Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday February 5th 2008
Re: FN-FORUM: help - OT
date posted 5th February 2008 23:09
On Wednesday 06 February 2008 00:41:11 Ben Johnson F wrote:
> Rant over - I just spilt tea on a laptop and trashed the LCD, so am grumpy!
Ouch. I normally fritz the keyboard...
On the subject of...
RE: FN-FORUM: help - OT
date posted 5th February 2008 22:27
Wise Tony wrote:
> The best Open Source Software is free as in free speech, not free =
beer.
Quite right. Often I'm perfectly happy to pay money for software, but =
object
to the commercial overtones...
FN-FORUM: Getting notification of Events/Seminars?
date posted 5th February 2008 21:20
Hi All
Just wondered what mailing lists, user groups, web sites you all use to
keep informed of the latest web/design events, seminars, presentations or
gatherings?
Any info much appreciated.
Than...
RE: FN-FORUM: help - OT
date posted 5th February 2008 19:00
> The best Open Source Software is free as in free speech, not free beer.
>
Free Beer
Now that's a real argument, Bitter or Larger!!!...
Re: FN-FORUM: help - OT
date posted 5th February 2008 18:52
On 5 Feb 2008, at 19:58, Damon wrote:
>
>
> As far as I was aware Open Source doesn't mean free, just source code
> available.
The best Open Source Software is free as in free speech, not free beer...
RE: FN-FORUM: help - OT
date posted 5th February 2008 18:45
> Perhaps adding a new feature to PHP can be a little ambitious, but
> it's very easy to get involved and make the project better, like
> reporting bugs (http://bugs.php.net/report.php) for example. T...
RE: FN-FORUM: help [OT]
date posted 5th February 2008 17:53
Phil wrote:
> Or learn to develop dynamic sites such as .Net or even (urgh) PHP! ;-)
..
> Lol, i knew this would trigger the old .Net V's PHP debate.
Also, all folks that drive Blue (jeez, WHAT THE...
Re: FN-FORUM: help - OT
date posted 5th February 2008 17:22
On 5 Feb 2008, at 16:06, Damon wrote:
> How many day to day PHP programmers get involved and add new
> features to the
> next release?
Perhaps adding a new feature to PHP can be a little ambitiou...
RE: FN-FORUM: help - PHP vs. dotNET again.
date posted 5th February 2008 17:06
Mark Pawelek wrote:
> Move into the 21st century with seaside:
> using the Dophin community edition IDE.
Some interesting ideas going on there!
Like the idea of writing lines of workflow code tha...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 16:54
>That's an OEM version- if you need to replace a couple of components (
>assuming it behaves like XP ) you will find you have to reinstall it and
>it won't let you on an OEM licence so you'll need t...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 16:47
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Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 16:42
Gary Short wrote:
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Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 16:26
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Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 16:22
Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Oh come on, Windows is practically free these days. I can walk into =20
> PC World and pick up a laptop for =A3400 quid. It comes with Vista =20
> pre-installed...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 16:04
Can we just add a directive to the rules/recommendations of this community?
Thou Shalt Not Feed the Trolls
It really would just make life a lot easier.
Admittedly this one seemed to be more abo...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 15:45
-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Nicolas Borda [EMAIL REMOVED]
net>=0D=0A> Sent: 05 February 2008 15:41=0D=0A> To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 15:39
On 5 Feb 2008, at 16:05, Gary Short wrote:
>> I agree, if it only runs in Windows, then it's not exactly free.
>
> Oh come on, Windows is practically free these days. I can walk into =20=
> PC Worl...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 15:25
OOOoops! The FREE PHP argument is sinking further and faster than i ever
imagined. Lol
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Smart
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Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 15:08
Gary Short wrote:
> Oh come on, Windows is practically free these days. I can walk into PC World and pick up a laptop for £400 quid. It comes with Vista pre-installed. If I tell them I'm going to inst...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:54
My posts was aimed at no person in particular but just the brand image =
of Microsoft - apologies if anyone was offended!
