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

2011-02-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 25/02/11 23:28, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: I hope synchronization can be disabled on all Android phones, but I don't know that and I could not find out. "My Calendar" was a major reason for choosing Galaxy S. Calendar and contacts use a "provider" (technical term) in order to p

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

2011-02-26 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On 2/25/11, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: >Configuring email accounts with incoming (POP) and outgoing (SMTP) >gmail.com servers This is a bit of a goof: Gmail only supports IMAP with Android clients, but not POP. I usually use POP but I had to configure IMAP for the phone, and it didn't regist

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

2011-02-26 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
mivreshet is a new word invented by eliezer Ben Yehuda, based on the English brush, in a Hebrew form. Bialik prefered the word mis'eret (from hair), but it did not catch. On other times, Bialik won: his matos won over the aviron, invented by Ben Yehuda, which also resembles the French word avoin.

Re: MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-26 Thread eliran gonen
These certifications by themselves are only an advantage if you plan to work as technical support/helpdesk when you are done with the army. That is to say, you won't _learn_ much from the courses themselves, real-workplaces environment is entirely different than what is required for you to memorize

ot: job postings

2011-02-26 Thread geoffrey mendelson
These came to me from a friend in the US, the jobs are in Israel. I know nothing about them, so don't contact me for more info. http://www.ceva-dsp.com/about/career_vacancies.php Geoff -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.

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

2011-02-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 06:29, Michael Shiloh wrote: > alkeli comes to mind, but i don't have one handy i can check. > Thanks, what is this alkeli? I've googled "alkeli dictionary" but I see nothing relevant. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _

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

2011-02-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hi Stan! On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:52, Stan Goodman wrote: > Dotan... > > Can you be more specific about the problem; can you give a concrete > example of a problem you would have to solve, and what you would expect > from "the book"? Is it to trace words from foreign-language origins > (like Na

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

2011-02-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 16:13, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > mivreshet is a new word invented by eliezer Ben Yehuda, based on the English > brush, in a Hebrew form. Bialik prefered the word mis'eret (from hair), but > it did not catch. On other times, Bialik won: his matos won over the aviron, >

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

2011-02-26 Thread Nadav Har'El
Hi, I've also been looking for years for a good Hebrew etymology book, but have yet to find one. There are plenty of books with stories about the origin of a few dozen words, but this is not the same as a book with the origin of every word in the language. I've looked at many dictionaries, and foun

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

2011-02-26 Thread Aviram Jenik
> > Thanks, Orna. Actually, I did hear that "brush" was the origin for > mivreshet, which is why I went looking for an authoritive source. How > about "pitria"? If "pitria" is what you're looking for (you originally wrote 'petria' - doesn't really mean anything in Hebrew) then a simple google sea

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

2011-02-26 Thread Stan Goodman
On Saturday 26 February 2011 at 22:07:16, Stan Goodman Stan Goodman wrote: > Hi Stan! > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:52, Stan Goodman wrote: > > Dotan... > > > > Can you be more specific about the problem; can you give a concrete > > example of a problem you would have to solve, and what you

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

2011-02-26 Thread sammy ominsky
On 26/02/2011, at 03:24, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > The contacts situation is a little more complicated on stock Android. The > contacts application is useable even before logging in to Google, but it uses > a temporary local provider that is no longer available once the Google > provider is pres

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

2011-02-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Thanks, Orna. Actually, I did hear that "brush" was the origin for mivreshet, which is why I went looking for an authoritive source. How about "pitria"? If "pitria" is what you're looking for (you originally wrote 'petria' - doesn't really mean anything in Hebrew) then a simple google sea

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

2011-02-26 Thread Saba Moshe
>>> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:01:17 +0200 From: Dotan Cohen To: "linux-il." Subject: Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Geeks, help me here! Where can I find the etymology (word root) for non-Biblical Hebrew words? Words

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

2011-02-26 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
The on-line version of the Ben Yehuda dictionary is still work in progress - early progress, and volunteers are needed. They are still in Aleph. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 16:13, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda > wrote: > > mivreshet is a new word inven