Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday January 17th 2004
Re: FN-FORUM: Puzzler - PHP/MySQL
date posted 17th January 2004 21:28
On 17 Jan 2004 18:03:07 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Here's one that's got me headscratching.
>
> Suppose I have a list of possible image categories (front, left, right
> etc.) i...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 21:08
the thing I remember about gem was that little line of bombs that ran acc=
ross=20
the screen when my c program crashed. (And some wicked shoot em up games)
I was also writing code for a PDP 11 then,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quote request: Perl & shopping carts
date posted 17th January 2004 21:03
Hi=20
very interested as am just about to do similar for existing client - secu=
re=20
hosting only alows perl not PHP,so I will have to alter my existing PHP=20
system.=20
I've done a fair amount of...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 20:43
Grzegorz BRZESKI wrote:
>> Personally, I would like to see application authors writing X based
>> configuration utilities themselves using a standard framework (and
>> not adding config options withou...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 19:15
14 years of guitar and gob here - I don't class myself as a 'muso' though.
I find the typical muso very very boring indeed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The e-Guy Limited" [EMAIL REMOVED]...
RE: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 19:01
Dom said...
>How many musos are there on the list? I'm a sax player.
Another Bass Player here. Mainly into rock although am the local gun for
hire for several local bands. I am in two bands of my o...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Image Upload script wanted
date posted 17th January 2004 18:49
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:50 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: PHP Image Upload script wanted
> upload a jpg
> create a thumbnail
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Image Upload script wanted
date posted 17th January 2004 18:41
> Love your attitude.
>
> I've made a note.
hehe :)...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 18:24
Dom said...
>How many musos are there on the list? I'm a sax player.
Bass (mainly fretless), acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar, various
mandolin family instruments.
Oh, and I've got a fairly d...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 17:53
> Personally, I would like to see application authors writing X based
> configuration utilities themselves using a standard framework (and not
> adding config options without making them editable from...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Image Upload script wanted
date posted 17th January 2004 17:36
On 17 Jan 2004 18:08:34 -0000, Grzegorz BRZESKI [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
> Do you have a specific problem or just want someone to write an extra
> module
> for your CMS which you are going get paid f...
Re: [FN-FORUM] Splitting strings
date posted 17th January 2004 17:32
> If I have a string
>
> subaction=showfull&id=1074303127&archive=1
>
> What's the PHP magic to get only the numbers after id= and before
&archive?
One more solution, with a bit different approach to...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Image Upload script wanted
date posted 17th January 2004 17:25
>
> I need to:
>
> upload a jpg
> create a thumbnail
> rename both images according to script generated criteria
> move both images to different directories.
>
> file type, size and dimensions validat...
FN-FORUM: Puzzler - PHP/MySQL
date posted 17th January 2004 17:19
Here's one that's got me headscratching.
Suppose I have a list of possible image categories (front, left, right
etc.) in one table and I only want to add one of each images to an item
record.
I ha...
FN-FORUM: PHP Image Upload script wanted
date posted 17th January 2004 16:07
got any good image upload scripts you want to share?
I'm writing one, but it's deadly tedious and I'm sure someone must have a
better one....
I've googled but I keep finding old stuff that doesn't...
Re: FN-FORUM: Who Wants A Few Month's Work Then?
date posted 17th January 2004 15:31
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Harfst" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:42 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Who Wants A Few Month's Work Then?
>
> I interview...
RE: FN-FORUM: php mysql ecom recommendation
date posted 17th January 2004 15:28
> What is the current recommendation for online payment?
>
> ie triathlon club with income of about 20k per annum. Have
> Alliance and Leicester business
> account.
>
> Need to handle subscriptions, r...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 14:39
Dom wrote:
>>www.deltasoft.com
>>
>>
>
>I see Gem's still as ugly as it ever was.
>
>
Ooh! Harsh!
I think it's quite appealing in a minimal early-classic-MacOS kinda way.
You want ugly, and i...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 14:36
Dom wrote:
>>It's *not* the same problem in a GUI. If you had never seen a Mac OS X
>>machine before, you could still work your way through and find System
>>Preferences and then find Network and the...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 14:30
On Saturday 17 Jan 2004 2:04 pm, Liam Proven wrote:
> It's *not* the same problem in a GUI. If you had never seen a Mac OS X
> machine before, you could still work your way through and find System
> P...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 14:24
On Saturday 17 Jan 2004 2:05 pm, Liam Proven wrote:
> www.deltasoft.com
I see Gem's still as ugly as it ever was.
--=20
5: When responding to a post, delete all information that is not
strictly nece...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 13:23
Lists wrote:
>Early Windows versions were dire - much worse that DOS or Unix/Xenix. Gem
>was better (although our boss didn't allow us to use mice or other pointing
>devices). So was Viewpoint. But t...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 13:22
Dom wrote:
>>Wrong place to look. Control Panel on W2K or XP is the place to start...
