Re: using a wireless adsl modem/router as an access-point only?

2007-12-03 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
into the LAN port and away you go. I've done this with D-Link, EdiMax and Apple. You could make sure and buy a Linksys WRT54G-L router and run a Linux distro on it. Try Tomato www.polarcloud.com Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07

Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command

2007-11-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
) and then run: Isn't easier to install UNPLUG and let it do all the work? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Capturing Google and Youtube videos with one command

2007-11-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
play flv files, which has me covered for Linux, MACOs and Windows. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: video conversion question

2007-11-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:58:09PM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: So what am I doing wrong - why can't I move forward or backwards? It's missing an index. Mplayer will create it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S

Re: FTP problem

2007-11-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
have no idea. If it takes time to fail, you may have an identd problem. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: FTP problem

2007-11-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
of the process owning the connection. It can optionally return other information instead of a user name. The server may be doing a request and it times out. Another possibility may be a reverse DNS lookup that is timing out. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: I installed Debian 4 etch on my PC

2007-11-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
of product for $99, while other people were selling the same product (but not the book or support) for as little as $2. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

Re: OT: Netvision and the damn routing

2007-11-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
to be called the Democracy Player and now it is called Miro. http://www.getmiro.com/ Depending upon whom you are trying to reach and with what, then this may be exactly what you need. If you do explore the 4m option, please let me know how much it costs. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Re: OT: Netvision and the damn routing

2007-11-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, but it is possible. Geosynchronous satellites have a 1/4 second latency, and people used them for long distance calls for years. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

You ain't paranoid if people really are out to get you!

2007-10-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Since the topic came up earlier today, I thought this might be relevant: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/25/google.israel What was attributed to government paranoia or greed turns out to be good defense. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: You ain't paranoid if people really are out to get you!

2007-10-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
on mailing lists and Usenet because the information was used to aim them. This was not new even then, the Germans used it to aim V1 and V2 rockets. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog

Re: You ain't paranoid if people really are out to get you!

2007-10-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. Try it some time. Call a friend on your cell phone and as your are driving or riding on a bus, call out street names as you pass them. See how long it takes to use one database, two, three or four. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424

PC router distro?

2007-10-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Which is the best ISP in Israel when accessing US server using ssh

2007-10-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
provider and it's perfect 99.% of the time, 24/7. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

ISP's throttling torrents?

2007-10-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
:04 [T R * [Throttle 5/300 KB] [Rate 0.4/317.5 KB] [Port: 5796] [U 4/6] [S 3/64/768] [F 1/128] -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

ISP's throtteling bit torrent?

2007-10-03 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
] [S 3/219/768] [F 4/128] -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe

Re: isp throttles p2p

2007-10-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
bandwidth between it and the U.S. server. I'm looking forward to it. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: UPS with USB that can be monitored from Linux

2007-10-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
computers, a YES MAX, a HOT set top box, a cable modem, a 16 port hub/switch, and a Cisco ATA at 42% capacity. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Providing precompleted PDF forms in Linux

2007-09-18 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
filled in complete with a barcode containing everything in the form in a way that the computer can read it. It may be too sophisticated for your needs/budget, but the concepts will still apply. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667

Re: Web hosting services with servers in Israel or well-connected to IIX?

2007-09-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
upon the time of day, the day of the week and how well they are connected to Netvision's ISP. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

USB SIM card readers and directory software.

2007-09-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. The phone that I am using it on does NOT have a USB or Bluetooth interface. I need to be able to buy it within Israel. eBay, etc, are of no use. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my

Re: Career advice needed

2007-09-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
happily doing interesting things there too. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Career advice needed

2007-09-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
programmers. In between it's soft. It's going to get worse before it gets better, the U.S. economy is sliding down. Most people say it's a small correction, a friend if mine (and some people on Fox), say it's going to correct itself by 30%. (ouch). Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem

Re: Career advice needed

2007-09-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
: http://userweb.kernel.org/~arnd/papers/lce2007/slides.pdf Considering the fact my youngest son spends a lot of his online time at a sight called Moo Moo, I think that programmer has a good future in LAMP and FLASH games. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ

Re: Career advice needed

2007-09-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
(both of which were recently posted), but if you really want to get a job doing something you like, you may have to spend a few years in Silicon Valley. You then make the contacts to go work for a start up and offshore yourself. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: NTP configuration

2007-09-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
GPS. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: Career advice needed

2007-09-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
off the street. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send

Re: Open standards

2007-08-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
if they could was to re-type the entire book. After all, how many people reading this have a computer with a 5 1/4 floppy drive and a parallel port (for dongles?) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838

Re: Open standards

2007-08-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
years old - See above. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe

Re: Open standards

2007-08-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
and fairly paid programmers behind it would sell like hotcakes iu a year or two. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: vp62 codec

2007-08-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
[0292] main playlist: stopping playback plays fine rpm -qa | grep vlc vlc-0.8.6c-1.fc6 Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: HP OfficeJet 5610 Samba

2007-08-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
replace printername with the name of the printer. Install the foomatic scripts from linuxprinting.org. Before YellowDog dropped their mailing lists, I posted complete sets of directions for CUPS. You can find them by STFW'ing for my name and CUPS yellowdog. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Re: [OT] Online privacy, police to have free access to IP addresses

2007-08-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
legislation?... Sounds good to me. If you have not already filed for patents, you probably should :-) Once you announce it publicly, which a meeting with an M.K. would be considered, you have a year to file a patent application or it becomes fair game. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem

Re: [OT] Online privacy, police to have free access to IP addresses

2007-08-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
burst, but by now either the prinicpals behind the company or someone else has probably produced a similar product. Geoff. * As the old saying goes, just because you are paranoid does not mean that they are not out to get you. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ

Re: OT: Problems with UDP traffic with Barak

2007-08-07 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

OT (sort of) Netvision 013 Baraq

2007-08-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
I just received a letter that Netvision and Baraq have merged to become Netvision 013 Baraq. Anyone have any details on what happened and how it will affect (if at all) Linux support? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424

Re: OT (sort of) Netvision 013 Baraq

2007-08-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:15:19PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: and how it will affect (if at all) Linux support? Why? Do you think it is technically possible for it to get worse? Whose? I've never had (foo,foo,foo) any problem with Netvision's Linux

Re: webcam security software

2007-08-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
they should not be doing, such as eating in the library. Motion detection would be a waste, during school hours the cameras always see motion. After hours would be different, but again just a record of someone being there would be enough. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL

Re: webcam security software

2007-08-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, washing the floor, etc, and even if something nefarious was commited a video record of their presence is enough. IMHO the knowledge that the cameras are active 24/7 and recorded would be enough to prevent pranks or minor vandalism. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL

Re: webcam security software

2007-08-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 01:27:22PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: I suggest you read http://blog.shemesh.biz/?p=453 Thanks, but I can't. :-( Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog

Stupid question about Fedora mirrors

2007-08-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
According to http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist There are no public mirrors of Fedora in Israel. Is that true? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

Re: Help with Linux on sparc64

2007-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
with Solaris? Before you attempt to get Linux to run on it, it would be a good idea to make sure there is not a hardware problem. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

webcam security software

2007-07-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Intel Ham modem with 2.4.34 kernel

2007-07-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, besides get another modem? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Intel Ham modem with 2.4.34 kernel

2007-07-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
) [size=4K] I/O ports at d400 [size=256] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Player similar in function to Winamp.

