Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
2011/1/16 Lior Kaplan > I think he would prefer to lecture without the sponsorship of a commercial > company.. and we have enough clubs which could allow this. > > AFAIK, he tries to get commercial companies to sponsor his travels as much as possible. Anyway, I am trying to get a suitably large

Re: [Haifux] [OT][NON-JOB OFFER] Beauty and the Geek 3 (Channel 10)

2011-01-16 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
Clarification: even though I forwarded this to the list as part of my role as co-webmaster of haifux, and as a service to the community, I strongly join guy's view, and more: Please do not embarrass Haifux/Linux-il by declaring yourselves as members, when taking part in a stereotypic low-denominat

Re: Multiple software copies (was Re: Die GNU autotools)

2011-01-16 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 17/01/11 02:21, Oron Peled wrote: 2. What is the chance that the update would fix *all* multiple copies of same DLL which is installed/bundled/packaged in 3'rd party applications, sometimes in multiple versions (of the application, the DLL or both). No need to hypothis. Just look up what

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 17/01/11 00:00, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 23:02, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Hi Shachar. I notice that the RLM and LRM are not implemented in the new keyboard layout. You might want to mention to the rest of the committee that there exist users who use the lyx layout specifical

Multiple software copies (was Re: Die GNU autotools)

2011-01-16 Thread Oron Peled
Somehow, too many people miss the really big point about code duplication... So I'll try to put some perspective into this... On Thursday, 13 בJanuary 2011 13:30:34 Elazar Leibovich wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > But it's a system (or user-installed) library. Wh

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Diego Iastrubni
On יום ראשון 16 ינואר 2011 15:15:22 Ehud Karni wrote: > From: Richard Stallman > To: e...@gnu.org > Subject: Speeches in Israel? > Reply-to: r...@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:05:32 -0500 > > I think I will be in Israel in July. Do you know of any > place that w

Re: [HAIFUX LECTURE] A FOSS Yankee in Microsoft's court - Boaz Goldstein

2011-01-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
2011/1/16 Mordecha Behar : > Wow. This looks like a fascinating talk. > But unfortunately I can't be there. Are the Haifux talks regularly recorded? > If so, where can I find them, if not, can you make an exception this time? > Thanks. > Yes, since I left Haifa all the interesting talks have been

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 23:02, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> Hi Shachar. I notice that the RLM and LRM are not implemented in the >> new keyboard layout. You might want to mention to the rest of the >> committee that there exist users who use the lyx layout specifically >> for those two most useful char

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:50:16PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 22:18, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > Hi Tzafrir, as well as anyone else who want to pursue this development > > independently. > > > > I think the community is having a hard time wrapping its head around a > > fund

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 16/01/11 22:53, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Hi, If that key won't be included at all, I figure I won't go manually editing every system around. Had you read the comments on my blog, you would have known that this key will be included, as well as gershaim and the rest of them. We just didn't get ar

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 16/01/11 22:50, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 22:18, Shachar Shemesh wrote: The best way to get your feedback considered by the committee (before reaching the public comments stage, that is) is by*reading all the comments* on the blog post Tzafrir pointed to, and then, if w

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Hi, On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:18:50PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Thankfully, Hamakor has a couple of representatives at the committee, > and one of them (yours truly) did his best to make the process as > transparent as possible. The best way to get your feedback considered by > the c

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 22:18, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hi Tzafrir, as well as anyone else who want to pursue this development > independently. > > I think the community is having a hard time wrapping its head around a > fundamental fact of the new keyboard standard. This is not an open source > p

Re: [Haifux] [OT][NON-JOB OFFER] Beauty and the Geek 3 (Channel 10)

2011-01-16 Thread choo
just do me a favor - DON'T register under the title "Haifa linux club member" or something similar - i had enough problems at work after the fiasco with Moshic Afia on "Once in a life time" of yes, several years ago... people kept reminding me of that show for more then a year after it was shown o

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Omer Zak
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 22:18 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > On 13/01/11 10:52, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Hi > > > > So I set up a small git repo with the xkb mapping and put my changes > > in a branch: > > > > http://gitorious.org/si1452-xkb/si1452-xkb/commits/tzafrir > > > > [... snipped ...] >

Re: new SI1452 keyboard layout

2011-01-16 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 13/01/11 10:52, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Hi So I set up a small git repo with the xkb mapping and put my changes in a branch: http://gitorious.org/si1452-xkb/si1452-xkb/commits/tzafrir Hi Tzafrir, as well as anyone else who want to pursue this development independently. I think the commu

Which software will be used (was: Re: Die GNU autotools)

2011-01-16 Thread Omer Zak
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 01:32 +0200, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Nadav Har'El > wrote: > If two programs are virtually identical, have the > same features and quality, but one is written in C and takes 5 > MB on disk > and memory a

Re: Die GNU autotools

2011-01-16 Thread Omer Zak
Chiming in late, and I apologize if someone already mentioned the following point in E-mail which I didn't read yet. On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 13:30 +0200, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > Nowadays, developer time is expensive, QA time is expensive, support > time is expensive. Memory is cheap, CPU is cheap

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:59:54 +0200 > From: Guy Sheffer > Cc: e...@unix.mvs.co.il, e...@gnu.org, linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il, > Mord Behar > > I can talk to the Hebrew University student union. We could organize a > place in Givat Ram campus. I'm pretty sure I can get a decent lecture > ha

Re: Handy Program

2011-01-16 Thread Michael Vasiliev
On 01/16/2011 10:30 AM, Mordecha Behar wrote: > I think that the people reading this list are the only ones in the > world who would benefit from this program. > You how you're typing in English (or Hebrew) and then look at the > screen only to realize that you hadn't switched your keyboard? > Frus

