Re: UDP packets loss at Israeli ISPs during peak hours

2011-07-04 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 03/07/11 08:28, Arie Skliarouk wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 08:02, shimi > wrote: > > If you want, prior to calling them, to combat them with their own > weapon, thankfully there's a UDP protocol that probably no ISP > would want to degrade; Try

Re: Hebrew fonts on digital readers

2011-07-04 Thread Stan Goodman
On 07/04/2011 04:31 AM, Steve G. wrote: FWIW, this is not the same discussion as far as I am concerned. The previous discussion was about what reader is best for Hebrew book. This one is about how to read Hebrew on a Kindle 2. I am not going to buy eVrit, nor any book with DRM on it, if I can

Re: Hebrew fonts on digital readers

2011-07-04 Thread Nitzan Brumer
Buying the kindle: 139 $ Shipping to Israel: 40$ (no, you can not change that, fedex is mandatory) Fedex Israel fees: 150 NIS (they charge the vat, handling, moving, storage or whatever) So, at the end buying a kindle costs around 760 Nis which is still 140NIS cheaper than the eVrit, but far from

Re: Hebrew fonts on digital readers

2011-07-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jul 4, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Stan Goodman wrote: 900 NIS? Double the price of a Kindle. If the cottage-cheese folks could be interested in this, the price would surely come down. Where exactly can I get a Kindle with a full touch screen for 450 NIS? Ok, the nook version 2 has one and is o

Re: Hebrew fonts on digital readers

2011-07-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jul 4, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Nitzan Brumer wrote: Buying the kindle: 139 $ Shipping to Israel: 40$ (no, you can not change that, fedex is mandatory) Fedex Israel fees: 150 NIS (they charge the vat, handling, moving, storage or whatever) So, at the end buying a kindle costs around 760 Nis

Re: total uptime between shutdowns

2011-07-04 Thread Ricardo F
Hello, You can use "tuptime" http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuptime/ it works well for count time between restarts and the number of total restarts. Regards ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il

Re: total uptime between shutdowns

2011-07-04 Thread Tom Rosenfeld
Thanks I'll give it a try when I have some time to play. 2011/7/4 Ricardo F > Hello, > >You can use "tuptime" http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuptime/ it works > well for count time between restarts and the number of total restarts. > > > Regards > > __

Re: total uptime between shutdowns

2011-07-04 Thread Steve G.
What package does it come in - procps, rwho or both? 2011/7/4 Tom Rosenfeld > > Thanks I'll give it a try when I have some time to play. > > > > 2011/7/4 Ricardo F > >> Hello, >> >>You can use "tuptime" http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuptime/ it >> works well for count time between restar

[somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread is123
I noticed today the simple machine forums software that is used for many tech bulletin boards and forums has a new country in the countries list: "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" I didn't realize Palestine was a country and I thought the Israelis left when they created the PA, if so, who is occu

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread Mordecha Behar
You should send an email to RMS asking his opinion about it. Make sure he replies as president of the FSF so people can argue about his views in the future. Although, a level-headed email to the SMF dev team requesting clarification might be a lot more useful, and save us all from pointless argume

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread is123
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:08:55 +0300 Mordecha Behar wrote: > You should send an email to RMS asking his opinion about it. > Make sure he replies as president of the FSF so people can argue about his > views in the future. No doubt, just as all those respectful and well written emails to Stallman w

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Jul 04, 2011, is...@zahav.net.il wrote about "[somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update": > I noticed today the simple machine forums software that is used for many > tech bulletin boards and forums has a new country in the countries list: > > "Palestinian Territory, Occupied"

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread Mordecha Behar
> It's pretty obvious that the people who added that inflammatory, > false language did it for a reason and it would be silly to think they > would be open to discussion. > Yes, it's obvious. They couldn't have possibly done it out of ignorance. (See Nadav's rather lengthy and better-informed emai

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Jul 04, 2011, is...@zahav.net.il wrote about "Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update": > I found there is no point arguing with people who put out propaganda so I > decided the best way to deal with it is to make people aware of it, so they > can stop using the software.

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread is123
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:38:18 +0300 Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011, is...@zahav.net.il wrote about "[somewhat OT] > simple machine forums software update": > > I noticed today the simple machine forums software that is used for many > > tech bulletin boards and forums has a new country

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jul 5, 2011, at 12:51 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote: This reminds me of a very similar discussion held on Hamakor's mailing list last year. It started with this mail, claiming that the author of the Linux mint distribution hates Jews: No, what started was that he made some inaccurate statments abo

Re: [somewhat OT] simple machine forums software update

2011-07-04 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
"Nadav Har'El" writes: > Definitely not. They probably just took a country list that someone else > compiled. E.g., perhaps they took a list from the United Nations: > > http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm > > Or perhaps they took the official list of "country names" from IS