Re: dog db search supported only by msie - the response
On 08/05/2012, at 03:07, Nadav Har'El wrote: meyalel is a code-name for the mortal enemy of the dog - the cat. They implied that you were a cat-sympathizer, an enemy of the loyal dog supporters running the site. Oh, I thought it just meant a whiner when applied to a human. I also originally thought it was just a misspelling of mail, but it made sense as meyalel once pointed out. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: gmail over POP3 - anyone else experiencing problems?
Just thought I'd mention... as someone who is not infrequently asked to trace an email delivery path, fetchmail's default behavior of header rewriting and lying about it makes me want to cry. I have trouble with the fact that otherwise knowledgable people use it with no concern for such things. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Preparing to convince to shift to non-propriety documents formats
On 05/02/2012, at 03:40, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Why? Forget Linux. Do Macs come with Word pre-installed (today)? How much does an Office license cost (e.g., if one runs it in WINE)? Microsoft publishes a full Office suite for Mac. Unfortunately its Hebrew capability is literally unusable. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: [OFFTOPIC] Medical practitioners and building trade people vs. software developers (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)
On 15/11/2011, at 09:52, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: In addition, one wants a consultant for stuff that is outside one's core competency, so it looks like outsourcing, which _must_ be cheaper than paying permanent staff, right? No, it's almost always more expensive, but should only be used when not intended to be permanent. You can hire top talent for projects, then let them go do the next one elsewhere, on someone else's budget. [1] My attempts to say, No, we cannot afford to do it _wrong_! usually fail to embed the message into the consciousness of my interlocutors. Repeat after me: costs are easy to quantify, savings are not. Time and materials is my favorite type of contract. I will happily work hours on your project indefinitely until you tell me to stop. Especially if you don't want to pay for a proper project plan. Shachar, sorry about your venture, and best of luck at LiveU. Ditto. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: OT: Postgraduate studies
On 28/07/2011, at 07:25, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: Studying while working is a bad idea usually (if you can afford not to). The context switches are a waste of time. A big one. The exception is that a student with no experience has a hard time finding a job. But since you have already worked, and you are professionally mature, this does not matter to you. In addition, it is usually frowned upon by both employers and academy. I strenuously disagree. Both my wife and I, and my brother's girlfriend, have gotten post-grad degrees in our 30's and 40's. In both of the ladies' cases, though not mine, it meant more money for the same position, just by virtue of the fact that they now have a new set of initials to their name. In my case, a coworker and I discussed which of us would go back to school first so the other could pick up the slack caused by the context switches. It can be done if you find a way. My wife had permission from her management to work on schoolwork during slack work hours because it was well understood that my wife had enrolled in school for her own performance improvement, and would bring that to work with her every day thereafter. It's a long-term career sort of place, so nobody's afraid she'll jump ship at a better offer. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: VoIP adaptor
On 25/05/2011, at 07:44, Stan Goodman wrote: http://www.plonter.co.il/detail.tmpl?sku=PAP2 What they are selling is a refurbished item that has been unlocked from its previous condition. I'm uncomfortable with the idea, would prefer a new one, I've used new and refurbished PAP-2s, and they live or die with about the same frequency. The more important thing to look for is counterfeits. There are lots of them out there, and you can usually only guess what you've got if you don't buy from an authorized dealer, but if you find a suspiciously good deal, that's usually a fair clue. There are many genuine refurbs out there too, and they work as well as new. and fear that the name of the company may be predictive. I've bought not a small number of items from Plonter over the years and have been consistently satisfied with both the purchases and the company. In the interest of complete disclosure, I should mention that not everything bought from them was related to computers. They are also http://www.waterbed.co.il/ and http://motorbike.co.il/ If they're interested or not in selling it... I wouldn't know... usually when someone advertises a product for sale, they do want to sell it... Based on my experience with Racal/Techdata, that isn't always the case. Plonter actually sells what they advertise. Sometimes it takes a while, like when they special-ordered parts for me from overseas. But the delay is outside Israel, in that case. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: translate a pdf file from german to english
Sorry, I sent my reply offline to Sara, maybe I should have sent it to the list. http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/translate-pdf-word-documents-online-google-translate/3553/ sambo On 16/05/2011, at 07:49, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Hi, You can use pdf2txt ( http://pnaplinux.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-linux-flavours-how-to-pdf2txt.html) to convert it to text and then feed it to one of the translation engines available. Hetz 2011/5/16 sara fink sara.f...@gmail.com Hi I have a pdf file in german (can't find in english) and I would like to translate it in english. Is there a way to do that? Any input will be appreciated ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- *חץ בן חמו חץ-ביז (הוסטינג) *השכרה ואירוח של שרתים פיזיים השכרת שרתים וירטואליים מקצועיים וגדולים במחירים *קטנים* בקרו באתרנו בכתובת hetz.biz http://www.hetz.biz/ ובבלוג שלנו: blog.hetz.biz טלפוןן: 078113/4/5, אימייל: sa...@hetz.biz מסנג'ר: sa...@hetz.biz - סקייפ: heunique ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Backup script (was Re: rsync problem)
On 21/03/2011, at 15:57, Omer Zak wrote:
By the way, my own backup script uses the following rsync flags:
rsync -avH --progress --max-delete=20 --delete --delete-excluded
--exclude-from=$EXCLUSIONS_FILE $FROM $TO
This looks like a fun game! I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.
#!/bin/bash
date=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
mkdir /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}-incomplete
rsync -avP --exclude-from=/etc/rsync/web-exclude
--link-dest=/nas/web-backup/Backups/current /nas/web/
/nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}-incomplete
mv /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}-incomplete /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}
chown -R www-data:www-data /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}
cd /nas/web-backup/Backups
rm /nas/web-backup/Backups/current
ln -s ${date} current
unset date
# delete backups created more than 7 days ago
find /nas/web-backup/Backups/ -maxdepth 1 -ctime +6 -exec rm -rf {} \;
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Re: Backup script (was Re: rsync problem)
Actually, with the possibility of nfs, my data could be anywhere and just
mounted at /nas/web-backup :)
Also, the --link-dest= flag I use is the hard link snapshots you're asking
about. It creates a new generation of links each day, and keeps a rotating
week of them. It's not N backups, it's N generations of hard links.
sambo
On 22/03/2011, at 00:23, Omer Zak wrote:
I see I follow a different backup policy from Sambo.
