Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday January 9th 2004
RE: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 23:35
Happy to - Tuesdays 7am ;> at Newtongrange Mining Museum.
Once you're here give me a shout and we can sort something out :>
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 23:17
Ok I am back from being out so I'll probably readf this in the morning &
slap my head but I've just had a revelation! I totally forgot that I'm
ambidextrous & that probably explains why it doesn't bot...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP/PDF problem
date posted 9th January 2004 22:55
Hi Andy,
I owe you one so wanted to help! But this isn't it, as I can't see anything!
How about converting pdf_views to float and incrementing 0.5!!
Does it work on your server, where presumably you...
FN-FORUM: PHP/PDF problem
date posted 9th January 2004 21:34
Hey all,
I've got an problem on a clients site that is driving me a little nuts. They
have their site set up so that files with a .pdf extension are executed as
.php. The php file has some code in th...
RE: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 21:24
Cameron,
Can you pass deatails on tome, hope to be moving there soon
Martin
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RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 21:14
> And I just moved out of Edinburgh South (I think I was a 10
> minute walk from the meeting place...) Might come along to
> say hello however
> :)
I'll look forward to that :>
We meet at the mini...
Re: FN-FORUM: Displaying International Character Support
date posted 9th January 2004 20:59
You could try either big5 or hb2312 character sets instead. Most
Chinese stuff is big5 AFAIK...
Cheers
George
Richard Harfst wrote:
> I'm trying to display Chinese characters on ASP pages that ar...
Re: FN-FORUM: Displaying International Character Support
date posted 9th January 2004 20:48
> I'm trying to display Chinese characters on ASP pages that are pulled
> directly from a SQL Server database. The field type in the SQL Server db
> table supports unicode (nvarchar). The collation of...
RE: FN-FORUM: Displaying International Character Support
date posted 9th January 2004 20:45
Have you tried installing the correct language support in windows.
Go to your control panel, select regional and language options, install the
appropriate language and fire up your browser again and...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 20:41
And I just moved out of Edinburgh South (I think I was a 10 minute
walk from the meeting place...) Might come along to say hello however
:)
-- Richard
http://www.rwatt.co.uk
Friday, January 09, 200...
RE: FN-FORUM: addresses
date posted 9th January 2004 20:37
You are required by law to provide;
1.) To provide an address.
2.) To provide details on your returns/refund policy
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RE: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 20:30
> Our BNI chapter, based in Harrogate, is having a visitors
> day
Hehe - we (Edinburgh South chapter) have one coming up soon too... :>
I'll pass on the details when we have a date etc......
Re[4]: FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 19:57
I know, but in this case it was taken from a Zip disk, and then burnt
onto a CD.
-- Richard
http://www.rwatt.co.uk
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FN-FORUM: Displaying International Character Support
date posted 9th January 2004 19:50
I'm trying to display Chinese characters on ASP pages that are pulled
directly from a SQL Server database. The field type in the SQL Server db
table supports unicode (nvarchar). The collation of the d...
Re[3]: FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 19:23
> Thanks, but already tried stuffit and Macdisk/drive/whatever, very
> irritating, as I assured the client I would accept Mac disks
Oops. More specific instruction required.
> - but
> obviously not...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 19:12
>> Yeah but then why have shift/control/command keys? Why not just have all
the
>> buttons you'd ever need to press on the keyboard.
that's a fair point neelesh but then why have a button on the mous...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 18:49
Tsk, fancy mentioning birthdays on a professional forum ;-)
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RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 18:41
nik:
> Announcing the recent Delivery of Alyssa May Butler, born to my wife
> Sharon at 10.32pm last night 8th January at 6lbs 7 Ounces shes healthy
> and well , like her mum.
Congratulations!
Thorn...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 18:06
Guess you'll have to get hold of a Macist & ask them kindly..
