Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday December 4th 2002
RE: FN-FORUM [Way OT] Sci Fi recommendations Was: OT SETI Was: United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 23:53
A lot of people will be screaming NERDS!!!!
But I don't care. Some to add:
Frank Herbert - "The Man of Two Worlds" is excellent and of course
"Dune" etc ;
Robert A. Heinlein - "Stranger in a Strange...
RE: FN-FORUM [Way OT] Sci Fi recommendations Was: OT SETI Was: United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 23:36
Here is a list of a few series and individual volumes of what I feel is
special merit (the series lists may be incomplete now since it is from a
database not updated for a couple of years).
Should ke...
RE: FN-FORUM [Way OT] Sci Fi recommendations Was: OT SETI Was: United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 23:26
If you want a list of the actual series by good authors then let me know
and I will dig out my rather out of date booklist, I think if memory
serves the total is now 1000+
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RE: FN-FORUM [Way OT] Sci Fi recommendations Was: OT SETI Was: United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 23:25
Anything by the following:
Clifford Simak
Norman Spinrad - The Iron Dream and Bug Jack Barron come to mind
Sherry Tepper - Especially Grass
A A Merritt - The Moon Pool is a favourite
Fritz Lieber
Rog...
RE: FN-FORUM [Way OT] Sci Fi recommendations Was: OT SETI Was: United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 23:24
Ok you asked...
Firstly for pure sci-fi
Orson Scott Card - Enders game (first in set of 4 or 5 books)
Robert L Forward - has a few books out.
Ben Bova
Alan Dean Foster - Especially "the man who used...
[Way OT] Sci Fi recommendations Was: OT SETI Was: United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 22:56
> What with my library of Sci-Fi novels
> and short stories and obsessively reading them and occasionally writing
> them I think that may explain why I haven't found the time.
Being two months into a...
Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus
date posted 4th December 2002 22:51
Hello again,
Yes I think I made an error when entering the values, I now have both trail
sets of values giving the same answer in Excel and my VBA code, so now I
just have to convert to JavaScript an...
date posted 4th December 2002 22:45
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RE: FN-FORUM Mysql "load data infile" problem
date posted 4th December 2002 22:37
Thanks so much!
Rene
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Re: FN-FORUM Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 22:27
[EMAIL REMOVED] it is a bit insipid at times but they are beginning to do
more interesting stuff and it helps me keep an eye on things from a
design point of view. fn.net has been mentioned a coupl...
RE: FN-FORUM Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 22:27
Regularly? None, why buy a mag when I can get more than enough news and
"Free" software from the web, long time fav http://www.madville.com/...
:)
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES - freelance internet consultanc...
RE: FN-FORUM Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 22:26
Regularly? None, why buy a mag when I can get more than enough news and
"Free" software from the web, long time fav http://www.madville.com/...
:)
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES - freelance internet consultanc...
RE: FN-FORUM unsubscribe freelancers
date posted 4th December 2002 22:25
Sadly they are even more stupid than you think...
They just need to use the link at the bottom of each email such as
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RE: FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer OT SETI
date posted 4th December 2002 22:19
> I have always been intrigued with SETI but it is one of those projects
I have never ended up setting
> up. What with my library of Sci-Fi novels and short stories and
obsessively reading them and
>...
RE: FN-FORUM Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 22:15
Just the ones I write for,
Hutch
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RE: FN-FORUM flash
date posted 4th December 2002 22:12
What am I on!!!!!!!!
SORRY!!!!!! I'd been filtering messages, I'm not very tidy when it comes
to deleting things and I thought for some unknown reason this was a new
message.
Ignore... I'm st-st-stu...
RE: FN-FORUM flash
date posted 4th December 2002 22:09
Hello,
If it's not large just do a check to see whether bytes are loaded and
set it to flip to the next Frame label.
Else do a pre-loader in much the same way but with a graphic displaying
progress....
RE: FN-FORUM unsubscribe freelancers
date posted 4th December 2002 22:05
For anybody wanting to unsubscribe it's simple! Follow the easy
instructions sent to you when you originally joined and DO NOT send it
to the forum itself. It's that easy and the quote follows:
"If y...
Re: FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 22:01
> www.ukfreelancers.biz/seti/
Thanks
Surely there are more seti bods out there, c'mon!
