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Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday October 20th 2004

RE: FN-FORUM: Weird Form Problem.

date posted 20th October 2004 22:53

Which is exactly what it was ;) Chaz -----Original Message----- From: Dai Williams [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 20 October 2004 19:09 To: Charles E. Gatenby Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Weird Form Problem. S...

RE: FN-FORUM: Damn leaches

date posted 20th October 2004 22:51

While you've all been using htaccess. I wondered if there was a way of doing it on windows servers. Here is one method found but there may well be others. http://www.british-internet-news.co.uk/progr...

RE: FN-FORUM: Parking in Hammersmith

date posted 20th October 2004 22:21

Hi, The only problem with that NCP car park is that it shuts at 7pm. We'd ideally like to not need to mess about with tubes etc., as we're then going back over to Worcester Park area so just want to...

RE: FN-FORUM: Cold Fusion Hosting

date posted 20th October 2004 22:16

> perhaps my bookmarks of "reasonable looking" > CF hosts might help: These have been added to the wiki :) regards AndrewM --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus...

Re: FN-FORUM: PC-Cillin

date posted 20th October 2004 22:07

> Has anyone used PC-Cillin before? > I've got a friend who's having problems with 'hackers' as she calls them, > sounds almost like a variant on the Blaster actually. > But she's got PC-Cillin, so it...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 21:41

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 5:43 pm, Nicola Dunn wrote: > Cos if idiots send their passports out to these scammers, it could be a > forgery type scam. Except it's not, it's a standard 419. The con in c...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 21:34

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 4:43 pm, Jamie Wilson wrote: > (*the non-amusing version of that story includes the fact he was a > refugee from South America who had been a victim of torture and was > kind...

RE: FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 21:23

> is the penguin game still knocking about or any other games > that are a real god send for time wasting whilst fun packed > and amusing, more simple the better I put the linux fave "frozen bubble...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 20:41

Or try to help my dad, it's probably like 6 years of help desking neatly but dramatically & stressfully wrapped up into a 2 hour phone conversation. Quite often he's called to say the computer no long...

FN-FORUM: Complex payment systems

date posted 20th October 2004 20:24

I have a client who is looking for something more complex than 'take credit cards and hold the money until I withdraw it'. What he wants is for a customer of the website to pay via card, then for this...

Re[2]: FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 19:57

I have recently been enjoying http://www.popcap.com/logon.php?theGame=psychobabble (word game based on those gimmicky magnetic poetry things). -- Richard http://www.rwatt.co.uk Wednesday, October 2...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 19:56

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 12:16 pm, hugh wrote: >> Tony, >> Information you requested has been sent off list. >Post of the week! Thanks Dom, Thought no one had got it! Hugh...

Re: FN-FORUM: Flextel

date posted 20th October 2004 19:43

Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Anybody else use flextel to manage 0870 phone numbers ? Yup. > I can't get into their website either on .com or .co.uk I have this problem, some we...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 19:30

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 2:08 pm, Derek Almond wrote: > The 3200 will be from a phishing trip, they need a way to get a few > people in between them and the account the money is coming from so its > h...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 19:14

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 2:23 pm, Andy Warwick wrote: > http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp? > forum=3D107&thread=3D214366&modifed=3D20031031235959 > > Western Union =3D bad! These are quite diffe...

RE: FN-FORUM: Weird Form Problem.

date posted 20th October 2004 19:07

Sounds to me like it is submitting, but your form handling code is not firing because you are checking for the presence of the form variable from the submit button. If use presses enter then the subm...

Re: FN-FORUM: Parking in Hammersmith

date posted 20th October 2004 18:47

Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote: > Hi Guys, > We're driving down to London on Friday and need to park in Hammersmith > when we go to see Billy Connolley at the Apollo. Can anybody recommend a > suitabl...

RE: FN-FORUM: Cold Fusion Hosting

date posted 20th October 2004 18:44

Paul, I can't actually recommend any of these as I never used any of them, but perhaps my bookmarks of "reasonable looking" CF hosts might help: http://www.2020media.com/ http://www.abbeybusiness.c...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 18:31

> Yes, (Shoreditch Exchange). Ooh. I'm just down the road on the Bishopsgate exchange. How exciting! *waves* ...j --- http://www.blogthing.com/ free blog hosting http://www.forumthing.com/ free f...

