.mbl-digitalmedia.co.uk
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FN-FORUM: ADO - getRows() - pageSize
date posted 9th December 2003 14:36
heya,
anyone had any problems with the pageSize property when using getRows() ??
returning a paged recordset using getRows() into an array and can't get
pageSize to work (it returns the lot rather...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:36
> I'm sure I've heard of similar tales from the USA. Apparently in the
> 2000
> census three parents called their daughters Latrine and one called their
> daughter Chlamydia ('It sounded pretty').
R...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:35
Andy Warwick wrote:
>
> On Dec 09, 2003, at 13:08, Lindsay Baugh wrote:
>
>> < I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
>> Any others?"
My pet hate is the misuse of "crisis" to o...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Charity
date posted 9th December 2003 14:33
> > for more info:
> > http://wwwuk.kodak.com/country/UK/en/corp/kodakInTheCommunity/unicef.jht
> > ml
>
> Good karma ... Could do with some of that :)
There's another one somewhere where a man pound...
FN-FORUM: Company ADSL
date posted 9th December 2003 14:32
Hi everyone,
Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on a matter that has cropped
up in the technical support department of the company I'm working for.
The Technical Support team have made a r...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:29
Charlotte Owen wrote:
> I'm sure I've heard of similar tales from the USA. Apparently in the 2000
> census three parents called their daughters Latrine and one called their
> daughter Chlamydia ('It...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:26
on 9/12/03 2:47 pm, Andy Warwick at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Dec 09, 2003, at 13:08, Lindsay Baugh wrote:
>
>> < I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
>> Any others?"
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Charity
date posted 9th December 2003 14:25
on 9/12/03 2:40 pm, Deborah Causton at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Kodak are donating 1 Euro to Unicef for every person who clicks the link
> below, so its a quick and easy to gain some good karma!
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:22
Andy Warwick:
> Decimate should really only be used when exactly one tenth of a larger
> group of people has been destroyed.
I always thought it meant 'all *but* one tenth' - a new thing everyday, et...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Charity
date posted 9th December 2003 14:21
Deborah Causton wrote:
> Kodak are donating 1 Euro to Unicef for every person who clicks the link
> below, so its a quick and easy to gain some good karma!
>
>
> www.unicef.org.uk/clickforlife/
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 14:19
> My favourite from taht article - Bologna, named
> after the the sausage rather than the place.
I'm sure I've heard of similar tales from the USA. Apparently in the 2000
census three parents called...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:19
On Dec 09, 2003, at 13:08, Lindsay Baugh wrote:
> < I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
> Any others?"
Use of 'decimate' instead of 'annihilate'.
Decimate should really only...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:17
'Dangerous' Dave Edwards:
> > -----------------------------8 > A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
> > by Mark Twain
> > (snip)
>
> Definitely part of the precipitate.
>
> :)
Bad joke...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 14:15
on 9/12/03 1:54 pm, Nick Grimshaw at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Dug this out of 'fortune':
>
> -----------------------------8 A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
> by Mark Twain
>
> For...
FN-FORUM: OT Charity
date posted 9th December 2003 14:11
Kodak are donating 1 Euro to Unicef for every person who clicks the link
below, so its a quick and easy to gain some good karma!
www.unicef.org.uk/clickforlife/
for more info:
http://wwwuk.kodak...
Re: FN-FORUM: decode base64 to binary (in VBScript-ASP) ?
date posted 9th December 2003 14:00
http://www.pstruh.cz/tips/detpg_Base64.htm
looks like it might do the job.
-- Richard
http://www.rwatt.co.uk
Tuesday, December 09, 2003, 1:42:30 PM, you wrote:
------------------------------------...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site check please - special lettings
date posted 9th December 2003 13:49
Hey Matt
Just a few things really..
- Could do with some more meta tags to increase hits and matches on search
engines.
HOME page -
- Your use of style sheets is pretty good, its nice to have the sa...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:47
Andy Conner wrote:
Note to an ex-teacher:- Please spell surnames correctly...
;-)
Andy CONNOR.
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday,...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:46
From: "Dan Norcott" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
>
> > and not enough usage of the word f--k !!
> >
> > :-)
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:42
> and not enough usage of the word f--k !!
