Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
vices to support it, and buy and sell their hardware. 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: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
relevant to Linux, there are also sorts of accomodations made in the Linux Kernel and applications for varying sofware licenses. Just because the Kernel itself is GPL, that does not prevent someone from writing a module that is BSD licensed, totaly freeware, or even OCO (Object code only). Geoff. --

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
has sued them, people still use the code and buy their hardware. It's even a popular product on this list. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-18

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
software that is not free (in any form). The GPL has never been tested in court. No one knows if it would really stand up to a barage of high priced lawyers. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443

Re: Inernet Bandwidth Question

2006-07-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
frames, time needed for ACK packets, etc, this is pretty good, > > I am wondering if the Netvision-supplied bandwidth for Internet > connections is really > in the order of 1.3-1.4 Gbps, maximum, and the extra bandwidth being > supplied (i.e, the > difference between 2.5Gbps and th

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
l be ok. You just have to call it a "device driver". 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: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 11:51:20AM +0300, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > On 7/27/06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But is it or is it not legal to install the binary (compiled) version > on more computers without a license? GPL should be free, also when > using

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
I could see. They legally can't. They can remove the logo, splash screens, etc, but they can not remove any claims of authorship and copyright. The copyright notices are essential, without them there would be no GPL. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PR

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ation and 90 days free support from Red Hat. What they got was a set of home made CD with the words "Red Hat Linux" written on them in magic marker. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443

Re: Fedora core 5 burn problems.

2006-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
use to read the CD and sometimes the driver options selected, the ISO image has extra blocks, usually containing binary zeros, appended to it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-82

FREECYCLE: Computer parts taken.

2006-07-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Thanks for your response. The computer parts have been taken. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejourna

FREECYCLE: Computer parts

2006-07-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. Several Apple and other scsi hard drives, one in a bracket I don't recognize. 10. A Mac LC/Centris/? disk brakcet. 11. Two Sun Pizza box (Sparc I) disk brackets. More similar stuff. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-16

Re: Where do I get a copy of Debian?

2006-07-15 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ssive. Is that the source code too? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ =

Re: Where do I get a copy of Debian?

2006-07-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
he list might find useful http://www.grml.org/ I'll look at it. Thanks very much, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://

Where do I get a copy of Debian?

2006-07-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
? If they are not used (am I being too dead rat centric?) what do I download. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'bl

Re: RTFM pointers for minimum Samba setup

2006-07-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
> I'm wondering if I don't have to do something with the lines: > > > # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name >workgroup = MYGROUP it might. check the computer name tab on the system control panel. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROT

Re: RTFM pointers for minimum Samba setup

2006-07-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
: \\system\share /p:y /savecred /u:" for example: net use z: \\sambabox\files /p:y /savecred /u:elmerfudd This will set up your files as drive Z: every time you boot. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972

Re: rtp

2006-07-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
be sufficent. It depends upon the resolution, the compression method and the form of the source video. Without seeing his setup, My guess is that the most he will be able to squeeze out is 320x240 MPEG1. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice

Re: rtp

2006-07-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 02:06:40PM +0200, Yossy Dreyfus wrote: > I need a library in "C" for sending video buffers via network to a > player. Is it exists? Do you have the video as a file or a v4l unit. Try VLC (www.videolan.org) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusale

Re: [OT] Stupid DVD DRM

2006-07-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
be readable. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To

Re: Booting a USB key

2006-06-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
know instead of debugging something you don't. My biggest problem was getting the boot options correct. Having grub's edit mode made my life a lot simpler. Once they work, you can set the delay to zero. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL

Re: Booting a USB key

2006-06-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
n Small Linux embedded. Copy the file structure to the USB key, mkdir boot and boot/grub, copy in /boot/grub, change grub.conf or menu.lst and run grub-install. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443

Re: Booting a USB key

2006-06-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
e to get it to boot with syslinux. I had to use grub. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http:/

Ok, I'm confused, avertv go 007, mythtv and remote controlls

2006-06-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ich file defines the events they are mapped to? There is plenty of documentation for this when lirc works, but none for when it doesn't (but works anyway). Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voic

Assaf Gillat

2006-06-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Does anyone have an email address for Assaf Gillat? He did the work on the v4l drivers for my TV card, an AverTv GO 007 FM plus. Thanks. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838

Can I make just one module on a debian system?