On 9/1/04 6:39 pm, "Richard Watt" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Thanks, but already tried stuffit and Macdisk/drive/whatever, very
> irrit...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 17:59
Thanks, but already tried stuffit and Macdisk/drive/whatever, very
irritating, as I assured the client I would accept Mac disks - but
obviously not Mac disks containing an image of a Zip drive that ca...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS Template check and some help needed
date posted 9th January 2004 17:57
Looks fine in IE6 win 98.
For the header you need to float the logo to right of the pictures, can
be a bit tricky at first but you'll soon get the hang of it. And you can
use absolute positioning for...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 17:56
> Or go with Dell if you want your help desk to be the other side of the
> world...
Ireland isn't on the other side of the world!
Business range support hasn't gone to India, just Dimension and Insp...
Re: FN-FORUM: iMac OSX Networking prob
date posted 9th January 2004 17:30
Yes, only in the last 5 mins though, paid the client a visit and did
everything possible inc talking to apple support - concluded it's something
wrong with networking in the iMac not the set-up and as...
Re: FN-FORUM: iMac OSX Networking prob
date posted 9th January 2004 17:24
Carla was this resolved?
On 9/1/04 11:24 am, "Luke Perman" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> yeah, as John said, Appletalk needs to be turned on on each Mac in the
> Network panel of System Preferences -...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 17:22
Yeah but then why have shift/control/command keys? Why not just have all the
buttons you'd ever need to press on the keyboard.
Facetious of me to say that I know but I guess it's from that logic that...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 17:21
congrads to all concerned,
and seeing as this thread is going further and further OT; here is a baby
related link.
http://snipurl.com/3qms (from todays b3ta)
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RE: FN-FORUM: CSS Template check and some help needed
date posted 9th January 2004 17:15
Oops - always forget something... There was one other bug I completely
forgot to mention.
For some bizarre reason the submenu lines up perfectly in everything but
IE on WinXP (not sure about Mac) wh...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 17:12
Dknow if Macdrive might help but that is an win extension or dll or whatever
that allows the reading of Mac formatted drives/disks.
Long shot.
On 9/1/04 1:27 pm, "Liam Proven" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] - Toshiba make a 4Gb hard drive less than an inch wide
date posted 9th January 2004 17:11
Cept Hitachi made it to production first: 1 inch 4Gb drive in the iPod Mini.
On 9/1/04 2:50 pm, "Chris Batchelor" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Just read this on BBC, Toshiba continue the miniturisati...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 17:09
Does that come with a USB interface?
On 9/1/04 2:40 pm, "Andy Macnaughton-Jones" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> You'll find that you can stick them in a baby seat and rock them gently
> on the desk whi...
FN-FORUM: CSS Template check and some help needed
date posted 9th January 2004 17:09
OK ppl - here we go - my first ever attempt at a (near) complete CSS
layout - I did cheat a little bit with one table but more of that later.
URL for dev template is:
http://smwebsite.no-ip.com/dev/t...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 17:06
On Friday 09 January 2004 3:16 pm, Carla Boulton wrote:
> I bet Nik has a registered the baby it's own domain and within days she
> will have her own little site (are we the only saddos who did this i...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 17:01
Get a business account with PC World
Watch the prices in their catalogue over components mind, if it looks over
priced haggle and they'll price match.
As for service problems, I maybe one of the luc...
RE: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 16:58
Yes, between Northallerton & thirsk.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 16:57
On Friday 09 January 2004 2:33 pm, nikATwired4life.org wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:29:24PM -0000, Paul J White wrote:
> > Congrats ;-)
>
> thanks
>
> > Is this your first?
>
> yes.... im just...
RE: FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 16:55
You're based in north yorks ??
Regards
Darren Spink
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FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686
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Re: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 16:54
Aye - I know where you're coming from, Bob, my good man - if I hadn't heard
it being trumpeted so widely I'd have been a little humbler in my
expectations. I was just surprised at how rough and ready...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 16:52
> >You are mad. Sony make some of the worst laptops know to man.
