Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday December 22nd 2003
FN-FORUM: OT : MCP Stuff.. Long shot but here goes
date posted 22nd December 2003 23:54
Hiya everyone..
I know this is probably a long shot but here goes..
ive got a 15% money off voucher for 4 Windows 2000 MCP exams which have to
be taken before December 31st.
If anyone is interested...
Re: RE: FN-FORUM: Look ma, I'm under the table!
date posted 22nd December 2003 21:14
Must be a man thing.
I'm the same weight as and only a little fatter than I was thirty years ago.
Sizes have got bigger, so I can actually fit into a size smaller now than I
could then.
++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: Arin open relay - help?
date posted 22nd December 2003 21:05
On Sunday 21 Dec 2003 12:29 pm, Tony Crockford wrote:
[snip]
> How can an unassigned IP address relay mail?
With difficulty.
> Am I getting this all muddled up?
Looks like it.
> Received: from 2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables! (WARNING : Long...sorry)
date posted 22nd December 2003 20:50
On Saturday 20 Dec 2003 12:38 pm, Dan Cook wrote:
> >enough whiz bang to keep the 10 second
> >attention span of the Playstation
>
> That's a pretty superficial view of it. If it's just about whiz ban...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 19:30
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Last Christmass we had some good drunken off-threads,
but this year family must come first!
So, I was going to unsubscribe this week.. but.... just.... can't!!
I might miss...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 19:13
> (btw - i could pull tabular data out of a database into a CSS layout
> quite easily ;-)
Yeah, but what would posess you to do such a thing? Even the w3c don't
advocate using css for tabular data.....
FN-FORUM: embedding images in an HTML mail
date posted 22nd December 2003 18:39
yes, i know its evil, but a client wants emails with images in them and
i don't want to stick them on my server, but embed them into the actual
message a la outlook stationary.
now, its being done...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS question.
date posted 22nd December 2003 18:29
> I cant't think of anything in CSS. Is there a reason the XSL can't omit
> the comma?
Like ? (assuming syntax is correct)
,...
Re: RE: FN-FORUM: Look ma, I'm under the table!
date posted 22nd December 2003 17:30
All I can say is wait until you hit 45 urgh!!
Malcolm
MBL Digital Media
http://www.mbl-digitalmedia.co.uk
> Message date : Dec 22 2003, 10:16 AM
> From : David Turner=20
> To : FN-FORUM / [EMA...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS question.
date posted 22nd December 2003 16:31
I cant't think of anything in CSS. Is there a reason the XSL can't omit
the comma?
Karl
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Re: FN-FORUM: NEW CSS or Tables - the middle ground [OT]
date posted 22nd December 2003 16:19
oops sorry - don't think I explained properly, it's not absolute/relative
positioning for tabular data, It's just the entire content is held on a
database as one datafield, with the ACE editor yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: NEW CSS or Tables - the middle ground [OT]
date posted 22nd December 2003 16:01
don't ever use absolute / relative positioning on blocks for tabular
data. treat each DIV as a 'block' level item, and then they will push
each other into position naturally.
hth
luke
On 22 Dec...
Re: FN-FORUM: NEW CSS or Tables - the middle ground [OT]
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:54
> I like ACE, there are a few problems with it though, for example the
> absolute positioning - if you are using a back end database and the site
has
> a header and/or footer which don't change the ab...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:51
hahahah... yeah man.
i've got a load of O'Reilly's 'Definitive Guide to CSS's that I'm going
to stack on the kitchen floor...
sweeet ;-)
happy xmas y'all!
(btw - i could pull tabular data out...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fax Software For Broadband?
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:49
hi martin
get yourself a YAC number, or something similar.
ppl can then send u faxes that u receive by email. it's free also...
(for you, anyway)
but you need to use a modem / phone line to send...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fax Software For Broadband?
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:46
I found YAC a bit unreliable for faxes. DMCLUB seems to work better for
me.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:40
>I hope Santa brings everyone their hearts desire :)
I've asked for the Swedish Bikini Team. Fingers crossed ;-)
Merry X-Mas and have an un-remember-able New Year everyone
Many thanks,
J Sutton...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:39
on 22/12/03 4:01 pm, Carol Ann Thomson at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> And say thanks for all the help and advice and fun and interesting others,
> since I joined the forum in early 2003/>
>
>...
FN-FORUM: CSS question.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:34
Hi,
If I've got a list of items that you'd normally put into a comma
separated list, e.g.