;D...
website feedback...
date posted 4th December 2002 21:55
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RE: FN-FORUM Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 21:54
Computer Arts. That's about it. For anything else I tend to browse and
read forums.
Kai
Kai van Farnhill
Designer | developer
Monoliff
www.monoliff.com
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RE: FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer OT SETI
date posted 4th December 2002 21:52
Hi,
I have always been intrigued with SETI but it is one of those projects I
have never ended up setting up. What with my library of Sci-Fi novels
and short stories and obsessively reading them and oc...
Re: FN-FORUM Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 21:47
> Out of curiousity (and only a little market research :D), which internet
> related magazines do you read on a regular basis?
Network News
;D...
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date posted 4th December 2002 21:42
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Internet Magazines
date posted 4th December 2002 21:26
Out of curiousity (and only a little market research :D), which internet
related magazines do you read on a regular basis?
Regards
Matt
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RE: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus
date posted 4th December 2002 21:25
Hi Dennis
I promised to look into those formulae from that website Ian provided. I
don't have my maths books and could check them against another source
but I checked them with your numbers and they w...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 21:21
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Re: FN-FORUM Complete OT - A History Lesson
date posted 4th December 2002 21:09
I thought is was pease pudding, not porridge, and my mother always said 'in
a piss pot, nine days old' but I think she's just a rebellious sort.
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus
date posted 4th December 2002 20:35
Ian,
Thanks for the Perl version.
I do not have Perl running here so re-wrote it in VBA, just to test it
before trying to do it in JavaScript.
It worked fine for the values I posted originally, I g...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 20:24
on 4/12/02 1:04 pm, Paul J White at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> I'm sure most of us have got them, so how about a discussion on how people
>> deal with awkward clients?
>>
> We've just encountered one...
RE: FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 20:20
www.ukfreelancers.biz/seti/
Rgds
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM FORUM Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 19:17
> Try getting a few plasterers round to skim a few walls and choose the best
> one, oh and dont pay them just promise lots of work !!! or take your car
to
> a few garages next time it wants servicing...
Complete OT - A History Lesson
date posted 4th December 2002 19:07
I received this from a friend, and found it reasonably enlightening!
A fascinating history lesson - makes you realise how easy we all have it
these days!
A History Lesson
Next time you are washing...
FORUM Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 19:06
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RE: FN-FORUM Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 18:37
I've been writing a formal proposal the last week or two for an intranet
application and found this link useful:
http://gunjankarun.tripod.com/mgmt/proposals/killerproposals.htm
I saw some other exa...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 18:23
Personally I do two pages max, not more than an hour. Informal
tone, not giving away anything but generalities, _short_ paragraph of
trumpet blowing (previous triumphs etc), rough price pending formal...
Re: FN-FORUM Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 18:19
When we submit a detailed proposal we have a clause stating that the
copyright on design drafts and our original ideas belongs to us. When a
tender is put out it is sometimes the case that it is a mat...
RE: FN-FORUM Website on CD
date posted 4th December 2002 17:59
Oh, if the site is not too big then I could give it a try for you, but I
currently am restricted to a dial up line so anything > 10Mb would be a
bit of a pain.
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RE: FN-FORUM Website on CD
date posted 4th December 2002 17:59
Teleport pro might be the solution. http://www.tenmax.com
Point it as a url and it will take the site convert the links and save
it to the harddisk.
Not ideal for heaviliy dynamic sites however....
Re: FN-FORUM Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 17:40
> we don't always get
> the work
I dont think it is possible to win every time, especially because a lot of
the time clients approach me for free consultancy then rip my ideas off
:O( (we are not jus...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 17:37
Ray,
There is an asp property you might be able to use. The response object's
"IsClientConnected",
and to quote from one of my asp books:-
"This property returns true if the client that requested an...
Website on CD
date posted 4th December 2002 17:33
A client wants to be able to dish out a website on CDs.
Has anyone done this for a partially dynamic site?
Would be grateful for some ideas& feedback (off list?).
eg
Should I inactivate external lin...
RE: FN-FORUM Transfer from AOL
date posted 4th December 2002 17:22
AOL will only retain read emails for a maximum of 7 days,
unless you save the email to your 'Personal Filing Cabinet'
(AOL's equivalent of your email archive).
