Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 09:25:51AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Slightly off-topic: I got annoyed by political spam that was sent to my > > work address (at least 4 messages, with a considerable size) Result: > > blacklisted mailing list messages from their provider (and notified them > > as well

RE: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

Indeed it's legal. When the anti-spam law was passed, a special exemption was put in to allow politicians to send spam. IIRC, this was Leiberman's initiative. Rony -Original Message- From: linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:linux-il-boun...@cs.huji.ac.il] On Behalf Of Dotan Cohen

Re: kgdb usage errors on strictly following kgdb authorss guide

Lev Olshvang wrote: Hello all, I am looking for explanation of the kgdb errors and usage advice. I am running Linux 2.6.15.5 system with a kgdb patches from the kgfb.linsyssoft.com. I built a kernel with ethernet driver included (not module) and KGDB remote debug enable over Ethernet.

Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

> It needs to be commercial to be illegal. > Really? If I have a website that I don't make money off of, like gibberish.co.il then can I send spam? I'll do it too, not in order to promote the site but in order to get the law changed. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 07:11:59AM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Shachar seems to suggest that this might be used for a small claims court case in which the spammer may be sued for up to 1000 NIS per email. Does this only cover email from Israel, or can it be SPAM f

[Telux] Next Meeting: Zvi Devir about "Windows Refund HOWTO" on 15-Feb-2009

Hi all! The Tel Aviv Open Source Club will host a talk by Zvi Devir about "Windows Refund HOWTO" - how to get a refund for a copy of Microsoft Windows that ships as part of a new computer - on 15-February-2009. The meeting will take place at Tel Aviv University, at the Schreiber Maths&CS build

Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

Quoting Dotan Cohen : It needs to be commercial to be illegal. Really? If I have a website that I don't make money off of, like gibberish.co.il then can I send spam? I'll do it too, not in order to promote the site but in order to get the law changed. ‎There is no chance that the law will b

Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 10:25:53AM +0200, ronys wrote: > > Indeed it's legal. When the anti-spam law was passed, a special > exemption was put in to allow politicians to send spam. Not only politicians. Here's a conspiracy theory for you: We all know that ISOC is an NPO, and as such in a goo

Re: Hebew in Fedora 10.

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Oron Peled wrote: > On Saturday, 7 בFebruary 2009, Dvir Volk wrote: >> > The Fedora KDE team is heavily testing and bug-fixing KDE-4.2 for >> > the release. In about a week it should land in the official >> > repositories (which means you would get it if you simply

Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

> The way the current law defines spam is as a message that induces you to > spend money. So spam calling for donations is also illegal. Promoting > causes, such as asking for signatures for Gilad Shalit, or banning silicon > from dairy products, is legal. > So a spam campaign abnout getting the s

USB gadget linux connection

Hi all, How to detect USB gadget linux connection to another host? Are there /sys or /proc files that I can see from them, if the system is connected to another host, via a USB cable? - Moshe ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://ma

Re: Fw: Webcam driver Can someone make me .rpm auto install file?

No answer to you I saw this file on a website. Strange how Webcam in Skype worked on Mandriva 2008.1 OK and  doesn't on 2009.0 I would change distros and leave Mandriva however I would need a Gnome desktop and be able to type in Hebrew. Can anyone suggest a distro that is easy to install program

Re: USB gadget linux connection

try lsusb On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Moshe Gorohovsky wrote: > Hi all, > > How to detect USB gadget linux connection to another host? > > Are there /sys or /proc files that I can see from them, if the system is > connected to another host, via a USB cable? > > - Moshe > > > _

Re: USB gadget linux connection

Moshe Gorohovsky wrote: Hi all, How to detect USB gadget linux connection to another host? Are there /sys or /proc files that I can see from them, if the system is connected to another host, via a USB cable? - Moshe You get a hotplug event when a new USB host is connected. See: http://

Re: Fw: Webcam driver Can someone make me .rpm auto install file?

