Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday February 18th 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: Another mobile phone question
date posted 18th February 2005 23:27
On 18 Feb 2005 16:01:48 -0000, Kat Nagel
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote a really long post about
mobile phones - even longer than one of Dave Edwards' rants:
>=20
OK - here's a plan. Ask one of us to buy you...
Re: FN-FORUM : what no friday funnies? [OT]
date posted 18th February 2005 22:06
Not up to Ian's high standards but along the lines of Chris's,
Why do cows wear bells?
'Cos their horns don't work :)
First ever joke I "got" at the grand age of 5, so my mum keeps reminding me!!!...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another mobile phone question
date posted 18th February 2005 20:59
>have you considered getting a phone on a "Pay as you go" tarif there
>is no minimum contract and you can pick up phones cheap on Ebay.
>
>Ian M.
Yes, but I'm not sure what sort of phone to look for...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Phishing atempt #2642
date posted 18th February 2005 20:51
On 18 Feb 2005 12:32:41 -0000, Ian Morgan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Maybe it's an attempt to con all the dyslexics.
>
Wow, subliminal, man ;-)
I can't read normal text after that.
--
http://www.m...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 20:35
On 18 Feb 2005 07:02:43 -0000, Jamie Wilson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
=20
> honestly the best way of importing/exporting mail is to setup an IMAP
> account somewhere (you all run your own IMAP servers, r...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 19:59
On 17 Feb 2005 18:39:12 -0000, chris greenway [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> what osx mail clients do people use?
M$ Entourage X. It's great. Arguably - with the possible exception of
Excel, their best...
Re: FN-FORUM: bootable remote access cd
date posted 18th February 2005 19:31
On Friday 18 February 2005 14:42, JBR wrote:
> the live CDs with linux are not too bad for costumization and that
> shouldn't be too hard.
Do you have any info on that?
I've been trying to find an ea...
Re: FN-FORUM: bootable remote access cd
date posted 18th February 2005 19:20
On 18 Feb 2005 13:51:51 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Sort of makes sense but is beyond my technical ability. If it is so
> easy, then how much would an expert charge to provide s...
Re: FN-FORUM: bootable remote access cd
date posted 18th February 2005 18:48
Sort of makes sense but is beyond my technical ability. If it is so
easy, then how much would an expert charge to provide such a CD?
Peter...
Re: FN-FORUM: bootable remote access cd
date posted 18th February 2005 18:39
On 18 Feb 2005 11:50:51 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> A quick look at google showed up nothing of interest. After having now
> a couple of Boot CD's from Linux enabling NT and XP...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 18:28
I have one when I'm back from the Gym - tin strawberries, couple of
handfuls of frozen raspberries, 100g protein recovery powder. Spoon of
low fat vanilla icecream. It's about 500 calories and makes 1...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 17:46
>I was about to point out how round-robin DNS didn't account for
>dead-servers, but went and read:
Oops, I just did :)...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 17:45
> As an info for those interested, there is another option:
> I do my load-balancing at DNS level using zoneedit.org. You can specify as
> many IP addresses as you want for your domainname, and it wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 17:37
Richard Bennett wrote:
>As an info for those interested, there is another option:
>I do my load-balancing at DNS level using zoneedit.org. You can specify as
>many IP addresses as you want for your...
Re: FN-FORUM : what no friday funnies? [OT]
date posted 18th February 2005 17:32
How about this.
At the end of the tax year the Tax Office sent an inspector to
audit the books of a synagogue. While he was checking the books
he turned to the Rabbi and said, "I notice you buy a lo...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Phishing atempt #2642
date posted 18th February 2005 17:30
Maybe it's an attempt to con all the dyslexics.
Ian M....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Eating places in Marylbone/Paddington
date posted 18th February 2005 17:30
Dan Norcott wrote:
> Christ I need a pint.
Medication, that's what you need ;)
(Sung to the tune of 'Record Breakers')
'k, think I need a pint too!...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS
date posted 18th February 2005 17:20
On Friday 18 February 2005 13:07, Paul Airy wrote:
> The site I have in mind is going to have around 6 pages.
>
> They may be some database work to go on too (registration logins etc) -
> could be don...
Re: FN-FORUM : what no friday funnies? [OT]
date posted 18th February 2005 17:20
On 18 Feb 2005, at 12:13, chris greenway wrote:
> everyone too busy?
>
> how does a farmer count his cows?
> with a cowculator
>
> what award was given to the door knocker inventor?
