Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday February 21st 2005
FN-FORUM: OT .. sorry dave ...
date posted 21st February 2005 23:49
not sure if someone already posted this link. needs sound.
http://members.cox.net/clyqz/mac.swf
rich...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sharing printer
date posted 21st February 2005 23:31
Permissions - and did you share it with a short name without spaces? Exactly
what depends on the operating system. You (probably) need to have the same
user account and password on both machines. Som...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sharing printer
date posted 21st February 2005 21:51
>Hi,
> I have just had to buy a new Printer and I want to share it between my
two Pc's which are attached via a Lan. It works on my Main PC but on my
Backup one it says it is ready but when I try a...
FN-FORUM: Sharing printer
date posted 21st February 2005 21:33
Hi,
I have just had to buy a new Printer and I want to share it between my
two Pc's which are attached via a Lan. It works on my Main PC but on my
Backup one it says it is ready but when I try a...
FN-FORUM: Finally something worth watching [OT]
date posted 21st February 2005 20:28
I'll be staying up past my bedtime tonight ...
The Conversation
12:05am - 2:00am, BBC1
In this small masterpiece from director Francis
Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman gives a superb performance as the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Free images
date posted 21st February 2005 19:50
Caroline Walker wrote:
>Hi
>
>Does anyone know of a free or cheap royalty-free image library? I usually
>use Getty, but client is reluctant to pay £80 a go..
>
>Caroline
>
>
>
>
I know this is a...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 19:06
Again, no joy this end. :(
Thanks for sticking at it. Seems some of the formating differs I found
a list of available commands that work in DW -
http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=3...
Re: FN-FORUM: .org and e-commerce - bad mix?
date posted 21st February 2005 19:05
Thanks - I should have expanded on my original thread (my excuse is
that I currently have a house full of screaming kids [mine and others]
so can't think straight)..
They sell home care type products...
Re: FN-FORUM: .org and e-commerce - bad mix?
date posted 21st February 2005 18:59
On 21 Feb 2005 13:36:14 -0000, Charles Nullens [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I'm finally starting work on an e-commerce site - first meeting was
> Sept '04 - but the customer is adamant they wish to use...
Re: FN-FORUM: bootable remote access cd
date posted 21st February 2005 18:48
Evening all,
a quick note: have a looksee at ultravnc -
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/ for the basic site and ferret about
in the forum for the *Single click version* - 165k, not an installed
versi...
RE: FN-FORUM: .org and e-commerce - bad mix?
date posted 21st February 2005 18:45
What is it they do exactly? It might look bad if they are a commercial
venture using .org as a domain extension but if they actually *are* a .org
then don't see why they cant trade online. Most o...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 18:39
He has no idea what you're talking about, and nor do I.
On 21 Feb 2005 10:16:34 -0000, Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I'd thank you for the link em but I no
> longer converse with people from...
FN-FORUM: .org and e-commerce - bad mix?
date posted 21st February 2005 18:32
I'm finally starting work on an e-commerce site - first meeting was
Sept '04 - but the customer is adamant they wish to use their .org
domain name to trade on-line.
I've told them that IMHO it's a ba...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 18:28
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Darren Yates wrote:
>
> thanks Jamie, quick insert of '$' doesn't do the trick, I'm afraid
> damn finicky regular expressions.
Using Perl, this
s/(.*?)(.*?)(.*?)/\1\2\3/ms
wil...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 17:57
On 21 Feb 2005 10:17:10 -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote=
:
>=20
> Hi,
> What sort of mark-up do you guys charge when "selling on" a service ? I'=
ve got some work to do for a clie...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS Frustation
date posted 21st February 2005 17:40
> padding is the culprit.
>
> however, if IE6 is in standards mode, you won't see a difference between
> it and firefox regards padding.
>
> *but* if it's in quirks mode (you have a comment before t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 17:19
That's the other problem - I've no idea what a fair market value would
be either !=20
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Jamie
Wilson
Sent: 21 February 2005...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 16:50
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>Hi,
> They want 450 of them doing and they're then going to somewhere else for "stuffing" into folders before being sent out. But as I say, there's not a whole load of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nathan Barley
date posted 21st February 2005 16:30
Nick Grimshaw wrote:
>
> Never seen http://www.tvgohome.com/ then?
lol! will look out for nicky campbells swimming with cats...
RE: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 16:23
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RE: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 16:16
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Re: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 16:05
All agencies I know charge bought-in services on at a *minimum* 100 percent
mark up - usually more - plus a management fee, usually 10 - 15 percent of
turnover.
Niels
---
What sort of mark-up do y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Uncooked food - was Shock [OT]
date posted 21st February 2005 15:53
David Nye wrote:
> Was our evolved (?) ability to eat a varied diet and cook foods key to our
> survival?
