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Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
On Oct 4, 3:56 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
In article , R.A.Omond says... Hey, and one of us (i.e. one of me :-) is still a current VMS consultant ! VMS - when downtime is not an option. If you need any job control language writing I'm your man! It's been a good few years but I'm sure the VMS grey cells are still there under the dust :-) Getting way off topic now, but I once wrote a very large JCL program to monitor and regulate the system, run various jobs, backups, reports etc. I even gave it it's own username space to run in "Marvin". It would monitor and log off idle users and send messages to appropriate people saying printers had run out of paper etc. It got quite chatty with one user one day and they phoned up the I.T. dept asking to speak to Marvin :-) .... the Paranoid Android? Cat(h) |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
In article om, Cat(h)
says... On Oct 4, 3:56 pm, David in Normandy wrote: In article , R.A.Omond says... Hey, and one of us (i.e. one of me :-) is still a current VMS consultant ! VMS - when downtime is not an option. If you need any job control language writing I'm your man! It's been a good few years but I'm sure the VMS grey cells are still there under the dust :-) Getting way off topic now, but I once wrote a very large JCL program to monitor and regulate the system, run various jobs, backups, reports etc. I even gave it it's own username space to run in "Marvin". It would monitor and log off idle users and send messages to appropriate people saying printers had run out of paper etc. It got quite chatty with one user one day and they phoned up the I.T. dept asking to speak to Marvin :-) ... the Paranoid Android? Cat(h) Yes, that's the one. I can't remember if the user was phoning to complain about something or to arrange a date with him :-) It is a bit unsettling to remember that I wrote the Marvin software twelve years ago! -- David in Normandy. (The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating rubbish and cross-posts) |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"designmea" wrote in message ... Hi, thanks for all of your messages! First of all, thankyou for pointing out the spelling mistakes. I know they are there and will be proof reading and correcting them as soon as possible. Having lots of work to do and no internet access at home means these things happen :) Don't worry about it, everyone else is perfect and knows everything! Also, im not a web designer by any means, this is my first attempt at a website. Although I am happy to take critisism (I know the site isnt perfect), im just happy to have achieved anything at all! Just as a note, the website wont work unless you have flash on your computer. I liked it, it was fresh and clean. And why on Earth does anyone who Knows About Computers NOT have Flash? As for my design specialism, I am a '3D Designer', which basically means I can design a pretty broad range of products. I am not an engineer or an architect however, so the boundaries are only with what I have the skills to do. I understood that. Ignore people who think it's clever to insult those who are trying hard. Mary |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"David in Normandy" wrote in message ... Once I saw a white van with the lettering "Garden Maintinince" or similar spelling error. I couldn't help wondering if it was accidental or like the badly spelled sign outside Arkwright's (Ronny Barker's) shop - there as a lure to get people through the door so he could sell them something. Well, David, nobody's perfect - except in his (usually) own estimation. The man who never made a mistake never made anything. I doubt that any of the detractors knew everything when starting out. Mary |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ups.com... I saw no-one having a go at the young lady. I saw plenty of feed back at the shop window (website) she uses to promote her project - some positive, some negative - which she might just see for what it is, constructive criticism which is helpful to her. As a designer, it is important that she would get a real feel for the response of her audience to what she designs, even her website, surely? And if she delivers on my permanent weeding hoe, she's guaranteed to become a gazillionnaire, and even more worthwhile, my eternal gratitude ;-) Cat(h) (so lighten up a smidgen, eh?) Please do |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Cat(h)" wrote in message oups.com... I'm being rather more challenging than that: I want *permanent* weed removal. As in pluck once in a lifetime. As in creeping-buttercup- begone-never-to-be-seen-again. Just get a trowel, dear. and persevere. OIt worked for me. As in total weed sterility (with perfect wanted plant fruitfulness, of course). For certain values of 'weed' of course. That is, YOUR values. I wonder if the laser technology for unwanted hair removal could be adapted... It doesn't work. |