> the no-bell pri...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Eating places in Marylbone/Paddington
date posted 18th February 2005 17:19
Dan Norcott wrote:
> Aaron's bins?
Just to clarify, I realise it's quite a way to go - but there's some top
quality fruit remnants to be had.
Christ I need a pint.
--
http://www.dandylogic.co.u...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 17:17
Aaron Brailsford wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone got any nice smoothie recipes?
>
>
fav at the mo, though depends on sell by dates
4/5 bananas
2/3 avacados
loads of carrots...
RE: FN-FORUM : what no friday funnies? [OT]
date posted 18th February 2005 17:16
Ouch!
A bloke goes into the Doctors, and he has a banana in one ear, a cucumber in
the other ear, and a sausage up his nose. He says "Doc, whats wrong with
me?" and the Doctor replies "your not eatin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 17:15
On Friday 18 February 2005 12:59, Matthew Russell wrote:
> > Or you could buy a few boxes, distribute the load (thus keeping the CPU
> > cooler, as in your example) and have a nice doorstop when one o...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Eating places in Marylbone/Paddington
date posted 18th February 2005 17:15
Norman Beresford wrote:
> Anyone got any suggestions for cheap and nice places to eat on a Sunday
> round here?
Aaron's bins?
--
http://www.dandylogic.co.uk
--
No virus found in this outgoing me...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Eating places in Marylbone/Paddington
date posted 18th February 2005 17:11
Anyone got any suggestions for cheap and nice places to eat on a Sunday
round here?...
FN-FORUM : what no friday funnies? [OT]
date posted 18th February 2005 17:11
everyone too busy?
how does a farmer count his cows?
with a cowculator
what award was given to the door knocker inventor?
the no-bell prize
now where did i leave my coat...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 17:05
> Matthew is getting a lot of publicity defending his services in case that
> had slipped your attention.
I used to be a member of freelancers.net many moons ago when I purely did
freelancing. I was...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS
date posted 18th February 2005 17:04
Hi George,
The site I have in mind is going to have around 6 pages.
They may be some database work to go on too (registration logins etc) -
could be done separately?
Thanks,
Paul.
On 18 Feb 20...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 16:56
> Or you could buy a few boxes, distribute the load (thus keeping the CPU
> cooler, as in your example) and have a nice doorstop when one of them
> fails completely.
But a load balancing switch do...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 16:56
Jamie Wilson wrote:
> honestly the best way of importing/exporting mail is to setup an IMAP
> account somewhere (you all run your own IMAP servers, right?) and copy
> all of the mail from weird-pro...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 16:55
Norman Beresford wrote:
> I tend to do:
Cheers Norm - also saved for future ref :)
Just made myself one with:
Two small bananas
100g strawberries
50g of raspberries
and a dollop of yoghurt
And it'...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS
date posted 18th February 2005 16:48
Paul Airy wrote:
> I'm looking to integrate a content management system within an
> xhtml/css/php website for carrying out text and picture updates. Can
> anyone recommend any 'off the shelf' soluti...
FN-FORUM: bootable remote access cd
date posted 18th February 2005 16:47
A quick look at google showed up nothing of interest. After having now
a couple of Boot CD's from Linux enabling NT and XP password reset
(oftern useful at clients who don't know there is an admin use...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 16:47
Hi Aaron
I tend to do:
A banana
Some strawberries
Some blueberries
Some rasberries
Some yogurt
Some orange juice
An ice cube.
I know the P&J ones are made with only fruit, and tbh I think they tast...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 16:46
Tony Crockford wrote:
> I just felt you were getting into a fight and as there are several
> members of this list also offerring hosting services I thought it
> might be better done privately.
I...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 16:35
At 6:39 PM +0000 2005/02/17, chris greenway wrote:
>what osx mail clients do people use?
>just spent a day arsing around with mozilla/thunderbird and finally
>mail. editing config files etc. :(
>mail...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 16:32
At 11:25 on Friday, 18 Feb 2005, Jamie Wilson wrote:
> Tony Crockford wrote:
>
>> take it off-list....
>
>> the main difference is that one is fully managed and the other isn't -
>> I guess that w...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 16:29
Nicola Dunn wrote:
> Orange, banana, pineapple, mango, passionfruit, lychee.
Y'know, I was hoping people would suggest from the list of what I
already have ;) lol
But I shall remember that one - di...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 16:25
Mmmmm smoothies!
I just kinda put fruit in them.
Always have banana in it though.
Lychees go very well with oranges, by the way!
