Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday June 28th 2006
FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - funniest upodate yet - WTF do I do?
date posted 28th June 2006 20:40
I met with the chairman this afternoon and I was persuaded to shake his
hand and let bygones be bygones (there is a whole history regarding a
villa in Portugal that doesn't shed much light on the cu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - further update.
date posted 28th June 2006 19:59
David Nye wrote:
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> That is not what I meant Mac. You implied earlier in this thread that
> "a contract saying that any code you write ... belongs to the
> company?" was discussed. So what terms rela...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal probelms - yet another update!
date posted 28th June 2006 19:56
Paul Bryant wrote:
> Just out of interest Mac, what do they sell/service do they provide?
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> kind regards
> Paul Bryant
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> http://webdesignSME.co.uk
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General insurance produc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 18:59
Lorna & everyone else,
Thanks for this, will do...
With luck the artwork I have prepared should work OK for 2 colour printing!
Cheers,
Chris.
http://www.go2chester.co.uk
Lorna McArdle - Spinette...
FN-FORUM: looking for web developer/s C#, asp.net, SQL Server
date posted 28th June 2006 17:34
Hi all,=20
I run a small multimedia company (me and a friend) and we have with an
overflow of work and are looking to strike up an on-going relationship
with several freelance developers to work on...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 17:30
As long as your plate separations come out in 2 colours it can be any colour
you want then. Just make sure you get 2 plates and no more and then tell the
printers what colours are what. With a proof...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop hardware problem
date posted 28th June 2006 17:20
I had the same recently and it was a couple of rogue processes sucking
up 100% of the processor making the fan spin fast all the time.
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
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> Hi folks,
>
> One of my customers...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 17:17
Julie,
Thanks for this, much appreciated.
Have just tried it on my stationery and if I change the Pantone Process
Black to just Process Black, when I print the separations to Distiller,
I get the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop hardware problem
date posted 28th June 2006 17:05
>One of my customers has a laptop which is running very slow, with its fan
>oscillating between fast and very fast. I've had a look at the software,
>and all seems OK (having replaced Norton with...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - further update.
date posted 28th June 2006 17:03
That is not what I meant Mac. You implied earlier in this thread that
"a contract saying that any code you write ... belongs to the
company?" was discussed. So what terms relating to copyright and
sof...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone got a spare $40,000?
date posted 28th June 2006 15:41
Application error (Rails) = worth every penny!
Tam Denholm wrote:
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> If you have a spare $40k you could walk away with cssreboot.com, i've
> noticed its for sale at sitepoint. Being the owner of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 14:53
Hi Chris
The best solution would be to place the logo into a new Illustrator file as
a tracing image and then re-create the logo in vector format and save as an
EPS - as it seems that you probably ha...
FN-FORUM: Laptop hardware problem
date posted 28th June 2006 14:48
Hi folks,
One of my customers has a laptop which is running very slow, with its fan
oscillating between fast and very fast. I've had a look at the software,
and all seems OK (having replaced Nort...
FN-FORUM: Windows / SQL Server hosting
date posted 28th June 2006 14:13
Does anybody know of a company that offers virtual Microsoft hosting, with
SQL Server 2000 (or above), dedicated SSL, and allows you to change the
session timeout from the default 20 minutes to a larg...
FN-FORUM: X Rated Rainbow
date posted 28th June 2006 14:08
Hi All
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I'm sure everyone has probably seen this before but I've only just come
across it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DozDkNsfzYmI&search=3Drainbow
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Surely it's a piss take?
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Paul
=20...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 13:45
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Subject: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
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Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 13:40
On 28 Jun 2006, at 14:34, Chris Green wrote:
> I have a client who wants an accreditation logo added to their
> stationery. The stationery has been created in 2 spot colours, but the
> logo is only...
RE: FN-FORUM: Possible legal probelms - yet another update!
date posted 28th June 2006 13:27
Just out of interest Mac, what do they sell/service do they provide?
kind regards
Paul Bryant
http://webdesignSME.co.uk...
FN-FORUM: Illustrator Raster to Pantone Conversion
date posted 28th June 2006 13:23
Hi,
Just a quick question regarding Illustrator.
I have a client who wants an accreditation logo added to their
stationery. The stationery has been created in 2 spot colours, but the
logo is only...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - further update.
date posted 28th June 2006 13:09
David Nye wrote:
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>> No contract was ever signed, it was discussed and drafted but never
>> signed.
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> Did you agree to it verbally? What were the terms? (Apologies if you
> gave this info in the o...
FN-FORUM: Possible legal probelms - yet another update!
date posted 28th June 2006 12:56
Thanks to those of you who have been chipping in with advice, it's a
stressful time and knowing a few people understand what's going on helps
a lot.
Ok, next episode follows....
Had a breakfast me...
Re: FN-FORUM: Redirect question
date posted 28th June 2006 11:44
On Wednesday 28 June 2006 12:47, David Nye wrote:
> I came across this just now (at
> http://www.stevenhargrove.com/redirect-web-pages) ... Is it true? Will it
> work with IIS?
