Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday December 21st 2001
Re: FN-FORUM Caching mysteries and miseries
date posted 21st December 2001 23:53
Quoting Peter Small [EMAIL REMOVED]
> This sounds like an excellent solution. Does the presence of a query string
> inhibit caching completely?
I don't believe it does. Changing the query string b...
Re: FN-FORUM geeeezus... I'm hung over and HC and HNY
date posted 21st December 2001 23:40
Njet, lete me gete this sttraight. I den't teach the goods.
Told you it was bad.
Have a good and happy chrimbo with a wonderful new year all.
On 20/12/01 07:58 pm, "Paul J White" [EMAIL REMOVED] wro...
Re: FN-FORUM Merry Christmas from welsh bum
date posted 21st December 2001 23:18
Merry Xmas everyone!, boy this beer really hit me tonight :c)
Well I think we all deserve a break so synchronise your watches and by 20:00
tomorrow night we should all be um,..um..no not having sex...
RE: FN-FORUM Caching mysteries and miseries
date posted 21st December 2001 19:39
Mike,
This sounds like an excellent solution. Does the presence of a query string
inhibit caching completely?
peter
>At 00:54 21/12/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>>Can't say I have found the NTL cachi...
RE: FN-FORUM Email virus check service
date posted 21st December 2001 18:00
I concur.
Whilst working for a client my wife sent me message with the word 'Joke' in
it which their email virus software picked up, apparently because there is a
virus out there with that name.
I...
Re: FN-FORUM tightbriefs
date posted 21st December 2001 17:44
and remember... sex sells ;-)
http://www.webleycity.co.uk/offers/
Mike...
Re: FN-FORUM A Question of Quotes
date posted 21st December 2001 17:42
depends what you charge for - basic travel and meal costs should be all you
charge them, *not* for loss of chargeable work hours since thats your
problem, not theirs.
you might want to point out man...
RE: FN-FORUM Caching mysteries and miseries
date posted 21st December 2001 17:41
At 00:54 21/12/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Can't say I have found the NTL caching service a big problem myself.
Me neither, never used NTL, and probably (due to my geographical location)
never will.
I...
Re: FN-FORUM Merry Christmas from In One
date posted 21st December 2001 17:37
Love the 'inone' christmas card - very stylish... as is everything else on
their lovely web site.
For a rather more downmarket christmas greeting from us at iBlurbs go to:
http://www.iblurbs.com/ch...
Hello All
date posted 21st December 2001 15:51
Hi People
Hope everyone is well and happy. Just re-subscribed quickly to say Happy
Christmas, and to ask how things are going. Ive heard Ecky is on fine form
from an anonymous source! ;)
So, whats...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] It's too darn quiet!
date posted 21st December 2001 15:35
Kill things!!!
http://www.tuselp.cjb.net/
Norman...
Re: FN-FORUM MS Access 98
date posted 21st December 2001 15:34
http://www.microsoft.com/office/access/default.htm for Access XP
or
maybe http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/ would be more appropriate
Kathy
Anyone interested in genuine boxed retail Publisher 2002...
Re: FN-FORUM A Question of Quotes
date posted 21st December 2001 15:29
I usually give a quote which includes up to a specified number of meetings
at the client's premises. I state this in the quote and explain that further
meetings or travel to other palces is chargeabl...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: stupid mac user
date posted 21st December 2001 14:43
I'm so glad it's not just me!
As far as I can see, there is no Mac equivalent to the 'always expand alt
text' option in Winxx. I'm not familiar with ' title="tooltip" ' tag - I'll
need to do some h...
RE: FN-FORUM MS Access 98
date posted 21st December 2001 14:36
> does anyone know where i can download a copy of Access98 ?
You are joking, right?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft SQ...
[OT] It's too darn quiet!
date posted 21st December 2001 14:28
Folks,
Friday fun time - I know it's an oldie ;-)
http://www.flingthecow.com/
Martin Kellie
ICQ: 11219980...
RE: FN-FORUM A Question of Quotes
date posted 21st December 2001 13:32
Maybe you need a representative in the South, it is hardly the clients fault
that you don't have one and that your travel costs would be high. I too
think it was unreseaonable to ask for payment for...
RE: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #2121
date posted 21st December 2001 13:31
yeah, agreed. There's been a major reduction in available jobs in certain
sectors, yet they have, no the most part, continued in business, so they
HAVE to have increased their rates recently.
Simon...
A Question of Quotes
date posted 21st December 2001 13:06
I've been freelancing and contracting for the past 3 years, with freelancing being more and more predominant in the last few months.
My problem is...
