Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday August 16th 2004
RE: FN-FORUM: Pc component upgrades
date posted 16th August 2004 23:36
Doing the following package deals...
AMD 2000-2800
Asroc Motherboard (with or without onboard graphics)
256 or 512 meg of ram
Regards,
John
www.keltecdesign.co.uk
for all your media solutions...
Re: FN-FORUM: Pc component upgrades
date posted 16th August 2004 23:31
Ron wrote:
> My dad just asked me about which motherboard/processor combo to
> choose if he wanted to rebuild his aging pc.
Asus motherboards every time for single CPU here.
If his PC is way, way...
Re: FN-FORUM: Pc component upgrades
date posted 16th August 2004 23:29
Hi,
The motherboard/processor combination would (if I recall correctly) be
dependent in part of the case, and what kind of motherboard can be fit into
it. How old is the PC? What make/model is the...
FN-FORUM: Gmail
date posted 16th August 2004 23:22
Has anyone got any spare "Gmail invites"
Thanks
K...
RE: FN-FORUM: Pc component upgrades
date posted 16th August 2004 23:19
I have found a good Value solution from PC world's Component Centre I =
bought
intel celeron >2Ghz Processor, Epox Motherboard with 512 Mb Memory for =
just
under =A3200. Already had Hard disks Lying...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wiki Mac Section
date posted 16th August 2004 23:05
First time I looked at the wiki.. Looks good.
Added the Control modifier for grabbing screenshots to the clipboard.
On 16/8/04 21:57, "m4mac" wrote:
>
> A quick mention to the Mac guys and gals on...
RE: FN-FORUM: Pc component upgrades
date posted 16th August 2004 22:38
> So I said I'd ask about. I guess he's loooking for a good value
MB/Processor/Memory combo package.
Personally I like ASUS as a make of mobo, so far they have all been =
good,
reliable and worked p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail list spammed?
date posted 16th August 2004 22:35
Raymond Stone wrote:
> Anyone else got his spam? Was sent to the address I only use for this list
>
> Peter Wilson just sent you this link:
> https://namesdatabase.com/?r1=8197715803
Yep - I got...
FN-FORUM: Pc component upgrades
date posted 16th August 2004 22:26
Hi
My dad just asked me about which motherboard/processor combo to
choose if he wanted to rebuild his aging pc.
I haven't been following the component market for the last three
years so I'm totall...
Re: FN-FORUM: Peru expedition [very OT]
date posted 16th August 2004 22:03
On 16 Aug 2004, at 21:27, Joe Freeman wrote:
> I thought I would ask if anyone has done / will do / knows anyone that
> has done / will do (etc etc) a similar sort of thing, because I need a
> way to...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 22:03
Monday, August 16, 2004, 9:58:24 PM, you wrote:
RS> I was speaking to a friend today who was also mentioning these kinds of rip
RS> offs, the best he knew of personally albeit from 1995 was someone be...
FN-FORUM: Mail list spammed?
date posted 16th August 2004 21:41
Anyone else got his spam? Was sent to the address I only use for this =
list
Peter Wilson just sent you this link:=20
https://namesdatabase.com/?r1=3D8197715803=20
What to Do=20
1. Click on your...
RE: FN-FORUM: Peru expedition [very OT]
date posted 16th August 2004 21:19
Lad where I used to work got loads of sponsorship for doing Everest this
year
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RE: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 21:02
> There... got that off my chest ;o)
I was speaking to a friend today who was also mentioning these kinds of =
rip
offs, the best he knew of personally albeit from 1995 was someone being
charged =A31...
FN-FORUM: Wiki Mac Section
date posted 16th August 2004 21:01
A quick mention to the Mac guys and gals on the list. I have started a
Mac section on the Freelancer Wiki, I've put in a piece about 'how to
generate a screen shot on a Mac' for the benefit of the PC...
FN-FORUM: Peru expedition [very OT]
date posted 16th August 2004 20:32
Hi everyone,
I won't bore you with the details - basically, I'm planning on going
canoeing in Peru with my school for my final year. I guess it is
unlikely that any of you are in a similar situation...
FN-FORUM: Health and Safety Policy
date posted 16th August 2004 17:39
I've been away from this list for the last 6 months or so. Great to see
most of the same characters still around and some new ones! And the Wiki
is a neat idea!
I missed the introduction of the Wik...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 16:33
ATI all the way don=92t use Nvidas new stuff takes up to much room, to
much power and not good for much else. ATIs new 800XT cards get one of
them around =A3250-350 a pop but will last you a heck of a...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 14:45
On 16 Aug 2004, at 14:51, Dan Norcott wrote:
>
> Hello Folks
>
> I'm fancying buying doom 3 - but thinking my graphics card (a geforce
> 2) is a bit past it.
