... I do want to address that meme productively. If you catch me degenerating to a troll, feel free to apply sunlight and I'll to freeze to stone ;-) First,...
Hi Beni, ... There is a difference when you say: "For me Python is more readable than Perl" "Python is more readable than Perl" "Perl is NOT readable" or "Perl...
... I guess you're right. I still find that using sigils help me understand what the code does. ... Well, I haven't found deep comparison very useful so far,...
... If you are satisfied with this outcome, more power to you ;-) If want ammunition in favor of Perl: 1. Python bytecode is really easy to decompile, waaay...
Hi all! This is a reminder that in accordance with its annual tradition, the Israeli Free and Open Source Software community will hold the August Penguin ...
Hi all! I have published a new essay about free software licences: http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-wars/ Any comments...
... Hi Dotan! Thanks for submitting this story to Slashdot, (which got it accepted eventually). I submitted it too, but I didn't see it published. I'm not sure...
... I meant that licensing issues would be the main challenge in writing and distributing the software, as opposed to a programming challenge. ... Don't browse...
Hi Mikhael! Thanks for your comments and sorry for the late response. I'm also De-CCing Perl-IL . See below for my comments. ... I didn't say that the licence...
... Replying to myself (while de-CCing Perl-IL) I'd like to note that in my coverage of the reasons of why I prefer public domain licences instead of weak ...
Hi Mikhael! ... I read parts of it and it does not answer them successfully. I also think that having such a long document (even longer than the licences which...
Hello there, Digital Whisper is a new Israeli security\hacking\programming web magazine founded by Afik Castiel and Nir Adar, written in Hebrew. Their first...
Moshe Ben Abu
mtrancer@...
Oct 3, 2009 3:23 pm
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Hi Moshe! Thanks for the initiative and your effort, and good luck. ... For some reason this URL passed through linkedin and yielded a 404. I used this URL,...
Thanks for the feedback, I've sent it to the authors. What kind of format you suggest the magazine should be..? ... -- Trancer Recognize-Security ...
Moshe Ben Abu
mtrancer@...
Oct 3, 2009 4:21 pm
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... HTML or XHTML preferably. Possibly with some help from CSS, MathML, SVG, PNG, etc. Note that you can create the magazine in various formats (including...
In my opinion, PDF format is a fine choice, and I'd advise it to be first choice for fully sighted people. For people with special needs, do provide also a...
Omer Zak
w1@...
Oct 4, 2009 7:47 am
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... Why? Show me your reasons! In the previous message, I've given several reasons for its problematic nature: <<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Why are the articles in PDF...
... I actually think that PDF is great. It is freely available, preserves formatting across OS / applications, and is contained in a single file ([X]HTML is...
... The latter can be solved using solutions such as .zip or tar.gz or a CHM : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help Also, you can always...
Guys, I think we should take the phrack <http://www.phrack.org/> approach and publish our issues in plain text. Images can be replaced by ascii-art or in ...
Budilovsky Evgeny
budevg@...
Oct 5, 2009 8:25 pm
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... Was that a joke? ASCII Art is very inaccessible too, and usually looks horrible. And plaintext is incredibly non-aesthetic. You can easily convert XHTML to...
On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:47:06 +0200 ... With PDF you assure format and don't have math and font issues With a PDF version I can more easily archive the article...
Hi everyone, I'm trying to organize a session for a few people to get together and learn about iPhone development, sometime in the next 2 weeks. Is anyone on...
... CHM is far from being a universally-available solution. No ebook reader can read it, and the choices for reading CHM files under Linux are slim....
Hello list, I wrote a short article about Bezeq International SafeNet security service and why it sucks. It's even rather easy bypassing the only function that...
Moshe Ben Abu
mtrancer@...
Oct 16, 2009 10:36 pm
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Hi all! Some of you may like UltraEdit on Windows and would appreciate a free discount on its new Linux version, or are unhappy with your current Linux editor,...