Re: Math optimization in... Java?

2005-03-17 Thread voguemaster
unfortunately, java indeed is a performance hog in various areas - and just by saying it is not, you're not going to burst anyone's bubble ;) Benchmarks can be found all over the web, don't take *my* word for it. ;) i won't even mention java GUI programs. it could be that you can write a GUI

Re: Math optimization in... Java?

2005-03-16 Thread voguemaster
Sharon Dagan wrote: Hi All, Putting the JIT aside for a moment, consider an arbitrary C/C++ application optimized for Xeon - will it run faster, unconditionally, on Itanium? Describe optimized for Xeon. What extensions are you referring to ? (and please don't say SIMD). I guess that 'to get

Re: C++ problem

2005-01-31 Thread voguemaster
Couple of points, 1. In normal circumstances the compiler automatically generates a bitwise copy constructor if none is present. This can be verified easily. Note that in this case, the copy ctor is declared but not implemented which means the compiler will not create a default copy ctor.

Re: KDE Apps under CVS

2004-09-05 Thread Voguemaster
On Thursday 22:04:42, Oron Peled wrote: ... QT does not ship these tools as Trolltech probably assume you will use their qmake tool... Yes, I mentioned the possibility of qmake, but but for developing Qt/KDE apps, it is THE easiest tool that I've seen. Exactly. The question is if your

Re: OT: MySQL question

2004-08-14 Thread Voguemaster
PostgresQL seems to have something like this, see: http://www.sql.org/sql-database/postgresql/manual/arrays.html (for those who need yet another reason to switch :-) ) Yes, PostgreSQL is a fine DB and there is every good reason to switch :-) It only suffers from two main problems that I can see:

Re: socket shutdown and friends

2004-07-12 Thread Voguemaster
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:24:10 +0300, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: Howdie, Someone (i think it was Shachar) asked about shutdown and loosing messages - well, I jsut came across the SO_LINGER socket options (man 7 socket) and though it can help:

Re: retrieving network interface information

2004-07-12 Thread Voguemaster
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:08:48 +0200, Gershon Geva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I have a server (kernel 2.4.20) with a network card and a cellular modem. On that server I run an application That waits for incoming connections on a known port. It is important to me to know to which Network

Re: Various performance problems

2003-12-15 Thread Voguemaster
I must say, from my own experience with RH9, it is actually much faster than my old distro (7.3). My educated guess is as good as any but it doesn't *feel* like a kernel problem (hehe, yes I am a Zen master :). I might be tempted to look into the standard C library or any other general component

Pixelated output when exporting from Lyx to PDF

2003-12-14 Thread voguemaster
Hello all, Not too long ago I was still using Lyx version 1.2.x to write my technical papers. It used (as some of you must know) the xforms frontend. Now that I've migrated to a newer version of Linux (and KDE, etc...) I'm using the newer Lyx with the Qt frontend. Now, this shouldn't matter much

Re: Pixelated output when exporting from Lyx to PDF

2003-12-14 Thread voguemaster
using pslatex) ? Eli On Sunday 14 December 2003 06:16 pm, Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 04:44:11PM +0200, voguemaster wrote: Hello all, Not too long ago I was still using Lyx version 1.2.x to write my technical papers. It used (as some of you must know) the xforms frontend

Re: MSN messanger for linux and linux compatible webcam

2003-12-01 Thread Voguemaster
Maybe the new version of KMess ? I have yet to unpgrade my Qt libraries to support it but from what I understand it supports the newest MSN protocol. Eli On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:29:04 +0200, Diego Iastrubni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: , 1 2003, 22:52,Shachar Shemesh: Hi gang, Two questions,

#ifdef vs. #if defined(...)

2003-09-02 Thread Voguemaster
Hi list, I'm writing a portable set of classes for a network application (the classes will be reused) for Win32 and Linux. I don't wish to use external libraries since those are simple primitives. I'm generally using some #ifdef statements (although I've minimized their use using a header file

Re: Cost of qt development license

2003-09-01 Thread Voguemaster
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 19:26:01 +0200, Alexander Maryanovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 17:54 31.08.2003 +0300, Aviram Jenik wrote: Hi, We are currently debating on what GUI infrastructure to use for one of our products, and the main downside of qt seems to be its constraining license. Can

