thread noise

2007-03-26 Thread Peter
Unsubscribing. This is the third time in 10 years that I unsubscribe from linux-il. A list is made by the people on it. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g

linux-il moderation and spam filtering

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
that will be deleted. I am awaiting response, thanks, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Was 'MySQL etc hardware whines': now some facts

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
'blood line', then me and them do not speak the same language. Wow! What bitterness. Peter, have some common sense: if someone is running Windows on his machine, and has for a long time and you tell him: Please install Linux. It's a superior Operating System, but it cannot run any of your

Re: linux-il moderation and spam filtering

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
. That's the way it works all over the world. thanks, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: linux-il moderation and spam filtering

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
as requiring biometric authentication for an entire country's adult population to allow use of the internet, so as to prevent a potential teenager from potentially accessing a potentially damaging website once or twice (usually it's disgusting enough the first time). Peter

Re: Novell mac-pc ad spoofs

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Amos Shapira wrote: There are two ads on this, so scroll down... http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/03/novell_launches.html There are more ads like that on youtube. But here is something wrt 'interoperability': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3CIrDkGOk0 Peter

Re: Novell mac-pc ad spoofs

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONl6J7z7jmE (mac) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV_DHAMGtLYmode=relatedsearch= Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo

off topic: pirates of silicon valley - the story of the pc

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
This is a movie about the story of the PC from Gates to recent developments (without *nix): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJu2GAkf2k (there are 8 or 9 parts) Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: linux-il moderation and spam filtering

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Ori Idan wrote: decisions made by the big bad non-existing IGLU CABAL. Linux_il is the only place in the world where non existing entity can make decisions :-) I'm not arguing. One cannot argue with a Bayesian filter. Peter

Re: linux-il moderation and spam filtering

2007-03-25 Thread Peter
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Michael Vasiliev wrote: On Sunday March 25 2007, Aviram Jenik wrote: Here's an idea: why don't you, Peter, volunteer to be a moderator on this list? This will allow you to approve your own messages that are incorrectly flagged as spam, and also monitor all the censoring

Re: Driver for Infrared Device

2007-03-24 Thread Peter
and use it to operate, for example, amarok, etc... 10x. lirc Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: list police ate my message

2007-03-23 Thread Peter
The copy seems to have been deleted also. The message that was eaten (twice?) had Headers: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:52:43 +0200 (IST) thanks, Peter

Re: Blooming Filters (was: Re: [Job] MySQL consultation)

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Omer Zak wrote: On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 00:20 +0200, Peter wrote: You also probably want to read up on more advanced indexing methods (like Bloom and Blooming filters and such) than what's available with ordinary off the shelf databases. I searched for information about

Re: Blooming Filters (was: Re: [Job] MySQL consultation)

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
running a single large process. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MySQL etc hardware whines

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, guy keren wrote: Peter wrote: Afaik the fastest servers (including Google and many others) do not use SQL for anything. An optimized hash table (tiered etc) should work much better than any SQL. funny you should mention google - because all their computers that run

Re: New Israeli Debian mirror: archive CD images

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
distribution ? thanks, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Blooming Filters (was: Re: [Job] MySQL consultation)

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
sets without actually storing the data. This can reduce the number of actual (expensive) lookups by orders of magnitude. I am not sure what Google uses for algorythms internally but from my adventures with web publishing and so on I would say that they are using similar principles. Peter

Re: Blooming Filters (was: Re: [Job] MySQL consultation)

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Tzahi Fadida wrote: On Thursday 22 March 2007 16:18, Peter wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Tzahi Fadida wrote: Advocating is a strong word, i was suggesting. How exactly would you address 128gb,256gb? Unless of course your system board and CPU supports such sizes

re: list police ate my message

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
Again the list police ate a message of mine. No, it did not use any offensive language. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe

RE: New Israeli Debian mirror: archive CD images

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Dmitry Sherman wrote: I am sorry, the debian.org.il domain is already taken. There is nothing to be sorry for. Good work. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe

Re: Blooming Filters (was: Re: [Job] MySQL consultation)

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
, as muli said earlier, it is slow. I am talking about virtual address spaces. Like Google as file system, NFS, and more. But it will not be fast. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe

here's some fun about networks of trust

2007-03-22 Thread Peter
Self-building ones, no less: http://loaf.cantbedone.org/about.htm Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL

jpost stuck problems

2007-03-21 Thread Peter
this ? Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: jpost stuck problems

2007-03-21 Thread Peter
. thanks, I'll try it, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Job] MySQL consultation

2007-03-21 Thread Peter
available with ordinary off the shelf databases. Incidentally 30 million records *require* 64 bit cpu and os, so it's not an 'x86' question at all. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe

