Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday January 15th 2004
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP (XSLT?) help needed
date posted 15th January 2004 23:22
David Nye wrote on the 13/01/2004 17:05 the following fine words:
>
> Any comments and suggestions will be welcome, and something to explain
> to the hosting company what they need to do would proba...
RE: FN-FORUM: minion Bold / minion Regular font
date posted 15th January 2004 23:21
Hi Tony,
I zipped up all the minion font files I could find on my machine and put
them here for you (7MB):
http://www.aciddrop.com/flas/Minion_Font_Files.zip
Regards,
Leon
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Arcade emulator
date posted 15th January 2004 23:21
try here: http://www.emuconnect.com/roms/mame
theres a few dodgy roms on there, but most of what i've downloaded works.
if you like emulators, checkout project64 - the N64 on a PC, very good
stuff!...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 22:12
Carla:
> Ironing is men's work alongside cooking.
>
> Carla
> www.naughtymutt.com
> Likes to design books
...and start fights. ;OP
- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're par...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 22:12
Liam Proven, quoting me:
> > > > So use XFree86 3,then?
> > >
> > > Not an option on any modern distro.
> >
> > Modern distro my hairy cojones - Slackware 9.1 includes it. ;O)
>
> [Grin] You vall THA...
FN-FORUM: Fecking webservice...
date posted 15th January 2004 21:53
Hi,
Ok, had a webservice that was working quite happily, but now it doesn't
want to work at all - even calling a simple "hello world"=20
Connecting to the remote webservice from my local PC all work...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Arcade emulator
date posted 15th January 2004 21:41
Thanks Norman / Rus / Andy
Just my luck but the site I posted seems to be down atm. At least i know
this is the emulator to download. I take you've all got it working OK. I
spent last weekend tr...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Arcade emulator
date posted 15th January 2004 21:34
You need to download the various Roms - all of those that you've listed
will be available...=20
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RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Arcade emulator
date posted 15th January 2004 21:24
Hi Paul
Mame is the daddy as far as arcade emulators go. You'll find pretty
much any game you can think of (and probably a lot besides) as roms to
run on it. And it's available on a wide range of p...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Arcade emulator
date posted 15th January 2004 21:21
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Paul Cooper wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> In an effort to stem my bordem I've come across this product that emulates
> old arcade games...
>
> http://www.mame.net/
Mame is the best for arca...
FN-FORUM: OT - Arcade emulator
date posted 15th January 2004 21:18
Hi
In an effort to stem my bordem I've come across this product that emulates
old arcade games...
http://www.mame.net/
Has anyone here used this or has a better recommendation for a different
emu...
Re: FN-FORUM: minion Bold / minion Regular font
date posted 15th January 2004 21:11
Tony Crockford wrote:
>>
>> I've got an .AI file from a client asking for minion font - anyone got
>> it I can borrow? (for WinXP) thanks
>
>
> Apparently Adobe Illustrator installs these:
> Minio...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Who has got "Insider Secrets to Marketing your Business on the Internet" pack
date posted 15th January 2004 19:32
I have it but haven't read it yet.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritat...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 15th January 2004 19:03
Could you send me a screen grab off list
Tx
Dominic
The menu lies over the text. Win 98 IE 5.5...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 18:49
Why not:
Whilst I cannot force my neighbours to use adequate disposing methods, I
do not see why I should be responsible for the lack of storage and mess
(in this case baby faeces and nappies) create...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 18:45
Andy MJ:
> Is there any way when creating a reference in an so that the
> path is from the root of the site ?
BASE tag any good to you?
- Nick Grimshaw
{ if you're not part of the solution, you're...
RE: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 18:39
John Anderson:
> > Let's call it the "maximise button"! ;OP
> and
> >Modern distro my hairy cojones - Slackware 9.1 includes it. ;O)
>
> Obviously someone's finished his taxes. How'd they go?
Au...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Who has got "Insider Secrets to Marketing your Business on the Internet" pack
date posted 15th January 2004 18:39
Just wanted to mention that a brand new version was released
in December for 2004.
http://www.marketingtips.com/t.cgi/644616
regards,
Darren Yates
[EMAIL REMOVED]
http://dittodesign.co.uk
www.how-...