2007-07-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, or if I get to a track I don't like, or am not in the mood to listen to, I can either skip forward with the skip forward button, or mouse click on a song that is farther down in the playlist. Any suggestions? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ

Re: Hardware Recommendation

2007-07-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SUMMARY] Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-07-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 09:34:17AM +0300, Mike Tewner wrote: ISP'ing, at least in the US *can* be done on a smallish scale - on the order of a few hundred customers. But not in Israel. Things are much different here. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SUMMARY] Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-07-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
of Internet access requires an ISP license. Places that provide free Wifi access don't seem to need a license, but due to Israeli regulations, they are very short range. Since EIRP is limited to 100mw, gain antennas, etc are illegal. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SUMMARY] Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-07-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, BEZEQ will install a router and support it for you. How low a price can you charge to make it worthwhile? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: [SUMMARY] Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-07-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Windows. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: [SUMMARY] Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-07-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
which got their license by buying a previous ISP. I know Orange was refused a license, I don't know how they eventually got one. Geoff -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

Re: Virtualization software on Linux

2007-07-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
emulation, but the cost is high. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Fwd: ADSL connection problem

2007-07-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
to something.flintstone.com. if you have: 192.168.0.0/24(rw,no_root_squash) Then anything on your lan should work. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

Re: Fwd: ADSL connection problem

2007-07-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
on it, you already have it, and you understand it already. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Fwd: ADSL connection problem

2007-07-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
router is also a cheaper option. It may not have QOS (quality of service) routing and a complex firewall, but if you are using a Linux system between it and your network, you can do it there. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667

Re: Fwd: ADSL connection problem

2007-07-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
iptables. Correct. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send

Re: TEACHING ALGORITHMS ?

2007-07-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. Thanks for publishing it and letting us know about it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

How to play DVD audio?

2007-07-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, thank you very much), and reviews of commercial DVD players that also play DVD-A disks. The disk is NOT encrypted. It's not an encryption problem, it's getting a player to recognize the files. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07

Re: How to play DVD audio?

2007-07-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, it's not a DVD. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe

Re: How to play DVD audio?

2007-07-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. :-( Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: CentOs 5 DVD

2007-06-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
80k with an average of 50k before I gave up. If there was an Israeli mirror, I would get close to 450k. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Solid state disks (was 32gb computers)

2007-06-18 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Wouldn't a memory based solid state disk do better for a lot less money? You can even get them with multiple interfaces so they can be shared between servers. Geoff, -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838

Re: Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the bandwidth with mine. :-( With the forthcoming WiMax technology, range will go from about 100 feet or so, depending upon what's in the way, antennas, etc, to several miles. You can imagine the interference you will get then. :-( Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-06-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:51:30PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Your choices are these: 1) Actcom 2) Actcom 3) Actcom Isn't that the same as Bezeq Ben Leumi? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838

Re: Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
and laptop work fine under MacOS. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Current status of Israeli ISPs

2007-06-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
option such as a Linksys WRTG54-L and Tomato. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Wireless hardware recommendations

2007-06-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

How to find DVD burner firmware version.

2007-06-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
to determine the firware version of a drive? I can't find anything in DMESG or /proc/ide. A web search was not helpful, I was probably looking for the wrong thing. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215

Re: Multiple static IP addresses on DSL ?

2007-06-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
be reached via 1.2.3.5. Netvision already should be advertising a route to 1.2.3.5, or you would never get any packets. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

WiFi USB dongles?

2007-05-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
be helpful. I'm using GTKwifi now. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: GPL Issue

2007-05-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, with a dual commercial/GPL license. In one case the people who did contribute code were not offered any compensation for their work, nor were they allowed to have their work removed from the nonGPL version. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice

Re: GPL Issue

2007-05-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. If they had addtionally retained the rights to grant non GPL licenses to the system itself, then they could, but they specificaly did not. They also in other places rant on about how much they love and support the GPL, and their product will remain GPL, and so on. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Re: GPL Issue

2007-05-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
and the only one that cares. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send

Re: GPL Issue

2007-05-18 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, but that is IMHO totally unecessary. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: GPL Issue

2007-05-18 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
paid well for it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send

Re: running testing patterns on block devices

2007-05-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
to the 100,000 number you mentioned? Directory and FAT blocks are updated far more often than you think. The cards are all FAT file systems. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog

YES as an ISP?

2007-05-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Does anyone use YES as an ISP? What exactly are they offering? Upload? Download? How do you connect to them? Do you get support from them or do you get it from another ISP? Are they Linux friendly? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM

AMV movie file creator for MP4 Player.