>
> Sony make sexy laptops ;-) IBM still make black bricks
Sony make good looking laptops that are no use, I've found, in a
corporat...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 16:46
Why not use a transparent gif. Mountains out of molehills?
C'mon - it's free after all.
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FN-FORUM: BNI
date posted 9th January 2004 16:43
Hi Guys,
Our BNI chapter, based in Harrogate, is having a visitors day on Feb
3rd (bright & early at 7am). If you or anybody you know would like to
come along, please drop me a mail and I can sort t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 16:36
Hi Dan,
Yeah the image thing is driving me up the wall, having a bit of battle of
wills with that myself at the moment! Luckingly my client wants a pretty
simple layout that is not too different from...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 16:23
If you're even thinking about PC World a tale of warning
2 Weeks Before Christmas - Clients Production Managers PSU in his PC goes pop....... Call local PC World for a PSU, get told to
call PC World...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 16:21
>You are mad. Sony make some of the worst laptops know to man.
Sony make sexy laptops ;-) IBM still make black bricks
Regards
Darren Spink
TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750
FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686
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RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 16:21
Love my Vaio laptop...=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
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RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 16:19
Congratulations Nik
Now you have 2 reasons for sleepless nights ;-)
Regards
Darren Spink
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Re: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 16:16
Hi Chris
The same things that I found wrong with Oscommerce really.. it's based on it
to a very large extent I think. If you are adding/edit a product, and you
don't add an image for it, you get a...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 16:13
Back in the old days of computing (486 and such) the local PC world were
selling Packard bell (don't confuse them with HP, HP get really upset =
when
you call them for a PB support question). What th...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 16:05
> Dell every time, except for laptops in which case - Sony
You are mad. Sony make some of the worst laptops know to man.
Dell for desktops, IBM for laptops.
G...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 16:02
only if someone else has it installed though.
On 9 Jan 2004, at 16:08, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Downlaod the DivX codec, that is alright. www.divx.com...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 15:57
Dan,
I haven't tried ZenCart yet, just read the blurb on the site but you reckon
it ain't gonna be that good either? osCommerce is getting pretty long in the
tooth now and I was kinda hoping that zenc...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 15:56
Why would you pay more to PC World for a lower spec PC, when you can get
more bang per buck with 3 years next day on site as standard from Dell. Dell
are fine for business use - tech support is in Ire...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 15:53
Congratulations! All the best people are born in January ;-)
Enjoy every minute - they grow too quick, my youngest is 2 in two weeks.
Theresa
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RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 15:50
I agree with the products attributes, it is the one part that I really hate
image 100 different models of jeans with waiste sizes leg lengths and different
colours! all individual arritbutes :(
Andre...
Re: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail
date posted 9th January 2004 15:45
A) AOL (home of so many spammers) doesn't accept mail from an SMTP server
whose reverse lookup address in DNS doesn't match the mail domain/mail
server address/MX record. So if the client is sending f...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 15:42
I wasn't meaning to install on a test server and then transfer over (though
I'm sure you could), what I was meaning was just have a run through the
install pages so you get an idea of what's happening...
RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 15:39
> PC World vs Dell
Personally I wouldn't touch either, too many lousy sales experiences
with both of them.
I bought a Fujitsu-Siemens from my local reseller (Edinburgh - I can
give you a phone numbe...
RE: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail
date posted 9th January 2004 15:39
Thanks Iain and Alan! I guessed it was something like that but I've
never seen that error message before.
Mike
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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 15:36
on 9/1/04 4:04 pm, Richard Watt at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>=20
> Second vote for Dell, when I was permie I supported a couple of
> hundred of Optiplex machines, and they were reliable, easy to mainta...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 15:36
I've had good experiences with desktops from HP/Compaq. Their customer
service has come up trumps for me a few times.