Re: FN-FORUM: minion Bold / minion Regular font
date posted 15th January 2004 18:39
On 15 Jan 2004 19:14:11 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I've got an .AI file from a client asking for minion font - anyone got
> it I can borrow? (for WinXP) thanks
Apparently Adob...
FN-FORUM: minion Bold / minion Regular font
date posted 15th January 2004 18:31
I've got an .AI file from a client asking for minion font - anyone got it
I can borrow? (for WinXP) thanks
Tony
--
listening to: "if you don't know me by now" by David Brent
http://www.xebit.net/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 18:30
> Is there any way when creating a reference in an
> so that the path is from the root of the site ?
>
> I've got a generic navigation that needs to work from multiple
> depths in the site and I do...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 15th January 2004 18:20
The menu lies over the text. Win 98 IE 5.5
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Allkins
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 06:39
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMO...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 15th January 2004 18:09
On Thursday 15 January 2004 6:38 pm, Dominic Allkins wrote:
> Evening all
>
> Comments on http://roark.no-ip.com would be gratefully received.
>
Konqueror KDE 3.0 - all well.
I personnally don't like...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 15th January 2004 18:04
There's not really a low there, so it's hard to see what you're trying to
achieve.
It's very brown. Do you think it would be worth introducing some white?
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From: [EMAIL...
FN-FORUM: OT - Who has got "Insider Secrets to Marketing your Business on the Internet" pack
date posted 15th January 2004 17:57
Just been looking thru SEO and other interesting bookmarks I'd saved for
rainy day and came across
http://www.how-to-make-money-online.info/Insider_Secrets_to_Marketing_Review.htm
(short url http://da...
FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 15th January 2004 17:56
Evening all
Comments on http://roark.no-ip.com would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Dominic...
FN-FORUM: way ot help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 17:45
Just found myself writing "me you or me her", now that's a grammatical
nightmare :)
John...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP support needed
date posted 15th January 2004 16:58
send me it off list and I will have a look
Carrie
On Thursday 15 January 2004 3:58 pm, you wrote:
> If I emailed about 500 lines of PHP script, could someone work out what
> needs to be installed to...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 16:58
Or you can use one of the SET commands to specify how many records get
returned - it's subtly different to using TOP because it does it after
all of the query has been run.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL R...
RE: FN-FORUM: 1&1 uk domain hosting
date posted 15th January 2004 16:56
Hi Jamie,
It's seem they don't have any dns setup abilities like ukreg.
A mate thought he would be able to put his 1&1 purchased domain on our
1&1 server, but couldn't figure it out.
I think he cam...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 16:52
You can do SELECT TOP 100 field1, field2 to return the top 100
You can use the paged recordset to set the size of the pages and allow
you to specify the page that you want to view.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 16:39
James wrote:
>>>
>> Would you recommend it? I've heard mixed reviews...
>
>
>
> I think so :) I'm only about 20 pages in, but it has plenty of resonance
> for me. It's at least on a par with The...
RE: FN-FORUM: 1&1 uk domain hosting
date posted 15th January 2004 16:33
1&1 don't let you do anything with dns, you'll have to transfer to
domain. You should be able to do domain forwarding through their control
panel though. And good luck if you decide to ring them, you'...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 16:26
on 15/1/04 4:11 pm, Ema at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> My dad wouldn't hire someone if they wore an unironed shirt!
>
> Em, still rebelling and refusing to iron :-)
>
> Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote...
Re: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 16:26
>
> And I don't think dreamweaver does .NET yet
>
It does. (version MX2004)...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 16:24
Hello
Is there a tSQL command like the LIMIT syntax found in MySQL for returning
only part of a recordset? In ASP.NET/c# I have a result set of about 1250
and would like to return a number at a time,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 16:22
In the medium term there's a lot to be said for having your own server
on the LAN for precisely these reasons.
Gotta agree with that... Was the best money I spent just about......