2006-06-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
8. Fix /etc/modprobe.d entry for the device. 9. Reboot. Is there a simpler way? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Vis

Mythtv, avermedia tv card, and lirc questions

2006-06-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
pture cards. 3. How do I get lirc to use the card as input and what remote do I set it for? Thanks in advance for any help. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit m

Myth-TV and YES MAX

2006-06-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
U.K. and one of the satellite networks in the U.S. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejourna

Updating Debian

2006-06-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
de it? I tried to add an ftp client by typing "apt-get install ftp" and got nowhere. I assume there is something I am missing. Can anyone recommend a simple description of how to update debian besides downloading source packages and compiling them? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mende

Re: (no subject)

2006-06-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
fi echo "shutting down eth1" /sbin/ifdown eth1 echo "restarting eth1" /sbin/ifup eth1 ------- It's probably sloppy code, but it works. It check to make sure there is not already a cablestart running and if there is n

Replacing a DVD player with a Linux system????

2006-06-18 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
te control RECEIVER in Israel would be appreciated, but I can use a wireless mouse if I have to. I'd prefer something Linux based and that can be installed as packages, using YUM or apt. Any suggestions? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1

Re: Upgrading live RH9

2006-06-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ling list had a work around to use the now missing option, and was never discussed after that. Mencoder works fine, so I can record. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-82

Re: Upgrading live RH9

2006-06-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
; 48KHz). Yes, except that the TV (Fly Video) card ONLY works at 32kHz. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://g

Re: Upgrading live RH9

2006-06-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Yes, but VLC is not one of them. It does not work with ALSA emulating OSS. It has something to do with the card only having one sample rate (32k) and how it is set. I've never heard of dmix, so I'll look it up. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3O

Re: Upgrading live RH9

2006-06-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
d was told to change their kernel. It just shows me that there are probably only two people in the world that care, and it's not a critical mass. Ironicly mencoder works fine, so I can record video, but AFIK, it won't stream. :-( Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAI

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
years product comes from. At one time we had planned to make three models one with a low power processor from National Semiconductor (now AMD), one from VIA and one from Transmeta. it won't happen now, VIA turned out to be unfriendly to open source and people who were not the ONE they approved o

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
hem - they're evil"? That's a whole another issue. I don't care to go into that here. BTW, the Israeli company is looking for someone to build a GUI for it. Very little money, if any at the moment, but there will be other compensation. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerus

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
creen on a closeout for $29. I was thinking of getting them, changing the ergonomics and using them as proof of concept units, but we decided they were too slow, too small, etc for our purposes. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
evious device was not a console, it was an underpowered handheld device designed to run emulated Nintendo games. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
t correctly, the orginal wording was WINE, and the device has 1GHz x86 processor. The device is under development and the company is looking for funding to build and sell them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax

Re: Linux Based Wireless Router

2006-05-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
and looking at kernel log messages). I think you just answered your own question. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at htt

Re: deleting a file I can't see

2006-05-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
from the > command line. Are they still open by the syslog daemon? Kill -HUP it, or reboot the computer. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my &

Re: Nobody likes me!!!!! (or: why does no body download FROM me on bittorrent?)

2006-05-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
download of 2.6gig around midnight and at 8am it was 99% done. It's now stuck at 99.8%. I'm screwed because although it was multiple files, they were in one big rar file and without the whole thing, none are readable. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N

Re: Judging job candidates by their MUAs (Was: [YBA] Job Opening)

2006-05-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
e honest, no open source groupware solutions out there are mature > enough.) - does that alone make me less knowledgeable or "involved"? You would send out your resume and a cover letter using your current employer's email? Evolution in action? :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mende

Re: [YBA] Job Opening

2006-05-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, begging for jobs, or even internships, who could not write a simple email with proper spelling or grammar. Would you hire a techwriter who could not write a single paragraph without an error? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667

Re: Judging job candidates by their MUAs (Was: [YBA] Job Opening)

2006-05-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
resume in English, not only because I can't read one in Hebrew, but if someone is supposed to work with anything Internet related (which Linux falls into) they need to be able to read and write English or they will never be able to fully do their job. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jeru

Re: Xen installation, Go #1

2006-05-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
hine is down, or the person using it is busy with something else, another machine can be used. It also allows you to test the environment with various processors, etc. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-14

Re: Final Announcement, All (bar one) Details

2006-05-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 12:14:20PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > One humble request of change, if I may: > > CABAL-NON-LEADER wrote: > > >1. Eaters: > > Shemesh, Shahar Don't worry, eventualy it will dawn on him that you are the correct person. :-) Geof

Re: SpamAssassin eating up my CPU

2006-05-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
number of messages I check for spam to about 10% of the total, with about 80-90% of them being SPAM. YMMV. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit

More on the USB 2.0 problem

2006-05-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejourna

USB 2.0 PCI cards that WORK??

