Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday April 16th 2002
OT: RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:59
First.. Tony - this next bit isn't directed at you at all.. Just was
closest email to the top to reply to :)
I wish I hadn't started this thread now as there have been a couple of
people with some sh...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:43
You could try http://www.bonsaikitten.com/
and before you scream, its a clever fake
>>Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 7:25:51 PM, Richard wrote wrote:
>CB> Coming soon no doubt, www.dissectedbullseye.com...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 23:38
-> Maybe you've been in some newsgroups I haven't then! Or you've made
-> some especially glaring netiquette slipups! *8)
Maybe you have been on some very tame ones.....
I'm on about 20.......Mos...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 23:36
and my point was? answers on a postcard please!
please address to:
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.343 / Virus D...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:34
As per usual.....well summed up by Carla!
Neil...mate....drop it!...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:30
and respec
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RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 23:29
I'm late again.....
This is refreshing.
The more people who make the case for some order on this anarchic
list and the more we take time to lead by example, the more useful
it may become.
It's an u...
Re: FN-FORUM
date posted 16th April 2002 23:27
Peter Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>> Note conspicuous absence of Outlook / Outlook Express....
>
>I use OE because it's free and it has a good newsreader.. and well,
>anything's better than Eudora,...
Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 23:25
Hi Lindsey
Site looks ok - but there are just a few little things:
1. The pages are just slightly too wide at 800 x 600 so you get an
irritating horizontal scoll bar which doesn't really do anything...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:11
> Here, here (or is it hear, hear - after a previous interesting but
slightly
> OT thread)...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:10
>>>> FH are advertising fraudulently as unlimited bandwidth does NOT exist.
>>>
>>> Of course it exists, [...]
>>
>> Please, enlighten me. How can it exist? [...]
>
> It can exist in the way that you...
Re: FN-FORUM
date posted 16th April 2002 23:02
> Note conspicuous absence of Outlook / Outlook Express....
I use OE because it's free and it has a good newsreader.. and well,
anything's better than Eudora, right? The newsreader is kinda important...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 23:02
It cannot exist. Their is no such thing as an unlimited Pipe. What happens
when they get to the extent of using that amount of transfer, that the
transatlantic peering points cannot cope?
Yes, in a s...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:59
Carla Boulton [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>on 16/4/02 9:15 pm, Neil Durant at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> and when someone forgets or a newcomer to
>> the Internet posts something without knowing about net...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:57
Carla Boulton [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Neil
>
>This list is full of interesting people who don't conform to convention,
>they work for themselves and run their own business because they don't want
>to...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 22:57
Darren,
See my earlier posting! As I said lots of API calls etc.....
Mark Anderson
01202 775483
07802 404838 mob
Web Development and database design
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Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:52
Andrew Maynes [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>I am going to enclose the whole email too I agree with Dave... just so you know
>what Dave said it is below and below that is what Mr Strongly said
So you quoted...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:46
> This list is full of interesting people who don't conform to convention...
> Some good points in your post but enforcing rules on this community
probably
> won't work, most here are free spirits who...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:39
kudos to the naughty mutt!
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM On an...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 22:36
I don't know why there's so much whoopee about shutting down. If you
type in "shut down xp" at google you get a bunch of great ideas for how
to accomplish an xp shutdown. Among them:
http://www.micros...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:35
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
> >...
Re: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 22:31
Paypal don't allow some countries as they can't work with or around the
laws enforce in those countries. As he'd need to put in his hungarian
address, they'd know where he lived and not allow it.
T...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:30
on 16/4/02 9:15 pm, Neil Durant at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> and when someone forgets or a newcomer to
> the Internet posts something without knowing about netiquette, then
> others in the group polit...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:28
> world oh and potatoe farmers rock too for, without them we would have no
chips,
> did you know that fish and chip shops out number Mcdonalds by 8/1...
