Where do you live?
DJ Adams recommended Menzies (www.menzies.co.uk) to me, and I went to see
them last night for the first time. They are going to set up my new company
for me too. They like IT contractors, and the partner I met with talked to
me for about 30 minutes on ways to avoid IR35 :-)
Ve
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> Where do you live?
>
> DJ Adams recommended Menzies (www.menzies.co.uk) to me, and I went to see
> them last night for the first time. They are going to set up my new company
> for me too. They like IT contractors, and the partner I met with talked to
> me for ab
Robin Szemeti wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> > Where do you live?
> >
> > DJ Adams recommended Menzies (www.menzies.co.uk) to me, and I went to see
> > them last night for the first time. They are going to set up my new company
> > for me too. They like IT contractors, and the partn
"Robert Shiels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On a similar point, can anyone recommend a good business bank account?
Oxymoron.
I went with Barclays because they gave 12 months free banking and
could group the online banking with my personal accounts.
--
Dave Hodgkinson,
From: "Robin Szemeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> > recommended Menzies (www.menzies.co.uk) to me, and I went to see
> > On a similar point, can anyone recommend a good business bank account?
> Flemings Premier Banking
> 01708 713317
> basically free for contractors (
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> > Flemings Premier Banking
> > 01708 713317
> >
> > basically free for contractors (up to 20 cheques a month) and pay
> > interest. I got several hundred quid in intrest last year. Telephone
> > service and all that stuff.
> > most impressed .. and I do have oth
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:31:31AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
>
> > http://www.flemingbank.com/
> >
> > crap website, but I think it sums em up.
>
> Yep, so crap that it gives nothing but a splash screen with no links on it
> whatsoever. If that sums them up,
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:39:45AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> Flemings Premier Banking
> 01708 713317
God help you if you put your company into dormancy however. Then they
get really arsey since you're not depositing huge amounts of cash into
it any more.
They unilaterally decided to close my
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 06:52:59PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:31:31AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
>
> > http://www.flemingbank.com/
> >
> > crap website, but I think it sums em up.
>
> Yep, so crap that it gives nothing but a splash screen with no links on it
> wh
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:13:50PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:31:31AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.flemingbank.com/
> > >
> > > crap website, but I think it sums em up.
> >
> > Yep, so crap that it gives nothi
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:02:48PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> Yeah, but only testing it on one browser, ignoring the - what, 30%? - that
> don't use IE - that's kinda silly. And unprofessional. Sure, the bank
Anything that displays in IE will display fine in Opera. Mozilla
is OK. Netscape
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> Anything that displays in IE will display fine in Opera. Mozilla
> is OK. Netscape 4.x deserves to have sites intentionally break it
> (ooh, tricky, miss a closing table tag!) because it is shit & must die.
depends dunnit ...
on the one hand i _almost_ like IE
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:04:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> depends dunnit ...
Not really, Netscape 4.x sucks. No two ways about it.
> and height tags) ..it doesnt care about missing tags, it
> handles tables and CSS somewhat better than 4.7 OTOH its so far from being
You mean it handles
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> But, how is it non compliant? And when was 75MB of diskspace an issue?
> That's about 20p.
Where do you get sensible disk (including backup) that cheap? We'd all
like to know...
MBM
--
Matthew Byng-Maddick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +44 20 8980 5
At 10:04 PM 2001.04.26 +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
>What would be nice would be a nutscrape-alike that put colored blobs or
>somesuch where errors were.. with hyperlinks to details of the error ... ;)
Starting point: "Using CSS as a Diagnostic Tool"
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/07
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:20:35PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> > But, how is it non compliant? And when was 75MB of diskspace an issue?
> > That's about 20p.
>
> Where do you get sensible disk (including backup) that cheap? We'd all
> like to
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:20:35PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> > > But, how is it non compliant? And when was 75MB of diskspace an issue?
> > > That's about 20p.
> > Where do you get sensible disk
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:33:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> well .. it *does* handle them .. but ,,, errr .. sort of non cascading
> IYSWIM ...
No it doesn't. It has almost no clue about stylesheets at all. Have you
ever developed a CSS site for Netscape? And got it to work in anything
like
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:33:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> > well .. it *does* handle them .. but ,,, errr .. sort of non cascading
> > IYSWIM ...