2006-05-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
work properly under Linux. They work fine under Windows with the same burner at full speed. Under Linux, they seem to work fine to burn, but the data is corrupted. Can anyone recommend a local source of USB 2.0 PCI cards that work properly under Linux (X86)? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mend

Re: ReRevival

2006-04-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
where. Smoked salmon aka lox, is good for sushi rolls for those that prefer not to eat raw fish. In the E.U. most restaurant sushi is, by law, made from frozen fish. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443

Re: Archive of this list

2006-04-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 02:01:37AM +0300, Alon Altman wrote: > Why not? It is trivial to add a google search box to the archives. In the > meanwhile, just add site:mirror.hamakor.org.il/archives/linux-il/ But then those of us who boycott Google would leave the list. Geoff. -- Geof

Re: Don't Panic! (OT) Netvision

2006-04-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 06:22:50PM +0200, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > I am sorry, but I don't agree with your logic. It was a joke. Of course, it's flawed logic. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2

Don't Panic! (OT) Netvision

2006-04-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ore because you already pay for it, so why not? This will decrease my throughput and raise my latency. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffste

Re: MP3 to WMA file conversion

2006-04-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
at 64k as an MP3 at 128k. I don't need the tuner or record capability, but I don't like the idea of having to find a place to charge it (and a USB port to do so). Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice:

MP3 to WMA file conversion

2006-04-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
on't care about that, I don't have any. If you know of a Linux WMA encoder, preferably command line, please let me know. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-183

Re: Domestic VoIP service of BezeqInt

2006-04-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
nd 5m download service via their commercial division. I get better service, but I'm not eligable for combined service discounts (package deals with cable service and phone line and internet). Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667

Re: reading a specific session of a cd

2006-04-03 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
it's something you need to do rarely, you are welcome to come here and do it on a Macintosh. MacOS mounts each session seperately. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Vis

Re: reading a specific session of a cd

2006-04-03 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
rt from burning them > and mounting)? CDRDAO. Wonderful program. Started out on Linux, also available on Windows, MacOS, Solaris, *BSD, etc. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-18

How to copy an FC4 system?

2006-04-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
advance. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubs

Re: Portable MP3 player?

2006-03-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
my set up, but when it started to play.... (take off on an old piano joke). :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.co

Offshoring

2006-03-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
re left here will be complaining that all the programing jobs went to India and China. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my

Re: PocketPC

2006-03-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
uch to worry about. Whatever you do DO NOT BUY WHITE EARBUDS. That's become the universal sign for "I have an iPod mug me". :-( Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07

Re: PocketPC [Was: Portable MP3 player?]

2006-03-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
hink there are Linux ports for some of the WinCE ones, after all they are very well documented and use ARM chips. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Vi

Portable MP3 player?

2006-03-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
T AAA). 5. 256meg or more of memory. 6. Relativley cheap. I don't want a 3500 NIS pocket PC. Any suggestions? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visi

Re: Recording the Lecture [was Re: Date Correction [was Re: Telux: "Linux Kernel Tuning and Customisation" on 26 March]]

2006-03-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
teachers of the death that might provide as part of their training an on site signer? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog

Playing video on Windows from a Linux host.

2006-03-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
don't want. Is there some way to stream or pipe the video directly to the Windows machine and play it? I was thinking VLC might do it, but how do I feed it? Thanks. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-64

Re: [job offer] - looking for expert

2006-03-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
s and I'm sure someone out there would appreciate the extra content. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'b

Re: Is there a way to print to this printer from linux

2006-03-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
cripts) for another mailing list, I can did them out if you want, or look at the YellowDog linux archives. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at htt

OT: Pentium pro 200 server for free

2006-03-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
y is impossible, don't ask. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ ===

MythTV and YES part two.

2006-02-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
YES box from the linux machine? Which distro for MythTV (though it looks less likely). Can I control both with a remote (not necessarily the same one)? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S

MythTV and Yes

2006-02-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ids. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To

Playing a DVD with 4 audio channels

2006-02-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the computer go into a stand alone decoder. Dolby Prologic and AC3 tracks are already downmixed, I would probably need to decode them on the computer. Anyone have any ideas? TIA, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 9

FLYTV Prime 34?????

2006-02-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
srael is out)? Thanks in advance. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ ==

Re: Linux machine with 5 Lan cards + Wireless for 460 NIS :-)

2006-02-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
int of this discussion all along. I was just using it as an example. Check out my blog entry on Monday, 6 February about GPL, open source and selling source code. SVEASoft and others are discussed. http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Linux machine with 5 Lan cards + Wireless for 460 NIS :-)

2006-02-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
now what you are doing, you can get by number 2, but if a customs agent does not care to listen, you can't convince them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-

Re: Connecting Asterisk to an analog "smart" phone?

