Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday February 10th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Spam Filter
date posted 10th February 2006 23:11
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FN-FORUM: Email Spam Filter
date posted 10th February 2006 22:27
Hi All,
I'm looking for a good email spam filter for Outlook, to put a stop to the
ever-increasing junk mail I get.
Does anyone have any good suggestions?
Jomo...
Re: FN-FORUM: [Fwd: Evil maze game]
date posted 10th February 2006 22:19
a variation on a theme but cheers, made me f***ing jump.
N
> http://www.winterrowd.com/maze.swf...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 22:11
Sqlite has really limited functionality, you have to start writing your own
functions to do anything like mysql.
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of billy...
FN-FORUM: [Fwd: Evil maze game]
date posted 10th February 2006 19:54
Starts out real easy, then gets tougher. Just use your mouse to move
the little square through the maze.
http://www.winterrowd.com/maze.swf...
RE: FN-FORUM: IE HTML Developer Toolbar
date posted 10th February 2006 19:25
Jeremy Aston wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have the IE 6/7 HTML Developer Toolbar? I am trying to
> download it from Microsoft but the link (from the MS IE7 Beta 2
> preview page) just says the downl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 18:59
Mr Dasgupta
I assume you have a legitimate case. And that your use of this list is
legitimate, given that you have started two sudden and prolific posts. I
tend to assume in favour of legitimacy and...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 18:22
On Friday 10 February 2006 15:47, you wrote:
> On Friday 10 Feb 2006 1:02 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
> > Dom Latter wrote:
> > > On Friday 10 Feb 2006 11:18 am, Dave Cross wrote:
> > >> I'm really struggli...
Re: FN-FORUM: MAC test anyone
date posted 10th February 2006 18:10
Hi Paul
I've a mac
let me know
john(at)ratservers.co.uk
On 10 Feb 2006, at 16:18, Paul Cooper wrote:
> Hi
>
> Would someone with a MAC mind doing a quick off-list site check for
> me.
>
> TIA...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 18:08
Hi
john here, who started the thread.
Just so you know how we got round it - We decided to combine 2005 and
2006 and use that for searching for current details
and we left the other years separate...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 18:05
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 5:40 pm, Alain Williams wrote:
[stuff on SSL]
Taking this off-list... will report back......
FN-FORUM: Aberdeen
date posted 10th February 2006 18:02
I need someone to inventory some PCs and possibly a server in Aberdeen
between 1 March and 7 April. About half a day's work (unless something
changes!). Anyone interested, preferably someone I alread...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 17:21
On 2/10/06, Abhijit Dasgupta [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> no, Lorna, they don't. and i am just stubborn. i just simply HAVE to work=
in London. I have nothing left here and given my talent, i know i have...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 17:00
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:30:28PM -0000, Dom Latter wrote:
>
> On Friday 10 Feb 2006 12:12 pm, Alain Williams wrote:
>
> > They have to run their servers (that answer the certification queries) for...
Re: FN-FORUM: wireless card??
date posted 10th February 2006 16:58
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 3:03 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> was just given a pci wirelss card by a friend.. the card itself has no =
info
> on it and windows requires manufacturer drivers.
Look at the ch...
RE: FN-FORUM: wireless card??
date posted 10th February 2006 16:56
Try the advent site? Failing that just buy a new one, they only cost =
=A320
nowadays.
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[EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 10 February...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 16:04
No idea why this mail has reached us, but if you are looking to outsource
any VB, Database design, web design or ASP work we would be happy to help.
Chris Taverner
01582 515669
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Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Dilemma: What to do in life now?
date posted 10th February 2006 15:53
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 12:34:43PM -0000, Andy Henderson wrote:
> Martin Kellie wrote:
> > jack of all trade, or master of one (or two)?
> If you intend to source work through any kind of agency...
FN-FORUM: MAC test anyone
date posted 10th February 2006 15:40
Hi
Would someone with a MAC mind doing a quick off-list site check for me.