>
> No it doesn't. It has almost no clue about stylesheets at all. Have you
> ever developed a CSS site for Ne
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:04:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> on the one hand i _almost_ like IE as it displays images as they load and
> doesn't wait unitl it has em all b4 showing you the page (unless width
> and height tags) ..it doesnt care about missing tags, it
> handles tables and CSS
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:33:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
>actually .. nutscrape under Linux annoys me when it insists on looking up
>a hostname no matter how hard you click on the stop button .. bad
>threading.
Excellent reason to use a proxy. Junkbuster's good...
Roger
Robin Szemeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> [ and don't even ask me about the time Demon distributed some pox ridden
> disk with IE4.1 on it ..'err I just installed the latest version of
> Turnpike and seem to have inherited IE4 .. how do I get rid of it as its
>
Robin Szemeti wrote:
>
> now I am absolutely totally 100% certain that some web browser (and thats
> all it is) should *not* mess around with the way I view folders. I think
> that was a turning point for me and my judgement is probably clouded and
>
No, no, no, that's _not_ all it is. IE is
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> Well, if you're daft enough to install Turdpoke you deserve all you
> get.
In my defence your Honour, this relates to the BL[1] period of my life and
I am now a reformed character. I have worshipped at The Shrine Of The
Penguin for many moons now, broken brea
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:41:00AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> [ and don't even ask me about the time Demon distributed some pox ridden
> disk with IE4.1 on it ..'err I just installed the latest version of
> Turnpike and seem to have inherited IE4 .. how do I get rid of it as its
> screwed my de
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 09:23:16AM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
> Robin Szemeti wrote:
> >
> > now I am absolutely totally 100% certain that some web browser (and thats
> > all it is) should *not* mess around with the way I view folders. I think
> > that was a turning point for me and my judge
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> Ho ho, you should have heard the stick that support got from that little
> prank. Have you been sent a green CD, sir? We'd better send you an
> orange one to recover your system... It went on for *weeks*.
umm .. I went for the 'format from the ground up' met
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 07:21:35AM +0100, Roger Burton West wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:33:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> >actually .. nutscrape under Linux annoys me when it insists on looking up
> >a hostname no matter how hard you click on the stop button .. bad
> >threading.
>
> E
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Alex Page wrote:
> Yeah, I was redoing my CV the other day (it's at
>http://www.cpio.org/~grimoire/cv.html if you
> want to employ me...)
OK, so I was just being nosy - as opposed to being in the position of
offering a job - and noticed Alex is: a) younger than me (makes a
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lucy McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hmmm, would it be bad form to reminisce
> about all things Manc on a London.pm list?!
Given the number of people I've seen from Manchester Uni at the
technical meetings, probably not...
-
on 27/4/01 11:08 am, Rob Partington wrote:
>> about all things Manc on a London.pm list?!
>
> Given the number of people I've seen from Manchester Uni at the
> technical meetings, probably not...
Y'see I was a Salford problem kid...
c.
--
every day, computers are making people easier to
From: "Chris Heathcote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> on 27/4/01 11:08 am, Rob Partington wrote:
>
> >> about all things Manc on a London.pm list?!
> >
> > Given the number of people I've seen from Manchester Uni at the
> > technical meetings, probably not...
>
> Y'see I was a Salford problem kid...
I a
[ I sent this earlier on, but it doesn't seem to have gone through -
I'm trying again using the address I subscribed with, but I'm sure
I've used a non-subscription address before. Are postings subscriber
only ..? ]
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:03:46AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
> OK, so I
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:11:40AM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
>
> Ho ho, you should have heard the stick that support got from that little
> prank. Have you been sent a green CD, sir? We'd better send you an
> orange one to recover your system... It went on for *weeks*.
I take it this pre
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:11:40AM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> >
> > Ho ho, you should have heard the stick that support got from that little
> > prank. Have you been sent a green CD, sir? We'd better send you an
> > orange one to recover your system... I
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 01:59:53PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:11:40AM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> > >
> > > Ho ho, you should have heard the stick that support got from that little
> > > prank. Have you been sent a green CD,
Chris Ball wrote:
> Are postings subscriber only ..? ]
As far as I know, yes; Jonathan Stowe has to hand-approve non-subscriber
postings for them to make it to the list.
Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
All opinions are my own, not my employer's.
If you're not part of the s
Philip Newton wrote:
>
> Chris Ball wrote:
> > Are postings subscriber only ..? ]
Subscriber not even, more like. I bet this email never makes it to the
list for a start.
I blame majordomo, when's that mailman thing getting here?
Jonathan Peterson
Technical Manager, Unified Ltd, 020 7383 6
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:30:20PM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
> Philip Newton wrote:
> > Chris Ball wrote:
> > > Are postings subscriber only ..? ]
>
> Subscriber not even, more like. I bet this email never makes it to the
> list for a start.