I've bought from www.insight.com/uk - you can usually get prices cheaper
than th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 15:35
Aye, ta - I've got it up and running now. Tried zencart too - but I must
say I think both look a bit pants. The image handling for products made my
eyes boggle with it's shitness, and the products a...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 15:32
Dell every time, except for laptops in which case - Sony
Andrew...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 15:27
Downlaod the DivX codec, that is alright. www.divx.com
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RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 15:27
didn't read this first. I would just run the install with the config info it
requests followed by a test drive and then see what happens. All that will
possibly need tweaking is the paths (config fil...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 15:25
Second vote for Dell, when I was permie I supported a couple of
hundred of Optiplex machines, and they were reliable, easy to maintain
yourself, and the business support was very good (even when we we...
RE: FN-FORUM: CBI
date posted 9th January 2004 15:23
that's the next step lol ;)
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 15:21
only problem with this is, if you decide to move the cart and PHP has something
not on or off it could all go pearshaped so both servers need to have exactly
the same config. Apart from that it's a do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd problm
date posted 9th January 2004 15:16
Stuck key, sticky drink spilt on it at some point?
Have they tried plugging the KB into another machine to see if it works
there?
Carla
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 15:13
on 9/1/04 3:44 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] at
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> Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>> You'll find that you can stick them in a baby seat and rock them
>> gently on the de...
RE: FN-FORUM: Odd problm
date posted 9th January 2004 15:13
Is one of the keys stuck down?
Can they try another keyboard?
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 15:04
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> You'll find that you can stick them in a baby seat and rock them
> gently on the desk whilst continuing to program. Worked for me...
Did exactly the same. Best bit is,...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 15:04
Congrats!
I remember getting back with my other half from hospital with Zoe, we just
sat there looking at her "now what?"
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.com
POV-Ray News & Resources http://Povr...
RE: FN-FORUM: Odd problm
date posted 9th January 2004 15:02
They've tried that (apparently)=20
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IWD2 LLP
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Re: FN-FORUM: Odd problm
date posted 9th January 2004 14:58
Switch it off for a moment and then reboot.
John
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Re: FN-FORUM: Odd problm
date posted 9th January 2004 14:56
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>
> Hi,
> My wife's just phoned me to say that the secretary's PC at her practice
> is behaving oddly.
>
> It's NT4 and sitting at the "Press Ctrl+a...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:56
> Announcing the recent Delivery of Alyssa May Butler
Congratulations! We had our first last year, single greatest thing thats
ever happened to me.
Damon : Base-8...
FN-FORUM: Odd problm
date posted 9th January 2004 14:54
Hi,
My wife's just phoned me to say that the secretary's PC at her practice
is behaving oddly.
It's NT4 and sitting at the "Press Ctrl+alt+del to login" screen, but
when they try to press ctrl+alt+d...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:45
> > Congratulations, Nik 8-)
thank you...
> > Any pics?
yes on
http://butlershouse.co.uk/album/BabyAlyssaMayButler-Jan2004
I cannot work out why the camra think the room is well lit, hence the
phots...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 14:37
Iain Bruce wrote:
>
> I'd like to get the machines from PC World, primarily because I haven't
> heard many horror stories regarding PC World support. Yet.
>
> However, the client may want to use De...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:36
on 9/1/04 3:08 pm, Ema at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Carla Boulton wrote:
>> Carla (three girls, one boy and yes that is it for now)
>
> Broody, Carla?
>
Always do when I hear of newborns but realist...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:29
Carla Boulton wrote:
> Carla (three girls, one boy and yes that is it for now)
Broody, Carla?
Congratulations, Nik 8-)
Any pics?...
FN-FORUM: PC World vs Dell - recommendations?
date posted 9th January 2004 14:26
Hi all,
I'm about to start an office network upgrade for a client, and one of the
things being discussed is purchase of new machines.