Re: [OT][NON-JOB OFFER] Beauty and the Geek 3 (Channel 10)

2011-01-16 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Yeah, great way to become a joke in the geek community, and a bigger joke if you're looking for a new job/project.. Hetz 2011/1/16 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda > Hello all, > I am forwarding this as a non-job offer, since participants are not > paid (though they have a chance of winning a monetary pri

[OT][NON-JOB OFFER] Beauty and the Geek 3 (Channel 10)

2011-01-16 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
Hello all, I am forwarding this as a non-job offer, since participants are not paid (though they have a chance of winning a monetary prize). Orna. -- Forwarded message -- Following the Success of the second season of "Beauty and the Geek" we are now beginning the search for our nex

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
2011/1/16 Lior Kaplan > I think he would prefer to lecture without the sponsorship of a commercial > company.. > How do you know that? I hosted him twice, both times sponsored by (very well known) commercial companies. I don't speak for RMS, but based on past experiences I wouldn't expect him to

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011, Ehud Karni wrote about "[r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]": > I got this request from RMS through Eli Zaretskii. > > I think one of the Israeli Linux forums (TELUX, HAIFUX) is appropriate > > I think the forum mangers should contact RMS directly and coordinate > the speec

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Lior Kaplan
I think he would prefer to lecture without the sponsorship of a commercial company.. and we have enough clubs which could allow this. But it would of course be better to ask him. Kalpan 2011/1/16 Ohad Levy > I didn't really ask, but I think that red hat Israel would love to host > him. > > Oha

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Guy Sheffer
Hello all, I can talk to the Hebrew University student union. We could organize a place in Givat Ram campus. I'm pretty sure I can get a decent lecture hall. Guy Sheffer Jerusalem Linux club (Whats left of it) On 1/16/11, Ohad Levy wrote: > I didn't really ask, but I think that red hat Israel wo

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Ohad Levy
I didn't really ask, but I think that red hat Israel would love to host him. Ohad On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Ehud Karni wrote: > I got this request from RMS through Eli Zaretskii. > > I think one of the Israeli Linux forums (TELUX, HAIFUX) is appropriate > > I think the forum mangers shou

Re: [r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Moish
That's it?! ( without any intention to belittle the distinguished forums ) On 16/01/2011 15:15, Ehud Karni wrote: I got this request from RMS through Eli Zaretskii. I think one of the Israeli Linux forums (TELUX, HAIFUX) is appropriate I think the forum mangers should contact RMS directly and

[r...@gnu.org: Speeches in Israel?]

2011-01-16 Thread Ehud Karni
I got this request from RMS through Eli Zaretskii. I think one of the Israeli Linux forums (TELUX, HAIFUX) is appropriate I think the forum mangers should contact RMS directly and coordinate the speech. Ehud. From: Richard Stallman To: e...@gnu.org Subject: Speeches in Israel?

Re: Handy Program

2011-01-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:51:07AM +0200, Meir Kriheli wrote: > On 01/16/2011 10:30 AM, Mordecha Behar wrote: > > I think that the people reading this list are the only ones in the world > > who would benefit from this program. > > You how you're typing in English (or Hebrew) and then look at the s

Re: [HAIFUX LECTURE] A FOSS Yankee in Microsoft's court - Boaz Goldstein

2011-01-16 Thread Eli Billauer
At times, we do record Haifux lectures, but I don't think that has been done for a while. This one will not be recorded for obvious reasons. Eli Mordecha Behar wrote: Wow. This looks like a fascinating talk. But unfortunately I can't be there. Are the Haifux talks regularly recorded? I

Re: [HAIFUX LECTURE] A FOSS Yankee in Microsoft's court - Boaz Goldstein

2011-01-16 Thread Mordecha Behar
Wow. This looks like a fascinating talk. But unfortunately I can't be there. Are the Haifux talks regularly recorded? If so, where can I find them, if not, can you make an exception this time? Thanks. On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Eli Billauer wrote: > On Monday, January 17th (TOMORROW) at 1

Re: Time for a chuckle

2011-01-16 Thread Amos Shapira
On 14 January 2011 23:59, Omer Zak wrote: > > After all those serious E-mail exchanges about printers etc., I thought > it's time to have a moment of lightheadedness. > > Here is something on tech support > > A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her > printer. > > *Tech

[HAIFUX LECTURE] A FOSS Yankee in Microsoft's court - Boaz Goldstein

2011-01-16 Thread Eli Billauer
On Monday, January 17th (TOMORROW) at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear Boaz Goldstein talk about A FOSS Yankee in Microsoft's court - Boaz Goldstein Abstract A year ago I started working for a small multi-national software giant named Microsoft. What I found is a company with rather surprisi

Re: Handy Program

2011-01-16 Thread Meir Kriheli
On 01/16/2011 10:30 AM, Mordecha Behar wrote: > I think that the people reading this list are the only ones in the world > who would benefit from this program. > You how you're typing in English (or Hebrew) and then look at the screen > only to realize that you hadn't switched your keyboard? Frustr

Re: Handy Program

2011-01-16 Thread amichay p. k.
Thank you very much, very helpful and useful! 2011/1/16 Mordecha Behar I think that the people reading this list are the only ones in the world who would benefit from this program. You how you're typing in English (or Hebrew) and then look at the screen only to realize that you hadn't switched y

Handy Program

2011-01-16 Thread Mordecha Behar
I think that the people reading this list are the only ones in the world who would benefit from this program. You how you're typing in English (or Hebrew) and then look at the screen only to realize that you hadn't switched your keyboard? Frustrating. I got fed up with having to retype it all, so I