Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday May 6th 2006
FN-FORUM: Freelancers
date posted 6th May 2006 23:33
Hi guys
We our a group of freelancers and our looking to expand our portfolio so any
work you require doing then we would be happy to quote a very reasonable
price to enable us to expand our portfo...
Re: FN-FORUM: China site spam
date posted 6th May 2006 23:30
Sam
This is a serious issue and one internationally that need dealt with.
There are still, I think, less than ten gateways throughout the whole of
China. They all run through and are monitored at PS...
RE: FN-FORUM: China site spam
date posted 6th May 2006 22:00
Hi mike thanks for your reply.
The server is my own and it is nothing AFAIK to do with email, I think it is
a technique some hackers in china use to find proxies to use as ways into
the (Open Interne...
Re: FN-FORUM: MS SQL Help
date posted 6th May 2006 21:16
Reposting - I think my original message got rejected as was rich text.
On 5/6/06, Leigh Hunt [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Edward,
>
> As promised, here's the stored procs I used, these should allow you...
Re: FN-FORUM: China site spam
date posted 6th May 2006 18:17
Sam,
You do not say whether you host the server or whether your ISP does, and
therefore if you can do the blocking.
On a general note though, you could send an email back with a message
something li...
Re: FN-FORUM: China site spam
date posted 6th May 2006 17:39
Craig wrote:
> I'm getting that as well. Every week I get a couple of emails from
> my sites contact page and it's all in Chinese. I even went to the
> trouble of displaying their IP address and say...
RE: FN-FORUM:
date posted 6th May 2006 17:39
Hi Claire,
I just noticed your post and thought I might be able to put you in touch
with someone that might be able to help you a lot. I know someone =
that=92s a
master of cold calling. He's everyo...
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 6th May 2006 17:21
10% commission on a commission only job is pretty low! You would
normally expect to get paid a salary + 10%, or something like 25-40%
if commission only. You need to work out what the likely take-up r...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Publishing/Legal Question.
date posted 6th May 2006 16:52
Thanks Ben, I'll give the prs a ring and see what they say.
Mark
On 6 May 2006 16:39:14 -0000, Ben Moxon [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> That's a point- if you are playing covers of the songs and you are...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Publishing/Legal Question.
date posted 6th May 2006 16:42
That's a point- if you are playing covers of the songs and you are only
transcribing those covers it may be that you can do things through the prs.
If not, they should surely be able to point you at...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Publishing/Legal Question.
date posted 6th May 2006 16:38
I don't know the exact details, but my expectation would be that you
will need to talk to the rights owners. These are usually the publishing
companies, who are often part of the record label.
As f...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Publishing/Legal Question.
date posted 6th May 2006 16:33
On Sat, 6 May 2006, Mark Coleman wrote:
> Who do I need to speak to to gain permission to do this?
http://www.prs.co.uk/ ?
--
Graeme -
Top posting.
What's the most annoying thing about this forum?...
FN-FORUM: OT: Publishing/Legal Question.
date posted 6th May 2006 16:27
Completely OT but here goes...
A am planning to write educational material aimed at guitarists. A
large part of this will involve tablature transcriptions of famous
songs and sound files containing a...
FN-FORUM:
date posted 6th May 2006 16:15
Hi,
I have a friend who is also a small publisher. He has asked me if I
would like to sell for him, commission based only whilst I'm out of
work. He will pay for the calls and is offering 10 per cent...
Re: FN-FORUM: INDESIGN CS2 HELP!
date posted 6th May 2006 16:06
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From: "Laura Stadler" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: INDESIGN CS2 HELP!
>
> Lindsay - I was viewing th...
RE: FN-FORUM: China site spam
date posted 6th May 2006 15:59
I'm getting that as well. Every week I get a couple of emails from my sites
contact page and it's all in Chinese. I even went to the trouble of
displaying their IP address and saying it would be rec...
FN-FORUM: China site spam
date posted 6th May 2006 15:52
Hi Guys,
Need some advice. My web server is being bombarded by calls to non existent
WebPages (hit and hope hacking AFAICS) on two different sites on the same
server all from IPs in China. I've read...
Re: FN-FORUM: Initial visual work
date posted 6th May 2006 15:10
I'd stand firm then - don't let him coax you - do a couple of intial designs
but that's it until he signs a contract.
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From: "Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs" [EMAIL R...