Re: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 16:09
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> yeah, I normally use that, it's only because the development machine is
> local so uses virtual directories but the target machine is a pukka
> server so doesn't hav...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 16:09
Dom wrote:
>On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 3:46 pm, James wrote:
>
>
>>should they trust me, if I make those mistakes? [Scans repeatedly for
>>typoes, hits "send".]
>>
>>
>
>"Typoes"??? Related to Da...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 16:01
> > It's the only way to be. Just reading through "Eats Shoots and Leaves"
[...]
> Would you recommend it? I've heard mixed reviews...
It's superb. Very, very funny, wonderfully black and bitter in...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 16:00
> with Xandros, which is supposed to be a Windows-user distro.
> During the install I found you couldn't switch to the monitoring
> consoles
> (sorry, don't know what the "official" term is) usin...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:57
> It's the only way to be. Just reading through "Eats Shoots and Leaves"
"Eats, Shoots and Leaves". The erroneous comma is the entire point of the
title.
Look, I had to, all right?
--
Liam Proven...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:55
Only if I wanted to throw things at the machine...
Hate dreamweaver with a passion...
And I don't think dreamweaver does .NET yet=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
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Fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:55
Paul J White wrote:
>
> James wrote:
>
>>
>> It's the only way to be. Just reading through "Eats Shoots and Leaves"
>>
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861976127/qid=1074178804/sr=1-1/ref...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:54
Hi,
yeah, I normally use that, it's only because the development machine is
local so uses virtual directories but the target machine is a pukka
server so doesn't have the virtual directory.
=20
An...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:49
On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 3:12 pm, Mightier Than wrote:
> It should be people's children's faeces.
In response to what I wrote:
> Hence: "other people's children's faeces".
Am I missing something?...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:49
On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 3:46 pm, James wrote:
> I think it's bad for business to spell or punctuate incorrectly. If
> someone sends me a quotation or other document, it goes in the bin if i=
t
> cont...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:45
Hi Andy,
Have you tried (Or can you use) the ./../ type nomenclature?
I tend to use it a lot especially when I need to go up a level, not used it
in an tag also if your using asp.net or even asp can...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 15:45
> > > So use XFree86 3,then?
> >
> > Not an option on any modern distro.
>
> Modern distro my hairy cojones - Slackware 9.1 includes it. ;O)
[Grin] You vall THAT modern? Doesn't even have a SysV i...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 15:45
> > > So use XFree86 3,then?
> >
> > Not an option on any modern distro.
>
> I'm pretty sure that Mandrake 9.1 gave me the choice...
Don't think it did here. Pretty sure 9.2 doesn't.
> > > No, GNOM...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 15:45
> Damn, I missed this thread at the early stages so if I can wade in with
> a few points about linux distros for window networks.....
I'll not comment on the history lesson. Could well be helpful.
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:44
then use "/mysite/" instead of just "/"
Though IMO you are storing up trouble for future maintaining/porting of
the site.
If you were to use DreamWeaver, you could build your generic navigation
in...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:42
Hi,
That's what I was hoping to avoid :-(
Thanks,
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Allkins [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 15 January 2004 16:15
To: Andy Macnaughto...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:38
James wrote:
>
> It's the only way to be. Just reading through "Eats Shoots and Leaves"
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861976127/qid=1074178804/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/026-6412748-86012...
Re: FN-FORUM: 1&1 uk domain hosting
date posted 15th January 2004 15:36
I agree, 1&1's support pages are a tad difficult to make sense of. I've been
struggling with them myself this week. I have found that if you call them
instead, they're a lot more helpful. We all need...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:33
Ah - sorry - didn't realise you were working from localhost...
Best I can suggest in that case while developing on virtual directory is
to do..
etc...
Then do a global search and replace when sendi...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:29
My dad wouldn't hire someone if they wore an unironed shirt!
Em, still rebelling and refusing to iron :-)
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> When looking for staff my father used to discard people who...