I'd like to get the machines from PC World, primarily because I...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:24
> of those bouncy chair things - cheap at about ?10 three years ago when my
I know the one you mean, my neice ha one when she was born. I convinced
sharon to get her workmates to buy us one. and it si...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fasthosts
date posted 9th January 2004 14:24
Probably worth having a quick search through the archives of
[EMAIL REMOVED] via http://groups.yahoo.com/group/raq/
Or the faq on http://uk2raq.com may also be of use.
Hth
Ian
http://alteris.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail
date posted 9th January 2004 14:22
Michael,
Although I can't find any links to back this up, there has been talk in
recent months of AOL blocking a wide number of IP addresses (and entire IP
blocks) in an attempt to manage the amount...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:21
Carla Boulton wrote:
>
> Well done, any pics?
>
> Carla (three girls, one boy and yes that is it for now)
>
For now, Carla!! You must be a glutton for punishment, two's plenty...
Cheers, Paul....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:17
on 9/1/04 2:33 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>=20
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:29:24PM -0000, Paul J White wrote:
>> Congrats ;-)
> thanks
>> Is this your first?
> yes.... im just bac...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:15
Congrats that's great news.
Ron
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] - Toshiba make a 4Gb hard drive less than an inch wide
date posted 9th January 2004 14:14
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Chris Batchelor wrote:
>
> Just read this on BBC, Toshiba continue the miniturisation trend, 4Gb in
> less than an inch...
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3381997.stm
I...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:12
Wey hey... Enjoy!
Congrats!
Mike
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FN-FORUM: [OT] - Toshiba make a 4Gb hard drive less than an inch wide
date posted 9th January 2004 14:10
Just read this on BBC, Toshiba continue the miniturisation trend, 4Gb in
less than an inch...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3381997.stm...
RE: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail
date posted 9th January 2004 14:05
Michael
If it's sending mail to other domains OK then I suspect it's to do with the SMTP server the clients using to send from.
We've had this problem for months with AOL when I send service alerts/...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:05
> You'll find that you can stick them in a baby seat and rock them gently
> on the desk whilst continuing to program. Worked for me...
hehe..Worked for me also. Doesn't work for long enough though.
I...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:01
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:29:24PM -0000, Paul J White wrote:
>
>>Congrats ;-)
>
> thanks
>
>>Is this your first?
>
> yes.... im just back from the Hospital... feeling ve...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 14:00
You'll find that you can stick them in a baby seat and rock them gently
on the desk whilst continuing to program. Worked for me...=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
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=20
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Fro...
Re: FN-FORUM: addresses
date posted 9th January 2004 13:59
I am not sure if you are required by law to provide a contact address, I
would certainly not purchase or engage any services from someone/some
company without checking their details, would you. Even i...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 13:56
Congratulations... Sleep whenever you can. Any chance you get.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
> Behalf Of Paul J White
> Sent: 09 January 2004 14:30
> T...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 13:53
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:29:24PM -0000, Paul J White wrote:
> Congrats ;-)
thanks
> Is this your first?
yes.... im just back from the Hospital... feeling very very surreal.
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Re: FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail
date posted 9th January 2004 13:52
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:41:54PM -0000, Michael Beckett wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Just had an email from a client who says his email is being rejected
> with the following error:
okay heres whast going on...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 13:52
Congrats all round :-) :-) :-)
Dominic
Announcing the recent Delivery of Alyssa May Butler, born to my wife
Sharon at 10.32pm last night 8th January at 6lbs 7 Ounces shes healthy
and well , like h...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 13:49
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Totally Off topic news
>
>
> Announcing the recent Delivery of Alyssa May Butler, born to my wife
> Sharon at 10.32pm last night 8th January at 6lbs 7 Ounces shes healthy
>...
FN-FORUM: [OT] New Developments.....
date posted 9th January 2004 13:44
Totally Off topic news
Announcing the recent Delivery of Alyssa May Butler, born to my wife
Sharon at 10.32pm last night 8th January at 6lbs 7 Ounces shes healthy
and well , like her mum.
