Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday August 25th 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 21:20
Paul Cooper wrote:
> After reading this thread I bought PCW for LP Recorder 5 ... thanks
> John. Warning ... dumb question ... can someone post a link to what
> cable I need? I couldn't find it on d...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 21:06
After reading this thread I bought PCW for LP Recorder 5 ... thanks
John. Warning ... dumb question ... can someone post a link to what
cable I need? I couldn't find it on dabs. I've got an old wal...
Re: FN-FORUM: Emailing atttachments in php
date posted 25th August 2005 20:30
It's ok thanks - I have now got it working - Pam...
FN-FORUM: Optimise flash spider thing
date posted 25th August 2005 19:02
Hullo everybody,
I've just completed a flash project:
www.cemp.34sp.com/culture/
however, it throws lots of vectors around and uses lots of alpha tweening,
and on older machines I think it runs pre...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 18:52
Darren Foster wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your advice today on this. Worked out really well.
> Converted the recording as a .wav file and then burned it to cd using
> realplayer in the end. CD qua...
FN-FORUM: Emailing atttachments in php
date posted 25th August 2005 18:07
This is driving me mad. When I try and do the Email with an attachment I get
the message ok but instead of the attachment I get a load of stuff at the
bottom of the message instead - eg
z\x\--
Co...
Re: FN-FORUM: anyone want scsi external harddrives?
date posted 25th August 2005 17:49
> i know someone who has two external scsi harddrives - she wants to
> sell them on ebay, and i have said she will get next to nothing for
> them - i dont know how big they are, but if anyone still...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 17:16
Thanks for all your advice today on this. Worked out really well.
Converted the recording as a .wav file and then burned it to cd using
realplayer in the end. CD quality came out really well. I'...
FN-FORUM: anyone want scsi external harddrives?
date posted 25th August 2005 16:27
i know someone who has two external scsi harddrives - she wants to sell
them on ebay, and i have said she will get next to nothing for them - i
dont know how big they are, but if anyone still uses...
Re: FN-FORUM: BBoard Problem - paid help needed
date posted 25th August 2005 15:17
the best option to use proper CSS stylesheet. for the moment just
replace 'height=150%' attribute of the IFRAME tag with the
'height=900px' or whatever the size of the bounding table cell
John Brem...
Re: FN-FORUM: BBoard Problem - paid help needed
date posted 25th August 2005 15:15
the best option to use proper CSS stylesheet. for the moment just
replace 'height=150%' attribute of the IFRAME tag with the
'height=900px' or whatever the size of the bounding table cell
John Brem...
RE: FN-FORUM: Printer recommendation
date posted 25th August 2005 14:53
Try these guys they are great very friendly and will give you a good
price, but an even better one if you mention my name 'Craig' from
'corbyweb'
http://www.b3print.co.uk
Hope this helps
Craig...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMTP Error
date posted 25th August 2005 14:41
hi andy
your SMTP service is failing to make DNS lookups (presumably when it tries
to resolve the destination addresses of outgoing emails).
can you post the IP configuration of the machine in quest...
Re: FN-FORUM: BBoard Problem - paid help needed
date posted 25th August 2005 14:33
I think it will just be easier to just link to:
http://www.bladder--infection.com/phpBB2/
Instead of using an IFRAME, as some (older) browsers dont support
FRAMES / IFRAMES.
- Dale
On 25 Aug 2005...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 14:31
> HTML emails can be simply crafted using a server site language like ASP
> or PHP to embed images and reference them from the html.
Make sure you have a text-only alternative part (the message sho...
FN-FORUM: BBoard Problem - paid help needed
date posted 25th August 2005 14:26
Hi guys - I had a bulletin board installed a while ago by Ian Moss (met
through the forum) - good job, done well. But now I can't get in touch with
him, and I need a spot of maintenance.
The proble...
FN-FORUM: SMTP Error
date posted 25th August 2005 14:13
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: smtpsvc
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2012
Date: 25/08/2005
Time: 13:52:04
User: N/A
Computer: CHOP-SERVER-1
Description:
SMTP could not connect to the DNS server...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash website search Engine Optimisation
date posted 25th August 2005 14:04
> What's the most effective way to optimse flash websites for search engines.
