Freelancers Forum Messages on Sunday August 8th 2004
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:45
On 9 Aug 2004, at 00:08, Joe Freeman wrote:
> Maybe, I like this one though:
> http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm
!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL
> And surely this can't be a *frequently* asked...
Re: FN-FORUM: To Quark or not to Quark...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:41
On 9 Aug 2004, at 00:02, Aaron Brailsford wrote:
> That surprises me somewhat - afterall, Apple had multi-monitor setups
> long, long before they were commonplace in the PC arena - at least to
> my...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:15
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> At 23:58 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Joe Freeman wrote:
>
>>
>> Tony Crockford wrote:
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>>> At 22:29 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Luke Perman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Replacement of Mouse...
Re: FN-FORUM: To Quark or not to Quark...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:10
Just observations, as I know nothing about Mac's (yet) really, but..
Luke Perman wrote:
> from what i understand, you need to have two graphics cards - so that
> a monitor runs off each one... but i...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:08
At 23:58 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Joe Freeman wrote:
>
> Tony Crockford wrote:
>> At 22:29 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Luke Perman wrote:
>>
>>> Replacement of Mouse Balls
>> http://www.snopes.com/humo...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:08
On 8 Aug 2004, at 23:49, Tony Crockford wrote:
> At 22:29 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Luke Perman wrote:
>> Replacement of Mouse Balls
>
> http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/mouse.htm
haha, that's fun...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 23:06
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> At 22:29 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Luke Perman wrote:
>
>> Replacement of Mouse Balls
>
>
> http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/mouse.htm
>
> ;o)
>
Well, you certainly...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 22:56
At 22:29 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Luke Perman wrote:
> Replacement of Mouse Balls
http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/mouse.htm
;o)...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 22:55
On 8 Aug 2004, at 23:40, Dave Edwards wrote:
>> How To Replace Mouse Balls =A0
>
> Maybe someone in IBM understands irony ...
> ... Personally I just give'em a good wash with soap and water
:-D
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Re: FN-FORUM: Selling online
date posted 8th August 2004 22:48
John Murphy wrote:
> 2 - Is it best to process payment in house or for the first few months
> go through paypal or similar?
I think we are planning on using www.protx.com for a site that a friend
a...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 22:48
on 8/8/04 10:28 pm, Luke Perman at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> How To Replace Mouse Balls =A0
Maybe someone in IBM understands irony ...
... Personally I just give'em a good wash with soap and water...
Re: FN-FORUM: To Quark or not to Quark...
date posted 8th August 2004 22:28
on 8/8/04 10:24 pm, Daren Halfpenny at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>=20
> Can't put it off any longer and am boldly entering into G5/OSX territory.
> Just putting together specs on a new system to include...
Re: FN-FORUM: Selling online
date posted 8th August 2004 21:57
On 8 Aug 2004, at 22:35, John Murphy wrote:
> 1 - For those of you who sell a product online what form of advertising
> have you found that works best for you? Search listings, mags, word or
> mouth...
RE: FN-FORUM: NT4/W2K PPTP VPN
date posted 8th August 2004 21:52
Thanks Kathy - I'll try that.
Ken
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Re: FN-FORUM: To Quark or not to Quark...
date posted 8th August 2004 21:48
On 8 Aug 2004, at 22:25, Daren Halfpenny wrote:
> Can't put it off any longer and am boldly entering into G5/OSX=20
> territory.
> Just putting together specs on a new system to include on of the new...
FN-FORUM: Selling online
date posted 8th August 2004 21:43
Hi all
Now I could just go and dig out the info but I know a lot of you do this
already so id rather get advice from the people who know a bit more
about it. So here I go...
1 - For those of you wh...
FN-FORUM: [OT] How to replace mouse balls...
date posted 8th August 2004 21:36
How To Replace Mouse Balls =A0
I don't know how they wrote this with a straight face.
This was a real memo sent out by a computer company
(IBM) to its employees in all seriousness. =A0It went to a...
FN-FORUM: To Quark or not to Quark...
date posted 8th August 2004 21:33
Can't put it off any longer and am boldly entering into G5/OSX territory.
Just putting together specs on a new system to include on of the new (now
mid-range) dual 2GHz G5 and have a couple of queries...
FN-FORUM: [OTish] Nildram being bought by Pipex
date posted 8th August 2004 20:23
One for any Nildram users out there... A friend who used to work for
them tells me that they're being bought by Pipex. It's being announced
this week... Thought this snippet might be of interest,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Wordpress email to blog
date posted 8th August 2004 18:25
I'm glad you agree with me Nick ;)
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Jason Bell wrote:
>There's a moral to this story, don't get PHP to look at your mailbox. Get
>the JavaMail API to do it instead.
