Keyboard problem with Ubuntu and gnome on remote X

2009-03-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
If I ssh in and set my display variable to the correct session and then start an Xterm, or a Konsole, again, they work fine if I have FVWM or KDE up and do not work with gnome. Any ideas? Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___

Fax Modems?

2009-03-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
in Israel? Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Fwd: Windows Free Laptop (one more)

2009-03-07 Thread geoffrey mendelson
t available for either Linux or BSD, and once it is loaded they will work with the device. Before I got the device, I booted Windows once every 3 weeks or so. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailin

Re: xfone 018 phone service and Linux

2009-03-07 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ice, but it is SKYPE, which is something some people love and others hate (I'm on the hate side) for $6 a month ($13 for a lot of countries). My wife is in Amsterdam for 4 days, and I seriously thought about spending the $6 for one month of an incoming Dutch number via SKYPE, but she h

Re: Fax Modems?

2009-03-09 Thread geoffrey mendelson
her FAX modem. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Fax Modems?

2009-03-09 Thread geoffrey mendelson
n 2.4 kernels, but not all chipsets and not all kernels. When mine died, I found that I had two that were supported, but the driver would not compile with my kernel. Serial modems are still supported, if you can find one and have a serial port. Are USB modems supported? Geoff. -- geoffrey mend

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
d you can set it up NOT to do file sharing. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
rn it on or off using the Windows printing dialog, you have to install the Windows print driver and turn on RAW printing. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
web page. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: printing from ms-win to linux withough samba ?

2009-03-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
change it later if you use postscript and decide to switch to RAW later. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Fax Modems?

2009-03-17 Thread geoffrey mendelson
tely a hardware problem, Hylafax will support it if the modem does, and this one does not. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Fax Modems?

2009-03-17 Thread geoffrey mendelson
the fax will have to answer any call (potentially after a pre-set number of rings), right? Only if no one else answers. Most people use it with an answering machine, I don' t want one. So if no one is home, or we are all too busy to answer, the fax machine would answer after 10 rin

Re: Thermal Printers

2009-03-26 Thread geoffrey mendelson
page. (obviously make sure RAW printing is turned on). Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: European VPS hosting

2009-03-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
s programs here in Israel. When he wakes up in the morning, the evening news is on his computer. There are other text oriented tools for podcasting, that don't require a gui. The advantage of Miro is that it uses bit torrent as its transport mechanism to reduce bandwidth costs of dist

Re: time zone problems

2009-03-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ose years I was programming in binary and assembly languange and I could have been programing in C. :-) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: European VPS hosting

2009-03-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
vie theater days, if not weeks, later. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: what's the least expensive way to call israel from the usa?

2009-04-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
us geek points for about 340 NIS a month + electricity. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Fwd: what's the least expensive way to call israel from the usa?

2009-04-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
re and you have to buy an 800 NIS box over 36 payments (included in the monthly price). I forgot to mention that this includes an 054 incoming number, so if you don't mind making people call you at a high price, you're set. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson geoffre

Re: Israeli ISP blocking outgoing SMTP

2009-04-06 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:55 PM, ronys wrote: > Hi, > > For the last few days, an ISP who shall remain nameless (but who's name in > octal is equal to 11) has decided to block outgoing SMTP connections to > servers abroad. They've done this unilaterally, without notifying customers, > and, for t

Re: what's the least expensive way to call israel from the usa?

2009-04-10 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:01 AM, sara fink wrote: > > First, Orange isn't trustable. They will say you a price and in fact charge > you other prices, etc. People who were abroad were charged for calls they > didn't do, etc. A quick look at tluna web site about orange will reveal the > real truth.