Its not f...
FN-FORUM: addresses
date posted 9th January 2004 13:21
Hi all
Quick question, if you sell someone a service or product, are you required
'by law' to provide a contact address?
Anyone know? client doen't want to have to get a PO BOX address and doesn't
w...
FN-FORUM: AOL bouncing mail
date posted 9th January 2004 13:02
Hi
Just had an email from a client who says his email is being rejected
with the following error:
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 12:47
> A client has sent me a large file on CD that contains a Mac SMI (Self
> Mounting Image) file - does anyone know if it is possible to access
> the contents of this file under Windows?
Probably not....
Re: FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 12:18
umm... it's on Mac - mail me offlist if you want...
On 9 Jan 2004, at 12:50, Thomas Design wrote:
> Problem is I dont get my broadband until 6 days so still on modem at
> the mo,
> ftp a 90mb fil...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 12:09
Hi Luke
Problem is I dont get my broadband until 6 days so still on modem at the mo,
ftp a 90mb file take me all year!! LOL
Any chance you can send through that program you mentioned to give it a
wh...
Re: FN-FORUM: Image Manager for HTML Area - WAS Javascript Coding - a little job for someone?
date posted 9th January 2004 12:05
> 2) Possible to upload files other than pics (eg a php file....)
> Will look at these sometime if no one beats me to it (hint)
Crudely (if the form element name of the file is "the_file")
$files_t...
RE: FN-FORUM: flash and visual basic error
date posted 9th January 2004 12:01
No Worries Dave,
Nice to be able to pay back the help you've given me in the past!!
Mark Anderson
Anderson Consultants
01202 775483
07802 404838 mob
Web Development and database design
[EMAIL REMOV...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 12:00
i have two movies on my site, one is 6mins long, the other 12mins.
i haven't compressed them hugely, but they are 15.1mb and 24.2mb
respectively. (320 x 170)
i could probably squeeze 'em down a li...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 11:58
hi darren,
there's a number of things that can be done to reduce filesize.
for a start, Cinepak Codec is huge. don't use that.
i recommend using Sorenson's Video Codec - I have a great Sorenson's...
FN-FORUM: Image Manager for HTML Area - WAS Javascript Coding - a little job for someone?
date posted 9th January 2004 11:54
> > Hey Andy, that's brilliant!!
> > That does all I want for now. Anyone else who interested, you can
> > download the modded version here http://www.zhuo.org/htmlarea/
>
> Hurrah. I *actually helpe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Javascript Coding - a little job for someone?
date posted 9th January 2004 11:53
hehehe
On 9 Jan 2004, at 11:15, Andy Stafford wrote:
> Hurrah. I *actually helped someone* rather than just being sarcastic
> all the
> time ;)...
FN-FORUM: Mounting SMI file on windows
date posted 9th January 2004 11:50
Afternoon,
A client has sent me a large file on CD that contains a Mac SMI (Self
Mounting Image) file - does anyone know if it is possible to access
the contents of this file under Windows?
--------...
Re: FN-FORUM: flash and visual basic error
date posted 9th January 2004 11:50
need to keep the flash internal to the app because the client doesn't
want the end user to be able to grab the content. its a big PDF i'm
transforming into a swf and the end user needs a code to ac...
FN-FORUM: Fasthosts
date posted 9th January 2004 11:47
Anyone got any tips for getting Fasthosts to update DNS in a reasonable
amount of time? Domain was transferred from 123-reg to Fasthosts last year,
but DNS is still pointing at 123-reg (hosteurope)....
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 11:46
it's just Steve Job's arrogance.
the original mac mouse had one button, and the first PC's had two (i
think)
but either way, he does not want to relinquish the one-button mouse as
that will have h...