Re: [SOLVED] Re: YES IR parameters

2003-08-18 Thread Voguemaster
I've a question on the matter: How do you go about setting up such a system ? What are the hardware/software requirements ? Eli On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:59:45 +0300 (IDT), Jonathan Ben Avraham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The YES remote control is apparently an OEM Pace RC 10. That solved the

Re: [OT] Java linkage

2003-08-14 Thread Voguemaster
This is indeed a viable and good solution. What strikes me odd is that you have the sources, you KNOW the changes made (obviously you also document them :). You should at least have an idea about your class interfaces. Following good OO design for your class interfaces usually means almost no

Re: Good english linux books

2003-07-18 Thread Voguemaster
Linux Administration, a beginner's guide. Very good IMO. Mine deals with RH6.1 but it's a good starting point and I'm sure there is a newer version or something.. Eli On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:21:47 +0300, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Is there anyone here who can recommend

Re: Attaching a driver name to eth-n

2003-07-18 Thread Voguemaster
Regarding interfaces that are up, consider looking at the source of ifconfig (yes I know it's a lame suggestion but it works :). With interfaces that are down it's a bit more problematic. I'm guessing looking for configuration scripts or aliases for the relevant modules might do the trick (??).

Re: Cross platform code

2003-07-04 Thread Voguemaster
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 12:03:26 +0300, Eliran Gonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Python is your friend. http://www.python.org Or Perl - http://www.cpan.org/. Or Ruby... There's no need to discriminate against languages. It was just an example. Generally, interpreted

Cross platform code

2003-07-03 Thread Voguemaster
Hi all, For the life of me, I can't seem to find anything that will help me write code that can compile under Linux AND Win32. Basically I want to write a small network application (details later) that will be cross platform. The problem is very basic: Linux and Win32 have different include files

Re: C flame (was: FS/OS in schools)

2003-06-07 Thread Voguemaster
On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:49:39 +0300, Vadim Vygonets vadik-linux- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wasn't talking about speed and overhead, I was talking about all the different features of C++. Vadik. How do you consider those features as bloating ??? Those features are great for good program design.

Re: Equipment (clarification)

2003-03-03 Thread Voguemaster
On the other hand (and in a totally non-related non-attached way), I am looking for some junk myself. I don't necessarily expect a trade, although that would be nice. What kind of junk ? ;-) Eli BTW, I've been to BeyondSecurity. Nice place... :) -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail

Re: Equipment

2003-03-02 Thread Voguemaster
Damn, I could use an ISA soundblaster... hehe Couldn't find one anywhere! Eli On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 12:20:23 +0200, Aviram Jenik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My contribution to the junk pile: - Several 10Mb combo network cards (ISA) - 10b2 (yes, with a BNC connector only) net card (ISA) - Buslogic

Re: graphics programming (more details)

2003-02-23 Thread Voguemaster
I myself would go bltting a 2D image using OpenGL. Assuming of course you actually need fast block transfers, which I'm almost sure you don't. Well, you do, for smoother animation, but that's diferent (in order to do double buffering). However, fractals and other parametric generated graphics can

Re: Reply to list vs. no - suggeted solution to accomodate everyo ne

2003-02-18 Thread Voguemaster
I personally do this too, though... sometimes I forget. Since I don't post that often, it's not too much of a problem to edit the To: field, and I never have more than 1 address for the list there to edit anyway. Eli On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:21:34 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not familiar

Re: My ADSL connection report

2003-02-17 Thread Voguemaster
Hey, I've a question: Why did you have to recompile your kernel ? Eli On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:50:57 +0200, Eli Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, well, I went and bought the samsung ADSL modem for 249 nis, and an ST Lab ethernet card (Realtech chipset) for 70 nis Ethernet: On box it says

Re: ADSL modem

2003-02-16 Thread Voguemaster
My suggestions, You might want to call you ISP and let them know to forget about the PCI modem. I'm not sure on the status of drivers for PCI ADSL modems but I'm sure it's far from perfect. The best way is to get an Ethernet modem. The Alcatel would obviously be the 1st choice but the old

Fwd: Re: ADSL modem

2003-02-16 Thread Voguemaster
--- Forwarded message --- From: Voguemaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eli Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED], Linux-IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ADSL modem Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:39:09 +0200 My suggestions, You might want to call you ISP and let them know to forget about the PCI modem. I'm

Re: samsung PPPoE instructions?