> Have a client chasing me and I have no idea what to say...
the simplest way i've found is to create your index.htm page...
RE: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 13:28
Just in response to this, it used to be okay to simply link to images =
from
the web but since many of the main email clients by default now restrict
downloading of images from the web for security re...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 13:22
Andrew Larcombe wrote:
>
> Darren Beale wrote:
>
>> On 25 Aug 2005 12:12:39 -0000, Nathan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>>
>>> PS: Does having a 6 line long email with a 20 line long signature
>>> strik...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 13:16
Darren Beale wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2005 12:12:39 -0000, Nathan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>>PS: Does having a 6 line long email with a 20 line long signature
>>strike a nerve with anyone else?
>
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 13:13
try the following on both machines and post me the results:
tracert mail.uk2.net
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Steve
O'Connor
Sent: 25 August 2005 13:10...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 13:11
On 25 Aug 2005 12:12:39 -0000, Nathan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> PS: Does having a 6 line long email with a 20 line long signature
> strike a nerve with anyone else?
No, it's a plain text email and ba...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash website search Engine Optimisation
date posted 25th August 2005 13:04
Never used it, so if you do would be interested in how you found it ...
http://www.macromedia.com/licensing/developer/search/faq/...
RE: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 12:54
> > Also, audio CD files are encoded as .aiff, not .wav.
>
>Not so -> .wav is the windows default audio format and .aiff is the Mac
>one.
Well, you learn something new every day. Shows how often I b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash website search Engine Optimisation
date posted 25th August 2005 12:49
I have in these instances created a simplified non flashed version with lot=
s
of text and links that the search engines like and then they will index thi=
s
as opposed to the flash site - on all pag...
FN-FORUM: Flash website search Engine Optimisation
date posted 25th August 2005 12:35
Hello.
What's the most effective way to optimse flash websites for search engines.
Have a client chasing me and I have no idea what to say...
Have added the meta data and what not. But surely its ha...
RE: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 12:30
>=20
> That's not *neccessarily* true. Tape will be more noisy, but may well =
have
> a
> better frequency range than an MP3 file. MP3 compresses audio by =
stripping
> out frequencies not deemed 'ess...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 12:30
[EMAIL REMOVED] Open magazine wrote:
> Hi everyone... excuse my lack of HTML knowledge, etc... but can anyone tell me
> how to send visual emails, with images/logos embedded from a web-based email
> a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 12:29
Yup, works fine on the other machine.
Where to from here?
Alastair Dant [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> ok - sounds like a routing issue.
>
> try it on the machine that works to confirm that is the ca...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 12:22
ok - sounds like a routing issue.
try it on the machine that works to confirm that is the case.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Steve
O'Connor
Sent: 25 Aug...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 12:19
>Remember, it's coming off of a casette tape in the first place which in
>turn is sub-mp3 quality, so you're not really loosing anything there...
That's not *neccessarily* true. Tape will be more...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 12:17
Discovered there's no firewall at all! (I'll sort that after this is fixed)
Running Symantec Antivirus Client & Spybot for protection - both up to date
and scans done recently. Nothing there seems to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 12:09
Telnet session failed Alaistair!
Alastair Dant [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> assuming you're trying to pull mail via POP3 rather than IMAP, then you
> could try the following from the problem machin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 11:51
Andrew Larcombe wrote:
>
> Rob Hull wrote:
>> You'd be better off using something like Nero to burn the CD direct
>> from .wav files. Otherwise you are converting to MP3 then back to
>> WAV (whic...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 11:47
assuming you're trying to pull mail via POP3 rather than IMAP, then you
could try the following from the problem machine:
(1) open a command-line prompt (DOS if windows, terminal if mac, shell if
*ni...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 11:46
Steve O'Connor wrote:
>No offence taken Darren! Has to be asked doesn't it?
>Yes, all settings are exactly the same on both machines and have been chekced
>against other accounts.
>No error message a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 11:37
> instead - same problem. Basically, when you press Send/Recieve,either
> email
> clients shows the number of messages to download (the CORRECT number!) =
but
> then downloads none of them. They can s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 11:34
Rob Hull wrote:
>
> Darren Foster wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for all your suggestions guys.
>>
>> Ive had a quick google around after hearing there were a few good free
>> pieces of software out there a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 11:30
No offence taken Darren! Has to be asked doesn't it?