TIA
Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM: MP3 hosting
date posted 10th February 2006 15:39
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:21:06PM -0000, D D Glendinning wrote:
> Hypothetically speaking... if I wanted to host some MPGs that I wanted
> to allow access to over the internet (nothing illegal I as...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 15:10
PiBIZWF2eSAoZm9yIGxhcmdlciAxN2luY2ggbWFjaGluZXMpCgpMYXN0IE5vdmVtYmVyIEkgc3Vm
ZmVyZWQgZnJvbSAxNyIgaGVhdnktbGFwdG9wLWl0aXMgYWZ0ZXIgcHV0dGluZyBteQpteSBsYXB0
b3AgZG93biBpbiBhbiB1bmZvcnR1bmF0ZSBiYWNrLXR3aX...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 15:07
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 1:02 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
> Dom Latter wrote:
> > On Friday 10 Feb 2006 11:18 am, Dave Cross wrote:
> >> I'm really struggling to understand why MySQL came to be so popular.
> >...
FN-FORUM: IE HTML Developer Toolbar
date posted 10th February 2006 15:01
Hi,
Does anyone have the IE 6/7 HTML Developer Toolbar? I am trying to
download it from Microsoft but the link (from the MS IE7 Beta 2
preview page) just says the download is unavailable.
A lin...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 14:56
I think I love you.
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Anthony
Cartmell
Sent: 10 February 2006 11:27
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: F...
FN-FORUM: wireless card??
date posted 10th February 2006 14:23
Hi,
was just given a pci wirelss card by a friend.. the card itself has no info
on it and windows requires manufacturer drivers.
I know it came out of an advent 9103 any one got any ideas where i c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 14:06
This is probably the best advice so far. In fact why not try the BBC as
well, as a world wide company they probably have offices in India.
Regards
Lorna
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From: "Matt Mit...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 13:48
thanks, kathy
On 10 Feb 2006 12:16:57 -0000, Lists [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> See also http://www.nuj.org.uk/
>
> http://www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/index.html
>
> http://www.nujtraining.org.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 13:48
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 12:12 pm, Alain Williams wrote:
> They have to run their servers (that answer the certification queries) =
for
> 2 more years. Having said that - they do very nicely from it.
C...
Re: FN-FORUM: popularity of MySQL was: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 13:29
> Sure. But why do the LAMP tutorials all use it?
Because it starts with an 'M', and LAPP doesn't sound so good? ;)
Actually, it looks like it was just because MySQL got there first:
http://en.wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 13:29
Ben Moxon wrote:
> Also, it does what it does very quickly and for a huge range of web
> applications you don't actually need any more than selects, joins,
> updates and inserts which it does absol...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 12:50
Ben Moxon wrote:
>
>
>
> Dave Cross wrote:
>
>>
>> john m wrote:
>>>
>>> version mysql -V gives:
>>>
>>> /usr/bin/mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.58, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386)
>>
>> Ask your sys...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 12:37
Depends what the content of $date is, it's a variable so could be anything
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of James
Firth
Sent: 10 February 2006 12:08
To: F...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 12:22
Dom Latter wrote:
> On Friday 10 Feb 2006 11:18 am, Dave Cross wrote:
>
>> I'm really struggling to understand why MySQL came to be so popular.
>
> It's fast. It's cheap.
SQLite is faster.
--
Ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 12:17
>Obviously it's a bit more money, but you can get some really cheap =
desktops
>if you look around, if all you need it for is research.
Or of course I could build you one.
www.monkeyboypcs.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM: how NOT to quote for a job
date posted 10th February 2006 12:03
it may be cheap and devaluing (not that i necessarily agree that it
is), but its hardly unoriginal...
