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Holiday Humor on skunkworks?
by Watchman 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

So. On this glorious holiday, i embarked on a journey of bribery and mindless coaxing until blackmail ended up causing me defeat, the price i paid was watching the Harry Potters. let the record state, other than the graphics, i wasn't impressed and am not a fan. Now. For those of you who have watched / are avid fans, this is not a hate mail enjoy the humor. So, watched Harry.. 1 - last. And it's a well woven tale resembling the exploits of a Ring bearer* ;) * At the end of the last movie, i was *EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED!* I was expecting something extraordinary to happen. Something very specific. *AND IT DIDN'T!* *WHY ON EARTH DIDN'T NICK FURY SHOW UP AT THE END OF THE TITLE'S TO INVITE HARRY POTTER TO THE AVENGERS? * -- get to know more about me. *http://about.me/rahiminkara * this list is being *watched.*

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Access Kenya Contacts
by ty 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

I need to address an issue regarding Access Kenya's rogue servers and/or IPs. If you are on the list kindly get back to me via this email address soonest possible. -tyrus

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mind mapping software
by maina 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page -- David Maina. P. O. Box 8310-00200, NAIROBI, KENYA.. Cell:+254-721-950073. Registered Linux User #407239. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread."

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Solaris Help !!! - Replaced Hardisk not visible
by ndungu stephen 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hallo guys, I am installation a Solaris machine (blade x6270) with x86 Solaris 10 OS. The chassis has only 1 blade server on slot0, the rest are empty. Two issues: 1. I managed to redirect keyboard, mouse and dvd-drive to my laptop (running Vista) as the machine came with neither - using Java ILOM GUI on NetMGT port. However the thing wont allow me to use serial-console simultaneously with the GUI redirection (which i really need) - it only allows me ILOM access on serial-console. Any ideas as to how I can use both serial-console cli and GUI redirect on NetMGT ? ILOM: -> start /SP/console start: Invalid target /SP/console -> start /CH/BL0/console start: Invalid target /CH/BL0/console 2. It happened that the single blade machine came with a faulty hdd on slot 1; so i installed solaris on the first hdd (slot 0) while i awaited the replacement from Oracle/Sun. When the new hdd arrived; plugged it in; the hdd is showing green-light ok; and can be seen at the bios. However; in the OS, the new hdd is not visible: bash# ls /dev/rdsk/*s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 bash#format 0. c0t0d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0 Tried to do the following: bash#devfsadm bash#devfsadm -c disk bash#drvconfig Still nothing on slot 1: bash#format 0. c0t0d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0 However, there is a change on the 'rawdisk' directory (you can see a new entry "c1t1d0s0") bash# ls /dev/rdsk/*s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0 ===== What am I overlooking here ? I understand that once the OS is installed, the OS might have some trouble seeing the new hdd. The new hdd LED light goes off on its own after about 30 min - probably because of idle time. 1. I need to mount and partition the new hdd 2. I need to mirror the new hdd partitions to be similar to old hdd partitions (but have different partition names) I have poured on several sites on the internet and most basically say the above; use 'devfsadm' and the use 'format' - however this doesnt seem to work to detect my second hdd on the format options. Thanks in advance. w/regards Stephen N.

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Sending Texts on airtel
by Kevin Omondi 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi Skunks Is anyone having problems sending texts on Airtel. Mine is intermittent at times. Regards Kevin

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Inviting comments
by [ Brainiac ] 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi guys, once more , i invite you to check this<http://www.kenyanpatriot.com/be-smart/>and lemme know if it makes sense. I skived Communications 100, just need to know if it makes sense. -- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”* ~ Alex Carey ~ Tel No: 0x2af23696

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compaq mini 110 stuck on boot screen
by Felakut Theo 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hello Techies im having problems when turning on my compaq mini 110. when switching on it gets stuck on the black compaq screen and i cant get it to go any further. F9 and 10 dont work . Please any help is appreciated.

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Best Kenyan Websites
by Humphrey Ngoiya 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

@skunks, would you mind listing the best Kenyan made dynamic websites. my list (no spesific order) http://www.africandigitalart.com/ http://www.nation.co.ke/ http://toshibamax.com/ http://ushahidi.com/

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Google Dumps Code Search
by maina 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

"Code Search, which was designed to help people search for open source code all over the web, will be shut down along with the Code Search API on January 15, 2012,". http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-sweep.html RGDS... -- David Maina. P. O. Box 8310-00200, NAIROBI, KENYA.. Cell:+254-721-950073. Registered Linux User #407239. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread."

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Quantum Levitation
by geoffrey gitagia 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Wow http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ws6AAhTw7RA#! -- GG

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