May 2009 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Internet Problems:- Someone taking it down?
by Peter Karunyu 18 May '09

18 May '09

This forum is inundated with complaints of problems with Google, .co.kesites and most recently, yahoo, facebook and twitter. This made me wonder, sometime ago, Saich was doing some assignment on how to take down the internet and we all kindly offered our suggestions... Could it be that someone actually tried to test those suggestions? No explanation has been offered why Google is having issues, or how/why Google Morocco was hacked.

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Vacation reply || Dear friend || Some other weird subject
by Simon Mbuthia 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hey guys, I just received this message below from two different friends, and looking at the To: field, the message seems to have been sent to everybody; which probably means that spammers somehow obtained passwords to these users' email accounts and sent the advert to all contacts in the users' address books. This appears to be worm behaviour to me. Now the question that I wish to ask is... how on earth did these spammers get these passwords? Phishing? Anyone heard of the story behind this email? It's on several sites on the net, but all that people are saying is to change your password and use a strong password etc. but my guess is that all this is an unconfirmed solution, though I believe it could work. But the problem is not that someone can send an email from my account without my consent, but that he/she can get my password. That's what worries me. So, anybody got any ideas on how this could have happened? Thanks, Me. 2009/4/28 <dicksonmwangi356(a)hotmail.com> > Dear friend, > I would like to introduce a really good company that mainly do the > electornic products trade. > Now the company is doing promotion,all of it's products are sold nearly as > same as their cost. > It redeners the best service to customers,it provide you original products > which is > good quality,and what's more,the pricewill give you a big surprise! > It is realy a good opportunity for doing shopping.Just grasp the > opportunity,or there will be no more than that! > The web address: www.kanicn.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- שִׁמְעוֹן

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Ministry of Lands Website
by Solomon Mburu 17 May '09

17 May '09

I tried accessing Lands Ministry <http://www.lands.go.ke> to access there services and this is what I got. Anybody with some help on this! I can't literary access this important ministry online!!!! Fedora *Test Page* This page is used to test the proper operation of the Apache HTTP server after it has been installed. If you can read this page, it means that the web server installed at this site is working properly, but has not yet been configured. ------------------------------ If you are a member of the general public: The fact that you are seeing this page indicates that the website you just visited is either experiencing problems, or is undergoing routine maintenance. If you would like to let the administrators of this website know that you've seen this page instead of the page you expected, you should send them e-mail. In general, mail sent to the name "webmaster" and directed to the website's domain should reach the appropriate person. For example, if you experienced problems while visiting www.example.com, you should send e-mail to "webmaster(a)example.com". For information on Fedora, please visit the Fedora Project website<http://fedoraproject.org/> . ------------------------------ If you are the website administrator: You may now add content to the directory /var/www/html/. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page, and not your content. To prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf. You are free to use the images below on Apache and Fedora powered HTTP servers. Thanks for using Apache and Fedora! [image: [ Powered by Apache ]] <http://httpd.apache.org/> [image: [ Powered by Fedora ]] <http://fedoraproject.org/> -- Solomon Mburu 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! Sent from Nairobi, Kenya

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Hp battery recall
by Dennis Kioko 17 May '09

17 May '09

HP are recalling thousands of batteries from hp and compaq laptops. Laptops affected were sold between August 2007 and around March 2008. You can check if you are affected on their website. Replacements are free of charge. -- Bored? Stop been Bored. why are u still Bored? visit my blog http://gramware.blogspot.com Get your free issue of tekniaonline, a Kenyan ICT magazine at http://tekniaonline.blogspot.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] offsubject: friday closer. ever design speaker > cabinets/boxes?
by fyodor 16 May '09

16 May '09

>ok. I think I had one of those moments too... trying to get a VHF- >only >TV work with the UHF band... Cable TV converter's were rare and >expensive - if only I had a photo of the converter's circuitry >then, eh? this also reminds me i way back when KBC was the only channel available and we were no where near Nairobi. So my brother tinkered around with the UHF bands and mashed up an aerial something you can pull out a sci-fi movie.....for some awkward reason we managed to configure a dipole which received some indian channels which made us feel like heroes!! Sigh, good old days......nostalgia at its best....and that was the beginning of hacking....well someone said these stories need morals! -tyrus

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CCNA Discovery
by Simon Mbuthia 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hey guys, I hope some overworked skunk'll be online on a Saturday to help me out... I am trying to do a quiz on CCNA Discovery that I have installed on my PC. Problem is, when I click on the Quiz button/icon, the quiz window doesn't pop up. When I go to the discovery index page and I select a chapter and click on "Launch Course", nothing happens still. This is happening on both IE8 and FF3. Please help. It might also be instructive of me to mention that I am not getting any "Pop-up blocked" kind of message from either browser. What could be wrong?? Me. -- שִׁמְעוֹן

