December 2011 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Facebook pulls a Safaricom
by Paul Kevin 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi, IS it me or does Facebook.com have more issues that Safaricom has with an overloaded MPESA?

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Windows Store
by Paul Kevin 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Love the Windows UX http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-…

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CCK OPEN DAY
by Kathu 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi all, Just wanted to inform you that there will be a CCK open day event on Saturday 10th December 2011 at KICC Courtyard starting 10:00 AM. Regards Kathu

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Multi-tech Modem?
by Maurice Barasa 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi all, Does anyone know of any local dealer in Multi-Tech products (main interest cellular modem) in Kenya. From their (Multi-Tech http://www.multitech.com/en_US/PRODUCTS/info/find_a_distributor/ ) website they only have a distributor in S.A. Or is there anyone selling a working Multi-Tech modem? I need one a bit urgently, and the process of getting one from S.A seems not an easy one on my side for now. Thanks in advance, -- *Mourice Barasa* __________________________ Skype:mouriceb Yahoo messenger:baramori Cell: +254722853117

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Skunkers invited to CrowdPesa Launch Party at iHub
by Maux 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi Guys, On behalf of the CrowdPesa.com crew I would like to invite y'all to the launch party of CrowdPesa next week 14th DEC, Wednesday. The event will be at the iHub and will start at 6PM. All are welcome to register but there are only 60 tickets left. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2602861228/estw Kind Regards, John Karanja +254 725 274191

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Fw: DiploFoundation IGCBP 2012 Call for applications
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear all, Please find below information regarding the call for application for Diplo's Internet Governance Capacity Buidling Programme 2012. Some of you are already familiar with the programme, but for those who have not yet taken it, I strongly encourage you to apply. I'm sure you'll find the experience useful. There are also scholarship opportunities available: http://www.wsrv05.diplomacy.edu/capacity/ig/programme Best regards, Sorina Teleanu ----- Forwarded Message ----- ** Hi everyone, Please pass this information on to any interested colleagues or groups. Gracias, Ginger Call for applications: Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme 2012 Who owns the cloud? Is my data secure there? Who manages Internet domains and addresses, and how? What is network neutrality? How can states provide for Internet security without breaching our basic human rights - or can they? Can we have an Internet that is both safe and open? Diplo's Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme 2012 will give you a solid base from which to discuss these and other questions, and to work towards policy solutions for users, organisations, and governments. This online programme is designed to improve Internet policy and governance-related knowledge and skills for participants from both developed and developing countries, and to enhance their participation in the global decision-shaping debates on Internet governance. The call for applications for the 2012 Introduction to Internet Governance course is now open. Please visit the call for applications<http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/call-applications-internet-governance-capacit…>for more information and to apply (deadline: 1 February 2012). *Join the Diplo community IG discussions: www.diplointernetgovernance.org* ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org To be removed from the list, visit: http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing For all other list information and functions, see: http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: http://www.igcaucus.org/ Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t _______________________________________________ Igf6-ambassadors-admin mailing list Igf6-ambassadors-admin(a)elists.isoc.org https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/igf6-ambassadors-admin -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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Re: [Skunkworks] <OT> : No Electricity, No Fuel, No Cooking gas! I need my hot coffee or need some answers.....
by sospeter＠elimu.co.ke 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

No Electricity! For two weeks now, coz KENYA POWER are kinda blaming it on us for not MULIKA-ing MWIZI as they asked. My question to them would be, Should I stop staying in the house where there is electricity and stay under the transformer (in the dark) to stop the thief from CHOTA-ing the MAFUTA? If I am to guess, I would MULIKA MWIZI on Kenya Power coz they are the ones professional enough to siphon oil from the transformers while they are still ON and on a rainy day. I hope I have enough EVEREADY POWER on my torch to MULIKA KENYA POWER as the MWIZI. How many of you are feeling me? Original Message: ----------------- From: Roy Michoma roymichoma(a)gmail.com Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 09:45:33 +0300 To: skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] <OT> : No Electricity, No Fuel,No Cooking gas! I need my hot coffee or need some answers..... I agree the main fault comes from we the people who want shortcuts to everything this will definitely and eventually spill over into our governance thus no development. the top-down solution will not work in this cause our saving grace is a bottom-up approach, thus if we have a strong social and moral fabric it will eventually and definitely take root into our instructions. All in all the solution lies with you and me, and not them who YOU elected!!!! Just my 2 cents!!!!! On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:59 AM, wool row <skunkworks100(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Greed, that is all i can say. > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM, wool row <skunkworks100(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> @Phares, >> >> All these, thanks for corruption. >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Paul Kevin <paultitude(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> KPLC >= useless >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Peter Osotsi <peter.osotsi(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Computing my inflation figures with base as 10 years ago (standard >>>> practice anyway), we are approaching 50% inflation rate, to me thats very >>>> scary. >>>> >>>> So I have decided to be drinking coffee to cool my nerves since im >>>> almost running mad. Mad that now my family cannot afford a decent meal, >>>> decent shelter or pretty anything else apart from clothes. Rain was >>>> supposed to be a respite to our woes, now its increasing our suffering. >>>> Pray, when it stops pouring, things will get worse. Im not talking about >>>> the bank loan. >>>> >>>> Thats why im getting addicted to coffee to cool my nerves. >>>> >>>> P3t3R >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:09 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> ok sure blame it on US !!!! i don't understand this one thing about >>>>> "blame it on the voter" this is how i have seen it since i was 18 ... "of >>>>> two deadly snakes , which one shall you choose to bite you" so how can i be >>>>> blamed if at the first instance my options are limited, i believe our >>>>> problems will go away but it wont be an overnight like the Arab revolution >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> ------------ >>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>> ------------ >>>> >>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>> ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> ------------ >>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Endless >> > > > > -- > Endless > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