>
> I blame majordomo, when's that mailman thi
Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:30:20PM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
> > I blame majordomo, when's that mailman thing getting here?
>
> Well, it is based on Python, which might cause a few stirrings around
> here...
You think the Perl community is proud of the majordomo c
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:03:46AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
> Hmmm, would it be bad form to reminisce
> about all things Manc on a London.pm list?!
Given that I didn't learn perl until after I graduated, and Buffy
isn't Manc-specific, then probably :-)
Hazy tales of drunken nights in Jilly'
- Original Message -
From: Alex Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Good Accountants
> Hazy tales of drunken nights in Jilly's drinking too much snakebite
> and falling over while trying to dance
> > Hazy tales of drunken nights in Jilly's drinking too much snakebite
> > and falling over while trying to dance to the Sisters of Mercy
> > probably won't interest most of london.pm
How can you fall over doing one step forward one step backward with your
arms out for balance?
Or was it the on
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:25:23PM +0100, Barbie wrote:
>
> I always knew Manchester was the centre of the Universe.
Ahem.
I suggest you go look at the entry for NY.pm at
http://www.pm.org/groups/north_america.shtml :-)
dha
--
David H. Adler - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.panix.com/~dha/
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:30:20PM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
> I blame majordomo, when's that mailman thing getting here?
Actually that's my fault I said I'd look into it about a year ago (or
so it feels). I'll do it this weekend. As to whether penderel gets used
for this mailing list is so
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yeah, but only testing it on one browser, ignoring the - what, 30%? - that
> don't use IE - that's kinda silly.
On a random band's site that number is more like, per hits:
3959719 IE
662895 Netscape
<10 the rest
It's a pity, but it's life.
(An
Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:33:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> > well .. it *does* handle them .. but ,,, errr .. sort of non cascading
> > IYSWIM ...
>
> No it doesn't. It has almost no clue about stylesheets at all. Have you
> ever developed a CSS
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:50:15PM +0100, Jonathan Peterson wrote:
> How can you fall over doing one step forward one step backward with your
> arms out for balance?
> Or was it the one where you hold you arms over your head in an
> impression of someone trying to get out of a too-tight jumper in
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:26:04PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> I suggest you go look at the entry for NY.pm at
> http://www.pm.org/groups/north_america.shtml :-)
*peers round site*
Blimey, there's an Oxford perl mongers! You mean I'm not the
only perl coder in this city?!?
Alex
--
"I ask f
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:55:06PM -0400, Alex Page wrote:
> Blimey, there's an Oxford perl mongers! You mean I'm not the
> only perl coder in this city?!?
No.
--
"I find that anthropomorphism really doesn't help me with a place full
of bugs." -- Megahal (trained on asr), 1998-11-06
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:00:40PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:55:06PM -0400, Alex Page wrote:
> > Blimey, there's an Oxford perl mongers! You mean I'm not the
> > only perl coder in this city?!?
> No.
By which I mean, yes, you're not. And, of course, we've got Malcolm
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:26:04PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:25:23PM +0100, Barbie wrote:
> >
> > I always knew Manchester was the centre of the Universe.
>
> Ahem.
>
> I suggest you go look at the entry for NY.pm at
> http://www.pm.org/groups/north_america.shtml
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:03:46AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote:
> OK, so I was just being nosy - as opposed to being in the position of
> offering a job - and noticed Alex is: a) younger than me (makes a
> change!), and b) went to UMIST. Hmmm, would it be bad form to reminisce
> about all things
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Chris Ball wrote:
> [ I sent this earlier on, but it doesn't seem to have gone through -
> I'm trying again using the address I subscribed with, but I'm sure
> I've used a non-subscription address before. Are postings subscriber
> only ..? ]
Yes. postings are subscribe
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:31:31AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> http://www.flemingbank.com/
>
> crap website, but I think it sums em up.
Yep, so crap that it gives nothing but a splash screen with no links on it
whatsoever. If that sums them up, then I want nothing to do with such
manifest in
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 10:04:36PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> > depends dunnit ...
>
> Not really, Netscape 4.x sucks. No two ways about it.
>
> > and height tags) ..it doesnt care about missing tags, it
> > handles tables and CSS somewhat better than 4.7 OT
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:34AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> I went with Barclays because they gave 12 months free banking and
> could group the online banking with my personal accounts.
On a side issue, do you know of any online banks that allow personal
accounts to download historical dat
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