Red, green, purple, blue,=20
Is it possible in css to discard the final , from a list generated via
XSLT, e...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:31
Merry Christmas All! only been on the list a few months
but thanks for the sound advice and great support,
not to mention the laughs!
Hope you all have a great holiday break!...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:27
Ditto from me to you all. I don't post much, but this forum is essential
reading for thos...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fax Software For Broadband?
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:25
Monday, December 22, 2003, 2:37:03 PM, you wrote:
MP> Does anyone out there know of any fax software that works with broadband
MP> rather than a normal telephone line?
Hi Martin,
Try:
http://www.yac...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:15
Likewise - Season's Wotsits to everyone, and thanks for the advice, support
etc through t...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:10
>> Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Xmas.
Me too, and a Merry New Year. I'm also unsubscribing, for a couple of
months while I bugger off travelling (says with WIDE smile).
Back in February... B...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 15:08
> nope. you don't need tables, not one little bit... that's the point.
Getting tabular data out of a database and onto a page must be a fun event
around Luke's house with his "not one little bit" of...
FN-FORUM: (OT) Happy Xmas.
date posted 22nd December 2003 14:59
Hi all,
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Xmas.
And say thanks for all the help and advice and fun and interesting
others, since I joined the forum in early 2003.
See you all again on the other s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 14:38
nope. you don't need tables, not one little bit... that's the point.
tables are bulky and cumbersome, and it is far easier to generate
complicated layouts with less code using CSS, which also reta...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fax Software For Broadband?
date posted 22nd December 2003 14:17
Martin Pykett wrote:
> Does anyone out there know of any fax software that works with broadband
> rather than a normal telephone line?
Obvious question: how would you talk to the fax at the other e...
FN-FORUM: OT Mac freeware / gift ideas
date posted 22nd December 2003 14:13
Hi,
My Aunt is a mac user and I want to put together a cd of freeware for her.
Any suggestions. She's a bbc film editor who worked on arena and is doing a
documentary about Doctor Who at the moment...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fax Software For Broadband?
date posted 22nd December 2003 14:11
You probably need to get an email to fax service, such as Demon's dfax:
http://www.demon.net:8000/dfax/index.shtml
I haven't used this, so i don't know how good it is. I just use an old
fax-modem co...
FN-FORUM: Fax Software For Broadband?
date posted 22nd December 2003 14:03
Hi Guys,
Does anyone out there know of any fax software that works with broadband
rather than a normal telephone line?
Cheers
Martin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Designing logo
date posted 22nd December 2003 13:35
Use a vector tool like corel, freehand or illustrator. For inspiration have
a look at www.logo.nino.ru
From that site you can download samples of logos to play around with. Also
have a look at what...
FN-FORUM: Designing logo
date posted 22nd December 2003 13:29
Hi,
How do you design a logo (i.e. what software, where do you get insperation
from). I'm just playing with a few ideas
Rus
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Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 13:05
> > Whats wrong with tables anyway? (no im not looking for an argument on
the
> > reasons why not its just a statement!)
> Oh no!
>
> not again.
Tables you say? I was just falling asleep there, an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 12:26
On 22 Dec 2003 12:57:01 -0000, Danny Leonard
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Well i couldnt agree more.. who cares if you have a website with no
> tables..
>
> Thats like saying i made some bread withou...
Re: FN-FORUM: Look ma, no tables!
date posted 22nd December 2003 12:22
Well i couldnt agree more.. who cares if you have a website with no tables..
Thats like saying i made some bread without flour!
you need a bit of everything to make it work!
Whats wrong with tables...
RE: FN-FORUM: flash - MP3 question
date posted 22nd December 2003 12:07
Just to add to this there are GUI versions of Lame encoder available one
of which is WinLame (for converting audio files) and this has a free
license. For CD's CDex is a good choice, also free. I don'...
RE: FN-FORUM: PDF to HTML conversion
date posted 22nd December 2003 12:04
Hi Chris,
a quick look on sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/search/ for pdf brings
back lots of results
with http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdftohtml/ looking like it might be
exactly what you are...
Re: FN-FORUM: Someones spoofing my address - what do you do?
date posted 22nd December 2003 12:03
Email being the biggest form of unsolicited advertising almost anything is
possible.
Best thing I can advise as always is make sure your AV software is up to
date.. and if you dont have any AV softwa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Selling software
date posted 22nd December 2003 11:56
you could create a basic version of the scripts just to outline what it does
or make it have limited functionality while in a test phase.. and if the
person/company likes what they see sell them the f...
