Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday June 19th 2006
RE: FN-FORUM: Text FX
date posted 19th June 2006 22:22
Mark,
It's a font, either with added black outer glow in Photoshop, or most likely
using Flash 8 filters.
I've emailed the flash to you to get the characters, let me know if you have
problems.
Pete...
Re: FN-FORUM: Text FX
date posted 19th June 2006 22:15
its just a grunge style font, cant say for sure what its called though. As
its flash you might be able to rip the swf file and get the title that way.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Upgrading processors
date posted 19th June 2006 21:15
Dom Latter wrote:
>On Monday 19 Jun 2006 4:05 pm, Ian Copeland wrote:
>
>
>>Is it possible to upgrade a processor in a laptop?
>>I've got 2 laptops and I'm getting rid of one because I don't like i...
FN-FORUM: Text FX
date posted 19th June 2006 21:09
Hi everyone,
Can anyone tell me whether the 'FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS' is likely to be a
font or some sort of effect/filter?
http://www.armyoneverest.mod.uk/
It's similar to the bkgd image under t...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 20:51
On Monday 19 Jun 2006 9:19 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
> Dom Latter wrote:
> > On Monday 19 Jun 2006 8:26 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
> >> I don't see any point working with assembler because everyone is at =
a
> >...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 20:29
On Monday 19 Jun 2006 8:47 pm, Gary Short wrote:
> Oracle?! I've only got one thing to say VARCHAR2 - WTF?! :)
Bit of Googling netted me this piece of barking lunacy:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Re...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason
date posted 19th June 2006 20:19
All I said was here is something some people MIGHT want... It was the
negativity from you and now this other ****** that sparked a few posts (1
night) last week.
I had already forgot about it - Chris...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone in Edinburgh with a laptop?
date posted 19th June 2006 20:18
Hi,
I am in Sussex and could perhaps furnish you with a PC or maybe a
laptop.
Contact me off list if this is of any help.
Rgds
Jez
On 19 Jun 2006, at 20:48, Mike A wrote:
>
> I need to go away...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 20:11
Dom Latter wrote:
> On Monday 19 Jun 2006 8:26 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
>
>
>> I don't see any point working with assembler because everyone is at a
>> higher level of abstraction these days, but Lis...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason
date posted 19th June 2006 20:09
You just keep digging a hole for yourself dont you.
YOUR bandwidth!
Proof positive of a moron... - with the brain of an gnat!
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Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:52
On Monday 19 Jun 2006 8:26 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
> I don't see any point working with assembler because everyone is at a
> higher level of abstraction these days, but Lisp is quite interesting- =
a...
FN-FORUM: Anyone in Edinburgh with a laptop?
date posted 19th June 2006 19:39
I need to go away early Wednesday to Sussex for a week. At the same time I
have a project I must complete.
Is there anyone from the list in Edinburgh prepared to hire me a laptop for
a week. I'd rath...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:39
Ian Michell wrote:
>
> Yes, Oracle rocks, they are so far ahead of everyone it's crazy... One
> word of warning, to get Oracle to behave you will have a mission on
> your hands.
>
> Anthony Cartmell...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:34
On Monday 19 Jun 2006 8:13 pm, Ian Michell wrote:
> Assembler... HMMMMMMMM depends on which one!!! There are many types of
> assembler.... I would like to try it out sometime, but would it really
> b...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:18
Ian Michell wrote:
>
>
> Haven't taken the time to learn LISP :'( and don't have much time to
> do many other languages as I have a girlfriend that hates me using my
> computer, when I'm not working...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:04
I have got postgresql etc on my CV:
*Databases*
Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Access, Sybase, SQLite
To name a few. However a lot of the stuff on my CV is based on what
recruiters ente...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:02
Yes, they are the same thing however I have found that I need to include
it on my CV as recruiters being the mortals they are, can't tell the
difference so they are there for search purposes.
Ala...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 19:00
Yes, Oracle rocks, they are so far ahead of everyone it's crazy... One
word of warning, to get Oracle to behave you will have a mission on your
hands.
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> PostgreSQL is ama...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason
date posted 19th June 2006 18:47
On 19 Jun 2006 16:50:28 -0000, James McIlroy [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I can tell from your other posts that you have a somewhat limited
> vocabulary, so I'll spell it out for you in easy to read chun...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 18:43
David,
I've been looking at changing recently and been looking about, here's a
couple of good comparison sites:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/review/censura.php?cmd=3Dbrowse&category_id=3D=
1&x=3D10&
y...