FN-FORUM: 1&1 uk domain hosting
date posted 15th January 2004 15:26
a friend/client (well, i'll call him a friend until his starts paying
me :)) has registered a domain via 1&1 uk. he wants that to point at a
holding page i've thrown together. he hasn't got(/doesn't...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:24
Hi,
That doesn't work if it's a virtual directory in IIS, it just starts
from;
Http://127.0.0.1/
Rather than
Http://127.0.0.1/mysite/
Any suggestions ?=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
----...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 15:21
Hi,
you wrap the search in quotes
Here's the code from the SQLQuery Analyser Help
--- start ---
CONTAINS
Is a predicate used to search columns containing character-based data
types for precise o...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:16
When looking for staff my father used to discard people who had come to
interview who hadn't cleaned their shoes.
That's what a public school education does for you ;-)
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]...
RE: FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 15:16
Hi Andy
Home
SomePage
If you put a "/" in front of the href it will always start at root of
the site. Same goes for images, include files, scripts and stylesheets
as well.
Dominic...
FN-FORUM: PHP support needed
date posted 15th January 2004 15:15
If I emailed about 500 lines of PHP script, could someone work out what
needs to be installed to run them, for a modest fee?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applicat...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 15:07
Hello Andy,
I am still having problems with tSQL - I am using the contains syntax for
full text indexing. When I use the following code:
where [EMAIL REMOVED]
as long as I do not have any spaces I...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 15:04
Dom wrote:
>One step at a time.
>Children belonging to other people -> "other people's children".
>Faeces belonging to children -> "children's faeces".
>
>Hence: "other people's children's faeces".
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please (OT)
date posted 15th January 2004 14:59
The council workers won't know an apostrophe from an aardvark, so I wouldn't
worry (I used to work for housing). The standard of literacy was scary.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 14:59
People doesn't have an s of its own on the end (ie it means children of
people, not children of peoples), so the apostrophe goes before the s.
Children is a plural even though it doesn't have an s the...
FN-FORUM: Relative path references
date posted 15th January 2004 14:45
Hi,
Is there any way when creating a reference in an so that the
path is from the root of the site ?
I've got a generic navigation that needs to work from multiple depths in
the site and I don't wa...
FN-FORUM: Word saving as HTML
date posted 15th January 2004 14:39
Is there a known problem working with HTML saved and edited in Word
2002?
Not something I would normally do, but I just did that ecommerce
requirement page that way for speed and in the process my WI...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sql query help
date posted 15th January 2004 14:37
> In case any of those who helped me yesterday are interested I have got
that
> query down to 1ms per supplier by taking the following steps:
Yay! Nice work.
Cheers for info,
Andy...
FN-FORUM: PDF
date posted 15th January 2004 14:31
Hi all
Looking for quick answers to a question here so I'm asking here as well
as looking via google. We've a client that wants to be able to upload
Office (Word) documents to a website. The websit...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 14:30
It should be people's children's faeces.
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Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 14:21
On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 1:28 pm, carrie wrote:
> I cannot force my neighbours to buy a bin and use it, and I can see no
> reason whatsoever why I should be compelled to mop up other peoples'
> childre...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please (OT)
date posted 15th January 2004 14:10
Hi=20
Salisbury council, =20
and thanks to e-government I have now emailed my housing manager a letter=
=20
demanding bins, and making veiled threats to do with saftey and health=20
hazards, should...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 13:59
Yep, should do;
I use this code for returning a dataset.
Public Function RunExecuteDataSet(ByVal llngRegID As Long, ByVal
lstrLicenceKey As String, ByVal lstrSP As String, ByVal lclnSPParams As...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please (OT)
date posted 15th January 2004 13:54
Hi Carrie
Which council out of interest ?
Alan S
On 15 January 2004 13:42, carrie [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
> the rather snooty council woman has complained about the state of the hal=
> lway=20...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 13:37
I am using the default connection timeout (which I am guessing is 30
seconds) and I am using the executeReader command in c#. If I change the
timeout to 120 seconds then will this sort this out???
Be...
FN-FORUM: Comprehensive ecommerce system required
date posted 15th January 2004 13:37
I have just posted a sales lead over on Paneris at:
http://www.paneris.org/webmacro/MessageBoard?db=paneris&messageboard=12
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applica...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:32
Carrie please ignore that hodgepodge I just wrote, I had a call whilst
writing and then forgot what I wrote already, oh dear........
and I was giving advice:-( hope you got the meaning though. I t...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:29
Other people's children's faeces is correct.