FN-FORUM: PDF to HTML conversion
date posted 22nd December 2003 11:54
anyone know a free utility to convert PDFs to HTML files?
ideally on mac os9 but windows would be ok.
doesn't need to be too clever, just strip out all text and create a single
HTML file.
need a loca...
RE: FN-FORUM: flash - MP3 question
date posted 22nd December 2003 11:50
I have had this problem, and it was linked to the encoding.
Is the mp3 a low-fi sample?
i fixed by forcing the encoding using lame, to a fixed rate 16 bbps mono
sample. if you are using lame to enco...
FN-FORUM: flash - MP3 question
date posted 22nd December 2003 11:34
Have a .swf which calls a .swf and an MP3 at the same time, the movie
plays fine, but the MP3 plays really fast.
Any ideas? Would it be something to do with the encoding?
TIA
Deborah
=A0
=A0
:.:.:....
FN-FORUM: Fireworks brushes / pc / where ?
date posted 22nd December 2003 11:22
Morning,
Anyone know where new brushes should be installed for fireworks mx for pc.
I can't find the right folder anywhere.
Thanks....
FN-FORUM: Odd Spider / Spooky
date posted 22nd December 2003 11:03
My site has been spidered by this lot. http://www.cyveillance.com/ On
looking at their site I was quite surprised to see what the actually do.
Just thought it might be of interest.
Bob.
> -----Ori...
RE: FN-FORUM: going blind staring at a javascript function - can anyone help me out?
date posted 22nd December 2003 10:48
Matt Burns wrote:
> At least Pascal has the := assignment operator so you can at
> least tell
> the difference! :-)
I prefer the Pascal operators, they make more sense to me (probably because
I le...
Re: FN-FORUM: going blind staring at a javascript function - can anyone help me out?
date posted 22nd December 2003 10:22
Kevan Froud wrote:
> Matt Burns wrote:
>
>>That's what BASIC does to someone... :-)
>>
>
> And Pascal :-(
At least Pascal has the := assignment operator so you can at least tell
the difference! :-...
RE: FN-FORUM: Look ma, I'm under the table!
date posted 22nd December 2003 10:15
yes. just wait till you get to 30. then those 30 inch trousers soon become
34. i was buying trousers from a skating/ boarding type shop. (yeah i know,
i am too old) and the 36 inch trousers were label...
RE: FN-FORUM: Someones spoofing my address - what do you do?
date posted 22nd December 2003 09:52
I recently suffered this use of my domain in spam campaigns; it lasted
about 4 weeks - although I still get the odd one or two bounces. My
domain is hosted by fasthosts and does not appear to have bee...
RE: FN-FORUM: old freelancers mail
date posted 22nd December 2003 09:52
I have not noticed any.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL Server, ASP & VB Programming.
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Outgoing mail i...
RE: FN-FORUM: going blind staring at a javascript function - can anyone help me out?
date posted 22nd December 2003 09:40
Matt Burns wrote:
> That's what BASIC does to someone... :-)
>
And Pascal :-(
Kevan...
RE: FN-FORUM: flash question
date posted 22nd December 2003 08:54
Hi David,
1) In one frame write:
movieTarget.loadMovie("yourFile.swf");
//Where movieTarget is the instance name of an empty movieclip
2) Next frame call it (label) "loadLoop" and leave it blank...
FN-FORUM: flash question
date posted 22nd December 2003 03:06
bit of an odd one here, i have a flash movie that loads a movie into a
movieclip and then calls an asp script to delete that file (don't ask!)
now i want to make sure the external movie is fully loa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Unsubscribe
date posted 22nd December 2003 01:41
Yep same here.. Have fun & have a good Chrimbo/NY.
On 21/12/03 3:57 pm, "Martin Kellie" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Ha! Bet you thought I'd cocked up didn't cha all!!!
>
> Nah, just unsubscribing...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] German Toilets
date posted 22nd December 2003 01:40
Good toilet tip there. Hand as I'm going to Munich tomorrow!
See you all in a few weeks.
On 22/12/03 12:35 am, "Jakob Widerberg" [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
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>
>
> Yeah, you get the smell but on the...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] German Toilets
date posted 22nd December 2003 00:02
Yeah, you get the smell but on the upside there's no splashing and the trick
to avoid poop streaks is simply to put a square of toilet wad (as one might
do to avoid splash/noise in the toilets we're...
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