Yes, all settings are exactly the same on both machines and have been chekced
against other accounts.
No error message at all! Click Send/Recieve o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 11:29
Rob Hull wrote:
>
> Darren Foster wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for all your suggestions guys.
>>
>> Ive had a quick google around after hearing there were a few good
>> free pieces of software out there an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 11:25
Darren Foster wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions guys.
>
> Ive had a quick google around after hearing there were a few good free
> pieces of software out there and found Audacity. Its got...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 11:22
Steve O'Connor wrote:
>This morning I tried setting the same account up on a different machine on the
>same network and they all downloaded fine!
>This obviously shows it is the machine, but apart fo...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 11:19
Hibri Marzook wrote:
> As for skipping .Net 1.1 and going to 2.0, I'd wait a while. MS has
> done some good changes, but those changes have caused a bit of pain in
> the beta releases, and are suppose...
FN-FORUM: Mail not downloading
date posted 25th August 2005 11:09
Can anyone shed some light on this problem?
A client has a Win XP Pro machine that is used as the general office machine.
A couple of weeks ago Outlook stopped downloading email from the virtual
mail...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 10:52
Thanks for all your suggestions guys.
Ive had a quick google around after hearing there were a few good free
pieces of software out there and found Audacity. Its got a plugin that
allows you to con...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 10:49
Lists wrote:
> You need those lasses who stand on the wings of the Crunchie
> (bi)plane we see at our airshow sometimes. They look as though they
> are water skiing
Met them! The aeroplane's a Steerm...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 10:45
This is a good piece of software and the trial should be long enough to get
all the interviews done!
http://www.polderbits.com/lp-to-cd.html?ref=adword1
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "D...
RE: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 10:42
like ken, i've done this sort of stuff quite frequently in the past.
i'd say if fidelity is not a big issue (and your tape player is nowhere near
your computer) then andrew's suggestion is best. man...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 10:41
As for skipping .Net 1.1 and going to 2.0, I'd wait a while. MS has
done some good changes, but those changes have caused a bit of pain in
the beta releases, and are supposed to be fixed in the final...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 10:37
Thanks all, have kinda sorted the problem :)
http://www.thunderstruck.co.uk/
Steph O'Brien
Creative Director
Stuss.com Ltd.
t: +44 (0) 870 760 6424 | e: [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 10:30
Darren Foster wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> One of my clients has a few interviews that they want converting from
> cassettes to cd?
> Anyone got any ideas as to how i should go about doing this?
Recor...
RE: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 10:24
OH MY GOD. That's funny.
Seriously though, what kind of libraries are you after? Most stuff has
been implemented in some basic form or another in .NET, its huge. The
rest you can usually find on th'i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 10:15
Latest Personal Computer World has LP Recorder 5 on the cover CD, which =
should do the same for audio cassettes,
provided right cables available. Has facilities for hiss reduction I =
believe.
John...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 10:07
Flash IS long winded! ;-)
If you only want it as 2D text along a path I did see this
http://www.flashkit.com/board/archive/index.php/t-410097.html
Steph O'Brien [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> > AFAIK...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 10:06
Ta to all for the feedback and advice - I have coded Java in the past
and all my php stuff is heavily OO (well as far OO as you can go with
php that is...) so the learning curve experience will hop...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 09:55
> AFAIK best way to do this is in freehand or illy.
> in freehand attach the text to a path
Yeah thought the only way I may be able to get around it waas to do it in
freehand, convert to paths and th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 09:54
Hi there
> Flashkit.com has some good tutorials (http://flashkit.com/tutorials/)
> and downloadables (http://flashkit.com/movies/).
> I'm sure you'll find your answer there :)
tried flashkit but to...
RE: FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 09:47
> Hi folks,
>=20
> One of my clients has a few interviews that they want converting from
> cassettes to cd?
>=20
>=20
Plug Cass M/C into PC line-in use something like Nero wave editor to =
capture
th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 09:37
Hi Steph
Do you mean the text should wrap around a 3D globe?
You could try using Swift 3D - www.erain.com
Steve
Steph O'Brien [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> sorry for the repost but I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 09:36
>
> (http://www.thunderstruck.co.uk)
> his logo has a circle in it and he want the text in flash to wrap around
> the
> logo. You can sort of see the effect he wants of the site.
