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Ελληνικά σε VoipBuster, VoipStunt, VoipCheap κτλ.

Η εταιρία Betamax GmbH & Co KG είναι πίσω από τις υπηρεσίες Διαδικτυακής Τηλεφωνίας (Internet Telephony) VOIPBuster, VOIPStunt, VOIPCheap, InternetCalls κτλ (υπάρχουν άλλες;). Κάθε μια από τις παραπάνω υπηρεσίες έχει δικό του πρόγραμμα (για Win μόνο) με το οποίο μπορείτε να κάνετε τηλέφωνα μέσω Διαδικτύου. Αν δείτε καλύτερα, θα παρατηρήσετε ότι κάθε μια από τις …

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The Da Vinci code

Spoiler alert Yesterday I watched the DaVinci Code. Technically, it would have been today, because the movie started a few minutes before midnight. Therefore, it finished around 3:00am. While booking the tickets, there was a warning sign on the information screen that there is a limited number of tickets available. We were lucky, we came …

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“Proposal for additional QA and localisation time on Dapper”

Mark Shuttleworth sent an e-mail titled Proposal for additional QA and localisation time on Dapper to request a six-week delay for the release of the next version of Ubuntu Linux. meeting on Tuesday 14th March – once at 09:00 UTC (for the Aussies and Asian communities) and then again at 18:00 UTC (for Europe and …

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Ξεσκεπάζω την ψυχοφθόρα βδελυγμία

When you choose a font in the Font Preferences, you can find a sample text that displays all the letters of the current system language. In this way, you are able to to have a good understanding of how a font looks like. Such phrases are called Pangrams, meaning contains all the letters. The most …

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The Coptic alphabet

It is quite interesting to see that the Coptic alphabet is derived from the Greek alphabet, as it was used to write the language spoken in Egypt, from around 300BC to 1300AD. Coptic now has its own Unicode block. Nowdays, Coptic is used at religious ceremonies by Coptic Christians in Egypt. Simossimos.info

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Ανατομία ενός γράμματος

Με ενδιαφέρον είδα μια συζήτηση (τίτλος upgrade σε ubuntu 5.10 = προβλήματα με τα ελληνικά) στη λίστα συνδρομητών Linux-greek-users για το θέμα της υποστήριξης γραφής ελληνικών σε ελεύθερο λογισμικό. Ωστόσο, μετά από λίγα γράμματα, στάλθηκε Simossimos.info

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