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Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns
by aki 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

By Paul Suarez - Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:05PM EST Earlier this week, Google gave the world a first look at the Chrome OS<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>. The press event confirmed what was suspected when Google announced it was working on a netbook operating system<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>four months ago -- it would emphasize speed and simplicity<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>. As the tech world tests versions of the operating system that were compiled from Google's source code<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>it is looking like the project's priorities may be weaknesses. Chromium OS is simple; so simple that most hands-on impressions are calling it the Chrome browser with a few add-ons<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>. The OS adds features such as a battery life indicator and window management, but lacks a few standards -- such as a way to shut down the OS. A big advantage to Chrome<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>is that the cloud-based model has the potential for extremely fast computing, including a boot time as short as three seconds. Right now, Chrome OS is getting mixed speed results, which is probably because it is running through virtual machines<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>. Vladislav Savov of Engadget<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>reports his install booted to the login screen in fewer than ten seconds and was able to browse the Web in another five. Sean Kalinich from Tweaktown<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>had a far more underwhelming experience. His machine was booting about as fast as a laptop running Windows 7 off a SSD. Here's what he had to say: *"Boot up - From pressing the start (power) link until we hit the log in screen was 14.8 seconds. After typing in our log in information (which HAS to be a Gmail account), it took a further 4.4 seconds to get to the "Desktop", so total boot up time is about 20-25 . . . " * It seems that it is too early to tell if the Chrome OS will be a hit<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>or a flop<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>. To be fair, this is a very early version of the OS that wasn't ever meant to be much more than a browser. As Harry McCracken of Technologizer<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/googleunveils…>points out, Google said the OS is subject to quite a bit of change before an official release next year, and critiquing the OS is premature until a close-to-final build is available

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Security Pro Says New SSL Attack Can Hit Many Sites
by aki 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack. Frank Heidt, CEO of Leviathan Security Group, says his "generic" proof-of-concept code could be used to attack a variety of Web sites. While the attack is extremely difficult to pull off -- the hacker would first have to first pull off a man-in-the-middle attack, running code that compromises the victim's network -- it could have devastating consequences. The attack exploits the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Authentication Gap bug, first disclosed on Nov. 5. One of the SSL bug's discoverers, Marsh Ray at PhoneFactor, says he's seen a demonstration of Heidt's attack, and he's convinced it could work. "He did show it to me and it's the real deal," Ray said. The SSL Authentication flaw gives the attacker a way to change data being sent to the SSL server, but there's still no way to read the information coming back. Heidt sends data that causes the SSL server to return a redirect message that then sends the Web browser to another page. He then uses that redirect message to move the victim to an insecure connection where the Web pages can be rewritten by Heidt's computer before they are sent to the victim. "Frank has shown a way to leverage this blind plain text injection attack into a complete compromise of the connection between the browser and the secure site," Ray said. A consortium of Internet companies has been working to fix the flaw since the PhoneFactor developers first uncovered it several months ago. Their work gained new urgency when the bug was inadvertently disclosed on a discussion list. Security experts have been debating the severity of this latest SSL flaw since it became public knowledge. Last week, IBM researcher Anil Kurmus showed how the flaw could be used to trick browsers into sending Twittermessages that contained user passwords. This latest attack shows that the flaw could be used to steal all sorts of sensitive information from secure Web sites, Heidt said. To be vulnerable, sites need to do something called client renegotiation under SSL and also to have some element on their secure Web pages that could generate a particular 302 redirect message. Many high-profile banking and e-commerce Web sites will not return this 302 redirect message in a way that can be exploited, but a "huge number" of sites could be attacked, Heidt said. With so many Web sites at risk to the flaw, Heidt says he does not intend to release his code immediately. From the victim's perspective, the only noticeable change during an attack is that the browser no longer looks as though it's connected to an SSL site. The attack is similar to the SSL Strip<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/securityprosa…>attack demonstrated by Moxie Marlinspike [cq] at a security conference earlier this year. Leviathan Security Group has created a tool<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/securityprosa…>that webmasters can use to see if their sites are vulnerable to a SSL Authentication Gap attack. Because SSL, and its replacement standard, TLS, are used in a wide range of Internet technologies the bug has far-reaching implications. Thierry Zoller, a security consultant with G-Sec, says that theoretically, the flaw could be used to attack mail servers<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/securityprosa…>. "An attacker can potentially highjack mails send over secured SMTP [Simple Mail Transfer Protocol] connections, even if they are authenticated by a private certificate," he said in an instant message interview. Zoller, who has not seen Leviathan's code, said that if the attack works as advertized, it will be just a matter of days before someone else figures out how to do it.