>
> :-)
Fork fork fork....
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
date posted 9th December 2003 13:38
haha... woody allen is a classic...
though he is quoted as saying: "My one regret in life is that I am not
someone else."
luke
On 9 Dec 2003, at 12:58, Chris Bazalgette wrote:
> Reminds me of a...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:36
okay, if we're really getting into this - over usage of the word 'that'
!!
that's mostly an unnecessary word that's used whenever that mood takes
them! (:-/)
and not enough usage of the word f-...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 13:35
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 1:05 pm, Matt Burns wrote:
> carla boulton wrote:
> > We had the name dilemma when our son was due,
Dilemma - better than Unique
timp...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:33
Ug ... Grunt .... Snuffle ..... ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Nick
Grimshaw
Sent: 09 December 2003 13:55
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: R...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:25
Kerry:
> Yes, but it starts to reach the stage when it becomes difficult to
> understand people
Dug this out of 'fortune':
-----------------------------8...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:19
*lol* ...the sound of forum members desperately trying to read archive
message from Nick and catch him out!!!
Nick Grimshaw wrote:
> Dan Cook, on language pedants:
>
>>Just remember 'let he who is...
FN-FORUM: decode base64 to binary (in VBScript-ASP) ?
date posted 9th December 2003 13:13
I've been googling around, and not yet found a good solution....
I have a jpeg which has been encoded to base64 and sent to my ASP
script. (the client is a shockwave DCR and it is encoding the image...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:11
Dan Cook, on language pedants:
> Just remember 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone!'
;O)
- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:10
Dan Cook wrote:
> Yeah, I'll tell you what I find irritating..........People that use correct
> usage of words and grammer and have f**k all meaningful to say. If I can
> understand you I couldn't ca...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:08
Yes, but it starts to reach the stage when it becomes difficult to
understand people - recent examples I've overhead :
Sgettioops (mute Ts)
Eskila...
FN-FORUM: PRESS RELEASE: PCG WELCOMES DTI STUDY INTO OFF-SHORING OF UK CALL CENTRE JOBS
date posted 9th December 2003 13:08
For info......
PCG WELCOMES DTI STUDY INTO OFF-SHORING OF UK CALL CENTRE JOBS=20
For immediate release: Tuesday 9 December 2003
---BEGINS---
During a visit to a Royal Bank of Scotland call centre...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:08
>ooh, this is fun. We can all take shots at one another's misuse of the
>English language.
Just remember 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone!' (many of us
have inboxes full of peoples ol...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:06
Letters home from my son's teachers which obviously haven't been proof
read - at least that's what I /prefer/ to believe! ;-)
Lists wrote:
> In Savacentre: "course ground coffee"
>
> on my bank sta...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 13:00
Andy Conner wrote:
> Another bug bear is when newscasters and weather forecasters use their
hands
> to emphasise their spoken words (al a Tony Blair).
One of my bugbears is the phrase "is when"; th...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:57
From
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/meandi?view=uk
Which is correct: 'my friend and me' or 'my friend and I'?
If in doubt, take your friend out of the sentence.
Me and my f...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:52
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lindsay Baugh" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:08 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
>
> < I find the use 'pacific'...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:49
Yeah, I'll tell you what I find irritating..........People that use correct
usage of words and grammer and have f**k all meaningful to say. If I can
understand you I couldn't care less.
It seems that...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:48
In Savacentre: "course ground coffee"
on my bank statement: "recieved"
bah! humbug!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 12:46
> We had the name dilemma when our son was due, loads of girls names no
boys,
> many just sound too agressive. Eventually he was named Matthew but has
> forever been called Muffy, he still doesn't ans...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:43
Lists wrote:
> http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/hotel?view=uk
>
Thanks for that link Kathy and Matt - there's answers to questions I
hadn't even thought of!
Paul....
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 12:41
Why do parents choose such ridiculous names... ??
Two names I remember were:
Dawn Sunrise... not to bad, but Thunder Bird??????
Deborah...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:39
< I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
Any others?"
