Keyboard problem with Ubuntu and gnome on remote X

2009-03-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
variable to the correct session and then start an Xterm, or a Konsole, again, they work fine if I have FVWM or KDE up and do not work with gnome. Any ideas? Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing

Fax Modems?

2009-03-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
? Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Fwd: Windows Free Laptop (one more)

2009-03-07 Thread geoffrey mendelson
for either Linux or BSD, and once it is loaded they will work with the device. Before I got the device, I booted Windows once every 3 weeks or so. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il

Re: xfone 018 phone service and Linux

2009-03-07 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Fax Modems?

2009-03-09 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Fax Modems?

2009-03-09 Thread geoffrey mendelson
kernels, but not all chipsets and not all kernels. When mine died, I found that I had two that were supported, but the driver would not compile with my kernel. Serial modems are still supported, if you can find one and have a serial port. Are USB modems supported? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
is not the difficult to install or use, and you can set it up NOT to do file sharing. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
it on or off using the Windows printing dialog, you have to install the Windows print driver and turn on RAW printing. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
web page. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
change it later if you use postscript and decide to switch to RAW later. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Fax Modems?

2009-03-17 Thread geoffrey mendelson
problem, Hylafax will support it if the modem does, and this one does not. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Fax Modems?

2009-03-17 Thread geoffrey mendelson
any call (potentially after a pre-set number of rings), right? Only if no one else answers. Most people use it with an answering machine, I don' t want one. So if no one is home, or we are all too busy to answer, the fax machine would answer after 10 rings or so. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: Thermal Printers

2009-03-26 Thread geoffrey mendelson
page. (obviously make sure RAW printing is turned on). Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: European VPS hosting

2009-03-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. When he wakes up in the morning, the evening news is on his computer. There are other text oriented tools for podcasting, that don't require a gui. The advantage of Miro is that it uses bit torrent as its transport mechanism to reduce bandwidth costs of distribution. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: time zone problems

2009-03-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
in binary and assembly languange and I could have been programing in C. :-) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: European VPS hosting

2009-03-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: what's the least expensive way to call israel from the usa?

2009-04-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Fwd: what's the least expensive way to call israel from the usa?

2009-04-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
have to buy an 800 NIS box over 36 payments (included in the monthly price). I forgot to mention that this includes an 054 incoming number, so if you don't mind making people call you at a high price, you're set. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP

2009-04-06 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:55 PM, ronys ro...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, For the last few days, an ISP who shall remain nameless (but who's name in octal is equal to 11) has decided to block outgoing SMTP connections to servers abroad. They've done this unilaterally, without notifying customers,

Re: what's the least expensive way to call israel from the usa?

2009-04-10 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:01 AM, sara fink sara.f...@gmail.com wrote: First, Orange isn't trustable. They will say you a price and in fact charge you other prices, etc. People who were abroad were charged for calls they didn't do, etc. A quick look at tluna web site about orange will reveal

: ot: isps

2009-04-21 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/4/21 Erez D erez0...@gmail.com: hi i want a new Internet connection for my home. first i thought of trying the cellular companies. any experience with them ? are they good ? Going back to your original question, Orange has a 5g a month limit, which IMHO is worthless. I don't think they

Re: ot: isps

2009-04-21 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. IMHO the ISP involved would not want you to complain to the MOC as the MOC might extend their decision and force them to do more. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list

Re: ot: isps

2009-04-23 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:34 PM, nir grinberg n...@grinberg.org wrote:  The current issue with the providers are the fact that their data network coverage is not similar to their GSM coverage.  in many locations you will be able to talk via GSM, but receive a very poor data connection. That's

Re: ssh from 012 cable to server in US fail

2009-04-29 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/4/29 ronys ro...@gmx.net: FWIW, Netvision, although they've started blocking outgoing SMTP (port 25), still allow SSH with no problems, both locally and to the US. I doubt that it's a Big Brother type of issue (yet). Who was it that said not to attribute to malice that which can be

Re: stealing domain names by Israeli registrar

2009-04-30 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/4/30 Boaz Rymland b...@rymland.com: Well well. Its seems like we are not even breaking grounds here. The trick's has been around for some time now. Thanks for the links. Informative indeed. Around 2000, an investment banker, burned out from the market, started a company called Golden

Re: the cost of switching to IPv6?