Sambo keeps the last N backups in the same physical hard disk (or maybe
RAID array). I keep a backup in a removable device. My policy is to
never trust a single interconnected system with my data (so that I'll
not suffer massive data loss if my UPS+computer are fully zapped by
power surge from the mains, or if the computer's hard disk goes kaput).
I have two removable hard disks, each one containing an almost full
backup of my computer's filesystem. I rsync to each of them in
rotation. Since I don't want to spend several hours on backup each day,
this scheme allows me to keep only the two most recent backups (with
rsync saving time by not copying over a file which was not modified
since previous backup).
What I would like to have is a Time Machine (TM?) like scheme in which a
backup disk will enable me to see a snapshot of my computer's disk from
a certain date. It can be implemented by making hard links.
Did anyone develop such a backup script?
--- Omer
On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 21:34 -0400, sammy ominsky wrote:
On 21/03/2011, at 15:57, Omer Zak wrote:
By the way, my own backup script uses the following rsync flags:
rsync -avH --progress --max-delete=20 --delete --delete-excluded
--exclude-from=$EXCLUSIONS_FILE $FROM $TO
This looks like a fun game! I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.
#!/bin/bash
date=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
mkdir /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}-incomplete
rsync -avP --exclude-from=/etc/rsync/web-exclude
--link-dest=/nas/web-backup/Backups/current /nas/web/
/nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}-incomplete
mv /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}-incomplete /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}
chown -R www-data:www-data /nas/web-backup/Backups/${date}
cd /nas/web-backup/Backups
rm /nas/web-backup/Backups/current
ln -s ${date} current
unset date
# delete backups created more than 7 days ago
find /nas/web-backup/Backups/ -maxdepth 1 -ctime +6 -exec rm -rf {} \;
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S, Big Brother, and an unsolicited review [Was: Advice Needed - Bye Bye Nokia!]
On 26/02/2011, at 03:24, Shachar Shemesh wrote: The contacts situation is a little more complicated on stock Android. The contacts application is useable even before logging in to Google, but it uses a temporary local provider that is no longer available once the Google provider is present. On my (U.S.) Galaxy S, when I create a new contact, the phone asks me where I want to create it, 1) on the phone, 2) on the SIM, or 3) in Google. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Amazon Kindel
On 03/02/2011, at 13:30, Amichai Rotman wrote: Hello all, Any of you got the Amazon Kindel? I was thinking of buying one (the WiFi $140 model) and was wondering if it's a good idea. The eVrit reader seems to be total waste of money - 900 NIS for 50% of the features and power... I'd appreciate your input. I got a Kindle for my birthday, and I'm coming to like it very much. I'm an avid reader, and I estimate I've gone through close to a hundred books on it since October. I admit I still refer paper, but the convenience of the Kindle plus the ability to have any book any time is fantastic. The only drawback is that I'm shomer shabbat, so I still need paper books. Also, carrying PDFs of manuals or handbooks to a worksite is a major bonus. I haven't tried Hebrew on it yet, so can't report as to that functionality or lack. All in all, I'd say it's worth it. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Hebrew on Android (and other issues)
I have a Galaxy S, and as of Android 2.1, there's no Hebrew yet. I understand there is in 2.2, and an update should be on its way this month if the rumors can be believed. Aside from that, I have no real complaints, except it's been a strange transition from my old iphone. I'm getting used to it, though. sambo On Sep 3, 2010 9:25 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: I have heard that the Hebrew on Android devices is lacking. Orange does not have a Galaxy to test drive at the moment, so could any Android users let me know of any (all) problems with Android devices? Hebrew- and non-Hebrew related. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Hebrew DNS
Hi all, Not exactly on-topic, but I thought I'd ask here anyway, because I don't know a better group of technically-informed Israelis. A client of ours would like to take advantage of ISOC's offering of Hebrew domain names, but my DNS isn't set up to handle UTF-8, and it's not worth the effort to make it so for one client. Can anyone here manage DNS for a Hebrew domain, and want to make a couple of shekels doing so? Thanks, --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Hebrew DNS
On 30/08/2010, at 12:34, Tomer Cohen wrote: Please note that ISOC does not provide Hebrew domains domains just yet (in the scheme of HebrewString.co.il and HebrewString.net.il), and there is no known plans to allow it anytime soon. My client wrote to me that The Internet Society (ISOC) began the process of pre-registering domain names in Hebrew. English domain names under the extensions .co.il and .org.il can register their URLs in Hebrew now as well. My client has .co.il and .org.il domains. So I assume it's coming soon, even though you say there are no known plans. Thanks to everyone who replied! I learned something new. sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: question about customers management webapp
On 23/07/2010, at 08:36, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: I would have second thoughts about hiring an IT consultant who needs a CRM system to manage 10-20 customers ;-) And what if he just wants it? A CRM can be used for any size organization, and is certainly easier to maintain than that list of unconnected resources you listed. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: OT: 10Base2 components free to a good home.
On 06/07/2010, at 13:52, geoffrey mendelson wrote: Since some people on this list collect old computers I figured I would post it here first. Free to a good home. 10Base2 (thin coax) components. Along the same lines, I've got a bin full of older PC components including a bunch of Intel 10/100 cards, scsi cables, and a ton of assorted crap. Pickup in Netanya this week or it goes to recycling. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: What's inside the evrit reader?