>
> Could any of you hardware clever ty...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 14:41
Aye well Damian if your around I can get away with a game until 6
without the g.f busting me this time round ;)
Regards,
John
www.keltecdesign.co.uk
for all your media solutions
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Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic / Print Designer
date posted 16th August 2004 14:40
On Sunday 15 Aug 2004 10:30 pm, John Murphy wrote:
> - Approximately Cost for the whole project design to print (250 copies)
I was involved with a short-run (250 copies) booklet project earlier=20
th...
Re: FN-FORUM: hosting (.co.uk)?
date posted 16th August 2004 14:29
On Monday 16 Aug 2004 11:49 am, Art Jaz wrote:
> I currently use a US hosting service, but would like to offer a .co.uk
> option to future (website) clients.
You can host .uk sites in the US just as...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 14:26
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Dan Norcott
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Could any of you hardware clever types recommend me a semi-affordable
>card that'll do the job nicely?
I don't think the words "Doom...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 14:21
I'm running an XP Barton 2500, 512 ram with a geforce fx 5200.
Runs battlefield 1942 and desert combat mod at 1024 res with medium
settings, although it runs at all settings on high it does get a bit...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 14:16
The best value for money graphics card wise at present is probably an
ATI radeon 9800 pro, set you back somewhere between 110 and 150 pounds
depending on the brand/features. And if you're lucky, yo...
FN-FORUM: [OT AGAIN] Graphics cards and doom 3
date posted 16th August 2004 13:56
Hello Folks
I'm fancying buying doom 3 - but thinking my graphics card (a geforce 2)
is a bit past it.
Could any of you hardware clever types recommend me a semi-affordable
card that'll do the job...
Re: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 13:35
Hi Aaron,
It sounds to me like you need both a long-term and short-term
cashflow strategy.
At 5:32 pm +0000 15/8/04, Aaron Brailsford wrote:
>I have one *big* job on at the
>moment that will keep m...
Re: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 13:33
>joined agencies and despite what people say about agencies, they get you
>started and pay sooner than direct clients and its easy money. My first
>ever freelance job through an agency is now a regu...
FN-FORUM: CAD engineers
date posted 16th August 2004 12:51
Is there anybody on the forum that has CAD experience - this is to design a
tubular space frame for a mid engined kit sports car. If there is no-one
does anybody know anybody who does this?
Best Rega...
Re: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 12:33
On 16 Aug 2004 11:51:19 -0000, Dave Boulden [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I'd like to second Lindsey's point about helping technically challenged
> people for some income during slow periods. Quick exam...
RE: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 11:56
I'd like to second Lindsey's point about helping technically challenged
people for some income during slow periods. Quick example, a mortgage
advisor who was visiting got chatting to me about his PC w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:54
The database is specifically for postal mailouts - admittedly this is
different to email - just happens that many of the contacts have email
addresses listed. Decided not to use them now even though l...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:45
> companies so the recipients have previsouly agreed to have there details
> published in this way and will expect to recieve 'on topic' (postal) mail.
Are you sure? I've had people trying to insist...
Re: FN-FORUM: ereg patterns
date posted 16th August 2004 11:42
Hi,
Thanks, that was just what I needed - works perfectly.
Best regards,
Joe.
On 16 Aug 2004 11:12:46 -0000, Martin W Brown
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> This seems to work:
>
> ereg_re...
Re: FN-FORUM: hosting (.co.uk)?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:22
I use dc-hosting and have had no major problems over the last year or so (am
also now a reseller for them and this is working well so far).
Find their costs to be fair, only gripe is that support is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:22
First thing to do is to read the user licence that you must have agreed to
abide by with the DTi. This should state the conditions that are to be
observed in contacting the e-mail contacts. Secondly,...
Re: FN-FORUM: hosting (.co.uk)?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:20
are you after a reseller
Andrew
> Can someone recommend a decent uk hosting company, for simple websites?
> I'm not confident to use just any company as I hear that some don't
> offer good value-f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:20
Kalagoo.Com wrote:
> for the list. My question is basically, is it legal to do this in the UK -
There's a fairly good summary of the EU rulings here:
http://www.liaiseonline.com/faq.html
Complete w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:19
> In particular, note that you'll probably have a really hard time
> sending any email to aol.com for a while.
>
> Every time you get a spam do you think "oh - it's ok for them to send
> me a single f...
Re: FN-FORUM: ereg patterns
date posted 16th August 2004 11:17
Hi Joe,
This seems to work:
ereg_replace(' (\*[A-Za-z0-9_]+\*) ', '\\0', "This is a string
with *words* in it");
Think this is what you want. If you don't want the * in the output then
move them...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:14
On 16 Aug 2004, at 11:59, Kalagoo.Com wrote:
> Leased line, own mail server, ISP Worldcom don't bother us much.
Yeah, but your leased line and mail server all plug in somewhere. Or
are you saying...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 11:04
Its all B2B - the CD is published as a means to send postal mailings to the
companies so the recipients have previsouly agreed to have there details
published in this way and will expect to recieve 'o...