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Fw: LAPTOPS FOR SALE
by patrick njoroge 16 May '09

16 May '09

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offsubject: friday closer. ever design speaker cabinets/boxes?
by aki 15 May '09

15 May '09

back in early 90s, there was a demand and designing these cabinets boxes was not an easy thing. possibly many may not know that the cabinet/box produces the correct sound ( with speakers, unles you use specials like Bose, JBL). And please not those things that are a box with blanket material in it and stuffed in your car boot......I worked on one project and we worked with displacement volume of air per speaker size with internal channels and divisions between woofer, mid range and tweeters. It was called WOOD TUNING! yeah, its true. Too big a box and you get muffled sound while too small sound like a speaker in a tin can. horrible. next time you want that real sound without much graphic equalizers, I think there should be online formulas to do the right box. ( those days the net was unknown ). The best speakers I'll remember were huge anti-static original JBL flat that would probably stop your heartbeat if you touched the static electricity speakers. These needed quad amps to drive the static across the diaphrams. :-)

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Re: [Skunkworks] General Engineering/Physics Question
by Oj G 15 May '09

15 May '09

Around high voltage is magnetic field that make the RFs out of tune. That could tune you to something like + or - 0.3. This is worse when its windy, raining, in a moving car in those areas... The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole. --- On Thu, 5/14/09, David Kago <kago(a)ultimate-security.net> wrote: From: David Kago <kago(a)ultimate-security.net> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] General Engineering/Physics Question To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 6:54 AM The frequency of electricity is not high enough to cause gene mutations, gamma rays and x-rays would coz of their high freq From: wesley kiriinya [mailto:kiriinya2000@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:44 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] General Engineering/Physics Question Probably not otherwise guys working in a power station would wear protective gear, after all that's where all the mega watts are generated. Plants and animals near the power plant or directly below high voltage transmission lines would also be strange e.g. have mutations. --- On Thu, 5/14/09, Paul Njoroge <njorogekamau(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Paul Njoroge <njorogekamau(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] General Engineering/Physics Question To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:07 AM What of the engineers working at Kindaruma, Ol Karia and Turkwell?? On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Joram Mwinamo <joram.mwinamo(a)gmail.com> wrote: So if you frequently pass below the power lines or near it every day,are you at risk of getting kids with issues?Ive watched such a movie.......where people living below power lines got kids with issues.... On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM, MotoBaridi <motobaridi(a)gmail.com> wrote: prolly because the radio freqs and the transformer freqs are much closer on the spectrum, so its easier for them to interfere with each other. light, otoh, is much further away from the other two, hence no interference...... On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia(a)gmail.com> wrote: The magnetic field theory does sound likely... and it's most prolly the reason why (still agree with you Peter) but if the magnetic field be the reason why, then that gives us a second question: why isn't light affected since light is also on the EM spectrum? PS: I'm no physicist either Me. On 14/05/2009, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Or it could be the church. Both locations seem to be near some KPLC high > voltage thingy, AND a church. Could it be possible that strong spirit > activity going on inside the church is interfering with the radio > frequencies. > > Spirit activity has been known to block out the sun for 3 hours, at one time > in the past :-) > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Alex Nderitu <nderitualex(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Am no physics guru but I think it has to do with some magnetic fields >> distorting the radio frequencies. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi(a)gmail.com> >> Reply-to: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >> To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] General Engineering/Physics Question >> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:04:43 +0300 >> >> The same thing happens just after miotoni road on Ngong Road before St >> Francis Church where there is a power station.. >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Paul Njoroge <njorogekamau(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Guys I have an engineering/physics query, >> >> I have noted that in the morning on Mombasa road, coming towards >> town, somewhere at South C near the ICC church and the river, >> the car radio usually loses its signals, I know it could be due >> to the nearby KPLC transformers but I cant really explain why >> and its been bothering me. >> >> Anyone? >> P.N. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Josiah Mugambi >> +254 738 504418 >> >> http://blog.josiahmugambi.com >> >> SK Classifeds... 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Director of Government Information Technology Services job application hurry
by saich 15 May '09

15 May '09

To all you skunkers this is the one and only chance to streamline IT if in Goverment so are up to the task coz if you apply and get this job we fellow skunkers will keep you on your toes...so ebu people apply for this kajob...twas on Todays Nation and i mee thinks you can also find it somewhere here.....http://www.psckjobs.go.ke/ Hurry Hurry whiel the offer lasts

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