December 2009 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Scheduled maintenance of Skunkworks server
by Eric Magutu 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Dear all, We would like to inform you of a scheduled maintenance operation on the skunkworks server today from around 3:00 pm and therefore there shall be an interruption of services during that time. The current server is in critical condition at the moment and we aren't sure how long it will take to fix it. We thank you for co-operation and look forward to a successful exercise. -- Regards, Eric Magutu

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Zain internet slowdown
by Mark Mwangi 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

anyone else experiencing this?. . . .feeling so pissed that only when you call them thats when they tell somethings up!! F!! -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.wordpress.com Skype : mark.mwangy

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TKK Kiswahili book.
by aki 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

My last contribution for this week. For some us this was a long long time ago, don't remember what clas it was. However, I found this online. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL5040844M/TKK_Kiswahili. Anyone know where we are at in E-cirruculum? Rgds. ( the rise of Yoda! Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi... )

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Fw: Re: Scheduled maintenance of Skunkworks server
by wesley kirinya 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

This might have been answered already. Why not use something like google groups? There are other lists like ke-internetusers, where do they host (Alex)? If all the server is doing is maintaining this list then is it worth purchasing a server? BTW: Top/Bottom posting would have really benefited this thread. Had to hop through the emails to know the history. 8~) --- On Wed, 12/9/09, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Scheduled maintenance of Skunkworks server To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 2:24 PM Ladies/Gents : total now stands at Ksh 47500/- ! in just under 2 hours! Woaah! Nice, very nice! We still have some way to go, keep those keyboard keys going. We need your bids, need your support! Come on ! :-))))) -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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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Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 Activation License
by Alvin Jason Ochieng 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Morning anyone interested in buying the above get in touch for HP Machines that are 'office ready' Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 Activation License - HP Media-less License - 90 units WHILE STOCKS LAST !!!! I do hope you find this information helpful. Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us Alvin Ochieng Corporate Account Manager Greenline Technology Limited IT Hardware and Software Solutions 2nd Floor, Odyssey Plaza, Mukoma Road. Email :info@greenline.co.ke +254 20 651755 / 552086 +254 20 2425225 / 2429743 +254 20 559841 +254 722-219938/733-610758 Mon-Fri (8-5pm) Print only when necessary

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can online magazines work?
by Gituma Nturibi 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

I recently heard about the demise of Adam magazine and another tourism on- can't remember the name. No doubt these mags had gathered a number of fans and its sad to see them go. So I was thinking how about having them online instead of print? I gave this suggestion to some pals and one of them said "Adam is a magazine I flip through on a nice Sunday afternoon at home at a leisurely pace, doubt I'll take the time to read it on line." SO my question is- Is online a viable option especially in Kenya and are there any success stories or otherwise? isn't this a good local content project? I remember PC magazine also went online a few months back wonder how that's going...

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Re: [Skunkworks] Paypal and Kenyan Cards
by Steve Obbayi 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

"External Regulations" is simply USA regulations. Moneybookers is British and they dont have the ridiculous regulations the US have. Do you know USA is trying to go for people with Swiss Bank accounts? Did you know Sun/Java has started a model like the Apple or Ovi stores and they call it the Java Store. It is only open to USA developers to sell their Apps. Developers from a few other countries are allowed to use the store but can't sell Apps to USA customers but can only give free Apps for download. I tried to apply for them to consider Kenya but they need a multitude of Kenyan developers to apply personally so they can get the necessary government policy blah blah integrated into their system. check out the store here http://www.java.com/en/store/index.jsp Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi US: +1 202 297 6831 +1 202 470 0525 KE: +254 722 627 691 http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "solomon kariri" <solomonkariri(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 12:52:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Paypal and Kenyan Cards What external regulations? Does those regulations apply to other such service providers? Im saying this because i have been using moneybookers to receive money into my account without a glitch and still does. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve(a)sobbayi.com > wrote: I don't know about Paypal and Kenyan Bank accounts coz I talked to some officials a couple of weeks ago specifically on this issue and they said nothing has changed as of now. The problems they have with kenyan Banks are because they have to follow "external regulations" that prevent them from sending money to Kenya. So it's Paypal that is deliberately doing it. Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi US: +1 202 297 6831 KE: +254 722 627 691 http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "amanya" < whynnot(a)gmail.com > To: "Skunkworks Forum" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 4:42:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Paypal and Kenyan Cards @David was surprised you saying that you have always been able to receive. for me the case has been always not able to receive. and there are no updates on their site http://bit.ly/4MJP3T -- Solomon Kariri, Software Developer, Cell: +254736 729 450 Skype: solomonkariri

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Qatar already living Vision 2030
by aki 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

QATAR ISN’T DREAMING ABOUT 2015 and MDGs — it’s already living in 2030. Of course it helps if you have vast reserves of oil and gas, but the tiny country is thinking ahead to a time when these fossil fuels will have disappeared, and is rapidly turning itself into a ‘‘knowledge economy’’ http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/818768/-/5ojurp/-/index.html -- ( the rise of Yoda! Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi... )

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Forum rules to take effect at 0000 EAT
by Lmwangi 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi all, A few folks have noticed the downward trend of thread quality on the forum. To increase the S/N ratio of this mailing list, the admins have decided to start moderating threads that do not match the rules posted at http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94. This will start taking effect as of midnight tonight EAT. Banned/moderated users will be listed in a topic under the same forum. Essentially, if your post is - Not IT centric, - Offtopic - SPAM - Obscene - Work positions/Product ads and solicitations You'll probably incur the wrath one of the admins ( and of khan:) ). Please refer to the forum thread as these rules are amended occasionally. Regards, Laban

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Re: [Skunkworks] Intel Core i9: Six Cores Of Speed
by wesley kirinya 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

I think Intel's dominance is troubled because of 3 companies: AMD, Nvidia and ARM. There are basically 4 market segments: Home Computers, Normal Office user, Small Office server and Large Scale Servers. The first 3 market segments can work well with a Pentium 4, let's even make it Dual Core processors (Not even Quad Cores). The Home computer segments doesn't seem to be growing and might not significatly grow in the future because Hand Held/Mobile devices are becoming more powerful and Home entertainment systems are becoming more of computers than their traditional role. Mobile devices and Home entertainment systems are normally refered to as embedded systems. ARM processors dominate these systems. Large scale servers vary. Picking from one of the example uses mentioned in the article, rendering is mentioned as one of the optimized applications. AMD was probably smart to acquire ATI because rendering nowdays is an issue of GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) which is dominated by Nvidia and ATI. Therefore when it comes to graphics applications, CPUs are definately not as significant as GPUs. Nvidia has even gone ahead to have PPUs (Physics Processing Units). This further reduces the significance of CPUs. Still on the large servers, AMD cannot be ignored as it used to be. o_O! --- On Sat, 12/5/09, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] Intel Core i9: Six Cores Of Speed To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 6:47 AM Intel's Core i9 chips won't hit the market for a few more months, but that hasn't stopped Polish site PCLab from putting the new 32-nanometer processor through its paces in a recent series of benchmark tests. While testing the pre-release 2.8 GHz Gulftown chip, PCLab found a significant speed increase with certain applications. According to their report, certain resource-intensive tasks, such as editing video or 3D modelling, perform up to 50% faster than Intel's current Core i7 chip. http://www.pcworld.com/article/182906/intel_core_i9_six_cores_of_speed.html -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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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