convert old DOS Hebrew encoding

2010-10-28 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
I have a binary data file, in a format used by a relatively ancient program, which I am trying to convert into something sane. With the help of a Hex editor I have basically worked out the file format except that it contains Hebrew characters with an odd encoding. All characters are 8 bits. The "s

Re: job opportunity: forum manager

2010-11-16 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
Isn't that obvious? The forum he will be managing is not developed yet... :) 2010/11/16 Lior Kaplan > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Raz wrote: > >> A startup company is looking for a forum manager. >> Applicant should have 5 years of programming experience. >> >> > And why does a forum man

Re: convert old DOS Hebrew encoding

2010-11-19 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
Just wanted to close the loop on this and let you know that I published a CPAN module for this extended DOS encoding of Hebrew (including vowels and dageshim). Here it is: http://search.cpan.org/~tzadikv/Encode-DosHebrew-0.51/lib/Encode/DosHebrew.pm

Re: Bezeq's Dropbox imitation

2010-12-20 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
Dropbox has versioning, including "undelete" On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2010/12/19 Ori Idan >: > > DropBox has client and a daemon. The client is open source but as much as > I > > know the daemon is not. > > > > Maybe this should be a new thread, but what does DropBox

Re: Bezeq's Dropbox imitation

2010-12-20 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
I think you answered your own question :) On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 07:39:21AM -0500, Tzadik Vanderhoof wrote: > > Dropbox has versioning, including "undelete" > > Make it 'remote SSH account, GIT and

Re: Bezeq's Dropbox imitation

2010-12-20 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
LOL that is going straight on my status :) 2010/12/20 Elazar Leibovich > In the git sense, the porcelain is the nice GUI, and the plumbing are the > processes which does the job underneath. > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> 2010/12/19 Elazar Leibovich : >> > The act

Re: What to tell 13 year old kids about Linux and Open Source?

2011-01-18 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
I have the opposite problem with my kids what to tell them about Windows? Tthey use computers constantly at home and have seen only Linux. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Netbook without windows

2011-03-02 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
Try: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=dell+ubuntu+netbook&x=0&y=0#/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=ubuntu+netbook&rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3Aubuntu+netbook 2011/3/2 amichay p. k. > Hi, > > I'm looking to buy a netbook, an

Re: Netbook without windows

2011-03-02 Thread Tzadik Vanderhoof
The OEM also states that you can buy a computer with Windows pre-installed, and if you don't agree with the OEM, and do not use Windows at all (i.e. you wipe out Windows and install another OS), you have the right to return the disks and get a refund from Microsoft for the value of Windows. People