Kind regards=20
Brendan Oliver
=20
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RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:51
> What I really like about PHP is that when PHP5 for example was coming
> out, if there was something you didn't like about PHP4, or a new
> feature you really wanted to add, you could get involved...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:51
-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Nicolas Borda [EMAIL REMOVED]
net>=0D=0A> Sent: 05 February 2008 14:44=0D=0A> To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
ort.org" [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: Re: FN-F...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:36
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Sent: 05 February 2008 15:32
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: help
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RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:32
>i dont think you will find many ppl who associate the brand Microsoft with
the word "Free" (and truely free)
Brendan, please read my posts again and you will see that i actually agreed
with that...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:28
On 5 Feb 2008, at 14:54, Dom Latter wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 15:19:19 Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>> Net can now be developed with FREE software developed by Microsoft
>
> Where is this free...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:26
>I don't see how anyone could go from that to your 'true' meaning.
???????????????????????????????
Honestly some people on here have nothing better to do than be pedantic. The
only thing my comment...
Re: FN-FORUM: Postfix and SPAM
date posted 5th February 2008 14:26
On 05/02/2008 15:25, William Fidell wrote:
>
>
> Ramnish Kalsi wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been using Postfix for some time with spamassassin. However, I
>> have never been able to do anything wor...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:18
-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED]
ter.org>=0D=0A> Sent: 05 February 2008 13:50=0D=0A> To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
ryshort.org" [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: Re:...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:12
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 13:42 +0000, Phillip Healey wrote:
> No i was suggesting that long-term -both from a personal development,
> and financial point of view- that she might be advantaged by learn...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:11
i dont think you will find many ppl who associate the brand Microsoft =
with the word "Free" (and truely free)
Kind regards=20
Brendan Oliver
=20
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Re: FN-FORUM: Postfix and SPAM
date posted 5th February 2008 14:10
Ramnish Kalsi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been using Postfix for some time with spamassassin. However, I
> have never been able to do anything worthwhile with the spam, and it
> keeps increasing by t...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:09
Dom Latter wrote:
> [Designers learning PHP is] like recommending that a chef learn
> plumbing and carpentry so that she can fix problems that crop up in
> the kitchens she works in...
>
> Being a go...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 14:04
http://www.asp.net/downloads/essential/
or here:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/Default.aspx
Or does FREE not count as FREE simply because that doesn=E2=80=99t fit =
with your perception of M...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 13:59
Phillip Healey wrote:
> My follow up comment about it sparking off a debate was also
> tongue-in-cheek to the fact that it didn’t surprise me that some
> highly strung people would take this as a pe...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 13:48
On Tuesday 05 February 2008 14:41:22 Phillip Healey wrote:
> No i was suggesting that long-term -both from a personal development, and
> financial point of view- that she might be advantaged by learn...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 13:40
On Tuesday 05 February 2008 15:19:19 Phillip Healey wrote:
> Absolutely! It's about preference, choice and what's fit for your intended
> purpose. However on a slight path of disagreement, i've gotta...
Re: FN-FORUM: Postfix and SPAM
date posted 5th February 2008 13:25
On 05/02/2008 14:13, Ramnish Kalsi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been using Postfix for some time with spamassassin. However, I
> have never been able to do anything worthwhile with the spam, and it
> k...
Re: FN-FORUM: Postfix and SPAM
date posted 5th February 2008 13:13
> I tried using RulesDuJour with spamassassin and added a bunch of
> rules, however, it turned out to be a major memory cruncher consuming
> 97-98% of 2GB RAM at times. I had to turn it off eventually...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 13:06
>I don't think that you can really compare PHP to .NET, because they are =
two different things, one is a programming >language and the other an =
application framework. I'd rather use an open source...