2009-04-30 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I know TCP/IP but I'm not an expert on this issue, so I want to ask about the following scenario: Neither am I, but here goes. According to an article in The Register

Re: Linux Friendly Netbook?

2009-05-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
anything out of the ordinary, you can see it suffers from the same disease Red Hat Linux suffered from 10 years ago. (get it out the door, worry about the bugs later) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: Linux Friendly Netbook?

2009-05-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. How about the Intel GMA 950? That has become the chipset of choice on the 9 and 10 inch netbooks. Ubuntu supports mine (MSI Wind U100) right out of the box, but how well I've never checked. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: Linux Friendly Netbook?

2009-05-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

dpkg problems

2009-05-05 Thread geoffrey mendelson
to not run the scripts any more? I don't want to delete anything, and I have set up the automatic package updates to ignore them. I just want dpkg to not run its scripts. I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 if it matters. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel

Re: xfone 018 phone service and Linux

2009-05-06 Thread geoffrey mendelson
, it's very cheap. It's not VoIP so you would have to put an FXO card in your switch. :-( Has anyone written a SKYPE to Asterisk bridge? SkypeOUT is cheap if you can stand the quality of service (I can't) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

OT: RFID?

2009-05-06 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Anyone know of a supplier of RFID readers, stickers for books, etc. Israel prefered but not required. It would be best if the readers had Linux support. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: (FW) JOB: Activity is looking for a Linux kernel expert.

2009-05-12 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Gilboa Davara gilb...@gmail.com wrote: Experienced Linux-Kernel / Networking programmer --- - Linux-Kernel Expert. - Extensive networking knowledge. - Very good knowledge in networking

Re: (FW) JOB: Activity is looking for a Linux kernel expert.

2009-05-12 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
he said: please contact some...@activity he didn't say: send your resume. My experience with activity: if you tell them not to give your resume without asking you first, they don't Gilboa did not say activity is an agency, or they have a client who is looking for He wrote: Activity is

Re: recommended remote backup service?

2009-05-13 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com wrote: Well, the authentication is secured. Without keys, no access... In that case you had better be good at keeping backup copies of the keys and depending upon whose data it is making sure they know exactly where to get them if

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

2009-05-19 Thread geoffrey mendelson
work with netatalk unless the BSD licensed encryption routines are included in the build. So why include Netatalk at all? The same with SENDMAIL. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

2009-05-19 Thread geoffrey mendelson
just a quick change to the KDM or GDM (whichever you are running) control file. /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc [XDMCP] Enable=true /etc/gdm/gdm.conf [xdmcp] Enable=true Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. The whole system seems to be a lot less responsive. turning on UFW with a default policy of accept seemed to fix slow booting, sometimes switching between consoles takes 2-3 minutes if X is involved. so far these are the biggest issues I noticed. Wait a week. :-( Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
is in place to make it work well. Many commerical WiFi vendors also sell landline telephone and or cellular service and some do very badly with SIP to avoid competing with themselves. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
across the street sells them for $29 : Go buy it from them. They are out of them. When I am out of them, they are $25. SKYPE is cheap and easy to use, but only if it works for you. Also have you ever tried to get support from SKYPE? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM

Re: Ditching ubuntu

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
a little humor helps. If you want to set it up and forget it use Windows XP. If you want to visit frequently, use Linux, Ubuntu more frequently than CENTOS. If you want a free place to live, and don't mind the constant questions, use VISTA. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem

Re: Ditching ubuntu

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
control, etc but does not come out like clockwork, ready or not and costs money. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il

Re: Linux SBC recommendations

2009-05-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. If it runs Linux (many EDIMAX products do), you have exactly what you need for a POC. If it doesn't you would have to go beyond just looking at a few local store's websites. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: Linux SBC recommendations

2009-05-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
of a tower, etc. When you burn it out, as POC units always do, you can just use another one. You have not blown your budget on one of them, or even worse had to order them from outside of Israel. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: Linux SBC recommendations

2009-05-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
not, but if you tried to bring in a dozen and someone in meches wanted paperwork, would it need any? If so what? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il

Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?