On 30/05/2010, at 09:48, geoffrey mendelson wrote: I may have misunderstood the article, but I thought that it cost almost 2,000 NIS when you bought the reader and the bundle of books. On the website, it's 1,399 and you get a 400 shekel credit toward books (limited time only). Since I have no idea of what books it reads, I was not sure the bundle was needed, or I could just use it to read books I already have, or can download for free. Under English, they have a large selection of public domain works you can legally download off the 'net for free; Defoe, Darwin, Verne, etc. I was going to show my wife the article, but I can wait. I'd like to get one for my birthday, which by that time (the end of the year) it probably will be 250 NIS on closeout at Steimatsky's. :-( That should be a happy face, then, not a sad one. I'd pay 250 for this thing and be happy about it. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: What's inside the evrit reader?
On 30/05/2010, at 16:54, geoffrey mendelson wrote: As a disabled person, I really like the idea that a library can rent number of digital copies of books, and lend them out over the internet with DRM set to self destruct in 2 weeks. That way someone can check them out and not bother to return them, at the end of two weeks, they can lend them out again. This is an excellent idea. I wonder why nobody's doing it? That's why I used a frowny. I expect they will bomb and Steimatsky will be selling them on close out to get rid of them. They will definately lower the price to get people to buy their overpriced books. At which point the frowny face becomes a smiley. The fact that this device HAS DRM doesn't mean it *REQUIRES* DRM. I have many many ebooks, and a dedicated reader on clearance that reads the books I already have or may get in the future by channels other than the official one, would be a wonderful thing! Currently I read ebooks on my iPhone with Stanza, and it's extremely usable, but not ideal. A trade- or regular paperback sized eink reader would be perfect. Nook... thing that will be missing is Hebrew and I'm sure someone will figure out how to include it. It's running Android, and has already been rooted, so I suspect Hebrew's no problem. As for libraries, Israel suffers because Andrew Carnegie was neither a Jew nor a zionist, though only a librarian from the US is likely to understand the comment. Or Enoch Pratt in Maryland :) --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: How do you calculate?
On 20/05/2010, at 14:55, Nadav Har'El wrote: For years, I've been wondering: How do other Unix or Linux users do simple calculations? Do you take out an actual physical calculator (which is of course ridiculous)? Do you use software that looks like a physical calculator (xcalc, kcalc, etc.)? Yes, this, or an app on my phone if I'm not in front of the computer. Which, I suppose, counts as the former. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Script to find out the name of the parsha
On 28/04/2010, at 09:47, David Suna wrote: Does anyone know of a script (preferably in PHP) that given a date will return the name of the parsha (torah portion) for that week? hebcal. There's an interactive web version available at http://hebcal.com/ and packages available for all linux distributions and OS X. Probably windows too. It's not a php script, but you can call it from within php. The man page will give you the flags you need to get just the parsha. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Android on iPhone
On 27/04/2010, at 05:52, Amos Shapira wrote: Hmmm possible plan: wait for iPhone 4G to come out, buy the 3GS for 10% its current price and install Android on it? I like your way of thinking :) I actually tried the install yesterday, ran into problems, ran out of time, and walked away. My iPhone 2G's current functionality and data were all left intact. If I could dual-boot a 3GS, I'd be very very happy. So far it's only for iPhone 2G, but I expect it'll be ported forward soon enough. The version of Android working now is 1.6, but it's expected that newer versions will be a simple drop-in upgrade. Also, not quite full functionality yet. Calling works, as does wifi, web browsing, and even multi-touch, but apparently there are big chunks missing. Not being a current Android user, I couldn't tell you what they are. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Redirecting mail
On 08/04/2010, at 21:15, Geoff Shang wrote: Anyone got any ideas how I can requeue this mail? We're running postfix. Formail will do what you need. The syntax isn't simple, but it works. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Kosher for Passover software
On 01/04/2010, at 00:40, Nadav Har'El wrote: We're in the middle of Passover, and apparently observant Jews who are computer users are facing a new problem: a famous Rabbi has just declared [1] that during the week of Passover, observant Jews must only use software which has been certified Kosher-for-Passover. So you should create the KPL, which, if modeled after the GPL, would prevent the mixing of Chametz-licensed software with it. Chametz software would have to be run only in user space, and couldn't be brought into the kitchen^Wkernel. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Where to learn Linux?
On 15/03/2010, at 09:53, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: Hi Dov, Not far off at all from the original question. The first thing that I look for in an employee or consultant is is he has this feel for the state that you mention. If the employee has only used Windows or Mac at the GUI level, then the chance of his understanding the system state is very small because the visual pane of Windows and Mac that is designed to make things easy effectively prevents all understanding of the system state. Honestly, even though I spend many hours a day on the command line of debian servers, I feel I've ruined myself for linux by delving too far into OS X on the command line :) OS X doesn't prevent understanding of the system state at all, it just doesn't force that understanding. If the desire to delve is present, the command line offers much deeper system access than the GUI ever could. It's very different than linux, though. Someone plugged a USB drive into one of the servers in a data center in the US, and for the life of me, I couldn't think of anything on a debian system that would give me a list of all attached disks. On OS X, I'd just type 'diskutil list' (output at the bottom of this email, if anyone's curious). In the end, dmesg told me where to find the disk, but maybe it's time for some disk utility on linux that's caught up to the present? cfdisk is great if you already know what device you want :) Anyway, back on topic... My company is considering creating a position for a junior sysadmin, and honestly, I'd much rather have a 20-year old with 6 years of playing with servers in his basement than a freshly-minted RHCP or whatever. --sambo Anything that does this on linux? zefat:~ sambo$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*500.1 GB disk0 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Backup 499.8 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*250.1 GB disk1 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS zefat 249.7 GB disk1s2 /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk2 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1 2:ZFS Archive 999.9 GB disk2s2 /dev/disk3 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk3 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1 2:ZFS Archive 999.9 GB disk3s2 /dev/disk4 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk4 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk4s1 2:ZFS Archive 999.9 GB disk4s2 /dev/disk5 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk5 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk5s1 2:ZFS geniza 999.9 GB disk5s2 /dev/disk6 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk6 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk6s1 2:ZFS geniza 999.9 GB disk6s2 /dev/disk7 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk7 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk7s1 2:ZFS geniza 999.9 GB disk7s2 /dev/disk8 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk8 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk8s1 2:ZFS geniza 999.9 GB disk8s2 /dev/disk9 #: TYPE NAMESIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme*1.0 TB disk9 1:EFI 209.7 MB disk9s1 2:ZFS geniza 999.9 GB disk9s2 ___ Linux-il mailing list
Re: Where to learn Linux?
