Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Shachar Shemesh, from the post of Tue, 09 Nov: If you did not agree to the liecnse then you have no right to distribute it (as in "selling"). I'm not distributing. I'm selling. I'm not making any copys, and therefor copyright law doesn't apply to me. well

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
First, I am not a lawyer either. This is my understanding of the law, however. There is something called "standard practices". In particular, a license to use a copyrighted work is something defined in the copyright law. One of the things you are allowed to do with such a license is to sell it

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
> However, if you do not agree to the EULA, you do not have a license to > use or distribute the software. Preiod. Only by agreeing to the EULA and > entering into a contract with Microsoft will you get a license for the > software. You are wrong here. According to Israeli law (and USA as wel

Re: Looking for a Good Web-Forum Implementation

2004-11-09 Thread Danny Lieberman
shlomi Try OpenACS - oacs.org - has excellent utf-8 support for i/o and it has really everything you need out of the box for virtual communities. in my experience you never stop with just a bboard fwiw... Danny Lieberman www.software.co.il +972-8-970-1485(voice) +972-54-447-1114(Cell) - Origi

Re: 24.3.6 section from libc info pages: Initial Signal Actions

2004-11-09 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoting libc info page: > > When a program is run by a shell, the shell normally sets the initial > actions for the child process to `SIG_DFL' or `SIG_IGN', as appropriate. > It's a good idea to check to make sure that the shell has not set u

24.3.6 section from libc info pages: Initial Signal Actions

2004-11-09 Thread Shaul Karl
Quoting libc info page: When a program is run by a shell, the shell normally sets the initial actions for the child process to `SIG_DFL' or `SIG_IGN', as appropriate. It's a good idea to check to make sure that the shell has not set up an initial action of `SIG_IGN' before you e

warning: can't find ascii character:

2004-11-09 Thread Aaron
HI all, I am using lilypond on debian, with hebrew. when I parse a file tex/latex complains that: cut- warning: can't find ascii character: 227 warning: can't find ascii character: 242 warning: can't find ascii character: 229 warning: can't find ascii char

Re: OO and problems parentheses in mixed hebrew/english text

2004-11-09 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 01/11/2004, at 09:30, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: As for a long-term solution: This has just been a long thread about this in the OOo-il mailing list. Unfortunately I can't find any up-to-date online archive of that list. I can mail you my OOo mbox, if you want. Here it is: http://article.gmane.org/gm

Looking for a Good Web-Forum Implementation

2004-11-09 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all! I'm looking for a good web-forum implementation. Requirements are: 1. Open-Source. 2. Written in Perl/PHP/Python. 3. Good support for UTF-8 output and input. (very important!) 4. Basic markup (bold/underline/italics, hyperlinks). 5. Ability to include code or plaintext as monospaced v

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Shachar Shemesh, from the post of Tue, 09 Nov: > >If you did not agree to the liecnse then you have no right to > >distribute it (as in "selling"). > > I'm not distributing. I'm selling. I'm not making any copys, and > therefor copyright law doesn't apply to me. well, the EULA clearly s

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Shachar Shemesh wrote: If you did not agree to the liecnse then you have no right to distribute it (as in "selling"). I'm not distributing. I'm selling. I'm not making any copys, and therefor copyright law doesn't apply to me. Selling what? you don't own the software. The only possible thing yo

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: IANAL, etc... Shachar Shemesh wrote: I'm willing to bet that the terms of the specific license prohibit re-selling it without the specific computer it was bought with, so it wont be legal anyway... While I'm sure you are right, I don't see how a license can bind me when

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
IANAL, etc... Shachar Shemesh wrote: I'm willing to bet that the terms of the specific license prohibit re-selling it without the specific computer it was bought with, so it wont be legal anyway... While I'm sure you are right, I don't see how a license can bind me when I neither installed the

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: I'm willing to bet that the terms of the specific license prohibit re-selling it without the specific computer it was bought with, so it wont be legal anyway... While I'm sure you are right, I don't see how a license can bind me when I neither installed the software nor p

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Shachar Shemesh wrote: culpa - I forgot to ask them not to activate the copy. Maybe some insane friend would like to install Windows XP Home. I'm willing to bet that the terms of the specific license prohibit re-selling it without the specific computer it was bought with, so it wont be legal any

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread shahar_d
Hi Try to see if there is an option to get the computer pre installed with Linux. At list with Desktops this option exists. This will save you the payment for the OS (and no need to argue about the refund) Shahar - Original Message - From: "Maxim Kovgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux-I

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ira Abramov wrote: secondly, a friend of mine just bought a PC this week. he got it with XP home eddition since, get this "it cost 500 NIS with a 1000 NIS discount", in other words, Microsoft payes you 500 NIS to take the OS. I > have no idea how they got to those numbers a

Re: SpeedTouch 510 v4

2004-11-09 Thread David Suna
Yes. I needed to download the source for tkpppoe and recompile but then it worked. I am running on a RH 9 system. On 9 Nov 2004 at 9:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did somebody succeed to handle this ADSL modem ? Thanks David Suna David's Consultants R.G.A Ltd [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Ivor Terret
Actually i'm running SuSE 9.2 Pro now, excuse the typo Ivor On Tuesday 09 November 2004 14:14, you wrote: > Hi > > I'm running SuSE 9.1 on an IBM R51 which installed smoothly and works > smoothly with no hacking or post install configuration needed (that is, > other than the usual user inteface

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Ivor Terret
Hi I'm running SuSE 9.1 on an IBM R51 which installed smoothly and works smoothly with no hacking or post install configuration needed (that is, other than the usual user inteface customization etc) I also used SuSE 9.1 Pro to the same effect. The only things which i have not configured, thro

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread amos
Ira Abramov wrote: secondly, a friend of mine just bought a PC this week. he got it with XP home eddition since, get this "it cost 500 NIS with a 1000 NIS discount", in other words, Microsoft payes you 500 NIS to take the OS. I > have no idea how they got to those numbers at the store he bought it,

Re: microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Maxim Kovgan, from the post of Tue, 09 Nov: > Hello, Hamakor. > > I am about to purchase ibm's thinkpad r50e. it is bundled with Win XP home > edition. I don't need it. I want a refund [or a refund ticket to buy other > products in the price of win XP bundled there] for this. please tripl

microsoft questions..

2004-11-09 Thread Maxim Kovgan
Hello, Hamakor. I am about to purchase ibm's thinkpad r50e. it is bundled with Win XP home edition. I don't need it. I want a refund [or a refund ticket to buy other products in the price of win XP bundled there] for this. I have contacted CMS [ the seller of thinkpads for BUG store ] they've tur

SOLVED (was: unkillable process)

2004-11-09 Thread Erez Doron
hi as reboot, and rerun casused the same condition again, i decided to upgrade the kernel (to kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp) and the problem has gone. now the program works flawlessly. probably a kernel bug. erez. Erez Doron wrote: hi one of the processes i run takes 99.9%cpu i can not kill it, even wit

Upcoming "Welcome to Linux" Events

2004-11-09 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all! This is a reminder for the upcoming Welcome to Linux (http://welcome.linux.org.il/) events. 10.11 - Wednesday (Tomorrow): Haifa Regular Users - Oran Agmon on FOSS Haifa Advanced - Adir Abraham on The Linux Installation Process Jerusalem - Multimedia in Linux by Ram Matityahu 14.11 -