Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday March 5th 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 23:23
So get the files off another PC with the same OS and sp. Files may be in a
cab on the disk.
I'll be teetotal and laughing at the drunks on 23rd as long as my mother
doesn't die just before.
++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 23:16
On 5 Mar 2005 08:43:53 -0000, Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Dave, you might want to acquaint yersel with these before venturing to
> the Toon:
>
> http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialec...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 21:59
On 5 Mar 2005 11:11:18 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> On Saturday 05 Mar 2005 9:08 am, Dave Edwards wrote:
>
> > What does the panel think about moving him over onto Linux? If I
> > un...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 21:33
On 5 Mar 2005 09:41:25 -0000, Lists [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Is it an old (16-bit) game?
I suspect so. I'll find out more later.
>
> See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;32...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country Beer Night on carpet
date posted 5th March 2005 20:33
On 5 Mar 2005 07:27:52 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>
> > The stuff on the carpet was home brew, but it tastes good, never made
> > me sick. The trouble with beer is it makes me ravenous...
FN-FORUM: Domain name management
date posted 5th March 2005 20:21
Evening all,
thoughts please:
is/are 123reg ok for managing .com's as well as .co.uk's or would I be
better setting up an account with another outfit to manage the .com's?
Just got to move a domain...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 20:02
For the technically challenged I can happily recommend Xandros -
version 3 is now freely available as a download via Bittorrent.
It claims a four click install, I think it may be more (6) but that
may...
FN-FORUM: fax sending and receiving through the PC
date posted 5th March 2005 19:51
Just a quick question, looking at a new project where I would need fax
access, not a lot 3-4 times a year between 5-10 faxes each time. There
seem to be a lot of services around, which ones can you re...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 19:01
On 5 Mar 2005 08:09:59 -0000, Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Chris Bazalgette wrote:
> > were, all compulsorily breathing in mercury vapour. I often wonder if
> > there were any long term side...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 18:34
In freelance.forum, Dave Edwards [EMAIL REMOVED] (Dave Edwards) wrote
in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Is there a particular distro that can be recommended for a non techie
>newbie? How much of a learning curve...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 18:32
In freelance.forum, Chris Bazalgette [EMAIL REMOVED] (Chris
Bazalgette) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>To wander away from the subject even further, this made me think of
>something I was talking about t...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 18:31
In freelance.forum, Chris Bazalgette [EMAIL REMOVED] (Chris
Bazalgette) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>Rob Hull [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>>
>>We had them in the house where I lived in Leeds, great t...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 18:30
In freelance.forum, Rob Hull [EMAIL REMOVED] (Rob Hull)
wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>Darren Seamark wrote:
>> Not sure what they are called, but it's
>> a bit like a clothes horse only hanging from t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sorta [OT] ADSL provider
date posted 5th March 2005 18:27
In freelance.forum, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] (Dom Latter) wrote
in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>On Friday 04 Mar 2005 10:47 am, Marc Wilson wrote:
>> 3) Another chap I know has had an email saying that his...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 16:04
On Saturday 05 Mar 2005 9:08 am, Dave Edwards wrote:
> What does the panel think about moving him over onto Linux? If I
> understand correctly, he could buy a distro from PC World and install
> this...
Re: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 15:34
yes - the page worked in camino browser, so I am having a look at it now
I am not working primarily in web design, I am just seeing if i can
pick up a few basic things and see how i feel about doing...
Re: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 15:23
On 5 Mar 2005, at 10:08, nxmd wrote:
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> thanks andy - but i found that page on google - it would not display
> in IE on my mac .....
If you are going to start playing with PHP and mySQL I assume y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sorta [OT] ADSL provider
date posted 5th March 2005 15:23
On Friday 04 Mar 2005 10:47 am, Marc Wilson wrote:
> 3) Another chap I know has had an email saying that his use of the
> "unlimited" broadband service is "excessive", and will be capped unless=
he
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 15:02
thanks andy - but i found that page on google - it would not display in
IE on my mac .....
i am going to do something else now and look at it tomorrow
On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 09:34...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 14:34
Is it an old (16-bit) game?
