Re: [Haifux] Me Volunteering to Give a Presentation

2009-09-07 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
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;

Re: preg_match and Hebrew?

2009-09-07 Thread Justin
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

eTextBooks (for kids)

2009-09-07 Thread Justin
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?

Re: [Haifux] Me Volunteering to Give a Presentation

2009-09-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
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

Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

2009-09-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
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

Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

2009-09-07 Thread Ely Levy
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

Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

2009-09-07 Thread Dov Grobgeld
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,

Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

2009-09-07 Thread sara fink
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

Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan Ben Avraham
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

The new Skype Beta 2.7.1.0.47 is available grab it!

2009-09-07 Thread mbrace7forums
This version seems to solve the stuttering sound problems I downloaded the Static version followed the installation instructions replacing the original. The sound appears to be much better all round! Moshe ___ Linux-il mailing list

The new Skype Beta 2.7.1.0.47 is available grab it!

2009-09-07 Thread mbrace7forums
This version seems to solve the stuttering sound problems I downloaded the Static version followed the installation instructions replacing the original. The sound appears to be much better all round! Moshe ___ Linux-il mailing list