--
Patabugen
Making the Internet Taste Better
On 9 Feb 2006 15:18:21 -0000, Gusset Monkey [EMAI...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop??? - going OT
date posted 10th February 2006 11:43
>Average rt on Sony Vaio VGN-FE11S intel core duo 1.8ghz 2gb ram = 3mins
>12s
Blimey, that's extremely fast performance for a laptop.. Good to know there
are other 3d types lurking on here ;).
Tak...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:43
Ive got a copy of that, it's a good read but causes headaches sometimes...
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Jason Bell
Sent: 10 February 2006 11:48
To: FN...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:39
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> I'm really struggling to understand why MySQL came to be so popular.
>
>
> LAMP: people use it 'cause it's there, and 'cause all the LAMP
> tutorials use it. Also many...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:37
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> I'm really struggling to understand why MySQL came to be so
>> popular.
>
> LAMP: people use it 'cause it's there, and 'cause all the LAMP
> tutorials use it. Also many...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 11:35
See also http://www.nuj.org.uk/
http://www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/index.html
http://www.nujtraining.org.uk/
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/
++++++++++++++...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:35
I use MySQL in my daily job and I cant fault it, but ive never had the
chance to work with any other type of db, it has its quirks but if you can
learn to work around these then its truly a superb db,...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:35
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, ashley etchell wrote:
>> We thought that this may be a bit too large for the machine to cope
>> with seeing as though the db is updated and searched by numerous
>> scripts every...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 11:32
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:43:25AM -0000, Dom Latter wrote:
>
> On Friday 10 Feb 2006 9:43 am, James Firth wrote:
>
> > I have 12 installations to do over the next 6-weeks, so yes, the ?15.00 is
> >...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:30
Dave Cross wrote:
>
> john m wrote:
>
>>
>> have tried the JOIN and tried the UNION but cant get the correct format
>>
>> mysql_query("SELECT * FROM weather2006 UNION SELECT * FROM
>> weather2005"...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:28
Either pull out the info on a per table basis and merge the php arrays, or
use MERGE table types
Depends on how you need to deal with the data I suppose.
ash
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RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:27
> One for the php experts
>
> am trying to access multiple tables in a data base.
> The data base is called weather
> and the tables called weather2006, weather2005, weather2004 etc etc
>
> am using...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 11:21
Obviously it's a bit more money, but you can get some really cheap desktops
if you look around, if all you need it for is research....
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:17
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 11:18 am, Dave Cross wrote:
> I'm really struggling to understand why MySQL came to be so popular.
It's fast. It's cheap....
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:16
AFAIK, union isn't available in mysql 3. I suggest you merge the tables
and add a year field. Provided you make the year indexed you should see
little performance degradation.
Graham
> have tried t...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and SOCKS
date posted 10th February 2006 11:16
> Heres the situation, ive got a php script that queries an external
> website. Is there a way to make this script go through a SOCKS proxy
> rather than a direct connection? Im aware that you can do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 11:11
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 10:45 am, Andy Swarbrick wrote:
> My better-half uses a desktop that is a PII-400 and for her it is just
> as productive as the latest whizz-bang.
As someone said a squillion y...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:07
Now may be a good time to chip in that "High Performance MySQL"
published by O'Reilly is an excellent book.
J.
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there's 5+ years of data, with 6 rows of data per minute...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop??? - going OT
date posted 10th February 2006 11:07
Hi Jules,
Various tests - SoftImageXSI custom MentalRay shaders, Maya fluids,
realflow and some of our own proprietary fluid and volumetric rendering
software....
Average rt on a BoxxTech dual xeon...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:05
john m wrote:
>
> there's 5+ years of data, with 6 rows of data per minute (ie one every
> 10 minutes)
>
> works out to be around 300,000 rows and rising
That sounds pretty small to be honest. Yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 11:03
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 9:43 am, James Firth wrote:
> I have 12 installations to do over the next 6-weeks, so yes, the =A315.=
00 is
> a big deal to me.
Not forgetting that they will do you a further...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 11:00
> I'm really struggling to understand why MySQL came to be so popular.
