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India to Issue Biometric ID cards to its 1.2 Billion countrymen.
by Areba Collins 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hi skunks, here is an interesting one: SUMMARY: It is surely the biggest Big Brother project yet conceived. India is to issue each of its 1.2 billion citizens, millions of whom live in remote villages and possess no documentary proof of existence, with cyber-age biometric identity cards. If the cards were piled on top of each other they would be 150 times as high as Mount Everest — 1,200 kilometres. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6710764.ece#cid=OTC… ------------------ and slashdot commentary http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/15/1755246/India-To-Issue-Over-a-Billio… -- 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] Going to the moon
by fyodor 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

If you think Zeitgeist has cracked it...ill advice watching The Esoteric Agenda. This documentary reveals alot of info including the WHO and FAO involvement in Codex Alimentarius. Other documentaries to watch include...The Corporation which has insights on how American coorporates make money without an iota of humanity in them. Any interested parties can collected these clips....ofcourse after filling in a non-disclosure agreement and a non-refundable fee of Ksh 5000 thereof! :-) -tyrus _IEEE Member

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50 mbps Braodband at kshs. 5000? Only at the UK
by Dennis Kioko 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Virgin drops 50Mbits/sec broadband to £28 11:51AM, Wednesday 15th July 2009 Virgin Media is knocking the price of its 50Mbits/sec broadband service down to £28 per month. The £28 offer will be available to new and existing customers who take a phone line with the service from 1 September. Those that want the broadband on its own will be paying £38. Virgin says the price cuts are due to the completion of its DOCSIS 3 network, which triples the bandwith available to the company. "The synergies and cost efficiencies of completing work on the entire network means we can pass these savings onto our customers," a Virgin spokesperson claims. "It's not an introductory offer or anything like that." Virgin Media says that its 50Mbits/sec service is available to around 12 million UK customers, and the price drop looks set to put pressure on BT, which is rolling out its 40Mbits/sec service to 40% of the country. Alongside the price drop, Virgin also announced that it would be trialling a 10Mbits/sec upload service in the North East and Midlands area with the aim of exploring the public's appetite for "video conferencing, multiplayer gaming and home working." Virgin was unable to confirm how many people will be involved in this trial, or the specific towns that will be involved. It's also launching a Virgin-branded netbook assembled by CMS, the company which manufactures the netbooks for Zoostorm. Dubbed the "Freedom" it will be available in Red and Black and is thankfully free of any other George Michael references. The specification is fairly standard with a 10in screen complemented by a 1.60 GHz Intel Atom N270, 1GB RAM and a 120GB hard disk. The netbook will be available for free on a two-year broadband bundle. Now this is what should be in vision fibre optic! -- with Regards: Nairobi Eastlands, how the Mungiki reduce crime, at a fee. Only at my blog: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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Laban's Contacts
by Douglas Ogeto 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Skunks, Anyone with Laban's contacts of Penguin Labs please help with them. Thanks. -- Douglas Ogeto douglas.ogeto(a)gmail.com

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I wonder if......
by fyodor 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Just turned on my vmware and had the thought of what if Vmware(TM) sold t-shirts......they would be called Vmwear....but i digress. Back to virtulization..... -tyrus _IEEE Member.

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Online Registration and Login headache
by Shiro Njagi 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Have you noticed that so many sites nowadays that offer "free" software downloads always require the user to login or register before he/she can "freely" download any software? First, I don't understand how my login/registration helps them make money or whatever Secondly, most users on being required to login will most probably look for another site that doesn't require the login or registration, which beats whatever purpose they were trying to achieve.. It's frustrating coz all I want is the software then I move on with life. And what assurance do I have that they won't start sending me spam??

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ATI RADEON X1950 AGP
by Mark Mwangi 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Anyone have the above video card for sale or know where I can get one locally? Ebay sellers arent very willing to dispatch goods to kenya . . Local shops have only older series nvidia cards if at all . . . Any help? -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.wordpress.com

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Going to the moon
by Alex Wanjohi 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

forgot the link http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.htm -Alex

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FTP Transfers Zain vs Safaricom
by Edward Obiko 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hello Skunks, Just curious, I have been trying to do some FTP transfers. My zain connection seems to complete more transfers while my Safcom one barely does any. Why would this be? I'm on Safaricom 3G and Zain Edge... Regards,

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If you're worried about how your ODF doc will look in other Office suites...
by saidimu apale 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

... then this may be for you (once it's out of closed beta, anytime now). http://officeshots.org/ saidi

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