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Online Surveillance
by Tech List Kenya 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

If strange people are following you on twitter, can you report them to Maj. Gen Ali? How would the conversation with his boys go??

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Programming.....the bumps and diversions, just like many tech things
by aki 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Well I discovered today something new, that most upper languages will not talk directly to hardware. So am now having to stop c# for a while, take a detour into something allows direct talking to computer hardware. No matter how complete they try to make it, something always lacks and big time. Eg, Since I'm trying to focus on c# and comms layers, this thing requires much more than classes built into the c# language. Any of you programmers come accross this or am I just talking a difficult route? Eg if you are writing an app to query a usb device? Rgds.

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Government Official Business Licencing e_Regsitry
by saich 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Hey Skunkers did you see this in the Papers leo and Yesterday in the New.I gather it was a world bank funded project but the consultant designing it was a local firm webmaster kenya limited..anyone heard of them..the site is http://www.businesslicense.go.ke and see if you can search for requirement for a Driviling licence

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www. Prefix
by Willie Ong'uti 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Y is it that when i type http://ku.ac.ke i get page not foung but http://www.ku.ac.ke works fine. Any logical explanation? -- http://www.onlineduka.com - Enhance Your Lifestyle!

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USB Radio for laptop & Other
by Odhiambo ワシントン 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Hello Skunks, For those of you using Windows XP: 1. Where can I get a USB radio card for use with a laptop? 2. How do I make VCDs to autoplay? -- 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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Zain Blocking of DTMF on their GSM Network??
by Odhiambo ワシントン 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Hello Skunks, I've been playing with an IP PBX with both analog and IP trunks.My analog lines are from telkom and my GSM units use lines from Zain and Safaricom. The GSMs use IP trunks into my PBX - Avaya IPO406. I am intergration VoiceMail Pro (from Avaya) with this PBX so that I can get an IVR with some added features - which is where DTMF comes in. Now, for 4 days I have been fighting to get this thing doing some specific call routing using DTMF with a Zain line. I even got to a point where I used an analog GSM (Fusin 100) when DTMF simply couldn't work - with a Zain line. The GSMs I use are 2N (www.2n.cz) and are super! When I was almost hitting my /etc (End of Thinking Capacity), I figured out I could try swapping the Zain line for a safaricom line, just a hunch. I did this and voila! DTMF worked. Now after much testing, I realize that DTMF works from Zain <->Safaricom, from Zain->Telkom *but NOT* from Zain->Zain. Could this just be a misconfiguration on Zain's systems or a security feature that they implemented and know about? Is there a reason a GSM operator would want to block DTMF on their systems? I am asking this because I have wasted almost 72 hours on this, only to come and realize this "anomaly" on Zain's network. I'm really pissed off with Zain. However the system I am implementing MUST work with Zain so I need some clues before I go knocking on their doors to enable DTMF. PS: Pinging.... Kennedy Nyarotho, or who was that on this list who knew so much about GSM? :-) -- 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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Mastering Visual Basic 2008
by Benjamin 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

here you go - Understanding custom classes, controls, and other aspects of object-oriented programming - Processing strings, characters, events, lists, and dates - Designing forms with menus, and creating applications with multiple forms - Printing business reports with headers, footers, and page numbers - Exploring XML object serialization and XML Web services - Querying databases and presenting data to users - Programming basic objects of ADO.NET - Harnessing ASP.NET 3.5 and developing Web applications - Master the New Features in Visual Basic 2008, .NET Framework 3.5, and Visual Studio 2008 - Build a Custom, Practical Application from the Techniques in This Book - Test, Debug, and Deploy a Variety of Applications in Visual Studio 2008 - Explore the New Vista Interface and How It Affects VB Programming - Reinforce Your Programming Skills with Numerous Real-World Examples *Code:* Date: Mar 2008 Filesize: ~18,9 Mb Format: PDF Author: Evangelos Petroutsos Publisher: Sybex http://rapidshare.com/files/119517199/SMMVB2008.rar

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.ke ccTLD statistics so faf
by kennedy waweru 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

greetings, Anyone with information on current number of domain names registered under .ke ccTLD?

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Visual Basic 2008
by James Kagwe 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

I need some good literature on Visual Basic 2008 database applications development as what I'm finding on the Internet is far very detailed and not very useful for me. If you have some good basic materials on the subject advice me on the links or just email it to me. Kagwe

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Visual Basic 2008
by James Kagwe 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

I need some good literature on Visual Basic 2008 database applications development as what I'm finding on the Internet is far very detailed and not very useful for me. If you have some good basic materials on the subject advice me on the links or just email it to me. Kagwe

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