LAMP: people use it 'cause it's there, and 'cause all the LAMP tutorials
use it. Also many people don't understand databases w...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:57
> You have very different ideas about large tables to me :)
so you don't think 65meg is too large - ok.
>
> What version of MySQL are you using? As Ben pointed out, UNION was
> added in 4.x.
y...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:56
> We thought that this may be a bit too large for the machine to cope
> with seeing as though the db is updated and searched by numerous
> scripts every 6 minutes. Hence why we tried to split them i...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:54
Each month table has about 7,000,000 rows, and about 90% of querying is
within a single month, so combining them would be a real nightmare.
Plus, the system was designed a while ago and as usual thin...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 10:51
> I have the url for an ADSL webcam. If I type the url into a browser
> window,
> I can view the cam.
>
> Does anyone know how to integrate it into a html page? I’ve tried a php
> inc...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:50
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, john m wrote:
> version mysql -V gives:
>
> /usr/bin/mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.58, for redhat-linux-gnu (i386)
>
> is this why neither JOIN or UNION dont work???
From the...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:50
john m wrote:
>
> have tried the JOIN and tried the UNION but cant get the correct format
>
> mysql_query("SELECT * FROM weather2006 UNION SELECT * FROM weather2005",
> $link);
> $num_rows_total =...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 10:48
> I have no idea what the setup of the webcam is. I was just given a URL.
>
> The url is http://212.9.30.37/view/view.shtml
Odd output from the camera, doesn't work in Opera.
However, you can bypas...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:44
there's 5+ years of data, with 6 rows of data per minute (ie one
every 10 minutes)
works out to be around 300,000 rows and rising
john
On 10 Feb 2006, at 11:02, ashley etchell wrote:
> How man...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 10:39
For really heavy (video processing, 3d, cad) stuff though really can't beat
a tower. Example:
Dell precision m70 (Pentium m 1.86ghz, 1 gig ram) (which I love, and is a
beast of a laptop + get 1 1/2 h...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:38
john m wrote:
>
> yes the tables have the same info but for different years
> but to combine all the years will mean about 65mb of data been searched
> each time.
You have very different ideas abo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 10:37
Mmm it's a difficult one.
I will be doing a bit of traveling! Spain to England and back mainly.
I've always used my tower in my study and laptop when I'm away, or in
bed when I've been unwell. B...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:35
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, john m wrote:
> yes the tables have the same info but for different years
> but to combine all the years will mean about 65mb of data been
> searched each time.
And?
> We thou...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:34
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 10:07 am, ashley etchell wrote:
> I work with multiple tables of the same format every day
>
> Each table is called pages200601, pages20062 etc and has approx 7 milli=
on
> rows...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:34
have tried the JOIN and tried the UNION but cant get the correct format
mysql_query("SELECT * FROM weather2006 UNION SELECT * FROM
weather2005", $link);
$num_rows_total = mysql_num_rows( $result );...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:31
The main reason people use 3.23 is because it's automatically installed
on most Linux distros. Only the rare and the brave install things
seperately. I never use Apache so that doesn't go on......
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:24
How many rows are in the tables? 65Mb of data doesn't sound too high, how
much of that is indexes?
ash
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Sent: 10 F...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:18
Ben Moxon wrote:
[ on mysql ]
> There is no reason for anyone to still be running 3.23 but god knows the
> majority of hosting companies seem to...
Scary but true. I wrote about that a week ago:...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:14
yes the tables have the same info but for different years
but to combine all the years will mean about 65mb of data been
searched each time.
We thought that this may be a bit too large for the mach...
Re: FN-FORUM: Indian ed with 24 yrs: an SOS!
date posted 10th February 2006 10:12
Hi Abjhit,
I'd strongly suggest you read The Times style guide..
