Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday June 30th 2005
FN-FORUM: M$ SQL Server Problem
date posted 30th June 2005 23:49
Evening all,
Can anyone tell me how to correct the following problem with M$ SQL Server.
The service did not start due to a logon failure
An error 1069 - (The service did not start due to a logon...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 23:44
A "version" of Popcorn was used for the Great Egg race -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/titles/eggrace.shtml
Does that help?
Matt
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RE: FN-FORUM: Income tax on cash generated from abroad
date posted 30th June 2005 23:20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
> Behalf Of Damon
>
> It doesn't matter where the money is earned from, if you live
> in the UK you pay UK income tax.
IAN...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:57
Thank you all for settling it for me...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:54
Its a close call but i think not....
But ill let you decide.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/titles/tomorrowsworld1983.shtml
Daz......
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Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:53
Rus Foster wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Damon wrote:
>
>
>>This is for the older members
>>
>>I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
>>crap
>>
>
>
> You mean the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:50
Damon wrote:
> This is for the older members
>
> I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
> crap
>
> I say it wasn't the theme tune to tomorrows world, she says it wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:46
Damon wrote:
> This is for the older members
>
> I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
> crap
>
> I say it wasn't the theme tune to tomorrows world, she says it w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:46
Damon wrote:
> This is for the older members
>
> I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
> crap
>
> I say it wasn't the theme tune to tomorrows world, she says it wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:43
Crazy frog was the invention of a Swedish (I think) student who was doing an
impression of his mates scooter. They did it a couple of years ago.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:42
Damon wrote:
> This is for the older members
>
> I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
> crap
>
> I say it wasn't the theme tune to tomorrows world, she says it wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:41
I don't think it was... Crazy Frog (which WAS once called the Insanity Test)
wasn't / hasn't been used in any TV programs...
- Dale
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Re: FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:38
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Damon wrote:
>
> This is for the older members
>
> I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
> crap
>
You mean the popcorn music?
Rus
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FN-FORUM: Tomorrows World
date posted 30th June 2005 22:35
This is for the older members
I am having an ongoing argument with my wife about the latest Crazy Frog
crap
I say it wasn't the theme tune to tomorrows world, she says it was.
Can anyone settle it...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fixing text size in FF
date posted 30th June 2005 22:30
>=20
> I'd make it part of the image.
>=20
> If there's a way to "freeze" the size of text I don't know it because
> it's not something you're supposed to do for accessibility reasons.
You're right,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Introduction of newbie
date posted 30th June 2005 22:08
Welcome Andy ... isn't there already an Andy Creed here?
On 30 Jun 2005 21:24:55 -0000, Andy Creed [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote=
:
>=20
> Hello
>=20
> I am fairly new to the site and only really found it vi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 22:06
You say it's crazy but you work for this rate yourself. These auction
sites are pointless for anyone in the UK. I'm guessing that you're
just starting out and trying to build up a portfolio. Believ...
FN-FORUM: Introduction of newbie
date posted 30th June 2005 21:58
Hello
I am fairly new to the site and only really found it via
noagenciesplease.com. I have been freelancing/contracting for 7 years but
over the last year (for personal reasons) have been working fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 21:52
Tam Denholm wrote:
> Which is the exact point im trying to make. Some people work for these
> figures though, its crazy. They probably do produce a far inferior
> standard of work however.
The standa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 21:43
On 30 Jun 2005 21:01:45 -0000, Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>=20
> No offence but you could earn several times more working in McDonalds
> part-time. Is this a wind-up?
>=20
> Paul
Which is t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 21:34
No offence but you could earn several times more working in McDonalds
part-time. Is this a wind-up?
Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fixing text size in FF
date posted 30th June 2005 21:28
I'd make it part of the image.
If there's a way to "freeze" the size of text I don't know it because =20=
it's not something you're supposed to do for accessibility reasons.
Andy.
On 30 Jun 2005,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Income tax on cash generated from abroad
date posted 30th June 2005 21:12
>
> It doesn't matter where the money is earned from, if you live in the UK
> you
> pay UK income tax.
>
Fair enough! I thought that was the case.
