Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday October 19th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) forther OT worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 23:46
Hi all ,
unfortunately my Dad has had a major stroke so I have moved my office
to his house, I usually live in Wiltshire and he lives in Hull, today
on the way back from visiting him from hospi...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 19:01
Ashley Etchell wrote:
>
> I hear 'they' are translating shakespeare into tXt sP34k too
>
that'd be 'txt spk', 'sP34k' is a variation on 1337 and because its a bit geeky, its ok :)
|-|4ckZ0r t3h...
RE: FN-FORUM: IE7
date posted 19th October 2006 17:39
Thanks, the evolt option looks good, off to explore.
Simon Dingley wrote:
>
> I have not tried it yet but there is a version here:
> http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone
I have both runn...
RE: FN-FORUM: IE7
date posted 19th October 2006 17:35
Nice link, works a treat.
Allan
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Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 17:33
oh my word!
well, this is my nephew's msn name:
!.::.BaTTy ErE 2k6 .::.!
it was worse than that a while ago, but if anyone can translate that to ANY
kind of english, please let me know
I hear 'th...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7
date posted 19th October 2006 17:27
Simon Dingley wrote:
>
> Mark Bell wrote:
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to run both v6 and v7 of IE on the same
>> machine?
>
> I have not tried it yet but there is a version here:
> http://...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7
date posted 19th October 2006 17:17
Mark Bell wrote:
> Does anyone know if it's possible to run both v6 and v7 of IE on the same
> machine?
I have not tried it yet but there is a version here:
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/stand...
FN-FORUM: IE7
date posted 19th October 2006 16:39
Does anyone know if it's possible to run both v6 and v7 of IE on the same
machine?
tia
Mark
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RE: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 15:51
>
> Tony Crockford wrote:
>> please research this stuff before you get het up.
>
> I make a point of not looking at or listening to anyone during an
> interview
> to make sure I don't discriminate on...
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 19th October 2006 15:48
Catharine
Are they .uk domains or .com?
Steve
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Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 19th October 2006 14:31
> I would like to buy a couple of domain names, what is the best way of
> doing this?
If you want to register them yourself I'd recommend ukreg.com, others use
123-reg. These are the best no-fril...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 14:22
> I don't get it - why has IE got bugs? You would think microsoft would
> have
> enough intelligence and money to create a browser that follows css
> guidelines correctly.
When IE6 was written CSS...
FN-FORUM:
date posted 19th October 2006 14:21
Hello all, hope you are having a lovely day.
I am a magazine/graphic designer and would like to set up a simple website
featuring my portfolio but know virtually nothing about the internet world.
I...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 14:17
> terms like:
>
> Bo!
> is wicked, init,
> Bovvered!
> is u avin a laff
I heard from somewhere (admit it, it was Radio 2 - Ed.) that things are
"sick" these days. So no more "cool" :(
Anthony
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RE: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 13:48
Just so I'm not missing something here...
In CSS to discriminate between IE and Compliant Browsers I use:
.someclass
{
xyz;
abc
}
html>body .someclass
{
xyw;
abq
}
Both browsers use the first item...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 13:39
Quoting Ashley Etchell [EMAIL REMOVED]
> how long will it be before you cant employee someone based on experience,
> knowledge, and plain old personality.
For an amusing take on how this could all e...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 13:28
>> Could this be the end of hours of cursing IE from CSS writers?
>>
> Nope. As IE7 breaks a number of fixes CSS writers have designed, without
> fixing the bugs that the workarounds worked around....
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 13:20
Mark Bell wrote:
> .ca would be the Canadian Parliament I guess, the Brits don't seem so
> liberal with their stats :0|
I think you just have to know where to look:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/ma...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 13:14
Mark Bell wrote:
> .ca would be the Canadian Parliament I guess, the Brits don't seem so
> liberal with their stats :0|
damn, you spotted that!
;o)...
RE: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 13:08
.ca would be the Canadian Parliament I guess, the Brits don't seem so
liberal with their stats :0|
>>
MP's are democratically elected, not employed.
the average age is 51.37
http://www.parl.gc.ca/...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 13:00
Ashley Etchell wrote:
> howm any politicians are there below the age of about 45, surely the most
> 'ageist' profession of them all then....
I counted about 74
MP's are democratically elected, n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend an FTP uploader
date posted 19th October 2006 12:20
Internet Explorer can do FTP uploads...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 12:13
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Just to let you all know that the death of IE6 is fast approaching: IE7
>> has been officially released!