RE: FN-FORUM: Database advise / Searching techniques
date posted 19th June 2006 18:20
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Dan Cooper wrote:
> I do have to use PostgreSQL but I am open to suggestions on ways in which I could
> store the information better (read more efficiently) than using XML.
Brea...
RE: FN-FORUM: Database advise / Searching techniques
date posted 19th June 2006 18:13
Off the top of my head I would suggest you also break the form into
elements, so:
1) continue storing the XML as you do currently
2) also store each element in a table like:
table formfields
for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 18:12
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>>=0D
>> I've whittled down a list to these service providers.=0D
>> In terms of a maximum speed, no restrictions broadband=0D
>> only contract. (HomeChoice is on the l...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 18:08
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 06:12:38PM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
> >I'll list the languages off my CV (as said this list includes languages
> >as basic as HTML).
> >
> >C, C++, C#, Java, Python...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 18:07
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> I'll list the languages off my CV (as said this list includes
>> languages as basic as HTML).
>>
>> C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Perl, Cold Fusion, Javascript, VB.NET,
>>...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 18:07
> PostgreSQL is amazing when it comes to speed. It is just as fast if not
> faster at times than MySQL, so I would recommend it.
I find MySQL to be amazingly fast too, if not as fast as PostgreSQL...
RE: FN-FORUM: Database advise / Searching techniques
date posted 19th June 2006 18:07
Maybe something like:
create table form( formid char(something), fieldname char(something)
value char(something), primary key( formid, fieldname ));
(Primary key assumes that each fieldname is uniqu...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 18:04
> I'll list the languages off my CV (as said this list includes languages
> as basic as HTML).
>
> C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Perl, Cold Fusion, Javascript, VB.NET, XML,
> HTML, PHP, Ruby, PLPGSQ...
Re: FN-FORUM: Connecting a mySQL database to a phone via NEC TAPI
date posted 19th June 2006 18:01
On 19 Jun 2006 17:53:27 -0000, Punters Power [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> not sure I follow this correctly Tam? you are setting up a sms gateway
> using a landline and debian box?
Its not me thats set...
Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.
date posted 19th June 2006 17:53
No she didn't get as far as sending her briefs. Not that I would accept
such things as payment anyway.
Punters Power wrote:
>
> chances are there wasn't a site at all! did she send a full brief?
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Database advise / Searching techniques
date posted 19th June 2006 17:45
Hi,
I do have to use PostgreSQL but I am open to suggestions on ways in which I could
store the information better (read more efficiently) than using XML.
I am storing the information in exactly the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Connecting a mySQL database to a phone via NEC TAPI
date posted 19th June 2006 17:44
not sure I follow this correctly Tam? you are setting up a sms gateway
using a landline and debian box?
Andrew
Tam Denholm wrote:
>
>> I have been asked by a client to set up a connection betwee...
Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.
date posted 19th June 2006 17:42
chances are there wasn't a site at all! did she send a full brief?
Lee Fogarty wrote:
>
> Just sprang it on me. Still no word from her solicitor though. Now
> that's weird.
>
> Punters Power w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 17:41
> Nildram is the best that I know of - had their
> broadband for over 4 years -
> never had a problem with it except in the very early
> days.
>
> Good commercial weight no-nonsense service and
> alt...
Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities
date posted 19th June 2006 17:38
Dom Latter wrote:
> On Friday 16 Jun 2006 11:24 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
>
> I was never a great fan of RiscOS but it held many advantages in the
> classroom, not least because the whole system was bui...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason
date posted 19th June 2006 17:38
Sorry, the product you are peddling is brilliant and everyone should
have one! Shhh don't tell everyone how so utterly cool they are, you'll
struggle to meet the demand.
You don't stop do you. Do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Database advise / Searching techniques
date posted 19th June 2006 17:30
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Dan Cooper wrote:
> But this will slow down dramatically when I start to get huge numbers of records
> and multiple simultaneous queries won't it?
>
> (Using PostgreSQL 8.1)
Do...
Re: FN-FORUM: php appointment boking
date posted 19th June 2006 17:29
On 19 Jun 2006 17:28:17 -0000, Punters Power [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> tell me more please?