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767 - happens
if various files (usually autoexec.nt, command.com and config.nt) get
deleted or moved out of...
Re: FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 14:32
On 5 Mar 2005 09:08:33 -0000, Dave Edwards [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> The guy down the street has a PC he just bought at a computer fair.
>
> He's trying to install a game and it throws up this mess...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 14:32
On 5 Mar 2005, at 08:27, Darren Seamark wrote:
>
>
>> Oddly, when I was a kid, my dad had some mercury in a vial in a
>> cupboard
>> - we'd get it out and play with it in a bit of newspaper, rolling...
Re: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 14:28
On 5 Mar 2005, at 06:40, nxmd wrote:
>
> does anyone use php on os x
>
> can anyone give me an idea of what i am supposed to do or a website
> link ?
John
The easiest way of setting this all up is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Postcode PHP help.
date posted 5th March 2005 14:20
Charles E.Gatenby wrote:
> Any one got any PHP code to check if a post code is valid. Or even that
> is starts with a letter and not a number..
>
> TIA
>
> Chaz
This feller might help (the zip)
ht...
RE: FN-FORUM: Postcode PHP help.
date posted 5th March 2005 14:18
Its ok found this :)
function cleanupPostcode ($postcode) {
$postcode = strtoupper($postcode);
$postcode = ereg_replace('[[:punct:]]', ' ', $postcode);
$postcode = ereg_replace('[[:space:]]+',...
FN-FORUM: Postcode PHP help.
date posted 5th March 2005 14:16
Any one got any PHP code to check if a post code is valid. Or even that
is starts with a letter and not a number..
TIA
Chaz...
FN-FORUM: A friend's PC problems
date posted 5th March 2005 14:01
The guy down the street has a PC he just bought at a computer fair.
He's trying to install a game and it throws up this message:
C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt
The system file is not suitable fo...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 13:58
> I remember that, and strips of magnesium to burn and hydrochloric acid
> to drop things in! Do you know they are not even allowed bleach in
> schools these days - it's considered too dangerous. P...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 13:37
Dave Edwards wrote:
> You forgot the pith helmet! LOL Maybe a copy of 'Larn youself
> Geordie?' Why-eye Man!
Dave, you might want to acquaint yersel with these before venturing to
the Toon:
http:/...
RE: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 13:34
windows is a lot easier - get Apache as well.
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RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 13:23
> get yourself a modern replica:
A modern replica would be silver!...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 13:21
> Oddly, when I was a kid, my dad had some mercury in a vial in a cupboard
> - we'd get it out and play with it in a bit of newspaper, rolling it
around. May times I splatted my finger into it to >...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 13:19
Tony Crockford wrote:
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> At 07:52 on Saturday, 05 Mar 2005, Mike wrote:
>
>>
>> Called the 'Clothes airer' here - hung above the woodburner
>>
>
> get yourself a modern replica:
>
They are not repli...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 13:16
Darren Seamark wrote:
> Let's not forget we all (those of a certain age) used to sleep in a cot
> painted with lead based paint.
Oddly, when I was a kid, my dad had some mercury in a vial in a cupboa...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 13:11
Let's not forget we all (those of a certain age) used to sleep in a cot
painted with lead based paint....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 13:06
Luke Perman wrote:
>>> Paul J White wrote:
>> Dave's lived in Canada remember - and it was colder in Brussels than
>> it's ever been in Newcastle this winter, so come on up!
>
> brrrr remember that...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 13:02
Chris Bazalgette wrote:
> were, all compulsorily breathing in mercury vapour. I often wonder if
> there were any long term side effects. It could explain why the
> chemistry teachers were an odd bunc...