On 15/03/2010, at 10:30, shimi wrote: That looks somewhat familiar... # fdisk -l Exactly what I wanted! Thank you. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Where to learn Linux?
On 15/03/2010, at 10:36, Shlomi Fish wrote: maybe it's time for some disk utility on linux that's caught up to the present? cfdisk is great if you already know what device you want :) Why aren't mount (with no arguments) or df good enough? Because they'd show only mounted disks. The USB drive was fresh out of the box and plugged in, no format or mount point. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Where to learn Linux?
Actually, there's another position we may be looking to fill sooner than the jr sysadmin position, or it may be the same position... We need someone to do customer support during Israel business hours. Would need to be someone familiar with and comfortable on the linux command line, willing to learn the asterisk console and our email infrastructure. Prefer someone with some shell scripting ability or perl, php, etc. Among the things we do are VoIP, php development and web hosting for a niche sort of client, and majordomo and mailman mailing lists. Work from home providing support both by phone and e-mail (RT tickets). All client and business communication is in English. We provide a VoIP line and pay for home internet. Salary negotiable, but not high. This is a Jr. level position with potential defined by initiative. We have a history of hiring entry-level people who stay with us for years. We may or may not be ready to hire immediately, i'll have to check. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recommendations for Inexpensive PDA
On 27/01/2010, at 10:22, Nadav Har'El wrote: Or, did you mean he is supposed to jail break the iPhone to be of any use? This is true in any case if you want full PDA functionality. --sambo (iPhone 2G owner for a couple of years already) ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Looking for a cheap (and relatively reliable) .us/.ca-based SSH/rsync/PHP/Perl 5 web hosting
On 26/01/2010, at 16:32, Shlomi Fish wrote: I'm looking for a recommendation for a cheap (and relatively reliable) SSH/rsync/PHP/Perl 5 web hosting that is hosted in the USA or Canada. I need it as a backup hosting for my Israeli hosting, which I'm happy with. What I need is: I'm happy with dreamhost. It has all the features you want, and if you prepay for a year it's only $10/month. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Asterisk shabbat mode?
On 17/01/2010, at 15:32, ik wrote: But for that you need to know when is the shabat enter a specific location, so you need extra program for it (even if it's pure bash), to calculate the exact time it started. I think that the berkley should have the exact time and date for each week for that. I agree that you can execute it like so, but it requires a bit more work then what you are pointing out imho. Hebcal gives me the date and time for candle lighting and havdala like so: sa...@zeraim:~$ hebcal -C jerusalem -cerm 42 1.1.2010Candle lighting: 4:06 2.1.2010Havdalah (42 min): 5:28 8.1.2010Candle lighting: 4:11 9.1.2010Havdalah (42 min): 5:34 (42 minutes for havdala, default is 72) etc... for the whole year. You can also get a specific date. I haven't yet figured out how to get it to give me this week, but simple enough to parse the date out of the output. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/Hebcal-10219.shtml --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
OT: Cellular ISPs?
Hi, First, I apologize for this not being directly linux-related, but it's come up before, so I thought it would be OK. Some time ago, there was some discussion about cellular ISP service and throttling of VoIP and/or torrent traffic. I have a customer of my VoIP company who recently switched to Cellcom because he moved out to a yishuv where he could get neither HOT nor Bezeq as a tashtit. His VoIP quality has been outstanding so far, and he's very happy. However, he's not a torrent user, and I was wondering if anyone here has tried their service and discovered whether they throttle p2p or cut your bandwidth if you leave torrents running. Again, sorry for the OT post. Hope it doesn't bother anyone too much. thanks! --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Zombie processes
Hi all, I have one server that is constantly getting overrun by zombies! Nagios alerts me that ** NAGIOS ALERT ** PROBLEM with Zombie Processes on Hardware *** (***.***.***.***). Service is CRITICAL as of Sun Jan 3 15:17:10 UTC 2010. The additional information available is: PROCS CRITICAL: 23 processes with STATE = Z ps shows me it's mostly one process this time, other times it's others 19279 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19283 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19293 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19295 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19648 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19767 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19778 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19779 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19782 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19786 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19851 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19857 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19859 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19861 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19938 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19940 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 19944 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20191 ?Z 0:00 [callingcard.php] defunct 20195 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20291 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20302 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20304 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20315 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20433 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct 20444 ?Z 0:00 [playrecording.p] defunct Thoughts? Thanks! --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Zombie processes
On 03/01/2010, at 18:22, Raz wrote: look for open descriptors with lsof. Thanks! I've pretty much got it pegged as a problem with playrecording.php, but I haven't found the reason yet. Going to assign it to one of my staff coders to investigate. The sysadmins were sadly clueless :) --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Job Opportunity
Shavu'a tov, This just came across another list I'm subscribed to, and I figured it might be of interest to someone here. I do not work for Intel, nor do I know anything more than what is written below. Hope it's useful! --sambo Linux Systems Administrator – 573304 – for Recent College Graduate! Job Description: Responsible for the distribution, installation, operations, and troubleshooting of site distributed computing environment. Participate in hardware/software projects and deployment plans. Analyze work group systems and recommend solutions. Execute production processes. Perform/manage changes to servers/environment. Manage virus protection procedures on server. Drive day to day business needs by managing processes and/or workflow. Responds to customer/client requests or events as they occur. Develops solutions to problems utilizing formal education and judgment. Qualifications: You should possess a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or an equivalent. Additional qualifications include: • Good knowledge of Linux* and computing technologies preferably in a large server environment • A fast learner with good initiative • Good engineering skills • Good communication skills in English • An open person • Ability to work independently within a team • Ability to be flexible in working hours to interact with peers from other regions • Good application and software skills CVs to:j...@intel.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: full backup remotely?