Not meaning to appear forum-police-ish, but why are you digging up
stuff from a month ago? There's enough...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problem,
date posted 19th June 2006 17:26
Punters Power wrote:
>
> is there something you are not telling us? This whole picture you
> have painted is very much in your favour!
>
> You have crerated the software that someone is buying for 2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities
date posted 19th June 2006 17:25
On Friday 16 Jun 2006 11:24 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
> I think Acorn were actually the company who also made BBC computers so
> they were pretty successful for a while, then they moved on to the
> Archim...
Re: FN-FORUM: php appointment boking
date posted 19th June 2006 17:20
that unkind he sounds really good, is his name really Tim Nice
Rich wrote:
>
> Over 36 years of experience in code?
> That's interesting, given the Internet hasn't been around for 36
> years, so unl...
Re: FN-FORUM: php appointment boking
date posted 19th June 2006 17:19
tell me more please?
Ideal-Graphics ( Complete business design solution ) wrote:
> THE TEACHER HAVE OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN CODE AND START PHP SOON AS IT
> START.
>
> IS THE RIGHT TEACHER TO...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problem,
date posted 19th June 2006 17:18
is there something you are not telling us? This whole picture you have
painted is very much in your favour!
You have crerated the software that someone is buying for 250k right?
and you want what...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 17:16
Nildram is the best that I know of - had their broadband for over 4 years -
never had a problem with it except in the very early days.
Good commercial weight no-nonsense service and although (you hav...
Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.
date posted 19th June 2006 17:14
Just sprang it on me. Still no word from her solicitor though. Now
that's weird.
Punters Power wrote:
>
> was this a surprise job that sprung from no where or were you expected
> to mind read she...
Re: FN-FORUM: This has got to be the last moan of the day.
date posted 19th June 2006 17:03
was this a surprise job that sprung from no where or were you expected
to mind read she needed the site ready for the weekend?
Ashley Etchell wrote:
> excellent, it makes me wonder how these peopl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 17:00
> So, anyone have an opinion or experience with any of
> these contenders?
>
> Pipex 0845 077 2537
I've heard they're good but haven't used them.
> Tiscali 0800 458 2000
No. Don't.
> HomeChoice 08...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 16:55
I've used Pipex for the last couple of years. I've had no problems
whatsoever.
Regards,
Gary
http://www.garyshort.org/
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Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:51
Well fluent goes for the actual language and not the API's attached to
it. It's quite different to speaking a language for example where you
should have a good vocabulary to be fluent.
Fluent was t...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:48
On Monday 19 Jun 2006 12:14 pm, Ian Michell wrote:
> What is it with people turning stuff into flame wars?
Something to do with your own, errr, "forthright" approach, perhaps?
Dave [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 16:45
19 jun 2006 kl. 17.40 skrev David Searle:
>
> I've whittled down a list to these service providers.
> In terms of a maximum speed, no restrictions broadband
> only contract. (HomeChoice is on the l...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason
date posted 19th June 2006 16:41
S**t there's always one; and what do you base this stupid opinion on - Have
you got one? - Have you ever actually used one?.
I can tell from your other posts that you have a somewhat limited
vocabula...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 16:40
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 04:40:29PM -0000, David Searle wrote:
> Pipex 0845 077 2537
In the market a long time, can be big company bureaucratic.
> Tiscali 0800 458 2000
>
> HomeChoice 0800 072 4454...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:34
Ian Michell wrote:
"Fluent meaning that I am capable of writing in the language."
Ah my apologies, I thought you were using the word fluent in the context of
its actual meaning. Now that you have exp...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 16:31
I've whittled down a list to these service providers.
In terms of a maximum speed, no restrictions broadband
only contract. (HomeChoice is on the list, I'm not
sure if I can get their broadband with...
FN-FORUM: Database advise / Searching techniques
date posted 19th June 2006 16:29
Hi,
I am looking for some ideas/advice on searching a database, the problem is as
follows:
I have a web designer which can create a form containing any number of controls
(Text, listboxes, dropdo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Upgrading processors
date posted 19th June 2006 16:28
On Monday 19 Jun 2006 4:05 pm, Ian Copeland wrote:
> Is it possible to upgrade a processor in a laptop?