Our clients (for graphic and web design) have b...
Re: FN-FORUM Caching mysteries and miseries
date posted 21st December 2001 12:51
> whilst pressing the ctrl key - this will cause the browser to request
fresh
> updates. I have found that this deals with 99% of the type of problem
Unfortunately, I have found this deals with only...
Re: FN-FORUM Caching mysteries and miseries
date posted 21st December 2001 12:38
Hi Peter,
The best you can do from your end is to do a reload/refresh of the page
whilst pressing the ctrl key - this will cause the browser to request fresh
updates for all files referenced in your...
RE: FN-FORUM Problem posting...
date posted 21st December 2001 12:16
I posted something yesterday night (the caching post - see below) but it did
not turn up on the list. Not too sure if this will get through either.
Re- caching mysteries thread -
For similar probl...
RE: FN-FORUM MS Access 98
date posted 21st December 2001 11:36
Doesn't exist. It went from 97 to 2000.
Pete
_________________________________________
P e t e r E b d o n
Professional Software Engineering Ltd
Microsoft Certified Professional
Email : [EM...
Fw: Floppy disk care instructions
date posted 21st December 2001 11:34
> Floppy disk care
> By following the instructions below, you should have error-free,
> long-lasting floppy disks.
> Never leave diskettes in the disk drive, as data can leak out of the disk
> and co...
MS Access 98
date posted 21st December 2001 11:31
does anyone know where i can download a copy of Access98 ?...
date posted 21st December 2001 11:24
unsubscribe...
OMG
date posted 21st December 2001 11:08
Well I'm now in the Xmas spirit.
We've got a client who's testing a application for us. We're not charging
them for it, but they're providing feedback etc. Just got a letter through
the post from...
Re: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #2121
date posted 21st December 2001 10:42
And the remaining 10%?
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Merry Christmas
date posted 21st December 2001 09:45
Just like to say thank you for an interesting and informative forum, I have
learned much. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
A Christmas gift for you:
http://www.spellshaperhosting.co.uk/Xmas/Me...
unsubscribe
date posted 21st December 2001 09:44
unsubscribe
logging off for Christmas - enjoy ;o)...
Re: Hangman [OT] (was RE: FN-FORUM agencies)
date posted 21st December 2001 09:40
C _ _ _ U T E R F U T U R E S
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Bing!!!
Kathy
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RE: FN-FORUM xmas prezzies
date posted 21st December 2001 09:13
So how do they explain the guy in the t-shirt and trousers in the little
inset picture. Is he wearing lead underwear?
Dave
Com.muniqué Creative & Internet Services Ltd
Telephone: 0870 7555055
Fax:...
Re: FN-FORUM Merry Christmas from In One
date posted 21st December 2001 09:06
Love the 'diver' in the background.... Excellent
Gordon...
Re: FN-FORUM tightbriefs
date posted 21st December 2001 05:19
Have you tried like a paid pitch, or getting them to sign a contract before
you start work. Try to make them pay a deposit before you start any thing.
Have a minimum charge, if they moan than from m...
Re: Hangman [OT] (was RE: FN-FORUM agencies)
date posted 21st December 2001 04:49
Do you mean like computer kind of e.
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Mark Webley
Multimedia design and development
WebleyCity Limited
London United Kingdom
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Re: FN-FORUM agencies
date posted 21st December 2001 04:48
Well then, almost every agency in the country is breaching this act.
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Mark Webley
Multimedia design and development
WebleyCity Limited
London United Kin...
Re: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #2121
date posted 21st December 2001 04:08
Your dead right about c............p...........
they really are a bunch of jokers. You know what I reckon agencies are
doing these days, really eating into our profits, taking something like 70%
pay...
RE: FN-FORUM tightbriefs
date posted 21st December 2001 01:40
I have responded to one or two in the past but until there are more clients
wanting work done than freelancers wanting work I have tended to give them a
miss.
The ones asking for the work to be done...
xmas prezzies
date posted 21st December 2001 00:56
Hey take a look at this :c) my brother sure wouldn't mind have this little
gadget, think of the laughs you'd have at the office parties!!
http://www.gadgetmasters.com/cgi-bin/azx/more.pl?ID=471&SID=...
RE: FN-FORUM Caching mysteries and miseries
date posted 21st December 2001 00:53
Can't say I have found the NTL caching service a big problem myself.
The other thing that stops pages being updated is of course the Local Cache.
If it's not set to "Check for newer versions of stor...
Re: FN-FORUM Problem posting...
date posted 21st December 2001 00:16
Yeah I seem to have a similar problem..
Best Regards
Damian Thomas
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