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,2941,00.html
Richard Quick
http://www.richardquickdesign.com
On 10 Feb 2006, at 10:42, Do...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:11
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Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 10:09
Dave Cross wrote:
>
> ashley etchell wrote:
>
>>
>> I work with multiple tables of the same format every day
>>
>> Each table is called pages200601, pages20062 etc and has approx 7
>> million
>> r...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 10:06
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RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 10:03
Laptop, in my opinion, is the way to go these days....
I just replaced my 2yr old 3.2ghz P4 with a new =A3900 Sony Vaio Laptop.
It's fantastic - x-black lcd screen for crisp, clear images - 1gb ram
an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Indian ed with 24 yrs: an SOS!
date posted 10th February 2006 10:02
On Friday 10 Feb 2006 3:21 am, Abhijit Dasgupta wrote:
> thanks dom. so what shud 1,60,000 be in thousands? 1.6 k, is it?
The seperators come every three digits: e.g. 160,000.
Or 123,456,789. Or 43,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 09:56
Laptops
If you're planning to travel a lot with your laptop, make sure your external
hard drive isn't too heavy or too big, or at least get a big enough bag to
hold both.
My HDD isn't too big (physic...
RE: FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 09:49
Unless using your computer in different places is very important I would
always go for a tower over a laptop. Laptops are far more expensive to buy,
more expensive and harder to upgrade, and have over...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 09:49
I believe your image is sized due to the js code not the css and html
--
http://www.punterspower.co.uk
>
> I have no idea what the setup of the webcam is. I was just given a URL.
>
> The url is ht...
RE: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at leas t!)
date posted 10th February 2006 09:46
> so just give a lead, son
... good luck to you. I meant nothing by it.
> by the way, my CV was vetted by a pretty, young englishwoman? did she
prefer not
> to be modest because of some hidden vend...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:45
We use temp tables as we have to get a lot of info based on certain criteria
Then once its in a temp table we have to crunch it even further
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FN-FORUM: Tower or Laptop???
date posted 10th February 2006 09:41
Morning,
I'm moving to quiet a small apartment shortly and am looking to
minimize. My computer is 4 years old and I was going to upgrade or buy
a new one.
I was just wondering what your views wer...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 09:34
I have no idea what the setup of the webcam is. I was just given a URL.
The url is http://212.9.30.37/view/view.shtml
Works great on its own, or in an iframe. I want to avoid iframes if I can,
and...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:34
ashley etchell wrote:
>
> I work with multiple tables of the same format every day
>
> Each table is called pages200601, pages20062 etc and has approx 7 million
> rows per table.
>
> Sometimes I ne...
FN-FORUM: PHP and SOCKS
date posted 10th February 2006 09:34
Mornin,
Heres the situation, ive got a php script that queries an external
website. Is there a way to make this script go through a SOCKS proxy
rather than a direct connection? Im aware that you can...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:28
I work with multiple tables of the same format every day
Each table is called pages200601, pages20062 etc and has approx 7 million
rows per table.
Sometimes I need to select from multiple tables wh...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 09:24
> John Morrison said:
>>
>> Like I said =A350 for a Geotrust signed 256 capable certificate.
>
> In case anyone's interested, don't think Mr. Morrison was offering me =
> sale
> of the century.
>
> Ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:14
Matt Mitchell wrote:
> On Friday 10 February 2006 09:16, john m wrote:
>
>> which works fine to access just that one table, but what command
>> could I use to access all the tables at the same time??...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 09:08
ids this a local url or setup on a server? what software are you using?
--
http://www.punterspower.co.uk
>
> Folks,
>
> I have the url for an ADSL webcam.=A0 If I type the url into a browser =
> wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:06
Hi,
Do these tables have the same information, but for different years? If
so, you ideally want to merge them into a single table with a year field
to distinguish each year's data.
Otherwise, you w...
Re: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at leas t!)
date posted 10th February 2006 09:04
by the way, my CV was vetted by a pretty, young englishwoman? did she
prefer not to be modest because of some hidden vendetta?