> I've got 2 laptops and I'm getting rid of one because I don't like it, =
but
> it has a faster...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:19
Fluent meaning that I am capable of writing in the language. Provided I
have documentation as humans can't possibly comprehend a programming
language in their brains, I know of no programmers that c...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:14
Alain Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 12:53:48PM -0000, Mac T. Wheeler wrote:
>
>> Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> You ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:12
PostgreSQL is amazing when it comes to speed. It is just as fast if not
faster at times than MySQL, so I would recommend it.
Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
>
> Ian Michell wrote:
>>
>> Yes, this is the best o...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 16:07
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 12:53:48PM -0000, Mac T. Wheeler wrote:
>
> Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
> >
> >On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
> >
> >>You have me thinking now Ian. I'm about to start a...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Odd request, sensible reason
date posted 19th June 2006 16:02
this is shite the battery will screw your phone up DONT USE IT
James McIlroy wrote:
> Here We go - I have a few business interests but never promoted them here -
> As a (used to be designer - for oth...
Re: FN-FORUM: Connecting a mySQL database to a phone via NEC TAPI
date posted 19th June 2006 15:51
> I have been asked by a client to set up a connection between his phone
> system and a MySQL database containing customer details (part of an
> e-commerce solution).
I have had this bookmarked for a...
Re: FN-FORUM: virtual office
date posted 19th June 2006 15:10
never set up a business at all, maybe in the future when im more financially
stable
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FN-FORUM: Upgrading processors
date posted 19th June 2006 14:57
Is it possible to upgrade a processor in a laptop?
I've got 2 laptops and I'm getting rid of one because I don't like it, but
it has a faster processor, so I'd prefer to swap it with the other laptop....
Re: FN-FORUM: virtual office
date posted 19th June 2006 14:54
have you done this before?
Easymatics Forums wrote:
> Setting up business in any EU country should be easy, but France and Germany
> defy that rule. Get in touch with a French agent who can sort it...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 14:47
"Absolutely right but there are a few things you can do with sub-queries
that you can't do with joins or where joins work out extremely complex -
and this job appeared to need *all* of them. Also, U...
Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL and Micro Filters query???
date posted 19th June 2006 14:36
The key phrase here is "have ADSL filtered at the master socket".
You can buy suitable master sockets online however bear in mind that
anything up to and including the master socket can only be w...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 14:25
Quoting Rob Allen [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> Secondly, because it was the "standard" for so long, the world is full
>> of people who have learned database programming using MySQL...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 14:22
Gary Short wrote:
> Well yeah, the thing is there's no accounting for customers. Some would
> rather pay you X to code round a problem, than pay X/4 to move/upgrade and
> have the problem disappear....
Re: FN-FORUM: my ltd company
date posted 19th June 2006 14:19
Hi Andrew,
What I meant was DTS (Data Transformation Services),
but I probably should've written Data Transformation
Services instead of DTS to keep things clear.
By the way, what did you mean with...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:51
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Secondly, because it was the "standard" for so long, the world is full
> of people who have learned database programming using MySQL 3.23. They
> don't know about the exi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 13:49
No! But my landlady is scaaarrreeeddd of broadband and she do not
listen to me.
Bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 14.15 skrev [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Quoting Bo Persson [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>> It was ac...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:47
Hugh wrote:
> I am just embarking on a large website project from scratch.
> I have PHP 4.4 / MySQL 5.0.22 / Apache 1.3 and 2.2 on an XP dev box.
> Deployment will be LAMP, supplier not yet chosen....
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:28
Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
> You have me thinking now Ian. I'm about to start a new project that
> will lean very heavily on the database engine I choose. Many many very
> small queries and updates. It'...
RE: FN-FORUM: Free open source WAI/DDA compliant PHP/CSS horizontal menu
date posted 19th June 2006 13:25
< I'm looking for a good easy to install horizontal menu system. Open source
too for it must be free to use commercially.>
Hi Mike
I found this earlier while looking for an image gallery... haven't...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:25
Ben Moxon wrote:
"Scenario I've been working with: Client has existing site, their own
hosting, not interested in changing it.
Hosting includes MySQL. Version 3.23.
Some real world-of-hurt develop...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:22
Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
>
> Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
>>
>>> You have me thinking now Ian. I'm about to start a new project that
>>> will
>>> lean very heav...
RE: FN-FORUM: virtual office
date posted 19th June 2006 13:15
Setting up business in any EU country should be easy, but France and Germany
defy that rule. Get in touch with a French agent who can sort it out for
you.