Re: FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 17:57

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > is the penguin game still knocking about or any other games that are a > real god send for time wasting whilst fun packed and amusing, more simple > the better Dear Andrew,...

FN-FORUM: Quote please - 2 different types of work

date posted 20th October 2004 17:46

Can somebody please quote me for converting www.waterfall-d-mannose.com into a CSS based site, so that font sizes can be enlarged etc with the scroll button or browser, without messing all the layou...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 17:40

> > "In accordance with our inheritance laws you're required to forward > > documents of proof as the bonafide beneficiary such as your I.D, Birth > > Certificate, Drivers License or International Pas...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 17:38

> And it absolutely, positively has to be real folding green stuff. Accept > no substitutes. Green? If you're taking £3200 in fivers, you'll be wadded down! Take the red stuff... no wait... too sim...

FN-FORUM: [OT] For the Mac folks..

date posted 20th October 2004 17:37

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/./images/comics/20041020.jpg (there's a whole series in fact, going back a few days.. quite amusing ;))...

FN-FORUM: PC-Cillin

date posted 20th October 2004 17:35

Hiya folks, Has anyone used PC-Cillin before? I was just wondering if it was any good at all. I've got a friend who's having problems with 'hackers' as she calls them, sounds almost like a variant on...

RE: FN-FORUM: [JS] nextSibling

date posted 20th October 2004 17:35

Spot on Karl, thanks, Ant -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Karl Bunyan Sent: 19 October 2004 17:58 To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: RE: FN-FORUM:...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 17:27

> sparkes wrote: > > one day I will tell you how much hardware I have blown up by being > > *clever* with software and why coders smile when newbies get told you > > can't break the machine just by ru...

RE: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 17:23

Hang on this is looking suspiciously like a guy who plays a guitar and does his graphics on an Amiga .. >o( Tony Crockford wrote: > > At 12:12 on Wednesday, 20 Oct 2004, Gary Bendelow wrote: > >>...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 17:16

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 2:02 pm, James Fidell wrote: > Yes. Don't touch it with a bargepole unless he gives you cold, hard > cash, otherwise you'll find in the fullness of time that the banks deci=...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 17:13

My father in law works at North Yorkshire Police HQ and he's had a few = calls about this sort of scam. It does make you ask why are there so = many stupid people... -----Original Message----- From:...

RE: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 17:00

I got a bluetooth AP from them - no problems and fast delivery. They're just down the road from my Daughter's house as it happens (they've sponsored one of the roundabouts in Horwich) and have been t...

Re: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 16:55

On 20 Oct 2004 12:44:15 -0000, "Neelesh Sonawane" said: > Has anybody ordered stuff from scan.co.uk? > Any good, bad? I've ordered several things over the years. Everything has always turned up on ti...

RE: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 16:53

> Has anybody ordered stuff from scan.co.uk? > Any good, bad? Ordered lots. In general very good with decent customer support. If the items have not shipped on the first day however I find it best t...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 16:40

On 20 Oct 2004, at 12:11, Jamie Lewis wrote: > > your probably right about them being made up, but some of them ring > more > true then you'd think! *starts twitching* For my sins I worked in Tec...

Re: FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 16:32

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > is the penguin game still knocking about or any other games that are a > real god send for time wasting whilst fun packed and amusing, more simple > the better > > andrew >...

Re: FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 16:32

I wrote: > www.freearcade.com (It's worth mentioning that it's full of popup crap though - but google toolbar/xp sp2 kills them nicely for me) -- http://www.dandylogic.com...

Re: FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 16:31

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > is the penguin game still knocking about or any other games that are a > real god send for time wasting whilst fun packed and amusing, more simple > the better > > andrew T...

FN-FORUM: Flextel

date posted 20th October 2004 16:21

Hi, Anybody else use flextel to manage 0870 phone numbers ? I can't get into their website either on .com or .co.uk Help ! Cheers Andy...