If you save to your PFC, you can open t...
Project Proposals
date posted 4th December 2002 17:11
Hi,
I'm currently working on a proposal for a client, and wanted to essentially
pick everyone's brains (!) on the best way to do it. The proposal is unpaid
but if its good enough we should get the wo...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 17:09
> Also, in practice this is a big no-no because it will mean forcing
dial-up users to reconnect to
> send the "I'm here" message back to the server...
Hmm, a good point. Reliability of the determina...
Re: FN-FORUM .help please
date posted 4th December 2002 16:35
are you wanting to do this on just your own phone, or send it to someone else
or to start up a logo service?
if its just your own phone there are a few sites where you can upload an image
and send it...
Re: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 16:34
> The idea the client has is for when one user logs on to and another
> specified user is logged on to tell each other.
Like an MSN/ICQ buddy list thing? Yeah, could definately do that.
> So if the...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 16:26
That's rather interesting.
I can assume that javascript is enabled, some of the clients additions
to the site would not work without it.
What is of interest is the onClose event, is that reliable an...
RE: FN-FORUM Accessing Outlook/Outlook Express e-mail from MS Access - Thanks
date posted 4th December 2002 16:24
Wandering around the net looking for a notification add-in for Outlook I
stumbled across this which I think may be of use.
http://www.ornic.com/actions/catrap.shtml
M.
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Re: FN-FORUM .help please
date posted 4th December 2002 16:20
My nokia phone came with special software and data cable if you just want to
put stuff on YOUR phone, otherwise you need to partner with a company if you
want to do it from a web site, someone like ht...
RE: FN-FORUM .help please
date posted 4th December 2002 16:20
What phone?
I did that for a client once so I know how to do it for nearly all Nokia
phones and Ericsson T68/T68i
M.
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blue branding
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RE: FN-FORUM .help please
date posted 4th December 2002 16:19
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RE: FN-FORUM.Net help please (OT)
date posted 4th December 2002 16:14
No, I've still got more hair than him!
Pete...
RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 16:13
Darran,
You're an absolute star!
That works a treat. We used:
Imports System.Web.HttpContext
Namespace test
Public Class test
Dim objContext As System.Web.HttpContext
objContext = Sy...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 16:11
Why not use the javascript onunload event ??
Perhaps you could use it to launch a pop up ... Most people love those
;-)
Hth
dec...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 16:08
Thanks for the 3 replies I have seen so far.
Your suggestions of a javascript refreshed image could be even better
than you think...
The idea the client has is for when one user logs on to and anoth...
Re: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 16:04
You'd need some kind of server-side script to record and store the
information. You could set a cookie with a unique ID when the user
visited the site (no expires property means it last only as long...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 16:04
If you want to *reliably* know when someone is looking at your page, there's
only one way to do that - have something in the page which causes them to
regularly send messages back to the server. Anyt...
RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 16:02
> Thanks for that. We're trying it now.
Hope it works out. Let us know how you get on.
Darran....
Re: FN-FORUM.Net help please (OT)
date posted 4th December 2002 16:01
I take it you are not this man:
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/020507/59/cye1v.html
?
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RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 15:59
> A client is potentially wanting a system whereby he knows if
> a logged in user is still logged in even when the user is not
> traversing the site currently but is sitting on one of the
> sites p...
Re: FN-FORUM .help please
date posted 4th December 2002 15:56
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Re: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 15:43
> A client is potentially wanting a system whereby he knows if a logged in
user is still logged in
> The main criteria would be to not need a page refresh.
off the top of my head, could have a javasc...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 15:41
You could have a javascript timer telling a hidden iframe to update
itself or use xmlhttp to load a remote page and then do nothing with it.
That remote page would then maintain the "logged in ness" o...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 15:37
Quoting Lindsay Baugh [EMAIL REMOVED]
> ii) In many cases, the person actually handling payments is quite
> separate from the people commissioning the work. Make a habit of talking
> to that person a...
RE: FN-FORUM Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 15:36
I used to run an IFRAME link to a page with a meta refresh tag in it.
This worked fine for me and produced the results you want.
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RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 15:33
Darran,
Thanks for that. We're trying it now.
Pete...