Re: [Job] MySQL consultation

2007-03-21 Thread Peter
it takes half a day to build the indexes. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Linked lists

2007-03-20 Thread Peter
$IBSYS. Darn! If I had only kept my box of source code punchcards ... You are not a Chinese-American employee of a US high tech company. Therefore you could not invent anything, let alone patent it. Peter -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Listar -- -- Type: TEXT/X-VCARD -- File

Re: extract attachments from mail messages

2007-03-20 Thread Peter
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Oren Held wrote: uudecode? munpack Nahum Mizrahi wrote: Hi all, I am looking for a command line program that can extract attachments from mail messages and save them as files. I tried mutt, tnef and fetchmail but could not get any of them to do the job. I am

Re: extract attachments from mail messages

2007-03-20 Thread Peter
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: Hi Nahum, You will have to write your own program in PHP or using Perl's MIME module. The learning curve is not trivial. What's wrong with munpack ?! Peter = To unsubscribe

Re: extract attachments from mail messages

2007-03-20 Thread Peter
'. This is of course due to its popularity, but that is hardly an excuse. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scanners

2007-03-19 Thread Peter
selling a no-name scanner for as much money as a name all-in-one is genius marketing. Thus the name is correct. I don't know about the rest. Also why aren't brand names like 'Dork' (vs. 'Genius') and 'Minustek' (vs 'Plustek') more popular. They certainly attract attention. Peter -- Binary

Re: Scanners

2007-03-19 Thread Peter
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Amos Shapira wrote: On 19/03/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: about the rest. Also why aren't brand names like 'Dork' (vs. 'Genius') and 'Minustek' (vs 'Plustek') more popular. They certainly attract attention. Who said they aren't? What about Bug for a place to buy

Re: OpenPBX compatible FXS/FXO cards

2007-03-19 Thread Peter
+Converters More like this: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VoIP+Gateways Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL

Re: OpenPBX compatible FXS/FXO cards

2007-03-19 Thread Peter
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Erez D wrote: i also looked for cheap fxo+fxs ata. and i picked up gradstream handytone and ... i had bad experiance with them. This is like 'There was a general protection failure. Press [OK]'. Could you please share the 'bad experience' with us ? thanks, Peter

Re: Open Asterisk - correct name.

2007-03-19 Thread Peter
it, but I'll find it. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OpenPBX compatible FXS/FXO cards

2007-03-19 Thread Peter
you describe sounds like a fault in the ATA FXO side. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using the code of dead project - Political question

2007-03-18 Thread Peter
not seem to know. thanks, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scanners

2007-03-18 Thread Peter
beyond the point). Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: find -mtime and wrong data return

2007-03-15 Thread Peter
there be a backup somewhere'. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

scheme compilation problem

2007-03-13 Thread Peter
Hello, I have a problem compiling mit scheme from sources. Has anybody seen this problem ? (there are 500+ hits on Google but no clear answer). thanks, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

mit scheme (-7.7.1) compilation bug

2007-03-13 Thread Peter
for first-time builders and may succeed for people who have a working scheme and try to build the package. To confirm the bug, move /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme to /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme.moved and try to build. /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme does not exist at build time. any info is welcome, Peter

Re: apache behind firewall

2007-03-12 Thread Peter
are looking for port forwarding: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/forwarders.html Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail

Re: apache behind firewall

2007-03-12 Thread Peter
Q1: what kind of firewall ? NAT ? direct ? stateless ? stateful ? Q2: what type ? (linux, router, bsd, cisco ...) Peter _ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run

Re: Fax over VoIP

2007-03-12 Thread Peter
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Amos Shapira wrote: because the specifications just don't add up (the combination of the sound quality of VoIP and the requirements for a proper fax transmission). G711 is the SAME quality as POTS, or better. But you have to get rid of dropouts of any kind. Peter

Re: Fax over VoIP

2007-03-11 Thread Peter
of things for very little money (usually). Sometimes all you need is an IP as you can send G3 fax files directly to the server, and there are toolkits for bulk faxing and such. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Configuring BIND - DNS server

2007-03-11 Thread Peter
resources on proper DNS configuration, however, I hope you get the picture. Communist propaganda ! Please stop ! sorry, I was bored and could not resist, sorry, so sorry (ok, I got over it), Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: Adding hooks to user actions in linux shells

2007-03-09 Thread Peter
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Maxim Veksler wrote: On 3/8/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can overload PS1 with any code you want. It will run every time a PS1 prompt is displayed. Good tip, thank you. The answer of curse is PROMPT_COMMAND. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x264.html

Re: Can a PHP script run in the background?

2007-03-08 Thread Peter
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Uri Even-Chen wrote: presses send, but I don't want the user to wait before he sees the confirmation message. Maybe I will just move the PHP script to the end of the file, after the /html tag. Will it work? use dhtml to fake the 'sending process' P

Re: Can a PHP script run in the background?

