Re: Recommendations for an all-in-one printer/fax/scanner?

2013-08-19 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
rvers) and if you give them a fixed IP address they work fine. Windows also supports printing over HTTP, so you can easily connect your windows system to CUPS. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing

Did anyone buy a Kaya 10 inch table from Office Depot?

2013-08-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
development kit. Anyone know exactly what the USB ports are for, and how to use them? It's running Android 4.1 Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il

Re: Mobile phone question

2013-07-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
hilly areas. As far as I can find online Pelephone is still operating it's old network (EV-DO/CDMA2000) but aren't accepting new customers with that technology... Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 __

Re: While we are on the subject of mobiles

2013-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ich is good because within USB cable range of my asterisk system there is no reliable cell phone coverage. I bought a $15 antenna from China which is now out the window and on a railing, and it works perfectly. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson,

Re: Mobile phone question

2013-07-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
d say, "want our service, buy a 3g phone", while Golan is actively pushing customers to 2g phones. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/m

Re: Canada's Start-up Visa

2013-07-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ecause his wife is now a citizen. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: accounting software *free & open source*

2013-07-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
be a CPA or a have a level 3 bookkeeper certificate in order to be legally able to enter the data into you approved (Open source or not) program. Has that restriction been lifted? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBU

Re: accounting software *free & open source*

2013-07-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ffice would be acceptable to them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Suggestions for Hardware/driver WIFI combo that allows low level signal access

2013-07-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
g at UWB / XBAND but that is a completely different discussion that involves people that are allowed to do it and very custom (expensive) hardware. Way beyond this discussion. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___

Re: Suggestions for Hardware/driver WIFI combo that allows low level signal access

2013-07-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
CC jurisdiction, that would be covered by region 2 IARC rules and be aware that the FCC has a very active enforcement division and would be glad to slap you with a $10,000 fine for each violation they detect. Sorry. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KB

Re: c/unix q

2013-06-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
were not addressed. Of course I'm an old assembly language programmer, where everything is declared, nothing is left to default, and anything allocated or opened is explicitly freed or closed when you are done with it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 I

Re: Linux Consultant

2013-05-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
re are tax implications, you have to pay taxes based on the income being above your current income. You should also look at your current contract, you may have agreed not to work for anyone else. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring he

Re: filesystem capable of deduping tar.gz's content

2013-05-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
latively small, object ones get big fast. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!! ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: How many times can an internet connection interruption occur and still be considered acceptable?

2013-04-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
have problems, the people that support the routers have actual training in data communications and access to test equipment. The "windows dialer support" people are basically reading from a script. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBU

Re: How many times can an internet connection interruption occur and still be considered acceptable?

2013-04-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
citor's or resistor's electrical value will result in major tuning changes, causing signals to degrade. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!! ___ Linux-il mailing list Li

Re: How many times can an internet connection interruption occur and still be considered acceptable?

2013-04-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
failures, and they are not mutually exclusive. Or in plain English, if your felafel tastes bad, it may be the felafel, it may be the pita, it may be the salads, or it may be a combination of any or all of them. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring

Re: How many times can an internet connection interruption occur and still be considered acceptable?

2013-04-01 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ic connections. Each connection is 100mBit and gets split "at the corner" to DSL lines. So your actual DSL connection is a most a few hundred meters, and often a lot less. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

Re: DID/SIP provider in Israel

2013-02-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
he command. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 It's Spring here in Jerusalem!!! ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Raspberry PI questions

2013-02-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
rdware and were in the process of porting it to DD-WRT routers and the Raspberry Pi. They are having problems because the single USB port does not provide enough bandwidth In my case it may be possible as I only want to go one direction, they were going two. Thanks again to everyone. Geoff

Raspberry PI questions

2013-02-24 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
parate USB ports, or one USB port spilt with an on board hub? Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous). ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.

X10 type home automation

2013-02-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ing to pay more if I have to. Thanks in advance, for any information. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosperous). ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.

Re: [OT somewhat] DDOS attacks, where to report?

2013-01-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Netvision to 012 to access anything. I have lines to both and switch between them as I need performance. Usually I don't have to switch my DNS servers but this time I did. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Gung Hay Fat Choy! (May the new year be prosp

Re: Parts of the internet keep on disappearing on me

2013-01-22 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
fine, sometimes, especially with Facebook, it just "gets stuck". Clicking refresh brings the page up quickly. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 If it's farther than groundwave, it's DX. ___ Linux

Re: A funny thing happend to me tonight.

2012-12-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
t has always worked (as far a graphics are concerned) perfectly on all three systems. As soon as I restored the Friday afternoon backup, it worked perfectly. It was from UBUNTU 12.10 installed Thursday. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a

Re: A funny thing happend to me tonight.