Hopefully a quick question
date posted 4th December 2002 15:20
Just looking for a brief answer to the following, no specific hints
needed at the moment.
A client is potentially wanting a system whereby he knows if a logged in
user is still logged in even when th...
FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 15:19
Hi Ross
> I'll start the ball rolling - I have one client that always pays
invoices late, but tends to overlap jobs so that at any given time I
tend to have one large outstanding invoice, and one job...
RE: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 14:47
yes please
tia
paul
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RE: FN-FORUM Mysql "load data infile" problem
date posted 4th December 2002 14:47
What the hell....
Looked out the example anyway..
$sql="LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'G:/Program
Files/nusphere/apache/htdocs/rowan/property.txt' INTO TABLE property
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' LINES TERMI...
RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 14:46
> Yes, we can do that and it works. It's just a bit messy
> though compared to the old version. I've read that it's not
> good practice to hold onto references to these objects
> because they can...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 14:42
> I think that on balance I will probably tell them I intend to increase my
> hourly rate by 50%, and if that means losing them, well, there are plenty
of
> other fish in the sea.
How about putting e...
FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 14:22
Many thanks to John, Darran, Alex, Vav, Tony, Cameron and Mike for all
the excellent (and prompt) advice - enormously appreciated.
Kind regards
Lindsay
http://www.howardsgate.co.uk [EMAIL REM...
RE: FN-FORUM Mysql "load data infile" problem
date posted 4th December 2002 14:18
I recently helped someone at phpbuilder with this same problem.
Their problem was that windows required the file spec in a particluar
format. If you are still stuck by the time you read then then sen...
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date posted 4th December 2002 14:16
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RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 14:14
>Could you not pass a reference to the Request and Response objects from
the aspx when you instantiate the object?
Yes, we can do that and it works. It's just a bit messy though compared
to the old...
RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 14:09
No, not tried this yet but I will. Thanks Chris
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RE: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 14:07
I'll send you a sample offlist, any one else want one?
Matt
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Job in Dublin
date posted 4th December 2002 13:58
WebGIS Developers - Dublin, Ireland
(We are also looking for dedicated Oracle and Java developers)
Job Description
Development of web services as part of a major sectoral e-strategy using
ESRI produ...
Logo & DL leaflet design
date posted 4th December 2002 13:55
Hi,
Not sure if this is the correct way to do this, but I don't particularly
want to deal with an agency or a huge amount of enquiries.
I have a small job that requires a logo design, plus design &...
Re: FN-FORUM The official freelancers.net really useful links thread v1.5 ... phew
date posted 4th December 2002 13:49
Hardware
http://www.dnuk.com
everything here ships with Linux installed, this includes desktops and
laptops
;D...
Re: FN-FORUM SQL2000
date posted 4th December 2002 13:47
Hi
Yeah - I think I had that too, back in the olden days. It's not that
though - just got TCPIP going. I did find this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q282416 about it,
bu...
RE: FN-FORUM SQL2000
date posted 4th December 2002 13:32
If you're doing it when connecting to a remote database, it's the time
taken to refresh the data and make sure that everything on there is
valid. It used to take feckin ages to get onto one of the fas...
RE: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 13:26
Kerry K-C wrote:
> Perhaps you should consider the 'advance discount' scenario - e.g. the
> fee you want for the job is £1,000 - the invoice to them is £1,100 less
> £100 for settlement within 14 d...
Re: FN-FORUM SQL2000
date posted 4th December 2002 13:24
I remember a similar problem on MSSQL6.0, was to do with having extra
protocols configured on either the client, the server, or under the
Networking control panel. Might not be what you are experienci...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 13:20
It's a tricky one, I work doing outsourced work for a few companies,
and most are great to work with - I even provide holiday cover for one
company and get my yearly three weeks of going into an offic...
RE: FN-FORUM The official freelancers.net really useful links thread v1.5 ... phew
date posted 4th December 2002 13:20
I know of one site using it on logfiles of over one billion lines
(c. 100GB),
They ever considered using, like, log rotation?
Hutch
(Awstats all the way)
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[OT] How to start your car if your child eats your car keys
date posted 4th December 2002 13:15
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Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 13:10
Stuff them, if you don't have a contract preventing you from approaching
their clients I reckon you should approach each one with a business
proposition. Do you need them? Do you need them for the des...
Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus - Thank you
date posted 4th December 2002 13:08
> Start with Ian's - his was the most informative, IMHO. I'm not familiar
> with the original formulas for the sum of squares stuff, but perhaps Ian
> would check placement of the brackets he's using....
SQL2000
date posted 4th December 2002 13:05
Does anyone find that SQL2000 enterprise manager pauses interminably when
trying to expand the database tree on a sql server? I can't work out what's
wrong, and it's happened to other people I know t...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 13:01
> I'm sure most of us have got them, so how about a discussion on how people
> deal with awkward clients?
>
We've just encountered one we probably won't be dealing with! Got a lead
from a bloke that o...
Re: FN-FORUM Dodgy javascript?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:59
Yeah, it works on my machine too, but I've got WMP7 installed. On my Win2k
machine, which has WMP 6.4 installed, it falls over. This happens with most
other people who only have WMP 6.4 installed.
I'l...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:58
get your eggs in some other baskets :-)
I've dumped a client in the past,
early into the project even though a good amount of work
had been done, because of his attitude.
I couldn't face the hassle a...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:55
How does that look on your invoice matt, how do you word it?
Best Regards
D Thomas
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Re: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 12:54
> If you're not using colour, why not look into some of the entry-level laser
> printers out there? The cost per sheet is /far/ lower than any inkjet and I
> find them to be more reliable too. I've go...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:51
I was doing the same thing for a local design company that did exactly the
same to me, when we started working together they didn't have a clue about
internet design, registering domain names or hosti...
RE: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:50
I do this all the time, I used to add it on as another item (i.e.
development £200, design £150, surcharge £190) but now I just load the
invoice with extra hours and offer a 10-25% discount for pay...
RE: FN-FORUM Dodgy javascript?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:45
This works on my machine (IE6 WMP7):
var wmp7 = new ActiveXObject('WMPlayer.OCX');
So, perhaps it's failing because it's not able to instantiate it.
Try wrapping it in a try catch block:
var w...
Re: FN-FORUM The official freelancers.net really useful links thread v1.5 ... phew
date posted 4th December 2002 12:45
The champ for log analysis speed has been analog.
from the FAQ:
How fast is it?
Very, very fast. I'm uncompressing and processing 28 million logfile lines
in 20 minutes on a 266MHz chip: that's...
RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 12:40
I think you'd probably need to take a step back to look at how your
component is actually designed. I take it the request & server objects
are being passed into your current DLL and then processed fro...
Re: FN-FORUM Enigma, New Scientist (was re.: Maths Gurus)
date posted 4th December 2002 12:40
> It happens when you turn 30, your mind switches off.
Elderly husband to wife: "Daring, I'll just finish proving Fermat's Last
Theorem in old Latin, then finish my draft outline of a child's guide t...
RE: FN-FORUM javascript
date posted 4th December 2002 12:39
> Is it possible to put the following into a javascript header
> function (all in one function)?
How about something like this:
// example: doPopMenu(this, 'hide');
function doPopMenu(elemen...
Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus ?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:38
Hi Alex,
>
> I was taught y=mx+c for some reason, but it's all the same. Even stranger,
> Ian's using b too. ;-)
Yeah, I always knew it as y=mx+c but a lot of the references on the net seen
to use y...
RE: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:37
Perhaps you should consider the 'advance discount' scenario - e.g. the
fee you want for the job is £1,000 - the invoice to them is £1,100 less
£100 for settlement within 14 days.
-----Original Me...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:34
If they are cash rich why not offer them a discount for pre or early
payment? I would also re-negotiate my rates with them first of all, how long
ago did you initially give them your costs per hour et...
Re: FN-FORUM Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:32
Hi Ross
I've had similar clients too, and worked perm for a company that treated
freelancers like this. It's so pointless and wasteful. Like any relationship
that turns sour, try to get out of it! Th...
Re: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 12:31
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Lindsay Baugh wrote:
> We are planning to buy a small inkjet printer for my mother-in-law's
> birthday next week. It needs to be lightweight, easy to use, and -
> here's the rub -...
RE: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 12:29
> > those of you who have used any of these printers, and any other
> > suggestions for a make and model that fits the bill.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance .........
