Freelancers Network
 
skill list top cap
Homepage
Join the Freelancer's Network
Update your details
Find a freelancer
Post a project
Find a project
Projects Archive
Post a job
Find a job
Jobs Archive
See Dan's Pages
See Andy's Pages
Link to this site
Resources
Join/Leave Forum
Forum Messages
+Additions+ Adverts
Advertising
Contact Us
Subscribe to our newsletter - enter your email address and hit return
Freelancers.net is owned and operated by Andy Stowell and Dan Winchester
skill list end cap
guru web hostcom

Find me again on Freelancers.net

Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday June 17th 2006

Re: FN-FORUM: No task bar

date posted 17th June 2006 23:37

Try hovering your mouse at the bottom of the screen. If the task bar is set to automatically hide you can change this in settings. HTH, Mike A. Jacquie Brooke wrote: > Hi all > > I need some advic...

FN-FORUM: No task bar

date posted 17th June 2006 23:23

Hi all I need some advice, Today I purchased a laptop, everything was working fine on it whilst in the shop, and at home up until 5pm. When I rebooted it I discovered that the task bar had jus...

RE: FN-FORUM: Microsoft exchange mail hosting.

date posted 17th June 2006 21:54

I have been told of TWO both reccommended to me although in the end my client decided not to use an exchange server they are:- http://www.mailstreet.com/ http://www.virtual-email.net/ I hope that hel...

FN-FORUM: Microsoft exchange mail hosting.

date posted 17th June 2006 20:44

Does anyone know of a good exchange host that sells single mailboxes on a shared exchange server? I tried to upgrade my standard POP mail package at 1and1 and add a single exchange mailbox but they s...

Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.

date posted 17th June 2006 20:37

oops ;) Lee Fogarty wrote: > > Apart from the mis-quote, that actually made me laugh. > > Michael Adams wrote: > >> >> Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote: >> >>> WHY ME??? Why? Why? *bangs head on des...

Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.

date posted 17th June 2006 20:33

Apart from the mis-quote, that actually made me laugh. Michael Adams wrote: > > Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote: >> WHY ME??? Why? Why? *bangs head on desk* noooooooo...... > > If you spent less time...

Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.

date posted 17th June 2006 20:29

Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote: > WHY ME??? Why? Why? *bangs head on desk* noooooooo...... If you spent less time moaning about your boss and more time working you could fit it in easily ;) P.S. I...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 19:23

> Speaking of magazines, does anyone remember typing > out BASIC listings from any of the old mags back then > only to find your tape deck was playing up and > you couldn't save them? Don't remind...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 18:12

Linus Torvalds had a Sinclair QL and was so impressed with the operating system and the fact that it was multi-tasking (one of the first) that he took it apart to find out how it worked. He used th...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 17:28

I apologise James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Mac T.Wheeler Sent: 17 June 2006 18:11 To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Friday ev...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 17:02

James wrote: >Hi - I don't mean to but in, however a parallel port is thus called because of the way in which it transports >the data ( binary 0's or 1's ), a parallel can send data along the line...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 16:58

James wrote: > Hi - I don't mean to but in, however a parallel port is thus called > because of the way in which it transports the data ( binary 0's or > 1's ), a parallel can send data along the line...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 16:48

Hi - I don't mean to but in, however a parallel port is thus called because of the way in which it transports the data ( binary 0's or 1's ), a parallel can send data along the line for instance in 8...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 15:51

Mike wrote: >A parallel cable is when lots of cables, say to different computers and devices, are laid along the same route. >Helpful to the last, huh? >(Mac, please record future interviews in c...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 15:44

Mac T.Wheeler wrote: > You know, I had the job of setting up a helpdesk some time back, part > of which involved recruiting support staff. Nobody I interviewed knew > why a parallel cable is called a...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 15:03

Mike wrote: > Only a day! Good stuff!!! I was really lucky, I was working for the MOD in Whitehall so I used to walk my own cards over from the Old War Office building to the Metropol building. Th...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 14:59

I think I have to escape to a Mac (Apple) forum =) Intel Mac, Mac Mini, PowerMac... Bo 17 jun 2006 kl. 15.59 skrev Mike A: > > Mac T.Wheeler wrote: >> Speaking of magazines, does anyone remember typ...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 14:56

>>Also, without the Sinclair QL, there would have been no Linux. Really, why's that? (feeling proud to have been part of a revolution!) David http://blacksilverpurple.net On 17 Jun 2006, at 01:32...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 14:51

Mac T.Wheeler wrote: > Speaking of magazines, does anyone remember typing out BASIC listings > from any of the old mags back then only to find your tape deck was > playing up and you couldn't save the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 14:22

I guess I'm going to further embellish the image some here have of me having long flowing white hair and beard. I started with LSI and ELSI technology prior to working on the first microprocessor, an...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 14:12

>My first machine was an Amstrad 464, available in two configurations with 'green screen' or colour! - Anyone >remember the Amstrad Action magazine? I was an avid reader... I can still remember the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 13:16

You're all showing your age here ;) The first computer I had was an PC with a Cyrix 333Mhz processor and Windows 98. Having said that, I distinctly remember showing my teacher how to print in Caxton...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 13:12

I had the change to work (play - I was a kid) for few days with this:=20 http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=3D459&st=3D1 It was my uncles computer. I had some sort of primitive basic....