FN-FORUM: PC auditing
date posted 16th August 2004 11:00
Anyone in the North East (down as far as Leeds) want to do some auditing for
up to 3 weeks in Sept/Oct? Not good money but easy to do, needs common
sense, physical flexibility, and the ability to spea...
FN-FORUM: hosting (.co.uk)?
date posted 16th August 2004 10:54
Can someone recommend a decent uk hosting company, for simple websites?
I'm not confident to use just any company as I hear that some don't
offer good value-for-money; storage space, customer servi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 10:47
On 16 Aug 2004, at 11:20, Rus Foster wrote:
> If these are business legally I think you are ok BUT morally people
> will put you in the wrong and don't be surprised if you get a lot of
> complaint...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP/MySql hosting
date posted 16th August 2004 10:42
On 16 Aug 2004, at 08:52, Matt Sims wrote:
>
> New Hosting company Chewy Network is offering an amazing startup plan
>
> 2 GB Webspace
> 75!!!GB/month Bandwidth
yeah, let's see anyone actually use...
Re: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 10:28
> I got extremely low on money back in March, i.e. the whole "how the
> hell
> am I going to pay the rent next month, and I'm being chucked out so how
> I do cover the move and deposit" type situatio...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 10:25
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Kalagoo.Com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a purchased DTi CD containing about 70'000 company details which I am
> going to import into my own database. Amongst this data, I have abou...
FN-FORUM: Email marketing - Is this legal?
date posted 16th August 2004 10:22
Hi,
I have a purchased DTi CD containing about 70'000 company details which I am
going to import into my own database. Amongst this data, I have about 15-20k
email addresses. I want to email a simple...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fookin cats
date posted 16th August 2004 09:14
Excelent - unfortunately is not offensive to humans so there isno point
sending it to late payers - 30 day reminder, send them a piss off plant lol
Best Regards
John
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Re: FN-FORUM: Fookin cats
date posted 16th August 2004 09:12
Excelent - unfortunately is not offensive to humans so there isno point
sending it to late payers - 30 day reminder, send them a piss off plant lol
Best Regards
John
----- Original Message -----
F...
FN-FORUM: ereg patterns
date posted 16th August 2004 09:04
Hi all,
Is anyone any good with the ereg/eregi patterns? I'm trying to use
them in a PHP script that will replace *words* to *words*. (And
similar for italics and underlining - though I should be abl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fookin cats
date posted 16th August 2004 09:02
Or get some of these...
http://www.richters.com/newdisplay.cgi?page=./HerbzAlive/HerbzAlive.html&cart_id=895988.10401#5
(Item 5)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Tickets
date posted 16th August 2004 08:51
See Tickets www.seetickets.com and We Got Tickets www.wegottickets.com
Guy
On 12 Aug 2004 08:24:32 -0000, Damon Birch [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> A friend has just asked me if I know of any company...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone know this font?
date posted 16th August 2004 08:34
Chris
The italic version of this font definitely looks like the one - just need to
inform my client that they will have to pay for it if they want it.
Emma
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RE: FN-FORUM: Fookin cats
date posted 16th August 2004 08:27
Damon Birch wrote:
>Hangings to good for the little sod
>
>I suggest finding a small room and seeing if there is enough room to "swing
>a cat"
>
>
Dave Holloway wrote:
>Or.. fire up CoolEdit..
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Gmail invite.
date posted 16th August 2004 08:11
The invite has gone now. If I get anymore I'll post again.
jaseb
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Bell
Sent: 15 August 2004 23:18
To: FN-FORUM / [EM...
Re: FN-FORUM: The first six months..
date posted 16th August 2004 08:03
> Which leaves me in a bit of a quandry - I have one *big* job on at the
> moment that will keep me busy up till the end of August and is worth a
> reasonable whack of money (£4k, to be exact) - but...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP/MySql hosting
date posted 16th August 2004 07:56
New Hosting company Chewy Network is offering an amazing startup plan
2 GB Webspace
75!!!GB/month Bandwidth
Technical Support Supported 24/7
Mail Boxes Unlimited
Auto Email Responders and Forwarders...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic / Print Designer
date posted 16th August 2004 01:49
hey john,
i tried responding to this but keep getting a mail delivery error -
unknown user: "john"
mail me offlist with an addy that works ;-)
talk more soon.
luke
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Re: FN-FORUM: Language DLL
date posted 16th August 2004 00:20
Mike wrote:
>Is there a potential problem installing a french program on my Win2000 box?
>I have heard that its possible for language DLL’s to cause problems in older
>systems than XP - but thought...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fookin cats
date posted 16th August 2004 00:16
Damon Birch wrote:
>Hangings to good for the little sod
>
>I suggest finding a small room and seeing if there is enough room to "swing
>a cat"
>
>
Or.. fire up CoolEdit..
Generate > Tones > 30khz...
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