Re: Digikam image re-compression - is it reliable?

2012-06-20 Thread Udi Finkelstein
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > So, for lossless JPEG, all you do is take those components that have > energy, and use those. This still provides a considerable saving on the > uncompressed size. You didn't say how much each picture took, but an > uncompressed 24bits/pi

Re: Digikam image re-compression - is it reliable?

2012-06-20 Thread Amos Shapira
Thanks. On 21 June 2012 04:53, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > On 06/20/2012 06:13 AM, Amos Shapira wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm preparing a disk-on-key with family photos to send to my mum and > noticed something a bit unexpected. > Most of the photos were taken with a Canon EOS 300D, maximum resolution >

Re: Python question - first call is slower?

2012-06-20 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:20:04AM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012, Meir Kriheli wrote about "Re: Python question - first > call is slower?": > > > I considered, and discredited, the following attempted "explanations": > >... > > > its code gets done in 6 milliseconds; It's not

Re: Python question - first call is slower?

2012-06-20 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Nadav Har'El wrote on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:20:04 +0300: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012, Meir Kriheli wrote about "Re: Python question - first > call is slower?": > > Is it a generator ? > > What does this mean? Sorry, but my level of knowledge of Python is well > below my level in other programming la

Re: How can I explore what is causing my laptop to not come out of suspend properly when the lid is opened?

2012-06-20 Thread ronys
You might want to check the Lenovo support website to see if they've a BIOS/driver update for your model that addresses this issue. Rony On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Michael Shiloh wrote: > For years I had been hibernating my laptop (Lenova T60 and now T61) > instead of shutting down, and o

Re: Digikam image re-compression - is it reliable?

2012-06-20 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 06/20/2012 06:13 AM, Amos Shapira wrote: > Hi, > > I'm preparing a disk-on-key with family photos to send to my mum and > noticed something a bit unexpected. > Most of the photos were taken with a Canon EOS 300D, maximum > resolution and minimum compression. > Some were taken with Android phone

Re: How can I explore what is causing my laptop to not come out of suspend properly when the lid is opened?

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Shiloh
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How can I explore what is causing my laptop to not come out of suspend properly when the lid is opened?

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Shiloh
For years I had been hibernating my laptop (Lenova T60 and now T61) instead of shutting down, and of course opening the lid did nothing until I pressed the power button. Besides the long amount of time it would take to come out of hibernation, this SEEMED to work fine, although sometimes I was

install console-only system]

2012-06-20 Thread Avraham Rosenberg
Hi, I downloaded the debian-wheezy-DI-a1-i386-netinst.iso image and tried to install debian wheezy, as a console-only (no X) system. I chosed locale C, manual partitioning and ext3 file system. At the tasksel stage, I chosed the option "basic system only". Everything went smoothly, except

Re: Python question - first call is slower?

2012-06-20 Thread Amos Shapira
On 20 June 2012 16:46, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote about "Re: Python question - > first call is slower?": > > I would - naively! - think that "stuff (not only, or necessarily, the > > python code stuff, but also what it needs from the system) would indeed > b

Re: Digikam image re-compression - is it reliable?

2012-06-20 Thread Amos Shapira
(Sorry was meant to reply to the list as well) Thanks Nadav. I'll try the %90 and %95 option. Trouble is that I need to hand the disk-on-key over to the courier in a couple of hours so might just stick to un-recompressed if it still fits. > On 20 June 2012 16:37, Nadav Har'El wrote: > >> On Wed