>>
>> Could this be the end of hours of cursing IE from CSS writers...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 12:13
George Osborne - my MP - is in his 30's. But you right there aren't many -
Pam...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 12:04
how long will it be before you cant employee someone based on experience,
knowledge, and plain old personality.
howm any politicians are there below the age of about 45, surely the most
'ageist' pr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend an FTP uploader
date posted 19th October 2006 12:02
ws
Daniel Grant wrote:
> No way man, filezilla wins, hands down.
>
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 11:56
Tony Crockford wrote:
> please research this stuff before you get het up.
I make a point of not looking at or listening to anyone during an interview
to make sure I don't discriminate on any grounds...
Re: FN-FORUM: BNI - British Networking International
date posted 19th October 2006 11:31
I'd like to thank you everyone for the excellent BNI advice, views etc.
Many thanks
Gareth
Dot Design
Tel: 0870 8966678
Web: www.dot-design.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 11:28
Ok, sorry this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, people say bout the
youth of today, well when i was slightly younger and was myself the
youth of today (im 21 now, probably still could be considered yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Rates
date posted 19th October 2006 11:17
On 18 Oct 2006, at 16:14, Gary Short wrote:
> Just out of interest who charges more per hour, designers or =20
> programmers and
> what's the average hourly rate of both, if you guys know?
To be hon...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 11:13
Clare Plumtree wrote:
>
> I think this "new law" is ridiculous, in my understanding people under
> 18 years should not be working more than so many hours a week and
> people of under 16 years shouldn...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 11:13
offer them an alcoholic drink, if they go for alcopops, they are fresh out
of nappies, also listen out for the way they speak
terms like:
Bo!
is wicked, init,
Bovvered!
is u avin a laff
i dont kno...
RE: FN-FORUM: BNI - British Networking International
date posted 19th October 2006 11:08
I looked in to joining BNI around 6 months ago and decided it wasn't for =
me
personally (too expensive and too much pressure on the lead
generation/passing etc).
However there are many other busines...
RE: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 11:07
>
>Just to let you all know that the death of IE6 is fast approaching: IE7
>has been officially released!
>
>Could this be the end of hours of cursing IE from CSS writers?
>
>Of course it may take s...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 10:58
I demand that Ashley Etchell [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
> how can a company of this magnitude get standards wrong, unless its
> intentional....
Never underestimate the power of...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 10:55
I think this "new law" is ridiculous, in my understanding people under
18 years should not be working more than so many hours a week and
people of under 16 years shouldn't really be working at all, wh...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 10:49
your probebly right, look at the number of times MS has been in court over
monopolising..
ash
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RE: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 10:44
I don't get it - why has IE got bugs? You would think microsoft would have
enough intelligence and money to create a browser that follows css
guidelines correctly. Its almost as if they put in "bugs"...
RE: FN-FORUM: Backlink
date posted 19th October 2006 10:40
There are a number of ways u could do this. For the links to be most
effective they should be:
1. Permanent
2. One way (not reciprocal)
3. From pages with as few outbound links as possible.
4. From...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 10:38
how can a company of this magnitude get standards wrong, unless its
intentional....
ash
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Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:59
Steve Turnbull wrote:
> You are a reasonable person. I am a reasonable person. This has little
> to do with reason.
so very true.
sadly....
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 09:52
Gary Short wrote:
>> Could this be the end of hours of cursing IE from CSS writers?
>>
>>
> Nope. As IE7 breaks a number of fixes CSS writers have designed, without fixing
> the bugs that the wor...
Re: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 09:50
correct use of CSS is a whole top in its self, whats the point in creating
standards compliant CSS if approx 85% of the world uses a browser that
doesnt fully support the standards.
start a discuss...
RE: FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 09:44
> Could this be the end of hours of cursing IE from CSS writers?
>
Nope. As IE7 breaks a number of fixes CSS writers have designed, without fixing
the bugs that the workarounds worked around. :)
Che...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:41
I demand that Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
> http://www.icmec.org/en_X1/pdf/ModelLegislationFINAL.pdf
> ModelLegislationFINAL.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Unfortunat...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:35
Alain Williams wrote:
> We have all gone
>>> PC mad, my boss told me yesterday that ages are now being banned from CV's
>>> as its ageist, you cant ask a potential employee how old they are, what
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:28
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> My favourite example of a waste of legislative time in this vein was
>> the ban on handguns after Dunblane.
>
> Yeah, daft and pointless.
>
> If you really want to murd...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:19
> My favourite example of a waste of legislative time in this vein was the
> ban on handguns after Dunblane.