2006-02-07 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 11:58:31AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > All of the "smart" phones I have seen were digtial. They still connect > over a twisted pair, but it's some sort of proprietary lan that is not > publicly documented. > Can you provide any refere

Re: Connecting Asterisk to an analog "smart" phone?

2006-02-07 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ossibilty of a smart phone, but ISDN phones are hard to find and not cheap. They never "took off". Can you provide any references? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-64

Looking for USB video capture device.

2006-02-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
r and dvdauthor. Thanks, in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffste

Re: Looking for Backup solutions for Linux

2006-01-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
pe I/O. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 The trouble with being a futurist is that when people get around to believing you, it's too late. We lost. Goog

OT: Someone was looking a long time ago for DAT tapes

2006-01-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Weizmann and commutes daily. My wife sees his about once every two weeks. If you are that person and still want the tapes, I can send you a box or two of unused Sony DDS-3 DAT tapes for free. You will have to arrange to get them yourself from my friend at Weizmann. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S

Re: HTB Traffic Control Problems...

2006-01-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
dropped packets due to buffer full, TCP should not. In the end if the packets are dropped, then the receiver will wait for them and after a time out, ask for them to be retransmitted. That's the problem, the wait time needs to me a few miliseconds, not a TCP timeout. > > just &

Re: HTB Traffic Control Problems...

2006-01-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
st to keep you stats looking good, without actually doing any good. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 The trouble with being a futurist is that when people get around to

Re: HTB Traffic Control Problems...

2006-01-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
technical support, I found that the latency of a cable modem connection was much higher than that of an aDSL line. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 The trouble with being

Re: GPL and In-house Source Modifications [was Re: Microsoft propaganda]

2006-01-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the public, you are not required to make them GPLed. But where does it say it in the GPL? Saying one thing in the "philosophy" section of a website, does not make it part of the license. I don't doubt that's the intent, it's just not the license. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Me

Re: Microsoft propaganda

2006-01-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
busy supporing their Solaris and AIX systems. :-( > Sometimes cheaper works, even if the open source solution even if > doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the closed source > application has (look at Samba for example). Samba is a great product and it has been around for a

Re: Microsoft propaganda

2006-01-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ource software. The product not only has to work, but it has to work well and continue to work. I would not try to fight examples like this, IMHO it makes more sense to show what you are offering is well supported, reliable and works well, not that it's cheaper. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mende

Re: Security hole?

2006-01-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
fd0 fd0 tar: fd0: Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Seems like you are ok. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-144

Three unusual old computers for "rescue" in Jerusalem

2006-01-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
o run A/UX, Linux or BSD. I am not interested in giving them to someone who is trying to scrounge parts. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 The trouble with being a futuri

Re: skype "router"

2006-01-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
hen I'm not using it and it sits idle. I expect that since Skype runs on a NAT'ed machine behind a firewall, not much, but a router would not be. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice

Re: WiFi Access Point

2005-12-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
n in wasting time trying to crack yours. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 You should have boycotted Google while you could, now Google supported BPL is in action. Time

Re: viop blues

2005-12-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
a friend who made aliyah last summer who has no landline, only a cell phone. He also has a VoIP line to the U.S. so if I want to call him for free, I call him using my AmeriFone (Vonage) line. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7

Re: dvb card for linux

2005-12-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
es a few programs in Hebrew, but who has kids who do.) -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 You should have boycotted Google while you could, now Google supported BPL is in action.

Re: Looking for a source of fax/modems

2005-12-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
How many do you need and do they need to be identical? I'm sure if you ask around you can find plenty of them in junk bins. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838

OT: Warning to VoIP users!!!

2005-11-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
If you use or plan to use a VoIP system please read: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/003369.html Jeff Pulver is one of the main proponents of VoIP. He runs a free service called Free World Dialup (one of the first) and was a founder of Vonage. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Switching from HOT to aDSL, Cable TV to Yes (linux info?)

2005-11-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
et the wrong thing now. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 You should have boycotted Google while you could, now Google supported BPL is in action. Time is running out on

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Instead of AdSense (was: Re: [off topic] A new project - automatic translation)

2005-11-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:52:16PM +0200, Omer Zak wrote: > Therefore, AdSense is good for both them and the Web site owner. You should note that not only will Amateur radio operators aka "Hams" avoid your site, they will ask their family and friends to do so. Geoff. -- Geoffrey

Re: Can Asterisk be used with analog modem for incoming calls ?

2005-11-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Note that a Celleron 500 is not that poor a performer. The early cellerons were real dogs, by the time the 500 came out they were decent performers. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-82

Re: Evil lightnings (or: Advice UPS)

2005-11-21 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
and disconnected. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 You should have boycotted Google while you could, now Google supported BPL is in action. Time is running out on worldwide rad

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