2012-12-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
t the same time. Although I have had to live with lots of "features" of UBUNTU, until last night it never failed to run. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play chopsticks on the pia

Re: A funny thing happend to me tonight.

2012-12-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
and or a big headache. :-( Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician." (sent to me by a friend) ___

A funny thing happend to me tonight.

2012-12-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
k. I tried removing my gnome setting directory and it did not help. The old options of a failsafe session or a lower res or 2d session are gone. I'm trying plan B, which is to install KDE and see if it works. Luckily I have a fast internet connection, it download around 500 packages. Geoff

Re: Hardware Database

2012-12-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ty. I can install and upgrade a distro with a low res slow display or no mouse, but I can't work without networking. On the other hand, I am still looking for a $10 USB DVB-T tuner dongle with Liunux support. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning

Re: Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

2012-12-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
port one, but you have to promise not to use the 5gHz and the ones sold here will have it removed, or it's ok to use the 5gHz. Geoff. * You are limited to 100m EIRP (radiated power) here by law, so those high power (200mw) wifi cards or external gain antennas are illegal to use. -- Geoff

Re: Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

2012-12-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician." (sent to me by a friend)

Re: Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

2012-12-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Dotan Cohen wrote: On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I don't understand. I'm looking for a place to buy a computer. That part I did understand. What I did NOT understand is how can a retail vendor of computers warranty that a particular disto of L

Re: Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

2012-12-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
they are long gone. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician."

Re: Home made NAS

2012-12-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ong enough for long term failure statistics, I would be careful using the old ones. BTW, in an unrelated discussion somewhere else two days ago, several professional sysadmins I know recommended OpenIndiana (an open source fork of Solaris) and ZFS for home NAS's. Geoff. -- Geoffr

Re: anybody knows of a mifi i can run linux on ?

2012-11-20 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
tid=348> 483 NIS delivery included. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician.&quo

Re: Looking for recommendations: sending SMSs from linux

2012-10-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, the status of the connection, and load and unload the module with asterisk commands. Only slightly related, I found that my unlimited SMS plan only covers SMSs to Israeli phones. It's about 1/2 a shequel to SMS overseas, even to numbers that include unlimited calls. Geoff. -- Geoffrey

Re: Wireless USB dongle

2012-10-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Michael Shiloh wrote: do you know what the chipset and driver is? The Chinese one is an RTL8191S. The EdiMax RTL8187ZSE. Both work fine out of the box on Ubuntu 12.04. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent t

Re: Wireless USB dongle

2012-10-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
including postage. They include a 6dbi antenna, which extends the range, and gives you more flexibility in positioning it. If you are: <http://www.bug.co.il/prodtxt.asp?id=11235> Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology'

Re: “In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword” - New York Times Feature

2012-10-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Shlomi Fish wrote: “Pearl” was chosen after the "Parable of the Pearl" from the Gospel of Matthews: If we are being pedantic, it's "The Gospel of Matthew", or "Matthew's Gospel". There was only one of them. (Matthew or gospel). Geoff. -- Geof

Re: ???In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword??? - New York Times Feature

2012-10-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
y a meager sum when you consider that they bought more than 17,000 active and 7,500 pending patents. Google calculator tells me that's $265,000 for each patent, which is pretty cheap considering it supposed to cover the costs of the developers, patent fees, lawyers, etc. Geoff. -- Geoffr

Re: “In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword” - New York Times Feature

2012-10-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
re more patent applications because the cost of software development plummeted. It even went farther down as cheap markets, e.g. Israel, India and China opened up. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 "Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to lea

Bphone Asterisk Hack?

2012-09-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
find were well over $100. :-( TIA. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: mobile service providers updates

2012-08-07 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
it is not in the instructions on the web site. I sent them an email in the early days when they were swamped, and AFAIK, it was never updated. I have not used a username nor password. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBU

Re: sms via icq with the new mobile companies

2012-08-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On 8/6/12 10:39 AM, Nadav Har'El wrote: On Sun, Aug 05, 2012, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote about "Re: sms via icq with the new mobile companies": So not only check your bill carefully, but before you start sending lots of free SMSs, make sure it does not cost you to receive th

Re: sms via icq with the new mobile companies

2012-08-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
driver for some models of Nokia phones, connected via USB or Bluetooth. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: alcatel X220

2012-07-29 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Chromebook 3G in Israel.

2012-07-25 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
buntu does and has for almost 4 years, but Google may have left the drivers out. Is there a way to find out? Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il

Re: Sattelite TV and linux (not neccesarily "YES")

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
des/notes/video) Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Linux experts do not want to be bothered with newbie questions! (was:Re: No noobs?)