FN-FORUM: Reducing an AVI file
date posted 9th January 2004 11:38
Hi all, I've got a video file here about 90mb which the client wants to have
downloaded of their site, how much so you think this could be reduced?
If it can be reduced enough, might need someone to...
FN-FORUM: Video Processing...
date posted 9th January 2004 11:36
Someone here must have a few leads...
I've got a requirement for some very simple real(ish) time video
processing. Basically taking the output from a Logitech webcam, doing
some simple processing on...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 11:30
>> Speaking of sticking odd things inside other odd things (oooerr missus)
>> I just remembered this link.
>>
>> http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/windowsxpbox/
>>
>> A windows box in a windows box. A...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT more plumbing Qs
date posted 9th January 2004 11:17
Cool link, thanks for that Matt, Getting central heating is definately on my
todo list. (its been a cold winter for me)
Just a minor point, speaking to a plumbers mate, and he reckoned that
because t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windows Update
date posted 9th January 2004 11:17
So obviously m$ will have given you a nice clear message saying "Your system
clock is more than 100 days off the update server clock: cannot update"
No?
-----Original Message-----
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Re: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 11:00
Thanks all - I'll take a peek at zen cart at some point too, but at the mo I
just want to get a feel for the basic cart. The INSTALL file does look
quite helpful :)
Ta,
Dan.
> Hope this helps a bit...
FN-FORUM: Apple
date posted 9th January 2004 10:57
> even though it is reported that Microsoft stole the 'Windows' idea from
> apple, it was Microsoft who were involved in writing much of the early
> apple software anyhow.
But didn't Apple get the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 10:52
Hey Dan,
if you've got a server system setup yourself (i.e. on your machine) I
recommmend installing a test version on there just so you can see how
everything goes. Basically it's all pretty automate...
Re: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 10:51
As has been mentioned here a few time Zen cart looks much better,
is based on osCommerce and just went alpha.
www.zencart.com
regards,
Darren Yates
[EMAIL REMOVED]
http://dittodesign.co.uk
http://w...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 10:50
On Jan 09, 2004, at 07:09, Joe Pritchard wrote:
> And as for stealing, Apple and Microsoft both had visits to Xerox PARC
> before embarking on their graphical adventures, from where both
> companie...
Re: FN-FORUM: iMac OSX Networking prob
date posted 9th January 2004 10:44
yeah, as John said, Appletalk needs to be turned on on each Mac in the
Network panel of System Preferences - but most importantly, needs to be
turned on within the configuration your client is using...
Re: FN-FORUM: Javascript Coding - a little job for someone?
date posted 9th January 2004 10:35
> Hey Andy, that's brilliant!!
> That does all I want for now. Anyone else who interested, you can
> download the modded version here http://www.zhuo.org/htmlarea/
Hurrah. I *actually helped someone*...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 10:32
and he still does ;-)
On 9 Jan 2004, at 09:00, James wrote:
> My understanding is he would look at someone's hard work (weeks or
> months of it) and then say "It's crap. Do it again." The designer...
Re: FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 10:27
Dan Norcott wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Does anyone have a good tutorial for installing OSCommerce on debian? I'll
>be doing it via Putty over SSH. The oscommerce.org site seems rather patchy
>in documentati...
Re: FN-FORUM: CBI
date posted 9th January 2004 09:53
I got a cold call this morning, and when they said would I be interest in...I said just before you proceed, all phone conversations on this number are monitored, you don't mind that we are recording t...
FN-FORUM: Oscommerce installation
date posted 9th January 2004 09:48
Hi All
Does anyone have a good tutorial for installing OSCommerce on debian? I'll
be doing it via Putty over SSH. The oscommerce.org site seems rather patchy
in documentation terms, and as I've not...
Re: FN-FORUM: iMac OSX Networking prob
date posted 9th January 2004 09:31
make sure file sharing is turned on (Sharing system prefs) on each Mac
on the network and also obviously make certain that Appletalk is turned
on too (Network system prefs)
There should be few probl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windows Update
date posted 9th January 2004 09:21
Hi All
Found the Windows Update problem...