On Sunday 08 February 2009 14:21:48 Moshe Brace using Yahoo wrote: > No answer to you I saw this file on a website. I see. Searching for sn9c1xx, I see that this driver is now part of the kernel. You can load it by typing as root: {{{ modprobe sn9c102 }}} No need to prepare an outdated package

Standards compliance in Doar Israel

I have to send a document to Doar Israel. I plan on sending it in .odt format. Is there a law in Israel, such as there is in many European countries, that states that Israeli agencies must accept standards-compliant formats such as odf? Am I being a menuval by sending in this format? -- Dotan Coh

Re: USB gadget linux connection

Moshe Gorohovsky wrote: Hi Gilad, The hotplug command does not work on the system (it is BusyBox). But the kernel prints a message on system console, when I connect USB cable to a host. I can use that message. hotplug is not a command, it's a kernel sybsystem (well, there can be a program c

Identifying linux-il messages

Hi All, How do I identify linux-il messages? In full message source, I see only one header that mentions linux-il: CC: linux-il No other header mentions linux-il. Here is a message source example: Return-Path: Received: from xenbox.codefidence.com by tango.tkos.co.il for ;

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

That's not a message from linux-il. That's a message to which linux-il was CCed. The powers in charge of this mailing list encourage people to use "Reply-to-all" when answering messages to the list. As a result, you get a direct message from the person who is writing (if you are in the reci

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

On Sunday 08 February 2009 17:21:53 Moshe Gorohovsky wrote: > Hi All, > > How do I identify linux-il messages? > Use the List-Id: header: {{{ List-Id: The linux Israeli users list List-Post: }}} Some mail user agents (such as KDE's KMail) recognise such headers,

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

Moshe Gorohovsky wrote: Hi All, How do I identify linux-il messages? That depends on why you want to identify them. If it's because you want them to go to a different folder, then you will need to disable an option on the mailing list server. The option is called "nodups". If you disable i

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

Hi, Herouth Maoz wrote: > That's not a message from linux-il. That's a message to which linux-il > was CCed. The powers in charge of this mailing list encourage people to > use "Reply-to-all" when answering messages to the list. As a result, you > get a direct message from the person who is writin

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

Herouth Maoz wrote: I consider it to be very annoying, but I have no say in the matter... No, that's not true. The last time the matter was seriously discussed (i.e. - before this time) the matter was put to a vote, and this (the current settings) came out as the preferred solution by the li

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 05:55:09PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: The last time the matter was seriously discussed (i.e. - before this time) the matter was put to a vote, and this (the current settings) came out as the preferred solution by the list members. How long ago was that? After all th

Re: Standards compliance in Doar Israel

No laws here. Not even standards. You aren't being a menuval, just being a silly. - yba On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote: Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:44:26 +0200 From: Dotan Cohen To: linux-il. Subject: Standards compliance in Doar Israel I have to send a document to Doar Israel. I p

Re: Hebew in Fedora 10.

On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 13:24 +0200, Dvir Volk wrote: > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Oron Peled wrote: > > On Saturday, 7 בFebruary 2009, Dvir Volk wrote: > >> > The Fedora KDE team is heavily testing and bug-fixing KDE-4.2 for > >> > the release. In about a week it should land in the official >

[OFFTOPIC] RE: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

>From the contents of a relatively unfiltered mailbox (which fortunately is not widely advertised and I check it only once each few weeks), Leiberman indeed uses very much the political exemption. I got in that mailbox a lot of spam from: * Israel Beitanu (Leiberman's party) - sends tons of spam.

OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

Similarly, due to time constraints I'm not currently performing any active steps with the several spam emails that I have received lately, all from some coaching/spiritual spammer. If there's a lawyer or someone with enough spare time on his hands in the crowd who wishes to raise the glove ple

Re: Hebew in Fedora 10.

On Sunday, 8 בFebruary 2009, Dvir Volk wrote: > btw, are you sure someone with FC10 will just get kde 4.2 if they > update their system? As the links I sent you show, it is in the process (for both F10 and F9). > isn't this against the usual distro version policy? or is kde 4.1 so > bad they're g

Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

Tal Kaplan, from pczlaw, was kind enough to give me a detailed explanation(*) about this matter. First, to answer both Dotan and Boaz, it should be a relatively simple process to get 1,000 NIS for every incoming hebrew spam. Think about it as a gift from a stranger. The process is documented on

Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 09:18:13PM -0800, Aviram Jenik wrote: to get 1,000 NIS for every incoming hebrew spam. Think about it as a gift from a stranger. The process is documented on the isoc site (link was given in some other post in this thread). Remember you have to prove very little (that