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message ... I swear more than half the contributors to this group are either current or ex IT. Well said. Mary |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ps.com... On Oct 4, 3:56 pm, David in Normandy wrote: In article , R.A.Omond says... Hey, and one of us (i.e. one of me :-) is still a current VMS consultant ! VMS - when downtime is not an option. If you need any job control language writing I'm your man! It's been a good few years but I'm sure the VMS grey cells are still there under the dust :-) Getting way off topic now, but I once wrote a very large JCL program to monitor and regulate the system, run various jobs, backups, reports etc. I even gave it it's own username space to run in "Marvin". It would monitor and log off idle users and send messages to appropriate people saying printers had run out of paper etc. It got quite chatty with one user one day and they phoned up the I.T. dept asking to speak to Marvin :-) ... the Paranoid Android? You're showing your age. Cat(h) |
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message ... How about a mole trap that works and is quick and easy to set without losing fingers? I second that last bit. Barrel traps work well but it's easy to hurt yourself when setting them. |
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In message , Mary Fisher
writes I liked it, it was fresh and clean. And why on Earth does anyone who Knows About Computers NOT have Flash? I would expect that the more one knows about computers the less likely one is to have Flash. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "designmea" wrote in message ... Hi, thanks for all of your messages! First of all, thankyou for pointing out the spelling mistakes. I know they are there and will be proof reading and correcting them as soon as possible. Having lots of work to do and no internet access at home means these things happen :) Don't worry about it, everyone else is perfect and knows everything! Also, im not a web designer by any means, this is my first attempt at a website. Although I am happy to take critisism (I know the site isnt perfect), im just happy to have achieved anything at all! Just as a note, the website wont work unless you have flash on your computer. I liked it, it was fresh and clean. And why on Earth does anyone who Knows About Computers NOT have Flash? I don't have a 'Flash' and I'm sure if I did 'Flash', someone would complain about it!(:-) |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
On 4/10/07 20:31, in article ,
"Mary Fisher" wrote: "designmea" wrote in message ... Hi, thanks for all of your messages! First of all, thankyou for pointing out the spelling mistakes. I know they are there and will be proof reading and correcting them as soon as possible. Having lots of work to do and no internet access at home means these things happen :) Don't worry about it, everyone else is perfect and knows everything! Also, im not a web designer by any means, this is my first attempt at a website. Although I am happy to take critisism (I know the site isnt perfect), im just happy to have achieved anything at all! Just as a note, the website wont work unless you have flash on your computer. I liked it, it was fresh and clean. And why on Earth does anyone who Knows About Computers NOT have Flash? As for my design specialism, I am a '3D Designer', which basically means I can design a pretty broad range of products. I am not an engineer or an architect however, so the boundaries are only with what I have the skills to do. I understood that. Ignore people who think it's clever to insult those who are trying hard. Mary I must have missed something? Who has insulted Holly? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"CWatters" wrote Ok for those of you who are paranoid and have high browser settings... Here is a screen shot of what you see when you press enter. http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6006/designmejx7.jpg It's reasonably simple and well done in my opinion. I've seen far worse. Variouys sections are animated - but only when first drawn on your screen. There are no continuous annoying animations like some sites. Colin Love the sits and the idea! And the animations are fast and fun (not those b....y Flash ones that you have to watch ever time you change a page!! ) However I can't think of a product to be designed.................. jenny |
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Mary Fisher writes I liked it, it was fresh and clean. And why on Earth does anyone who Knows About Computers NOT have Flash? I would expect that the more one knows about computers the less likely one is to have Flash. Stewart Robert Hinsley I know what you mean, but it CAN be fun sometimes :~)) http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/20...alanbecker.swf Jenny |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article . com, "Cat(h)" writes: | | I can't get in. I get a blank page with in the corner a barely | visible "loading..." thingy that keeps ticking away and getting | nowhere. I can reach it, but it is total junk. I am not a flasher, and can't be bothered to reverse engineer misdesigned Web nonsense unless I have a very good reason to. Regards, Nick Maclaren. You surprise me Nick !!! It's clean and fresh and YOUNG looking "~)) I wish more people would design like that..... Example (beware its Flash!) http://www.willflashforcash.com/compostbin.php Jenny |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote I spent a few minutes on it, and it did nothing but change content-free boxes on me and display the odd, equally content-free, message. My suspicion is that anything interesting is in the flash. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Your suspicions are correct Nick, but so many sites use it nowadays that you must be missing a lot of stuff on other sites too? I like the fact that there seem to be spelling mistakes. I never see them and it makes me feel a LOT better about my terrible spelling (in all languages!) Thank goodness for the spelling checker "~)) Jenny |
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"'Mike'" wrote "Sacha" wrote ,snipped This is a young person so getting it right now and learning from the experience is going to be invaluable in the future. Whatever one is selling, successful people know that your message to the buyer has to be clear and if it's intended to inform, it has to be well-written. Sacha So someone who has come to clean your windows has to be able to spell and put a sentence together? We didn't see how or what our window cleaner wrote, but we sacked him because he couldn't clean the windows :-(( Kindly yours Mike Bad publicity is still publicity - look at how we are all reacting :~)) Has anyone got any ideas for her? The website is just to kick start her project. I tend to find that people who are good with their hands (3d design?) are sometimes not too great at spelling........ The reverse often applies too. Jenny |
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote Can't the technical rubbish be put in another thread, or something? Just an idea. I can see this thread becoming an all time record on teh number of posts !! What was the longest thread anyome can remember ? Jenny |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"JennyC" wrote in message ... "'Mike'" wrote "Sacha" wrote ,snipped This is a young person so getting it right now and learning from the experience is going to be invaluable in the future. Whatever one is selling, successful people know that your message to the buyer has to be clear and if it's intended to inform, it has to be well-written. Sacha So someone who has come to clean your windows has to be able to spell and put a sentence together? We didn't see how or what our window cleaner wrote, but we sacked him because he couldn't clean the windows :-(( Kindly yours Mike Bad publicity is still publicity - look at how we are all reacting :~)) I always say, 'There's no such thing as bad publicity, ............ unless your name is Ratner' !!! In selling, one is 'taught' to turn a bad reaction or bad publicity into a good point, "Ah yes, but had you thought ....... " etc etc etc. "Of course our product is more expensive than XYZ's, look at the added benefits ..... " etc etc etc. Has anyone got any ideas for her? The website is just to kick start her project. I tend to find that people who are good with their hands (3d design?) are sometimes not too great at spelling........ The reverse often applies too. I agree with yoo theer ;-) BUT, this newsgroup is full of perfect people who never make mistakes. :-(( Jenny Kind regards Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Uncle Marvo" wrote Can't the technical rubbish be put in another thread, or something? Just an idea. I can see this thread becoming an all time record on teh number of posts !! most of which has nothing to do with the original poster's main topic and request :-(( Mike -- www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article . com, "Cat(h)" writes: | | I can't get in. I get a blank page with in the corner a barely | visible "loading..." thingy that keeps ticking away and getting | nowhere. I can reach it, but it is total junk. I am not a flasher, and can't be bothered to reverse engineer misdesigned Web nonsense unless I have a very good reason to. Regards, Nick Maclaren. You surprise me Nick !!! It's clean and fresh and YOUNG looking "~)) I agree. I'm old so my website is staid with no flash or sound or cartoons or pictures or spelling mistakes - and it's kept up to date. It does its job but I'd like to have the skill to make one as appealing as hers. Mary |
I have to say, i am in not in IT, and to be honest dont know the first thing about website design, so all the technical stuff that has been discussed in this site has gone straight over my head! Thanks for the input though, I had no idea that so many people didnt have flash on their computers. All the best sites are flash. (I am biased in this, my dad is a flash animator!) Unfortunatley I cant change the 'flashiness' of the site as it was created using a web-based design program which is entirely based on flash. I'll bare it in mind for the future though, and maybe actually try to learn dreamweaver or similar. Ive got plenty of time to learn, I am only 20 after all.