But why? Why?
Nigel
www.mightier-than.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emma Trehane" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:26
Hi Carrie
you could write, it sounds better. if not I think it's "peoples' children's
faeces"
or you could just write "mop up the faeces of other people's children"
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Fro...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 13:25
Have you set the query timeout when you make the call ?
What of the many methods are you using to actually run your query ?=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
[EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Joh...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:22
All you designers out there - apostrophes are dead easy. Just unravel the
sentence and put the apos after the last letter, e.g. other people's
children unravelled is the children of the people - put t...
FN-FORUM: SQL Server Query Problem
date posted 15th January 2004 13:21
Hello
I am running a heavy going text search sql server query; I have already full
text indexed the tables in question and the query takes about 36 seconds to
run completely in SQL query analyzer. Ho...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:20
gonna have to add my 2p here - basically as I see it that's incorrect
twice -
1.there is no word "childrens". The plural of child is children, the
possessive of children is therefore children's. Th...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:15
Yes you do sorry. It's a possessive case.
The apostrophe goes before the s as people is already plural.
http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif
Regards
Ron
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Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:14
On 15 Jan 2004 13:51:32 -0000, carrie [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Thanx ron that is exactly the tone I need.
>
> I cannot force my neighbours to buy a bin and use it, nor can I see any
> reason
> why...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site test
date posted 15th January 2004 13:12
>>
>>Could you be so kind to do a site check on www.funkdj.co.uk and let me know
>>if you find any issues off list.
>>
>>Cheers
>>Martin
>
Looks and works fine in Moz/W2K but is littered with typos/...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:09
Thanx ron that is exactly the tone I need.
I cannot force my neighbours to buy a bin and use it, nor can I see any r=
eason=20
why I should be compelled to mop up the faeces of other peoples children...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please (OT)
date posted 15th January 2004 13:08
>nappy filled bags leaking gently onto the floor.
That's almost poetic, the light rythmic metre of the prose in stark and
ironic contrast to the horror of the subject matter!
Ron (in copywriter mode...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please (OT)
date posted 15th January 2004 13:06
Nice...
On 15/1/04 1:41 pm, "carrie" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> my neighbours are amiable but messy, and have two small children, the council
> has told them to store their rubbish in a small cupbord...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site test
date posted 15th January 2004 13:03
Looks fine Mozilla 1.0.1 / suse linux 8.1
Carrie
On Thursday 15 January 2004 12:23 pm, you wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Could you be so kind to do a site check on www.funkdj.co.uk and let me =
know
> if you...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 13:01
On 15 Jan 2004 13:29:21 -0000, carrie [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know that there are some grammar gurus out there.. can anyone tell me
> how
> the apostrophes should go in this sentenc...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please (OT)
date posted 15th January 2004 12:59
the rather snooty council woman has complained about the state of the hal=
lway=20
outside my flat again. =20
my neighbours are amiable but messy, and have two small children, the co=
uncil=20
has...
RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 12:58
also should be "nor can I see any reason why", if you want to be very
strict.
Ron
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RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 12:51
should be "the faeces of other peoples children"
I believe...
Ron
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RE: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 12:50
I'm scared to ask what this is about.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know that there are some grammar gurus out there.. can
> anyone tell me how the apostrophes should go in this sentence?
>
> I cannot for...
Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 12:49
I think what you've written is correct. I can only boast English=20
Language A-level, however....
:D
On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 01:29 PM, carrie wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know that there are s...
FN-FORUM: help with grammar please
date posted 15th January 2004 12:46
Hi all,=20
I know that there are some grammar gurus out there.. can anyone tell me h=
ow=20
the apostrophes should go in this sentence?
I cannot force my neighbours to buy a bin and use it, and I ca...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sql query help
date posted 15th January 2004 12:40
In case any of those who helped me yesterday are interested I have got that
query down to 1ms per supplier by taking the following steps:
I query the products table and join the supplier table agains...