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: NT4/W2K PPTP VPN
date posted 8th August 2004 16:50
You might need to set clear text (basic) authentication (ewww!) (The PPP
negotiation is not
converging means that authentication is failing - usually wrong security
setting in connectoid). Also check...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Loos in the garden office! again
date posted 8th August 2004 16:41
sorry, blame google,was looking for a painter but this turned up:
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/pdf/fs27.pdf...
RE: FN-FORUM:
date posted 8th August 2004 16:08
Are you putting the Set language british in a SQL Stored Proc or into the
ASP
The out of range is probable due to the date being wrong for the style,
remember 103 for 4 digit year, 3 for 2 digit.
I...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 15:39
Bingo, thanks again Tony.
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken ima...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 14:30
At 15:09 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Darren Yates wrote:
>
> nope -
> We can't find
> "http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/marketing/visa/gateway-v3-ic30.gif"
> - Cannot Find Server - T...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 14:30
> ur not on NTL are you??? i get alsorts of weird caching probs...
>
> just have to wait it out mostly.
>
yep, but it was doing this last weekend, no idea if was the same in the
week. Anway seems...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 14:23
On 8 Aug 2004, at 15:09, Darren Yates wrote:
> already cleared the cache
>
> it now seems to be working on the main system but not the laptop.
ur not on NTL are you??? i get alsorts of weird cachi...
FN-FORUM:
date posted 8th August 2004 14:23
i wish people would use subject lines...
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FN-FORUM: NT4/W2K PPTP VPN
date posted 8th August 2004 14:19
I'm trying to connect from a W2k system to a NT4 WS system via a PPTP =
VPN.
The authentication is failing at the NT4 box. The event log there =
shows:-
20077 RemoteAccess N/A STOKEHTS An error occur...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 14:17
nope -
We can't find
"http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/marketing/visa/gateway-v3-ic30.gif"
- Cannot Find Server - The web site you typed in could not be
found on the internet.
a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress email to blog
date posted 8th August 2004 14:09
Jason Bell wrote:
>There's a moral to this story, don't get PHP to look at your mailbox. Get
>the JavaMail API to do it instead.
>
>
yes yes yes... PHP is shit.. java is the only righteous way......
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 8th August 2004 13:25
That does't work either - it was the first thing I tried. It is asking for
an "=". If I put the = in
I then get
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01a8'
Object required: 'british'
Help!
P...
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 8th August 2004 13:14
On 12 Jul 2004, at 09:58, Damon Birch wrote:
> Which anti-spam software do people find most effective?
i use easyspace's built in mail system 'easpost' - the spam filter
catches everything! someti...
Re: FN-FORUM: this is what i need!!
date posted 8th August 2004 13:11
On 8 Aug 2004, at 10:00, Dave Edwards wrote:
> You're also the one who picked the place - quite inconvenient for some
> of us
> - and then didn't show!
i didn't pick the place! Jacob did... i ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: this is what i need!!
date posted 8th August 2004 13:11
On 8 Aug 2004, at 03:31, Neelesh Sonawane wrote:
> & I gave you the benefit of the doubt.. It was published in April..
> The 1st
> of April to be specific..
ahh yess... i missed that bit - only sa...
RE: FN-FORUM:
date posted 8th August 2004 13:10
A google search indicated that your line should have worked, perhaps the
literal is case sensitive
i.e. try set language british
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Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 12:22
At 13:09 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Darren Yates wrote:
>
> http://www.dittodesign.co.uk/amazon.jpg
>
> It doesn't happen with any other site and every now and then
> it displays fine until I click thro...
Re: FN-FORUM: stelios set to kick off mobile phone price war...
date posted 8th August 2004 12:19
At 13:01 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Chris Garrett wrote:
>
> Dan Cook wrote:
>> Wouldn't trust the guy as far as I could spit. Evrything else he does
>> is shit, why should this be different.
>
> Easyje...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 12:17
http://www.dittodesign.co.uk/amazon.jpg
It doesn't happen with any other site and every now and then
it displays fine until I click through to another page and it breaks again.
First noticed this la...
FN-FORUM: sql question
date posted 8th August 2004 12:12
Sorry - just spotted I hadn't put a subject for my last post. Also I am
using SQL SERVER.
Thanks
Pam...