On 2/10/06, Abhijit Dasgupta [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
> On 2/10/06, Ab...
RE: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:03
If you are trying to do what I think you are then I would do use this as
your sql:
SELECT * FROM weather2006 a, weather2005 b WHERE 1 AND a.date = '$date' AND
b.date = '$date'
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FN-FORUM: Help each other, or poke fun and rip us off? [was Cheap SSL "lite"]
date posted 10th February 2006 09:03
John Morrison said:
>
> Like I said =A350 for a Geotrust signed 256 capable certificate.
In case anyone's interested, don't think Mr. Morrison was offering me =
sale
of the century.
Having just spok...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 09:02
Dave Cross wrote:
> You need a UNION
>
> select * from weather2006 where `date` = '$date'
> union
> select * from weather2005 where `date` = '$date'
> union
> select * from weather2004 whe...
Fwd: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at leas t!)
date posted 10th February 2006 09:00
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From: Abhijit Dasgupta [EMAIL REMOVED]
Date: Feb 10, 2006 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at leas =
t!)
To: [EMAIL RE...
Fwd: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:59
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Abhijit Dasgupta [EMAIL REMOVED]
Date: Feb 10, 2006 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
thanks, matt. but believe me, i am j...
Fwd: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:59
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Abhijit Dasgupta [EMAIL REMOVED]
Date: Feb 10, 2006 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
i am sure i am going to get a warm w...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 08:55
john m wrote:
>
> Mornin all
>
> One for the php experts
Er... it seems to be an SQL question. What does that have to do with PHP?
> am trying to access multiple tables in a data base.
> The data...
Re: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at least!)
date posted 10th February 2006 08:50
Also take a look at the Economist style guide (which you can download from
their website). It is the basis of the style guides for most government
departments.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at least!)
date posted 10th February 2006 08:47
You can do a basic online course in business writing in English for around
£20 (considered very cheap here) with the Campaign for Plain English
http://www.plainenglishtraining.com/ (more advanced cou...
Re: FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 08:44
On Friday 10 February 2006 09:16, john m wrote:
> which works fine to access just that one table, but what command
> could I use to access all the tables at the same time??
>
> eg
> $result = mysql_q...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:42
On Friday 10 February 2006 03:22, Abhijit Dasgupta wrote:
> and why do you say so? i will give the leash to andrew, dont worry....
>
Abhijit, I personally would suggest trying to get work as a foreig...
FN-FORUM: mysql_query
date posted 10th February 2006 08:37
Mornin all
One for the php experts
am trying to access multiple tables in a data base.
The data base is called weather
and the tables called weather2006, weather2005, weather2004 etc etc
am using t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:32
Just having a bit of a laugh.
Language is probably quite important in journalism though, at a guess.
He's obviously quite talented and I don't mean anything by it.
-----Original Message-----
From: R...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:29
True.
I saw a CV the other day where the person had put down his personal email
address.
Fair enough you might say, unless your email address has something to do
with munching muffins.
I don't think...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:29
> On Friday 10 February 2006 08:55, Ian Copeland wrote:
> > I'm really trying not to take the mickey here, but I love CVs. Most of
them
> > are a very entertaining read, but are always taken down by t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:27
> I'm really trying not to take the mickey here, but I love CVs. Most of
them
> are a very entertaining read, but are always taken down by the "pinch of
> salt" you must incorporate whilst reading the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:22
On Friday 10 February 2006 08:55, Ian Copeland wrote:
> I'm really trying not to take the mickey here, but I love CVs. Most of them
> are a very entertaining read, but are always taken down by the "pi...
RE: FN-FORUM: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 08:21
> My next problem is that the image is about 3 times bigger than I would
like
> - any idea how to re-size? I'm about to try Matt's php solution.
>
> The cam image is at http://212.9.30.37/view/view....