>
Did you know that no potatoes go into the big...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:27
All of you who expect this to be the message it's not here it's at the
bottom...
on 16/4/02 7:00 pm, Neil Durant at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Kevin Johnston [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>> Does anyone agre...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:26
It can exist in the way that you said, they can expand if they run out of
resources. Just as the analogy about the buffet entailed them sending out
for more resource.
I was responding to your accusa...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:24
Andy Hutchinson [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Personally, I like the feel of this list. It sometimes verges on
>anarchy, but given the choice between that and those clipped, manicured,
>Mussollini-made-the-...
Re: FN-FORUM
date posted 16th April 2002 22:20
on 16/4/02 7:27 pm, Andrew Maynes at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> what is half-decent software?
>
> by the way did everyone see the news today? The government have launched a
> government funded web si...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:20
I am going to enclose the whole email too I agree with Dave... just so you know
what Dave said it is below and below that is what Mr Strongly said
now does anyone have a view about designing web site...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 22:17
Back again.....
The examples don't work on Win2K or XP, but there is mention and reference
to "AdjustTokenPrivileges", I've looked that up on msdn etc...but not really
any wiser...anyone got a clue ?...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 22:15
David McEwen [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>You can suggest all these things all you like but I'd be interested to know
>how you would go about strongly discouraging people.
The way most Usenet newsgroups d...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 22:13
> Personally, I like the feel of this list. It sometimes verges on
> anarchy, but I'll take this one every time.
>
> Only thing I'd suggest changing is warning people...so that muppets
> who can't rea...
Re: FN-FORUM
date posted 16th April 2002 22:08
> by the way did everyone see the news today? The government have launched
a
> government funded web site design and development agency where small
businesses
> can get a 'free' yes 'free' web site....
Re: FN-FORUM
date posted 16th April 2002 22:02
[Top-posting fixed!]
Andrew Maynes [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>>2. Maybe introduce a couple of other agreed-upon abbreviations to use
>> in subject headers to indicate the intent of the posting. May...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 21:56
Personally, I like the feel of this list. It sometimes verges on
anarchy, but given the choice between that and those clipped, manicured,
Mussollini-made-the-trains-run-on-time lists elsewhere, where...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 21:52
Please, enlighten me. How can it exist? As far as I know, FH has a
fractional DS3 (45Mbps link) at about 10Mbps currently, so assuming 1Mbps is
approximately 320Gb of transfer, 10Mbps is 3200Gb. How c...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 21:36
Apparently we're going to need to split this mailing list into four
threads: the three already mentioned and one more for talking about
talking about talking about the other three....
floppy in it (was: frog lovers?)
date posted 16th April 2002 21:01
> A good example of why following up an off-topic thread with a serious
> request for help is a bad idea! People who filter out "OT:" postings
> won't have seen this plea for help!
>
Very true, perha...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ? (OT)
date posted 16th April 2002 20:57
You can suggest all these things all you like but I'd be interested to know
how you would go about strongly discouraging people. Your suggestions are
based a little too much on negativity. Wherever...
date posted 16th April 2002 20:54
what is half-decent software?
by the way did everyone see the news today? The government have launched a
government funded web site design and development agency where small businesses
can get a 'fr...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 20:51
Of course it exists, just as eat as much as you like buffets exist - they
may run out of food eventually but they can always send out for more.
Dave
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RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 20:43
Thanks for this and the other couple of constructive replies.
If such a suggestion as below could be followed then that would be
perfect.
A simple rule inside your mail client could happily filter out...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 20:30
Shaf Cangil [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>quick one:
>shut down my pc with my sons floppy in it. Only realised it was in when I
>turned it on next day managed to resolve the resulting failure to start
>issu...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 20:25
Thanks Peter and everyone....gonna go write a little program now....
Regards
Darren Spink
T: +44(0)113 253 4750
F: +44(0)113 253 1686
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W: http://www.arkad.co.uk
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OT: Re[3]: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 20:09
Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 7:53:12 PM, you wrote:
IA> At 19:16 16/04/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>>Or how about www.dissectedsesamestreetcharacters.com ?
