September 2010 - skunkworks

DIGIUM | 4 fxo | TDM410 and digium E1 CARD
by Thuo Wilson 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hello Guys, Anyone who stocks these cards locally OR you have them (either new or second hand)? - Get in touch -- Wilson.

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Any Stargate Fans here>
by Watchman 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Shova! KREE! -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom 1000 Bob Per Month Unlimited
by samwaithaka＠gmail.com 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

@Dennis, nope. Was doing mostly twitter n facebook. Used filezilla to do much lighter stuff. Plus I know all too well what Youtube will do to your MBs! Am not doing it.. ---------- Sent from my Nokia phone ------Original message------ From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:16:52 PM GMT+0300 Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom 1000 Bob Per Month Unlimited @samuel, did u also check whether there were applications downloading updates, or were you streaming anything? _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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Why did the servers crash? because the admin didn't sleep!
by Patrick Kariuki 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Interesting how sysadmins/coders get production systems, especially on LAMP and HA cluster setups online without a Performance/Scalability Test - case in point, you have a very good application (lots of $$ expected once its launched) and mounting pressure from the senior management to 'get things working!!' A couple of minutes, hours, days, weeks or months after launching the system(depending on the amount of load you're dealing with) and you realize: 1. Did I need a 3-way failover plan? DRBD only works with 2 nodes. Should I have slaves replicating off the replicated databases? 2. Mysql Replication or DRBD / DRBD+Heartbeat.or DRBD+Mysql Cluster - how often Im I making schema changes on my application(s)? 3. For my Apache setup maybe FastCGI was better to use than mod_php? 4. Ok.. its a network issue, do I have a technical solution to improve resilience and network load? 5. IM I LEARNING FROM A PRODUCTION SYSTEM? *Something I observed as I took backstage while constantly giggling and later left in my capacity as volunteer-until-the-system-runs-then-we-can-discuss-employment-terms in an upcoming IT firm. Until I get a serious employer: $cd /pub $more beer $find /share/.trash/ -type f -atime +30 -exec rm -fr {} \;

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IPhone 3GS.
by toto mdogo 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Can anyone tell me where I can get an IPhone 3GS locally(preferrably new) and at what price? Please contact me offlist. Thanks. t~0~t~0

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GOOGLE & SAFARICOM - ANOTHER STRATEGY TO SIDELINE ZAIN. OHH POOR ZAIN
by Edmund Okumu 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Learnt of the free SMS on google and decided to do tests. It reminded me of sasanet. Surprisingly the free sms on google / gmail cannot be sent to zain lines until further notice. The message is so clear. "Your message was not delivered. 073********* is on a mobile carrier that is not supported at this time." Could this be another ploy to popularize a carrier that has always taken lead. Ok. Whose idea was it? If it was Safaricom’s idea to google then I would understand. If it was google's idea to the carriers then I don’t think zain and the rest refused to be involved. Who knows more of this?????????????????????????? -- Edmund C. O. Okumu

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Safaricom, Google Start E-Mail to Mobile-Phone Message Service
by Mike 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Anyone knows how this works http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-30/safaricom-google-start-e-mail-to-mo bile-phone-message-service.html as in how do I send a message to a gmail user from my safaricom line and vice versa how does a gmail user send me a message to my phone Thanks

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Google phone gallery
by Christopher Kiagiri 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

What used to be the home of the Nexus One (www.google.com/phone) is now home to a comparison tool for several of the Android phones in the market. Given the various discussion threads on this forum about which Android phone is better than the other, this may be a helpful starting point. More countries, operators and phones coming soon. http://www.google.com/phone/#manufacturer=all&category=all&carrier=all&coun… (explicitly lists all countries) - Chris

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Zain/Safcom
by Phares Kariuki 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hmm... Seems the Government may be yielding to pressure to raise the interconnect rates... The Zain CEO won't be the happiest guy around... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/Focus%20shifts%20to%2… -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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sony vaio vpcs116fg recovery discs
by wallace ngene 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hallo, anyone who may be having these recovery discs for windows 7? I really need those discs since after reformatting my laptop, the display graphics have really changed not clear/high contrast displays. How does one enable high contast display on windows 7? This seems to be problem. Your help would be really helpful. Regards, Wallace -- WALLACE NGENE TARURU wallacengene(a)gmail.com

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