Re: FN-FORUM: Initial visual work
date posted 6th May 2006 15:05
> The only other thing I would say is that this appears to be a good client
> of
> yours to begin with - you've had a 6 month relationship and have never
> experienced any problems with him so far s...
Re: FN-FORUM: legalities of printing someone's address
date posted 6th May 2006 13:59
If it's a favour, I guess there's nothing to stop you doing what you
think is right, and asking the client to sign some terms of use to
prevent it happening again?
On 6 May 2006 13:04:00 -0000, Cathe...
Re: FN-FORUM: INDESIGN CS2 HELP!
date posted 6th May 2006 13:46
Lindsay - I was viewing the work at typical - then swapped to fast to see
whether it made a difference - it didn't!
From a good working practice front I've always used tiffs/eps' . I was
taught ne...
RE: FN-FORUM: INDESIGN CS2 HELP!
date posted 6th May 2006 13:31
Hi Laura
A couple of thoughts:
1) How are you viewing the document? Fast display, typical display or high
quality display?
2) Do you really need to have your images flattened and saved as TIFFs? Ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: Initial visual work
date posted 6th May 2006 13:31
Lorna
I used to work with an architects/interior designers. Approx 10% of their
work is speculative - which is upaid until a proper contract is signed -
what you find is that speculative clients wa...
FN-FORUM: INDESIGN CS2 HELP!
date posted 6th May 2006 13:14
Hi guys
PROBLEM1
I'm producing a 200 pg document in Indesign CS2 (180 x 210mm)which I'm
separating in 5 sections and then exporting as a book.
I've set up 6 page masters which consists mainly of a...
FN-FORUM: Terms and conditions
date posted 6th May 2006 13:09
Hi
Can anyone provide a link to pre prepared terms and conditions for
development work which is brief
Cheers
Dave
David J MacKillican
http://www.djmwebservices.com your business open 24 hours...
Re: FN-FORUM: legalities of printing someone's address
date posted 6th May 2006 13:06
as an ISP to advise on legalities but to respond accordingly.
Your Acceptable Use Policy (contract) as an ISP to the newspaper should
cover your back too
There is no contract as I do this site for f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Initial visual work
date posted 6th May 2006 12:00
On Sat, 6 May 2006, Ben Chipps wrote:
> If your confident you'll get the rest of the work then I'd be tempted to
> adjust your fee to include the costs for the initial visuals within the rest
> of th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Initial visual work
date posted 6th May 2006 10:42
On 5 May 2006 14:32:40 -0000, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> Can I do this as his answer is:
> 'but you need to show me first stage visuals prior to any costings....its
> the way life work...
Re: FN-FORUM: Initial visual work
date posted 6th May 2006 10:19
I think it's essential to be reimbursed in some way for your work-if you do
the work for nothing you'll set a precedent which will come back to haunt
you with this client.
My approach to this type of...
Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 10:16
Inspiration is very different from 'stealing' an image or part of it, and
calling it your own just because it has been modified, or you have credited
the work without permission!
There are places su...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP IDE (was Microsoft .NET platform versus PHP/MySql et al (was OS Course/Exam software))
date posted 6th May 2006 09:42
cool :-)
On 5 May 2006, at 20:51, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>> This is where my geek credentials are still lacking somewhat:
>> Don't I have to declare war on you now or something?
>
> :1,$s/somethi...
Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 08:43
Who started this thread?
Is the person who had an image being used for their site on ebay here? The
one who replaced it with another image? I'd like to know his views?
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 08:03
Michael Palmer wrote:
> Hey, I like the hawksmoor pics, sir christopher wren right?
Nicholas Hawksmoor actually. He was Wren's pupil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hawksmoor
> In the ala...
Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 07:07
I think the "fair use" argument might well come in where you wanted to
link to a website, mention a particular artwork, and therefore
reproduced all or part of one or two images. You would be linking...
RE: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 03:55
OK,
> I have to take some exception to your attitude towards using images which
> you have not created...
Fair enough. I don't have much (any) experience of copyright law and how an
image can be us...
Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 00:52
Thank you very much Lee.
Angel.
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Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 00:32
This isn't really related, but I'd just like to say how impressed I am
with your work Angel.
Digital Delirium wrote:
> Finally... NO you would NOT! unless it is specifically agreed with the
> autho...
Re: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
date posted 6th May 2006 00:15
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Palmer" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: flickr image rights
> Michael,
I have to take some...