Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday February 9th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 23:30
Nope its just a bit of PR .... make people think can
get government to listen for bit.....
it'll just be ignored like previous ones.....
the only time politicans listen is at election time
and even...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 23:06
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 11:55:56PM -0000, Dom Latter wrote:
>
>
> > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
>
> Does anybody think that the Govt would have set up a petitions site if there
> was the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 23:00
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
Does anybody think that the Govt would have set up a petitions site if th=
ere
was the slightest chance they would actually have any influence?
--=20
5: When...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 22:33
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
> If you want to cut taxes, you'll have to decide which public services
> you want cut too. If you want better public transport, the public is
> going to have to pay for it....
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 22:25
From: "Anthony Cartmell" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> >> If you want to cut taxes, you'll have to decide which public services
> >> you
> >> want cut too. If you want better public transport, the public is goi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 21:21
>> If you want to cut taxes, you'll have to decide which public services
>> you
>> want cut too. If you want better public transport, the public is going
>> to
>> have to pay for it.
>
> No: you a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 21:04
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:50:36PM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
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> >The trouble is that it is yet another tax (Gordon loves hidden taxes).
> >It would be much more acceptable to use carrots rather...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 20:54
> The trouble is that it is yet another tax (Gordon loves hidden taxes).
> It would be much more acceptable to use carrots rather than sticks:
> * Cheaper/more_reliable public transport
> * Decent non...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 20:35
taxes upon taxes..... sleath tax upon stealth tax...
conjestion tax, insurance tax, airline tax,
plus mr browns £100 billion little noticed raid on
pensions ...
next nu labour will be thinking of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 18:55
Adam Reynolds wrote:
It's actually one of times where I think the government is doing
> something right here. Anyone driving on the M25 at rush our should
> understand that traffic cannot go on as it...
Re: FN-FORUM: Need new modem/router
date posted 9th February 2007 18:00
When you talk about modem/ router I assume your looking for an ADSL router
or am I wrong. I was using a D-Link ADSL Router last year with macs n pcs
together and it had to be reset every week just a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 17:47
This is the one I always thought was a better idea.
But they won't scrap the car tax would mean loosing billions in revenue.
Lorna McArdle
www.spinettedesigns.co.uk
From: "Peter Sowerby" <
> There...
RE: FN-FORUM: Need new modem/router
date posted 9th February 2007 17:06
In my experience, the Belkin wireless Pre-N router/modems are really quite
reliable and they come with a lifetime warranty (so they say anyway
:))....They are more on the expensive side but work much...
Re: FN-FORUM: Need new modem/router
date posted 9th February 2007 17:00
Hi Simon
I have been using the Netgear DG 834G for mac,pc and all kind of stereo system. I am very glad to have this "little one":))) The fee about it I got from "2020",it is computer company based in...
Re: FN-FORUM: Masses of work + cheap Client = much headache
date posted 9th February 2007 16:50
>From: "Richard Fletcher" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>How long has it been since you put up your rates? Maybe if you've been
>charging the same for 2 years you can slap a 10% increase on and put it
down
>to inf...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 16:49
Peter Sowerby wrote:
> There is a much easier way of doing it than GPS etc....
>
> Scrap road tax and more tax to petrol.
>
> the more you drive the more you pay.
>
> economical car would pay less t...
FN-FORUM: Need new modem/router
date posted 9th February 2007 16:46
Hi,
I'm sure this has been asked a bazillion times but...
Can anyone recommend a really good integrated wireless router/modem?
Has to be able to handle port forwarding *properly* and have multiple...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 9th February 2007 16:32
On Thursday 08 February 2007 16:37, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> This the first email group where I've seen bottom posting.
>
> I understand with Usenet it is critical, however with email, hitting 'N'
> to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ecommerce system for flash
date posted 9th February 2007 16:30
On Friday 09 February 2007 13:15, Fiaz Khan wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Does anyone know of an ecommerce system which can integrate with a flash
> site?
>
> Reason is that a client is insistent on having a fl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Masses of work + cheap Client = much headache
date posted 9th February 2007 16:27
On Friday 09 February 2007 14:11, Steven Knibbs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I=92d be interested in your opinions on this.
>
> I=92ve been working self employed for about a year, and in that time have
> worked fo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 16:16
There is a much easier way of doing it than GPS etc....
