Hi all! According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population Israel has a total of 100,000 English speakers. That makes...
The question is how do we define English speaker. If English speaker is defined as someone whose main language is English, maybe Wikipedia is right, although I...
... No, it's not. Reading from the first paragraph: {{{{{{{ This is a list of countries of the world sorted by the total English-speaking population in that...
Hi all! I wrote in my blog about shell variable injection: http://community.livejournal.com/shlomif_tech/14671.html Comments are welcome. Regards, Shlomi Fish ...
... The heading paragraph clearly says that this number should "include both native speakers and second language speakers of English.". So the figure "100,000"...
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/ten_easy_ways_attract_women_your_free_software_project One surprising suggestion is to prefer Web forums to mailing...
Omer Zak
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Sep 27, 2008 2:51 am
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Hi all! Recently I worked on the "Subversion Links" Greasemonkey script: http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/bits-and-bobs/greasemonkey/grease.html I...
Hi all! I recently spotted a new shell called Squirrel Shell on Freshmeat.net: http://squirrelsh.sourceforge.net/ Here is my impression from it: 1. Doing the...
Didn't you forget the standard open source sentence "Release early release often"? It is probably a very early release and you should have wrote this to the ...
Hi Ori! Please separate paragraphs with an empty line, and avoid top-posting. ... "Release early, release often" does not mean "Release crap" or don't do ...
... My guess: It's A niche product. Don't use it, Shlomi - it's not for you. I'm surprised you even wasted your time on it, since you're evidently not a part...
Hi all! I uploaded a new riddle to the Math-Ventures section of my homepage: http://www.shlomifish.org/MathVentures/two-angels-and-two-gates.html It was...
Hello, This may be the opportunity to discuss a related issue: Are there are any impressions from the new Israeli registrars? Personally, I moved my domain to...
Eli Billauer
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Oct 25, 2008 11:04 pm
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... I've moved a couple of domains (python.org.il included) to LiveDNS. Their interface looks like it was designed by a newbie, and it's using ASP (GASP!) but...
http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/10/27/why-there-will-always-be-programmers/ Summary: Programmers are always needed, because big programs have lots of ...
Omer Zak
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Oct 31, 2008 12:29 am
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... Well, I never initiated large-scale projects on my own, just contributed to large-scale ( > 100K LOCs) projects that other people initiated. Well, first of...
... I certainly agree that code should be self documenting as much as possible. Sometimes even in line documentation in the form of comments, tends to stay out...
I am think about the best ways for technical young entrepreneurs (like me) to start startups... Here's the post - ...
Hadar Weiss
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Nov 5, 2008 7:07 am
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Hi all! (for linux-elitists : I'm sorry about my last post about the KDE 4 rant. I thought it was acceptable, but it turned out to violate this list's...
... It is my understanding that you do not have to make your modifications available to people, who don't surf your Web site. So if you install the stuff on...
Omer Zak
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Nov 6, 2008 4:40 pm
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Hi Omer! ... No, you are right. I should have phrased it as an "on a public web-server". However, this misphrasing still doesn't make it a better licence, or...
... Possibly all. The reason is that "freeness" is not a boolean parameter. Not even a single parameter real-valued scale. There are multiple criteria, ...
... Well, generally speaking one should strive for endorsement as free (and preferably GPL-compatibility) by everybody. Otherwise, you may be facing problems....
... I understood that you are (not strongly) against all viral licenses, regardless of whether they provide us with protection against the unfair software...
Omer Zak
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Nov 8, 2008 11:36 pm
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Answering to myself... ... Since there are no takers, and since the domain is in use, I will renew it myself unless someone contacts me by mid-December and...
Hi Omer! Sorry for the late response. ... I am against them in the sense that I prefer not to use them for my code. But I accept the fact that some people want...
... Thinking of future threats is hard (in the banking business, this is a whole profession, and as you can see lately, the haven't been doing a very good job....
... I agree this is a problem. However, if X-Windows were GPLed, then the people who made Exceed and wanted to sell it, would not have made it in the first ...
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