2009-05-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
if you want an incoming number. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Perpetual quest for GNU smartphone

2009-05-28 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.il wrote: Take a look at Palm. 10 years it was the most popular PDA platform, and was continuously becoming even more so. So thousands of applications were developed for it - many free and many not. Palm did not have any DRM

Re: Perpetual quest for GNU smartphone

2009-05-31 Thread geoffrey mendelson
that they did fold, if they could do it, then it is likely that all licenses of that type would be unenforcable, including the GPL. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list

upgrading ubuntu to debian

2009-06-01 Thread geoffrey mendelson
images one per night while I am sleeping and burn them to DVD's during the day if need be. If I use jigdo instead of a straight download do I get custom dvd's up to date, or the same ones as if I dowloaded the release images? Thanks in advance for any advice. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson

Re: [Off topic] Engraving Hebrew on US laptop keyboard

2009-06-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
will refuse to fix them under warranty, even if you take them to the same place the send them to before selling them. Since iDigital is just a representative not part of Apple, you may get service if you take it anywhere else, but it would have to be out of Israel. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: OT: Bezeqint made me poof... he's gone

2009-06-10 Thread geoffrey mendelson
that they charge you no more than any one of them alone would cost from a good provider. 3. If people actually do reach you to complain they can't access your service, tell them the fault is with their browser, their ISP, the network provider, they have a virus, etc. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: [OT] Re: As an employer what type of project (Engineering) you would like to see ?

2009-06-10 Thread geoffrey mendelson
and become active on the air. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: LinuxMCE

2009-06-12 Thread geoffrey mendelson
enough to get everything else from other sources. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: OT: Help with simple Linux maintenance

2009-06-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
gladly call her and walk her through everything. I'm also familar with EDIMAX routers and the BEZEQ Siemens one, but that's aDSL only. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing

Re: OT: Home network

2009-06-22 Thread geoffrey mendelson
be done with wireless networking, but it is slower than wired and less secure. Plan to put your wifi access point if you have one as far as possible from streets, neighbors, etc. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: OT: Home network

2009-06-23 Thread geoffrey mendelson
has a different brand it makes radio reception here almost impossible, It's produces so much electrical noise, they can't even use WiFi. That's fine for me, it does not stop me from using WiFi, and helps keep others out of my networks. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel

Re: OT: Home network

2009-06-23 Thread geoffrey mendelson
with minimal interference. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: reshet.ynet.co.il not on Download Helper, anything else?

2009-06-27 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jun 27, 2009, at 11:42 PM, sara fink wrote: There is an add on for firefox called Unplug. This one lets you download the file. I haven't tried it with reshet. You may try it and report to us. Did not work for me. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel

Service/port based routing

2009-06-28 Thread geoffrey mendelson
it indiviudally. Currently the systems are running Ubuntu 9.04 with the latest kernel, but if I need to I can change them. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list

OT: Where to find Xine compatible Hebrew subtitle files?

2009-06-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Is there a website (or sites) that have Xine compatible Hebrew subtitle files? I'm mostly looking for Anime (e.g. Avatar, Bleach, etc). Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il

Re: OT: Where to find Xine compatible Hebrew subtitle files?

2009-06-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
player (150 NIS at Home Center) that runs some sort of Linux and a version of MPLAYER. It works fine with the same subtitle files as Xine does, and I can't/ won't change anything. I'll check out yours (and Sarah's) suggestions. I appreciate them. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ

Re: Compaq Presaro Laptop

2009-07-06 Thread geoffrey mendelson
stable, but 4g may be too small for a workstation loaded with programs. Note that if it has an 802.11B Wifi card and everyone else on the same network is using 802.11G, or 802.11N, you will be slowing them down and if they figure out it is you, they may not be happy. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Linux Mint

2009-07-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
to the appropriate authorities. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Looking for advice about selecting hardware for graphics and data visualization

2009-07-24 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Omer Zakw...@zak.co.il wrote: I am looking for advice about selecting motherboard and graphic card/s for a new PC which I plan to acquire; and about suppliers available to Israelis (whereas in Israel or abroad). The PS/3 is very highly rated (and unfortunately

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/7/28 Nitzan Brumer nitz...@gmail.com: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. Note that Bluetooth and WiFi use the same frequencies and can interfere with each other. In order to use both on one

Re: DTT

2009-07-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
at least the frequancy and SR (symbol rate), other info will help too. was anyone successfull in watching the new channels and can give me the missing parameters ( a channels.conf file would be best) btw, i live in tel aviv. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel

Re: DTT

2009-07-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
(maybe in Tapuz) for a usb dvb-t dongle in an Israeli site, so there must be a market for this... BUG has a set top box for 399 NIS. Zap lists two pages of items (set top boxes, pci cards, dongles, etc) if you search on DVB-T. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel

Re: DTT

2009-08-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
the number of transmitters, moving over to the ones used for Channel 2, dropping the ones used for Channel 1, and adding channels 10,33 and 99. The plan is to by 18 months from now be using less transmitters total than Channel 2 uses today. BTW, are any of them 16:9? Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: DTT

2009-08-10 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
a factory in Texas which makes desktops/servers, but ones sold outside of the US are most likey made elsewhere. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
, to be shipped to the US. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
if the deal goes sour is pretty small. If it turns out you were actually in OZ when you transacted the deal, it could be grounds for the bank to avoid any action. If you have someone from the US office transact the deal instead of you, they would be better off. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ

Re: partition full (or not)

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ideas what´s going on here and how to fix it? out of inodes? df -i? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman

Re: [YBA] Freescale i.MX27 project

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
technology and delivery problems. If they are surprised about penalty requirments, wait to they see the results of their technology choice. :-( Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il

Re: [YBA] Freescale i.MX27 project

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
is not just pouring money into it and not making a real profit. Discount those where the idea was to give away the program to sell hardware or compete with an existing product. (OpenOffice.Org fits both of those.) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
they are a hardware marketing company, and as the old IBM addage says nothing sells hardware better and faster than software. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
if the VoIP patents had actually been applied to all VoIP? How much money would VocalTech be making? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
for infringment. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
people that make their living taking other people's work, making a profit on it, and giving them no return. This is the exact thing that patents were intended to prevent. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
to be the person who did the work, or invested their money to create the work, it's a benefit. Do you not believe that you (or anyone else) should be fairly compensated for their ideas and efforts? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
selling off something you bought (or created) in one lump sum, or in bits. You can make money on selling a live cow or you can make money on selling hamburgers. Same as selling off a company, or selling single user licenses. BTW, I remember when ALL IBM software was free. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
upon a patent and then sue them after they have enough value or revenue to make it worth it. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
disagree, you are welcome to file a complaint with the SEC, or the IRS. If the IRS agrees, you get a large chunk of the money, so it's worth your while to do so. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
the sale of IP. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
time employees. Is that the effect on the software industry you wish to have? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. Releasing an idea to the public domain is a tactic too. Going back to the original topic, Microsoft as a publicly traded company has a legal obligation to its shareholders to avail itself of every legal protection it can for its IP and products. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
but it still will take 3-5 years for the business to grow and take root (assuming you have all the other pieces in place). First mover advantage goes to the person who is perceived to be first, not the person who is first. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
, RedHat and Sun that offer royalty-free patent licenses. Then there is crypto, games and gaming - the list is endless. BTW - Microsoft buys licensing rights all the time - for example http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/123144/index.html Are any of those Israeli? Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-17 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Suggestion for a webmail application with good Hebrew Support

2009-08-18 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Aver TV Go 007 card, what to do with it?

2009-08-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
I have an Aver TV Go 007 card (and an older flytv card). Now that digital TV is here and analog TV is on its way out, is there anything that one can do with them? Can they be programmed to be used as a scanner? Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel

Fwd: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Begin forwarded message: From: geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com Date: August 24, 2009 5:10:59 PM GMT+03:00 To: Micha mi...@post.tau.ac.il Subject: Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ? On Aug 24, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Micha wrote: I don't have a link now

Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
leakage detector (they use the same frequencies) at about 3 cm the WiFi signal was . 35mW per CM2. At a meter that would be about 1/1000 of that, (slightly less than 1/900th to be exact), or .0035 Watts. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

apex dvb dongle

2009-08-25 Thread geoffrey mendelson
http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=735495 Does anyone know if this DVD dongle is supported by Linux? They are being sold for 99 NIS at one store. (not listed on zap) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-28 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Very off topic. On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Michael Tewner wrote: 88 Miles per hour? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88 Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list

Re: an open phone from nokia ?

2009-08-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
with the iPhone. If you are looking to make a contribution to the FOSS family, look for a Linux based phone and stick with it. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il

Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
, down into the ground or up into my neighbor's or the street. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: New Essay - FOSS Licences Wars

2009-09-01 Thread geoffrey mendelson
is their right as consultants marketing FOSS, but not the right of the developers of it. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il

Re: New Essay - FOSS Licences Wars

2009-09-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
that? Push FOSS/Cool and then charge customers for your services? Oh I forgot, you need to make money. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http

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