Agree! And these too:
"alright" instead of "all right"
"different to" or "different than" instead of "different from"
"more...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 12:36
carla boulton wrote:
> We had the name dilemma when our son was due, loads of girls names no boys,
> many just sound too agressive. Eventually he was named Matthew but has
> forever been called Muffy...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 12:33
From: "Andy Stafford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:50 PM
Subject: *****SPAM***** FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
> We're racking our brains...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
date posted 9th December 2003 12:29
Reminds me of another Woody Allen:
"Don't knock masturbation - it's sex with someone you love."
- and not forgetting:
"I'm not afraid of death - I just don't want to be there when it
happens."
-...
RE: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 12:24
Coin Rainsforth:
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#h-11.3.2.1
>
> My reading of this is that the inheritance of alignment goes from
> elements within the cell itself (such through at...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:23
> Another bug bear is when newscasters and weather forecasters use their
hands
> to emphasise their spoken words (al a Tony Blair).
?
Isn't that a bit odd? Should they be speaking from a sealed box...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Mildly amusing - Children's Names
date posted 9th December 2003 12:21
We're racking our brains over boys names at the moment (only 5 weeks to go)
and it reminded me of an article I read a while ago
http://www.news.com.au/common/printpage/0,6093,7403152,00.html
'The 20...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:19
They really do say it, even politicians on Question Time!! Maybe I shouldn't
be surprised!
Another bug bear is when newscasters and weather forecasters use their hands
to emphasise their spoken words...
Re: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 12:14
Hi Tim,
At 12:25 pm +0000 9/12/03, Tim Pizey wrote:
>On Tuesday 09 December 2003 12:03 pm, Nick Grimshaw wrote:
>> TimP quoting Kathy:
> > > > Because there's a center tag between Login and the tab...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:12
>> I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
Never seen it done.. do people really do that?
Deborah
=A0
=A0
:.:.:. A t o m i=A0c=A0P h u s e .:.:.:
=A0...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:06
How about what I saw on a property web site this morning "..... In a sort
after location ...." !!...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 12:06
Tony Crockford wrote:
> format cells will set any date format
>
> hth
>
> Tony
Thanks.
Some of the graphs I've plotted according to the relevant data don't
seem to be appearing as well.
Is ther...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 12:00
I find the use 'pacific' instead of 'specific' irritating.
Any others?
Andy Connor
wizzmail
m: 07974 666456
t: 0870 066 0005 (National rate)
f: 0871 433 8359 (National rate)
----- Original Message --...
Re: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 11:56
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 12:03 pm, Nick Grimshaw wrote:
> TimP quoting Kathy:
> > > Because there's a center tag between Login and the table tag?
> >
> > Why that would center the contents of a tab...
RE: FN-FORUM: Online Payment Service Providers
date posted 9th December 2003 11:35
Soz I hadn't had any coffee when posting before
:: http://ianmoss.com :: http://alteris.co.uk :: http://rock666.com ::
>Yes, they are UK based, but handle transactions only between
>UK based clie...
RE: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 11:33
TimP quoting Kathy:
> > Because there's a center tag between Login and the table tag?
>
> Why that would center the contents of a table in addition to the table
> itself I do now know,
Errmmm, if I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Online Payment Service Providers
date posted 9th December 2003 11:30
Yes, they are UK based, but handle transactions only between UK based
clients.
Derek
From: "Matt Burns" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Online Payment Service Providers
>
> Ian Moss wrote...
Re: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 11:28
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:40 am, Lists wrote:
> Because there's a center tag between Login and the table tag?
Thanks,=20
Why that would center the contents of a table in addition to the table=20...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 11:18
On 9 Dec 2003 11:23:22 -0000, Jonathan Chong [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
>
> Miquel Herrera wrote:
>
>> If the M$ Office document do not uses complicated stuff Open Office
>> handle it very good, even d...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Room to let - SE London PS
date posted 9th December 2003 11:16
Dont know if you know about such a site I've found that www.easyroommate.com
is great for searching for room/house mates.
Regards
Danny...
Re: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 11:11
Because there's a center tag between Login and the table tag?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Mini...
Re: FN-FORUM: Online Payment Service Providers
date posted 9th December 2003 11:10
Ian Moss wrote:
> Think someone said NOCHEX were doing a uk based operation now.
