Freelancers Forum Messages on Sunday July 4th 2004
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 23:39
It's actually Isle of Dogs rather than Limehouse - but near to someone from
the North East ;-)
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM: Backup MX and SMTP
date posted 4th July 2004 23:35
Sending mail relies on other people's MX records, not yours.
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Mini...
Re: FN-FORUM: Backup MX and SMTP
date posted 4th July 2004 22:59
Quoting ken mcewan [EMAIL REMOVED]
> If you have a backup MX record with lower priority does
> that apply to the sending of mail as well as receiving ?
No.
James...
FN-FORUM: Backup MX and SMTP
date posted 4th July 2004 22:35
Following some email probs this week thinking about
a method to have a backup SMTP that doesn't require
a change of setting etc So question ?
If you have a backup MX record with lower priority does
t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 20:20
No, the flat would be on the 6th floor and there is concierge and gated
allocated parking space. Plus I do not even have a car although I am
planning to buy a scooter. The apartment I want to buy is N...
Re: FN-FORUM: Draytek Vigor vs. NetGear WG511 cards, known issues?
date posted 4th July 2004 19:56
Win2k can turn off the card - not just XP.
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but...
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 18:32
You can check broadband availability with a post code here...
http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_info.jsp
This was posted last week to check on local info (crime rate ec)...
http://www.upmystreet.com/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Plumber's Mate
date posted 4th July 2004 18:14
Dave Edwards wrote:
> mention that I've just been offered casual work as plumber's mate! Money
> wasn't too bad either.
It's a funny ol' world, isn't it?
Which reminds me.. next time I see one of th...
FN-FORUM: Plumber's Mate
date posted 4th July 2004 17:01
Following on from the recent 'current market conditions' thread, I should
mention that I've just been offered casual work as plumber's mate! Money
wasn't too bad either.
I should explain that a frien...
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 16:46
on 4/7/04 2:56 pm, Maria Grazia Marino at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I then asked two policemen and they said better not, there is a lot of gang
> fighting in the area and opposite the DLR station ther...
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 16:01
I cannot check that until I give them the flat telephone number. The
postcode is not enough. Technology....... But thanks anyway. Do you know the
name of the block where your friend lives???
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Re: FN-FORUM: Draytek Vigor vs. NetGear WG511 cards, known issues?
date posted 4th July 2004 16:00
Lists wrote:
> Lots of reports of strange behaviour with those cards. Seem to work if you
> let Windows configure the card instead of using the Netgear thing, but you
> probably don't get that option...
FN-FORUM: One last pesky Opera problem (properly, this time)
date posted 4th July 2004 15:58
Oops.. hit ctrl+Enter too soon...
One last Opera-only problem on a site I've re-coded for someone (not
re-designed, sadly)..
On this page:
http://liaiseonline.mind-design.ath.cx/emailmarketing.htm...
FN-FORUM: One last pesky Opera problem..
date posted 4th July 2004 15:56
Lo again all..
Almost finished one particular site re-code (not re-design, sadly) for
someone, and I have one last pesky Opera-only problem that I can't seem
to figure out..
On this page:...
FN-FORUM: Inner London ADSL (was Living in Limehouse, London)
date posted 4th July 2004 15:49
Speaking of which...inner london types might be interested in:
http://www.bulldogdsl.com/bulldog4/index.asp
4Mbps ADSL for =A330pm
Norman
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Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 15:41
Check that you can get a decent Internet connection. I have a friend living
in a very posh block near there and he can't get ADSL or cable.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Draytek Vigor vs. NetGear WG511 cards, known issues?
date posted 4th July 2004 15:39
Make sure that the PC isn't set to turn off network card to save power (the
default in XP) and see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811259 (has solved a
few weird dropped VPN pr...
RE: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 14:29
Hi Maria
I'm afraid to say that you are restricted by your budget. To find somewhere
cheap in London at the moment you've got to find somewhere fairly run down.
The only upside is that as gentrifica...
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 14:22
Maria Grazia Marino wrote:
> I asked a girl that was passing by and she told me that it is ok, quite
> residential and she has never had any problems.
> I then asked two policemen and they said better...
FN-FORUM: Draytek Vigor vs. NetGear WG511 cards, known issues?
date posted 4th July 2004 14:19
Afternoon all..
Has anyone here heard of any compatibility problems between the Vigor
2600G's WiFi and NetGear WG511 (802.11g) PCI cards?
Recently installed that setup and it's causing a ton of pr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Living in Limehouse, London
date posted 4th July 2004 14:16
Hi everybody.
I was planning to buy a flat very close to Limehouse DLR station. The flat
is nice with a view on the marina but the area around looks a bit rough.
I asked a girl that was passing by and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Image resizing question
date posted 4th July 2004 14:05
You should be able to get good results dropping the dpi to about 150.
In most cases you would be hard pushed to tell the difference.
On another front extensis do a product called pxl smart scale whi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Image resizing question
date posted 4th July 2004 12:27
> So......basically, I'm asking what's the best way of making an image larger
> (by about 400%) with minimum loss of quality?
Have a look at S-Spline which has been renamed as Shortcut PhotoZoom:
htt...
Re: FN-FORUM: Image resizing question
date posted 4th July 2004 12:25
At 12:45 on Sunday, 04 Jul 2004, Dan Cook wrote:
> So......basically, I'm asking what's the best way of making an image
> larger
> (by about 400%) with minimum loss of quality? Are there any cleve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Image resizing question
date posted 4th July 2004 12:08
HI,
I have never (sorry) found a way of doing this without distortion or
pixelling!
Joe
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FN-FORUM: Image resizing question
date posted 4th July 2004 12:05
Morning all,
I'm designing a 6 page handout for a company. They have supplied a CD with
all the images / text etc (taken by the boss). The problem is that the
images were all taken on a shitty digit...
FN-FORUM: adc and dvi to vga adaptors,
date posted 4th July 2004 10:43
Hi All,
Has anybody else got any experience with adc or dvi to vga adaptors ?
I'm asking because I'm using a dvi to vga adaptor and am appalled by
the low quality of the picture, for example I'm g...