Scrap road tax and more tax to petrol.
the more you drive the more you pay.
economical car would pay less than big gas guzzling truck.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 16:10
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:58:36PM -0000, Adam Reynolds wrote:
>
> It's actually one of times where I think the government is doing
> something right here. Anyone driving on the M25 at rush our shou...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 16:02
It's actually one of times where I think the government is doing
something right here. Anyone driving on the M25 at rush our should
understand that traffic cannot go on as it is. People need to chan...
FN-FORUM: Fw: Proposed car tax scheme
date posted 9th February 2007 15:21
In case anyone hasn't seen it.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
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Email the way you want it - scanned for v...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ecommerce system for flash
date posted 9th February 2007 13:56
Have you had a look at Flex? One of the freely available demos
(including the code) is a shop I believe. www.adobe.com/flex
Fiaz Khan wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Does anyone know of an ecommerce system w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Masses of work + cheap Client = much headache
date posted 9th February 2007 13:40
>Is it possible to place priorities on work based on hourly wage from
>clients
>or are there better ways to deal with this?
>The client is a fellow freelancer who passes sections of his projects tha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Masses of work + cheap Client = much headache
date posted 9th February 2007 13:26
Steven Knibbs wrote:
> Is it possible to place priorities on work based on hourly wage from clients
> or are there better ways to deal with this?
>
> The client is a fellow freelancer who passes sec...
Re: FN-FORUM: Masses of work + cheap Client = much headache
date posted 9th February 2007 13:26
Steven Knibbs wrote:
> Is it possible to place priorities on work based on hourly wage from clients
> or are there better ways to deal with this?
>
> The client is a fellow freelancer who passes sec...
FN-FORUM: Masses of work + cheap Client = much headache
date posted 9th February 2007 13:15
Hi,=20
I=92d be interested in your opinions on this.
I=92ve been working self employed for about a year, and in that time =
have
worked for a client based in London who gives me a fair bit of work b...
FN-FORUM: Ecommerce system for flash
date posted 9th February 2007 12:19
Hi All
Does anyone know of an ecommerce system which can integrate with a flash
site?
Reason is that a client is insistent on having a flash based e-commerce
site. (I have explained the reasons no...
Re: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 12:15
It is tricky getting colours right, when i get a new monitor i'll go through
previously published designs (and any rainbow proofs/chromalins) and hold
them up next to the monitor displaying the fin...
FN-FORUM: Colours
date posted 9th February 2007 12:07
Anthony,
if you have the budget for it you could always have a fifth plate on the
press as a special colour. choose a bright Pantone green and set that as the
fifth colour...That's if the client ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 11:52
> People don't realise the difference there can be between Pantone, RGB and
> CMYK
>
> The headaches I can get just because the colour on paper isn't the same
> as on screen...
Yeah. Having seen th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 11:51
Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> The headaches I can get just because the colour on paper isn't the same as
> on screen...
and it all depends on which screen of course....
;)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 11:42
People don't realise the difference there can be between Pantone, RGB and
CMYK
The headaches I can get just because the colour on paper isn't the same as
on screen...
Lorna McArdle
From: "Anthony...
Re: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 11:36
> 300dpi and don't forget it HAS TO BE CMYK.
Ha! We very nearly got caught badly by that for Numberline Lane books we
got printed. CMYK has a much reduced gamut of colours, and our RGB
illustrati...
Re: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 11:06
300dpi and don't forget it HAS TO BE CMYK.
These days you can get away with jpeg but would recommend tiff's for your
images if using photoshop. As Marc said Illustrator it doesn't matter. Other
tha...
RE: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 10:53
Sorry I realise you're using InDesign and I was talking about Quark but the
principle is still the same. If it's a vector illustration created in
Illustrator then it doesn't really matter.
Marc
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RE: FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 10:50
Daniel,
Images should always be set in photoshop at 300dpi, but make sure that if
they are resized in Quark that they are still high enough resolution at
print size. For instance it's no good impor...
FN-FORUM: Print Resolution
date posted 9th February 2007 10:25
Hello all,
Firstly let me thank everyone for your response to my question yesterday. But
was just wondering if anyone had any links to any good brochure design sites
so i can get a little inspiration...
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