IA> ouh, that's not fair,....
IA> followed that link...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 20:04
quick one:
shut down my pc with my sons floppy in it. Only realised it was in when I
turned it on next day managed to resolve the resulting failure to start
issue by yanking out the floppy and rebooti...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 20:01
fantastic what can be done with flash.
love it
Shaf
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Subject:...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 19:59
Kevin Johnston [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Does anyone agree that it would be better to split this list into 3.
>
>Have a general chatter list for all the people wanting free beer and
>wasting away the da...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 19:53
At 19:16 16/04/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Or how about www.dissectedsesamestreetcharacters.com ?
ouh, that's not fair,....
followed that link in hope to see miss piggy turned into bacon...
was a hoax wa...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:50
Hi Andy
It is for a friend of mine, he is looking at something to turn his PC off at
a certain time. Then end result will be it stopping the always on
connection automatically if he is out etc, his...
Re: Tam / FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 19:49
yep it is proper hosting not forwarding, I have
www.beattheboredom.co.uk and www.think-small.co.uk both hosted with them.
jd wrote:
>re: nameroute - are they offering true domain hosting rather than...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:43
Shutdown.exe, ShutGui.exe, Shutdown.vbs from the NT Resource Kit?
Kathy
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Subje...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 19:38
Some interesting reading at http://www.unlimband.com and
http://www.unlimitedtransfer.com
Simply put, FH are advertising fraudulently as unlimited bandwidth does NOT
exist. Same as unlimited diskspac...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:30
Darren,
Depends on the operating systems! BUT I have a whole load of API calls and
Code in VB that allows the shutdown and reboot of WIN NT...If your
interested, contact me off list.
I'm after some c...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:24
At 18:41 16/04/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>but um... which windows platform becuase 98/nt/xp/2000 is all different
no worries, was supposed for win95
wrote code that used it first on win98 (reboot to ch...
Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work
date posted 16th April 2002 19:21
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Great!
My toilet's blocked there's s**t all over the place when can you come over...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 19:16
Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 7:25:51 PM, you wrote:
CB> Coming soon no doubt, www.dissectedbullseye.com
Or how about www.dissectedsesamestreetcharacters.com ?
:D
Cheers,
Richard.
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Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:15
Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 6:35:03 PM, you wrote:
DS> Just a quick one for the programmers on here, has anyone seen a
DS> program or functions (Visual basic or Visual C++) to shut a
DS> window...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 19:13
[Xcalibre] have been around for donkeys years if they are the people
im thinking of - used to offer shell accounts to enthusiasts back in
the dark ages, switched to webservers a good few years back no...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:12
btw, just in case,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarvbtips/html/msdn_msdn154.asp
this is where it originates...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 19:09
It's an AOL user, what did you expect :D
-- Richard
http://www.rwatt.co.uk
Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 5:47:47 PM, you wrote:
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S> Bloody hell.....another person...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:08
Why do you want to do this ? does it have to be in VB or VC++
I could create a small exe that does this you could then call the exe from
VB
Dennis
Website: http://www.dennismcdermott.co.uk
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Re[2]: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 19:08
That site was great - I like any site where I can edit the price of
items before submitting the form, and the feature where if you ordered
more than 64k items, the price became negative was genuis too...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 19:07
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At 18:35 16/04/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Afternoon Everyone
>
>Just a quick one for the programmers o...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 18:51
> Just a quick one for the programmers on here, has anyone seen a program or
> functions (Visual basic or Visual C++) to shut a windows computer down
(just
> like hitting the start/shutdown).
Yes. Th...
Re: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 18:42
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 06:35:03PM +0100, Darren Spink wrote:
> Afternoon Everyone
>
> Just a quick one for the programmers on here, has anyone seen a program or
> functions (Visual basic or Visual C...
