Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread Steve G.
There is a whole lot of devices that are capable of being charged through a USB port - smart phones, iPod, iPad, Kindle and similar readers, etc. Is there a device that can be used as an external battery and/or charger for these toys? So when their battery runs out, I can plug the external battery

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 01/05/2013 01:48 PM, Steve G. wrote: > There is a whole lot of devices that are capable of being charged > through a USB port - smart phones, iPod, iPad, Kindle and similar > readers, etc. > > Is there a device that can be used as an external battery and/or > charger for these toys? So when thei

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread Guy Corem
Many. For example: http://www.zagg.com/accessories/zaggsparq.php Guy Corem Nop90 (2007) Ltd. Mobile: +972-50-7321946 Fax: 153-50-7321946 email: g...@nop90.com web: http://www.nop90.com On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Steve G. wrote: > There is a whole lot of devices that are capable of being

[HAIFUX LECTURE] Introduction to Flash Memory -- Leon Romanovsky

2013-01-05 Thread Eli Billauer
On Monday, January 7th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear a talk by Leon Romanovsky: Introduction to Flash Memory Abstract In this lecture we will discuss flash memory. We will go through history, different types and physics. We will talk about current limitations of flash. This lectur

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread shimi
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Steve G. wrote: > There is a whole lot of devices that are capable of being charged through > a USB port - smart phones, iPod, iPad, Kindle and similar readers, etc. > > Is there a device that can be used as an external battery and/or charger > for these toys? So w

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
Thinkgeek carries a wide variety, some with solar cells to re-charge the battery. And I think by now it's mainstream enough that you can also find it on amazon. שבוע טוב, Eliyahu - אליהו 2013/1/5 shimi : > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Steve G. wrote: >> >> There is a whole lot of devices th

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread Steve G.
Thanks for all the advice. I particularly like the Zaggspark 6000. It is not too heavy and can handle a number of devices quickly and at once. I will check if they carry something like it at Office Depot (I am talking Tel Aviv), and if not check whether it makes sense sending it here from the US.

Re: Off topic, but only a little since it's about hardware

2013-01-05 Thread Shlomo Solomon
Ther are cheaper ones on e-bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2800mAh-External-Backup-Battery-Charger-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-GT-N7000-i9220-/110787029613?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item19cb6bea6d I have a similar one marked as 1500 mAh that gives my Galaxy S a 50-60% charge. So since this is marked 2800 mAh,

Re: RNG (was: Re: SSD drives)

2013-01-05 Thread Amos Shapira
If someone is really concerned about NSA knowing their random seed through Intel's hardware implementation - can't these few people add hardware RNG's to their sources? (one ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hardware_random_number_generators ) On 3 January 2013 11:42, Oleg Goldshmid

Re: OT - Workflow / BPM / CRM softwares

2013-01-05 Thread Amos Shapira
Atlassian Jira has flexible custom workflow and permission definitions. http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/overview/custom-workflow (disclosure - I work for Atlassian) On 2 January 2013 13:09, vordoo wrote: > On 2013-01-02 11:24, Ariel Bar David wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm searching for a wor

my attempt for a new endeavour: debugging2day - Linux/C/C++-centric debugging methodologies online E-zine

2013-01-05 Thread guy keren
for want of a shorter name ;) i started this last year, then got a little lazy - and now that the world didn't come to an end, decided to give it a second go - and this time, even tell people about this :0 http://debugging2day.wordpress.com/ if anyone has comments, or has ideas or requests

Re: RNG (was: Re: SSD drives)

2013-01-05 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
I think xkcd summed it up very well for all those that are afraid of secret services, you are the weakest link: http://xkcd.com/538/ 2013/1/6 Amos Shapira > If someone is really concerned about NSA knowing their random seed through > Intel's hardware implementation - can't these few people add

Re: RNG (was: Re: SSD drives)

2013-01-05 Thread Amos Shapira
+1 ! On 5 January 2013 22:44, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: > I think xkcd summed it up very well for all those that are afraid of > secret services, you are the weakest link: > http://xkcd.com/538/ > > > 2013/1/6 Amos Shapira > >> If someone is really concerned about NSA knowing their random seed >>

Re: [Haifux] my attempt for a new endeavour: debugging2day - Linux/C/C++-centric debugging methodologies online E-zine

2013-01-05 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 2:41 AM, guy keren wrote: > > for want of a shorter name ;) > > i started this last year, then got a little lazy - and now that the world > didn't come to an end, decided to give it a second go - and this time, even > tell people about this :0 > > > http://debugging2day.**w