Re: How do you calculate?

2010-05-21 Thread Guy Sheffer
Yep, I use python too, I usually have an open terminal. And also my Nokia N810 has python on it. So its really useful (simpler than even opening the TI83 emulation or pulling out my scientific calculator from deep in my bag). And I might add, I use it quite a lot as a student when I need to do som

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
On Friday 21 May 2010 11:13:10 Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik wrote: > > Things to note: change the resolution/refresh rate of each screen to > > their maximum (start with xrandr -q to see where you stand, and then > > xrandr --output LVDS --mode YYYxZZZ). It also has swit

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
2010/5/21 Daniel Daboul : > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: >> > If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size >> > which is big enough to include both physical displays. >> [...] >> >> ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 168

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 19:42, Aviram Jenik wrote: > Things to note: change the resolution/refresh rate of each screen to their > maximum (start with xrandr -q to see where you stand, and then > xrandr --output LVDS --mode YYYxZZZ). It also has switches to put one screen > on the right or left of the other

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Aviram Jenik
I've had some success configuring xorg.conf or using the system settings configuration for the dual display. But that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and hard to know why (not to mention a reboot changes things back again) and very hard to give a 'recipe'. It seems to be very version-depend

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 19:34, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Which graphics chip do you have? > If you have either nVidia or ATI, both have graphics utilities (and command > line utilities) that are bundled with the drivers to setup dual/triple/quad > monitor setup. > Hetz > It's an ATI MobileRadien x1400, but I

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Daniel Daboul
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: > > If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size > > which is big enough to include both physical displays. > [...] > > ✈dcl:~$ xrandr --fb 1680x2100 > xrandr: screen cannot be la

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Which graphics chip do you have? If you have either nVidia or ATI, both have graphics utilities (and command line utilities) that are bundled with the drivers to setup dual/triple/quad monitor setup. Hetz 2010/5/21 Dotan Cohen > On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: > > If you haven't done so

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 18:10, Omer Zak wrote: > If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size > which is big enough to include both physical displays. > You may want to have a look in man 1 xrandr. > > --- Omer > Thank you Omer, there was no indication in the KDE dialogue that was

Re: External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Omer Zak
If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size which is big enough to include both physical displays. You may want to have a look in man 1 xrandr. --- Omer On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 17:55 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505E with 1680x1050 built-in L

External monitor can only "copy" laptop's built-in

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505E with 1680x1050 built-in LVDS and external VGA connected to a 1680x1050 LCD monitor. I can get the external monitor to mirror the regular display, but I cannot put them side-by-side with the KDE System Settings tool. The KDE System Settings tool sees the external

Re: ספרי קודש

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21 May 2010 15:24, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > If you're looking for, say, Sefer HaTodaa, you might be able to find a > terrible scan of Sefer HaTodaa there. > I see, it might be a good resource if text are not otherwise available. I did not mean to sound insulting, I apologize. -- Dotan Coh

Re: ספרי קודש

2010-05-21 Thread Elazar Leibovich
If you're looking for, say, Sefer HaTodaa, you might be able to find a terrible scan of Sefer HaTodaa there. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 20 May 2010 16:25, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > > Not directly related, but just in case you didn't know, you can get many > > Hebre

Re: ספרי קודש

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 18 May 2010 20:19, Stan Goodman wrote: > My own very modest requirements are met readily by Machon Mmre and Sifrei > Kodesh with a lot of help from the Gordon TaNaKh. Now, if I could get the > Gordon in the form of a Kindle Book.  =;-/8 > Gooling on "Gordon TaNaKh" returns nothing other th

Re: ספרי קודש

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 20 May 2010 16:25, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > Not directly related, but just in case you didn't know, you can get many > Hebrew books via > http://www.hebrewbooks.org/ > That seems to be nothing more than terrible scans of books. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: ספרי קודש

2010-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 18 May 2010 21:31, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Personally, I don't like Machon Mamre (http://blog.shemesh.biz/?p=458). I > use http://sacred-texts.com/ > Thanks, Shachar, that was ridiculous. Where do they get these ideas?!? Especially when they mention that they freely took material from anothe

Re: How do you calculate?

2010-05-21 Thread Micha
On 20/05/10 17:24, Dov Grobgeld wrote: Regarding doing approximate answers in the head, it doesn't always work as is told in an anecdote of the books about the late physists Richard Feynmann. It tells the story of how he used to brag that any arithmetic problem that could be stated in in ten seco