A nice one:
Orange, banana, pineapple, mango, passionfruit, lychee....
Re: FN-FORUM: Shock
date posted 18th February 2005 16:24
At 4:41 AM +0000 2005/02/16, sylvia wrote:
>Personally I always thought the idea of reproducing and leaving
>little children to fend for themselves sounded a daft sort of idea
>...
>logic says paren...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 16:22
Tony Crockford wrote:
> take it off-list....
> the main difference is that one is fully managed and the other isn't -
> I guess that would do it?
fully managed and cooler. you wouldn't have learn...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 16:19
Matthew Russell wrote:
>We provide managed servers on quality hardware. Rackmount Supermicro servers
>that are expensive themselves as opposed to whitebox cases. When the server
>is under heavy load...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 16:15
At 6:38 AM +0000 2005/02/17, Nicola Dunn forwarded:
>We're also interested in establishing links with freelancers as we
>occasionally get so inundated with work we have to farm it out to
>other people...
RE: FN-FORUM: IE7
date posted 18th February 2005 16:14
At 6:23 AM +0000 2005/02/16, Mike wrote:
>I'm upgrading my PC again and *thinking* of a Dell pre-installed with XP pro
>- So what's the current thinking?
>Is XP pro up to it now with SP2?
I upgraded...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Smoothie recipies..
date posted 18th February 2005 16:13
I know, this is as OT as they come, but since food has been on the
topics quite a lot recently, and you're all (well, some of you ;))
healthy buggers..
Has anyone got any nice smoothie recipes?
I...
RE: FN-FORUM: External LACIE harddrive crashed
date posted 18th February 2005 16:09
Thanks for that, tried it and it says: the disk file system is FAT32 and
then the Disc Utility crashes.
:(
But thanks anyway
-----------
susan.engel graphic.d...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Phishing atempt #2642
date posted 18th February 2005 16:06
Karl Bunyan wrote:
> So did I - it's a good job my eyes aren't susceptible to any kind of unicode
> exploit.
You are very silly ;-)
Paul....
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Phishing atempt #2642
date posted 18th February 2005 16:04
So did I - it's a good job my eyes aren't susceptible to any kind of unicode
exploit.
Karl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
> Behalf Of Rob Hull
> Sent: 18 F...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Phishing atempt #2642
date posted 18th February 2005 15:58
I would question that straight away.... :)
Regards
Sam Morgan
WIREDEYES
Internet Consultancy
Tel (UK): +44 (0)20 8002 0037 (London)
Tel (IT): 178 240 0034 (Cagliari)
fax : 0871 433 2278 (10...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 15:57
> If you're comments represent yourself, who is the "we" above?
To clarify; Voxtreme is not a competitor. We do not sell whitebox unmanaged
servers at any price.
> OK, you've convinced me that "el-c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 15:55
At 10:48 on Friday, 18 Feb 2005, Jamie Wilson wrote:
> http://www.voxtreme.co.uk/dedicated.htm
>
> which is similar to Layered Tech's Dual 2.8 Dual Xeon box:
>
> http://www.layeredtech.com/order.php?...
Re: FN-FORUM: External LACIE harddrive crashed
date posted 18th February 2005 15:51
One of my externals bombed out the other day... windows wouldnt
recognize it either.
I ran CHKDSK from a DOS prompt...
1. run cmd
2. CHKDSK /R E: (E was my drive letter)
and I sat and watched m...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Phishing atempt #2642
date posted 18th February 2005 15:46
Just got this:
--
De‮ra‬ Ba‮cr‬lays Mem‮eb‬r,
T‮ih‬s em‮ia‬l was se‮tn‬ by the B‮ra‬clays se‮revr‬ to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 15:45
Matthew Russell wrote:
>We are not a competitor. We don't compete in the el-cheapo whitebox server
>market and never will.
>
>However, I still left out my signature as a sign of respect. My comments...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 15:19
Ah the ideal wedding.
"My motherinlawboard is faulty it keeps raising exceptions when I try
to print invitations! Send me a replacement immediately!"
Ron...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 15:17
LOL - wish I'd thought of that!
N
---
>>I came across it cos it came in
>>the bundle provided by my boyfriend's motherboard.
If you marry him will it become a motherinlawboard?
/I'll get my coat...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 15:03
> If you marry him will it become a motherinlawboard?
>
> /I'll get my coat
Nah, cos by the time we get around to that, he'll have a new one :-)
Nicola
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Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 15:01
> what osx mail clients do people use?