2007-03-08 Thread Peter
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Uri Even-Chen wrote: On 3/8/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: use dhtml to fake the 'sending process' I'm not that familiar with dhtml. How do I do it? Use Javascript to show an animation of 'sending ... sending ... sent1' Peter

Re: Random moves of the mouse

2007-03-05 Thread Peter
' ? I've never seen a problem with other mice, and with machines using only one USB pointer. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
of the ISP filter (optional, not mandatory) is valid and working. Even my ISP has such a service: http://www.actcom.net.il/services/?page=%F1%E9%F0%E5%EF+%E0%FA%F8%E9%ED Who needs the knesset to make such laws ?! Peter P. = To unsubscribe

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
weeks later they started operating again from offshore servers, with multi-homing and backup servers in case some crazy commandos jump their new site somehow. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
will implement a working control on the most dynamic media in existence, a feat that has eluded China and Iran ? Please. This is a technical forum, we all know what an IP tunnel and a SSL prxy can do. I just gave an example in the previous email. happy purim, Peter

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
://some.where.else for NIS50 ? Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: On 3/3/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: adults. If a parent really want's they're kids looking at porn sites, they'll give them their password. Correct. And since they should have their own passwords and email

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
of their solution. Sure, way to go. There will be yet another monopoly in this country. Mandatory chaperon software. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run

Re: enough (was Re: the great jerusalem firewall)

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
can be negotiated on a need-to-know basis. We could use two separate cvs servers so no developer can ever see the entire source code at one time. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe

the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-02 Thread Peter
We (more exactly *you*) are about to join Iran, China and North Korea. Are you ready ? http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3371412,00.html Peter P. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-02 Thread Peter
, to be punished with a pat on the back and the extraction of a promise not to do it again. Peter P. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-02 Thread Peter
mirror, among other things. Just wait for what is coming next ? Do I have to dot the Is on how this affects Linux and BSD users in Israel ? Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-02 Thread Peter
Curtain so I know more about five year planned disasters). I thought that I left that behind, but now it is catching up in the form of the great jerusalem firewall (there was considerable media censorship back then). I am so thrilled. NOT. Peter

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-02 Thread Peter
and NK in the first message ? Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: jpost + firefox = not good

2007-02-28 Thread Peter
. The problem is more subtle than that. I have f.ex. Opera and it works fine. The problem is a specific combination of FF 1.5.0.10 or 2.0, my firewall and ad blocks and the net. I am working on this on and off with support. Peter

Re: Ghostscript command for viewing pages one at a time

2007-02-27 Thread Peter
Use.htm installed on your system that will help a little. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Ghostscript command for viewing pages one at a time

2007-02-27 Thread Peter
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Peter wrote: -dNOPAUSE Changing resolution is not possible on the fly. PS is a programming language similar to FORTH (it uses IPN). You can do anything you want with it after you understand the language and the fact that what is being rendered may

Re: Ghostscript command for viewing pages one at a time

2007-02-27 Thread Peter
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Peter wrote: Ghostview (gv) does almost exactly what you need. Take a look at how it works. It uses gs for rendering. Yeah, I know. gv doesn't do anything simple. It pretty much takes the input file apart (assuming I understood what it does

jpost + firefox = not good

2007-02-27 Thread Peter
. And make sure all your UPSes are up and running. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

g++ compilation problem

2007-02-26 Thread Peter
Hi all, I have a compilation problem: when compiling opal-2.2.5 , g++ reports: 'g++: Internal error: Killed (program cc1plus)'. g++ is 'g++ (GCC) 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-8)'. I would like to solve this without updating g++. Thanks, Peter

Re: g++ compilation problem

2007-02-26 Thread Peter
the compiler alone it was like being reborn aout 3 times. I would PREFER not to do that. And g++ says to file a bug report, not upgrade. thanks, Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe

Re: g++ compilation problem

2007-02-26 Thread Peter
I need to do before I can take that step. Peter P. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Peter, from the post of Sat, 24 Feb: I am not a xenophobe I am a rudephobe. There are 2 to 4 rudes and 50 you were not talking about rude people, you were talking about how you fear for the safety of your cellphone and wallet every time you

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-24 Thread Peter
not a xenophobe I am a rudephobe. There are 2 to 4 rudes and 50 people/hour who aren't, who suffer because of that in the case noted. Don't worry about it, it is my problem. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: Ira, your email filter is really good. Can you breathe in there ?