: ot: isps

2009-04-21 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/4/21 Erez D : > hi > > i want a new Internet connection for my home. > > first i thought of trying the cellular companies. any experience with them ? > are they good ? Going back to your original question, Orange has a 5g a month limit, which IMHO is worthless. I don't think they have an "all

Re: ot: isps

2009-04-21 Thread geoffrey mendelson
. IMHO the ISP involved would not want you to complain to the MOC as the MOC might extend their decision and force them to do more. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list

Re: ot: isps

2009-04-23 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:34 PM, nir grinberg wrote: >  The current issue with the > providers are the fact that their data network coverage is not similar > to their GSM coverage.  in many locations you will be able to talk via > GSM, but receive a very poor data connection. That's because there

Re: ssh from 012 cable to server in US fail

2009-04-29 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/4/29 ronys : > FWIW, Netvision, although they've started blocking outgoing SMTP (port 25), > still allow SSH with no problems, both locally and to the US. > > I doubt that it's a Big Brother type of issue (yet). Who was it that said > not to attribute to malice that which can be attributed to

Re: "stealing" domain names by Israeli registrar

2009-04-30 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/4/30 Boaz Rymland : > Well well. Its seems like we are not even breaking grounds here. The trick's > has been around for some time now. > > Thanks for the links. Informative indeed. Around 2000, an investment banker, burned out from the market, started a company called "Golden Names" in Jerus

Re: the cost of switching to IPv6?

2009-04-30 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi, > > I know TCP/IP but I'm not an expert on this issue, so I want to ask > about the following scenario: Neither am I, but here goes. > According to an article in The Register > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/30/ipv4_depletion

Re: Linux Friendly Netbook?

2009-05-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
d choice, but if you do anything out of the ordinary, you can see it suffers from the same disease Red Hat Linux suffered from 10 years ago. (get it out the door, worry about the bugs later) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel ge

Re: Linux Friendly Netbook?

2009-05-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
well. How about the Intel GMA 950? That has become the chipset of choice on the 9 and 10 inch netbooks. Ubuntu supports mine (MSI Wind U100) right out of the box, but how well I've never checked. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...

Re: Linux Friendly Netbook?

2009-05-04 Thread geoffrey mendelson
t now. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

dpkg problems

2009-05-05 Thread geoffrey mendelson
not run the scripts any more? I don't want to delete anything, and I have set up the automatic package updates to ignore them. I just want dpkg to not run its scripts. I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 if it matters. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geof

Re: xfone 018 phone service and Linux

2009-05-06 Thread geoffrey mendelson
of your calls to landlines, it's very cheap. It's not VoIP so you would have to put an FXO card in your switch. :-( Has anyone written a SKYPE to Asterisk bridge? SkypeOUT is cheap if you can stand the quality of service (I can't) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Je

OT: RFID?

2009-05-06 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Anyone know of a supplier of RFID readers, stickers for books, etc. Israel prefered but not required. It would be best if the readers had Linux support. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: (FW) JOB: Activity is looking for a Linux kernel expert.

2009-05-12 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > Experienced Linux-Kernel / Networking programmer > --- > > - Linux-Kernel Expert. > - Extensive networking knowledge. > - Very good knowledge in networking infrastructure (Switches,

Re: (FW) JOB: Activity is looking for a Linux kernel expert.

2009-05-12 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
> he said: please contact some...@activity > he didn't say: send your resume. > > My experience with activity: if you tell them not to give your resume > without asking you first, they don't Gilboa did not say "activity is an agency, or they have a client who is looking for" He wrote: "Activi

Re: recommended remote backup service?

2009-05-13 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Well, the authentication is secured. Without keys, no access... In that case you had better be good at keeping backup copies of the keys and depending upon whose data it is making sure they know exactly where to get them if they need to. I

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

2009-05-19 Thread geoffrey mendelson
OSX 10.5 won't work with netatalk unless the BSD licensed encryption routines are included in the build. So why include Netatalk at all? The same with SENDMAIL. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com _

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

2009-05-19 Thread geoffrey mendelson
hat's just a quick change to the KDM or GDM (whichever you are running) control file. /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc [XDMCP] Enable=true /etc/gdm/gdm.conf [xdmcp] Enable=true Geoff. -- geoffrey mende

Re: ubuntu is starting to annoy me

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
g Alt-TAB got *very* slow. The whole system seems to be a lot less responsive. turning on UFW with a default policy of accept seemed to fix slow booting, sometimes switching between consoles takes 2-3 minutes if X is involved. so far these are the biggest issues I noticed. Wait a week.

Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ting is in place to make it work well. Many commerical WiFi vendors also sell landline telephone and or cellular service and some do very badly with SIP to avoid competing with themselves. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...

Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
quot;How much is that item?" "$31" "$31! the store across the street sells them for $29" : "Go buy it from them." "They are out of them". "When I am out of them, they are $25." SKYPE is cheap and easy

Re: Ditching ubuntu

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
etimes a little humor helps. If you want to set it up and forget it use Windows XP. If you want to visit frequently, use Linux, Ubuntu more frequently than CENTOS. If you want a free place to live, and don't mind the constant questions, use VISTA. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/

Re: Ditching ubuntu

2009-05-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
t, quality control, etc but does not come out like clockwork, ready or not and costs money. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.

Re: Linux SBC recommendations

2009-05-23 Thread geoffrey mendelson
r under 300 NIS. If it runs Linux (many EDIMAX products do), you have exactly what you need for a POC. If it doesn't you would have to go beyond just looking at a few local store's websites. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel ge

Re: Linux SBC recommendations

2009-05-23 Thread geoffrey mendelson
round in your pocket, stick it on top of a tower, etc. When you burn it out, as POC units always do, you can just use another one. You have not blown your budget on one of them, or even worse had to order them from outside of Israel. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem I

Re: Linux SBC recommendations

2009-05-23 Thread geoffrey mendelson
would not, but if you tried to bring in a dozen and someone in meches wanted paperwork, would it need any? If so what? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.

Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?

2009-05-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
y they raised the price and made it a 3 month minimum if you want an incoming number. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Perpetual quest for GNU smartphone

2009-05-28 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote: > Take a look at Palm. 10 years it was the most popular PDA platform, and > was continuously becoming even more so. So thousands of applications were > developed for it - many free and many not. Palm did not have any DRM of > the type Apple for

Re: Perpetual quest for GNU smartphone

2009-05-31 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ly. It was IMHO good that they did fold, if they could do it, then it is likely that all licenses of that type would be unenforcable, including the GPL. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ L

"upgrading ubuntu to debian"

2009-06-01 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ad the DVD images one per night while I am sleeping and burn them to DVD's during the day if need be. If I use jigdo instead of a straight download do I get custom dvd's up to date, or the same ones as if I dowloaded the release images? Thanks in advance for any advice. Geoff. -

Re: [Off topic] Engraving Hebrew on US laptop keyboard

2009-06-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
will refuse to fix them under warranty, even if you take them to the same place the send them to before selling them. Since iDigital is just a representative not part of Apple, you may get service if you take it anywhere else, but it would have to be out of Israel. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: OT: Bezeqint made me "poof... he's gone"

2009-06-10 Thread geoffrey mendelson
they charge you no more than any one of them alone would cost from a good provider. 3. If people actually do reach you to complain they can't access your service, tell them the fault is with their browser, their ISP, the network provider, they have a virus, etc. Geoff. -- geo

Re: [OT] Re: As an employer what type of project (Engineering) you would like to see ?

2009-06-10 Thread geoffrey mendelson
show a plan to "do it right" the next time. And BTW, if you plan on doing anything with electronics or communications get yourself an amateur radio license and become active on the air. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: LinuxMCE

2009-06-12 Thread geoffrey mendelson
rams on the YES Max, and everyone understands English well enough to get everything else from other sources. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: OT: Help with simple Linux maintenance

2009-06-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
phone, I'd gladly call her and walk her through everything. I'm also familar with EDIMAX routers and the BEZEQ Siemens one, but that's aDSL only. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___

Re: OT: Home network

2009-06-22 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ough spots can often be done with wireless networking, but it is slower than wired and less secure. Plan to put your wifi access point if you have one as far as possible from streets, neighbors, etc. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffre

Re: OT: Home network

2009-06-22 Thread geoffrey mendelson
has a different brand it makes radio reception here almost impossible, It's produces so much electrical noise, they can't even use WiFi. That's fine for me, it does not stop me from using WiFi, and helps keep others out of my networks. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM J

Re: OT: Home network

2009-06-23 Thread geoffrey mendelson
minimal interference. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: reshet.ynet.co.il not on Download Helper, anything else?