RE: FN-FORUM Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 18:41
what do you want it for?
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Subject: FN-FORUM Shu...
Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 18:33
here it is,
our sponsor UNISERVE UK's URL is http://www.uniserveuk.com/
who offer a free beer when you join, but i think you might have to be a
student.
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Shutting down a PC with software
date posted 16th April 2002 18:32
Afternoon Everyone
Just a quick one for the programmers on here, has anyone seen a program or
functions (Visual basic or Visual C++) to shut a windows computer down (just
like hitting the start/shutd...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 18:24
Coming soon no doubt, www.dissectedbullseye.com
on 16/4/02 5:01 pm, nick gerig at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> for anyone who missed frog dissection at school.....or anyone who wants to
> repeat the exp...
Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 18:24
theres a free beer advert on our button exchange at www.studentsart.com (at
bottom of menu)
but you'll probably have to keep refreshing until it appears.
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Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work
date posted 16th April 2002 18:06
my husband is a plumber and he has work lined up from here to there...
what you say is true, I am thinking of becoming his official secretary
shaf cangil
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Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 18:04
In a message dated 16/4/02 2:53:04 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
>
depends what you need it for but COBRA beer sponsored or degree show last
year.
Ribs...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 17:48
Bloody hell.....another person who can't bother his/her a** to read
unsubscribe instructions. One would think it was flipping rocket science or
summat.
Stressed and very tired here
Sherry
To unsubs...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 17:47
on 16/4/02 3:57 pm, Kevin Johnston at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>personally id prefer to just purely subscribe to a technical problems/help list
only.
>
> Let the flaming begin if you have to but im tr...
OT: frog lovers?
date posted 16th April 2002 17:42
for anyone who missed frog dissection at school.....or anyone who wants to
repeat the experience........
http://www.froguts.com/frog/index.html
nick
http://www.ibme.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 17:39
Andrew,
Sorry, do I know you or is that a hint of sarcasm in your post? If it's the
former then I apologise for my seive-like memory because I don't remember
you, and if it's the latter then I apolog...
Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 17:26
Beer2Mime.exe, Martin
Cheers
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From: "Ian Turner" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 4:05 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Free Beer
> Yes follow...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access - hooray easy peasy - OT
date posted 16th April 2002 17:15
Ooh I don't know... that could be considered off topic ;~(
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 17:11
Sorry it's late in the day it looks good but when I opened the contact form
the window shut itself. I'm on ac OS 9 in IE it might be me my Mac's been a
bit flaky lately
Orange 021 is the bright orang...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 17:07
Hi Steve where have you been, we've all been waiting for you to join and make
the necessary changes to the forum can you put a list together and we will start
work immediately.
cheers mate
Andrew
P...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access - hooray easy peasy
date posted 16th April 2002 16:58
Ema,
Glad you got it sorted, it may be quicker to e-mail the crate over rather
than use the fax.
Dennis
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Sent: Tuesday, Apr...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:53
Can you please remove my email address & not send me any further emails.
Thanks.
Amanda Hodges...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:52
> You might want to have a look at the evolt list (http://evolt.org) which
is
> along the lines of the sort of list you envisage wanting to be subscribed
to
>
But they're worse than this lot for not t...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:48
Here, here!
>
> There was a techy spin-off (and several other attempts that fizzled out)
> but nobody used it, because the same people that regularly post non-work
> related stuff to this email list...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:44
sometime ago we all had a rant over spamming regarding a hairdressing site... i
noticed that this site used a payment system which basically sent the cc details
etc through a basic formhandler.... doe...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:44
Hi Kev,
That sounds like a sterling idea to me. I've only just subscribed to the
list today but have been looking through the archives on the website for
some time and see that there is a fair bit of...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:43
At 15:57 16/04/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>wasting away the day with crappy flash sites.
oops, apologies, won't happen again...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:41
There was a techy spin-off (and several other attempts that fizzled out)
but nobody used it, because the same people that regularly post non-work
related stuff to this email list are also the ones off...
Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 16:40
Thanks for comments.
> Very orange ;c)
The client has seen it and says the orange isn't as bright as it is on all
the brand stuff they've had done!! oh dear!
> I managed to get a kinda screen bounce...
Re: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:33
> Does anyone agree that it would be better to split this list into 3.
>
No. We've been down this route a dozen times - most people don't really want
it and it doesn't work when we've tried it. Sorry!...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:29
I totally agree.
I am considering unsubscribing with the amount of OT stuff there is at the
moment.
*puts on flame proof socks*
- Alan
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Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 16:24
>Anyone know where I can get free beer?
You could try putting the need for a new beer out to tender with some
small independent breweries.
Tell them it's "A great opportunity..." etc. and pretend y...
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:23
Hi Kev
It's an idea that already been mooted a few times, and the prevailing
feeling seems to be against splitting the list up. If people could bring
themselves to use [OT] in the subject line of of...
RE: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 16:17
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Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 16:17
> Anyone know where I can get free beer?
Yeah, work in a brewery. That was my first job after leaving school.
Free beer at every opportunity. Forget health and safety, half the
staff were hammered....
RE: FN-FORUM On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 16:14
read and deleted... stop wasting my time with moaning
anyone fancy a game of chess
http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/emailchess
check out the new stars film
http://www.starwars.com/
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RE: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 16:04
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On and Off topic - Split this list into 3 ?
date posted 16th April 2002 15:59
Does anyone agree that it would be better to split this list into 3.
Have a general chatter list for all the people wanting free beer and wasting away the day with crappy flash sites.
A technical li...
Re: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 15:52
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RE: FN-FORUM ASP/Access - hooray easy peasy
date posted 16th April 2002 15:51
Address is on the website... cheers
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RE: FN-FORUM Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 15:48
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Shutting a machine down
date posted 16th April 2002 15:45
Afternoon Everyone
Just a quick one for the programmers on here, has anyone seen a program or
functions (Visual basic or Visual C++) to shut a windows computer down (just
like hitting the start/shutd...
Re: Tam / FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 15:40
re: nameroute - are they offering true domain hosting rather than a masked
domain forwarding thing - as i have a similar account at easily.co.uk
hosting www.cobaltblue.co.uk -as you navigate thru diff...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 15:35
Hi Ben,
I was a fasthosts customer for a few years and I still regret not leaving
them sooner - allot of downtime, all my email settings/ac's got reset a few
times and basically a royal pain in the ar...
RE: FN-FORUM SMTP Server
date posted 16th April 2002 15:26
Doh! OK may give it a try. Thanks Rick
Simon
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Sent: 16 April 2002 13:36
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Subject:...
hmm, pong
date posted 16th April 2002 15:26
off subject, but could make you smile...
http://www.amd.co.at/video/pong.swf
sorry to all flash haters here,
lates, lx...
Re: FN-FORUM tri-boot problem
date posted 16th April 2002 15:25
marco polo [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>i hope some gurus here can help me out of this specific problem on my
>computer:
>
>i have 3 OS: win2k server, win2k pro and redhat linux using linux
>loader as th...
Free Beer
date posted 16th April 2002 15:22
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Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 15:21
Lindsey Hill [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Hi all
>
>Could someone just have a quick scan of this site on a PC just to make sure
>nothing's moved or anything strange has happened.
>
>http://www.apperleydesi...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP/Access - hooray easy peasy
date posted 16th April 2002 15:18
*barf*
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I'm all out of...
RE: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 15:16
Ai - 250 yards from my house ...
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Re: FN-FORUM SMTP Server
date posted 16th April 2002 15:04
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im using postcast on win 2000 no problems hasn't crashed for atoll, if
interested m...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access - hooray easy peasy
date posted 16th April 2002 14:52
I'm all out of lager it'll have to be Redbush tea today
Carla
on 16/4/02 1:22 pm, Ema at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Well I don't know why you all made such a fuss, it was dead easy...