Re: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 16:13

Neelesh Sonawane wrote: >Has anybody ordered stuff from scan.co.uk? >Any good, bad? > >cheers > > yeah loads. Good, mainly. They do sell some very random stuff (indian spice packs?!), but I find f...

RE: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 16:13

Hi Neelesh, On the 20 October 2004 13:45, you wrote: > Has anybody ordered stuff from scan.co.uk? > Any good, bad? Ordered a few items from them previously (including my laptop) and never had any pr...

RE: FN-FORUM: Weird Form Problem.

date posted 20th October 2004 15:58

Soory my fault. By bug.... It did work properly.... Nothing to see move along.. ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles E.Gatenby [EMAIL REMOVED] > Sent: 20 October 2004 13:19 > To: Ch...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 15:57

Now, this is an absolute wheeze....this guy from GlobalCON Lottery has emailed me again saying: Oopppsss, we meant you won 1.8 million USD. Gee....if ya gonna run a scam, at least ya should perhaps...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 15:54

Yes I do think it's a bit of a fiddle. Not sure what smells wrong about it....but I don't like it and I = wouldn't do it. Sherry=20 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] O...

Re: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 15:54

I used to in the old days, always found them pretty good. I think the returns system used to be a bit awkward but that may have changed. Kenny www.ThePayrollSite.co.uk Online Payroll at your conveni...

RE: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 15:52

I've used them in the past, and they're mentioned quite a lot on another list im on. The general consensus is that they're very good when they're good, but awful if you get a problem (same as ebuyer...

Re: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 15:48

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Neelesh Sonawane wrote: > > Has anybody ordered stuff from scan.co.uk? > Any good, bad? Not bad, Delivery charge is a bit high.. Rus -- e: [EMAIL REMOVED] : t: 1-888-327-6330...

Re: FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 15:42

I have heard from a number of friends that they have had problems with getting replacement items etc from Scan, but I have ordered loads of things from scan over the last five - six years and never ha...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 15:35

Stay out of it man! Don't get involved with chasing up other peoples debts regardless if it's legit or not. Plus if the lists resident Canadian, John Anderson is anything to go by, certainly don't ta...

Re: FN-FORUM: Damn leaches

date posted 20th October 2004 15:28

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 10:53 am, Derek Almond wrote: > Some twat is leaching the images off of one of my sites, does any one > have a decent php / perl image redirector cgi so I can stop this. We...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 15:24

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 12:04 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Does anyone have a copy of the one where there is a power cut? > > It may have been a 'real' incident ! http://www.snopes.com/humor/busines...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 15:20

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 12:16 pm, hugh wrote: > Tony, > > Information you requested has been sent off list. > > Hugh Post of the week!...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 15:17

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 11:31 am, Paul Civati wrote: > People don't always place these restrictions because they enjoy > being difficult, more often than not they place them after having > someone br...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 15:15

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 11:14 am, Tony Crockford wrote: > does anyone really fall for this: Yes. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/19/aussie_419_victim/...

Re: FN-FORUM: Access > TAB delimited file

date posted 20th October 2004 15:09

On Wednesday 20 Oct 2004 10:13 am, Thomas Design wrote: > Basically want to export all product details from an access database to= a > text file as a datafeed. Froogle? I'm still waiting for my fe...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 15:08

On 20 Oct 2004, at 12:51, Gareth Griffiths wrote: > In my experience Apache seems to have quite good safeguards in place > against careless rewrites - certainly when I was learning mod_rewrite I > n...

FN-FORUM: Parking in Hammersmith

date posted 20th October 2004 14:58

Hi Guys, We're driving down to London on Friday and need to park in Hammersmith when we go to see Billy Connolley at the Apollo. Can anybody recommend a suitable place to park ? The stuff I've found...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 14:56

You think if you got the address of the company that sent it to you and exemplified the idea of them talking absolutel crap, you crapped in a fridge bag sealed it up and sent it to them as part of the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 14:47

Neelesh Sonawane wrote: > Yup & 400kbps upstream too.. Mind you that would then be on their Local Loop > yes? Yes > Anybody with nightmare tales relating to their service on their Local > Loop? Y...