2009-06-27 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jun 27, 2009, at 11:42 PM, sara fink wrote: There is an add on for firefox called Unplug. This one lets you download the file. I haven't tried it with reshet. You may try it and report to us. Did not work for me. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreym

Service/port based routing

2009-06-28 Thread geoffrey mendelson
can do it indiviudally. Currently the systems are running Ubuntu 9.04 with the latest kernel, but if I need to I can change them. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il ma

OT: Where to find Xine compatible Hebrew subtitle files?

2009-06-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Is there a website (or sites) that have Xine compatible Hebrew subtitle files? I'm mostly looking for Anime (e.g. Avatar, Bleach, etc). Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Lin

Re: OT: Where to find Xine compatible Hebrew subtitle files?

2009-06-29 Thread geoffrey mendelson
n Infinity brand DVD player (150 NIS at Home Center) that runs some sort of Linux and a version of MPLAYER. It works fine with the same subtitle files as Xine does, and I can't/ won't change anything. I'll check out yours (and Sarah's) suggestions. I appreciate them. Tha

Re: Compaq Presaro Laptop

2009-07-06 Thread geoffrey mendelson
something stable, but 4g may be too small for a workstation loaded with programs. Note that if it has an 802.11B Wifi card and everyone else on the same network is using 802.11G, or 802.11N, you will be slowing them down and if they figure out it is you, they may not be happy. Geoff. -

Linux Mint

2009-07-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
o the appropriate authorities. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Looking for advice about selecting hardware for graphics and data visualization

2009-07-23 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Omer Zak wrote: > I am looking for advice about selecting motherboard and graphic card/s > for a new PC which I plan to acquire; and about suppliers available to > Israelis (whereas in Israel or abroad). The PS/3 is very highly rated (and unfortunately highly taxed

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/7/28 Nitzan Brumer : > I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu > 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. Note that Bluetooth and WiFi use the same frequencies and can interfere with each other. In order to use both on one laptop with this

Re: DTT

2009-07-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
re info at least the frequancy and SR (symbol rate), other info will help too. was anyone successfull in watching the new channels and can give me the missing parameters ( a channels.conf file would be best) btw, i live in tel aviv. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusa

Re: DTT

2009-07-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
saw an ad (maybe in Tapuz) for a usb dvb-t dongle in an Israeli site, so there must be a market for this... BUG has a set top box for 399 NIS. Zap lists two pages of items (set top boxes, pci cards, dongles, etc) if you search on DVB-T. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusa

Re: DTT

2009-08-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
number of transmitters, moving over to the ones used for Channel 2, dropping the ones used for Channel 1, and adding channels 10,33 and 99. The plan is to by 18 months from now be using less transmitters total than Channel 2 uses today. BTW, are any of them 16:9? Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: DTT

2009-08-09 Thread geoffrey mendelson
know. Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
hey have a factory in Texas which makes desktops/servers, but ones sold outside of the US are most likey made elsewhere. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing lis

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
n the US from OZ, to be shipped to the US. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ot; if the deal goes sour is pretty small. If it turns out you were actually in OZ when you transacted the deal, it could be grounds for the bank to avoid any action. If you have someone from the US office transact the deal instead of you, they would be better off. Geoff. -- geoffrey

Re: partition full (or not)

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ideas what´s going on here and how to fix it? out of inodes? df -i? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman

Re: [YBA] Freescale i.MX27 project

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ell known for having technology and delivery problems. If they are surprised about penalty requirments, wait to they see the results of their technology choice. :-( Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [YBA] Freescale i.MX27 project

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
sure he's thinking similar thoughts. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
uct where someone is not just pouring money into it and not making a real profit. Discount those where the idea was to give away the program to sell hardware or compete with an existing product. (OpenOffice.Org fits both of those.) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem I

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
patents to the public domain because they are a hardware marketing company, and as the old IBM addage says "nothing sells hardware better and faster than software". Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com _