Re: FN-FORUM: V. newbie!!
date posted 15th January 2004 12:38
Thanks David, that it much appreciated:-)
Emma
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Re: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 12:29
Nick Grimshaw said:
> Let's call it the "maximise button"! ;OP
and
>Modern distro my hairy cojones - Slackware 9.1 includes it. ;O)
Obviously someone's finished his taxes. How'd they go?
John A...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site test
date posted 15th January 2004 12:18
works fine on mac os9. ie5.1.6
Martin Pykett wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Could you be so kind to do a site check on www.funkdj.co.uk and let me know
> if you find any issues off list.
>
> Cheers
> Martin...
FN-FORUM: Site test
date posted 15th January 2004 11:40
Hi guys,
Could you be so kind to do a site check on www.funkdj.co.uk and let me know
if you find any issues off list.
Cheers
Martin...
RE: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 11:40
Andy MJ:
> I'd say that if you want to do that that you'd want to make it an option
> for the user to select rather than forcing them to do it.
Let's call it the "maximise button"! ;OP
- Nick Gri...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 11:38
Dom:
> (Installing Xandros)
> During the install I found you couldn't switch to the monitoring consoles
> (sorry, don't know what the "official" term is) using Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc.
Virtual Terminals, or...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 11:35
Damn, I missed this thread at the early stages so if I can wade in with
a few points about linux distros for window networks.....
Linux, the Distro Confusion
Linux is often used to refer to the gene...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 11:35
Liam Proven:
> > So use XFree86 3,then?
>
> Not an option on any modern distro.
Modern distro my hairy cojones - Slackware 9.1 includes it. ;O)
(plus, it's not that tough to just *compile* it)
-...
Re: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 11:33
I tried to do this myself at one point, and it's not possible. The only=20=
workaround is the launch the intended page in a pop-up window, which=20
can then be preconfigured to fit the screen, not sh...
Re: FN-FORUM: quote nightmare
date posted 15th January 2004 11:33
Thats sounds pretty good to me Carla, many thanks....
Re: FN-FORUM: quote nightmare
date posted 15th January 2004 11:26
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From: "Tim Stephens" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:01 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: quote nightmare
>
> I am a design for print guy usu...
FN-FORUM: quote nightmare
date posted 15th January 2004 11:20
I am a design for print guy usually, but have been asked to do a 5 page
website, with simple button navigation. I am getting someone to program it,
but have no idea what to charge for the designing? A...
Re: FN-FORUM: Backup Advice: Hard drive recommendations
date posted 15th January 2004 10:31
On a cost basis, no.
I've got a spare imac which I'd probably hook up to do backups once I've
done the first backup. I was initially thinking of putting a larger drive in
the imac but am going with th...
Re: FN-FORUM: USB Drive
date posted 15th January 2004 10:28
John,
I wouldn't worry about 1.1 - there's no difference on the host (ie
computer end) between the two protocols, see
http://www.usbman.com/Guides/USB_version1.0_version1.1.htm
Windows 98 (eeughh)...
Re: FN-FORUM: USB Drive
date posted 15th January 2004 10:18
The specs on one of the backup drives I looked at indicated that it would
accept USB1.1. Didn't say anything about USB1.0. I'd just like to be
certain (more certain? certain-ish?) that it will work...
FN-FORUM: PHP Scripts for message board, auction and chat room
date posted 15th January 2004 10:13
Hello.
I have a client looking for the above scripts and wondered if anyone has any=
reasonably priced recommendations or ones to avoid.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks...
Re: FN-FORUM: USB Drive
date posted 15th January 2004 10:08
AFAIK you can be certain you don't have USB 2, but remember the usb
protocols made sure it's all backwards-compatible and auto-sensing too
(not sure if that's obligatory but seems to be standard...
RE: FN-FORUM: V. newbie!!
date posted 15th January 2004 10:06
I did not see your profile. Getting it indexed by search engines as soon
as possible may be your best bet for work. Someone here can probably get
that done within days.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Bu...