Yeah, daft and pointless.
If you really want to murder someone, just run them over in a...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:17
On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 08:37:48AM -0000, Ashley Etchell wrote:
>
> we've never had so many ways of communicating with each other, but at the
> same time, that communication is being choked by polit...
FN-FORUM: IE7 is here (well, for English speakers, anyway)!!
date posted 19th October 2006 09:16
Just to let you all know that the death of IE6 is fast approaching: IE7
has been officially released!
Could this be the end of hours of cursing IE from CSS writers?
Of course it may take several y...
RE: FN-FORUM: Rates
date posted 19th October 2006 09:16
> Isn't an hourly rate pretty meaningless unless you can get it
> regularly for 30 hours a week or more? Average hourly income over at
> least 3 months would be a much more interesting statistic IMHO....
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:10
we've never had so many ways of communicating with each other, but at the
same time, that communication is being choked by political do-gooders.
ash
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Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL ISPs
date posted 19th October 2006 09:08
> I am happy with Zen BTW.
I am very happy with Zen, and have recommended them to various friends and
family.
Anthony
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RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 09:04
> I did a website for a school and they wanted me to make it so that it
> was impossible for people to save the images of the kids at school, had
> to use some dodgy javascript to try and stop people...
Re: FN-FORUM: Rates
date posted 19th October 2006 09:02
Isn't an hourly rate pretty meaningless unless you can get it
regularly for 30 hours a week or more? Average hourly income over at
least 3 months would be a much more interesting statistic IMHO.
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Re: FN-FORUM: ADSL ISPs
date posted 19th October 2006 08:52
> I have heard b4 how bad they customer service is,
but I'll give them a try nonetheless.
Blimey! I hope this is not for the connection that your business and
your own customers are depending on! ;-...
Re: FN-FORUM: Partner Wanted
date posted 19th October 2006 08:50
Is this on a cron or something?
Tam...
Re: FN-FORUM: Google Apps for Your Domain - was: Email issues: can you host your email separately from the web site?
date posted 19th October 2006 08:45
> go to www.google.com/a/
Top Tip! Amazingly I had not heard of "Google Apps for Your Domain"
before in the context of handling domain email.
Unfortunately it does not yet properly handle email for...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 08:40
Steve Turnbull wrote:
> I demand that Dave Fennell [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
>
>
>> Sounds to me like the same old "you smoke cannibis therefore clearly
>> you are just about...
RE: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 08:38
This world has gone mad, you cant take pictures of your own kids these days
without worrying if your going to get nicked by the fuzz. We have all gone
PC mad, my boss told me yesterday that ages are...
RE: FN-FORUM: ADSL ISPs
date posted 19th October 2006 08:30
>
> > I'm in the process of switching to Tiscali. They've got some good deals
on
> > right now.
>
> Guess your thinking of cancelling now?
>
Nah I won't abandon Tiscali just yet. I'll give them a...
Re: FN-FORUM: (OT) worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 08:23
I demand that Dave Fennell [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
> Sounds to me like the same old "you smoke cannibis therefore clearly
> you are just about to start injecting crack" argueme...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 08:18
Dave Fennell wrote:
> So they cannot show the child pornography because it is real but it's
> not child pornography? Very pursuasive.
are you saying that you don't know what child pornography would...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 08:01
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
>> The site makes no comment as to the nature of these photos so clearly
>> were I ever accused of being a paedophile and the police to look
>> through my collection of fam...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wierd problem with IE
date posted 19th October 2006 07:16
I was about to suggest a corrupt upload as opposed to a corrupt
download, but you already worked that out, heh.
I've had this happen with my website logo before. Gave me a real shock,
since I'd ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 07:06
Dave Fennell wrote:
> If they wanted to do something useful
> why don't they have a "contact this person if you know of a website with
> child pornography on it" campaign -
they do:
http://www.cyb...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wierd problem with IE
date posted 19th October 2006 00:34
after a while it did happen in ff too so replaced the icon and all is fine.
Lorna
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FN-FORUM: Partner Wanted
date posted 19th October 2006 00:24
Hi,
I would like to help develop an Internet business.
I would like to meet with 1-4 people for some brainstorming sessions, say 4
and see if we can come up with ideas. Hopefully one would be do-able...
Re: FN-FORUM: worth a mention
date posted 19th October 2006 00:07
I totally agree with you darren.
what gets my goat with things like this is how caring for people who need
assistance has become diluted these days, its always national 6 fingered
children of ethni...
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