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Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL and Micro Filters query???
date posted 19th June 2006 13:14
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Julian Voelcker wrote:
> Am I right in thinking that when you have ADSL on a line, you need to
> have a microfilter installed between every phone and the wall socket
> connected...
RE: FN-FORUM: ADSL and Micro Filters query???
date posted 19th June 2006 13:11
You cannot go:
Phone > Socket
Computer > Socket
You must go:
Phone > Microfilter > Socket
Computer > Microfilter > Socket
However you can split them successfully, so maybe:
Phone 1 > \
Phone 2 >...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:11
Heart internet.
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> (and Gary was quoting me - tho' he doesn't mention it)
>
>
>> "It's true that few RDBMSs are fully standards complia...
Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL and Micro Filters query???
date posted 19th June 2006 13:10
Julian Voelcker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am I right in thinking that when you have ADSL on a line, you need to
> have a microfilter installed between every phone and the wall socket
> connected to that lin...
Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL and Micro Filters query???
date posted 19th June 2006 13:09
Fraid so.
Any phone socket where you have things plugged in
Also - what your REN number too - I forget the limit, but you can sometimes
plug too much into your system
I think it's called a ren numbe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 13:07
Quoting Bo Persson [EMAIL REMOVED]
> It was according to ntl the only option as she has ntl telephone.
Would you really want to deal with a company who tells outright lies
like that?
Dave......
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 13:04
Quoting "Mac T.Wheeler" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>> [1] http://www.sqlite.org/
>>
> I will check that out Dave, but I'm guessing it has no stored procedure
> support?
You guess...
Re: FN-FORUM: my ltd company
date posted 19th June 2006 12:58
isn't it DTI not DTS ?
Andrew
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> i've got lots of questions today, maybe some of you have experience?
> i use Sage Instant Accounts, although i don't have any previous know...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:52
lol - apart from getting a BT line installed?
Bo Persson wrote:
>
> My landlady just called me to tell that she now has installed ntl
> broadband =(
> It was according to ntl the only option as she...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:44
Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
>
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
>
>> You have me thinking now Ian. I'm about to start a new project that will
>> lean very heavily on the database engine I choose...
FN-FORUM: Free open source WAI/DDA compliant PHP/CSS horizontal menu
date posted 19th June 2006 12:44
Hope you all had a good weekend.
I'm looking for a good easy to install horizontal menu system. Open source
too for it must be free to use commercially.
I have a reasonable armoury of horizontal men...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:41
Pjuhhh!! Thanks a lot!
Bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 13.24 skrev Lee Fogarty:
>
> I've been with NTL for many, many years (since they bought out
> diamond cable). I have had two problems in all those years....
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:40
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 12:29:41PM -0000, Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
> 1. Use a DB-independent API.
Use the Pear DB
> 2. Write platform neutral SQL.
Often not too difficult ... except for table creat...
Re: FN-FORUM: virtual office
date posted 19th June 2006 12:40
the accountant normally deals with this or at least the registered
office address does.
Anyone setup a company in france?
Andrew
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I'm looking for advice...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:36
Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
(and Gary was quoting me - tho' he doesn't mention it)
> "It's true that few RDBMSs are fully standards compliant. However
> SQLite and MySQL (versions 3.x and bef...
FN-FORUM: ADSL and Micro Filters query???
date posted 19th June 2006 12:29
Hi,
Am I right in thinking that when you have ADSL on a line, you need to
have a microfilter installed between every phone and the wall socket
connected to that line?
The reason for asking is that...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:28
Gary Short wrote:
> You are correct, but I can't help but feel that this is a fairly vacuous
> argument. It's like saying C# is not a good language as it didn't have
> support for generics until versi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:25
My landlady just called me to tell that she now has installed ntl
broadband =(
It was according to ntl the only option as she has ntl telephone.
Bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 13.20 skrev Rachel Graves:
>
> E...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:21
>=A0I'm just moving into a new house and am looking for a broadband
>=A0connection.
