I'd say a lot of bulk hosts can have email delays, because they run a lot of sites and they all share a mail server. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

How would someone work out what server the email went through, without doing a lot of digging ? What issues ? We're just starting with them Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

A database connection should be opened as late as possible and closed as soon as possible. So you should only open it when needed in your application, like when retrieving data to bind to a datagrid for instance, not when the initial page that only has static content is displayed. only two letters away from being an asset

This is my favorite: JavaScriptCompressor[^] Hesham A. Amin My blog

sergeyv2002, Here at my j.o.b. we are using paymentech. We have been very happy with them; the have been honest and upfront with us. Check them out at http://www.paymentech.net/[^] Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

If you were driving on ice, I don't care what kind of tires you had on, you are going to skid, spin, and slide. As far as I am concerned, snow tires are best on road surfaces that have wet snow. (non powdery ?sp?) Brett A. Whittington Application Developer

Blame it on the compiler - the compiler treats all programmers the same - it doesn't matter if the guy coding it is in India, China or the UK, it emits the same output. The only way to work around this disparity in coder charges across the world is to write an intelligent compiler that slows down or speeds up compilation time (by several hours) depending on where in the world you live. So if it takes 5 minutes to compile a block of code in the UK, the same code should take 1 hour in China, 10 minutes in Australia, 3 minutes in the US and a few milliseconds in Trivandrum. :-D

Nishant Sivakumar wrote: The O.P. is talking about a 6 month contract - that's long enough to justify asking for advance monthly payments. I guess that all depends on your customer. Even the US government doesn't give direct money to the contractor until the work is done. The money goes into a holding account (account change only) to move it to the supervisory department/group for the contractor (the government agency to whom the contractor directly answers to). Then as the contract is run over 6/12 months the money is paid based on work accomplished during that month, not the money allocated for that month. If you are underbudget, you have not put in the hours to get your full months allocation, over-budget, you took too much. Overbudget is not a problem until you reach the end of money, you either finish early (time-wise) which is frowned upon, or you aren't finished and need to request more money to accomplish the job. The latter requires forms, reports, and a stamped approval from someone you will probably never meet. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

Thank you very match. That's what I was looking for.

I live in Ohio so the winter here isn't nearly as long or as snow filled as any of the other Canadian guys. In Ohio, instead of snow storms we generally get ice storms (freezing rain, sleet, etc). Most of the time, after we get a snow the top layer mets a little and freezes over. So it is mostly ice. I dont' care what kind of tire you have, manuevering a car over ice is precarious at best. Brett A. Whittington Application Developer

No worries, good luck with it all !! Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

I'll do it for $200ph. ;) regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and ilikecameras. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

Brigg Thorp wrote: The cool thing about the watch is that we made the development tools available to the public, which allows you and others to create your own applications. Whoa! Now that is just too cool! :cool: I need to get one of those sometime!

I worked for EA for a while back in the 90's and they did expect a LOT of extra hours. 60 hour work weeks were typical and 80 hours (including weekends) were the norm in crunch time. The problem was that managers loved to go into 'crunch mode' as early as possible to squeeze as much free work out of us as possible. on the upside though EA was a fun place to work. A lot of very smart people who loved video games. I miss working in the video game industry, but I don't miss the hours.

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There are pretty good odds on Iraq with a Suicide Bomber. Now, where's my t-shirt? ;P The StartPage Randomizer

That's got to be one of the coolest names for any software effort I've ever heard! "A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."

Look into skmMenu, it's free and will do what you want. It's good to be alive, Josef Wainz Programmer Analyst

The trick is to charge enough to cover your vacations. Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)

are you interviewer or interviewee? just curious, because there seems to be a difference between your posts and the other replies. Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering. aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie" boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist | doxygen