Yes, our ability to cope with cooked foods was probably the key to our
survival, but that d...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 15:45
Paul Cooper wrote:
> thanks tony ... did the trick. I'd thank you for the link em but I no
> longer converse with people from newcastle ... sure pjw will have
> great pleasure explaining why.
> paul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 15:43
Andy,
Tricky one, obviously not knowing what ur selling but...
I used to offer printing as an addon to stationery design. When I did I
used to put a markup of anything from 20% to 40% depending on...
Re: FN-FORUM: Nathan Barley
date posted 21st February 2005 15:39
Keith Dixon wrote:
> Hands up everyone who threw out their micro scooter after watching Nathan
> Barley
Never seen http://www.tvgohome.com/ then?
--
Nick Grimshaw [EMAIL REMOVED]
Inviga
http:/...
FN-FORUM: Mark-up
date posted 21st February 2005 15:13
Hi,
What sort of mark-up do you guys charge when "selling on" a service ? =
I've got some work to do for a client and I'll be charged about 55p per =
item for 450 items. I've already told them that I...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 15:13
thanks tony ... did the trick. I'd thank you for the link em but I no
longer converse with people from newcastle ... sure pjw will have
great pleasure explaining why.
paul...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS [OT] FAO Sarah K Kennedy
date posted 21st February 2005 14:57
At 09:50 on Monday, 21 Feb 2005, Dan Norcott wrote:
> Haven't you got a Cupboard of Death containing the hulks of old PCs,
> with keyboards and mice piled up? I have, and periodically rotate
> t...
FN-FORUM: Reading Meet - Last Call
date posted 21st February 2005 14:54
OK Last call for people on this before I start going through responses
Further to a discussion in another thread we thought we would have a shot
at a Reading meet. So as such I dedicded to stick my...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 14:52
thanks Jamie, quick insert of '$' doesn't do the trick, I'm afraid
damn finicky regular expressions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Mond...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS [OT] FAO Sarah K Kennedy
date posted 21st February 2005 14:46
Tony Crockford wrote:
> lol
>
> hit and run email...
>
> having space bar problems as it happens...
>
> ;o)
>
> it seems to insert a space in delayed random fashion...
You're a braver man than m...
Re: FN-FORUM: useful firefox extension
date posted 21st February 2005 14:46
Jamie Wilson wrote:
> "elevated". eep!
Is that the threat to them or the threat to us, I wonder! ;)
On a similar note, I just picked up a potential project..
In Libiya.
Good job it's via someone e...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS [OT] FAO Sarah K Kennedy
date posted 21st February 2005 14:45
Tony Crockford wrote:
> having space bar problems as it happens...
Still buying those £2.99 keyboards then Tony? ;)...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS [OT] FAO Sarah K Kennedy
date posted 21st February 2005 14:42
At 09:39 on Monday, 21 Feb 2005, Dan Norcott wrote:
>
> Tony Crockford wrote:
>
>> unsubscribe with the unsub link below, if you joined in error,
>> otherwise you're going to gethundreds more mess...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 14:39
At 09:25 on Monday, 21 Feb 2005, Paul Cooper wrote:
> People with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of CVD+B9,
> other
> diseases related to plaque buildups in artery walls (e.g.,...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 14:38
A little Googling found...
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/superscripts.html
On 21 Feb 2005 09:25:21 -0000, Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> What would the CSS for my footnote class be?...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS [OT] FAO Sarah K Kennedy
date posted 21st February 2005 14:35
Tony Crockford wrote:
> unsubscribe with the unsub link below, if you joined in error,
> otherwise you're going to gethundreds more message slike this.
>
> ;o)
Hundredsmore messages likethis? Oh...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 14:35
At 09:25 on Monday, 21 Feb 2005, Paul Cooper wrote:
> People with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of CVD+B9,
> other
> diseases related to plaque buildups in artery walls (e.g.,...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS [OT] FAO Sarah K Kennedy
date posted 21st February 2005 14:32
At 08:16 on Monday, 21 Feb 2005, Sarah K.Kennedy wrote:
>
> Did you mean to send this to me?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Sarah Kennedy
only if you meant to sign up to the freelancers forum mailing list......
FN-FORUM: OT Monday fun
date posted 21st February 2005 14:27
A married couple are driving along when they see a wounded skunk on
the side of the road. They stop; the wife gets out, picks it up, and
brings it into the car. She says, "Look, it's shivering, it mus...
FN-FORUM: CSS text formatting Q
date posted 21st February 2005 14:21
Hi
I'm writing a page that uses a lot of footnotes. My client wants to
have the numbers appear like they would in a book. So one of the
bullet points in my list might look like this...
People wit...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT - Microsoft guide to 133t5p33k
date posted 21st February 2005 14:05
But top posting is correct :)=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On=20
> Behalf Of Aaron Brailsford
> Sent: 21 February 2005 07:28
> To: Norman Beresford
> Subje...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 13:36
Darren Yates wrote:
>s/\([^/doesn't work, at least not via DW or Textpads regular expression interfaces.