>
> WHERE gigs...
Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 14:43
You've forgotten to specify a color for your .body class - otherwise it
hangs together fine in IE6/Win98 but the pop up 'recommend' form doesn't fit
in the box in NN6 (doesn't work at all in NN4) and...
Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 14:42
Very orange ;c)
I get a slight horiz scroll @ 800x600 perhaps cos you have td width="780"
otherwise looked fine.
Btw what's a *holiday*?
Em
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RE: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 14:38
Looks fine IE6, W2K, 1024x768...
RE: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 14:38
register in another country name!
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RE: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 14:37
I managed to get a kinda screen bounce when I opened then closed the
mortgage calculator.
Regards
Darren Spink
T: +44(0)113 253 4750
F: +44(0)113 253 1686
E: [EMAIL REMOVED]
W: http://www.arkad.co...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 14:34
This is pretty much the experience I've had with Fasthosts over the past
couple of years. I've never topped 1gig in any single month yet so I don't
know about the bandwidth limit (I'd be interested to...
Online payment options
date posted 16th April 2002 14:33
Are e-gold or evocash possibilities in place of Paypal (I've heard a lot of
bad stuff about Paypal - like charging your bank account and credit card for
the same transaction and refusing to return the...
Re: FN-FORUM PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 14:32
when I naviagate between pages the logo / whole page moves very slightly
(small point). Also the form fields on your 'recommend a friend' don't fit
(too wide)...can mail you screen shots off list....
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access - hooray easy peasy
date posted 16th April 2002 14:29
Well I don't know why you all made such a fuss, it was dead easy...
WHERE gigsDate >= date()
Works a treat!
Thanks Martin, Norman, Dennis & Dean
I'll have Carla fax you all a crate of lager ;c)))...
PC Site check
date posted 16th April 2002 14:14
Hi all
Could someone just have a quick scan of this site on a PC just to make sure
nothing's moved or anything strange has happened.
http://www.apperleydesign.co.uk/me/index.html
I'm going on holid...
tri-boot problem
date posted 16th April 2002 14:12
i hope some gurus here can help me out of this specific problem on my
computer:
i have 3 OS: win2k server, win2k pro and redhat linux using linux loader as
the boot-up. occasionally under win2k i l...
RE: FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 14:09
They [Xcalibre] look pretty good.
How long have they been around?
They don't appear to do Java Servlets though, which is a bit annoying, but
all the same...
- Alan
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Re: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 14:03
Hello David
I realise that the CC company deals with the different currencies, but how
would my client in Hungary sign up for Paypal.
I have just been to their site to sign-up for an International (...
Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 14:02
You've got a Hobbs House Bakery now haven't you - bloody gorgeous bread!
Sorry, a bit sad I know...
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM VB problems
date posted 16th April 2002 13:56
hi gaurav,
i've more or less sorted out the problems here now. for the first part i
made some changes as follows and it now works fine:
Dim xlsApp As Object
...
Set xlsApp = CreateObject("...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 13:55
Hi Ben,
I've never actually dealt with fasthosts, but the clause you mention is
pretty much standard when talking about unlimited bandwidth hosting
packages. The thing is, although they state 'unlimi...
Re: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 13:39
> A Visa or MasterCard is currency independent - the CC company convert it.
> There would be a problem if it was some obscure Hungarian CC company, but
> what's the chance of that?
That's true, but a...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 13:37
> me: "by 'server resources', do you mean 'bandwidth'?"
>
> FastHosts: "yes"
This is inconsistent with what I've heard. Once upon a time they classed
'server resources' as also meaning server CPU tim...
Re: FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 13:35
Hiya,
Forgive me for replying to this reply, but I've only just signed up to the
list and didn't get the original message.
Anyway, I have experience of a few budget hosting companies and have found...