On 30/12/2009, at 17:38, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Does anyone knows a way (or an app) to backup a full Linux machine remotely to another drive? I'm not talking file based backup, but partition based backup (creating a ghost image). I need to do such a backup without physically travelling to the hosting company. dd, tar and ssh. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: full backup remotely?
On 30/12/2009, at 20:34, Elazar Leibovich wrote: http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page Neato. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: full backup remotely?
On 31/12/2009, at 00:27, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: doing the backup. dd is nice, but that will copy also the empty space (although it won't have impact on the size of the backup, it will have an impact on the time it takes). dd has a --sparse flag which makes it not copy empty space. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Recall: Voip (SIP) switch
On 28/12/2009, at 20:25, Andrew Kaplan wrote: Andrew Kaplan would like to recall the message, Voip (SIP) switch. Andrew Kaplan uses Windows :) ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: weird WIFI route
On 27/12/2009, at 13:15, geoffrey mendelson wrote: legal limit. I have been looking for a router (or access point) that has a separate receive antenna, but can not find one. I think all replacement firmware for the linux-based routers that take them can set one antenna to receive and the other to transmit. At least the two firmwares I've tried can (Sveasoft and Tomato). --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Home Theatre computer
On 09/11/2009, at 21:21, Tom Goren wrote: somewhat blasphemous to promote apple products on a linux mailing list... To be fair, they *can* run linux :) --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs
On 25/10/2009, at 19:15, Geoff Shang wrote: I've been offered work on a (presumably) one-off project, writing some PHP code to collect data from devices out in the field and store it in a MySQL database, to provide information/updates (as yet not fully specified) back to these devices, and web pages to allow users to track the information sent in by the devices. Sounds reasonably straight-forward enough, though I've not yet asked for the specifics. My question is, what is the going rate for work like this? Depends heavily on your skill level. Anywhere from $65 to $110 per hour, assuming you actually know what you're doing. A top-level coder could do the same job in 1/3-1/2 the time an adequately competent one would, so that $110 for 10 hours comes out cheaper than $65 per for 30 hours. The person asking is in the US but obviously they're happy to go off-shore for this so it's not just the US I need to worry about. Let me share an excerpt from an email I received. As background, my company was asked to re-do a project that had been outsourced to India by a guy in the US. The person who brought us the job says: *** engaged a team of programmers from India to write the code for him - I think it was last March that they began working. The Indian guys marketed themselves as Twitter API experts and star PHP programmers. *** is not technically proficient at all, and PHP to him is about as understandable as Mongolian. But it turned out that the Indian guys knew only a little more than ***. They wrote PHP code that would make a soldier cry: hardly any error checking, disorganized, and (the real problem) S-L-O-W. It took them about three times as long as they said it would take to complete the project. (Names changed to protect the innocent.) In short, DO NOT undersell yourself if you're worth it. But you do have to sell yourself, and explain patiently and clearly why it's worth it for them to spend real money for real work. I wish you success! --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: n900 preorder
On 11/10/2009, at 11:41, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Can anyone explain authoritatively what unlocked means? Normally, when a device is sold new, it means not factory-locked to a single carrier. When sold second-hand, it usually means has been unlocked from the carrier to which it was locked when new. These being new, I expect it means the former, never locked to a carrier. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: hosted machine and load average
On 17/09/2009, at 22:33, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: I tried to ssh it today.. no go. I could ping it, but none of the services were accessible: http, ssh, etc.. Sep 17 12:58:11 hetz sendmail[2707]: rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 140 So my question: What do you do in case you have the same scenario? what steps do you take to prevent things like that from happening? Watchdog? --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: hosted machine and load average
You can make it do other things too, like kill or restart processes. --sambo On 18/09/2009, at 00:29, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Sammy, Watch is good and nice, but Watchdog main purpose is to reboot the server if something wrong happens. Thats not what I'm looking for. Hetz On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM, sammy ominsky s...@avoidant.org wrote: On 17/09/2009, at 22:33, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: I tried to ssh it today.. no go. I could ping it, but none of the services were accessible: http, ssh, etc.. Sep 17 12:58:11 hetz sendmail[2707]: rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 140 So my question: What do you do in case you have the same scenario? what steps do you take to prevent things like that from happening? Watchdog? --sambo -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Please recommend a web host in Israel
On 31/08/2009, at 22:07, Danny Lieberman wrote: nsa are pretty good but - With all due respect - for $15/month at dreamhost.com you get 700GB not 2GBand excellent response time, even in the Israeli Internet cloud. My 2c For what it's worth, I'm very happy with my dreamhost account, but i have it for personal use, not business. I heard complaints about their mail service a few years ago, but not recently (servers not reachable), and I don't use their mail service, I use Google Apps for my domain email. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Looking for Jerusalem DID
On 17/08/2009, at 17:06, Dotan Cohen wrote: telephone company? I know that European, American, and Russian telephone companies charge the same for all Bezeq area codes, and charge the same for all Israeli cellphones, but the cellphone rate is higher than the Bezeq rate. My (US) company charges the same for all Bezeq and 07x lines in Israel (9.5ag/minute), and a higher rate to the cellphone companies because we have to pay call termination charges. A call from one of our lines to an Israeli cellphone costs exactly the same as a call from Bezeq to an Israeli cellphone. I think it's currently about 40ag/minute unless you have some special deal with Bezeq. We are charged a MUCH higher termination fee to Jawwal cellphones, over 1 ILS/minute. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: [YBA] Freescale i.MX27 project
On 13/08/2009, at 09:04, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: The customer is looking for someone who can a commit to doing the board bring-up process, write the BSP and set up a BusyBox distribution with Qt libraries within five weeks, with significant penalties for late delivery. Are there significant bonuses for early delivery? --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Internet Customer Service
Hi all, First, apologies to those on the other lists I'm posting this to. I'm so excited I had to tell everyone :) It appears that someone somewhere is listening to what we need, and doing something about it. This morning I had a local customer who is not technically inclined enough to set up their own VoIP router, so I went over there to do it for them. They are an older couple with an older PC and no real idea how it all works. Their adult son had set them up and is out of the country at the moment. So I went there, together we phoned their ISP, 012, to tell them we were installing a new router. The tech on their end said to set the router to Obtain IP address automatically, and call HOT with the confirmation number they gave us, in order to change to an account that doesn't need a dialer. We phoned HOT, gave them the confirmation number, and it just worked. This is a HUGE change from a few years ago, when I had to call and explain to the customer service rep what I wanted to do, who couldn't imagine why anyone would need an account without a dialer. Then I had to wait a week for HOT to set up MPLS, and spend hours and hours on the phone with level after level of customer support and technicians to make sure it actually got done. Israel has entered the modern age! Yay! I realize this isn't directly linux-related, but it's certainly relevant to those of us not running windows and our ability to get what we need from the service providers who've locked us out in the past. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: ot: israeli sip providers ?