Im just glad that although a lot of the talk in this thread has been a little off topic, at least you're talking! Publicity is good. As for ideas that are coming in, im surprised by the volume of response, so sorry if replies about individual ideas are slow. I'll get back to everyone but it could take a little while! Trying to juggle this project with writing my dissertation and its not easy. Thankyou for all the positive responses and the critisism, its all helpfull! Holly |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
On Oct 4, 8:38 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ps.com... On Oct 4, 3:56 pm, David in Normandy wrote: In article , R.A.Omond says... Hey, and one of us (i.e. one of me :-) is still a current VMS consultant ! VMS - when downtime is not an option. If you need any job control language writing I'm your man! It's been a good few years but I'm sure the VMS grey cells are still there under the dust :-) Getting way off topic now, but I once wrote a very large JCL program to monitor and regulate the system, run various jobs, backups, reports etc. I even gave it it's own username space to run in "Marvin". It would monitor and log off idle users and send messages to appropriate people saying printers had run out of paper etc. It got quite chatty with one user one day and they phoned up the I.T. dept asking to speak to Marvin :-) ... the Paranoid Android? You're showing your age. :-) I'm not denying the age, but I've discovered the Hitchhiker only about a year ago, when the new fillum (as they say here in Ireland) came to the big screen. It wasn't part of my youth's pop culture, as it took place away from the British Isles. I've read the books since, and enjoyed them - though less than Terry Pratchet's - but that's even further off topic than we've ventured so far. So I could be, really, really, really young... at heart... really... honest. Cat(h) |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
On Oct 4, 8:36 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message oups.com... I'm being rather more challenging than that: I want *permanent* weed removal. As in pluck once in a lifetime. As in creeping-buttercup- begone-never-to-be-seen-again. Just get a trowel, dear. and persevere. OIt worked for me. As in total weed sterility (with perfect wanted plant fruitfulness, of course). For certain values of 'weed' of course. That is, YOUR values. Quite. I want all plants I deem to be weeds gone, henceforth, without having to work too hard on it. Hey, as I said, I may as well dream here... I wonder if the laser technology for unwanted hair removal could be adapted... It doesn't work. Laser hair removal? Oh, good. I'll keep going with the old razor then ;-) Cat(h) |
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"Cat(h)" wrote in message ups.com... On Oct 4, 8:38 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message ps.com... On Oct 4, 3:56 pm, David in Normandy wrote: In article , R.A.Omond says... Hey, and one of us (i.e. one of me :-) is still a current VMS consultant ! VMS - when downtime is not an option. If you need any job control language writing I'm your man! It's been a good few years but I'm sure the VMS grey cells are still there under the dust :-) Getting way off topic now, but I once wrote a very large JCL program to monitor and regulate the system, run various jobs, backups, reports etc. I even gave it it's own username space to run in "Marvin". It would monitor and log off idle users and send messages to appropriate people saying printers had run out of paper etc. It got quite chatty with one user one day and they phoned up the I.T. dept asking to speak to Marvin :-) ... the Paranoid Android? You're showing your age. :-) I'm not denying the age, but I've discovered the Hitchhiker only about a year ago, when the new fillum (as they say here in Ireland) came to the big screen. It wasn't part of my youth's pop culture, as it took place away from the British Isles. I've read the books since, and enjoyed them - though less than Terry Pratchet's - but that's even further off topic than we've ventured so far. So I could be, really, really, really young... at heart... really... honest. Cat(h) ""It's not about age, .......... it's about attitude"" Mike Who is in his mid 30's :-)) -- www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success. The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote Also, it at least used to be the case that some "leading" web design software was designed to produce bad web pages - early versions of MS FrontPage were notorious. Stewart Robert Hinsley Don't remind me - I have to work with FrontPage at work :~((((( Jenny |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Cat(h)" wrote I'd love it if she could design me a hoe that weeds in a permanent fashion. Her fortune would be made. Cat(h) Ah ha - now that's an idea. An electric hoe like those electric grass mowers....one that has a camera and a whole database of which plants are weeds and which ones are plant seedlings just emerging :~) Jenny |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote I agree. I'm old so my website is staid with no flash or sound or cartoons or pictures or spelling mistakes - and it's kept up to date. It does its job but I'd like to have the skill to make one as appealing as hers. Mary www. ????? Come on don't be shy! Jenny (www.ljconline.nl) |