Re: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 13:02
hi - are you using my sql on os x ?
i suppose one of my problems is that the book i am reading is obviously
biased towards windows - it says create a new database via the mysql
monitor which on os...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 13:02
At 07:52 on Saturday, 05 Mar 2005, Mike wrote:
>
> Called the 'Clothes airer' here - hung above the woodburner
>
> Mike
>
>>> we just refer to it as the 'pulley thing'.
had one here too but it came...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] TFT Monitors, do you want one.
date posted 5th March 2005 12:59
Hi,
The less expensive 17s are Silver and Black as at
http://www.speeddev.com and the Glass fronted one is all black with a
bit of grey also at http://www.speeddev.com
HTH
Chaz..
> -----Original M...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 12:45
Called the 'Clothes airer' here - hung above the woodburner
Mike
>> we just refer to it as the 'pulley thing'.
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FN-FORUM: another 'flash driving me potty' question!
date posted 5th March 2005 12:38
hi all, got another AS question!
is there anything like "document.getElementById()" in AS?
i need to loop through the child objects of a droptargets parent, and
using _droptarget returns a string r...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 12:30
Mike wrote:
> We have one in the kitchen, you can by the cast iron hangers at 'local DIY'
> stores along with the pullys and cord - wood struts from the woodyard
I've got one on the top landing - I t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country Beer Night on carpet
date posted 5th March 2005 12:21
> The stuff on the carpet was home brew, but it tastes good, never made
> me sick. The trouble with beer is it makes me ravenous. So I keep
> off it.
>
>
NOOOO =-O doesn't sound right , does i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country Beer Night on carpet
date posted 5th March 2005 12:05
>
>
>I imagined people sitting cross legged in a circle supping on home brew ...
>
>
The stuff on the carpet was home brew, but it tastes good, never made
me sick. The trouble with beer is it mak...
RE: FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 11:48
>does anyone use php on os x
>i know nothing about php, but have decided to go through some tutorials
that require installation of my SQL and PHP 4.3.0 or above
>i have downloaded 'php-4.3.10.tar.b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country Beer Night on carpet
date posted 5th March 2005 11:38
On 4 Mar 2005 09:00:39 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Dave Edwards wrote:
>
> >
> Did you? Sounds like you overdid it too, just didn't do things to the
> carpet.
I am house trained, rem...
FN-FORUM: php on mac os x 10.2
date posted 5th March 2005 11:34
does anyone use php on os x
i know nothing about php, but have decided to go through some tutorials
that require installation of my SQL and PHP 4.3.0 or above
i have downloaded 'php-4.3.10.tar.bz2...
RE: FN-FORUM: 4 anybody on ntl bb
date posted 5th March 2005 11:01
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noah Hearle [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> - STB restarts. Almost daily, I have to restart the stupid
> Set Top Box that has forgotten to remain connected to the interne...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 10:42
We have one in the kitchen, you can by the cast iron hangers at 'local DIY'
stores along with the pullys and cord - wood struts from the woodyard
Mike
Rob Hull [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
>We had them...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 10:36
Rob Hull [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
>We had them in the house where I lived in Leeds, great things, could
>lower them down using the pullys, put your clothes on and then lift
>back up to the ceiling....
FN-FORUM: [OT] Dangerous activities (was Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors))
date posted 5th March 2005 10:32
Graham Reid [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>It make me shudder, some of the innocent but dangerous things we used to do
>when young!
To wander away from the subject even further, this made me think of
somet...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 10:15
> My mother had one ... I remember vividly that I got to feed shirts
> through it! It was fun ... spin driers are so naff!
Oh I don't know - we had a Baby Burco boiler with a separate spin-drier
(can...
RE: FN-FORUM: 4 anybody on ntl bb
date posted 5th March 2005 09:53
On 4 Mar 2005 15:54:12 -0000, "Noah Hearle" said:
> - STB restarts. Almost daily, I have to restart the stupid Set Top Box
> that has forgotten to remain connected to the internet.
Complain and ask f...
RE: FN-FORUM: 4 anybody on ntl bb
date posted 5th March 2005 07:52
>Well, I download around 100 GB /month=2E=2E=2E
>
Fair enough=2E When I was contracting there they announced it to
everyone (over a year ago)=2E
It could be like all NTL things, a policy they have i...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 02:08
I had a single tub washing machine with an integral mangle (lethal) when I
was first married. At school we had a hand-operated mangle
My parents had one of those airers on pulleys (lazy betty?) as we...