2007-02-23 Thread Peter
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Peter, from the post of Thu, 22 Feb: - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to kelly.abramov.org.: RCPT To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 451 Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?192.114.47.64 what do

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-23 Thread Peter
context I am about to be s*d, while keeping a lokout for any accomplices approaching. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe

re: Wordpress Captcha

2007-02-22 Thread Peter
http://www.google.com/search?hl=ensa=Xoi=spellresnum=0ct=resultcd=1q=wordpress+captchaspell=1 Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo

Re: Decorating a kernel function

2007-02-21 Thread Peter
, either bby temporarily restoring the original location or by copying it to another place and running it there. Hotpatching a reentrant function while timesharing is on is a really bad idea imho. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-21 Thread Peter
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Ira Abramov wrote: Humm, I guess the filter IS really strong. I'm resending, this time acting like a spammer and changing the spelling a bit. :-) Change it a bit more. I found it in the spam bin AGAIN. Now, if you could please stop the silly misuse of the term Turing

Re: Decorating a kernel function

2007-02-20 Thread Peter
function or something like that. It is a two step process, with a loader stub doing some work, then the actual new function is loaded and patched (?) in. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
(because init always exists). Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
of censorship and is far less than perfect. Essentially you are allownig a third party to judge answers for you. The linux-il spam filters prove this every other day by netting flase positives. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
are not the same then two out of three decide that the third is 'wrong'. In general, it should be obvious to anyone having some common sense that a 'small simple program or wrapper' cannot guess whether a 'large complex program' is doing what it is supposed to do. Peter

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
but it 'watches' things. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Peter, from the post of Mon, 19 Feb: Prefer Yehoshua's solution to Peter's, as it does not discriminate against blind. funny, I find Captcha blindly discriminates against humans in general :-) It depends. It's just a Turing test. When

Re: looking for a drawing application

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
The drawing program in OO can draw pretty nice connected graphs (dynamically connected). They can be put directly into a presentation if needed. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
will hang forever. This is normal. It is up to the programmer to prevent this. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-19 Thread Peter
that SOCK_STREAM type sockets implement a timeout so they DO detect that the remote it not ok (by hiatus). SOCK_SEQPACKET seems to be mutually exclusive with nonblocking use. setsockopt(2) documents the timeouts which you can set. Peter (dense at 4AM

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-18 Thread Peter
when packets are detected on certain ports. This can be used to open the firewall when needed if desired (like windows firewalls do). Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message

Re: Converting to UTF-8 encoding

2007-02-18 Thread Peter
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Uri Even-Chen wrote: I wrote: Anyone knows about good UTF-8 text editors? Let me explain: I have to use it on Windows, and I need a search replace feature on many files simultaneously. Emacs ? Peter

Re: Linux servers vs. Microsoft servers

2007-02-18 Thread Peter
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Uri Even-Chen wrote: Hi Peter, On 2/18/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically, it is you who impressed the TCO of the current system on your father's firm. OK, I admit it's partly my fault. But it was not only my decision. It was about 10 years ago, my father

Re: Converting to UTF-8 encoding

2007-02-18 Thread Peter
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Uri Even-Chen wrote: On 2/18/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Emacs ? Does it support UTF-8? Does it support search replace on many files simultaneously? Which version of Emacs (for Windows XP) do you recommend? And where do I download it? Uri. http

Re: Spam in Wordpress

2007-02-18 Thread Peter
altogether? There are hundreds of spam responses to each article. Install captcha Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL

Re: Quickest way to list content of directory(s)

2007-02-16 Thread Peter
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Gilboa Davara wrote: On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 19:23 +0200, Peter wrote: On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Gilboa Davara wrote: Small example. About two years ago I go bored, and decided to implement binary trees in (x86) Assembly. The end result was between 2-10 times faster then GCC

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-16 Thread Peter
the relevant part of the code to stop listening. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-16 Thread Peter
must use both a reaper and select() with timeout. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recvmsg on dgram socketpair blocks on open socket?

2007-02-16 Thread Peter
you to run e.g. Apache as nonprivileged user on port 8080. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: script problem

2007-02-16 Thread Peter
Beware that ls prints several items per line. Try ls -1. Also numbers that start with 0 are interpreted as octal. They will cause strange things to happen to the output. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: script problem

2007-02-16 Thread Peter
By the way this can be done much better in Perl. Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quickest way to list content of directory(s)

2007-02-15 Thread Peter
assembly for some applications). Peter = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quickest way to list content of directory(s)

2007-02-15 Thread Peter
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Amos Shapira wrote: On 16/02/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Atomic code execution should not require assembly because segment locking can be done using C (even if that C is inline assembly for some applications). And how would you implement the lock on the segment

Re: Quickest way to list content of directory(s)

2007-02-14 Thread Peter
processing CPUs where the order of instructions is critical a good compiler can outdo an assembly language programmer. HOW do you write 'lean and mean' assembly for a quad core board with AMD or Pentium stepping (to be chosen at runtime) ? Peter

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