We're with Bytemark and are impressed with their service -=
http://www.bytemark.co.uk/page/Live/connectivity/
Wor...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:21
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> It's swings and roundabouts of course. The big advantage that MySQL
> always had over PostgreSQL was that it was faster. And that was
> because it had fewer features. As M...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:20
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
> You have me thinking now Ian. I'm about to start a new project that will
> lean very heavily on the database engine I choose. Many many very small
> querie...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:15
I've been with NTL for many, many years (since they bought out diamond
cable). I have had two problems in all those years. Both times I had
difficulty due to the helpdesk being dragged off the str...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:12
"It's true that few RDBMSs are fully standards compliant. However
SQLite and MySQL (versions 3.x and before) are missing far more of the
standards (and useful bits like subselects and outer joins)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:10
Every time I (or any one I know) has tried to move, or cancel, or
upgrade... Their has been a problem.
Don't do it!
Ben Moxon wrote:
>
> Bo Persson wrote:
>>
>> Is it that bad?
>>
>> bo
>> 19 jun 2...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 12:10
Quoting "Mac T.Wheeler" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I naturally figured I would use mySQL as I always do but I'm wondering
> if PostreSQL might now be an option.
>
> How do the two compare speed wise?
It's sw...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:09
On 19 Jun 2006 11:55:24 -0000, Faded Halo Industries
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Did you get caught up in their power surge issues/excuses last week too?
>
Oh yes, and their total lack of concern abou...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS ie6 problem
date posted 19th June 2006 12:06
> Is there a ie bug that=B9s known that will restrict the visibility functi=
on
> working?
> Or am in going mental and missing something glaring?
I'm not going to try debugging your code, but for CSS...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS ie6 problem
date posted 19th June 2006 12:06
Faded Halo Industries wrote:
> Or am in going mental and missing something glaring?
what? apart from the obvious IE6 not supporting :hover on anything
but links you mean?
;o)
Try IE7 javascript...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 12:04
Bo Persson wrote:
>
> Is it that bad?
>
> bo
> 19 jun 2006 kl. 12.48 skrev julian:
My experience with NTL is that they are fine as long as you don't need
to interact with them in any way.
I pity da...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:53
Is it that bad?
bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 12.48 skrev julian:
>
>
> Bo Persson wrote:
>> I'm going for ntl.
> nooooooooooooooooo don't do it!!!
>
> ju.
>
> --
> Freelancers, contractors earn more with Pro...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:52
Ian Michell wrote:
>
> Yes, this is the best one yet :)
>
> Nice friendly constructive argument, instead of zealous flaming...
>
> MySQL 5.0 is closer to a real DB thanks to MaxDB. However it is going...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:49
"Right, I'm a programmer, I am fluent in 24 languages. Including C/C++,
Java, Python, PHP, C# (plus a variety of .Net langauges), and many more."
Wow, I'm truly impressed. Java and C++ are vast lang...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:49
Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
> "Secondly when reading up on google adwords, they had to implement a lot
> of the missing features in the code."
>
> As you would with other RDBMS solutions as fe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:46
Did you get caught up in their power surge issues/excuses last week too?
Cy
On 19/6/06 12:40, "Alan Lloyd" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On 19 Jun 2006 10:58:45 -0000, Faded Halo Industries
> [EMAIL...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:39
Bo Persson wrote:
>
> I'm going for ntl.
>
nooooooooooooooooo don't do it!!!
ju....
FN-FORUM: CSS ie6 problem
date posted 19th June 2006 11:39
Hiya
I'm stuck on an ie6 bug (win2k o/s) on some css that I wonder if you may be
able to shed some light on for me...
http://fadedhalo.com/CSS/demo.htm is the page demo (css and code is in the
sourc...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:37
Yes, this is the best one yet :)
Nice friendly constructive argument, instead of zealous flaming...
MySQL 5.0 is closer to a real DB thanks to MaxDB. However it is going to
take more work to bring...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:36
See now, that is a valid argument.
Yes I agree that it was a file-system problem that prevented me from
having datafiles over 2GB and it was probably due to the company I was
at running 3.x, even t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:32
On 19 Jun 2006 10:58:45 -0000, Faded Halo Industries
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I just got messed around something chronic last week by eclipse/bt
snap. Just had my mac code turn up from Eclipse. Onl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Thunderbird extensions.
date posted 19th June 2006 11:31
Quoting "Mac T.Wheeler" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Good morning people and welcome to a new week! (why am I so cheerful
> today?).