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ccess a device would scare away the average new user. As for writing a driver, it's not a noob thing, it's not even an "expert" thing. I expect that the number of people who have even read a driver's source code on this list could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Geoff.

Re: SanDisk Cruzer micro 8Gb and Ubuntu, GNU/Linux

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ey as well. Much recommended. Can you just mount the raw device and reformat it? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/lis

Re: Sattelite TV and linux (not neccesarily "YES")

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the decryption codes over the Internet (signal piracy). Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ 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

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ouched the firmware yet (still D-Link original) as it fits my needs. I'd go for it but I'm in Jerusalem. Anyone on the list willing to deliver it? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:36:10PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: 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

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
find is a way of playing live streaming Animal Planet and Discovery SCIENCE now that YES has dropped them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:20:39PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: I just bought a D-Link DIR-320: 300 NIS, Wifi, USB printer server, runs all the Linux firmware. I'm so happy that I made it a cake. What kind? More importantly, where did you buy it? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mend

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
h your cell phone, it would be a real bargain, but it's not. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Linux experts do not want to be bothered with newbie questions! (was:Re: No noobs?)

2009-02-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
t is there. I'm not sure that explaining that to a new user is really going to inspire confidence, no matter who nicely it is put. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing li

Re: No noobs?

2009-02-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
tions, I suggest you subscribe to that list and help out. I don't, I prefer to spend my online time helping new and prospective olim, so I don't. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___

Re: Netvision: The early-disconnect fees! 40 NIS * 11 months = 800 NIS fees!

2009-02-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
week, with one or two a month lasting for several hours. Remmeber the whole thread on redundant multiple connections via different ISP and infrastructure providers? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM __

Re: Netvision: The early-disconnect fees! 40 NIS * 11 months = 800 NIS fees!

2009-02-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
into effect Jan 1, you may have new legal rights. IMHO you should call/fax/email the CEO of Netvision. Stop dealing with flunkies. Maybe the new government will have a communications minister who cares about such things, until then a complaint to them still may do something. Geoff. -- Geoff

Re: Netvision: The early-disconnect fees! 40 NIS * 11 months = 800 NIS fees!

2009-02-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
a 36 month payout on the modem (20 NIS a month) and no commitment on the service (60 NIS a month). Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: Rotal Seimens Router Firmware.

2009-02-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
t and then have to send someone out with a new router. Note that when I did it, I found my WIFI password changed. :-( I don't actually have an aDSL line, so I can't tell you if it affected things. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendel

Re: Rotal Seimens Router Firmware.

2009-02-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 01:39:04PM +, Moshe Brace using Yahoo wrote: Where do we find this upgrade? I'm on the Israel Mac user's list. Someone there found it, and put it the files section. I think he got it from BEZEQ. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@men

Re: ??????????: ??????????????

2009-02-13 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 01:06:56PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, Moshe, but my problem is not low speeds, but rather disconnects. If you have the Rotal/Seimens router that Bezeq gives out, there is a firmware upgrade for it. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g

Re: how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
nt MD5 sum. So I was able to tell that the copies I burned were identical. but not that they matched the original. For those that don't know, some CD and DVD drives have trouble writting a few specific bit patterns. Look up "weak sectors" for more information. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Men

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

2009-02-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
you would be in effect buying a family member an internet connection. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ 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

2009-02-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
nt average. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Hi, I want to make an MD5 checksum of a DVD ROM to verify that it was burned properly. Is there a way to do this without making an ISO file from it? While I obivously have to read it, I don't want to do anything with the data other than calculate the checksum. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoff

Re: Overzealous RBL blocks entire bezeqint range.

2009-02-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. :-( The list went from over 100 postings a day, to around 100 postings a month. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

2009-02-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
he sale? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Hebrew spam: what to do about it?

2009-02-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ve in Israel, from my limited understanding of US law, saving the emails with the intention of collecting money and suggesting that others do too, instead of notifying the sender when you got the first one, may subject you to prosecution under the RICO act. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, I

Re: Identifying linux-il messages

2009-02-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
In the grand tradition of the Internet, "me too". Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ 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?