Thanks,
Andy
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FN-FORUM: Fixing text size in FF
date posted 30th June 2005 21:10
Hi,
I=92m newish to CSS, and am trying to use it to format my homepage:
http://www.charitysweepstakes.co.uk
I want the =93Andy Cotgreave=94 that appears over the banner image to =
have a
fixed text...
RE: FN-FORUM: Income tax on cash generated from abroad
date posted 30th June 2005 21:07
It doesn't matter where the money is earned from, if you live in the UK you
pay UK income tax.
If you want to avoided it make sure the money doesn't come into the UK.
Technically you will be braking...
FN-FORUM: Income tax on cash generated from abroad
date posted 30th June 2005 21:01
Hi,
I=92m getting a steady flow of cash from work in New Zealand and =
Germany. I
live here in the UK.
What=92s the deal with tax on this? Does the UK government get its slice =
of
income tax on this...
Re: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 20:51
Tam Denholm wrote:
> Yesterday there was a discussion on how much people charge or could
> get paid for doing freelance work, i was informed that £300 a day for
> an experienced web developer is a pr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 20:50
On 30 Jun 2005 19:56:40 -0000, Damon [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>=20
> You need to start finding work from another source. There are plenty of
> clients out there willing to pay a reasonable rate
>=20
> D...
RE: FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 20:29
You need to start finding work from another source. There are plenty of
clients out there willing to pay a reasonable rate
Damon
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FN-FORUM: [OT] Quite Cool
date posted 30th June 2005 20:12
http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf...
FN-FORUM: Discussion on Rates
date posted 30th June 2005 19:54
Yesterday there was a discussion on how much people charge or could
get paid for doing freelance work, i was informed that =A3300 a day for
an experienced web developer is a pretty standard fee. For a...
Re: FN-FORUM: connecting php to mysql
date posted 30th June 2005 19:30
Alex wrote:
>> (Otherwise try putting the DLL in the windows/system32 folder.)
>
>
> ahh yes! putting a libmysql.dll in that folder did the trick! thanks Rob
Alex, just note that this isn't the bes...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop - 24bit conversion
date posted 30th June 2005 18:40
I should add, I am using photoshop on a Mac...
Ciaron.
On 30 Jun 2005, at 19:03, Substudio wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have 250 bitmap files which i need to convert to 24 bit, they are
> currently 16 bit...
FN-FORUM: Photoshop - 24bit conversion
date posted 30th June 2005 18:36
Hi,
I have 250 bitmap files which i need to convert to 24 bit, they are
currently 16 bit. DOes anyone know I can automate this in photoshop?
I have tried creating an action and saving out the file...
RE: FN-FORUM: Change to .NET
date posted 30th June 2005 18:35
Craig
You can open classic asp pages in VS.Net and also run them side by side with
.Net pages. I would create a new project and just import the old files into
it. I don't think you can just open an o...
Re: FN-FORUM: connecting php to mysql
date posted 30th June 2005 18:24
>
>
> (Otherwise try putting the DLL in the windows/system32 folder.)
ahh yes! putting a libmysql.dll in that folder did the trick! thanks Rob
Alex...
Re: FN-FORUM: connecting php to mysql
date posted 30th June 2005 16:47
Alex wrote:
>
> "PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library "php_mysql.dll" The
> specified module could not be found."
>
> Ive tried putting the file into c:\mysql_php rather than the ext folder...
RE: FN-FORUM: Online Storage
date posted 30th June 2005 16:18
Have a look in the tools section, there seems to be some stuff that'll
help:
http://www.flickr.com/tools/
Paul
On 30 Jun 2005 15:17:37 -0000, "Paul Summers" said:
>
> Had a look and signed up for...
FN-FORUM: connecting php to mysql
date posted 30th June 2005 15:52
hi FN
Ive set up apache 2 and php 5 on my XP box. Ive got mysql 4.1 running as
a service and that works ok.
In the php.ini the extension php_mysql.dll cant be found when I restart
the apache servi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Online Storage
date posted 30th June 2005 15:51
Had a look and signed up for the free account - Looks good, the only
problem there maybe that I have about 3GB of photo's I want to archive
and adding them one by one would be painful - Is there a dra...