RE: FN-FORUM: Weird Form Problem.

date posted 20th October 2004 14:37

Can you post the code Chaz? Was there supposed to be an 'e' on the end of those on's by the way? T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Charles E.Gatenby Se...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 14:37

Isn't this the one that suddenly turns in to a cancelled cheque / payment in to your account once you've sent the money on? Clearly bloody dodgy. If he needed to be sent the money to Canada, why not...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 14:36

um yes i think so. i'd stay well clear of it. or you could go and open up a basic bank account somewhere and tell him to pay the money in there. at least that way they cant exactly play havock with yo...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 14:20

On 20 Oct 2004, at 13:02, John Murphy wrote: > > Ok does this sound like money laundering or a scam!?? Bit of both. > Guy mailed me asking to buy a camera he lives in Canada, he said there > is a g...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 14:18

i think it sounds a bit dodgy i would be wary of selling your camera to him! claire. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Murphy" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20,...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 14:14

John Murphy wrote: >Ok does this sound like money laundering or a scam!?? > >Guy mailed me asking to buy a camera he lives in Canada, he said there >is a guy in the UK who ows him £3200 that guy wil...

RE: FN-FORUM: textarea script

date posted 20th October 2004 14:07

Em, How about this:- function SentenceCase(objField) { var intChar; objField.value = objField.value.toLowerCase(); for(intChar = 'a'.charCodeAt(0);intChar...

Re: FN-FORUM: css question

date posted 20th October 2004 14:07

Nigel Rogers wrote: > Why do custom class names need to begin with # or . > > and is one or the other correct syntax? They don't, ish. May I recommend the Fine Manual: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ -...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 14:05

The 3200 will be from a phishing trip, they need a way to get a few people in between them and the account the money is coming from so its harder to trace. Del -----Original Message----- From: [E...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 14:04

Tony Crockford wrote: > > At 12:12 on Wednesday, 20 Oct 2004, Gary Bendelow wrote: > >> >> That's the bugger.. Sorry, yes that's the culprit > > >> >>> I'm getting them bounced back from forum mem...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 13:59

Quoting John Murphy [EMAIL REMOVED] > > Ok does this sound like money laundering or a scam!?? > > Guy mailed me asking to buy a camera he lives in Canada, he said there > is a guy in the UK who ows...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 13:59

John Murphy [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Ok does this sound like money laundering or a scam!?? Just ever so slightly?? > Guy mailed me asking to buy a camera he lives in Canada, he said there > is a gu...

Re: FN-FORUM: css question

date posted 20th October 2004 13:55

Nigel Rogers wrote: > > Why do custom class names need to begin with # or . > > and is one or the other correct syntax? At the risk of being one of dozens to reply... #whatever {} refers to an id...

FN-FORUM: penguin game

date posted 20th October 2004 13:49

is the penguin game still knocking about or any other games that are a real god send for time wasting whilst fun packed and amusing, more simple the better andrew...

RE: FN-FORUM: ASP Calendar

date posted 20th October 2004 13:47

Thanks for the suggestions people. I changed the locale to US (1033) and it's hunky dory now. It's a bit bizarre as all the date formats I'm putting through for news items are in UK format and it's r...

Re: FN-FORUM: css question

date posted 20th October 2004 13:45

On 20 Oct 2004, at 12:36, Nigel Rogers wrote: > Why do custom class names need to begin with # or . > and is one or the other correct syntax? they mean different things. # is an id (id="thisone")...

FN-FORUM: Scan.co.uk

date posted 20th October 2004 13:41

Has anybody ordered stuff from scan.co.uk? Any good, bad? cheers -- Neelesh Sonawane Graphic Designer M: 07949 034 391 www.sonawane.co.uk [EMAIL REMOVED]...

Re: FN-FORUM: Cold Fusion Hosting

date posted 20th October 2004 13:39

There weren't any replies to this on-list, but if anyone replied off-list or has recommendations for a good ColdFusion host running v5 or above, can they let me know as I have a new (potential) client...