AFAIK nochex have always been UK based.
Matt...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 11:06
Dave Edwards wrote:
> Yep, I agree. English straddles the fault line between two major language
> groups and consequently is quite complex. I pity foreigners trying to learn
> it.
> But providing we a...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site check please - special lettings
date posted 9th December 2003 11:04
hi matt - can't see anything particularly bad / unusual about your site
- the pages are pretty simple / straightforward - you should perhaps
make the links look more like links - add some arrows or...
Re: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 11:00
I wrote:
> I was on a customers site and found that a page which
> looks normal (left aligned) on Moz/Konqueror was being
> centered on IE6.
>
> See this page for an example:
> http://www.paneris.org...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site check please - special lettings
date posted 9th December 2003 10:59
It's pretty much I would have done as a starting point :)
I don't claim to be a website designer really though. In fact most of my
sites could easily be pulled apart as well :)
Works on XP & opera 7....
Re: FN-FORUM: Outlook Forms + VBA
date posted 9th December 2003 10:57
> Go to Slipstick http://www.slipstick.com/dev/index.htm. Sorry, have a
> deadline so I can't test it right now. What version of Exchange and
Outlook?
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=268445
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 10:57
On 9 Dec 2003 10:13:26 -0000, Jonathan Chong [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
>
> Does anyone here use OpenOffice?
Since rebuilding machine a month ago - MS office no longer installed
>
> How compatible is...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 10:53
Miquel Herrera wrote:
> If the M$ Office document do not uses complicated stuff Open Office handle it
> very good, even documents with tables. But sometimes the position of images
> or other object...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 10:47
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 10:12, you wrote:
> Does anyone here use OpenOffice?
I use it for all my documents under Linux.
>
> How compatible is it with current Microsoft Office documents (i.e....
FN-FORUM: FW: site check please - special lettings
date posted 9th December 2003 10:45
Hello everyone
I don't usually design websites (I just do consultancy work) so I know
you're going to tear this apart:
http://www.special.co.uk/letting
Please be as harsh as possible, I had a quiet...
Re: FN-FORUM: Outlook Forms + VBA
date posted 9th December 2003 10:41
Go to Slipstick http://www.slipstick.com/dev/index.htm. Sorry, have a
deadline so I can't test it right now. What version of Exchange and Outlook?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=268445
http://ww...
RE: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 10:37
Yep - centre aligned IE6, WInXP.
Dominic
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Pizey
Sent: 09 December 2003 11:00
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject:...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 10:36
on 9/12/03 2:38 am, Abby Patel at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Language is however it is spoken and accepted by the population of the time.
> It evolves over time, English is a mix of so many different l...
RE: FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 10:34
Yep.. centred indeed
=A0
=A0
:.:.:. A t o m i=A0c=A0P h u s e .:.:.:
=A0...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 10:30
Jonathan Chong wrote:
>
> Does anyone here use OpenOffice?
Sometimes
> How compatible is it with current Microsoft Office documents (i.e.
> versions 2000 onwards to XP)?
>
I'd give it a healthy 7...
FN-FORUM: Browser check
date posted 9th December 2003 10:30
Hi,=20
I was on a customers site and found that a page which=20
looks normal (left aligned) on Moz/Konqueror was being=20
centered on IE6.=20
See this page for an example:
http://www.paneris.org/web...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS - center align woes
date posted 9th December 2003 10:03
>>Add "auto" after the 0px in margin:
>> margin: 0px auto;
Yep that's got it Thanks very much!
>>For older browsers you'll still need to resort to:
>>
>> form
>>
Nah stuff em, serve them pl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Online Payment Service Providers
date posted 9th December 2003 09:53
Think someone said NOCHEX were doing a uk based operation now.
:: http://ianmoss.com :: http://alteris.co.uk :: http://rock666.com ::
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOV...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS - center align woes
date posted 9th December 2003 09:45
In your div style remove:
margin: 0px;
and add:
margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
- Chris
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] ron
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
> Hi
>
> If you have a look at this page...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS - center align woes
date posted 9th December 2003 09:44
ron wrote:
> If you have a look at this page:
> http://www.herocajo.co.uk/centerform.php
> In IE6 on a PC you see it has a center aligned "Party Pages" search form.
