August 2009 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

OFF TOPIC:- HIGHRISE PLANE CRASH
by SAMUEL EYINDA M. 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Today in the afternoon a small plane with two passengers, an engineer and a pilot crashed in a residential area. Well it missed a house by inches but that doesn't make us naive to the risks exposed to the residents of highrise and other similar residential areas and the passengers of flights in the kenyan airs because it is not the first time it is happening. survivors are hard to come by in a plane accident. The question is, who is to blame? and what should be done? http://edsamich.blogspot.com

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Sharepoint training institution wanted
by Martin Njuguna-Digital Vision 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Dear Skunks, A client wants to get training and certification in sharepoint. Kindly get in touch with him directly on saksar200(a)yahoo.com . Send him the details on the next class available , course etc He wants to receive the training within the month of August. Thanks Martin S. Njuguna Digital Vision www.digitalvision.co.ke

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Is Zain the better option
by Perminus Njiiri 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Hi,i am using the 3G safaricom modem bu find it expensive and has a no of issues connecting in the evening,am just wondering if anyone knows the details about the zain internet option,is it 3G,is it fast as compared to safaricom especially for a heavy user like me who needs internet 24-7.Feedback is highly appreciated. -- Njiiri Kiiru P.O.BOX 12676-00400 Nairobi,Kenya 0724361371 Skype:pnkraymond IT Consultant,Freelance Blogger,Writer: Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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USCAN -USB Disk Integrity Checker with added features
by Jacob Ayienda 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

USCAN is a USB Disk Integrity Checker used to verify the amount of disk space that is available on a removable disk. This tool may come in handy to sellers and buyers of USB and THUMB DRIVES to establish the quality and size of the disk before purchase. The tool can only be used on disks which are not currently in-use and has an accuracy of upto 96%. Added Features ------------------------ >Added scan to restore changes done by viruses to UBS disks (restores hidden files and deletes autorun entries and prevents creation of the autorun file later) >Added startup manager to edit programs that startup when the system starts >Added task manager to view / terminate selected programs that are running in memory ***Still making major changes especially on smart detection of malware. Any ideas especially source code or compiled dll (c, c++, pascal, asm only) welcome. Also pseudo code is acceptable****

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Latest scam
by Mbugua Njihia 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Got this today from this number: +243990446321 SAFARICOM BONGA POINTS REWARDS-dear subscriber top up 100/=today & dial *140*090*726245475#then press okey button to get ksh 5,000 m-pesa reward. Any other guys get it?

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if you were to vote...
by Gakuru Alex 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Where would you choose majority of skunkers 'belonged'? Quadrant 1, 2, 3, or 4 on the Johari Window? see video at http://www.metacafe.com/watch/883486/the_johari_window/ Thanks for your vote~) [one of those interesting vids Rahim Kara asked be posted]

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Teams IRU, costs of local bandwidth costs from Mombasa to Nairobi
by aki 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Eassy have already talked about their IRU for next year at around 26usd per Mbit. So is it okay to say we should WAIT another year until the cheapest IRUs hit mainland and then decide on the best service provider? Because there is much talk of WAIT for a few months and I cannot find any more information about teams, no website, no info, no nothing except this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEAMS_(cable_system)#Capacity Ok, to wait is good but what excatly for? Anyone have solid figures on what is to be expected? Also, anyone know the monthly cost of an STM local circuit from Mombasa to Nairobi on KDN and TKL? If there are network gurus and others with any insights or info on the list, hope they will respond. Cheers.

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Re: [Skunkworks] zain huawei e220 modem wvdial.conf settings on ubuntu 8.04
by Gakuru Alex 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Folks, I am trying to help a friend on Zain... Their customer care IVR assumes I have all day to listen to their ads :( Below,,, what has changed since? I am getting "no valid password" when I use "blanks" asante, Alex On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:12 PM, James Nzomo<skunkworks(a)mnada.biz> wrote: > Copy paste the following into your /etc/wvdial.conf file. Then dial by > typing "wvdial zain" at the terminal. > > [dialer zain] > Init1 = ATZ > Init2 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","ke.celtel.com","",0,0 > Modem Type = USB Modem > Baud = 460800 > New PPPD = yes > Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 ; i think this is ok if its the only usb device > connected > ISDN = 0 > Phone = *99# > Password = "blank" > Username = "blank" > Stupid Mode = 1 > > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks(a)my.co.ke > http://ole.kenic.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Blog http://skunkworks-ke.blogspot.com > Beta Blog http://blog.my.co.ke > Get Skunkworks RSS Feeds: http://www.jahazi.com/rss/ >

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Network Techies in Arusha
by Odhiambo ワシントン 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

Hello everyone, Does anyone know any good networking techies in Arusha. A friend of mine would like to setup a Cyber Café there so I'm doing some groundwork. Please link me up. Kuna malipo since one of them will have to do the setup anyway :-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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Open source Database Breakthrough: 10-80 times faster
by Gakuru Alex 01 Aug '09

01 Aug '09

July 30, 2009, "VectorWise next-generation database technology is based on a novel query processing architecture that allows modern microprocessors and memory architectures to reach their full potential. This is a unique achievement: in detail studies that compare common computing tasks such as scientific calculation, multi-media authoring, games, and databases have consistently shown that typical database engines do not benefit from new processor performance features such as SSE, out of order execution, chip multithreading, and increasingly larger L2/L3 caches due to their large, complex legacy code structure. The computational power that database systems provide is known to be lower than the performance realized by hand-coding the same task in a (e.g. C++) program. However, the actual performance difference can be surprisingly large: a factor 100. VectorWise has created the first database system to revert that situation, with dramatic efficiency improvements as a result" http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/07/open-source-database-breakthrough-10-80.ht…

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