>>just about everything is under there, and if it isn't, you'll find it by
>>right-clicking My Computer and picki...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 12:58
On Saturday 17 Jan 2004 12:51 pm, Lists wrote:
> Early Windows versions were dire - much worse that DOS or Unix/Xenix. G=
em
> was better=20
Gem was pretty grim from a programming point of view....
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 12:09
Early Windows versions were dire - much worse that DOS or Unix/Xenix. Gem
was better (although our boss didn't allow us to use mice or other pointing
devices). So was Viewpoint. But the command line w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quote request: Perl & shopping carts
date posted 17th January 2004 12:08
BTW it is securetrading.co.uk
On 17/1/04 12:12, "Neelesh Sonawane" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Could anybody interested in a bit of Perl script/payment integration work
> give me a quote fo...
FN-FORUM: php mysql ecom recommendation
date posted 17th January 2004 12:08
What is the current recommendation for online payment?
ie triathlon club with income of about 20k per annum. Have Alliance and Leicester business
account.
Need to handle subscriptions, race booking...
Re: [FN-FORUM] Splitting strings
date posted 17th January 2004 12:07
Thanks guys.
--
Jonathan Chong
Internet Developer
: Digital Look
: [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM: a question for the people who run this
date posted 17th January 2004 12:04
Can certainly be a problem with dial-up, especially if you have an ISP who
cuts you off every so often. This is one of my quieter lists. But I
remember what my busy ones were like over a dial-up (500...
FN-FORUM: Quote request: Perl & shopping carts
date posted 17th January 2004 11:29
Hi,
Could anybody interested in a bit of Perl script/payment integration work
give me a quote for the following:
I have a client who's e-commerce site has been set up with a shopping cart
system but...
RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 11:14
Richard Said:
I have, on authentic 1/2-ton-system-box, green-screen-monitor,
anti-ergonomic-mouse wonderfulness. I have also used Windows 2 (first
ever version of paint) on a 086 with an early brick-...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 10:58
On Saturday 17 Jan 2004 11:25 am, Richard Watt wrote:
> D> I came in at 2.0/386. If you've ever used a real 1.0 box you are
> D> a most unusual person...
>
> I have, on authentic 1/2-ton-system-box,...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 10:43
D> I came in at 2.0/386. If you've ever used a real 1.0 box you are
D> a most unusual person...
I have, on authentic 1/2-ton-system-box, green-screen-monitor,
anti-ergonomic-mouse wonderfulness. I...
Re: FN-FORUM: a question for the people who run this
date posted 17th January 2004 10:26
Get rid of outlook, I did when it couldnt handle email volume and
replaced with 'The Bat!', which works far better (although takes a bit
of getting used to).
As for online alternatives - email is the...
Re: [FN-FORUM] Splitting strings
date posted 17th January 2004 10:23
try
$url = 'subaction=showfull&id=1074303127&archive=1';
parse_str($url);
echo $id;
check the manual for parse_str to see other ways in which you can
manipulate the data
-- Richard
http://www.rwat...
Re: FN-FORUM: a question for the people who run this
date posted 17th January 2004 10:22
john deaville wrote:
>
> is it not possible to publish an on-line version of the forumso people can
> opt to look at the board or (as in my case) search for a particular string?
>
There is an onli...
FN-FORUM: a question for the people who run this
date posted 17th January 2004 10:19
i have been a member of this forum board on and off for several years - the
reason i cancel it is that i am on a 56k modem at home and for some reason
outlook express just stops when i am downloading...
Re: [FN-FORUM] Splitting strings
date posted 17th January 2004 10:17
Jonathan Chong wrote:
> subaction=showfull&id=1074303127&archive=1
> What's the PHP magic to get only the numbers after id= and before &archive?
If it's separated by '&' (i.e. is like a query stri...
[FN-FORUM] Splitting strings
date posted 17th January 2004 09:56
Hi guys
If I have a string
subaction=showfull&id=1074303127&archive=1
What's the PHP magic to get only the numbers after id= and before &archive?
--
Jonathan Chong
Internet Developer
: Digital L...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 09:51
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 23:39, Dom wrote:
> > GUIs are discoverable. You can wander around exploring and find the
> > setting you need eventually.
>
> You can? How long would it take to go through th...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 09:48
On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 00:05, Liam Proven wrote:
> >I don't agree at all. Grepping /etc/ for something is quick and
> >convenient; locate *.conf and *.cnf also works nicely.
Suer you can find the co...
Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
date posted 17th January 2004 01:17
On Saturday 17 Jan 2004 12:05 am, Liam Proven wrote:
> Wrong place to look. Control Panel on W2K or XP is the place to start..=
=2E
> just about everything is under there, and if it isn't, you'll fin...
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date posted 17th January 2004 00:00
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