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"CWatters" wrote in message ... Anyone else actually sent an idea? The only one I've seen is for an eclectic hoe...... jenny |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Cat(h)" wrote I'd love it if she could design me a hoe that weeds in a permanent fashion. Her fortune would be made. Cat(h) Ah ha - now that's an idea. An electric hoe like those electric grass mowers....one that has a camera and a whole database of which plants are weeds and which ones are plant seedlings just emerging :~) Jenny And adding to pollution ... Mary |
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"designmea" wrote in message ... ... and maybe actually try to learn dreamweaver or similar. Ive got plenty of time to learn, I am only 20 after all. I use Dreamweaver, it's expensive but very easy - no need for codes (here the IT purists will find objections but why make things more difficult than they can be?) Mary |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Cat(h)" wrote in message oups.com... I wonder if the laser technology for unwanted hair removal could be adapted... It doesn't work. Laser hair removal? Yes. Believe me, I spent a lot of money on it. Oh, good. I'll keep going with the old razor then ;-) I still use tweezers, don't like 5 o-clock shadow :-) Mary |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "Mary Fisher" wrote I agree. I'm old so my website is staid with no flash or sound or cartoons or pictures or spelling mistakes - and it's kept up to date. It does its job but I'd like to have the skill to make one as appealing as hers. Mary www. ????? Come on don't be shy! Jenny (www.ljconline.nl) Not a matter of shyness, it's just not gardening related or initeresting to anyone who's not interested :-) Mary www.candlemaker.org.uk |
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"Cat(h)" wrote in message ups.com... .... So I could be, really, really, really young... at heart... really... honest. That's how I see you :-) Mary |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Mary Fisher" wrote "designmea" wrote ... and maybe actually try to learn dreamweaver or similar. Ive got plenty of time to learn, I am only 20 after all. I use Dreamweaver, it's expensive but very easy - no need for codes (here the IT purists will find objections but why make things more difficult than they can be?) Mary Totally agree with you there Mary :~)) Give me a WYSIWYG program anytime And you can tweak the HTML afterwards if you so desire......... Jenny |
Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"Mary Fisher" wrote "JennyC" wrote "Mary Fisher" wrote I agree. I'm old so my website is staid with no flash or sound or cartoons or pictures or spelling mistakes - and it's kept up to date. It does its job but I'd like to have the skill to make one as appealing as hers. Mary www. ????? Come on don't be shy! Jenny (www.ljconline.nl) Not a matter of shyness, it's just not gardening related or initeresting to anyone who's not interested :-) Mary www.candlemaker.org.uk Looks interesting to me :~) Would be even better with pictures of the items........ I'm curious about the 'ear scoops' !!!!!!!! Jenny |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote It wouldn't be the first time that I have felt a deep desire for a few minutes alone with a course supervisor, in a dark alley, with me carrying my industrial strength cluestick. Regards, Nick Maclaren. You might want to use it on this one as well Nick :~))))) http://nobodyhere.com/ Jenny "~) |
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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to David in Normandy ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : In article , Nick Maclaren says... In article , Martin writes: Sounds like a VAX. Instead of soap, put roundup in it. or VMS. Now, that is getting a bit too geekish :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren. DEC VAX VMS. Sweet memories of a "proper" operating system. I swear more than half the contributors to this group are either current or ex IT. I swear that the other half think they are. Sorry :-) And there are a few who should never have been let near a PC...................:~) Jenny |
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"'Mike'" wrote "Cat(h)" wrote So I could be, really, really, really young... at heart... really... honest. Cat(h) ""It's not about age, .......... it's about attitude"" Mike Who is in his mid 30's :-)) IRT as altitude ! Not good for me as I live 5mts below sea level ! Jenny |
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