Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
If I'm summarizing your argument correctly, you are saying that mailing list discussions should ALWAYS be public, no matter what. That it is the mailing list that I'm conversing with, and not the individuals who participate in the mailing list thread. It is an interesting notion. One I totally

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Shachar Shemesh wrote: If I'm summarizing your argument correctly, you are saying that mailing list discussions should ALWAYS be public, no matter what. That it is the mailing list that I'm conversing with, and not the individuals who participate in the mailing list thread. On further reflect

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread ik
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Ori Berger wrote: > Least year, there was a thread discussing set up of an asterisk system, > which included a description by Arik Baratz (see e.g. > and >

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:49:34PM -0500, Ori Berger wrote: > Least year, there was a thread discussing set up of an asterisk system, > which included a description by Arik Baratz (see e.g. > and >

google searches got mad ?

2009-01-31 Thread Budilovsky Evgeny
Is this just me or all searches in google currently return reference to "This site may harm your computer" Evgeny ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: google searches got mad ?

2009-01-31 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Yup, just found out 2 of my blogs were "harmful". Anyway, I tried it again few seconds ago and seems to be OK now (their reporting page gets "server error", my guess that at monday, heads will be rolled :) Hetz 2009/1/31 Budilovsky Evgeny > > Is this just me or all searches in google currently

Re: google searches got mad ?

2009-01-31 Thread Omer Zak
I noticed it well. When I tried to get the details by following the link to the Google server, I got an error message. Apparently the Google server, which flags Web pages for harm, is now down and as failsafe, Google returns the warning for ALL links they provide. On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 17:13 +0200

Re: google searches got mad ?

2009-01-31 Thread Budilovsky Evgeny
I guess nobody is perfect not even the all mighty Google http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/4/1427411 On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Omer Zak wrote: > I noticed it well. > When I tried to get the details by following the link to the Google > server, I got an error message. > Apparently the Google ser

Re: Any wisdom on getting the Bar Ilan Responsa system working under Wine or Crossover?

2009-01-31 Thread Baruch Siach
Hi Eliezer, On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 03:10:08PM +0200, Eliezer Israel wrote: > I've just installed Bar Ian Responsa 16+ under Crossover Office pro. > It installed smooth, without any errors. On running the program, it tries > to detect the CD in the drive (an anti-piracy feature) and fails. Stran

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Nadav Har'El
Hi Shachar and Oleg, I decided to reply now just so it be known that Oleg's opinion isn't bizarre or outlandish, but rather an opinion held by many. I agree with every word that Oleg said on this subject. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Shachar Shemesh wrote: >> >> If I'm summarizing your argument correctly, you are saying that mailing >> list discussions should ALWAYS be public, no matter what. That it is the >> mailing list that I'm conversing with, and not the individu

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Nadav Har'El wrote: When I was a child, one of the most important rules of etiquette that I learned was that there should be "no secrets in company" Just so my position is clear. I will stress again that the default should be that the list be CCed. I just think this should be done with a "repl

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009, Shachar Shemesh wrote about "Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started": > >Would you want to > >be in a mailing list where a few people get the list's message more quickly > >then you do (because they're on the CC - Shachar wants this to happen) so > >whenever

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/30 Oleg Goldshmidt : > Well, this whole topic is almost as old as Linux-IL, but since we are > at it again... IMHO, the "reply-to-all to send to the list" paradigm > is totally broken. If I send a message to a discussion mailing list > such as Linux-IL I expect any responses to be sent to th

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
I should also mention that if one is not careful and presses Reply instead of Reply To All, the reply is off-list! So many times I've gotten private mail from _this_list_ when I'm certain it was meant to be public. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
I think this is a good point to agree to disagree. Shachar ___ 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

2009-01-31 Thread sammy ominsky
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, c

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread Geoff Shang
sammy ominsky 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

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/31 Shachar Shemesh : > I think this is a good point to agree to disagree. > What is, Shachar? You didn't quote anything. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه

PAC 207 Webcam

2009-01-31 Thread Moshe Brace using Yahoo
Mandriva 2009.0 states it supports this - don't work even after downloading gspcav driver for this. Just won't work full stop. XSane thinks it's a scanner. Skype says no Webcam installed. Can some one make me an .rpm auto install from source file?

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread sammy ominsky
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

Re: PAC 207 Webcam

2009-01-31 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Moshe, 1. What are the symptoms when you try to use this Webcam? 2. What graphic card is in your PC (I had problems with other gspca-supported Webcams in a PC with nVidia GeForce FX 5200). --- Omer On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 21:33 +, Moshe B

infiniband

2009-01-31 Thread Micha Feigin
Hello, Does anyone know who deals with infiniband hardware in Israel? We are building a small cluster and the latency of ethernet is proving to be too high for hpc with mpi. Tried searching, but could find anyone that sells them. thanks ___ Linux-il m

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:06:55 +0200 Shachar Shemesh wrote: [...] > > I could understand the use for "reply to list" when some people would > get double the emails against their wishes. This, however, is no longer > an issue with most modern mailing list managers. > Well, at the moment I'm ge

Re: google searches got mad ?

2009-01-31 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/2/1 Budilovsky Evgeny : > I guess nobody is perfect not even the all mighty Google > http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/4/1427411 > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Omer Zak wrote: >> >> I noticed it well. >> When I tried to get the details by following the link to the Google >> server, I got an e

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread Ori Berger
sammy ominsky 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. (Note that in another email, Sammy mentions that it works but some features don't). It looks like Xen would therefore be needed? T

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread Arik Baratz
2009/2/1 Ori Berger : > sammy ominsky 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. > > (Note that in another email, Sammy mentions that it works but some features > don't). > > It looks li

Re: Setting up a PBX for Israel<->US communication

2009-01-31 Thread Arik Baratz
Hey Ori, long time. 2009/1/31 Ori Berger : > - 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 -- how

Re: infiniband

2009-01-31 Thread Michael Tewner
Hi Micha! Have you talked to the people at http://grid.org.il/ ? They'll be able to point you in the right direction, I'm sure. -Mike On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know who deals with infiniband hardware in Israel? We are > building > a small c

Re: PAC 207 Webcam

2009-01-31 Thread Moshe Brace using Yahoo
Yes I have the same graphics card on my computer nVidia GeForce FX 5200). The picture is speckled with xsane and camera not recognised with Skype. With Mandriva 2008.1 Spring it worked although the colour was Magenta. .. --- On Sat, 31/1/09, Omer Zak wrote: From: Omer Zak Subject: Re: PAC 207

Re: The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

2009-01-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Micha Feigin wrote: On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:06:55 +0200 Shachar Shemesh wrote: [...] I could understand the use for "reply to list" when some people would get double the emails against their wishes. This, however, is no longer an issue with most modern mailing list managers. Well,

Re: infiniband

2009-01-31 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know who deals with infiniband hardware in Israel? We are building > a small cluster and the latency of ethernet is proving to be too high for hpc > with mpi. > > Tried searching, but could find anyone that sells them.