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Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance
by aki 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

MONTREAL (AFP) – Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, more than a year ago for severe depression. She was receiving monthly benefits from her insurance company, Manulife. When Blanchard called Manulife to inquire why the payments dried up, the insurance company said that "I'm available to work, because of Facebook," she told CBC television. She said that Manulife cited several pictures Blanchard had posted on her social networking website page, including some showing her enjoying herself during a male strip-tease show at a Chippendales bar, celebrating her birthday and bathing in the sun. Based on these postings, the firm claimed Blanchard was no longer depressed. Manulife declined to comment on the incident but said in a statement that "we would not deny or terminate a valid claim solely based on information published on websites such as Facebook." But the company did recognize that it uses such information to learn more about their clients.

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projector
by jacques munene 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

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Pissed With Safaricom 3G
by Odhiambo Washington 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

Safaricom have just launched their 0.3G service again! Here I am, trying to download a 13MB file and it's telling me 18hrs (and counting..) left!!! Now this is not something I should be paying for or is it just me (where I am)? <cut> pidgin-2.6.3.exe105 B/s - 24.0 kB of 13.8 MB, 1 day left http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/Pidgin/2.6.3/pidgin-2.6.3.exe </cut> Sux!! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS
by aki 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

By Paul Krill - Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:11PM EST San Francisco - Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms. Appearing at the RubyConf event in Burlingame, Calif., on Friday afternoon, Engine Yard officials offered insights on JRuby, which puts Ruby on the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). JRuby also functions with Windows. Apple personnel at the conference detailed MacRuby<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/infoworld/tc_infoworld/storytext/101491/34…>, which puts Ruby on Mac OS. JRuby 1.4.0 was released November 2, featuring a native executable capability for Windows. "Over the years, we realized that we've been basically ignoring the Windows platform because we don't really like the Windows platform," said Charles Nutter, co-leader of the JRuby project with Thomas Enebo at Engine Yard<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/infoworld/tc_infoworld/storytext/101491/34…>. Both previously led the project at Sun Microsystems. But most of the world's developers still run Windows, especially in the Java world, said Nutter. Proponents of JRuby are going to have make sure it can work on Windows, Nutter said. "We finally realized we can't ignore that side of the world," he said. "I think JRuby may actually be the easiest way to run Ruby on Windows right now," said Nutter. JRuby previously has worked on Windows, but version 1.4.0 cleans up a lot of bugs pertaining to Windows, Nutter said. Also featured in the JRuby upgrade are Â more than 300 bug fixes and an embedding API. Future plans for JRuby include cleaning up performance issues, offering a new optimizing compiler and JVM integration parity with other languages, such as Groovy. Also planned is support of the Java 7 invokedynamic capability, to improve how Ruby does method calls. Code will run faster via this capability. "JRuby really is the enterprise Ruby," Nutter said. Plans also are moving forward to enable development of JRuby applications via Engine Yard's cloud platform, he noted. JRuby also works on Google's Android platform. Separately from JRuby, IronRuby<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/infoworld/tc_infoworld/storytext/101491/34…>exists as a version of Ruby for Microsoft's .Net framework, relying on the Microsoft Dynamic Language Runtime. In the Mac space, the open source MacRuby project is intended to provide an optimized and integrated version of Ruby for Mac OS X and be compatible with Ruby programs. MacRuby leverages Apple's Cocoa technology, which provides an Objective-C-based programming environment for Mac OS X. Concurrent programming, for managing multiple threads, is featured in the MacRuby effort via the GCD (Grand Central Dispatch) technology in Mac OS. "I think [GCD] is really going to make Ruby a great language for doing concurrent programming on the Mac," said Ernest Prabhakar, open source product managerat Apple. Incremental releases of MacRuby have been occurring since March 2008. MacRuby is compiled by default and uses the LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) project for just-in-time and ahead-of-time compilation.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Skunkworks Digest, Vol 8, Issue 210
by gideon.kirui＠kdn.co.ke 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Breinac pls use support(a)kdn.co.ke Or call 020 5000000 Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain Kenya -----Original Message----- From: skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:41:25 To: <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Skunkworks Digest, Vol 8, Issue 210 Send Skunkworks mailing list submissions to skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke You can reach the person managing the list at skunkworks-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Skunkworks digest..." Today's Topics: 1. KDN technical email ([ Brainiac ]) 2. Re: Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave (timrick(a)gmail.com) 3. Re: if you ever need to rename 100+ files... (Bernard Owuor) 4. Re: if you ever need to rename 100+ files... (Njoroge Tito) 5. Re: Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules (ashok+skunkworks(a)parliaments.info) 6. Re: Wifi cpe needed. (Mark Mwangi) 7. Re: Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave (Dennis Kioko) 8. Re: Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules (aki) 9. Wifi cpe needed. (Job Muriuki) 10. Re: Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave (Solomon Mburu Kamau) 11. Re: Pissed With Safaricom 3G (Bernard Mwagiru) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:29:19 +0300 From: "[ Brainiac ]" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] KDN technical email Message-ID: <1e3a5bc00911210529j7ceba3b0me12701a2affcfc34(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" hi skunks, could someone share the email address of KDN 's butterfly service. Technical please, and a working one at that. apparently the info one posts to some mailman forums. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/attachments/20091121/e340c01a/at…> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:16:00 +0000 From: "timrick(a)gmail.com" <timrick(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave Message-ID: <4b081243.1d255e0a.1380.0dde(a)mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Lmao .... but is these guy ever in the office? -----Original Message----- From: James Mutuku Sent: 20/11/2009 11:27:29 am Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave Is this guy always on leave? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Mick Wilson <Mick.Wilson(a)unep.org> wrote: > I will be out of the office starting 19/11/2009 and will not return until > 23/11/2009. > > I am out of office for a few days and will be checking this mail less often > than you'd like. If you need an intelligent reply before I get back then > please contact caroline.mureithi(a)unep.org or, for POW 2010 matters, > norberto.fernandez(a)unep.org > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Best Regards, James Mutuku Ndeti Agile Systems Limited +254722490994 www.agile.co.ke mutuku.wordpress.com Has your organization implemented a customer relationship management (CRM)system? visit http://www.agile.co.ke/crm.php and find out how our CRM can help you achieve better customer satisfaction and sales :::0:aa08f54cbb169abebbaaa268e949408a:-1:x::: ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:43:02 -0800 (PST) From: Bernard Owuor <b_owuor(a)yahoo.com> To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] if you ever need to rename 100+ files... Message-ID: <289773.54885.qm(a)web57706.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" If you're in Linux, use: # rename 'y/\ /_/' * ________________________________ From: saidimu apale <saidimu(a)gmail.com> To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 2:20:49 AM Subject: [Skunkworks] if you ever need to rename 100+ files... I needed to quickly and painlessly rename some files by replacing spaces with underscores (_). Here's a quick and dirty python script that did it for me. I ran it from the python interpreter command-line (I didn't save the script to a file... lazy). ----- begin script----- import os for file in os.listdir(os.getcwd()): newname = "_".join(file.split()) os.rename(file, newname) ----- end script------ It's a quick and dirty script so there's no error-handling of *any* sort. But that's trivial to add if you needed it. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <b82a2f4f0911210926q2c716742wd791cd0d7bfd7b74(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" if on windows, there is a nifty tool called Total Commander, that has a multi-rename facility, amoing many other uses. 2009/11/21 Bernard Owuor <b_owuor(a)yahoo.com> > If you're in Linux, use: > > # rename 'y/\ /_/' * > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* saidimu apale <saidimu(a)gmail.com> > *To:* Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > *Sent:* Sat, November 21, 2009 2:20:49 AM > *Subject:* [Skunkworks] if you ever need to rename 100+ files... > > I needed to quickly and painlessly rename some files by replacing spaces > with underscores (_). Here's a quick and dirty python script that did it for > me. I ran it from the python interpreter command-line (I didn't save the > script to a file... lazy). > > ----- begin script----- > import os > > for file in os.listdir(os.getcwd()): > newname = "_".join(file.split()) > os.rename(file, newname) > > ----- end script------ > > It's a quick and dirty script so there's no error-handling of *any* sort. > But that's trivial to add if you needed it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/attachments/20091121/c1b53719/at…> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:29:12 +0000 From: ashok+skunkworks(a)parliaments.info To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules Message-ID: <a245ea580911210929o28012c64k6bb046c375267e37(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:13 AM, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:28 PM, <ashok+skunkworks(a)parliaments.info<ashok%2Bskunkworks(a)parliaments.info> > > wrote: > >> >> Ban freeware and reinvent the wheel when it already exists ? are you >>> serious or joking or inebriated ? >>> >> > @Ashok, hehehe.... come'on lets not be too lazy, take the back seat and > justify " reinvent the wheel " notion. Building on apache and Mysql etc is > not freeware. Freeware is about ready made solutions that are being sold to > end users, under the pretext of progamming and developers. Infact, I'd say > such actions are fraudulent. I hope you saw the kisstv site and the template > used ( the thread was raised on this list )...what a scam if the site owners > called themselves ati web developers/coders! > My point is it is a bit ridiculous to regulate re-use via a standardization and regulatory scheme. It will simply not work because the area specified is very generic ("Software Development") and technology oriented ( no "Freeware" ...WTF do they mean by freeware ? ) . Its like saying we must have standards and regulations on the "manufacturing process" ... I am sure KEBS themselves have different evaluative standards on *end products* and very specific standards on certain specific *processes*. Clearly a gum-boot is different from a office shoe -- even though both are shoes -- so you need different standards to evaluate quality. Ideally standardization should be on the end product - e.g. minimal standards for a company offering BPO / offshoring services -- i.e. does the provider meet internationally recognized data security standards ? what are these minimum standards ? etc... People will always pirate / copy / steal / counterfiet / plagiarize / break the law while driving .. there are laws already in place for these crimes ... why do you want stricter laws and regulatory mechanisms when the existing scheme isnt being implemented properly ? do you really think it will work ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/attachments/20091121/7938d106/at…> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:40:44 -0800 From: Mark Mwangi <mwangy(a)gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Wifi cpe needed. Message-ID: <1338c13a0911210940w19406676y245ac619b5de3d1a(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hey job. Was wondering how