March 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Final Year Presentations@JKUAT
by Jkuat EEE 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hey listers, A couple of our engineering skunks will be presenting their final year projects tommorow...you can pop in to take a peek at their inventions and what i can only refer to as "truly creative" works. of particular note the following skunks works will be on display... 1. Moffat Ngugi - Wireless Access control incorporating CCTV Cams 2. Ambrose O- Versatile Intelligent Telemetric Robot 3. Nyarotho Kennedy - Converged and interactive Telecom Grade IPTV service enabled on IMS Networks 4. Tim Muchai - Weapon detection system ............and many more! Others did their presentations today...see you there! JKUAT, Engineering the future.

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DSTV signal distribution
by John Macharia 11 May '10

11 May '10

What device is used to distribute the DSTV signal in such a way that there's only one *decoder* but each viewer can watch *different channels* from what others are watching? [image: Google Talk:] kihahu [image: Google Wave:] kihahu [image: Y! messenger:] johnkihahu Contact Me [image: Blogger] <www.kihahu.blogspot.com>[image: Twitter]<http://www.twitter.com/kihahu>

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Digital Tv
by Mark Mwangi 10 May '10

10 May '10

Does anyone know how the progress of digital tv rollout in the country is goin on? The digital tv secretariat just ran a random ad in telly n that was it . . . They dont even have a site . . . Thought all the tv stations were to start transmitting in digital startin in october . . . And thot they wuld jump on to the freeview bandwagon . . . Anyone wit info includin cost of set-top boxes? -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.wordpress.com Skype : mark.mwangy

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Re: [Skunkworks] paypal.com
by Paul Gichigi 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

You can send and recieve money, buy and sell stuff on the net using paypal as long as the site and/or services in use support it. If you selling something on ebay or recieving cash from one fo your relas abroad, so long as they are able to use paypal, it's as easy as abc..... Been doing for the last year and a half.... -- Paul N. Gichigi. +254 720 788 696 / +254 733 788 643 P. O. Box 64638 (00620) Nairobi, Kenya

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Windows 7 installation discs for HP 6530b and HP2530p
by wallace ngene 10 Apr '10

10 Apr '10

Hello collegues, I have been having these strange encounter with the new hp laptop models mentioned above. it comes with windows 7 preinstalled and does not come with the restore plus discs either for windows 7 or xp thus one cannot reinstall the laptops. I googled and according to hp sites it states that one has to order for the recovery discs for windows 7 or xp. It does however have the recovery options for using the F11 keys to restore the system to factory settings. I think these discs are important when one needs to perform a repair the operating system or in the event one replaces the hard disc. This is abit strange.Desktops are very ok since all the discs are present. Any tips,any hp consultant out there? Even if this is a step of cubing piracy,.....they should have all the discs shipped together with the laptops. And any tools available for partitioning windows 7 apart from shrinking the partitions? I tried using hirens boot disc but it messesd up my system.Please avoid hirens on windows 7 for partitoning...or maybe someone has a fix to this as well.. Cheers! -- WALLACE NGENE TARURU wallacengene(a)gmail.com

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OFF-TOPIC: Network Support Internships
by david kabugi 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

Hi, An ISP in Nairobi is looking to fill the above internships. If you have someone with some knowledge of Networking, Capable of working with both Cisco and Linux systems and wants more exposure, kindly let them send me their details off-list. Regards

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Skunkworks Kenya
by James K. Muturi 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Still not sure why one should register in spite of having a "bank account and potential corporate donations". What is wrong with the current arrangement and secondly what are the potential benefits of formalizing this entity. I think someone on the list raised an interesting point namely the kind of answers the registrar would need which boils down to the issue of identity. What is skunkworks? So far almost any topic under sun of interest to "techies" is discussed. So to me the identity of skunkworks is not clear other than the members having a "techie" bent to them. I think one needs to know who they are before formalizing that arrangement. It is akin in my view to writing a constitution because others are doing so yet one does not know who they are and consequently what they shall have in it. As an aside, one can explore a formal "skunkworks" that people can choose to opt-in and keep the current entity as is.

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SPSS Software
by Martin Njuguna 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Dear Skunks, Anyone with SPSS software? Someone requires a copy- free or for purchasing Contact samkabara(a)yahoo.com Thanks in advance

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Askyua Matha
by saidimu apale 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Ok, so it appears the dude who plays himself in his viral video has thoroughly impressed me. Here are a few reasons why: Listen to a sampling of the lyrics: Serikali haijali so naona mbwa kali afadhali Dem amejam juu doo haikam Nasiwezi kumshow ati life ni exam Juu nitatupiwa sufuria Na hizo ni aibu ndogo ndogo mi sipendi So nikikupita tao Jua siyo madharau I laughed so hard my 6-week old daughter started laughing, then switched to crying before I could explain the lyrics ;) The characters names? Hilariously witty! My personal favs: - The Askyua Matha Black Militants (fight the power!) - Abscondita - Wrong Number - Britannia Zimeisha (si ununue House of Manji...) Assorted funnies in the video: - Presented in CinemaTope (a nod to CinemaScope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScope) - Color by Robbialac - Available in stereo where available Just A Band's other videos are equally well thought out (some of them too well thought out, I couldn't figure out the abstract art themes of Iwinyo Piny. What does the title mean anyway?) A few similar strands: - The ending in "If I Could" and "Usinibore" is up in the air... I like that. I prefer media that lets me fill in the blanks. - In both "If I Could" and his viral video, the guy leaves the girl. These guys are true geeks... they need to get out more ;) I wish these guys well. I hope such innovative courage succeeds in all ways. The videos reminded me of aspects of Kenyan culture that I absolutely love. Now if only they could launch a web-comic... they may very well be the Kenyan version of Boondocks. saidi PS I've taken great effort to avoid mentioning the "M" word in this post. It's not a name to be taken in vain ;)

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Managing skunks mails
by Tech List Kenya 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

There has been many requests to remove guys from the list No offence but it makes me wonder how one became a skunk if they dont know how to unsubscribe:) Anyway, in the meantime, you can set a filter that automatically deletes skunks mails. I recommend this route so that if in future you decide to come back all you need to do is change/disable the filter. And it would be nice to share with us why you want out of the list.

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