June 2009 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

voip convergence on mobile bridged
by aki 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

while wait for seacom etc is on, I've been testing on my Nokia E71 ( symbian 60 ) phone. Just as gps and maps have become a norm, I've successfully tested over the last 6 months and can list these for you. While Nokia has builtin voip settings, I preferred to use a standard SIP client that will work on most symbian devices and any providers. Am still to test on Winmo 6.1 pro. Software : Uniphone by Optimobile : http://www.optimobile.se/ Cost : 25 Euros ( online ) Usage networks : Data Wifi Codecs supported : G.711 (u-law and a-law), GIPS iLBC (30 ms) and Enhanced G.711 Tests conducted : On Wifi only. test provider was nice enough to mail my logs to me. With these it was possible to see the errors and corrections needed on their asterisk system. Results : Excellent voice quality, requires a minimum of duplex 64kbps for G711. Sat delay and some jitter was as exptected. sharing my thots. ( corrections are welcome ). :-) Rgds.

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who moved my cheese... :-)
by aki 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

everyone's cheese is moved each day and I believe very fast for tech sector. its been an inspiration for quite a while. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese So who moved your cheese today ? hehehe..! Rgds.

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NHIF
by Simon Mbuthia 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

Hi guys, Anyone know someone I can talk to at the NHIF? I applied for membership around January and I am yet to receive my registration details, which I shall need on Monday, when I begin working for a new employer. I'd appreciate if someone could offer any help. Me. -- שִׁמְעוֹן

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For Astronomy?
by Watson Kambo 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

Hello, Just thinking, Voyager 1 was launched some time in 1977, so by the time I was born it had done some 1451.04 Million Kms, to date its been traveling at 17Kms every sec! meaning by last month it had done some 16445.29 million Kms, so in all my life its traveled 14994.25 million Kms... and all this time its been calling out to any Aliens out there presumably Luganda aliens, since Luganda was one of the languages in the Golden record, I really would love the idea of Luganda speaking aliens then we would convince Museveni that he is from a different planet. But again if aliens got hold of the space probe and returned with it to earth expecting the technology that was on board they would be shocked .... 1977 tech vs 2009 ..... just asking, what would you show them .... and would we show them the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva??... For one I would compare for them, hoping they have a sense of hearing, the turn table disks, as they were called, and the DVD as we know it today... the Sony Walkman and the Ipod... You have to agree with me that most of the technology today was born during the 60s, 70s it just been advanced .... Hhhhmmmm ;-), wait I should not believe these things, how can I when am told a star is 10 light years this is like 95,000,000,000,000 Kms away, yet they are some that are more than a 20,000 light years, don't ask for the number, aha meaning the light you see at that moment left its origin more than 20,000 years ago, so if according to the bible/ Koran the earth, and the Universe including light was created like 6000 years ago .... I choose the later less thinking God created some 6000 years ago in 6 days our origin is Adam and Eve .... -- Watson wanjohi kambo -- Watson wanjohi kambo

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Including stock market updates on one's website
by steve moha 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

hi all, How can one include some market updates on one's website.Specifically, the top (lets say 5) gainers and losers for the day at any given time. Also, the forex rates. I checked the official data vendors and i didnt get anything conclusive. Any help.?? I will appreciate!! -- steve [ www.stevemutungi.com ]

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Introductions & Ubuntu Question. (8.0.4)
by Areba Collins 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

Hello guys, new to this forum, so if what i ask has been asked, pardon me and direct me somwehere. Question: I have Ubuntu, been working on saf and zain using wvdial and was working smoothly. Now I moved where i can access the Orange wireless thing and the speeds are not the only thing that appeal. (who can ignore the 1bob per MB deal), so anyway, I plug in the modem, run lsusb and i see the Orange device is seen, then try wvdialconf and im told there is no modem. Is there anyone who has successfully managed to configure this who can give me some direction? Device keeps mounting it as a storage device and I cannot Basics: Name : Collins Areba. Age: Over 18 and Married.. Profession: IT - on LAMPP (omit the last P, .CGI drives me insane) Location: Nairobi. Website: afraha.com Thanks All. -- If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. George Bernard Shaw

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Re: [Skunkworks] linux distros
by Jonathan McLean 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

Have you ever thought of moving out of mainstream distros? Personally, I like distros like Ubuntu and Fedora for when other, non computer people need to be using them, but often times I find them clunky, non responsive, and prone to many many bugs due to their large codebase. Therefore, I often prefer to use more trimmed versions. In recent years, this approach has taken the added benefit of package management systems and lightweight desktop environments. With package management systems, you get the benefits of dependency generation and easy package installation as with the large distros, but a much more trimmed selection of initial packages. Fedora especially takes the "Here's everything approach," which leads to bloat and function redundancy. Lightweight Desktop Environments like XFCE and LXDE attempt to provide the same functionality as bloat like KDE and GNOME, but without the monolithic sub systems that you find underlying KDE and GNOME. Heck, if you want, scrap the desktop environment completely and maybe try your hand at a simple window manager approach: Fluxbox, Blacbox, OpenBox, IceWM, etc. As for ubuntu, they lock everything down that your basically just not using Linux anymore. I am wary of any distro that tries its hardest to lock me out of the root account. However, as I am running a lab of machines I don't want people mucking up, I appreciate it. I also appreciate that everyone seems to be gravitating towards generating .debs for it. As much as I dislike ubuntu, I greatly appreciate its dedication to packages. So what distros do I like? Well Slackware for one. Someone has mentioned Gentoo as well. There is ArchLinux, MEPIS, EnGarde for dedicated servers, and my personal Desktop Distroy of choice is Zenwalk, a Slack-deriv. Or, if you are really, really, adventurous, whip up your own, complete, custom system using the Linux From Scratch project. I just hope you aren't afraid of the command line! -- jonathan mclean us peace corps volunteer ict specialist mtongwe, kenya

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Teams in dispute with Nation Museum of Kenya
by Tech List Kenya 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

The landing of the Teams may be delayed due to a despute over something to do with (lack of) environmental assesment of the landing site. Anyone with full details?

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Re: [Skunkworks] INTERNSHIP
by momanyi_mike＠yahoo.com 09 Jun '09

09 Jun '09

HALLO GITAU, Attached is my application letter together with my curriculum vitae and two internship letters. hoping for a favorable consideration i thank you in advance

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by David Mugo 08 Jun '09

08 Jun '09

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