>
> Yesterday I finally decided to ditch MS Outlook as a mail client and
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Thunderbird extensions.
date posted 19th June 2006 11:29
Ian Michell wrote:
>
> You should be able to sort by name. If you click on "name" in the
> messagelist pane, then go to view -> sort by -> Grouped By Sort
>
> That should do it ;)
>
> Ian
>
Great! Th...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:27
"I never said I am doing any projects to rival yahoo/ google."
You said if you did anything complicated MySql fell over. I merely stated
that Google and yahoo used it with little trouble and so I ass...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Thunderbird extensions.
date posted 19th June 2006 11:21
You should be able to sort by name. If you click on "name" in the
messagelist pane, then go to view -> sort by -> Grouped By Sort
That should do it ;)
Ian
Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
>
> Good morning peo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:18
Rachel Graves wrote:
>
> Right Now NTL are casing for £100 of money frm my other half which
> they decided he owed after canceling his account, in actuality he owes
> nothing.
>
> I have just upgr...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:15
Quoting Rich [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> MySQL is rubbish? Breaks fairly easy? Are you kidding??
Generally when you hear someone expounding this opinion (and I've said =20
very similar things in my time),...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:09
What is soo funny?
Bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 11.39 skrev Alain Williams:
>
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:23:16AM -0000, Bo Persson wrote:
>>
>> I'm going for ntl.
>
> HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa !
>
> Very funny! What...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:04
Well I can tell you who NOT to use .... Metronet. I've been with them for
about three years and up until they were taken over by Fastnet they were
pretty good - their 'phone support was only normal b...
FN-FORUM: Mozilla Thunderbird extensions.
date posted 19th June 2006 11:04
Good morning people and welcome to a new week! (why am I so cheerful
today?).
Yesterday I finally decided to ditch MS Outlook as a mail client and
switched over to Thunderbird.
I'm impressed so fa...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 11:04
What is it with people turning stuff into flame wars?
Right, I'm a programmer, I am fluent in 24 languages. Including C/C++,
Java, Python, PHP, C# (plus a variety of .Net langauges), and many more....
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 11:02
I'm going for ntl.
Bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 11.07 skrev [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> I'm just moving into a new house and am looking for a broadband
> connection.
> I don't think there is any c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Shortening the URL
date posted 19th June 2006 11:02
Quoting Anthony [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>
> Hi
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew without having to trawl through different
> websites about mod_rewrite for my URL. The website has a URL like this
>
> http...
Re: FN-FORUM: Shortening the URL
date posted 19th June 2006 10:59
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Anthony wrote:
> http://www.storageking.co.uk/Self-Storage/Erdington/?f=Erdington
>
> Google does not want to register this URL but it will on MSN and Yahoo. So
> instead of havi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Good PHP starting points - on line tutorials
date posted 19th June 2006 10:59
Hi Peter,
> Hope these help.
THanks Peter.
--
Cheers,
Julian Voelcker,
Cheltenham, Glos.
T: 01285 821 910
M: 07971 540 362
MSN: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Skype: julianvoelcker...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:55
Alain Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:23:16AM -0000, Bo Persson wrote:
>
>> I'm going for ntl.
>>
>
> HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa !
>
> Very funny! What a wind up!
>
>
I've used NTL for t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:50
I just got messed around something chronic last week by eclipse/bt
Kinda odd as they have always been good and ive been with them for years and
there is no contract.
In an attempt to get some kind of...
FN-FORUM: Shortening the URL
date posted 19th June 2006 10:47
Hi
I was wondering if anyone knew without having to trawl through different
websites about mod_rewrite for my URL. The website has a URL like this
http://www.storageking.co.uk/Self-Storage/Erdingt...
FN-FORUM: Connecting a mySQL database to a phone via NEC TAPI
date posted 19th June 2006 10:44
Hi there,
I have been asked by a client to set up a connection between his phone
system and a MySQL database containing customer details (part of an
e-commerce solution).
An NEC phone system is in p...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:38
Welcome to the dilemma!
I have just decided to move from Orange to O2 because the tight gits
wouldn=92t do rollover minutes, but they have the phone I really want =
for
business.
I ordered the O2 pa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:38
Right Now NTL are casing for £100 of money frm my other half which they
decided he owed after canceling his account, in actuality he owes nothing.
I have just upgraded from 1mb to 4mb (so paying th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:30
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:23:16AM -0000, Bo Persson wrote:
>
> I'm going for ntl.
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa !
Very funny! What a wind up!
