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Re: [Skunkworks] 2000 Kenyan Software Developers
by David Kago 21 May '09

21 May '09

Been doing c# stuff for like 4yrs now.. IPC, Network programming, Async I/O, Services.. Si angenicall :-) -----Original Message----- From: Allan Kapten [mailto:allankapten09@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:26 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] 2000 Kenyan Software Developers And thank God for Skunkworks, On 5/20/09, Murigi Muraya <mmskunkworks(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sometime ago someone said according to their research, there are 2000 > software developers in Kenya. He also said 10% of them really know > what they are doing. Would not have taken him seriously if he did not > say that those who know what they are doing are also world class > developers - from the Linux kernel and Java stuff he has seen some of them do. > > Over the past 2 years, it has dawned on me he also meant that only 10% > of our software developers collaborate or connect (whether online or > in person) to help each other out. This coming from a fellow who comes > from the side of the world that has produced the software developers / > architects who birthed Linux, Delphi and C# should be taken very seriously. > > What he has unable to find himself was a hard core (c#) Windows programmer. > C# sw devs are going to be very very hot locally in the near future! > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks 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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What is this
by solomon kariri 21 May '09

21 May '09

Go here and tell me what you like about this http://home.comcast.net/~wolfand/ -- Solomon Kariri, Cell: +254736 729 450 Skype: solomonkariri

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yet another .com that should have been a .ke
by David Mugo 21 May '09

21 May '09

Hi all, When is kenic taking down costs and raising the standard of their service? Here is yet another Kenyan site that should have been a .ke, http://tahidihigh.com/ David. -- Got any life problems? visit www.dearkenya.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] Odhiambo WASHINGTON,-resending
by John Walubengo 21 May '09

21 May '09

Kiania, B4 u close - i had send this post earlier but looks like wasnt registered: ~~~~~~begins~~~~~ >>funny how the phrase "one's man meat is another man's poison" sounds so true... I have never met Wash - even though he's the technical contact for another list I moderate. But I tend to like his online bytes...and indeed nobody should attempt "gag" him walu. nb: since you r all techies, i suppose it is easier for individuals to write something like: <kill wash comments> if origin is = "Wash" then send message to trashcan; </kill wash comments> walu.<< ~~~~ends~~~~ --- On Thu, 5/21/09, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:21 AM > > Alright people, we have milked this issue dry and could I > suggest we close it off? Ili iwe funzo kwake na wengine > wana tabia kama hizo zake ..... > > Kiania > > > > > 2009/5/21 David Njuki <njukey(a)gmail.com> > > Maybe this should help, Mr. > Kamwana, google "Odhiambo WASHINGTON" then once > you are through google your own name, notice any difference? > > > > > -- > Δαβίδ > George > Carlin - "Electricity is really just organized > lightning." > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > Other lists > > ------------- > > Skunkworks 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 > > > > > > -- > > [Asentric Consulting Ltd] > > If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not > become one no matter what his birth .... > > -Richest Man in Babylon > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks 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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Information Security and Cyber-Crime Prevention
by Thomas Kibui 21 May '09

21 May '09

Hello, I have been ambushed and told to give a talk on Information Security and Cybercrime prevention tmr. Does anyone have a nice presentation or white paper I can gossip myself through in the name of a talk ... coz the idea of googling after the workload that I already have is giving me a headache.

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Re: [Skunkworks] African Locales - Kikuyu gurus
by David Kago 21 May '09

21 May '09

Am sure instead of the 'J' there would be a 'Y' and the the normal Y.., No R and H... wud make it nice n compact..lol!! ________________________________ From: skunkworks-bounces(a)lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Ndungi Kyalo Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:31 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] African Locales - Kikuyu gurus Speaking of local languages, am yet to find out how we put that "~" on top of an "i" (replacing the dot) with the current keyboard layouts. anybody know? Secondly, some words in my mother tongue (Kamba) spelt the same way, mean entirely different things when pronounced with different intonations. I wonder how this situation is handled by locale translators? Am first to propose a Kao keyboard layout ! On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Kariuki Martin <martinkariuki7(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Apana bwana! Who says we cannot be joyful in our cultural ways for > fear of being tribal? I think the moment a people lose proud in who they are, they are lost. For own interests, politicians poisoned our positive cultural affiliations. By creating and instilling new fear culture "they are out to finish us." It fragmented "Kenyan" and let's face it, it gets worse if 'concealed' MJ, whom I thought was South African, even publishes that he's an American. "Mr. Joseph is a U.S. citizen and obtained a B. Sc. (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town.."<http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=433#c1363> Remember prior to infamous "PEV" I used to call a neighbour "wewe jaluo" and he'd respond "nini okuyu" because we were defined by <http://africamatters.blogspot.com/2008/01/tribalism-in-kenya.html> Heck, we have a rich and diverse cultural heritage :-) And if not a word is meant to insult anyone, then as far as I am concerned its ok to express it in whatever language. We should stop pretending, cease speaking in hush tones about it in public only to retreat to the real dangerous scheming tribal cocoons... else follow politicians be doomed :-( _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks 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 -- Ndungi Kyalo

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Re: [Skunkworks] using vbscipt or java script to send emails (help)
by David Kago 21 May '09