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> "301 Redirect Using...
FN-FORUM: Redirect question
date posted 28th June 2006 11:36
I came across this just now (at
http://www.stevenhargrove.com/redirect-web-pages) ... Is it true? Will it
work with IIS?
"301 Redirect Using Mod_Rewrite
When somebody links to your website, sometimes...
FN-FORUM: Anyone got a spare $40,000?
date posted 28th June 2006 11:05
If you have a spare $40k you could walk away with cssreboot.com, i've
noticed its for sale at sitepoint. Being the owner of that would sure
as hell get you some online fame. Sadly, i'll have to work f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - further update.
date posted 28th June 2006 10:45
> No contract was ever signed, it was discussed and drafted but never
> signed.
Doesn't necessarily mean it cannot be enforced.
As a hosting company we often come across cases of disagreement betwee...
Re: FN-FORUM: test
date posted 28th June 2006 10:44
On Wednesday 28 June 2006 11:46, Ben Moxon wrote:
> Simon Dingley wrote:
> > David Nye wrote:
> >> "Telewest suspect that
> >> this was a well planned and executed attack on their network with
> >> mu...
Re: FN-FORUM: test
date posted 28th June 2006 10:35
Simon Dingley wrote:
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> David Nye wrote:
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>> "Telewest suspect that
>> this was a well planned and executed attack on their network with
>> multiple fibres being cut in three locations."
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>> Is t...
FN-FORUM: Any Flash/Actionscript specialists?
date posted 28th June 2006 10:33
A friend of mine has just found themselves with a lot of flash that
needs doing; they've got a couple of good flash specialists on their
books, but I said I'd mention it on this list so if anyone he...
Re: FN-FORUM: test
date posted 28th June 2006 10:30
David Nye wrote:
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> "Telewest suspect that
> this was a well planned and executed attack on their network with
> multiple fibres being cut in three locations."
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> Is that for real? By who?
I have...
Re: FN-FORUM: test
date posted 28th June 2006 10:25
BT? The "Council"?
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information...
FN-FORUM: Freelancing
date posted 28th June 2006 10:15
Hello,
I'm looking for some advice to mull over whilst I'm on holiday. I'm
currently employed but I'm thinking about going freelance. The thing is; I'd
want to build up a good customer base before I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Outage
date posted 28th June 2006 10:05
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Andy Stowell wrote:
> Any problems please let me or Dan know.
What are the chances of (or obstacles to) moving this forum onto mailman?
--
Graeme -
Top posting.
What's the mos...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - further update.
date posted 28th June 2006 09:58
On 27 Jun 2006, at 21:42, Mac T.Wheeler wrote:
> But of course, they will argue that they put this deal together so are=20=
> entitled to something. I really do wish this opportunity hadn't come=20=...
Re: FN-FORUM: test
date posted 28th June 2006 09:57
"Telewest suspect that
this was a well planned and executed attack on their network with
multiple fibres being cut in three locations."
Is that for real? By who?
David Nye...
Re: FN-FORUM: Possible legal problems - further update.
date posted 28th June 2006 09:55
> No contract was ever signed, it was discussed and drafted but never signed.
Did you agree to it verbally? What were the terms? (Apologies if you
gave this info in the original thread.)
David Nye...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ownership of Code
date posted 28th June 2006 09:51
Sounds like a very "grey area" to me! I think you will need to get
something in writing before going any further. At least write a letter
stating that you do not expect any payment for the code from...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:59
I should also have added that after you've reduced the size, a little
sharpening can make it a LOT clearer, so go "Filter", "Sharpen", "Unsharp
Mask..". Set "Amount" to 50%, "Radius" to 1.0 and "Thres...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:54
OK, thanks Craig I'll try that tonight and let you all know how it works
tomorrow.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:50
Hi,
Photoshop should make an excellent job. Take your screenshot so it's on
your clipboard, in Photoshop do a Ctrl+N (which will open a new window the
same size as the image on your clipboard) then...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:46
> Make sure the image is RGB before resizing.
Yeah, it is, but it still doesn't look good.
> One technique I've seen that I quite like for thumbnails (100x100 or
> smaller) is using snippets of the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:44
Ian,
Does photoshop not allow something to retain it dimemensions on a
percentage basis, this will be what is causing you distortion problems.
I do something similar using an old version of firewo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:34
Ian,
Make sure the image is RGB before resizing. If it's a GIF or 256 colours
already and you resize it'll look pants. Otherwise Photoshop should make a
cracking job of it then save as Web and you'...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:34
>>>What is the best way to do this?!
Photoshop or PSP
What exactly is the problem you're having?
A.
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FN-FORUM: Reducing image size
date posted 28th June 2006 08:23
Hi,
I want to take screenshots of websites I have designed to put on my
portfolio, but I want to reduce the size of the screenshots so they don't
take up loads of room.
This would be from about 1024...
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