On 20/05/2009, at 14:07, geoffrey mendelson wrote: Olehphone, www.olehphone.com is not technicaly an Israeli SIP provider, but their service to Israel is pretty good. [...] Sammy Ominsky who is on this list (and lives in Israel) is Olehphone's CTO and may be able to help you. Thanks for the plug, but I don't think we're what he would consider cheap. Unlimited calling to the US and Israel would be $31/month, with a DID in either the US or Israel (077 or 072). That's fine for a landline replacement, or if he's staying abroad, but for occasional use from a wifi phone, it's more than I'd want to pay. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Windows-free laptop in Israel - possible after all
On 02/03/2009, at 13:24, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Well, it turns out that there is at least one importer who does that. They are http://www.memory4less.co.il, I haven't bought a laptop from them, but I'll second the recommendation of them as a retailer. I purchased some oddball RAM from them, and one of the modules was throwing errors like crazy. Not only were they the cheapest for the particular thing I needed, their customer service was easy to deal with and quick to replace the bad RAM. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Cell net use at home
Hi, As a follow-up to Geoff's post the other day about using one of the cell providers' offerings for home internet access, I thought I'd post this device... http://www.option.com/en/products/products/wireless-routers/x1/about/#start A cell-to-wifi/ethernet router. I'd buy one if they were available. I wonder how long until an Israel cell provider offers one? Also, the Cellcom pricing Geoff mentioned is no longer the same. They have 3 modems available, with the price folded into the service cost. 2 of them are 129/month and the third is 139, including service and modem. They now require an 18-month contract, and the small print says traffic is unlimited from a mobile computer. I'm not sure they'd be happy with me, running bittorrent 24/7 :) Also, has anyone had success with VoIP over one of these connections? --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Cell net use at home
On 17/02/2009, at 11:41, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: including service and modem. They now require an 18-month contract, and the small print says traffic is unlimited from a mobile computer. Ok, does that mobile computer have to be moving? Can I get a cheap laptop and sit it on a shelf? I assume they mean on-and-off usage as you would normally see from a mobile computer. Because I was frankly thinking to use their service using a laptop as router for my home. Still am, but I want to find out about VoIP potential and performance first. I've given up on bittorrent 24/7. I now get most of what I did on bit torrent via streaming video But for streaming video you have to be sitting at the computer! I have files I can put on a USB key and plug into the DVD player connected tot he TV in the public areas of the house instead of inviting everyone into my office :) Much preferred for me. As a side note, I have 469 open torrents right now. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?
On 08/02/2009, at 08:23, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Anyone who got spam from Rinat Zoref and kept it is welcome to email me in private. Also, anyone who got spam from divur.lasakim, likewise. And, whatever you do, KEEP THOSE EMAILS. I keep all of the Hebrew (and Israeli) spam I get. Why keep them? Is there really any way to benefit from this, or is it a terrible waste of time. Should I stop filtering out Hebrew/Israeli spam? I get a LOT of it, because my company runs public mailing lists for many, many yeshivot and their divrei torah programs. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel-US communication
On 31/01/2009, at 05:49, Ori Berger wrote: - VPSLink is still the cheapest VPS host at $8/month (or $80/year) for 64MB of memory. It seems like the OpenVZ package is better suited than the Xen package, being less resource intensive. And from past experience I would bet on Debian -- however, can anyone here share their experience (Arik?). Will apt-get install asterisk be enough, or will I have to compile everything myself? Worse than that, asterisk will not work in an OpenVZ VE unless you have access to the underlying host to install the zaptel kernel modules. Does anyone have experience, specific software versions and/or configuration scripts to share with regards to such a setup? The truth is, between the cost of a VPS and termination of calls, I would think you're better off just signing up with a voip provider. Can you do better than $25/month for unlimited calling to the US? (Disclaimer: I am the CTO of a US VoIP provider who offers Israeli DIDs and calling plans as well. Note that I am not hawking my company's services in this email! If you're curious what we offer, contact me off-list.) --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel-US communication
On 31/01/2009, at 23:12, Geoff Shang wrote: Worse than that, asterisk will not work in an OpenVZ VE unless you have access to the underlying host to install the zaptel kernel modules. Is this the case now? I know is used to be the case that you only needed zaptel if you were going to use a device that needed it or you needed the timing it provided (e.g. to run a conference bridge). I actually meant to go back and insert the word properly between work and in, got distracted by my daughter, and forgot. I don't have any asterisk instances running without a timing source, so none of my attempts at OpebnVZ would work. If you don't need the zaptel modules or ztdummy for timing, there's probably no reason it wouldn't work. But that also means no call waiting, no putting calls on hold, no channels or spans... honestly, it leaves you with a pretty limited system in my opinion. If all you need is the ability to place a call, though, it's fine. --sambo ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: [YBA] Central Wireless Access Credentials