21 May '09

The best way would be server side to avoid relay issues, you can then allow relay on your MTA or have your ISP do that... Most of the mainstream languages (java, c#) shud have an api for messaging -----Original Message----- From: ashok+skunkworks(a)parliaments.info [mailto:ashok+skunkworks@parliaments.info] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:54 AM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] using vbscipt or java script to send emails (help) On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Geoffrey Gitagia <ggitagia(a)virtualcity.co.ke> wrote: > > I have been looking for away of making a html webpage send email > using client script, I found some code but it doesn't work , I don't > want to use server side scripts , this is what I got Various reasons it may not be working : -- You are using VBScript - which will run only on Internet Explorer and not on Firefox... (Which browser are you using ?) -- Security restrictions in the browser - doing stuff like sending emails as client javascript / vbscript is generally a bad idea ... browsers will generally not run such code unless you lower the security profile for the browser... Ashok _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks 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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VS 2010 & .NET Fx 4.0 now in public beta
by Mworia Wilfred Mutua 21 May '09

21 May '09

Go get it: http://tinyurl.com/betavsnet -- Regards, Mworia Wilfred Mutua http://www.afrinnovator.com/ http://www.visualcv.com/wmworia www.linkedin.com/in/wmworia googletalk: wmworia Yahoo IM: wilfred.mworia

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Iburst problems
by Maingi Chege 21 May '09

21 May '09

Dear All, Are Nairobi guys facing problems with iburst like here in mombasa... thank you Chege ----- Original Message ----- From: <skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> To: <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:25 AM Subject: Skunkworks Digest, Vol 2, Issue 179 > 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. Re: Very very very bad marketing tactics!! (Joram Mwinamo) > 2. Re: Very very very bad marketing tactics!! (Barrack Otieno) > 3. Re: Very very very bad marketing tactics!! (Gakuru Alex) > 4. Re: Odhiambo WASHINGTON, (michael wambua) > 5. Re: Very very very bad marketing tactics!! (Joram Mwinamo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 09:13:28 +0300 > From: Joram Mwinamo <joram.mwinamo(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Very very very bad marketing tactics!! > Message-ID: > <5acd1e100905202313n3c9839caqc7949dc5306e29e2(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I think people are free to air their grievances > > The beauty of public forums is that if something is false, peoples > testimonies will either prove it right or wrong. And at least customer > service managers who many not be aware of how inefficient their employees > are will get to know where they can tighten their service offering > > For example I gave up on Orange when i learnt that their customer service > is > outsourced and that the Customer Service representative has no access to > the > engineer logs or visibility on how the job can get done. So i stopped > using > the service after many trials to get my landline fixed. I got a wireless > and > now im free..... > > The ICT sector is very lucky that there are very high barriers to entry in > the industry therefore limited competition....but all that will change > soon. > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Job Njogu <jnjogu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Have you ever bought a product or service expecting to use immediately >> only >> to realise its not working. You call the relevant people they tell you >> that >> they have logged your problem and they will call you gonce its solved. >> One >> month down the line despite the numerous calls to them it has not been >> solved. My internet hasnt been working for the last for days I cant visit >> most sites and I have called the guys more and lost count of the times. >> What >> do you do in such a situation. >> >> 2009/5/21 Paul Roy <roykoikai(a)gmail.com> >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I highly respect everyone in this forum and their opinions, however in >>> the >>> past few months I have been silently reading articles being circulated >>> in >>> this forum and am left wondering if some of us would adopt better ways >>> of >>> marketing their products and services in this forum. >>> >>> Allow me to point out some of the most annoying marketing gimmicks; I >>> have >>> noticed, people bashing other respected companies complaining of this >>> service and that not working but secretly fronting their solutions. I >>> have >>> read the thread on KDN services and it holds no water. Likewise I have >>> noted >>> the same with the Telcos. >>> >>> Whereas we all deserve better if not best service from our vendors, I >>> believe there are proper channels to present our grieviences to the >>> concerned parties without involving everybody and mud slinging tactics. >>> Some >>> of the issues are trival and could be resolved in a phone call. >>> If you want to sell or present your solution or if you are looking for >>> a >>> job and would like to market your skills, I would urge you to present >>> such >>> in a dignified manner. Mud slinging and name calling wouldn't take you >>> far. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> -- >>> "Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of >>> luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience." >>> . >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> Other lists >>> ------------- >>> Skunkworks 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, >> Job Njogu Muriuki, >> Phone: +254736333075, +254202360107 >> Address: 42665 00100 Nrb >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks 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 Watch? > > Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,but that we are powerful > beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.There > is > nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel > insecure > around you.As we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people > permission to do the same. > As we are liberated from our fear,our presence automatically liberates > others. >

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iRedMail [ Mail System easy as ABC to setup]
by Thuo Wilson 21 May '09

21 May '09

Hi, With just a script well arranged [can also modify] and working fine. Its such easy to install a mail system with everything you need in an hour [ Bandwidth depends coz of packages that must be downloaded unless u have everything with you and in the right folder] - postfix, ssl, webmails(horde,squirrelmail,roundcube), amavis, antispams, antiviruses, awstats, postfixadmin, ldap, mysql backing up original files b4 making changes to it etc etc etc, doing virtualy everything for you! - *Dont mind the thing is China made * Go here; *http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/* Have made me smile all the way to the $ side of the world! You will love it - Have to tweak some few things though, so you must have hands on before you touch otherwise you are left in the dark when system in fully installed. Test it first. -- Best Regards, Thuo Wilson

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