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New Kenya Airways Site
by Philip Musyoki 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Finally Kenya Airways has had a re-design for their site. And it looks good and modern. The old one was way too cluttered.

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Re: [Skunkworks] <OT> : CVT Auto Transmissions
by Mash 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Caldina is a Toyota Sent from My HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] <OT> : CVT Auto Transmissions Date: Sat, Nov 19, 2011 20:54 What I know, is that a Nissan Caldina will groan if you filled it with cabbages, but a Toyota Probox will handle the load well. However, why Probox are driven worse than matatus may have little to do with the manufacturer.

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Fwd: [fyodor@insecure.org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!]
by Steve Muchai 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Apologies for cross-posting this fwd, but I thought it's good to know for anyone else who uses nmap. You can follow the thread on nanog as well. Please ignore/delete if this is of no interest. BR S ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <bmanning(a)vacation.karoshi.com> Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:44 AM Subject: [fyodor(a)insecure.org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] To: nanog(a)nanog.org With permission.... ----- Forwarded message from Fyodor <fyodor(a)insecure.org> ----- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 14:35:30 -0800 Hi Folks. I've just discovered that C|Net's Download.Com site has started wrapping their Nmap downloads (as well as other free software like VLC) in a trojan installer which does things like installing a sketchy "StartNow" toolbar, changing the user's default search engine to Microsoft Bing, and changing their home page to Microsoft's MSN. The way it works is that C|Net's download page (screenshot attached) offers what they claim to be Nmap's Windows installer. They even provide the correct file size for our official installer. But users actually get a Cnet-created trojan installer. That program does the dirty work before downloading and executing Nmap's real installer. Of course the problem is that users often just click through installer screens, trusting that download.com gave them the real installer and knowing that the Nmap project wouldn't put malicious code in our installer. Then the next time the user opens their browser, they find that their computer is hosed with crappy toolbars, Bing searches, Microsoft as their home page, and whatever other shenanigans the software performs! The worst thing is that users will think we (Nmap Project) did this to them! I took and attached a screen shot of the C|Net trojan Nmap installer in action. Note how they use our registered "Nmap" trademark in big letters right above the malware "special offer" as if we somehow endorsed or allowed this. Of course they also violated our trademark by claiming this download is an Nmap installer when we have nothing to do with the proprietary trojan installer. In addition to the deception and trademark violation, and potential violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, this clearly violates Nmap's copyright. This is exactly why Nmap isn't under the plain GPL. Our license (http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html) specifically adds a clause forbidding software which "integrates/includes/aggregates Nmap into a proprietary executable installer" unless that software itself conforms to various GPL requirements (this proprietary C|Net download.com software and the toolbar don't). We've long known that malicious parties might try to distribute a trojan Nmap installer, but we never thought it would be C|Net's Download.com, which is owned by CBS! And we never thought Microsoft would be sponsoring this activity! It is worth noting that C|Net's exact schemes vary. Here is a story about their shenanigans: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/93504-download-com-wraps-downloads-in-… It is interesting to compare the trojaned VLC screenshot in that article with the Nmap one I've attached. In that case, the user just clicks "Next step" to have their machine infected. And they wrote "SAFE, TRUSTED, AND SPYWARE FREE" in the trojan-VLC title bar. It is telling that they decided to remove that statement in their newer trojan installer. In fact, if we UPX-unpack the Trojan CNet executable and send it to VirusTotal.com, it is detected as malware by Panda, McAfee, F-Secure, etc: http://bit.ly/cnet-nmap-vt According to Download.com's own stats, hundreds of people download the trojan Nmap installer every week! So the first order of business is to notify the community so that nobody else falls for this scheme. Please help spread the word. Of course the next step is to go after C|Net until they stop doing this for ALL of the software they distribute. So far, the most they have offered is: "If you would like to opt out of the Download.com Installer you can submit a request to cnet-installer(a)cbsinteractive.com. All opt-out requests are carefully reviewed on a case-by-case basis." In other words, "we'll violate your trademarks and copyright and squandering your goodwill until you tell us to stop, and then we'll consider your request 'on a case-by-case basis' depending on how much money we make from infecting your users and how scary your legal threat is. F*ck them! If anyone knows a great copyright attorney in the U.S., please send me the details or ask them to get in touch with me. Also, shame on Microsoft for paying C|Net to trojan open source software! Cheers, Fyodor ----- End forwarded message ----- -- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

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