On 10/11/2008, at 10:58, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: I manage a bunch of wireless access points at two schools. The schools want to change the access credentials occasionally. Is there any way that I can do this centrally with common hardware like D-Link access points without scripting the admin HTML interfaces of each AP? That is, do any of the AP's support something like RADIUS that would let me set the wireless security credential remotely? Hi Jonathan, Many access points support RADIUS, and it's fairly easy to set up. I have confirmed that my Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GP2 both support RADIUS in their stock firmware, as well as in various Linux-based replacement firmwares. --sambo = 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: Where to find modules for pre-compiled debian kernel
On 23/09/2008, at 10:38, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: It's PPP. As in ppp.o or ppp.ko I'm trying to build a VPN server for it. modprobe ppp But as root, in the host. All openvz guests share the same kernel. Sorry, no ppp in openvz yet. http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msggoto=31072srch=ppp#msg_31072 --sambo = 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 handling (was: Re: Israeli ISP and Blacklisting)
On 28/07/2008, at 08:04, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I was involved with a start-up ISP that was to provide free access via WiFi. The money for basic access and infrastructure was to come from advertising. I was also, in the US. I don't know what the financial plan was, just the technical aspects. The funding was to come from a guy who owned a handful of radio stations, and wanted to build community wifi in his neighborhood and expand it. I spec'd out the infrastructure, but the project never got off the ground for political reasons. The startup you are reffering to AFAIK is FON from Spain, which allows you to get credit by sharing your Internet connection. You need a special router to join. BT included their software in all of their new routers but so far, no one really uses it. If anyone happens to be in my neighborhood, look for the FON_NETANYA network :) --sambo = 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: Israeli ISP and Blacklisting
On 25/07/2008, at 18:54, Dotan Cohen wrote: A very friendly and knowledgeable Frenchman from the Debian list just emailed me about an Israeli spammer that is sending him megabytes of spam everyday- in Hebrew! It appears that this is a case of (4) from your list. How do I determine the ISP from spam email headers? I'd like to call the ISP and complain with a voice, not an email. My company (in the US) gets so much Hebrew spam to addresses like noc@ it's amazing. I'd also like to know how to report them. --sambo = 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: SIP gateway providers in Israel?
On 16/06/2008, at 10:04, Nadav Har'El wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but to me, calling the US over my plain- old telephone costs 10 agorot a minute - almost the same as it costs me to call inside Israel, and 3 times cheaper than to call an Israeli cellphone! So what's the point of these services? My last bezeq bill was 360 NIS without international calling. That's insane. A US voip line is a flat rate no matter how many calls I make. Remember, outside Israel people aren't used to paying per minute for calls. Not knowing how much your bill is going to be each month can be a frightening concept. Also, for olim with family, friends, and maybe business contacts in their country of origin, it's a way to keep the lines of communication open. Keeping your old phone number means nobody has to learn new methods to keep in touch. Explaining to your 70-year old mother that she now has to dial access numbers, country codes, and some foreign phone number instead of the same number she's always dialed to talk to her grandchildren? Not nice. Telling your clients that now they'll have to call you international long distance means that they'll soon be finding another service provider. Etc. --sambo (the CTO Geoff was talking about) = 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: SIP gateway providers in Israel?
On 16/06/2008, at 10:24, Amos Shapira wrote: 3. With calling cards and proper VoIP services it's possible to cut even on these 10 agorot by 90%. Right. With a combination of the right plan from Orange and an Israeli DID that drops me to a VoIP dial tone, I can call the US from my *cell phone* for 4.3 agurot/minute. --sambo = 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: gtalk blocked on Netvision/Barak?
On 24/05/2008, at 18:57, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: I had the same issue, but as of this Friday, everything seems OK. I'm using pidgin with 4 different accounts, and as I said, since Friday it's working like a charm (although I don't use gtalk) Lately my ICQ connection (to oscar.aol.com) has been stable, but my connection to work's Jabber server is very, very weird. iChat (yes, I'm on a Mac) says I'm connected, but doesn't show any contacts, and on the server it shows me connected but offline. I get exactly the same behavior on my iPhone from inside my home network. --sambo = 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]
Internet packages from Cell Providers
Just as a follow-up to Hetz's announcement of new internet packages from cell providers, I'll share my experience. I went to Orange yesterday and asked them to switch me from my 200MB package to the 5GB one mentioned. The rep told me it was a smart move because it's the same price! 80 shekels. But then he went into the computer to switch me, and a warning popped up that he's not allowed to do it. He asked the manager, who said it appears that even though it's advertised, the package is not yet allowed to be added to any plans. he said I should call the Orange Data Services number and they could add it when it's available. So I called them when I got home, and they said it's only for a modem, not for a phone. I explained that I have an iPhone and that I can easily use the same data plan as a laptop. She said that would be fine, and went to switch me, but then apologized and said she couldn't. It can only go for a modem, she said. I told her how ridiculous I thought that was, and asked what if I use my phone as a modem to connect my laptop to the internet? She agreed with me, but was powerless to change it. So no 5GB plan for me. If anyone else has more luck, let me know! Shabbat shalom, --sambo = 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: gtalk blocked on Netvision/Barak?