RE: FN-FORUM: css question

date posted 20th October 2004 13:29

Hi Nigel, On the 20 October 2004 12:37, you wrote: > Why do custom class names need to begin with # or . >=20 > and is one or the other correct syntax? Class selectors begin with a . ID selectors be...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 13:29

sparkes wrote: > one day I will tell you how much hardware I have blown up by being > *clever* with software and why coders smile when newbies get told you > can't break the machine just by running...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 13:27

LOL....I've just received a confirmation from GlobalCON Lottery that I've won 1.8 USD Sherry > "In accordance with our inheritance laws you're required to forward > documents of proof as the bona...

Re: FN-FORUM: css question

date posted 20th October 2004 13:22

At 12:36 on Wednesday, 20 Oct 2004, Nigel Rogers wrote: > > Why do custom class names need to begin with # or . > > and is one or the other correct syntax? > > Nigel #mystyle { } is used to declar...

FN-FORUM: Weird Form Problem.

date posted 20th October 2004 13:17

Hi, Got a weird one here (problem), I have a form with on field on it and two buttons on is a submit and on is a button type. When focus is in the input box and you hit return it just clears the inpu...

FN-FORUM: OT scam x2

date posted 20th October 2004 13:00

Ok does this sound like money laundering or a scam!?? Guy mailed me asking to buy a camera he lives in Canada, he said there is a guy in the UK who ows him =A33200 that guy will pay =A33200 into my a...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 12:56

At 12:12 on Wednesday, 20 Oct 2004, Gary Bendelow wrote: > > That's the bugger.. Sorry, yes that's the culprit > >> I'm getting them bounced back from forum member... >> >> [EMAIL REMOVED] well I'...

RE: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 12:49

Hi Jamie, On the 20 October 2004 12:05, you wrote: > Yer I've had a bit of a look into mod_rewrite and its not something > i'd consider enabling on a live production environment. Its > apparently qu...

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: graphic design portfolio size

date posted 20th October 2004 12:44

generally around 2mb. that's for some decent size JPGs showing the range of stuff i do. i generally don't upload PDFs to these kind of things as they can get large - usually a peg or two of conten...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 12:43

At 11:39 on Wednesday, 20 Oct 2004, Nicola Dunn wrote: > > Where did that come from? one of the first spam emails to my gmail account, from: Elite Chambers Tel/Fax:234-1-7599173 I write to notif...

RE: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 12:43

My ISP (plus.net) provides it on their free with adsl webspace=20 As you can host domains there quite happily, I assume they or their parent co have a "proper" hosting service as well, so may be wort...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 12:43

ThePayrollSite (Kenny) wrote: > These ones allways made me chuckle:- > > Old ones, but good ones. this ones new because it's something I did ;-) I added some asserts to some code I was debugging t...

FN-FORUM: css question

date posted 20th October 2004 12:34

Why do custom class names need to begin with # or . and is one or the other correct syntax? Nigel...

Re: FN-FORUM: font requset - meta/bt

date posted 20th October 2004 12:24

don't know which one you're referring too. Do you mean British Telecom or BT which is bitstream? N...

Re: FN-FORUM: ASP Calendar

date posted 20th October 2004 12:16

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Tom Jordan wrote: > http://www.jb-media.com/yes%2Dfinal/pages/events/calendar.asp > > Now, when you first hit the page the days are displayed correctly and all > looks reasonab...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 12:13

> "In accordance with our inheritance laws you're required to > forward documents of proof as the bonafide beneficiary such > as your I.D, Birth Certificate, Drivers License or > International Passpo...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 12:13

I'd be asking who left me the money first and if they are contacting me, then why do they require this level of proof of identity. Some people see $/=A3 and will fork over anything hoping to score big...

RE: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 12:08

That's the bugger.. Sorry, yes that's the culprit -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Lindsey Hill Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:33 AM To: FN-FORUM /...

RE: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 12:08

Hi Aaron, On the 20 October 2004 11:15, you wrote: > Zen seem to get consistantly good reviews at the moment (or to be > specific, last time I checked) I can vouch for that. Been using Zen for a yea...

RE: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 12:06

your probably right about them being made up, but some of them ring more true then you'd think! Jamie Eyota Technology Group - http://www.eyota.net Complete Web & IT Solutions ~ From Grass Roots 2 C...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 12:06

Yup & 400kbps upstream too.. Mind you that would then be on their Local Loo= p yes? Anybody with nightmare tales relating to their service on their Local Loop? On 20/10/04 11:26, "Jonathan Chong" wr...

