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Free Cloud computing journals and papers
by Isaiah Mulang' 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Hello everybody Where can I find free journals and papers on cloud computing.. It seems everywhere, the are buyable... Thanks

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Toshiba Satellite M30 hinge replacement
by Mark Mwangi 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Hello Gang, Could someone point me to someone who can replace the screen hinges for this old bucket? Trying to stay green and not throw it out just yet. -- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke

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Anything wrong with Airtel?
by Jangita Nyagudi 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Hi Guys, Anyone noticed something up with Airtel today? J

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Mobile 'Ping' and Mobile Location Discovery.
by Moses Muya 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Skunks, I have two 'stupid' questions. 1.0 When you want to know whether a host on network is up or down you ping it,right?Is there an equivalent on mobile phones?If I want to know whether 0725****** is an operational number,is there a way of finding out without calling the number or calling Safaricom to ask them about it? 2.0 We know the location of a mobile device can be discovered using GPS or Cellular tower triangulation.If,for example,a person is using a feature phone then GPS is out of question.Is there a way to tap(for lack of a better word) into the service provider's triangulation info and send the info to the mobile number or store it for other uses?Think of it as a primitive navigation system. Anyone even with remote knowledge of how these two work will be of great help to me right now! -- Kind Regards, Moses Muya.

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The Cloud Demystified
by Phares Kariuki 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Does the term cloud computing cloud your thinking? Do you associate cloud computing to overcast weather? Are you tired of marketing buzzwords that are never explained like 'SaaS' (You read it as 'Sasa', a common Swahili greeting), PaaS (you assume this means a man from Western Kenya has had enough of his fowl), IaaS (Frankly, simply confuses you) etc? As EANOG (East Africa Network Operators Group), we have taken it upon ourselves (Yep, we are just nice guys :-) ) to explain and demystify these concepts. Think of it as the class in University you should have been taught, but were not. Think of it as MITx, by regular Wananchi, who speak your language! Who will be speaking? Simple people: 1. *John Gitau* - Nice guy. Loves farming, hiking, talking to people, taking long walks off short piers, a regular guy, who just happens to have a great understanding of networking (a Cisco CCIE, works for Safaricom, usual accolades, but speaks your language, from the grandmother, to the server room geek, he gets you). 2. *Phares Kariuki* - Again, nice guy. Loves his coffee, music, books and failed attempts at sarcasm. Tries to cook, but tragically succeeds in making dogfood (everything roasts). Happens to work in the virtualization field (has for the last five odd years), as a Business Manager for VMware in Westcon Africa, previously did pre-sales for VMware at Westcon Africa. Can additionally have a conversation with your great aunt and your geek about cloud computing. We at EANOG believe in keeping things simple. Keeping things straight forward. We will serve coffee. We promise to be simpler and more accurate than our esteemed Kenyan Meteorological Department :-). When? The 18th of February, 2011, at the iHub, from 10.15 am. Register below! http://cloudsmadesimple.eventbrite.com/ **DISCLAIMER* - Conversation may veer off anticipated topic, unfortunately an effect of Coffee & ADHD. Forgive us. There will be rules on how to get us back talking about clouds :-). -- Warm Regards, Phares Kaboro Kariuki

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Looking for PHP guru in Symfony
by Mugambi Kimathi 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

as above. contact me off-list. MK

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Who says Macs don't support Windows?? ;-)
by Martin Chiteri 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

I hope this finally kills the legendary "Macs Vs Windows" holy War for good ;-) Martin.

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LOST LAPTOP
by James Karanja 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Hi All, I had an unfortunate incident in which I lost my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite L300 Laptop. The Laptop is grey in color and part of it had started fading to black. The serial number is Z8887843G. The battery was just about to die and the laptop was just throwing kicks of a dying horse in that it was quite old and it was enjoying its sunset years. If anyone comes across the laptop, kindly ping me back and of course I will be giving out a reward (the data means a lot to me). Regards James

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Massive magnetic storms expected to check in today
by Martin Chiteri 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

The strongest from our Sun within the last fifty years [ http://spaceweather.com/ ]. The Earth is not expected to be harmed though. Much earlier predictions here [ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-fr… ] Martin.

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Another exciting question for programmers...
by aki 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

Ok, the KPLC monitoring is exposing me to many many crazy scenarios on data collections and sets which I cannot complain as it's extremely interesting. One question: suppose that I wanted to create a torrent like data inputs where data can be shared amongst the various peers. How do torrents do it via a different ftp algorithm because they don't use regular ftp. Anyone with an in-depth understanding of torrent architecture would be able to help provide some clues. This would be appreciated. Rgds. :-)

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