On 10/05/2008, at 21:42, Arie Skliarouk wrote: Couple of days ago my GTalk agent (pidgin) stopped working. I traced the problem to inability to establish connection to gtalk server: Have anybody else experienced the problem? Especially on Netvision/ Barak ISP? I've been unable to maintain a stable connection to either my company's Jabber server or ICQ (through AIM), on Netvision/HOT. Also, torrents timing out. --sambo = 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]
Asterisk
Hi, I wonder if someone here can help me. My customers and I have been experiencing extremely poor quality on our VoIP lines to the US lately. i am trying to track down the problem, and wonder if someone could do me a favor... I would like to install asterisk on a colocated linux box here in Israel to test an IAX trunk to the US. My company was supposed to colocate a server here in Israel some time ago, but due to circumstances beyond our control the situation became rather complicated and it hasn't happened yet. If this test proves that we can get a clean trunk between here and our Asterisk servers in the US, I can force the issue and make it happen, but I really need to prove my point first. This install would not be used for commercial traffic, only to test a dedicated trunk to the US, and I would register one device to it on this end. I only need to run it for a few days to a week at the most. Thanks in advance, --sambo = 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: Asterisk
On 06/05/2008, at 21:49, ik wrote: I'm not sure what you are asking. I'm asking if someone has a linux box in a data center that I can install asterisk on, or that already has asterisk installed, that I can register to an asterisk server in the US with IAX. I would also want to connect one device to the same server on this side for testing. If I can get good voice quality this way, it will show that it is time to push harder to get our own server in colo already, for the benefit of our customers here in Israel. BTW with what codec are you using ? Some codecs may not work properly (G729 without license for example, will generate the call, but you will have problem hearing each other). We are using a variety of codecs, G729 among them, with a license. We are an actual phone company in the US, as well as a VoIP provider, mainly here in Israel to olim. http://bwtel.com http://olehphone.com Thanks, sambo Ido On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:21 PM, sammy ominsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I wonder if someone here can help me. My customers and I have been experiencing extremely poor quality on our VoIP lines to the US lately. i am trying to track down the problem, and wonder if someone could do me a favor... I would like to install asterisk on a colocated linux box here in Israel to test an IAX trunk to the US. My company was supposed to colocate a server here in Israel some time ago, but due to circumstances beyond our control the situation became rather complicated and it hasn't happened yet. If this test proves that we can get a clean trunk between here and our Asterisk servers in the US, I can force the issue and make it happen, but I really need to prove my point first. This install would not be used for commercial traffic, only to test a dedicated trunk to the US, and I would register one device to it on this end. I only need to run it for a few days to a week at the most. Thanks in advance, --sambo = 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] -- http://ik.homelinux.org/ = 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: rdesktop hebrew keyboard question
On 28/04/2008, at 12:20, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: when using the standard en-us keyboard layout, it works ok, but trying to press the hebrew DOT (nekuda) gives ץ. When trying the comma, I'm getting ת. According to my keyboard layout, you seem to be shifted one key left. I have nekuda on /, ץ on ., and ת on , Where is your צ? --sambo 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: debian etch, how do I upgrade the kernel
On 08/04/2008, at 15:10, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: The first is that it did not update the kernel. How do I update the Kernel? I can't find any packages called kernel. apt-cache search linux-image Choose the one you want from the resulting list. --sambo = 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: what can be done against isp blocking ports
On 30/03/2008, at 00:14, Gil Freund wrote: My two recent favorites from an ISP support tech: 1. You can have dhcp on you cable connection, it requires an electronic chip installed in the computer. I have to know, what was the context that gave birth to this gem? --sambo = 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]
Darwin Streaming Server
Hi, Does anyone here have a server in 012's data center that could run Darwin Streaming Server for a test for me? I would like to configure it as a proxy to a server in the US for a day or three. Thanks, --sambo = 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: Asterisk won't detect the line was hung up
On 27/12/2007, at 06:29, Shachar Shemesh wrote: The provider is Bezeq. What do you mean the provider is Bezek? I can register an asterisk server to Bezek? Who do I contact? --sambo = 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: Easiest way to install an asterisk system
On 24/12/2007, at 10:06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: What is the easiest way to install an Asterisk system? Do you want this system to run physical phones or as a registration server for sip devices? The former is more difficult than the latter. You need hardware! As for the latter, I'd recommend Debian and apt-get. Is there a cheap source of FXO (not modem) PCI cards in Israel? Somehow I really doubt it. if you find one, let me know! ---sambo = 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]
Hebrew in KDE?
Hi, An employee of my company in the US would like to have Hebrew on her machine. She runs KDE from a server, in a remote X session on a weak workstation. She doesn't want to change her whole desktop to Hebrew, just to be able to view Hebrew text. If I type to her in Hebrew, she sees gibberish, and if she cut-n-pastes that gibberish back to me, I see hebrew again. Ideas? Thanks! ---sambo = 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: Hebrew in KDE?
On 15/11/2007, at 14:57, ik wrote: On Nov 15, 2007 2:37 PM, sammy ominsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An employee of my company in the US would like to have Hebrew on her machine. She runs KDE from a server, in a remote X session on a weak workstation. Does she have Hebrew fonts ? It sounds like a font issue, if the encoding did not destroy the text... This did it. Thank you! The following did the trick: apt-get install culmus culmus-fancy xfonts-efont-unicode xfonts-efont- unicode-ib ---sambo = 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: Netvision and the damn routing
On 12/11/2007, at 14:50, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: 2. But some space at a shared hosting here in Israel (anyone can recommend someone with hosting solutions, BIG pipe, and a resonable price for 5-10GB disk space? I only need to host the files and access them through http). I met these folks today, and like them. http://alefhost.com They seem to fit the bill. ---sambo = 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: Asterisk Hardware - ATA
Lots of good info to be found at http://www.voip-info.org/ ---sambo On 24/10/2007, at 08:21, Eran Levy wrote: Is there any good guide/tutorial for Asterisk configuration management? I'm facing many issues/requests and I can't handle it in a short time frame... Eran On 10/24/07, Meir Michanie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see that posting about asterisk interested many people in the list as I see nobody complained so far. I would like to give my tip from my experience with grandstream ata 488. I bought it from Tikal networks. It came with a very old firmware that caused me a lot of trouble. 1. It would disconnect phonecalls ramdomly. 2. there was no bridge mode between interfaces. 3. very low quality and echo. 4. the caller ID from the PSTN is not forwarded to the sip channel. 5. calling through the FXO did not work as a trunk but I would have to call dial (SIPEXT,timeout,D(pstndest). 6. forced to ring once on the local phone before forwarding call to sip. Today I upgraded to the latest firmware and now all issues beside the caller id were solved. Shame that it didn't come with the latest firmware, I would have a better taste on my mouth but may be lower learning curve. One more post. = 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] -- Thanks, Eran = 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]
OT: Where to buy Computer?
Hello to all! First post, and it figures it's off-topic. I'm looking for a 1U server to buy. It doesn't need to be current technology, a Pentium 3 or higher will do just fine. Any ideas? To keep it on-topic, it will be running debian and asterisk, connecting by IAX2 trunk to a server in the US. Speaking of which, any suggestions for colocation service that doesn't suck? Thanks! Sam = 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]