2003-02-16 Thread Voguemaster
Hmmm, I don't have a URL but I know the Broadband forum in Tapuz have a site with instructions for using PPPoE, for both Linux AND Winblows. In any case, a driver is only needed for the Ethernet card, just reminding you :) Eli On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 10:54:43 +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ADSL modem

2003-02-16 Thread Voguemaster
Well, I'm not sure about newer kernels but from my experience, the linux kernel doesn't have built-in support for some Intel chipsets. It actually surprises me. I had to compile a kernel module for an onboard chip (forgot which) on my RH 6.2 (yes, it still works :) ). Eli On Sun, 16 Feb 2003

Re: Linux Administration Bible recommendations

2003-02-14 Thread Voguemaster
Hi, I'd recommend the following book: Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide - Steve Shah This book, albeit older is quite good as a starting point for administration. It also touches the usage of the CLI and it covers some very basic administration functions. It even shows how to incorporate

Fwd: Re: OT: PROG question: regarding returning errors in libraries

2003-02-07 Thread Voguemaster
--- Forwarded message --- From: Voguemaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: PROG question: regarding returning errors in libraries Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 15:52:36 +0200 Well, I can only speak from my exprience. When I wrote a mail relay server, I've

Re: Samsung ADSL modems

2003-01-20 Thread voguemaster
Alcatels are pretty rare commodity now. I've heard you can find some at BezeqStore but whether they've got some in their inventory at the moment, who knows. I've also heard that Bezeq have ordered more Alcatels. I wonder when we'll see those... Eli 20/01/03 12:22:51, Ishai Parasol [EMAIL

Re: Samsung ADSL modems

2003-01-20 Thread voguemaster
Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 20 January 2003 17:37, voguemaster wrote: Alcatels are pretty rare commodity now. I've heard you can find some at BezeqStore but whether they've got some in their inventory at the moment, who knows. I've also heard that Bezeq have ordered more Alcatels

Re: Samsung ADSL modems

2003-01-19 Thread voguemaster
Muli (and others), Just for the record, examples of problems with ADSL modems such as the Samsung and others can be easily found in Tapuz's networking and broadband forum. As for myself, I wouldn't trade my Alcatel for anything right now.. I'm actually going to call 199 and buy it from them

Re: Close all open sockets

2003-01-05 Thread voguemaster
Hi Michael, Well, getting the list of open sockets and their respectable processes is ONE thing, but closing those file descriptors that 'reside' (to remind you) in different processes' address space is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT thing altogether. That's basically what you need to do. However i'm

Re: You asked - we do !

2002-12-04 Thread voguemaster
I'll definately be attending. However, I'd like to suggest re-arranging the priorities a little :-) Seems more logical, at least to me, to have printing and hardware issues before development and the web server thing. Just a thought... Eli 04/12/02 13:57:24, Eddie Aronovich [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: units - was [OT] Story: The case of the 500-mile email

2002-12-02 Thread voguemaster
02/12/02 11:52:53, Ehud Karni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 01 Dec 2002 19:07:50 +0200, voguemaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3. Using SIGALARM. I forgot how this is implemented. Never did go into this since it has problems (also among platforms). SIGALARM can be used by setting a signal

Re: Alternatives to Mozilla

2002-12-01 Thread voguemaster
there you go. the fact that IE runs slow on some hardware, does not mean that every other browser has to run as slow. if we looked up to misrosoft for comparing stuff, linux would have crashed every few days and we'd be filling fine. is that the kind of standard you're looking for? Of

Re: units - was [OT] Story: The case of the 500-mile email

2002-12-01 Thread voguemaster
01/12/02 07:55:04, Ira Abramov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: second that sendmail as a user process, manages it's own TCP connection timeout when that's a kernel thing. I'm no great programmer, but I think creating a TCP connection is a blocked call and the timeout is fixed in the kernel

Re: Alternatives to Mozilla

2002-11-30 Thread voguemaster
when i say something is bloated, i mean it takes too many resources. as you quite well know, two programs doing the same things can use different ammounts of resources. in fact, the same program can do the same thing in two manners - one optimized and one not. And what would you say were

Re: [OT] LyX and LaTeX

2002-11-29 Thread voguemaster
Of course there is direct TeX/LaTeX support in LyX. Simply go to insert-TeX (CTRL-L in the default keybinding) and enter your TeX code in the box. Obviously, but since I've no real knowledge in LaTeX, it would be pointless. That's what I was saying by no direct LaTeX for me... E This is the