> >
>
> IMHO
>
> HP deskjets...
RE: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 12:27
> The problem is that we can't find a way to access the Request
> or Server objects from within a .Net assembly. The assembly
> will be compiled as its own DLL and needs to access these
> objects...
Re: FN-FORUM Mysql "load data infile" problem
date posted 4th December 2002 12:26
Why not just import the file from within the DB? This will check the DB and
csv file, if this works then you can checkout the MySQL command problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Docherty"...
Re: FN-FORUM .Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 12:24
> The problem is that we can't find a way to access the Request or Server
> objects from within a .Net assembly. The assembly will be compiled as
> its own DLL and needs to access these objects when...
Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus - Thank you
date posted 4th December 2002 12:16
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Dennis McDermott wrote:
> Many thanks to Graeme, Alex, Ian, Kathy, Kai and James for help with this.
>
> I am just about to print out all your replies, make a Pot of
> Coffee and...
Re: FN-FORUM The official freelancers.net really useful links thread v1.5 ... phew
date posted 4th December 2002 12:13
Darren Beale writes:
> http://www.webalizer.com/
> Server side web useage stats, GPL, a doddle to install and configure
>
> ;D
I used to use webalizer but have found AWStats much, much better, qu...
AOL email forwarding problems with DSVR
date posted 4th December 2002 12:04
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Dealing with an awkward client?
date posted 4th December 2002 12:03
I'm sure most of us have got them, so how about a discussion on how people
deal with awkward clients?
I'll start the ball rolling - I have one client that always pays invoices
late, but tends to over...
Re: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 11:58
Lindsay,
a friend has a C60 at home which seems reliable and really
cheap - think he got it for about £70 new.
It also does some reasonable photo prints when required.
I imagine the c6...
.Net help please
date posted 4th December 2002 11:58
Hi all,
We're having problems converting a product over to .Net.
We use a COM component that accesses the Request and Server objects for
redirection, writing etc.
The COM component is being convert...
RE: FN-FORUM Enigma, New Scientist (was re.: Maths Gurus)
date posted 4th December 2002 11:48
> > My wife and I used to race each other to solve these things - she'd do
it on
> > paper, and I'd do it on the PC, usually using Excel, or writing some
Perl
> > code.
>
> Those were the days, eh?! ;...
RE: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 11:47
Lexmark printers are good for the average home user, and Computer World
(Tiny) had them on sale last week for £19, and they talk to you! I think the
same model cost about £25 in PC World
Mike
----...
RE: FN-FORUM Enigma, New Scientist (was re.: Maths Gurus)
date posted 4th December 2002 11:44
> Those were the days, eh?! ;-)
Amazing what some folk get up to in their spare time ;> ;>...
RE: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 11:44
I recently bought an Epson C70 plus for a project I was working on, was
excellent.
Have since bought a C82 for myself, works well, very fast. Not the best
for photo printing but good for letters etc...
RE: FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 11:43
> those of you who have used any of these printers, and any other
> suggestions for a make and model that fits the bill.
>
> Many thanks in advance .........
>
IMHO
HP deskjets are best for text a...
Mysql "load data infile" problem
date posted 4th December 2002 11:42
Hi,
Im using a windows version of Mysql and am finding that the following
upload command is not working :
load data infile 'out.csv' into table outfile fields terminated by ',' lines
terminated by '...
Re: FN-FORUM Can anyone help
date posted 4th December 2002 11:29
Mark,
here are my thoughts also:
> Get a job in web design before thinking about freelancing.
This cannot be understated - personally I belive that you will not have the
rounded skillset,...
FN-FORUM Recommendation for low-cost inkjet printer
date posted 4th December 2002 11:22
Hi all
We are planning to buy a small inkjet printer for my mother-in-law's
birthday next week. It needs to be lightweight, easy to use, and -
here's the rub - have a parallel interface. It will be f...
Dodgy javascript?
date posted 4th December 2002 11:20
Hi all
Below is the problem piece of code I've used to detect the Windows Media
Player version, but IE gets stuck at the 3rd line (WMP7 = new
ActiveXObject('WMPlayer.OCX');
Any ideas why? I'm not to...