Re: FN-FORUM: Premium numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 15:40
An alternative is 0870 numbers. I am just about to move to one of=20
these. They are 5.5p per min to call from anywhere in the UK and=20
provide 1.5p per min cash back. You need a business line and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Premium numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 15:37
The best scam I heard of this was a bulk text message that went around
(apparently) saying something like please phone me urgently, it was of
course a premium rate line, but it was a recording of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Premium numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 15:23
On Thursday 30 Jun 2005 3:39 pm, Dale Hay wrote:
> Where abouts can i find out about getting an '09' premium number?=20
Google [UK premium rate] and take your pick.
> Also is there a way i can set t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Premium numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 15:19
> Where abouts can i find out about getting an '09' premium number? Also
> is there a way i can set the price of the calls? AND is there a way i
> can earn profit off it too?
Hey thats a good idea, f...
FN-FORUM: Premium numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 15:12
Where abouts can i find out about getting an '09' premium number? Also
is there a way i can set the price of the calls? AND is there a way i
can earn profit off it too?
- Dale...
RE: FN-FORUM: Online Storage
date posted 30th June 2005 14:54
Flickr [1]
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[1] http://www.flickr.com/
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Wayne Douglas
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Re: FN-FORUM: Online Storage
date posted 30th June 2005 14:53
Paul Summers wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Can anyone recommend a reliable online storage facility, for Photos etc,
> want to be able to share access with friends family etc too...
http://www.flickr.com
pri...
FN-FORUM: Online Storage
date posted 30th June 2005 14:39
Hi All
=20
Can anyone recommend a reliable online storage facility, for Photos etc,
want to be able to share access with friends family etc too...
=20
Thanks
Paul
=20
Paul Summers
Systems Developer...
Re: FN-FORUM: Using in Php
date posted 30th June 2005 13:55
Not sure if this can be done. Wish to use in php, have tried this
\ \; but get following error message: Warning: Unexpected character in
input: '\' (ASCII=3D92) state=3D1 in C:\Apache2\ht...
Re: FN-FORUM: Using in Php
date posted 30th June 2005 13:38
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Not sure if this can be done. Wish to use in php, have tried this
> \ \; but get following error message: Warning: Unexpected character in
> input: '\'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Using in Php
date posted 30th June 2005 13:38
> Not sure if this can be done. Wish to use in php, have tried this
> \ \; but get following error message: Warning: Unexpected character
> in
> input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\Apache...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 13:30
Graeme J Sweeney wrote: LOTS that ive snipped
>
>
> And to confirm - your applet is not packaged as a Jar file?
>
Graeme , see my last email, but thanks for your help yeah it is a jar
file sorry...
FN-FORUM: Using in Php
date posted 30th June 2005 13:27
Hi all,
Not sure if this can be done. Wish to use in php, have tried this
\ \; but get following error message: Warning: Unexpected character in
input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\Apache2...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 13:27
SOLVED -
it seems when I did the roll out three days ago, something must have
barfed and a corrupt copy of the applet got cached - indepentdently of
the browser cache, each time I re deploy from su...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 13:22
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Derek C.Almond wrote:
> but that's just it - that's not a real path (on any of the machines)
> my best guess is that something is taking the
>
> code="com.ephox.editlive.win.Edi...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 13:13
Does the link
http://marlon-brando/cgi-bin/com/ephox/editlive/win/EditLiveJava.class
refer to a local server on the network or a remote server?
If it is external the link should be
http://www.marlon-...
FN-FORUM: Introduction...
date posted 30th June 2005 13:04
Hi.
I would like to introduce myself to the forum. My name is Darren Brook.
I have over 14 years commercial experience in I.T. in the field of software
development.
I am currently available for w...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 13:03
Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
>
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Derek C.Almond wrote:
>
>> code="com.ephox.editlive.win.EditLiveJava"
>> codebase="http://marlon-brando/cgi-bin/"
>>
>> the applet fails to load and...
FN-FORUM: Change to .NET
date posted 30th June 2005 12:59
Hi
I have been using Visual Studio 6's visual Interdev for web development for
the past 7 years. I now need to get into ASP.NET and Web Services so I'm
looking to change to Visual Studio .NET Pro 20...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 12:51
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Derek C.Almond wrote:
> code="com.ephox.editlive.win.EditLiveJava"
> codebase="http://marlon-brando/cgi-bin/"
>
> the applet fails to load and I get a 404 in the Apache logs for...