Re: [OT] LyX and LaTeX

2002-11-29 Thread voguemaster
But then again: if you want to put an image here, don't put it in a float. Indeed, but it's customary to have a caption below a figure (sometimes above) and as far as I can tell, the only *good* way of doing this is using float figures. Eli -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Writing Mixed Hebrew/English Documents on Linux

2002-11-28 Thread voguemaster
Have you tried LyX with the Heb-LaTeX and the necessary KB bindings etc.. ?? It can export to pdf and html, although I'm not sure how well the html would look in different browsers (I haven't tried it yet). Eli 28/11/02 18:22:26, Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Tzafrir

Re: Writing Mixed Hebrew/English Documents on Linux

2002-11-28 Thread voguemaster
That reminds me, I've been messing with float-figures in LyX but don't seem to be able to put them in the proper place. I've used the '!ht options for floats but in any case, when lyx doesn't have enough space left in a page it will stuff more text into it and the figure on the next page. What

Re: Writing Mixed Hebrew/English Documents on Linux

2002-11-28 Thread voguemaster
about this. Eli 29/11/02 02:11:54, Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, voguemaster wrote: That reminds me, I've been messing with float-figures in LyX but don't seem to be able to put them in the proper place. I've used the '!ht options for floats but in any case

Re: Open Office VS. MS Office (performance)

2002-11-12 Thread voguemaster
Hmm, Performance in a word processor is not just about typing. Try to stuff big tables and Excel worksheets into the doc (with graphs and all) and some other things. Word crawls like a baby. It's quite possible for a word processor to be a burdon on the system. While on the subject, there are

OpenOffice.org and equations

2002-11-11 Thread voguemaster
Hi list, I've posted a similar question at the Linux forum at Tapuz but no one really answered my question. My question is simple: Does OpenOffice.org has any mechanism to incorporate mathematical formulas in the document (like much MathType for MS Word) ?? One day I'll move to LyX and LaTeX,

Re: InstaParty at TAU?

2002-11-09 Thread voguemaster
, voguemaster wrote: It is also a great and better idea to coordinate InstaParty at TAU with the TAU/CC, for much improved facilities and possiblities (network and otherwise). = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: InstaParty at TAU?

2002-11-08 Thread voguemaster
Although I was present for a brief period of time (about 40 minutes) I saw that there was responsiveness by people in general. I think InstaParties at TAU is an excellent idea. Eli 07/11/02 16:04:33, Alexander Maryanovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently installations only. We might respond

Re: bttv and emu10k1

2002-10-16 Thread voguemaster
, if possible. In fact, I use my RH7.3's kernel for my workstation and it works great. Does it support bttv ? I'd rather see kernel modules than a new kernel. I'm not too keen on changing kernels Eli they are on the kernel already. Those are experimental drivers. voguemaster: which card? I have

Re: bttv and emu10k1

2002-10-14 Thread voguemaster
Mind my ignorance for a second, but I wasn't even aware linux supports bttv based video capture cards, i'm dying to use mine on it as well!! Any pointers ? Eli 11/10/02 22:09:48, Amir Tal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, i am using bttv with my FlyVideo II TV card, under mandrake9 (decided to

Re: The new build of openoffice

2002-10-08 Thread voguemaster
07/10/02 21:32:22, Sagi Bashari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/7/2002 11:13 PM, Noam Meltzer wrote: Where is it avail. for download? http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/643/index.html BTW - It took me awhile to figure this - to change to full BiDi RTL mode you need to add the

Re: xmms rh8

2002-10-07 Thread voguemaster
07/10/02 01:31:04, Oded Arbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: áéåí øàùåï, 6 áàå÷èåáø 2002, 19:38, Dvir Volk ëúá: I highly doubt it's legal. I've looked in fraunhofer's site, which refered me to an mp3 licensing site, that said: snip From that QA it seems to me that developers are required to get a

Re: xmms rh8

2002-10-06 Thread voguemaster
04/10/02 13:39:57, Mark Veltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is so strange ? MP3 is a COPYRIGHTED format. A german research institution holds the copy right and has started to sue companies who distribute mp3 players without paying them royalties (since they can't sue the users themselves

Re: xmms rh8

2002-10-06 Thread voguemaster
04/10/02 15:58:09, Amir Tal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 October 2002 11:28 am, voguemaster wrote: Honestly I don't quite get it. How can they break such a behaviour or supported feature of the system ?? RH at previous versions could play mp3 easily, now you can't use XMMS