Re: FN-FORUM Enigma, New Scientist (was re.: Maths Gurus)
date posted 4th December 2002 11:17
Ross Hamilton wrote:
> My wife and I used to race each other to solve these things - she'd do it on
> paper, and I'd do it on the PC, usually using Excel, or writing some Perl
> code.
Those were th...
javascript
date posted 4th December 2002 11:05
Is it possible to put the following into a javascript header function (all
in one function)?
onMouseOut="showLay('popmenu1','','hide');BGchange(this,'#000000');"
onMouseOver="showLay('popmenu1','','s...
Enigma, New Scientist (was re.: Maths Gurus)
date posted 4th December 2002 10:52
My wife and I used to race each other to solve these things - she'd do it on
paper, and I'd do it on the PC, usually using Excel, or writing some Perl
code. They're nearly always variations on a few...
RE: FN-FORUM javascript functions
date posted 4th December 2002 10:18
Well this is sort of how I would do it, your already calling one
function called showLay but for the background color change the function
below should work (not sure about the + divId + bit but you sh...
Re: FN-FORUM Accessing Outlook/Outlook Express e-mail from MS Access - Thanks
date posted 4th December 2002 10:13
Thanks to Mark, Steve, Raymond and Chris for help and advice with this.
I will digest your responses and try to see which would best suit my clients
needs.
Regards
Dennis...
RE: FN-FORUM php standalone/cgi
date posted 4th December 2002 10:07
Why install it as a cgi rather than a module... Do you not have root
access to the server?
I have not tried it myself BUT....
My understanding is that you basically install it much as you would
norm...
RE: FN-FORUM Can anyone help
date posted 4th December 2002 10:07
Mark
I'll be happy to talk to you about pricing and marketing for your services.
Give me a call (best on mobile) and we can chat through what you're doing
and how you can offer something different -...
Re: FN-FORUM background in div
date posted 4th December 2002 10:05
Paul J White wrote:
> Darren, Tony and the rest of you css experts...
> I have a background image centred in a content div - works fine in IE
> but in Moz it centers to the browser window, rather than...
Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus - Thank you
date posted 4th December 2002 10:03
Many thanks to Graeme, Alex, Ian, Kathy, Kai and James for help with this.
I am just about to print out all your replies, make a Pot of
Coffee and sit down to try and understand !!
Regards
Dennis...
Re: FN-FORUM javascript functions
date posted 4th December 2002 09:54
yeah, basically, what you see is in the main body of the html. i ideally
want to get as much into a function and call it from a header. How elegant
can it become?
Robin Garbutt
Portfolio Art & Desi...
Re: FN-FORUM win98 install floppies
date posted 4th December 2002 09:50
Andrew Mottershead wrote:
> Andrew Mottershead (Who has just opened the xmas bottle of Baileys)
The first of many then? ;-)
Em
http://www.BW3.co.uk/
~ Everything Internet ~...
css and javascript
date posted 4th December 2002 09:49
can you put css's within a javascript function?
cheers
Robin Garbutt
Portfolio Art & Design Ltd
Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822
Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866
Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490
e-mail - [EMAIL REMOVED...
Re: FN-FORUM javascript functions
date posted 4th December 2002 09:44
hi Robin
I might need some clarification, because what you've posted is a mixture of
html, css and javascript. It can't just be 'put' as a function in JS.
However, it could certainly be coded in a mo...
Re: FN-FORUM php standalone/cgi
date posted 4th December 2002 09:38
thanks, but unfortunately it's php on unix.
cheers!
Robin Garbutt
Portfolio Art & Design Ltd
Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822
Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866
Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490
e-mail - [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM your emails are waisted on me !!
date posted 4th December 2002 09:34
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RE: FN-FORUM php standalone/cgi
date posted 4th December 2002 09:32
Hiya Robin,
I am assuming you are running MS windows with Apache. - If that is the
case then it is as simple as installing php and apache and following the
instructions from php.net. If you get stuck...
Re: FN-FORUM javascript functions
date posted 4th December 2002 09:27
sorry, it was actually......
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date posted 4th December 2002 09:24
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Re: FN-FORUM your emails are waisted on me !!
date posted 4th December 2002 09:23
Interesting, I'd said they were more straight up and down myself.
The unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of every email if you don't
go to the trouble of deleting them before you post.
