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Solaris 10 troubles
by nyarotho kennedy 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Happy people, once again hope you are all ok. Now, am running Solaris 10(+OEM) on a pc workstation with plans to use it as a server(jus not yet). Thing is the machine had a small partition with OpenSUSE 11 installed which naturally 'disappeared' after the Sun installation. Unfortunately when i tried to mount and even force mount, it failed miserably with this error message 'hal-fixed-all-mount-options refused-uuuid 999'. Help needed here, am using the command line a lot so all manner of help appreciated. Two, i need to use 'ssh' and probably ftp for remote users in a Sol10 server environment. Which works best, more efficient and user friendly? Thanks and God bless y'all. -- People should know when they are conquered.

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Bad science
by Lmwangi 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

I am reading the horizon magazine in today's daily nation and David Njagi says "Further, this means that 11,375 pounds of carbon would find their way to the ozone layer every day". Err what has carbon got to do with the ozone layer? And what's with the imperial units? Am I the only person who get's totally ticked off by bad science in articles? I mean, there's wikipedia and google or maybe hire a science advisor. Let's not go over today's headline. My eyes just glazed:( -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com

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ICT regulation - How it would affect the future.
by Martin Muraguri 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hi, Sorry if u were expecting a well researched long read; Anyway I was just thinking how our future would change if CCK... now celebrating another successful anniversary... were to.. - Ban all phones without internet access, - Make computers and computing a compulsury course / subject, - And others u may add... Would this not be the beginning of a very bright future. Me Maina.

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Brain robot control
by Watson Kambo 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Ok while we keep on wondering if man really landed on Moon, some guys have been working on this, http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Robochip-A-New-Microchip-Implanted-I… -- Watson wanjohi kambo

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KPLC’s fibre network deal stirs TV market
by aki 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Multi-media firm, the Wananchi Group, is using the national electricity transmission network to build a fibre optic platform expected to open a new front in the bruising battle for control of Kenya’s lucrative media market. The platform – a product of an agreement between the media firm and Kenya Power and Lighting Company — puts Wananchi on a converged media highway that enables it to compete in television content, internet provision, data and voice transmission markets. “We are deploying the “design unseen” network in key urban areas that enables us to install our fibre network on KPLC’s electricity poles,” said Suhayl Esmailjeee, the chief operating officer at Wananchi Group. A national fibre optic network running on KPLC’s power transmission system offers Wananchi the potential to play in TV broadcasting and telecoms markets and a chance to compete in the internet service providers (ISPs). Replicating KPLCs power transmission network gives Wananchi access to the more than one million electricity customers and substantially reduces the cost of cable TV transmission that is currently only possible with the expensive infrastructure support involving the digging of trenches to lay terrestrial cables. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/624684/-/u90…

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Testing Life outside Earth
by Davis Waithaka 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

If you receive this email from outside the earth, please reply to save us from wondering whether you exist. If you are half-machine and half-organic, then you are more advanced than us, we mean no harm. If you cannot read or write, then you are less advanced than us, we want to make you civilised. Regards, -- Davis

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Website usability evaluation checklist
by Peter Karunyu 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

I came across an Excel file with 247 metrics against which one can rate the usability of a website. It can even be used by non techsavvy users. http://www.userfocus.co.uk/resources/guidelines.html Anyone who has used this before and what are your opinions?

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Does this qualify as a foreign attack on kenya's cyberspace?
by Areba Collins 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

someone keeps editing this post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migingo_Island and its hard not to imagine who sent him. Shouldnt the Kenyan cyber Army do something? -- 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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Mail server
by Zack Githinji 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hi People, Problem with mail server running, Postfix version 2.4.5 Redhat Linux Fedora 8 Amavis Host name : mail.organization.net server hosted by client MX:mail.isp.com Scenario organization.net hosted by godaddy.com organization.net expired and after 2days its renewed again. Since then server cannot send nor receive mail. Service provider says its an issue with the server settings, but nothing has changed in the server. issue 2: Organization had a public ip A it was blacklisted, changed to B which has been in use all this time. when the server is set to B it cannot ping outside (out of local LAN). and it cannot be accessed. if u send mail u get the error "Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name= smtp.isp.com type=MX: Host not found, try again" if i set it to use A it delivers mail but cant Receive, it can ping outside and can also be accessed. Please let me know your Views. -- Regards, Zack K. Githinji Technician Cell:+254 722 649199 "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