> But in Moz and Opera the sea...
FN-FORUM: MS Office v OpenOffice
date posted 9th December 2003 09:43
Does anyone here use OpenOffice?
How compatible is it with current Microsoft Office documents (i.e.
versions 2000 onwards to XP)?
--
Jonathan Chong
Internet Developer
: DigitalLook.com
: [EMAIL...
FN-FORUM: Outlook Forms + VBA
date posted 9th December 2003 09:32
Hi All,
I'm trying to build an outlook form for a client and having a little
difficulty with something... here is the scenario:
I have a Checkbox, and when the user selects that checkbox I want to b...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 09:21
Yeah, OK. I have a posh RP accent and say resteron, gararj, co-n (can't
write it) and Hotel.
I may be an old fart but I'm not archaic... Horrible is from Latin, not
French (we both got it from the sa...
FN-FORUM: CSS - center align woes
date posted 9th December 2003 09:21
Hi
If you have a look at this page:
http://www.herocajo.co.uk/centerform.php
In IE6 on a PC you see it has a center aligned "Party Pages" search form.
But in Moz and Opera the search form is l...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 09:12
Surely it has both? A at the beginning and H at the end (aitch)?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC M...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 09:08
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/hotel?view=uk
An hotel is archaic/possibly American
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.v...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
date posted 9th December 2003 08:31
From: "Joe Pritchard" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
>
> I always thought the mechanical aids quote was my fa...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: Quotable quotes
date posted 9th December 2003 08:16
I always thought the mechanical aids quote was my favourite Republican, P J
O'Rourke?
But these are good....:-)
My other favourite Woody Allen quote about sex was 'Sex between a man and a
woman is a...
RE: FN-FORUM: php install on win2k - cgi or isapi?
date posted 9th December 2003 07:57
> can anyone give me a quick rundown on the pros and cons, cgi vs isapi,
> of installing php on win2k/iis?
>
> cheers
>
>
I haven't worked with PHP/IIS for a while now but I'd go isapi everytime -
IMO...
FN-FORUM: Online Payment Service Providers
date posted 9th December 2003 07:40
Does anyone know of, or can recommend a British online payment service
provider (similar to PayPal) that will accept international payments?
Thanks,
Derek...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 07:17
In my experience it should strictly be spoken and written as "an hotel" as
the word itself is French in origin thus having a silent H. However, saying
it with the silent 'h' can sound as if you're si...
RE: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 02:09
Language is however it is spoken and accepted by the population of the time.
It evolves over time, English is a mix of so many different languages we
have put in a pot and mixed over the centuries. So...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT]digital camera [was Red fluorescent light]
date posted 9th December 2003 01:40
What brand of 35mm does she use?
You can keep to your budget if it's Canon with an EOS 300D, or blow it if
Nikon with a D100.
In article [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
(Rob Thyssen) wrote:
> I k...
FN-FORUM: php install on win2k - cgi or isapi?
date posted 9th December 2003 01:30
can anyone give me a quick rundown on the pros and cons, cgi vs isapi,
of installing php on win2k/iis?
cheers...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 00:45
on 9/12/03 12:41 am, Paul J White at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Just listening to a discussion on 5L radio about use of 'an' before an
> 'H'... I remember being told it should be 'an hotel' but have no...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 00:40
While we're on th subject, can I remind people that 'H' is pronounced with
an 'A' and not with an 'H'. That bugs me SO much (I know it shouldn't, but
it does).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pa...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 00:22
hahaha... i always thought that 'an' is only used before a vowel
sound...
so, i guess if you drop the 'H' (like us london'ers do som'times) it
would become "an 'otel", or "an 'orrifik accident"
b...
Re: FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 00:21
Paul J White wrote:
>
> Just listening to a discussion on 5L radio about use of 'an' before an
> 'H'... I remember being told it should be 'an hotel' but have no
> recollection of the justificatio...
FN-FORUM: an hotel? (OT)
date posted 9th December 2003 00:12
Just listening to a discussion on 5L radio about use of 'an' before an
'H'... I remember being told it should be 'an hotel' but have no
recollection of the justification for this. What about 'a(n) h...
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