2009-02-07 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
from outside of Israeli? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Re: HOT ISP (Was: Orange as a landline ISP)

2009-02-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
r idea: connect to the neighbor's wireless! My only neighbor with a wireless network has the poor taste to use WPA. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-i

Re: HOT ISP (Was: Orange as a landline ISP)

2009-02-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
et at any given momement from the proper routing, it's more just keeping things going when a failure occurs. They used to be short, now they are several hours or more. Geoff, -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM

Re: HOT ISP (Was: Orange as a landline ISP)

2009-02-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
business class" service because you could not get a decent upload speed without it when I upgraded last. I expect by now you can get better download and upload speeds with the regular service. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM _

Re: Ubuntu Dok

2009-02-04 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
, and an external USB DVD drive. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

Orange as a landline ISP

2009-02-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ks it works very well, with no slowdowns, noticable traffic shaping, or limits. The Orange deal is a good one based soley on reducing my cell phone bill. If I can get decent Internet access on top of it, it's a big saving. It also happens to be down as I write this and has been for almost 6 hou

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

2009-01-30 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
erface, although I have access to a particularly good one, a graphic mailer, mail.app, outlook, outlook excess or anything else. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il

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

2009-01-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ly gives a reply to the sender directly and one to the list, I get 3 or 4 bounce messages because I don't subscribe to those extra lists. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM ___ Linux-il mailin

Re: digital TV cards

2008-12-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 07:13:15AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:23:06PM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: Are you saying that I'm wrong in assuming that my existing analogue cards won't work with YES? YES. Well, actually probably. It depends upon the o

Re: digital TV cards

2008-12-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:23:06PM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote: Are you saying that I'm wrong in assuming that my existing analogue cards won't work with YES? YES. Well, actually probably. It depends upon the outputs the decoder box has the inputs the card has. Geoff. --

Re: digital TV cards

2008-12-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ver the air as digital TV in April. I say may because when the Kenesset wanted to include channel 9 (Russian language Israeli commerical channel), both HOT and YES said they would go out of business if they did, they dropped it. Expect there to be legal challenges. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mende

Re: digital TV cards

2008-12-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
. The standard receivers support 16:9, but if you want HD, you have to rent another decoder (at 40 NIS a month). I looked at that almost 3 years ago and decided that a YES MAX was a better deal, augmented now with bit torrent and streaming video. YMMV. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem,

MSI Wind 100

2008-12-16 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
I'm thinking of getting an MSI Wind 100. Does anyone one the list have one running Linux? I've done some research and found that Ubuntu runs on it. Any advice? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel g...@mendelson.com N

Re: [OFFTOPIC] date format rant (was: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Daily Maily Spam)

2008-12-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
coronation of the current emperor. For all I know they still use it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe&qu

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Daily Maily Spam

2008-12-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
analog 24 hour wrist watch. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the c

Re: looking for job

2008-11-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
attractive again to US investors. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = 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]

Strange cups problem

2008-11-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
rt the CUPS scheduler. I have searched the CUPS forums and done general web searches, and found nothing. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To un

Re: ISPs

2008-11-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
ble form: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v228529bsahSjBA Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the mess

Re: cellular modems

2008-11-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
un those applications. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = 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]

cellular modems

2008-11-02 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
one expect? And of course, which cellular modems are supported by Linux and at what speeds? Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTE

Galgalatz from Linux/Firefox?

2008-10-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Is there a Galalatz stream that can be heard from Linux? I'd prefer just a url I can feed into mplayer, but a URL that works with FireFox would be ok? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/

Re: ISPs

2008-10-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
USB modems. Orange is cheaper but capped at 5g per month. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe"

Re: Free Crossover

2008-10-28 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 06:54:22AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Codeweavers is for today only, giving away a version of Crossover for free. They changed the procedure. It looks like to me that if you asked for a serial number before or downloaded the trial verson, you have to ask for

Re: router compatibility (was Re: moving from ADSL to HOT (Cable))

2008-10-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
the box, and if you want to get creative, run Tomato on it. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in t

Re: moving from ADSL to HOT (Cable)

2008-10-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
keep track of ping times from your computer to the gateway host versus something on the other side of the tunnel, e.g. DNS, you can track where the problem lies. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM

Re: moving from ADSL to HOT (Cable)

2008-10-10 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
he usual routers only have one ethernet port on the LAN side, not 4. It is connected to an internal 5 port hub, so you get 4 LAN ports to plug things into, but the router part only sees one port. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel

Re: moving from ADSL to HOT (Cable)

2008-10-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
mall external router. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command

Re: moving from ADSL to HOT (Cable)

2008-10-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
er been able to use a fax using VoIP over cable here, and HOT support told me it does not work when I called and asked for advice. It DOES work on a HOT voice line, it's not VoIP. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM ==

Re: moving from ADSL to HOT (Cable)

2008-10-08 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 11:03:25AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: As for reliability, service and speed, the best thing to do is to call HOT and ask for their business internet sales office. They offer higher speeds, better reliabilty and they will come and fix problems a lot better and a

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