Re: Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology?

2011-02-25 Thread Stan Goodman
On Saturday 26 February 2011 02:01:17 Dotan Cohen wrote: > Geeks, help me here! Where can I find the etymology (word root) for > non-Biblical Hebrew words? Words such as "petria", or "mivreshet"? An > online source would be great, but I'm willing to buy a book if need > be. > > Thanks! Dotan...

Re: Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology?

2011-02-25 Thread Michael Shiloh
alkeli comes to mind, but i don't have one handy i can check. On 02/25/2011 04:01 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Geeks, help me here! Where can I find the etymology (word root) for non-Biblical Hebrew words? Words such as "petria", or "mivreshet"? An online source would be great, but I'm willing to buy

Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology?

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Geeks, help me here! Where can I find the etymology (word root) for non-Biblical Hebrew words? Words such as "petria", or "mivreshet"? An online source would be great, but I'm willing to buy a book if need be. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com __

Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]

2011-02-25 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Amichai Rotman writes: > I also heard about some kind of a "Big Brother" issue with Android > devices? I am a very privacy-conscious type so I'll be glad to hear about "Big Brother" issues if anyone has more information. As far as I know there are a couple of issues to be aware of. 1. You are

Re: Android phones

2011-02-25 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 25/02/11 10:48, Diego Iastrubni wrote: Wait. The market is not open source? No re-implementation? There are open source alternatives to Google's Market, but none that carry the same breadth of applications. The interresting question is how much the standard ROMs have hebrew support co

Re: Android phones

2011-02-25 Thread Diego Iastrubni
On יום חמישי 24 פברואר 2011 11:48:17 Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 08:39:10AM +0200, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > > This might be related to the low quality of the call. The cellular > > networks use these days a heavly compressed GSM codec to save bandwith. > > If you are on an area t

Re: Android phones

2011-02-25 Thread Diego Iastrubni
On יום חמישי 24 פברואר 2011 22:46:54 Shachar Shemesh wrote: > On 24/02/11 08:42, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > > Can you explain how those "roms" are done? What does does it mean > > "binary patching"? Points to FMs are OK, search terms are OK as well. > > FMs? Fabolous manuals of course. > There is