If the system clock is more than 100 days off the update server clock =
then
it'll throw up an error message - I was stuck back in January 2003! =
Paul...
RE: FN-FORUM: flash and visual basic error
date posted 9th January 2004 09:17
Hi Dave,
You could use the vb Resource editor I guess, I've never used it as we
deliberately wanted to access the flash files externally (so we could change
them regularly) Why do you want to embed th...
Re: FN-FORUM: CBI
date posted 9th January 2004 09:15
I do this every time now and it's interesting that most callers hang up I
ask who they are and if I can have a return phone number
Carla
on 9/1/04 9:25 am, Business A2Z at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: CBI
date posted 9th January 2004 08:46
very professional! Can I suggest that anyone receiving these calls take this
action. Insist before the caller makes any progress beyond saying hello, that
they are asked who they are and what compan...
RE: FN-FORUM: Time for new
date posted 9th January 2004 08:35
Thanks for CCL Web site link some very cheap stuff there! I just emailed
them witha system spec now and see how much they can do it for this is what
i asked for if anyone can do it cheaper!?
No Moni...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 08:20
Joe Pritchard wrote:
>Woz wrote the whole of the software for the Apple 2.
>
>The software for the Mac (initially) was designed by Andy Herzfeld.
>Developers on the OS included Steve Capps, Bruce Hor...
RE: FN-FORUM: Time for new
date posted 9th January 2004 08:01
I would say 800 quid max! But i can be pushed hire if needs be, i was
looking at www.alienware.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of dave
martin
Sent: 09 Ja...
FN-FORUM: iMac OSX Networking prob
date posted 9th January 2004 07:16
Our client has a new iMac running os/x
They are having trouble configuring the networking so that it can find an
appletalk network and access the internet. Other machines (another new iMac
and a G4)...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 06:29
Woz wrote the whole of the software for the Apple 2.
The software for the Mac (initially) was designed by Andy Herzfeld.
Developers on the OS included Steve Capps, Bruce Horn, Bill Atkinson and
Larry...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windows Update
date posted 9th January 2004 05:11
My XP Windows Update is working fine but having probs with W2k Pro.. anyone
else having probs with W2k Pro update?
Danny
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 03:54
Neelesh Sonawane wrote:
> Would love to get hold of one to stick a PC in. Either that or convert it
> into a fish tank..
Speaking of sticking odd things inside other odd things (oooerr missus)
I jus...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql question - large text file
date posted 9th January 2004 03:31
Hi Craig,=0D
You can use "load data infile" command of Mysql from mysql command prompt
and I have used this command to insert a text file of 6mb into database
table. =0D
=0D
HTH=0D
Danish Umer=0D
=0D...
Re: FN-FORUM: Time for new
date posted 9th January 2004 01:29
I would suggest setting a budget and building it yourself, I have just
finished building my first pc and it was fine. its alot easier now than it
use to be, no flicking jumpers or anything. I was main...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 01:17
> I think Bill Gates was involved in the start of Apple from what I
> remember.
Er, no.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markkula.
No Gates.
--
Liam Proven • http://lproven.livejournal.com...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 01:17
> they were all conspiring together...
No, not really.
> even though it is reported that Microsoft stole the 'Windows' idea from
> apple, it was Microsoft who were involved in writing much of the e...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 00:21
Luke Perman wrote:
> even though it is reported that Microsoft stole the 'Windows' idea from
> apple, it was Microsoft who were involved in writing much of the early
> apple software anyhow
Lindsey...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Everyone's a mac lover at heart
date posted 9th January 2004 00:12
Neelesh Sonawane wrote:
> Would love to get hold of one to stick a PC in. Either that or convert it
> into a fish tank..
The other route is to mod it into something that works.
http://www.wired.com/n...
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