RE: FN-FORUM: 4 anybody on ntl bb
date posted 5th March 2005 01:52
Well, I download around 100 GB /month...
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Re: FN-FORUM: Flyers
date posted 5th March 2005 01:52
On 4 Mar 2005 20:20:23 -0000, Noah Hearle [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Can I advertise a new curry website idea I have?
>
Now that's a plan ;-)
--
http://www.m4mac.com
Help, Troubleshooting, Coaching...
RE: FN-FORUM: Flyers
date posted 5th March 2005 01:17
>Can I advertise a new curry website idea I have?
Can I download Naan bread?...
RE: FN-FORUM: PayPal Return URL
date posted 5th March 2005 01:15
Could people email me offlist? - I'll reply to everyone in turn (with a
customised reponse... oohh)!
Thanks!
Noah
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RE: FN-FORUM: Flyers
date posted 5th March 2005 01:13
Can I advertise a new curry website idea I have?
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Sub...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flyers
date posted 5th March 2005 01:09
Usually it's chocolate, but I haven't eaten one in years so I can't
state that categorically:
On 4 Mar 2005 19:59:14 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Dave Edwards wrote:
>
> >On 4 Mar 2005...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 00:55
On 4 Mar 2005 19:52:27 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> >> lemon toppings!
> >No recollection of those!
> >
> Thats recently, not when you were little!
Haven't been there since ... 1979?
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flyers
date posted 5th March 2005 00:52
Dave Edwards wrote:
>On 4 Mar 2005 08:49:25 -0000, Noah Hearle [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>>Sorry... Isn't this off topic?
>>
>>
>I could post a recipe for chicken soup to bring it back on topi...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 00:50
Darren Seamark wrote:
>>Really make you wonder about this thing called 'progress' - doesn't it?
>>
>>
>
>Sure does. The best ideas are always the simplest obvious ones.
>
Like computers????
A...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flyers
date posted 5th March 2005 00:47
On 4 Mar 2005 08:49:25 -0000, Noah Hearle [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Sorry... Isn't this off topic?
>
I could post a recipe for chicken soup to bring it back on topic if you like ...
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http://www....
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 00:46
Dave Edwards wrote:
>On 4 Mar 2005 19:07:06 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>> lemon toppings!
>>
>>
>
>No recollection of those!
>
>
Thats recently, not when you were little!
Went...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 00:41
>Really make you wonder about this thing called 'progress' - doesn't it?
Sure does. The best ideas are always the simplest obvious ones. The ones
that make you go "that's so obvious, why didn't I...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 00:35
On 4 Mar 2005 19:21:13 -0000, Rob Hull [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Darren Seamark wrote:
> > Not sure what they are called, but it's
> > a bit like a clothes horse only hanging from the ceiling.
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 00:29
On 4 Mar 2005 19:07:06 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> >
> Dodgy ices eaten at Redcar, weird lemon toppings! Didn't leave any though.
No recollection of those!
>
> > Middlesbrough,
> >
> lov...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 00:15
Darren Seamark wrote:
>I don't remember mangles, but my Grandfather has one of those rack things
>hanging from the kitchen ceiling. Not sure what they are called, but it's
>a bit like a clothes hor...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 00:15
Darren Seamark wrote:
> Not sure what they are called, but it's
> a bit like a clothes horse only hanging from the ceiling.
We had them in the house where I lived in Leeds, great things, could
lo...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Beer night 23rd April St Georges Day Newcastle
date posted 5th March 2005 00:00
Dave Edwards wrote:
>>Dave Edwards wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I did spend the first 8 years of life in Northumberland ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>Just a fake southerner then.
>>
>>
>
>Redcar,
>
Dodgy ices ea...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] Silver Equipment (was TFT Monitors)
date posted 5th March 2005 00:00
I don't remember mangles, but my Grandfather has one of those rack things
hanging from the kitchen ceiling. Not sure what they are called, but it's
a bit like a clothes horse only hanging from the c...
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