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 12:27

My first machine was an Amstrad 464, available in two configurations with 'green screen' or colour! - Anyone remember the Amstrad Action magazine? I was an avid reader... I can still remember the f...

RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 12:25

>My 1st Computer (at school) was an Apple II, and I even remember the 1st thing I learnt about it (the teacher >could not figure out how to get it started)! RTFM and found the PR#6 bootstring, to...

Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design assistance required

date posted 17th June 2006 11:19

Sorry guys, last post was meant to be off list! Paul On 6/17/06, Creative Digital Alliance [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Hi Anthony, > > Always interested in a bit of work ! Some design samples below,...

Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design assistance required

date posted 17th June 2006 11:18

Hi Anthony, Always interested in a bit of work ! Some design samples below, http://www.athertonracing.co.uk (still under construction) http://www.npracing.co.uk (still under construction) http://www...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 10:42

My 1st Computer (at school) was an Apple II, and I even remember the 1st thing I learnt about it (the teacher could not figure out how to get it started)! RTFM and found the PR#6 bootstring, to boot...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 09:59

Paul Bryant wrote: >> What about a "My First Computer" session then? > > I had an Acorn Electron. The only thing I remember about it was playing the > acorn version of frogger and didn't come close...

RE: FN-FORUM: Apply CSS style to links based on popularity

date posted 17th June 2006 09:10

Tony Crockford wrote - >>> I's imagine that each link is added to the page dynamically by some server side application which also gives the link a class based on a predetermined value stored in a dat...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 09:00

Chill out it would not explode. David Nye wrote: > >> put some tin foil on the wires and use > old batteries to hold the tin foil in place. > > That almost sounds like a recipe for a small bomb! >...

Re: FN-FORUM: Apply CSS style to links based on popularity

date posted 17th June 2006 07:35

Kerry K-C wrote: > What I'm trying to figure is how the tags are 'ranked' and how the styles > get applied to them dynamically ....? I have no idea how this is achieved > so I'm wondering if there's...

FN-FORUM: Apply CSS style to links based on popularity

date posted 17th June 2006 07:04

Hi folks - I'm trying to find a way to display links on a page based on their popularity ...! As an example you could look at http://www.tech.yahoo.com where you will see product links displayed in di...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 01:41

On 17 Jun 2006 01:42:36 -0000, James McIlroy [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Alan I'm doing this because I used to be someone like you (or maybe not) - God I really hope not....

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 01:40

Cy I am very intetrested and would like to know the page you visited. I am in the process of distributing throughout Europe and while I realise the US site can be a bit OTT thats not what I want for...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 01:34

Alan - All I tried to do is intro a product that I know helps us all! - (I've never done this before but if we as a community) cannot tell our peers what's out here then this forum is not what I thoug...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 01:14

Alan - there is always one... Look to yourself young Skywalker - It is evident you still have much to learn... Yoda.... LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Lloyd" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EM...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 01:06

Hi jim As I said initially - no offence meant! There was a topic on here the other week about pages with sound auto playin= g when you open it and I used your ad as an example to back up what many w...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 00:51

On 17 Jun 2006 00:54:01 -0000, James McIlroy [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Shit I used to be a Web Designer before I realised there wasn't enough money > in it!!! > > Shoot me down.. OK then :) Its a sha...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 00:45

Cy - Thanks for your post - But unannounced or loud this is a product you Need: its late but I'm (for once) at this time of night wide awake!! - -- -And that's got to be a FIRST! I have 'many' busi...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 00:39

On 17 Jun 2006 00:22:23 -0000, James McIlroy [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > I don't know how long you've been here Cy but my post was for the forum if > they were interested... I think Cy was pointing ou...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 00:33

I've been looking forward to a post that would bring this up - everything is explained and the initial product was what was considered to be acceptable in China - We improved the spec for our market t...

Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities

date posted 17th June 2006 00:24

I was under the impression that the gameboy used a Z80? Interestingly, Sinclair also put a bid in for the BBC computer and (obviously) came in cheaper with a easier to use BASIC. Who knows why Aco...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason

date posted 17th June 2006 00:14

Here We go - I have a few business interests but never promoted them here - As a (used to be designer - for other people) I felt duty bound to tell people who would have an interest - And might want t...



Messages by Day
June 30th 2006
June 29th 2006
June 28th 2006
June 27th 2006
June 26th 2006
June 25th 2006
June 24th 2006
June 23rd 2006
June 22nd 2006
June 21st 2006
June 20th 2006
June 19th 2006
June 18th 2006
June 17th 2006
June 16th 2006
June 15th 2006
June 14th 2006
June 13th 2006
June 12th 2006
June 11th 2006
June 10th 2006
June 9th 2006
June 8th 2006
June 7th 2006
June 6th 2006
June 5th 2006
June 4th 2006
June 3rd 2006
June 2nd 2006
June 1st 2006


Messages by Month
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006


Messages by Year
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000