good your wifi was workin wit the nano station is it usable? On 11/15/09, Job Muriuki <muriukin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/15/09, Mark Mwangi <mwangy(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey Job did you get the nanostation? N at what cost? Intrested in >> getting butterfly. . >> > > I bought mine from Dubai for around 6k but I had someone bring them > for me. In town the nanostation2 goes for around 9.5k. You can go for > the nanostation2 loco. Its smaller and cheaper by about 2k. Go to > swift technologies 2nd floor Old mutual building alon Kimati Street. > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.wordpress.com Skype : mark.mwangy ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:54:36 -0600 From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> To: timrick(a)gmail.com, Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave Message-ID: <2f1649800911210954i444a4613j7cc110f0b90ff7c4(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 maybe you should contact catherine for an intelligent answer. -- with Regards: Get your free technology e-magazine in pdf format: Tekniaonline: http://bit.ly/tekniaonline-2 Sterotyping: Abednego, tell the tribe by the name; visit the blog : http://gramware.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:42 +0300 From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules Message-ID: <eae9e5720911211017q3cb166b2h26b9af6a2fdaedbe(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" @Ashok, point well said, the freeware part was my contribute nothing with kebs etc. As with others contributions too, the corrections came "fast and furiuos" and I'm off the freeware issues. There are too many factors and economic reasons that contribute towards why there is much re-use of existing platforms and thus are being used successfully. :-) There is a new possible discussion on way forward but I think programmer listers maybe too tired of attempts to revive issues that may have been tried before by others and did not suceed due to variuos reasons. Pretty complicated stuff, too many variables. Rgds. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/attachments/20091121/d9c379f5/at…> ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:03:13 +0300 From: Job Muriuki <muriukin(a)gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] Wifi cpe needed. Message-ID: <a42c4e0b0911211103i4ebbcf42ofe374f7b1b89ee42(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi. So far so good. Its great performance wise at its cost. I would advise you go for it especially if you get a weak signal. I use it all the way in easich section 3 and i pick up signals in town. On 11/21/09, Mark Mwangi <mwangy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey job. Was wondering how good your wifi was workin wit the nano > station is it usable? > > On 11/15/09, Job Muriuki <muriukin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 11/15/09, Mark Mwangi <mwangy(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hey Job did you get the nanostation? N at what cost? Intrested in >>> getting butterfly. . >>> >> >> I bought mine from Dubai for around 6k but I had someone bring them >> for me. In town the nanostation2 goes for around 9.5k. You can go for >> the nanostation2 loco. Its smaller and cheaper by about 2k. Go to >> swift technologies 2nd floor Old mutual building alon Kimati Street. >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Mark Mwangi > > http://mwangy.wordpress.com > > Skype : mark.mwangy > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Sent from my mobile device ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:38:41 +0300 From: Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave Message-ID: <98099ee50911211138l2a30ba52ufe6d41508195c157(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 2009/11/21 Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> > maybe you should contact catherine for an intelligent answer. > LMAO! > > -- > with Regards: > > Get your free technology e-magazine in pdf format: Tekniaonline: > http://bit.ly/tekniaonline-2 > > Sterotyping: Abednego, tell the tribe by the name; visit the blog : > http://gramware.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Solomon Mburu Kamau P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill! AND It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! http://dawn-in-kenya.blogspot.com http://smiley2.wordpress.com http://mburu.sikika.co.ke -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/attachments/20091121/bc5d43b7/at…> ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:41:21 +0300 From: Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru(a)gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Pissed With Safaricom 3G Message-ID: <65ef49eb0911211141r1f060cnc8d48abe3d93a903(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Is this another unlimited offer? On 11/21/09, James Muendo <timrick(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Depends on where you are Odhiambo. Am around Kilimani, and I have downloaded > a 94Mb file in about 10 min using Safcom. Maybe you might want to check > where you are or restart the machine, I guess it will refresh the whole > network again. > > > > > > James Muendo > > Leerick Office & Tech Supplies > > P.O Box 28016 - 00200 > > Nairobi,Kenya. > > > > Phone: + 254 725 567 508 > > gtalk: timrick > > Skype: tim.rick > > > > rickdeesadvantage.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > From: skunkworks-bounces(a)lists.my.co.ke > [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Njoroge Tito > Sent: 21 November 2009 16:07 > To: Skunkworks Forum > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Pissed With Safaricom 3G > > > > Have just downloaded the same file in less than 2 minutes( average 150KB/s) > , using safaricom around westlands.. > > Perhaps its your location.. > > 2009/11/21 Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo(a)gmail.com> > > Safaricom have just launched their 0.3G service again! Here I am, trying to > download a 13MB file and it's telling me 18hrs (and counting..) left!!! > > Now this is not something I should be paying for or is it just me (where I > am)? > > > > <cut> > > pidgin-2.6.3.exe105 B/s - 24.0 kB of 13.8 MB, 1 day left > > http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/Pidgin/2.6.3/pidgin-2.6.3.exe > > </cut> > > > > Sux!! > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." > -- Lucky Dube > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 > <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks End of Skunkworks Digest, Vol 8, Issue 210 ******************************************