>:(
>
a lot of editors that support regex's don't support submatching or
w...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 13:28
> In between the paragraph tags are there any newlines?
there's every chance, there are hundreds of files I need to run this over.
I haven't checked them all. :)
thanks again.
regards,
Darren Yate...
FN-FORUM: useful firefox extension
date posted 21st February 2005 13:23
from another list i'm on:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&version=1.0&os=Windows&id=352
"elevated". eep!
...j...
RE: FN-FORUM: CMS
date posted 21st February 2005 13:11
Did you mean to send this to me?
Best wishes,
Sarah Kennedy
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of George
Hazlewood - Layer1
Sent: 21 February 2005 06:10
To:...
RE: FN-FORUM: Another mobile phone question
date posted 21st February 2005 12:56
I just got a Nokia 1100 on O2 Pay As You Go (unlocked AFAIK) for =A330
inclusive from Amazon.
Does everything a phone should do and none of the things it shouldn't!
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk=20
Bu...
RE: FN-FORUM: Uncooked food - was Shock [OT]
date posted 21st February 2005 12:51
Rather late reading that very interesting thread, so apology to those bored
with it.
I seem to recall that our digestive system does not cope with cellulose (?)
very well, and that cooking vegetables...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Microsoft guide to 133t5p33k
date posted 21st February 2005 12:25
Karl Bunyan wrote:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/netiquette.mspx
There's a certain amount of irony in Microsoft pub...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 11:31
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Darren Yates wrote:
>
> s/\([^/ doesn't work, at least not via DW or Textpads regular expression interfaces.
> :(
In between the paragraph tags are th...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS
date posted 21st February 2005 11:04
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 done separately?
Assuming the clie...
Re: FN-FORUM: browser detection
date posted 21st February 2005 10:40
> To avoid the arguments, just tell the client that there is no 100%
> foolproof way of identifying users and then see what they say.
>
> I would probably put around 90% or less.
Thanks Julian, that'...
Re: FN-FORUM: browser detection
date posted 21st February 2005 10:40
Thanks Julian, that's what I've done. I've told them it can be done but will
never be 100% accurate and have recommended that they go via the route of
offering either a choice at the site entry poin...
Re: FN-FORUM: regular expressions I think?
date posted 21st February 2005 10:20
s/\([^/...
FN-FORUM: ASP.NET & ProtX VSP Direct
date posted 21st February 2005 10:06
Hi,
Anybody done any work calling the Protx VSP Direct components form
ASP.Net. Searching on the net just seems to bring up very few things and
then just stuff for cold fusion.
Cheers
Andy...
FN-FORUM: OT - Microsoft guide to 133t5p33k
date posted 21st February 2005 09:20
"Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed":
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
Karl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reading Meet - Resend
date posted 21st February 2005 08:46
Rob Hull wrote:
> Help! This list is getting more surreal by the minute. Wolves, lurpack
> butter, what is going on??? Anyone attempted making model wolves out of
> lurpack?
>
> Rob
*almost*...
Re: FN-FORUM: browser detection
date posted 21st February 2005 08:17
Hi Catherine,
There are ways of detecting where people are from, but none of them are
100% effective.
The IP approach is the best, however falls down with people like me
because I am in the UK, bu...
FN-FORUM: London Beer Night - Debi's birthday [OT]
date posted 21st February 2005 08:08
Hi Folks
it's Debi Sykes' birthday on Thursday 3rd March. As good an excuse as
any for a BEER NIGHT!
No meeting place set as yet though this looks promising:
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/sh...
Re: FN-FORUM: External LACIE harddrive crashed
date posted 21st February 2005 08:00
On 20 Feb 2005 19:52:24 -0000, Duncan Stigwood [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> At 09:45 20/02/2005, you wrote:
>
> >At 9:31 AM +0000 2005/02/18, Susan Engel - Forum wrote:
> >>Hi, does anyone know what t...
Re: FN-FORUM: External LACIE harddrive crashed
date posted 21st February 2005 07:48
On 20 Feb 2005 19:52:24 -0000, Duncan Stigwood [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> At 09:45 20/02/2005, you wrote:
>
> >At 9:31 AM +0000 2005/02/18, Susan Engel - Forum wrote:
> >>Hi, does anyone know what t...
Re: FN-FORUM: External LACIE harddrive crashed
date posted 21st February 2005 00:49
At 09:45 20/02/2005, you wrote:
>At 9:31 AM +0000 2005/02/18, Susan Engel - Forum wrote:
>>Hi, does anyone know what to do with a crashed lacie porsche external
>>drive?
>>Suddenly it's not accessib...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Frustation
date posted 21st February 2005 00:06
At 16:49 on Sunday, 20 Feb 2005, Hadyn Thomas wrote:
> . So what am
> I doing wrong? I just can't work it out, I've read everything I can find,
> and still can't get it to work.
padding is the culpri...