Re: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 12:47
Have you checked file permissions?
And httpd.conf settings?
Anthony
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RE: FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 12:47
Isn't Marlon brando dead, this could be your problem... :) Maybe not, I'll
leave now.
Regards
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES - Internet Consultancy
tel : 020 7100 2178
fax : 0871 433 2278
web : http://...
FN-FORUM: Thurs fun [OT]
date posted 30th June 2005 12:45
Joe went out on a blind date to the carnival.
"What would you like to do first, Kim?" asked Joe.
"I want to get weighed," she said.
They ambled over to the weight guesser.
He guessed 120 pounds. S...
FN-FORUM: b@starding java applets - may contain mild profanities ...
date posted 30th June 2005 12:37
for the love of Jesus please wont some one tell me what I'm doing wrong
? I've spent three days on this now ;-(
I've got three servers each cloned from the same install set (cant give
you the URL a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Invoicing / Accounting system
date posted 30th June 2005 11:30
This may help, if you're on Mac, I was looking through it earlier today,
haven't downloaded anything yet. Let us know how you get on.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/business_finance/
--
Sukhi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 10:44
http://www.only999.com/google_page_rank.php
i really should remember the link.....
On 6/30/05, Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I did manage to find this handy tool, tested it out on a few domai...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 10:44
I did manage to find this handy tool, tested it out on a few domains.
all mine come under 1 or 0 PR (i do no SEO whatsoever), one of my
clients sites comes with a PR5 rating but he's quite into SEO hi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 10:31
Tam Denholm wrote:
> Hi, i know a little about SEO, enough to survive, i dont really want
> to delve deeply into SEO but i would like something explained if
> anyone can help me out. Whats all this PR...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 09:58
'lo Tam,
Page Rank goes from 0 to 10 with 10 the best, so higher = better.
It used to be that the higher PR you had, the higher you would come up
in the search results for matching terms. If you had...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 09:57
Darren Yates wrote:
>>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:53 AM
>
> Are you abroad?
> This email arrived before it was sent 9.44am as I type.
> Somebody has their time set wrong. :)
Oddly yours arrived...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 09:54
Hi Tam,
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:53 AM
Are you abroad?
This email arrived before it was sent 9.44am as I type.
Somebody has their time set wrong. :)
As for PR the higher the PR the greater...
FN-FORUM: Google PR numbers
date posted 30th June 2005 09:27
Hi, i know a little about SEO, enough to survive, i dont really want
to delve deeply into SEO but i would like something explained if
anyone can help me out. Whats all this PR5 PR6 stuff then? i know...
FN-FORUM: splashhost
date posted 30th June 2005 09:07
anyone got a contact number for Matt at Voxtreme?
having account problems.
splashhost site not there to log a ticket!
;o(
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Re: FN-FORUM: Invoicing / Accounting system
date posted 30th June 2005 07:33
Sadiq,
I use a program called XS invoicing.
It's PC based, and enables you to set up customer lists, product lists,=
contracts (regular invoicing) and also produces PDF's.
Not sure about entering...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop - incorrect thumbnail previews
date posted 30th June 2005 06:23
Hmmmm .... Interesting, when I restart the machine everything is fine, so I
am not going to mess around with it too much
On 30/6/05 12:43 am, "zogthedoomed" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Invoicing / Accounting system
date posted 30th June 2005 02:40
Sadiq,
MYOB is great, picked a copy up on Amazon for about 60 quid, does the
job. Simple to use and pretty well documented for non accountant types
like me :)
http://www.myob.com
HTH,
Ciaron.
O...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hide address in iE
date posted 30th June 2005 00:55
On Wednesday 29 Jun 2005 10:56 pm, wayne wrote:
> Didn't there used to be a way of doing this in IE, mask URL's in the
> status bar, where you could mix and mash table cells and href's to tric=
k
> th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop - incorrect thumbnail previews
date posted 30th June 2005 00:16
I've had this on PC with ACDSee. The problem was with corrupt tmp files that
stored the thumbnail info.
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