I just use the Apple Mail.app, and I'm happy with that. I find it
really useful at the end of project just archive off a .mbox file for
each job-bag.
I insta...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 14:57
>>I came across it cos it came in
>>the bundle provided by my boyfriend's motherboard.
If you marry him will it become a motherinlawboard?
/I'll get my coat...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 14:44
In freelance.forum, Guy Weatherburn [EMAIL REMOVED] (Guy Weatherburn)
wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Chris,
>
> I have several clients that now use thunderbird on osx. Gmail now
>allows pop3 access and...
FN-FORUM: External LACIE harddrive crashed
date posted 18th February 2005 14:29
Hi, does anyone know what to do with a crashed lacie porsche external
drive?
Suddenly it's not accessible - the pc says it's not formatted, the mac
says it cannot verify it as it cannot read FAT
Plea...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Buying a digital Camera
date posted 18th February 2005 14:25
In freelance.forum, Ian Morgan [EMAIL REMOVED] (Ian Morgan)
wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>
>
>Keith Dixon wrote:
>
>>Doesn't it depend on what the camera is for?
>>
>>
>>
>Yeah I would agree, it doe...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 14:16
> > Is there something that will go through all the drivers on you PC and
> > automatically update any that need it.?
> >
> > Pam
> >
There's something called Radar Sync. I came across it cos it came...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 13:56
thought it might be - Pam
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
>
> Thin...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 13:44
Think that's called a human!
There used to be catchup.download.com, but I'm not sure if that is
backup now or not. Can't test here at work though
On 18 Feb 2005 08:22:38 -0000, PAMELA WHITTAKER [E...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 13:29
We are not a competitor. We don't compete in the el-cheapo whitebox server
market and never will.
However, I still left out my signature as a sign of respect. My comments on
LayeredTech and ThePlanet...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 13:19
Is there something that will go through all the drivers on you PC and
automatically update any that need it.?
Pam
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To: [EMAIL REM...
[OT]Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 13:03
I'm vaguely pondering GoogleFighting when arguments break out on this
list and putting them on my blog for sheer amusement value....
Nicola
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Nicola Dunn
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Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 12:58
Matthew Russell wrote:
>It depends on your requirements I guess.
>
>That's whitebox hardware which will be okay for websites where uptime isn't
>critical I guess. However, I disagree with using deskt...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 12:48
It depends on your requirements I guess.
That's whitebox hardware which will be okay for websites where uptime =
isn't
critical I guess. However, I disagree with using desktop grade =
components in
s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:47
Nicola Dunn wrote:
> Try releasing the IP and then renewing it all.
>
> (IPCONFIG /RELEASE)
>
> (IP CONFIG /RENEW)
>
> Can you ping the router?
>
> Nicola
>
Hey Nicola
Yup, tried that as well....
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:45
Dom Latter wrote:
> Does the laptop see the wireless network? Have you got the correct SSID /
> WEP keys set up? You *are* running this encrypted with SSID broadcast
> turned off, aren't you?
Yes...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:44
Try releasing the IP and then renewing it all.
(IPCONFIG /RELEASE)
(IP CONFIG /RENEW)
Can you ping the router?
Nicola...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:39
Jonathan Chong wrote:
> I've tried manually assigning an IP address but that doesn't work.
> I've also tried manually setting the defauly gateways, etc. but that
> doesn't work either.
>
> Doing an...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 12:35
On 18 Feb 2005, at 07:02, Jamie Wilson wrote:
> and i use mail.app on os x, fwiw. ooh, it's gonna look really
> different in the next version of os x:
yea. i sooo can't wait until tiger is release...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 12:32
On 17 Feb 2005, at 18:39, chris greenway wrote:
> what osx mail clients do people use?
i just use the built in mail program. suits my needs - does exactly
what it says on the tin!
L.
---
Evoke...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:32
On Friday 18 Feb 2005 7:23 am, Jonathan Chong wrote:
> Dom Latter wrote:
> > Have you tried rebooting the router? I had a problem with a Belkin
> > access point and a Smartcom (I think) PCMCIA card....
Re: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 12:26
Thomas Design wrote:
>Try it now, its not the first time its disappeared :)
>
>http://www.thomas-design.co.uk/newsite2/default.asp
>
>
>
>
Nice, it all looks very nice but I would have to increas...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:20
Dom Latter wrote:
>
> Have you tried rebooting the router? I had a problem with a Belkin access
> point and a Smartcom (I think) PCMCIA card. Only way round seemed
> to be to restart the access po...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reseller Hosting - new host
date posted 18th February 2005 12:17
JBR wrote:
>if the load is your problem, then you'd better cleanup your
>application: nobody wants a client that will make other clients
>sites freeze.. at this point you'd better rent a dedicated...