>
> Is there an easy...
FN-FORUM: Audio cassette to cd-rom?
date posted 25th August 2005 09:32
Hi folks,
One of my clients has a few interviews that they want converting from
cassettes to cd?
Anyone got any ideas as to how i should go about doing this?
Regards,
Darren Foster
www.darrenfos...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML/visual email?
date posted 25th August 2005 09:30
Hi Lisa, sorry I didn't reply last night, I was at the pub :)
As Adam wrote ^up there somewhere, unless your webmail has some snazzy
(but shonky) interface like FCKEditor, then it's unlikely that yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 09:23
Steph,
Flashkit.com has some good tutorials (http://flashkit.com/tutorials/)
and downloadables (http://flashkit.com/movies/).
I'm sure you'll find your answer there :)
Tom.
Steph O'Brien wrote:
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 09:14
John Wooding wrote:
> We're just about to get into vb.net.
>
>>From a Perl and PHP background I dont see the large number of downloadable libraries available for those languages.
> Do .net'ers keep r...
FN-FORUM: Text in Flash
date posted 25th August 2005 09:08
Hi there
sorry for the repost but I still haven't resolved this problem :(
I have a client that I am creating a holding page for
(http://www.thunderstruck.co.uk)
his logo has a circle in it and he w...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 08:54
We're just about to get into vb.net.
From a Perl and PHP background I dont see the large number of =
downloadable libraries available for those languages.
Do .net'ers keep re-inventing the wheel?
Jo...
RE: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 08:54
>>>Any asp.net coders on the list? I'm a LAMP developer and I just been told
that there's a chance I will have to develop a site with asp.net sometime
soon and I'm just wondering what's the general co...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 08:52
Hi,
If you are beginning with .Net it's worth the effort to learn C#
instead of VB .Net. It helps you to understand OOP and would make it
easy for you to move on to things like Java, and a good choice...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 08:41
wayne wrote:
> 11. .NET WHIPS MOST (read all) OTHER METHODS ASSES. As you will find
> out. You are entering a whole new world of programmability,
> expressionism and power. Kind of makes other languag...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 08:29
To each according to his need; from each according to his ability, Oh great
one.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 9...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 08:27
You need those lasses who stand on the wings of the Crunchie (bi)plane we
see at our airshow sometimes. They look as though they are water skiing
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 08:26
Any absent one who sends money home..?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Iand1, NAT, IMAP E-mail Problem.
date posted 25th August 2005 08:24
> > Interesting, because, from the clients location I have often used
Moz-Mail
> > to access my IMAP server (FC1-Linux) without any problems. So as you say
it
> > may be T'bird's IMAP - but I thought...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTA Applications
date posted 25th August 2005 08:22
Yes.
BTW I only do admin scripts.
Something like:
Set objUser= GetObject (LDAP://CN=username, CN=OU, DC=domain,
DC=domainsuffix)
wscript.echo "First Name: " & objUser.GivenName
wscript.echo "Last...
RE: FN-FORUM: asp.net questions
date posted 25th August 2005 07:06
Hi
You're going to go from coding in a LAMP environment to .NET without
even understanding the basic constructs of an ASPX page? I admire your
balls.
A few things to remember:
1. ASP.NET _is_not_asp...
FN-FORUM: Printer recomendation
date posted 25th August 2005 05:50
I am looking for recomendations for a good cheep preferably national printer
that handles the standard things, like DL brouchures, a2 posters, business
cards, letterheads, etc etc. I'm a little out of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 01:36
Gerard McGovern wrote:
>> How does a single good looking millionnaire with interests in
>> development and excellent cooking abilities (hobby) sound?
>
> A millionaire who can't afford his own domain...
RE: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 00:59
> How does a single good looking millionnaire with interests in=20
> development and excellent cooking abilities (hobby) sound?
A millionaire who can't afford his own domain and uses a Blueyonder
acc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Newbie Says Hi ...
date posted 25th August 2005 00:00
I dont know about any one else but I found the whole thing very funy,
just like
the threads it was spewed forth in responce to, I'm so glad I joined
and I am so
glad that things occasionaly go off...
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