RE: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at leas t!)
date posted 10th February 2006 08:18
> where's the darned dough for the ad? u guys talk in pounds...and
that's heavyweight for me!
You may want to learn about the currency you'll get paid in.
-----Original Message-----
From: Abhijit Da...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 08:17
I'm really trying not to take the mickey here, but I love CVs. Most of them
are a very entertaining read, but are always taken down by the "pinch of
salt" you must incorporate whilst reading them.
I...
RE: FN-FORUM: Exporing Freelance Career Opportunity
date posted 10th February 2006 08:09
> He's missed off use of the spell checker...
LMFAO
Maybe more people should learn how to use it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 09 February 2006 18...
RE: FN-FORUM: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 08:08
This kind of worked. The first time I've ever found a use for iframe!
My next problem is that the image is about 3 times bigger than I would =
like
- any idea how to re-size? I'm about to try Matt'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 07:38
>and why do you say so? i will give the leash to andrew, dont worry....
read the comment again:
//Yeah you might want to put a . before net in that address.//
now look at the link you put in....
c...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 06:42
Oh god,=20
it's like watching a drunk get in his car and turn onto the motorway.
John Anslow
Intranet Developer
Superdrug Stores plc
A.S. Watson (Health & Beauty UK)
Tel. +44 (0)20 8683 5521
Fax...
RE: FN-FORUM: webcams
date posted 10th February 2006 05:30
> I have the url for an ADSL webcam.=A0 If I type the url into a browser
> window, I can view the cam.
>
> Does anyone know how to integrate it into a html page?=A0 I=92ve tried =
a php
> include and...
FN-FORUM: Fwd: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 05:16
nobody willing to give me a single lead?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Abhijit Dasgupta [EMAIL REMOVED]
Date: Feb 9, 2006 10:48 PM
Subject: Hi! I am new!
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
HI,
pl...
Re: FN-FORUM: CV from Indian ed with 24 yrs ( Have a look at least!)
date posted 10th February 2006 02:46
d2hlcmUncyB0aGUgZGFybmVkIGRvdWdoIGZvciB0aGUgYWQ/IHUgZ3V5cyB0YWxrIGluIHBvdW5k
cy4uLmFuZAp0aGF0J3MgaGVhdnl3ZWlnaHQgZm9yIG1lIQoKT24gOSBGZWIgMjAwNiAxODo0OTo0
MiAtMDAwMCwgTWlrZSBBIDxtaWtlcy5kb3RuZXRAYmx1ZX...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi! I am new!
date posted 10th February 2006 02:44
and why do you say so? i will give the leash to andrew, dont worry....
On 9 Feb 2006 18:09:01 -0000, Richard McCoy [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> >
> > HI,
> > pl do visit me at http://abhijit7.freelance...
Re: FN-FORUM: Indian ed with 24 yrs: an SOS!
date posted 10th February 2006 02:42
thanks dom. so what shud 1,60,000 be in thousands? 1.6 k, is it?
On 9 Feb 2006 18:38:06 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Thursday 09 Feb 2006 6:08 pm, Abhijit Dasgupta wrote:
>
> > bre...
Re: FN-FORUM: Gaming Laptops ??
date posted 10th February 2006 02:09
...The kid should have asked Santa for an xbox!
lucy boyd design 68 bonaly rise edinburgh eh13 0qx
>> tel. 0131 478 5378 mob. 07811 026 760 http://www.lbd.uk.net...
RE: FN-FORUM: Gaming Laptops ??
date posted 10th February 2006 02:03
To summarise:
Option 1: Serious gaming laptop
* Too expensive.
* Robustness of laptop for kids use.
* Availability of laptop.
* Productivity?
Option 2: Buy laptop on budget & upgrade desktop
* Cheap...
RE: FN-FORUM: Drop shadows in CSS
date posted 10th February 2006 01:38
LOL Nice! I like your style!
I was thinking more vodka and red bull it provides longevity! :)
Stephen
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