Here...
Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus ?
date posted 4th December 2002 09:17
> Don't worry, I had my wife looking at this and she truly is a
> mathematical 'genius'. Every week she's solving these impossible
> equations in 'New Scientist' for fun.
Christ - those 'enigma' thin...
javascript functions
date posted 4th December 2002 09:16
Hi all,
how would you put the following as a function in javascript?
ASSET MANAGEMENT...
Re: FN-FORUM Pager supplier
date posted 4th December 2002 09:12
> Yes you had asked
heh, thanks for the link
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Re: FN-FORUM Pager supplier
date posted 4th December 2002 09:08
> I did a quick search on e-bay and found loads .... Top of the list that
Ah I never think to look on eBay, good call ta
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your emails are waisted on me !!
date posted 4th December 2002 09:06
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sorry,
when i stumbled on your website, i thought it was for all types of freelanci...
Re: FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 09:01
> Subject: FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer
Is there a seti group?
I have 1031 personal units completed that I'd be happy to chuck in the pot
;D...
Transfer from AOL
date posted 4th December 2002 08:54
I have a client who used to use AOL and has loads of
e-mails she wishes to save.
She says she is unable to forward mails more than 7 days old?
Anyone know if this is true, and a good/easy way to extra...
RE: FN-FORUM Can anyone help
date posted 4th December 2002 08:11
> I realy would appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer
> in pointing me
> to some good book/s, or other source of info. But nothing
> mind blowingly
> technical as i'm probably the least techi...
RE: FN-FORUM Pager supplier
date posted 4th December 2002 07:07
I did a quick search on e-bay and found loads .... Top of the list that
came up was a brand-new BT pager with a current price of £9 described as
"Item is brand new, unused and still has its protectiv...
Re: FN-FORUM Script problem - seemingly exclusive to Macs - help! Anyone?!!
date posted 4th December 2002 06:12
I don't know how many Mac experts there are on here but one answer is one
more than you had before you posted.
For those of us who aren't Mac experts, posting is a waste of time and
effort for us and...
Can anyone help
date posted 4th December 2002 04:42
Hi everyone,
I'm just starting out as a self employed freelancer, and would be realy
gratefull for some help/advise.
I'm self taught in html and dreamweaver and have put together a few sites,
but...
RE: FN-FORUM Script problem - seemingly exclusive to Macs - help! Anyone?!!
date posted 4th December 2002 01:22
How did you get your client to pay for all that stock phography? Even
with big co's I never been able to convince them that its worth it.
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Des...
Re: FN-FORUM Script problem - seemingly exclusive to Macs - help! Anyone?!!
date posted 4th December 2002 01:09
Thanks for all your replies - ONE! - I'll remember not to ask next
time....IF
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win98 install floppies
date posted 4th December 2002 01:03
Hi folks - does anybody out there still have the win 98 SE OEM install
floppies?
I would really appreciate them being emaild to [EMAIL REMOVED]
(this email has 500MB space) - please do not reply to...
Re: FN-FORUM Script problem - seemingly exclusive to Macs - help! Anyone?!!
date posted 4th December 2002 00:54
Thanks for that - not exactly the answer to my question, but I will bear it
in mind.
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Re: FN-FORUM Maths Gurus ?
date posted 4th December 2002 00:26
Quoting Alex Butcher [EMAIL REMOVED]
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Lists wrote:
> > I think Excel calculates a linear trend using least squares, if that's any
> > help.
>
> Ian's post seems to tally with tha...
Re: FN-FORUM The official freelancers.net really useful links thread v1.5 ... phew
date posted 4th December 2002 00:23
Quoting Darren Beale [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Network Related
>
> http://www.nagios.org
> "Nagios® is a host and service monitor designed to inform you of network
> problems before your clients, end-user...
FN-FORUM United Devices Cancer
date posted 4th December 2002 00:04
Hello,
Isn't it good that we are beating the Yanks!
USA: 123,273 members
Europe: 136,699 members
But in looking at the result tables I think I'll have to be purchasing
another computer just to get up...
RE: FN-FORUM Pager supplier
date posted 4th December 2002 00:02
Yes you had asked
But to stop you doing so again did a quick search and found
http://www.uplands.co.uk/pagers/
Which might do.
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