September 2009 - skunkworks

I'm back,still job hunting
by Njuguna Waweru 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

This is the reply to the question asked by many of you. What i can do quite comfortably as of now is hardware support and some basic networking.I can also do software installation and customization. Any openings?

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Africa domains extension
by Robert Kuria 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi Good people, If I want to register all Africa domains extension say; yu.co.ug, yu.co.tz, yu.co.za etc etc. does KENIC provide this or do you have links that can help me do this?? -- Regards, Robert.

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How smart are we?
by Rahim Kara 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

I'm curious. Are there any inventors out there? By inventors, i refer to the stereotypic look at the classic time travelling/ life bringing/ atom splitting inventors. Rahim Kara, Pro App's Specialist, Elite Digital Solutions Ltd.  Apple Premium Reseller Sarit Centre P.O.Box 75289, Nairobi – 00200 KENYA +254 (20) 374 5550 PHONE +254 (20) 375 3509 FAX +254 721 875 042 Safaricom MOBILE +254 734 334 074 Zain MOBILE +254 773 104 250 Orange MOBILE iChat rahim.kara(a)me.com Mailing List Subscription http://mail.wananchi.com/mailman/listinfo/elitedigitalsolutions

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Domains and Hosting
by Trey 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi guys, can anyone offering the above services send me quotations offlist with pricing for each Domain Reg,emails and Website Hosting.Kindly Indicate features coming with the packages.Thanks

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Fw: [ke-internetusers] PHP vs Servlets/JSP
by wesley kirinya 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Ogure, I've forwarded your email to the Skunkworks mail list. Skunk(ette)s, Please copy to Ogure (write2ogush(a)gmail.com) when u reply as he might not be in the Skunk mail list. --- On Tue, 9/1/09, Ogure Obunga <write2ogush(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Ogure Obunga <write2ogush(a)gmail.com> Subject: [ke-internetusers] PHP vs Servlets/JSP To: ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 10:57 AM Hi good people, I'm torn between a choice of platform based on the underlying application. I would like to implement a system for the court registry. Among other things, the system should be self updating at the point on which data is entered, the result of which is sent to the web interface for the public. There are several categories of users with different levels of access. Its an online based system. PHP comes in handy though I tend to think Servlets have the power to handle the volume of transactions of this magnitude especially by the fact that it combines both a stand alone system that feeds the web-based interface, save for the complexity that comes with it. The time frame for development is limited. Your take(s)? Regards Obunga Ouya 0720 438 527 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ ke-internetusers mailing list ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers

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Job Hunting.
by Njuguna Waweru 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi fellow skunkers. I'm urgently searching for a job after completion of my diploma in IT from jkuat. Any takers out there? It should be within Nairobi.Internships opportunities are also welcome but you should be ready to part with some few chums(No charity please!). Contact me offlist @ njuguna(a)butterfly.co.ke Regards.

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Re: [Skunkworks] 1999 census results:Technology
by Joram Mwinamo 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

I just wondered to myself, couldnt we get PDAs or laptops(hata kama they would have been leased or something) and have the info entered in real time and sent to a central database where its calcutated immedietly? We have to wait until December to get the results? Are we serious? Just another avenue where technology would have saved us lots of time and money and been a lot more accurate(maybe someone doesnt want accuracy) On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The 1999 Census results were published and there is a book. > Al Kags > ----------------------- > Author, Living Memories. > “IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS Kenya, these stories belong to us all, just as > the pictures in Kenya Burning document the trauma of a nation during the > post-election violence. The age of history written by white males is well > and truly over.” - Star Columnist, Betty Caplan in the East African Weekly > Newspaper. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> @ Saich, I think Mwangi was asking about the 1999 Census. You've provided >> site for this year's census! >> >> >> 2009/8/17 saich <saiched(a)gmail.com> >> >> check out their website >>> www.kenyacensus2009.go.ke >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Mark Mwangi<mwangy(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Whatever happened to the above? I recall they were never announced . . >>> > . Anyone with the inside scoop? >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Mark Mwangi >>> > >>> > http://mwangy.wordpress.com >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 >>> > ------------- >>> > 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 >>> ------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Solomon Mburu >> P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi >> Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 >> >> Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the >> same way to the side of a hill! >> >> AND >> >> It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous >> generosity! >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> ------------- >> 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 > ------------- > 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 > -- Sent from my Voice Recognition Watch© -------------------------------------------------------------------- God is not an excuse for lack of discipline -------------------------------------------------------------------- Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,but that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.As we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear,our presence automatically liberates others.

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Bandwidth usage??
by Martin Muraguri 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi, I have been thinking ... what happens when i go beyond my limit? for example .. I am on a 384kbps speed. I am doing international downloads @ 80kbs ...which is like 6hrs for 500mb. When I check the graphs ...{See attached (*Blue= Download Green=Upload*)} I am doing over 1mb/sec... Will i be charged for this? -- Best Regards Martin Maina C: +254726937792 , +254770147485 T: +254 0202465663 E: martinmur87(a)gmail.com W: http://martingeek.110mb.com

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Electronic Payment Systems:- M-Pesa logical flaw...
by Gakuru Alex 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Phares Kariuki<pkariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Talk starts at 6 pm. There will be some Journalists from CBC Canada, > who will be keen to meet participants. > Would anybody know when, or if, the CBC journalists published their M-Pesa story? They interviewed me on "the dark side of M-Pesa" apparently because they could not get critics of the safaricom service. Explained to them that it was ridiculous for the service not to allow users to pick the "send-to" number from the phone book as opposed to have to wwrite down the number on a piece of papers then re-type it. Alternatively to pre-confirm to the user whom they intend to send the cash to before hitting the "send" button. Why bother telling me to whom I sent when it's already too late? Otherwise, I am ever afraid to send large sums of money. Lately I am curious as to why so many still prefer to use "manual" payment methods for example, electricity bills when Zap M-Pesa exist? I suspect M-Pesa used in urgent situations, where one has no choice or the alternative would be too expensive. If a cheaper alternative existed , then it would be bye bye M-Pesas and Zaps...

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Yes You Can! Monopolies and Prices Commission of Kenya and CCK
by Gakuru Alex 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

"Unlike Mr Nyarunda he differed on the pricing issue and is asking the Monopolies and Prices Commission of Kenya to protect small business who are fearful of cartel-like practices given the small number of players controlling the cables." ... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/647922/-/ite… Under sections 23 and 47 of the Kenya Communications Act of 1998, the Commission is required to ensure that communications services are provided throughout Kenya and that the interests of all users of these services are protected with respect to prices charged for and the quality and variety of those services among other responsibilities http://www.cck.go.ke/consumer_center/

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