Re: [Haifux] Me Volunteering to Give a Presentation
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dotan Cohendotanco...@gmail.com wrote: ... Remember, LUG is Linux _User_ Group, so I think that the lectures should focus on the users. What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; ---Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 1594 Haifux is what we make of it. We are the people who attend the meetings. Therefore, we have long ago expanded the charter of a LUG to code developing, non-Linux FOSS, open architectures, free graphics, public domain literature, free licensing and other related topics. BTW, when Haifux was founded in 1999 by guy keren and Orr Dunkelman, it was not based on a LUG but on LUPG - Little Unix Programmers Group: http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/ Orna. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: preg_match and Hebrew?
Zend operates out of some pretty swank offices in Ramat Gan. So I doubt the
PHP core team would be able to get very far without keeping some kind of
Hebrew support.
2009/8/4 Yuval Hager yu...@avramzon.net
Let's try some regex matching in PHP.
,
| php echo preg_match('/\w/', 'a');
| 1
`
ok, so the basic stuff works in English. Let's go on.
,
| php echo preg_match(/\w/, 'א');
| 0
| php echo preg_match('/\w/u', 'א');
| 0
`
Oops.. maybe some kind of encoding issue? My whole system is UTF8, so this
should not be a problem I guess..
,
| php var_dump('א');
| string(2) א
`
So I revert to the soon-to-be-deprecated mb_ereg:
,
| php mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
| php echo mb_ereg('\w', 'א');
| 1
`
and now it works..
maybe I was wrong expecting preg_match would know hebrew alphanumeric
characters in the first place? I understand it will for PHP6, but until
then, beware of sophisticated Hebrew string parsing.
--yuval
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eTextBooks (for kids)
Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli) school children? The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises, so they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy. I'd rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader. Any ideas? -- There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. -- Sir Francis Drake ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: [Haifux] Me Volunteering to Give a Presentation
2009/9/7 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda ladyp...@gmail.com: On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dotan Cohendotanco...@gmail.com wrote: ... Remember, LUG is Linux _User_ Group, so I think that the lectures should focus on the users. What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; ---Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 1594 Are you arguing that words have no meaning, and that one could say whatever he wants, giving his own meanings to the words and let the listener guess as to what the meanings might be? My answer to your quote would be: A clever quote proves nothing -- Voltaire Haifux is what we make of it. We are the people who attend the meetings. With that I could agree! Therefore, we have long ago expanded the charter of a LUG to code developing, non-Linux FOSS, open architectures, free graphics, public domain literature, free licensing and other related topics. I have no problem with this, in fact as a largely silent member of Haifux I do not expect that it would matter even if I did have a problem! However, I felt it right to point out to Shlomi from which perspective his lecture would be most parallel with what I perceive Haifux to be. BTW, when Haifux was founded in 1999 by guy keren and Orr Dunkelman, it was not based on a LUG but on LUPG - Little Unix Programmers Group: http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/ I see no mention of Haifux on that page, nor of that page on the Haifux site. Therefore, one could not deduce the Little Unix Programmers Group moniker from publicly- available Haifux information. I will however quote the opening lines of the Haifux website: The Haifa Linux Club is a home for Linux users and programmers in the Haifa area. Haifux stands for Haifa Linux Users Group. So, while you are correct that the group is made for programmers as well as users, I still contend that the name implies users as the main audience. Despite that, being that programmers are specifically mentioned in who the group is for, a lecture aimed at programmers would in fact be appropriate for the group. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli) school children? The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises, so they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy. I'd rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader. Any ideas? You are ahead of your time. What grade are the kids in? You should know that the books are likely used for more than reading, for instance they may have to write in the book. You should also know that Education Ministry limits the sacks on one's back to 10% of their body weight. If your kid's books and a reasonable pack exceed this, complain to the school management. Keep us informed. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
That's a bit off topic I think? Anyhow, matach uploaded quite a few books online, just schools don't use them Ely On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli) school children? The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises, so they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy. I'd rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader. Any ideas? You are ahead of your time. What grade are the kids in? You should know that the books are likely used for more than reading, for instance they may have to write in the book. You should also know that Education Ministry limits the sacks on one's back to 10% of their body weight. If your kid's books and a reasonable pack exceed this, complain to the school management. Keep us informed. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
This reminds me of a public service project that I have thought about for some time. It would be nice if someone created some free (as in license) books that would pass the requirements of the education ministry. These could then be downloaded as e-books or printed, copied partially, photocopied, translated, modified, read in audioform, etc, which would be a great service to the all kids and parents. Just my 2 ag, Dov On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 14:06, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli) school children? The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises, so they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy. I'd rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader. Any ideas? You are ahead of your time. What grade are the kids in? You should know that the books are likely used for more than reading, for instance they may have to write in the book. You should also know that Education Ministry limits the sacks on one's back to 10% of their body weight. If your kid's books and a reasonable pack exceed this, complain to the school management. Keep us informed. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
If you have the books, you can copy the relevant chapter that will be learned in the specific day and give it to the kid. You only have to know in advance, which chapter will be learned. BTW, there is a knesset member that is from israel beitenu, Anastasia Michaeli that she is activist in the field of free education. She calls to arrange free lending books at each school. See this link: http://www.kan-naim.co.il/artical.asp?id=14764cid= 2009/9/7 Justin thelonecabb...@gmail.com Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli) school children? The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises, so they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy. I'd rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader. Any ideas? -- There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. -- Sir Francis Drake ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
Hi All,
Don't forget that there is a large industry of authors and publishers who
make their living on the current paper book model. Like music, this is a
content market whose reason for existence is payment for content.
I think that a better idea for a free education project in this direction
would be an online publishing house the would sell kindle style versions
of the current content offering.
Regards,
- yba
On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Dov Grobgeld wrote:
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:22:37 +0300
From: Dov Grobgeld dov.grobg...@gmail.com
To: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com
Cc: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
Subject: Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
This reminds me of a public service project that I have thought about for
some time. It would be nice if someone created some free (as in license)
books that would pass the requirements of the education ministry. These
could then be downloaded as e-books or printed, copied partially,
photocopied, translated, modified, read in audioform, etc, which would be a
great service to the all kids and parents.
Just my 2 ag,
Dov
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 14:06, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli)
school children?
The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises,
so
they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy. I'd
rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader.
Any ideas?
You are ahead of your time. What grade are the kids in? You should
know that the books are likely used for more than reading, for
instance they may have to write in the book.
You should also know that Education Ministry limits the sacks on one's
back to 10% of their body weight. If your kid's books and a reasonable
pack exceed this, complain to the school management. Keep us informed.
--
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
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