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
happened if the VoIP patents had actually been applied to all VoIP? How much money would VocalTech be making? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
was no fear of prosecution for infringment. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
try, as it were, includes all of those people that make their living taking other people's work, making a profit on it, and giving them no return. This is the exact thing that patents were intended to prevent. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ost. If you happen to be the person who did the work, or invested their money to create the work, it's a benefit. Do you not believe that you (or anyone else) should be fairly compensated for their ideas and efforts? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel ge

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
;s the difference between selling off something you bought (or created) in one lump sum, or in bits. You can make money on selling a live cow or you can make money on selling hamburgers. Same as selling off a company, or selling single user licenses. BTW, I remember when ALL IBM software was f

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
s. It is perfectly legal to let someone infringe upon a patent and then sue them after they have enough value or revenue to make it worth it. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
f you disagree, you are welcome to file a complaint with the SEC, or the IRS. If the IRS agrees, you get a large chunk of the money, so it's worth your while to do so. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-13 Thread geoffrey mendelson
quot; of IP, it can be listed as revenue from the sale of IP. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
above. He has a big company, they were one or two people looking for some part time employees. Is that the effect on the "software industry" you wish to have? Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
ogy discussed at all. Releasing an idea to the public domain is a tactic too. Going back to the original topic, Microsoft as a publicly traded company has a legal obligation to its shareholders to avail itself of every legal protection it can for its IP and products. Geoff. -- geoffrey m

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
can develop software in 3-5 months but it still will take 3-5 years for the business to grow and take root (assuming you have all the other pieces in place). First mover advantage goes to the person who is perceived to be first, not the person who is first. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelso

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-16 Thread geoffrey mendelson
BM, Novell, RedHat and Sun that offer royalty-free patent licenses. Then there is crypto, games and gaming - the list is endless. BTW - Microsoft buys licensing rights all the time - for example http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/123144/index.html Are any of those Israeli? Geoff. -

Re: [YBA] i4i vs MS?

2009-08-17 Thread geoffrey mendelson
es time and money and often angel investors are small investors who do put their house up, retirement fund or life savings. I have to go, so I'll continue this later. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Suggestion for a webmail application with good Hebrew Support

2009-08-18 Thread geoffrey mendelson
court system too. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Aver TV Go 007 card, what to do with it?

2009-08-20 Thread geoffrey mendelson
I have an Aver TV Go 007 card (and an older flytv card). Now that digital TV is here and analog TV is on its way out, is there anything that one can do with them? Can they be programmed to be used as a scanner? Thanks, Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel

Fwd: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Begin forwarded message: From: geoffrey mendelson Date: August 24, 2009 5:10:59 PM GMT+03:00 To: Micha Subject: Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ? On Aug 24, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Micha wrote: I don't have a link now but I saw a thread somewhere about the

Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-24 Thread geoffrey mendelson
leakage detector (they use the same frequencies) at about 3 cm the WiFi signal was . 35mW per CM2. At a meter that would be about 1/1000 of that, (slightly less than 1/900th to be exact), or .0035 Watts. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

apex dvb dongle

2009-08-25 Thread geoffrey mendelson
http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=735495 Does anyone know if this DVD dongle is supported by Linux? They are being sold for 99 NIS at one store. (not listed on zap) Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-28 Thread geoffrey mendelson
Very off topic. On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Michael Tewner wrote: 88 Miles per hour? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_88 Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list

Re: an open phone from nokia ?

2009-08-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
efforts, go with the iPhone. If you are looking to make a contribution to the FOSS family, look for a Linux based phone and stick with it. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il m

Re: [OT] Power over radio is it a true thing or just a myth ?

2009-08-30 Thread geoffrey mendelson
d electrical power, down into the ground or up into my neighbor's or the street. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.hu

Re: New Essay - "FOSS Licences Wars"

2009-09-01 Thread geoffrey mendelson
e people on this list feel is their right as consultants marketing FOSS, but not the right of the developers of it. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji

Re: New Essay - "FOSS Licences Wars"

2009-09-02 Thread geoffrey mendelson
and ethics are different there than Israel. BTW, don't you do exactly that? Push FOSS/Cool and then charge customers for your services? Oh I forgot, you need to make money. Geoff. -- geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com ___

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