FN-FORUM: Postfix and SPAM
date posted 5th February 2008 12:59
Hello,
I have been using Postfix for some time with spamassassin. However, I
have never been able to do anything worthwhile with the spam, and it
keeps increasing by the day.
I tried using RulesDuJo...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 12:53
On 5 Feb 2008, at 11:14, pam wrote:
> I have designed a web site for a client in the normal way that I
> do, using
> html pages with linked css files, What is the best way to do things
> so that...
RE: FN-FORUM: help - PHP vs. dotNET again.
date posted 5th February 2008 12:38
I gotta say, Seaside & Dolphin has to get my vote for the best name =
ever!
Regards
Phill Healey
Munklefish
Po Box 70
Manchester
M34 3SQ
T: 0161 408 4759
=20
=EF=80=A0=EF=81=90 Please consider the en...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 12:28
No i was suggesting that long-term -both from a personal development, =
and financial point of view- that she might be advantaged by learning to =
program dynamic websites, as this would solve such pr...
Re: FN-FORUM: help - PHP vs. dotNET again.
date posted 5th February 2008 12:25
-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Mark Pawelek [EMAIL REMOVED]
wire.com>=0D=0A> Sent: 05 February 2008 12:05=0D=0A> To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
aryshort.org" [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject:...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 12:13
> Phillip Healey wrote:
> Lol, i knew this would trigger the old .Net V's PHP debate.
>
Apart from ignoring you, what other reaction could there be? Many
(most?) developers on this list have chosen...
Re: FN-FORUM: help - PHP vs. dotNET again.
date posted 5th February 2008 12:03
On 05 February 2008 12:21, Carl Ebrey wrote:
>
> Phillip Healey wrote:
> > Or learn to develop dynamic sites such as .Net or even (urgh) PHP! ;-)
>
> The last big web app I wrote was in PHP5. It's a...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 11:47
Gary Short wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
>> From: Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Sent: 05 February 2008 11:20
>> To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Subject: RE: FN-FOR...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 11:36
-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]
munklefish.co.uk>=0D=0A> Sent: 05 February 2008 11:20=0D=0A> To: "FN-FORUM =
/ [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: R...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 11:26
WordPress
Andrew...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 11:18
Lol, i knew this would trigger the old .Net V's PHP debate.
Regards
Phill Healey
Munklefish
Po Box 70
Manchester
M34 3SQ
T: 0161 408 4759
=20
=EF=80=A0=EF=81=90 Please consider the environment before...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 11:07
Phillip Healey wrote:
> Or learn to develop dynamic sites such as .Net or even (urgh) PHP! ;-)
The last big web app I wrote was in PHP5. It's a central publications
database for The University of N...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 11:05
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
>
> On 5 Feb 2008, at 11:13, pam wrote:
>
>>
>> I have designed a web site for a client in the normal way that I do,
>> using
>> html pages with linked css files, What is t...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 10:39
On 5 Feb 2008, at 11:13, pam wrote:
>
> I have designed a web site for a client in the normal way that I do,
> using
> html pages with linked css files, What is the best way to do things
> so th...
RE: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 10:37
Or learn to develop dynamic sites such as .Net or even (urgh) PHP! ;-)
Regards
Phill Healey
Munklefish
Po Box 70
Manchester
M34 3SQ
T: 0161 408 4759
=20
=EF=80=A0=EF=81=90 Please consider the environ...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 10:29
There's always more than one way to do it, but I have succesfully used
Snippetmaster to do just that.
It lets you edit snips of pages across the web with password control. If I =
was
going to improve...
Re: FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 10:28
pam wrote:
> I have designed a web site for a client in the normal way that I do, using
> html pages with linked css files, What is the best way to do things so that
> the client can change pictures/...
FN-FORUM: help
date posted 5th February 2008 10:00
I have designed a web site for a client in the normal way that I do, using
html pages with linked css files, What is the best way to do things so that
the client can change pictures/ text himself?? He...
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