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Re: [Skunkworks] Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave
by timrick＠gmail.com 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Lmao .... but is these guy ever in the office? -----Original Message----- From: James Mutuku Sent: 20/11/2009 11:27:29 am Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on leave Is this guy always on leave? On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Mick Wilson <Mick.Wilson(a)unep.org> wrote: > I will be out of the office starting 19/11/2009 and will not return until > 23/11/2009. > > I am out of office for a few days and will be checking this mail less often > than you'd like. If you need an intelligent reply before I get back then > please contact caroline.mureithi(a)unep.org or, for POW 2010 matters, > norberto.fernandez(a)unep.org > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Best Regards, James Mutuku Ndeti Agile Systems Limited +254722490994 www.agile.co.ke mutuku.wordpress.com Has your organization implemented a customer relationship management (CRM)system? visit http://www.agile.co.ke/crm.php and find out how our CRM can help you achieve better customer satisfaction and sales :::0:aa08f54cbb169abebbaaa268e949408a:-1:x:::

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Re: [Skunkworks] Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules
by Steve Obbayi 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

@Aki when you talk about regulating the theoretical and practical aspects of writing and executing software codes doesn't that responsibility fall with my compiler. coz as far as i am concerned my C++ compiler comply to certain standards. But what I can say is that it would be important to have standards that cover issues like does that software have nasty habits like embedded spy ware within it? something like the posta case. that certainly needs to be regulated among other things i could list here. @Aki another thing when you say FREEWARE are you referring to utilities like my DVD Decrypter that i use to backup my DVD's or are you referring to stuff like Joomla/Drupal which people download for FREE customize and SELL to clients? Coz if thats the case then I totally agree with you SKYPE: sobbayi US: +1 202 297 6831 +1 202 470 0525 KE: +254 722 627 691 http://blog.sobbayi.com http://sobbayi.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rad!" <conradakunga(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:49:10 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules News to me as well. I will see what I can find out from KEBS about this as this is the first I'm hearing about it. As for banning freeware platforms I 1000% completely disagree with you. Freeware and commercial paid for platforms can and have always co-existed. If you are working on a non free platform the onus is on you to provide more value than the freeware On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:35 PM, aki < aki275(a)googlemail.com > wrote: BD article today.... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/688040/-/ite… This is what got me thinking : "The Kenya ICT Board is also working on a certification programme that will regulate the theoretical and practical aspects of writing and executing software codes." Anyone know what the above is about? And can ICT, KEBS board also ensure that all FREEWARE platforms are banned from kenyan networks, PLEASE !!! It will kill all local software initiatives. I'll check more and share me thots a bit later. :-) Rgds. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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KDN technical email
by [ Brainiac ] 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

hi skunks, could someone share the email address of KDN 's butterfly service. Technical please, and a working one at that. apparently the info one posts to some mailman forums.

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