Re: xmms rh8

2002-10-06 Thread voguemaster
04/10/02 14:11:16, Oleg Kobets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, you can easily d/l the missing rpm from xmms website. Oleg. And is THAT legal ?? Those libraries use a technology which is patented, how is that allowed ??? Eli There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we

Re: xmms rh8

2002-10-04 Thread voguemaster
Honestly I don't quite get it. How can they break such a behaviour or supported feature of the system ?? RH at previous versions could play mp3 easily, now you can't use XMMS ?? This makes me think twice about this release.. Eli 04/10/02 04:40:42, Amir Sela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: Useless kernel caching is annoying me

2002-09-29 Thread voguemaster
29/09/02 12:50:08, Nadav Har'El [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi people, I have a question that has been bugging me for quite some time now. I'm using Redhat 7.3 and its 2.4.18-3 kernel. I have 128MB of RAM. I frequently use memory-hogging applications such as Mozilla and OpenOffice. The

Re: linux 2.4.20-pre?-ac? kernels

2002-09-27 Thread voguemaster
and by telling ariel you are talking bullshit because it works for us - you are not making a good case. fact is, that it didn't work. and as far as i know ariel, i don't think he would go saying something did not work without doing some proper testing, and without realy seeing it not

Re: linux 2.4.20-pre?-ac? kernels

2002-09-27 Thread voguemaster
The problems started after upgrading to 1GB memory, I assume because the pattern of operation changed (less swapping). The problem occurs in kjournaled in a reproductivable manner, but I do not think kjournald is the problem, but that something else gets stuck, which causes kjournald to fail, and

Re: RE: Mandrake Linux Dolphin 9.0 is released, and ready to downl

2002-09-27 Thread voguemaster
Just use 700mb CDs, they cost just as much nowadays :) Besides, the feature you were referring to about burning larger images on 650 CDs is called Overburning (just in case you didn't know..). You can usually set the maximum length to burn (in Nero for example) and specify a 700Mb CD or so...

Re: linux 2.4.20-pre?-ac? kernels

2002-09-26 Thread voguemaster
26/09/02 15:46:11, guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear people, i think there's some great confusion here about the usa of the term 'stable'. ariel (at least as far as i know) runs systems that bear a rather heavy load over network connections. most people run machines that do not bear

Re: Memory checkers

2002-09-09 Thread voguemaster
There are plenty of open source utilities: memory patrol, electric fence, checker - just to name a few. I don't have time to check every one of them. What you can propose ? I've had good experience with DMALLOC and a bit of electric fence. I haven't been able to find a VERY GOOD tool for

Re: RPM creator tool?

2002-09-04 Thread voguemaster
Supporting anything but your distro is quite impossible if you want to use the neat macros that each distribution supplies, and don't want to go for the lowest denominator or do all the hardwork about guessing architecture, library locations, etc'. my solution is to build RPMs for my

Fwd: Re: KDE location [was Re: basic debian question]

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
--- Start of forwarded message --- From: voguemaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Jurassic Park Subject: Fwd: Re: KDE location [was Re: basic debian question] Date: 02/09/02 11:29:35 What really annoys me about /usr/bin

Fwd: Re: KDE location [was Re: basic debian question]

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
--- Start of forwarded message --- From: voguemaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Jurassic Park Subject: Fwd: Re: KDE location [was Re: basic debian question] Date: 02/09/02 11:56:17 But they are spread all over

Re: KDE location [was Re: basic debian question]

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
gcc has its own built-in include and libs parameters (set at compile time), right? I don't know about that. When you configure gcc before compilation you usually set the installation location, library dirs if you want'em changed, other compile options etc.. I don't know enough because I've

Re: KDE location [was Re: basic debian question]

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
inside the top gcc source directory, mkdir somedir cd somedir ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/some/directory/for/this/gcc make install Then, put /usr/local/some/directory/for/this/gcc/bin in the beginning of your path. For c++ programs you will also want to put

Re: internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
Hmm, i just gave a reply similar to this one in Tapuz's forum. Look, wu-ftp is problematic. It insists on performing DNS queries for the client at login time, but fails to act whenever it isn't needed. I'm assuming your linux box has it's DNS servers configured in it's resolv.conf file. See,

Re: internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
hat automatically somehow, who knows... 3. Manually (or by scripts) create a hosts file (/etc/hosts) with the addresses of all the relevant internal machines Should be enough for a two-computers network You know, I've tried that when I had the same problem. For some reason it doesn't