Re: FN-FORUM SMTP Server
date posted 16th April 2002 13:34
> > Any recommendations on (freeware) SMTP servers that can be set-up on
W2K,
> > using NTL cable modem connection with dynamic IP?
>
> >in add remove windows components, there is a SMTP server, works...
Re: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 13:24
> FH: "we can't give you a figure but if the abuse department decide that
your
> site is causing a problem then we'll deal with it."
>
> me: "so it's unlimited until i reach a limit which you can't te...
RE: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 13:21
the only justifiable use of the term monopolise in association of abuse in this
case is if you are using the allocated space to do other things other than what
youe site is about I would imagine or yo...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 13:07
To show only records NOT out-of-date
SELECT * FROM YourTable WHERE YourDateField >= dateadd("d",-7,date())
Would only select records where the date in YourDateField are within the
last 7 days
Denni...
RE: FN-FORUM fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 13:01
> should i just ditch fasthosts
Definitely - at least for shared hosting.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft SQL Server, A...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 13:00
Em
Here you go:-
txtSQL = "SELECT T_SUBJECT, counter, test.topic_id, postdate FROM test,
FORUM_TOPICS where test.Topic_ID = FORUM_TOPICS.Topic_id and Datediff( 'd',
test.postdate , now() )...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 12:58
Ema,
The following SQL would delete records where YourDateField contains a date
that is a month or more ago
DELETE * FROM yourtable WHERE dateadd("m",1,YourDateField) < now()
You can find more info...
Re: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 12:52
A Visa or MasterCard is currency independent - the CC company convert it.
There would be a problem if it was some obscure Hungarian CC company, but
what's the chance of that?
Dave
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fasthosts "unlimited" bandwidth?
date posted 16th April 2002 12:49
hello,
i'm new to the list, this is my first post, although i've found the torrent
of 5000-ish messages since i subscribed (feb) enteraining and occasionally
very helpful :)
i have a question about...
Re: FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 12:43
I've just registered a couple of domains with www.nameroute.co.uk its
cost £10/per 2 years and comes with free 10mg space (no adverts) seems
to work well but doesn't come with anthing fancy, no cgi...
Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer OT
date posted 16th April 2002 12:35
Bog off... What's silly about that? Meanie...
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Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer OT
date posted 16th April 2002 12:12
I'd say Little Sodbury, Little Sodbury End and Old Sodbury (Which are all in
the same -Sodbury - area) are sillier anyway.
Dave
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Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 12:06
Can anybody recommend an ISP for my client - small (around 15 pages)
site, straight HTML & Javascript no frills, needs to use their own
domain name, and wants a company that'll be around for a while,...
Re: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 12:06
Andrew, yes I did read that post, however I believe paypal works by you
loading your account with a credit card. As paypal list 37 countries where
you can use it and Hungary is not one of them, I do n...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 12:05
Ha ha!! Something I understand
But I've not made myself clear! I've already done this and now only want
current records showing, i.e. I don't want to show out-of-date records.
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 12:00
www.architecnet.co.uk are very good we have been using them for a couple of
years now
regards
Carla
on 16/4/02 10:33 am, Martin Akehurst at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Can anybody recommend an ISP fo...
RE: FN-FORUM SMTP Server
date posted 16th April 2002 11:53
> Any recommendations on (freeware) SMTP servers that can be set-up on W2K,
> using NTL cable modem connection with dynamic IP?
>in add remove windows components, there is a SMTP server, works fine o...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 11:44
That would be great, thanks Norman, I'm still a newbie in this area and need
it spelled out for me ;c))
Em
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RE: FN-FORUM low rates for design work
date posted 16th April 2002 11:41
> I am off to become a plumber.
> All the best bits of our web designing profession without the
> hassle!!!
You must have very strange working methods if you spend half your time with
your head stuck...