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Re: [Skunkworks] Mobile Internet-Getting the best of all worlds.
by wesley kiriinya 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

@Alex, Frankline, ... Thanks a lot. I have Ubuntu 8.04. I gave up on using the USB dongles, however that knowledge might come in handy. I connect through my mobile phone. Is there a way to use that in Ubuntu? Phone model is Nokia N81. Just an update with my YU experience: So far so good. Seems like I spend about 60 bob a full day connected to net, surfing pages, chatting and downloading a couple of files around 5 MB. $afcom was around 150. Haven't got the Orange yet, but will do soon. 8~) --- On Thu, 7/9/09, Job Njogu <jnjogu(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Job Njogu <jnjogu(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mobile Internet-Getting the best of all worlds. To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 10:22 PM Try https://forge.betavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec. works like the mobile connect/partner found on windows. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Frankline Chitwa <frank.chitwa(a)gmail.com> wrote: @Wesley Sorry for taking such a long time to answer. Remember the modem is Huawei, not safaricom. Therefore it is a universal USB dongle. Ubuntu 8.1 and > connect without any special configuration (they have safcom and zain configs). Ubuntu 8.04 is not auto but easy to configure although on some machines it may be hectic. On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: @Wesley (and another) You will find 'drivers' dependency culture absent on Linux:-) just type 'wvdial' at terminal or 'sudo apt-get install gnome-ppp' for fancier blinking two-connected computers icons... On an earlier thread I mentioned (on upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04) forced to boot from an older kernel to successfully run " modprobe usbserial vendor=(HEX) product=(HEX) ('HEX' representing wireless usb device's vendor and product hexadecimals). I found a solution on how to load usb device through new 'submodules' way here: <https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+question/65281> (Philip Muskovac said on 2009-04-02:) Please that note: ----- kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=f2441938-7359-49d7-95eb-81f36a166757 ro quiet splash usbserial.vendor=(HEX) usbserial.product=(HEX) --------- is all on one line... (nearly pinched myself when I realised that I had them on separate lines and thus did not work:) That said, you realise mobicos are supplying Windows drivers (firmware) pre-loaded on the devices usb themselves. When plug it in computer reads device as 'mass storage' media. oh no! but not to worry! Have not tried it yet ( time..) but this should work.... <http://forum.linux.or.id/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=19108> oops! dunno those guys language? http://translate.google.com/translate_t?sl=en&tl=es#auto|en| Wesley, any helpful? cheers, On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > How? Are there drivers for Ubuntu? And do u use the App that comes with the modem? If so, I thot that app is windows only. > > > --- On Wed, 7/8/09, Frankline Chitwa <frank.chitwa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Frankline Chitwa <frank.chitwa(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mobile Internet-Getting the best of all worlds. > To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 3:38 PM > > Yes > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:32 PM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> BTW: Are u using the $afcom modem on Ubuntu? >> >> >> >> --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Frankline Chitwa <frank.chitwa(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Frankline Chitwa <frank.chitwa(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Mobile Internet-Getting the best of all worlds. >> To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> >> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 1:40 PM >> >> Wesley >> I think safcom's (1GB bundle) price(2.50/MB) is second only to telkoms 1/MB. And I have surfed on safcom for 200kbps on ubuntu so.... at the moment, I have these funny feelings for safcon...... >> >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Patrick Kariuki <patrick.kariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > and create multi-link PPP. >>> 2 bundled L2TP tunnels from each SIM with IPSec - a perfect VPN solution! >>> Someone should bring in 3G routers with dual sim support, the failsafe >>> mechanism makes the whole setup perfect!, especially once the ofc is >>> up and running. >>> >>> On 7/6/09, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >>> > @Wash and Brian. will mail you offlist later on the changes I made. :-) >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> www.dealcent.com - Your electronics shop >> www.golavish.com - The travel and leisure >> www.raccuddasys.com - code Development issues >> >> -----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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > www.dealcent.com - Your electronics shop > www.golavish.com - The travel and leisure > www.raccuddasys.com - code Development issues > > -----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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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 -- www.dealcent.com - Your electronics shop www.golavish.com - The travel and leisure www.raccuddasys.com - code Development issues _______________________________________________ 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 -----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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