RE: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 12:02

Yer I've had a bit of a look into mod_rewrite and its not something i'd consider enabling on a live production environment. Its apparently quite a tricky thing to learn and unless the user really kno...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 12:00

Nice one Lindsey, Does anyone have a copy of the one where there is a power cut? It may have been a 'real' incident ! Andrew > Probably totally made up but funny. > > Lindsey Hill > ____________...

Re: FN-FORUM: ASP Calendar

date posted 20th October 2004 12:00

JB Media wrote: > http://www.jb-media.com/yes%2Dfinal/pages/events/calendar.asp > > Now, when you first hit the page the days are displayed correctly and all > looks reasonable. But, as soon as I re...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 11:58

Oh, I had a couple of bounced mails from him yesterday. I'm not on Blueyonder either. Nicola ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsey Hill" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday,...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 11:55

These ones allways made me chuckle:- " Somebody who ran their own business had purchased a new computer from PC World and had taken it down to his company office. After unpacking and assembling it, h...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 11:55

Jonathan Chong wrote: > Thought their £30 / mo for 4MBps unlimited was too good to be true. :( The 4MBps service will be their LLU service, which does get better reviews than their standard ADSL se...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 11:37

Where did that come from? Nicola ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:15 AM Subject: FN-FORUM: OT scam > >...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 11:31

Em's getting bounced back from this: > I'm getting them bounced back from forum member... > > [EMAIL REMOVED] Lindsey Hill ____________________ Apperley Design design | create | innovate T: 01274 4...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 11:29

Leon Chevalier [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Anyone know of a decent UK Linux webhost that supports mod_rewrite? The > hosts I've been using up until now (hotchilli.net) don't allow it. The reason why, i...

FN-FORUM: ASP Calendar

date posted 20th October 2004 11:26

Morning everyone, I'm working on an ASP driven calendar to display some news and event items. http://www.jb-media.com/yes%2Dfinal/pages/events/calendar.asp Now, when you first hit the page the days...

FN-FORUM: ASP Calendar

date posted 20th October 2004 11:25

Morning everyone, I'm working on an ASP driven calendar to display some news and event items. http://www.jb-media.com/yes%2Dfinal/pages/events/calendar.asp Now, when you first hit the page the days...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 11:24

Neelesh Sonawane wrote: > Had the same idea Jonathan, but got enough screams of horror from fellow > listees to put me off. They seem to have lost their will to chase after the > stick since C&W gave...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 11:22

Jonathan Chong wrote: > I'm thinking of switching broadband providers - am with BT at the moment > - and Bulldog is looking quite good. > Anyone got any thoughts about them [Bulldog]? Bag of shite...

RE: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 11:21

Hi Jonathan We used them for an SDSL link a while ago and they were good, but subsequently I've seen a lot of people complaining about the ADSL offerings. Check out the various ADSL review sites (ie...

RE: FN-FORUM: Damn leaches

date posted 20th October 2004 11:15

Cheers J, I never considered htaccess, but its obvious now;-) I guess I can get round the referer issue by only blocking if the referer is in a named list of sites.director cgi so I can stop this....

FN-FORUM: OT - technical support

date posted 20th October 2004 11:13

Probably totally made up but funny. Lindsey Hill ____________________ Apperley Design design | create | innovate T: 01274 421410 www.apperleydesign.co.uk Helpdesk: What kind of computer do you have...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 11:12

Jonathan Chong wrote: > Anyone got any thoughts about them [Bulldog]? General concensus seems to be: If you're on their LLU product (i.e. where they own the equipment in the exchange) then they are...

FN-FORUM: OT scam

date posted 20th October 2004 11:11

does anyone really fall for this: "In accordance with our inheritance laws you're required to forward documents of proof as the bonafide beneficiary such as your I.D, Birth Certificate, Drivers Licen...