RE: FN-FORUM: Backup Advice: Hard drive recommendations
date posted 15th January 2004 10:06
Have you considered using an Ethernet device rather than Firewire, such
as Snap Server?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver code colouring all gone grr!
date posted 15th January 2004 09:58
It kept crashing on me when I had 98 - going to xp pro was one of the best
things I did - Pam
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FN-FORUM: USB Drive
date posted 15th January 2004 09:50
Listening closely to George's tale of sorrow, I've decided to update my
backup facilities. I currently the important stuff to a small (but ever
growing) stack of CDs. As can be imagined, this method...
RE: FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver code colouring all gone grr!
date posted 15th January 2004 09:43
>Very odd. At least it is now working
Yes, but I guess that's what you get when you're running DW on win98.
Never have a problem on my XP desktop or notebook, but DW hates my win98 box
with a passio...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver code colouring all gone grr!
date posted 15th January 2004 09:36
Very odd. At least it is now working - Pam
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RE: FN-FORUM: Backup Advice: Hard drive recommendations
date posted 15th January 2004 09:36
Is this the one button one? Looks brill, press the button and it backs up
your files - not sure if you can specify without a backup sw though. Misco
(simply computers) are selling it at a good price I...
RE: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 09:34
I'd say that if you want to do that that you'd want to make it an option
for the user to select rather than forcing them to do it.=20
Andy
IWD2 LLP
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=20
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Fro...
Re: FN-FORUM: V. newbie!!
date posted 15th January 2004 09:33
I'm currently working on the web site. It is basically my profile.
Hopefully I will have it up by the end of Jan:-)
Ciao,
Emma
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Re: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 09:29
Ha! At least I can tell my browser to ignore that sort of stuff. I think
that's very unwise (as well as possibly contravening accessibility
guidelines). The general feeling is: "It's MY PC and MY brow...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 09:10
On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 2:06 am, Liam Proven wrote:
> > So use XFree86 3,then?
>
> Not an option on any modern distro.
I'm pretty sure that Mandrake 9.1 gave me the choice...
> > No, GNOME and KDE d...
RE: FN-FORUM: V. newbie!!
date posted 15th January 2004 09:09
Do you have a web site detailing your services Emma?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL Server, ASP & VB Progra...
Re: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 09:04
on 15/1/04 9:11 am, john deaville at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> hello
>
> i have used a peice of javascript to maximise the viewers browser window to
> fill the available screen space:
>
>
> self.mo...
RE: FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 08:40
What are you trying to do, piss everyone off big time?
Dont mess with the users browser!
Mike
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FN-FORUM: javascript needed
date posted 15th January 2004 08:30
hello
i have used a peice of javascript to maximise the viewers browser window to
fill the available screen space:
self.moveTo(0,0)
self.resizeTo(screen.availWidth,screen.availHeight)
what i woul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Backup Advice: Hard drive recommendations
date posted 15th January 2004 02:18
im sure aldi have some medion external hard drives on offer this week. might
be worth looking into? cant remember the specs though sorry. im sure the
deal ends today, although from what I tend to see...
RE: FN-FORUM: Shopping carts, secure servers & CC transactions
date posted 15th January 2004 01:37
> Could anybody give me any pointers to get up to speed with setting up an
> existing site for e-comm. What is the procedure? Gather info over an SSL
> connection then move on to the credit card trans...
Re: FN-FORUM: Backup Advice: Hard drive recommendations
date posted 15th January 2004 01:25
> Speaking of backing up, anybody got recommendations for external
> firewire
> hard drives?
> Currently looking at getting the Lacie Porsche (P3) 160Gb Firewire at
> around
> £140. Only have a 2mb...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 15th January 2004 01:25
> So use XFree86 3,then?
Not an option on any modern distro.
> No, GNOME and KDE defaults are slower than they used to be.
> If you want a nice lightweight WM incidentally, I'd recommend FluxBox.
Y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Backup Advice: Hard drive recommendations
date posted 15th January 2004 01:01
Neelesh Sonawane wrote:
> Speaking of backing up, anybody got recommendations for external firewire
> hard drives?
I have a Firewire/USB2 Maxtor 200GB Ext Drive which I'm very happy with,
was £250i...
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