RE: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 12:07
Nice looking. Was it you that did the "fruit" one ? I shan't mention
"tables for layout" ;)
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Dunn
Sent: Friday, Feb...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 12:06
On Friday 18 Feb 2005 6:10 am, Jonathan Chong wrote:
> When I connect to my router via my wireless connection, it assigns my
> machine an IP of 169.254.xxx.xxx, and I can't get online on the Interne=...
FN-FORUM: Wordpress 1.5 Strayhorn released
date posted 18th February 2005 12:05
They've released Wordpress 1.5, a very nice upgrade for the very nice
weblog backend system thing:
http://wordpress.org/development/2005/02/strayhorn/
Why is this good? Weblogs are a buzzword. You...
Re: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 12:01
> Try it now, its not the first time its disappeared :)
>
> http://www.thomas-design.co.uk/newsite2/default.asp
That's rather spangly :-)
Nicola
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Nicola Dunn
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Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 12:00
chris greenway wrote:
> mail was the only one capable of inporting the old emails from mozilla
> 1.4 on os9 and looks good. but really like thunderbird.
honestly the best way of importing/exporting...
Re: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 11:56
Try it now, its not the first time its disappeared :)
http://www.thomas-design.co.uk/newsite2/default.asp
D Thomas
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RE: FN-FORUM: Online diary/contact management system?
date posted 18th February 2005 11:43
Hi George,
On the 17 February 2005 11:26, you wrote:
> Hmm maybe have a look at something like: http://www.sugarcrm.com/home/
>=20
> I've not used it but it looks interesting and should be up your
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Too cynical?
date posted 18th February 2005 11:38
Hmm, actually... we could do a non-pub based Reading meet one day and
have lots of good food....
I can't do pub meets, due to being seriously allergic to Taurine, and
there's too much Red Bull around...
Re: FN-FORUM: Too cynical?
date posted 18th February 2005 11:35
> Well next time I'm up visiting my parents I'll pop by for lunch :-)
> Ian M.
Heh cool!
If it weren't for the abundance of places to get food in the town
centre, I'd be tempted to open a place.
Dec...
Re: FN-FORUM: Too cynical?
date posted 18th February 2005 11:30
Nicola Dunn wrote:
>Hey, if people in the Reading area wanted, I'd happily make them
>lunches for a small price...
>
>Nicola
>
>
>
Well next time I'm up visiting my parents I'll pop by for lunch...
Re: FN-FORUM: Old Memory
date posted 18th February 2005 11:24
Hi I don't know what memory it has but my mother-in-law just upgraded
her PC from an old windows 95 box I don't know if has the type your
looking for but will pass on your request. And if it's what...
FN-FORUM: Odd Outlook annoyance
date posted 18th February 2005 11:23
I have this really odd thing with the computer at work.
Every now and then (it isn't all the time, I haven't yet been able to
work out if it's related to anything either), when I'm in Outlook, my
task...
FN-FORUM: Wireless card not getting correct local IP
date posted 18th February 2005 11:07
Hey everyone
When I connect to my router via my wireless connection, it assigns my
machine an IP of 169.254.xxx.xxx, and I can't get online on the Internet.
When I plug a cable into the laptop and...
Re: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 11:04
Thomas Design wrote:
>It's still there, sorry I'd renamed the directory when playing about with it
>because of a css problem:
>
>http://www.thomas-design.co.uk/newsite2/
>
>D Thomas
>
>
>
>
It w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Old Memory
date posted 18th February 2005 11:01
I don't know. It is for a friend sampler.
Do you mean physical or memory size?
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FN-FORUM: CMS
date posted 18th February 2005 11:00
Hi there!
I'm looking to integrate a content management system within an
xhtml/css/php website for carrying out text and picture updates. Can
anyone recommend any 'off the shelf' solutions?
Any th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting email disclaimer
date posted 18th February 2005 10:59
Andy Bloice wrote:
>I love that Carrie, can I "borrow" it?
>
>Andy.
>
>
>
'Afraid its not mine it belongs to Fraser Clarke of
www.parallel-youniversity.com/fraser.
Im sure that you can come up...