Re: FN-FORUM: font requset - meta/bt

date posted 20th October 2004 11:11

thanks for the meta everyone anyone got the bt corporate font ta, chris chris greenway wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has anyone got meta bold roman that i could erm borrow. > > Also anyone got the bt fon...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 11:11

neil highley wrote: > How are they getting bounced to our individual addresses though? > I had a couple of these too.. The ones I had yesterday were, like Gary's, all from one NTL address - and the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Damn leaches

date posted 20th October 2004 11:09

Quoting Derek Almond [EMAIL REMOVED] > > Some twat is leaching the images off of one of my sites, does any one > have a decent php / perl image redirector cgi so I can stop this. > > > I've found...

Re: FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 11:07

Had the same idea Jonathan, but got enough screams of horror from fellow listees to put me off. They seem to have lost their will to chase after the stick since C&W gave them a bone. On 20/10/04 10:...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 11:05

Lindsey Hill wrote: > >> How are they getting bounced to our individual addresses though? >> I had a couple of these too.. >> > > I'm not getting them bounced back from the forum, its when I send t...

RE: FN-FORUM: .NET and windows forms authentication problems

date posted 20th October 2004 11:02

Hi Andy I had this exact problem. Unfortunatly I can't remember exactly what the solution was. It was something very obvious. Possibly not having a global.asax file uploaded to the directory. Norm...

Re: FN-FORUM: Damn leaches

date posted 20th October 2004 11:01

Derek Almond wrote: > Some twat is leaching the images off of one of my sites, does any one > have a decent php / perl image redirector cgi so I can stop this. Use .htaccess to prevent hotlinking....

FN-FORUM: Damn leaches

date posted 20th October 2004 10:51

Some twat is leaching the images off of one of my sites, does any one have a decent php / perl image redirector cgi so I can stop this.=20 I've found a few, but I'm concerned that things like Norto...

FN-FORUM: .NET and windows forms authentication problems

date posted 20th October 2004 10:51

Hi, I'm using windows forms authentication (via the web.config file) for validating user logins and session authorisation. However, on a number of clients, trying to login via Internet Explorer, I ju...

FN-FORUM: Bulldog DSL

date posted 20th October 2004 10:49

I'm thinking of switching broadband providers - am with BT at the moment - and Bulldog is looking quite good. Anyone got any thoughts about them [Bulldog]? -- Jonathan Chong : http://www.ashburrn...

RE: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 10:46

Hi Leon, we can do that no probs, however it would be on a FreeBSD platform as opposed to Linux. cheers --- Rob Garbutt Managing Director Webstyle Internet Ltd S32 Zochonis Building University of...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 10:43

> How are they getting bounced to our individual addresses though? > I had a couple of these too.. > I'm not getting them bounced back from the forum, its when I send to some other people, something...

RE: FN-FORUM: Access > TAB delimited file - XSLT

date posted 20th October 2004 10:35

Talking of XSLT - I have a load of XSLT books going cheap. If anyone is interested mail me off list. regards AndrewM --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (...

RE: FN-FORUM: Access > TAB delimited file

date posted 20th October 2004 10:24

Hi Damian Why not output the results of your query in Access as XML? That way if people want a CSV file you can use XSLT to transform it, or you can make the raw XML available. Norman=20 -----Orig...

RE: FN-FORUM: Access > TAB delimited file

date posted 20th October 2004 10:20

Very very very easy ;-) Select table/query and select Export from File menu - choose tab delimited from file type Theresa -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf O...

FN-FORUM: Access > TAB delimited file

date posted 20th October 2004 10:11

Hi all How easy is it to create a tab delimited text file from access? Basically want to export all product details from an access database to a text file as a datafeed. Best Regards D Thomas ht...

RE: FN-FORUM: Remortgaes

date posted 20th October 2004 10:06

All I was talking to my friend, who is a mortgage broker, this morning and if you are thinking about self certificated mortgage or re-mortgage then hurry. New regulation come in 1st November to make...

FN-FORUM: font requset - meta/bt

date posted 20th October 2004 10:02

Hi all, Has anyone got meta bold roman that i could erm borrow. Also anyone got the bt font in its different cuts (normal, bold and extra bold) both for mac osx tia, chris...

RE: FN-FORUM: Action pack

date posted 20th October 2004 10:02

Hi Andy I've not looked that much into it. I was going to have a look at using it in conjunction with Sharepoint. However as it doesn't appear to be in the Action Pack contents (although it's liste...