--
Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 10:28
Jumping in at a somewhat late date ....
It seems that you have decided that it is cr*p and looked around for justifications ...
> On 19 Jun 2006 09:04:34 -0000, Ian Michell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 10:28
I never said I am doing any projects to rival yahoo/ google. However
after doing some reading up on the subject, they used MySQL for adwords
yes... I used MySQL for a finance project as well which p...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 10:16
"I have used MySQL on very large projects as well... "
Projects rivalling what Google/Yahoo are doing? Wow, I'm impressed. I didn't
know we had anything on that scale in this country. Can you elabo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:14
I'm going for ntl.
Bo
19 jun 2006 kl. 11.07 skrev [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> I'm just moving into a new house and am looking for a broadband
> connection.
> I don't think there is any c...
RE: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:12
I have always found www.nildram.net very good. Quite cheap, unlimited
downloads (if you select that package) and no noticeable downtime in about 2
years.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOV...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 10:12
www.nildram.co.uk
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I'm just moving into a new house and am looking for a broadband connection.
> I don't think there is any cable, so no cable service. I also don't
> wan...
FN-FORUM: Broadband provider
date posted 19th June 2006 09:59
I'm just moving into a new house and am looking for a broadband connection.
I don't think there is any cable, so no cable service. I also don't want to
use Bulldog. So currently (from today) BT h...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:57
> LOL yes I can... However I googled for an example as I couldn't be arsed
> to actually create the example myself.
>
> There are so many BAD things about MySQL, which IMHO I hope they fix so
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:38
I have used MySQL on very large projects as well... I find the way it
works irritating... I guess at the end of the day it is personal
preference. However if you look at some of the examples I gave...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:34
Python... What a lovely language!
If the python route is something you want to go down, I can also
recommend turbogears :)
www.turbogears.org
Richard Lewis wrote:
> On Monday 19 June 2006 03:17,...
RE: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:31
"- Try to anything complicated with it and it falls over"
This line is one of the funniest things I've seen written down for a long
time. I'm impressed you put your name to it, that takes balls and I...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:29
On Monday 19 June 2006 03:17, Hugh wrote:
>
> I will definitely use an OOP approach.
>
> I am wondering if a) I should move to PHP 5 before I start, to use new
> class features, although there are few...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:06
LOL yes I can... However I googled for an example as I couldn't be arsed
to actually create the example myself.
There are so many BAD things about MySQL, which IMHO I hope they fix so
at least it'...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 09:01
wow, u can type fast!
On 19 Jun 2006 09:04:34 -0000, Ian Michell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Decided to include an example for why MySQL is crappy (and note this is
> MySQL 5.x)
>
> An example:
> mysq...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 08:56
Decided to include an example for why MySQL is crappy (and note this is
MySQL 5.x)
An example:
mysql> drop database foobar;
ERROR 1217: Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key
constrai...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 08:51
OK, not wanting to start a flame war, but I will elaborate on why MySQL
is rubbish.
- It does not conform to the SQL standards
- Try to anything complicated with it and it falls over
- Stored proced...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 08:35
MySQL is rubbish? Breaks fairly easy? Are you kidding??
PHP is a "big mess"? Would you care to elaborate on that bold statement?
Cheers,
Rich.
On 19 Jun 2006 08:04:44 -0000, Ian Michell [EMAIL R...
RE: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities
date posted 19th June 2006 08:02
Maybe they should just refer to the next as "21st Century Windows"...
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of David
Asch
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 1:08 AM
To:...
Re: FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 07:56
Personally I think PHP is a big mess and would try PHP 5.0 as it looks
only a little bit cleaner than previous versions.
Secondly I would wary using MySQL as it too is a load of rubbish and
breaks...
FN-FORUM: New PHP / MySQL Project - tool choice advice
date posted 19th June 2006 02:08
Hi Peeps,
I am just embarking on a large website project from scratch.
I have PHP 4.4 / MySQL 5.0.22 / Apache 1.3 and 2.2 on an XP dev box.
Deployment will be LAMP, supplier not yet chosen.
I will...
Re: FN-FORUM: Friday evening frivolities
date posted 19th June 2006 00:00
On 18 Jun 2006, at 13:51, Gerard McGovern wrote:
>
> No, it was never released. Memphis was Windows 97 but become
> Windows 98
> when they realised they would not be able to release it in 1997.
>...
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