FN-FORUM: DHTML Coder Required
date posted 18th February 2005 10:57
Hello
I have created a site that has DHTML drop-down menus. They work OK but
are flaky in some browsers/environments. I have got to the limit of my
knowledge and I need to get someone in to do the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Old Memory
date posted 18th February 2005 10:53
What size Damon? As I'm replacing and upgrading a few clients PCs next week
Regards,
John
www.keltecdesign.co.uk
Fresh Creative Solutions
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FN-FORUM: Old Memory
date posted 18th February 2005 10:47
Does anyone know where I could get hold of
72 pin SIMM with a 70 nS or faster access time
Damon...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 10:44
At 05:32 on Friday, 18 Feb 2005, Nicola Dunn wrote:
>
> Have you recently updated Windows Media Player?
> That often causes driver problems.
>
> Make sure the pc is completely virus, spyware and ad-a...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 10:43
www.driversguide.com is a good place to look for any driver you need
Stewart
On 18 Feb 2005 05:38:33 -0000, PAMELA WHITTAKER wrote:
>
>=A0I did wonder about my modem - =A0It is a very old one. I wil...
FN-FORUM: IBM to fund Linux on its machines
date posted 18th February 2005 10:37
Rather interesting:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4276287.stm
Nicola
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"For as long...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 10:35
I did wonder about my modem - It is a very old one. I will do a Google for
drivers for it.
Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 10:29
Have you recently updated Windows Media Player?
That often causes driver problems.
Make sure the pc is completely virus, spyware and ad-aware free, these
can pretend to be system problems and cause h...
RE: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 10:28
Hi Pam
>My PC has recently started rebooting itself occassionally. When it logs
back
>in it come up with a message saying that there has been a serious fault and
>do I want to send a report to Microso...
Re: FN-FORUM: Too cynical?
date posted 18th February 2005 10:26
Hey, if people in the Reading area wanted, I'd happily make them
lunches for a small price...
Nicola
On 17 Feb 2005 10:46:17 -0000, Steph O'Brien [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Ooh you are cynical!
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: someones PC problem solved
date posted 18th February 2005 10:16
http://starfish.osfn.org/AGCreplica/
that's .... well ....... one or two up on working in butter...
Re: FN-FORUM: Billing Management
date posted 18th February 2005 09:52
Rus Foster wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matthew Russell wrote:
>
>
>>Paul,
>>
>>http://www.ubersmith.com (we just started using this with Splash Host)
>>http://www.modernbill.com
>>
>>HTH
>
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 09:29
Hi
I think lovsan virus reboots a system.
You could dload a lovsan virus scanner
from symantec website and check.
sriram
--- PAMELA WHITTAKER [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> My PC has recentl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Billing Management
date posted 18th February 2005 09:25
Paul,
XS Invoicing may be useful ( http://www.development-x.com/xsinvoicing.html=
)
It's free and you can set up 'contracts' (monthly, yearly etc.) to cover=
regular billing such as hosting. Just...
Re: FN-FORUM : recommend an osx mail client
date posted 18th February 2005 09:24
Chris,
I have several clients that now use thunderbird on osx. Gmail now
allows pop3 access and I will be trying that out today myself. My main
reason for liking thunderbird is that it works in al...
FN-FORUM: PC problem
date posted 18th February 2005 09:20
Hi,
My PC has recently started rebooting itself occassionally. When it logs back
in it come up with a message saying that there has been a serious fault and
do I want to send a report to Microsoft....
RE: FN-FORUM: Billing Management
date posted 18th February 2005 09:12
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matthew Russell wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> http://www.ubersmith.com (we just started using this with Splash Host)
> http://www.modernbill.com
>
> HTH
I've been trying these both o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Billing Management
date posted 18th February 2005 09:08
There is something called Billing Orchid - not sure its still around
but supposed to be geared for freelancers.
On 17 Feb 2005 19:17:17 -0000, Matthew Russell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 01:00
On 17 Feb 2005 19:11:08 -0000, Thomas Design [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> It's still there, sorry I'd renamed the directory when playing about with it
> because of a css problem:
>
> http://www.thomas...
RE: FN-FORUM: Billing Management
date posted 18th February 2005 00:15
Paul,
http://www.ubersmith.com (we just started using this with Splash Host)
http://www.modernbill.com
HTH
Regards,
Matthew Russell
CEO
Voxtreme Hosting Ltd
======================
http://www.vo...
Re: FN-FORUM: thoughts on new site
date posted 18th February 2005 00:08
It's still there, sorry I'd renamed the directory when playing about with it
because of a css problem:
http://www.thomas-design.co.uk/newsite2/
D Thomas
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