Re: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 10:00

Gary Bendelow wrote: >I got the same thing yesterday from NTL. Someone is on the list with an >out-of-date email > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of >Lin...

Fwd: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 09:49

Just got this reply offlist from Em, poor thing! > Sorry offlist again but I can't reply from Gmail and *yes* some of my > blueyonder posts are being bounced back, but still not receiving list > mail...

Re: FN-FORUM: Remortgaes

date posted 20th October 2004 09:48

Hi Andrew, can highly recommend - paul denbigh @ templar 0207 625 1661 [EMAIL REMOVED] If you are remorgaging, any increase in the value of the property will be included as part of your deposit. I...

RE: FN-FORUM: blueyonder

date posted 20th October 2004 09:34

I got the same thing yesterday from NTL. Someone is on the list with an out-of-date email -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Lindsey Hill Sent: Tuesday, Oct...

RE: FN-FORUM: Action pack

date posted 20th October 2004 09:34

Norman Beresford wrote on 19 October 2004 15:51 > Has anyone managed to find InfoPath in the Action Pack? >=20 I have InfoPath 2003 CD in my Action Pack, it's on a blue style label so must be from bef...

FN-FORUM: Picture Gallery Software

date posted 20th October 2004 09:33

Tony wrote something my Gmail account couldn't reply to, but... See also... http://www.onfocus.com/snap/ *snapGallery* is a fast, easy way to create a quick web gallery of pictures. After you select...

RE: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 09:30

Php4hosting.com do. I use them, there had a spell when they were a but unreliable but that = seems to be well past now. > Anyone know of a decent UK Linux webhost that supports mod_rewrite? = The ho...

RE: FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 09:29

Hi Leon, On the 20 October 2004 09:19, you wrote: > Anyone know of a decent UK Linux webhost that supports mod_rewrite? > The hosts I've been using up until now (hotchilli.net) don't allow it. Start...

RE: FN-FORUM: from Canada...

date posted 20th October 2004 09:21

> I would have thought being *single* would get you extra points... > Only if you are female...

FN-FORUM: Web host that supports mod_rewrite

date posted 20th October 2004 09:16

Hi, Anyone know of a decent UK Linux webhost that supports mod_rewrite? The hosts I've been using up until now (hotchilli.net) don't allow it. Cheers, Leon Chevalier...

Re: FN-FORUM: Search engine views

date posted 20th October 2004 08:40

Paul Silver writes: > The competition for stag / hen sites is very strong. > Your main problem at the moment is Google (and Yahoo / AlltheWeb) don't > think anyone is linking to the site. To Google...

FN-FORUM: RE: graphic design portfolio size

date posted 20th October 2004 08:38

Hi, Quick question, probably not the easiest to answer, but whats the average file size of people portfolio's as on collective size? What im after is a rough guide to the collective size of all your...

FN-FORUM: Picture gallery software

date posted 20th October 2004 08:10

Someone was looking for one I think, but I can't find the original mail: this looks good for site based(PHP) http://relativelyabsolute.com/spg/ and this, is really easy for windows users - creates t...

FN-FORUM: Web design - Tuesday Lightener

date posted 20th October 2004 08:04

I've seen this before, but it's been tarted up a bit: If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers... http://twasink.net/blog/archives/2004/10/if_architects_h.html ;o) -- listening to: breakfast...

Re: FN-FORUM: Startup routine for windows XP

date posted 20th October 2004 07:39

At 23:51 on Tuesday, 19 Oct 2004, Chris Bazalgette wrote: > There may be a more user friendly way of doing the last one, but I don't > know what it is. > bit late to the party, sorry. for all th...

Re: FN-FORUM: Startup routine for windows XP

date posted 20th October 2004 00:51

Robert Keight wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know how to control what programs load up on starting windows? > (i.e. in the system tray etc). I seem to have loads of stuff I don't really > need th...

RE: FN-FORUM: Startup routine for windows XP

date posted 20th October 2004 00:28

you could try running msconfig. just click on the start menu and choose run then type msconfig. have a look in the start up tab and uncheck any rubbish in there you don't want. cheers neil. -----Ori...



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