2007-05-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, but hope someone has found them) and report why it has failed if it does not work. So far, I've had no luck with Mencoder even creating avi or mpeg files to feed into the encoder or VLC. Depending upon the parameters chosen, both sometimes produce empty files. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Yellow Dog Mirror?

2007-05-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
or 6 CDs. At that rate, if it holds up, it will take over three days to download the CD images. As a point of comparison, it took less than 2 hours each CD to bit torrent the latest Ubuntu, and 30 minutes each CD to http download Solaris from SUN. TIA, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem

Re: [Israel.pm] The End of IT Slavery

2007-05-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
to three times. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Transcoding video for net friendly size

2007-04-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder Encode it as MPEG4, leave the frame rate and resolution alone. Use a 1024k bits per second or higher rate and change your audio into 32k bits per second MP3. Wrap it as an AVI file. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL

Re: Transcoding video for net friendly size

2007-04-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
to stick to one of the standards. Since it already is in 29.997, best leave it there. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

Re: Ripping Hebrew CDs

2007-04-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. It depends upon the player. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Symbol Spectrum 24 PCMCIA wireless card

2007-04-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
not mean that it will work with Linux. Did you try it with XP on the same laptop? If you are in Jerusalem, you are welcome to come to my home and try a real wavelan card in your laptop. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax

Re: wmv player for redhat 9

2007-04-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
of compression. One codec for audio and one for video). MPLAYER and VLC (www.videolan.org) both play WMV files, if the have the correct codec is at this time a guess. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S

Re: Microsoft looking to run Windows on OLPC

2007-04-18 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
on a commercial alternative to it. There are also local alternatives in China and India. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: Cable Internet

2007-04-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
never seen anything like it. BTW, routers purchased in the U.S. WON'T work here. The only exception is the Linksys WRTG54-L (linux version) with third party firmware. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648

Re: [isramac] connecting with a cable modem

2007-04-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Here's something I wrote to the Israel Mac user's list about it cable modems. I'll make changes where needed: - Forwarded message from Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:57:43 +0200 From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Biometric pornography law -- the real story.

2007-04-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
you can do with common items found in your kitchen. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: downloading google video to a file

2007-04-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
downloading it is pretty small. If it's not what you want email me so I can cancel the download. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

Re: Streaming Video Server

2007-04-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. Other technologies such as Joots may become useful, but in beta testing they have not. They work, but due to the low number of users, it is too CPU and bandwidth heavy for any real useage. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424

Re: FOSS accounting software

2007-04-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the included in plain text SHEMA YISRAEL A.? I'm sure anyone a few kilometers to the east of us would have loved seeing that. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit

Re: FOSS accounting software

2007-04-07 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 11:53:45PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I have a philosophical question. With open source software how do you make sure that the copy you are running was not modified to send your accounting data to some data

Re: FOSS accounting software

2007-04-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the certified version of the program and not a version modified in any way? Using computer programs to steal money or hide income from the tax authorities is not a new or uniquely Israeli concept. AFAIK there have only been three programs approved. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel

Re: which MOD should I use?

2007-04-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
-on for Mozilla/Firefox. If you wanted to support yourself you probably could come up with a fancy name for the process, file a provisional U.S. patent application and raise seed money to do it for I.E. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667

Re: Israel.rb first meetup - Final Invitation

2007-04-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
that is IMHO the problem. To summarize a previous email, many dati people won't see the announcment until almost a week after the meeting, and anyone with kids will be booked months in advance for the 2.5 weeks that schools are closed. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL

Re: Israel.rb first meetup - Final Invitation

2007-04-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Pythonistas, adventurous Perl monks, and anyone else interested in technologies that are both beautiful and practical. Obivously people who are dati or have families are discouraged from attending, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07

Re: Israel.rb first meetup - Final Invitation

2007-04-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
that before you make a such pronouncements, you actually check your facts. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com

Re: tv capture card recommendations anyone?

2007-03-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
using them with out ALSA. For example, I found that MythTV and VLC no longer work with them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http

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