FN-FORUM:
date posted 8th August 2004 12:11
Hi,
I am getting
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e07'
The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an
out-of-range datetime value
when I us...
Re: FN-FORUM: stelios set to kick off mobile phone price war...
date posted 8th August 2004 12:09
Dan Cook wrote:
> Wouldn't trust the guy as far as I could spit. Evrything else he does
> is shit, why should this be different.
Easyjet is good, just basic. What makes you think he is not trustworth...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 12:04
At 12:51 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Darren Yates wrote:
>
>>> you got an ad blocker running?
>
> well I've tried both adaware and spybot and there's no change.
> I thought it was just my main system but...
Re: FN-FORUM: Disk wiping
date posted 8th August 2004 12:02
At 12:50 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Norman Beresford wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Just sold a laptop on ebay and I need to wipe the HD. Has anyone any
> suggestions for software to do this? Prefer free as I'...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 11:58
>> you got an ad blocker running?
well I've tried both adaware and spybot and there's no change.
I thought it was just my main system but it's the same on the laptop??
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FN-FORUM: Disk wiping
date posted 8th August 2004 11:58
Hi all
Just sold a laptop on ebay and I need to wipe the HD. Has anyone any
suggestions for software to do this? Prefer free as I'm only going to
use it once :) The laptop is currently running Win...
Re: FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 11:25
At 12:12 on Sunday, 08 Aug 2004, Darren Yates wrote:
>
> Does anybody else see lots of broken images on amazom.com?
>
> Either the wgole of the graphic header is broken or that works and
> no product...
FN-FORUM: amazon.com broken images
date posted 8th August 2004 11:20
Does anybody else see lots of broken images on amazom.com?
Either the wgole of the graphic header is broken or that works and
no product images appear.
regards,
Darren Yates
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http://...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Sunday August 8th 2004
date posted 8th August 2004 11:10
Hi,
Thanks for the email. Unfortunately I am currently out of the office until the 9th August.
If you require support then please email [EMAIL REMOVED] and a ticket will be automatically raised for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Sunday August 8th 2004
date posted 8th August 2004 11:09
Dear Partner,
I'll be out of the office for a short vacation and I will read your email on Monday 9th of August.
During my absence please contact my colleague Ionut Niculescu at +(4)021-252 8466 o...
FN-FORUM: Windows XP and cameras
date posted 8th August 2004 10:42
Hi all
I had a webcam set up pointing at the pond in my mum's garden. I just
used the driver software that came with the cam and slowview. This
allowed me to set it to take a picture very minute wh...
Re: FN-FORUM: sql question
date posted 8th August 2004 10:03
Thanks Andy - that is what I am looking for but I could find the definition
anywhere.
Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: this is what i need!!
date posted 8th August 2004 09:08
on 8/8/04 3:14 am, Luke Perman at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> good to see you back neelesh... i'm not gonna mention 'beer night' as
> i stood everyone up last time... (sorry guys!)
You're also the o...
RE: FN-FORUM: no payment !!!
date posted 8th August 2004 08:20
A lot will depend on exactly what you contract terms with the customer
stated....
RE: FN-FORUM: Wordpress email to blog
date posted 8th August 2004 08:11
rich
there was a vague element of humour wrapped in my statement. to be honest
though, I would still have reservations on a scripting language, wrapped
within html, to start looking at server level...
Re: FN-FORUM: this is what i need!!
date posted 8th August 2004 02:39
& I gave you the benefit of the doubt.. It was published in April.. The 1st
of April to be specific..
Yeah nice to be back, hope all are well.
I think I was a stander upper at the last beer night to...
Re: FN-FORUM: this is what i need!!
date posted 8th August 2004 02:22
On 8 Aug 2004, at 03:00, Neelesh Sonawane wrote:
> Was going to point out the same but gave Luke the benefit of the doubt.
> On 7/8/04 15:08, "Dom Ramsey" wrote:
>
>> Given the date of the article,...
Re: FN-FORUM: this is what i need!!
date posted 8th August 2004 02:08
Was going to point out the same but gave Luke the benefit of the doubt.
BTW hello all, had a great holiday & no my house network is still not up &
running yet.
Any beer nights on the agenda soon?
O...
RE: FN-FORUM: Wordpress email to blog
date posted 8th August 2004 00:20
> There's a moral to this story, don't get PHP to look at your mailbox. Get
> the JavaMail API to do it instead.
>
er.. no ...I reckon the moral is 'don't get a bad developer to write code to
look a...
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