Web hosting
date posted 16th April 2002 11:35
Can anybody recommend an ISP for my client - small (around 15 pages)
site, straight HTML & Javascript no frills, needs to use their own
domain name, and wants a company that'll be around for a while,...
Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer OT
date posted 16th April 2002 11:22
I thought the silly name thread had finished!
Em
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RE: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 11:17
You create a recordset and sort by date.
The you just create repeat region for the first 10 records or however
many you want to display.
Cheers
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RE: FN-FORUM ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 11:08
Hi Emma
Bascially what you would want to do is include a date/time field for each
record. Then you'd generate a SQL statement which only pulls out records
which are within a certain date range of th...
changing your Yahoo listing
date posted 16th April 2002 11:03
Any body had any luck with this I've tried around
four times now over the last 18 months with no joy.
I'm using the standard form provided.
http://add.yahoo.com/fast/change
Has it got to the point w...
IQ test
date posted 16th April 2002 11:03
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Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work
date posted 16th April 2002 10:54
Hi,
Sorry to join in so late, but couple of weeks ago there was an
article in the Guardian about lack of plumbers and the shortage that
may follow! Maybe that could be the job for the future.
1) Can...
ASP/Access
date posted 16th April 2002 10:49
Can anyone show me an example of how to either have the db automatically
delete older records or to just show current records?
Tia, Em
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Re: FN-FORUM Mortgage advice for director of small company
date posted 16th April 2002 10:43
Paul
A quick word about IFAs. They charge twice as much as ones who work for
another company and are the best paid in the business. My boyfriend works
for AMP Pearl and even though insurance products...
RE: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 10:41
lol - no
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Rukunayake
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Hutch...
Re: FN-FORUM SMTP Server
date posted 16th April 2002 10:29
> Any recommendations on (freeware) SMTP servers that can be set-up on W2K,
> using NTL cable modem connection with dynamic IP?
in add remove windows components, there is a SMTP server, works fine ov...
Re: FN-FORUM VB problems
date posted 16th April 2002 10:24
Hi Marco,
I had the same problem but with Visual Basic and Word. What I found
worked better was to create an instance of Word and then open the
file in it. I will email you the code off forum if yo...
RE: FN-FORUM VB problems
date posted 16th April 2002 10:14
Marco,
Your second piece of code works OK on my machine. Perhaps you have a
printer problem?
I sometimes get the problem you describe, when I have too many
programs open - i.e. it is a memory problem...
RE: FN-FORUM payment online view..
date posted 16th April 2002 09:38
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RE: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 09:28
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RE: FN-FORUM Paypal or Nochex
date posted 16th April 2002 09:21
did you rerad the post that said converet to US!
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Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 09:17
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Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 08:59
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become a carpente...
Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 06:56
Hutch
if u live in Nailsworth, Do you know Xebec ???
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VB problems
date posted 16th April 2002 04:44
can anybody help me with these 2 VB problems?
1. i had a button that opens an external excel file. i have tested the
button and found a strange behaviour. the first time i clicked it, the
file was op...
Re: Re[4]: FN-FORUM Site review
date posted 16th April 2002 00:51
Hi Richard, yeah I think that looks very nice although i would personally
change the pic on the right of all the pages to different pics for each
page, just makes it more interesting.
Best Regards
D...
Re: FN-FORUM Cookies
date posted 16th April 2002 00:39
Thanks to all for the advice
I have sorted this problem out now, I was convinced it was IE5.5 so I
downloaded the service pack 2, the problem is now fixed.
I believe it was related to the browser ke...
Re: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
date posted 16th April 2002 00:37
Yeah, man...
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Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:58 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM hi newcomer
> Heh - Nailsworth her...
Re: FN-FORUM Mortgage advice for director of small company
date posted 16th April 2002 00:18
Thank you very much to all 14 who took the trouble to
post about this. I am now very much more encouraged,
have contacted an IFA and have put my draft (daft?)
plans for a loft conversion in the recyc...
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