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xbox 360 power supply
by John Gitau 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Does anyone here know where I can buy/get an xbox 360 power supply? Regards, John Gitau

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Webkit Trademark of Apple
by Bwana Lawi 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/03/apples-webkit-is-now-a-…

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[SKUNKWORKS] digital tv
by Martin Gicheru 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Morning skunks, No need to pretend we are know-it alls and suffer in ignorance. I lost a TV to robbery some 3 months ago and I am yet to replace it. Naturally one will be window shopping all through till you finally decide what to opt for. Been mulling over this "buy a tv and add a set top box-considering all other devices you plug in to a tv" and "just wait till you can afford a dvb-t2 compliant tv, which in this case is the Samsung smart tv at 60k". Dec 31st is approaching, so one would want to be as future-proof as possible. What's your take skunks? Regards, Martin Gicheru Sent from my Galaxy Note II

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Linux From Source
by Mula G Njira 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

I am currently in need of a project to unnumb my head after this umm... elections thingy :-) and have decided to finally try my hand at installing Linux from source (after putting it off for like 5 years now...), so dear skunks, (as a first step before I put my google-fu to the test) I would really appreciate some pointers from anyone who has any experience on this... gotchas, the works... LFS is probably the place to start but real life experiences are highly appreciated :-) -- Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

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Re: [Skunkworks] IEBC Systems
by James Kagwe 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

I was looking at IEBC RFQ document link sent earlier and came across these specifications Pg 4 Retransmission should be made possible after server side authorization. The system should also send a *log of all previously attempted yet failed* ** *transmission for auditing purposes.* Pg 7 The system should also keep a log of exceptions generated (attempts to send turnouts that are above the number of voters registered at polling centre) e.t.c. to improve on transparency. Pg 8 The system should *also send a log of all previously attempted* yet failed transmission for auditing purposes. Pg 9 Other requirements 1. The software should provide immutable *logs for ensuring a strong auditing process* *of the reported results.* 2. The software should not only *be tamper-proof but also tamper- evident -- logs of* *attacks will need to be kept.* Pg 17 All the application requirements will need to be used for this as well. This means that the application will provide ? end to end multi-layer security ? application level user authentication and authorization ? notification of successful receipt ? *immutable logs for all activities * My opinion is that if this is not well managed especially the logs....disk issues may arise especially if there's no space dedicate to this only.* * *James * On 3/6/2013 12:10 PM, Steve Obbayi wrote: > @Bernard this has nothing to do with open or closed systems but one > thing I must point out is that it seems you need to understand a > little more about how the MySQL internals work. That database error > you talk about can be caused by no disk space (Linux installs have a > lightly different message). No disk space can actually shut down MySQL > hence the reason you get the unable to connect to database. > > So IEBC's claims of running out of disk space is quite valid and > depending on how the server is setup it actually happens more often > out in the real world than you think. > > If you dont know what you are doing when setting up your database you > will be shocked to find out that merely deleting logs will not free up > this space. It is still possible to clean up this space but its a > headache and the server would have to be brought down, assuming MySQL > actually owns the space. A simpler method of optimizing is to set up > the server with innodb_file_per_table option. > > All-in-all we can just speculate for now. > > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From: *"Rad!" <conradakunga(a)gmail.com> > *To: *"Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > *Sent: *Miï¿½rcoles, 6 de Marzo 2013 7:40:11 > *Subject: *Re: [Skunkworks] IEBC Systems > > As usual - any technical debate eventually loses issues > and descends to open source vs closed source. > > It is not in order to allege the issue is the openness of the code > or the operating system in use without knowing the facts. > > On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Bernard Owuor wrote: > > Erik, thanks for the link. > (And great job with the > http://results.uchaguzi.co.ke/index.php/senator.) > > This can never be a disk space issue... the error gives it away: > "Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not > connect to MySQL" > > It's a case of using Windows 2008 server - without tweaking - > when a LAMP server would work out of the box :) > Which points to the bigger problem of using closed source > systems for public interest software. > After paying KES 9B (or some happy figure) for it, and with > the very detailed RFP in the public domain, IEBC should be > able to own the software. They should open-source it - since > it's paid for with public money. (I understand it is still > proprietary to IFES) > > For such a system, the cost of implementing the solution far > outweighs the price of the software, so IEBC will still pay a > lot of money for it. However, we get better quality, > future-proofing and some savings (in future elections). > Biggest payoff is the trust engendered by openness. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> > *To:* Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:09 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] IEBC Systems > > http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/ > > Erik Hersman > > www.ushahidi.com <http://www.ushahidi.com/> | www.iHub..co.ke > <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> > www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | > @whiteafrican <http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> > > On Mar 6, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Patrick Kariuki > <patrick.kariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Who said scaling MYSQL is necessary when the cheque and > traffic comes > once every 4 years? > > > On 3/6/13, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Lets just say its a KES 9B lesson to the government > that hires 'foreign > companies' because they are 'big' > > I hear, the 'weed' tells me one had to login to the > same server(database) > to send the results. Am not sure they did run tests > with 30,000 concurrent users so the db kept giving > way, halafu mnajua zile > logs za mysql on error. They filled the > disk like crazy! -- just speculating -- I in no way > know these guys! Then I > can imagine the conversation > > Boss: vhat is happening Signh (shaking his head) > Signh: donno databes only 10 MEg. Just chekin. > Boss: Vy data not coming in u nno. > Signh: dh -f > > $ unknown command > $ df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sdb1 2000G 1999.2G 0.6G 99% / > varrun 393M 144k 393M 1% /var/run > varlock 393M 0 393M 0% /var/lock > procbususb 393M 123k 393M 1% > /proc/bus/usb > udev 393M 123k 393M 1% /dev > > Signh: They send too much, too much data, see > Boss: Yeah, too much sending 2Tb full already, > patel, vhere is that 4 > Tb disk! just plug it and ve ar in business! > Signh: >$sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart > > $password: ** > $ wrong password try again:*** > $ ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL > server > > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > $ > > > On a lighter note though > *_______________________________________________________________ > We must Keep on, > * > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Dickson > <dhikims(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Still the data amount is small even for > processing. What amount of data > does say bank systems process on a normal working > day. Its bigger than > what > IEBC will process. > > I believe we have skills that can handle that > system. Let's give IEBC > benefit of patience they sort themselves out. > Best Regards, > > Dickson. > > ---- > http://qhim.wordpress.com > > Sent from my BlackBerryï¿½ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Karanja <wabethi(a)gmail.com> > Sender: skunkworks-bounces(a)lists.my.co.ke > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 22:48:50 > To: Skunkworks Mailing List<skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Reply-To: Skunkworks Mailing List > <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] IEBC Systems > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------ > > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.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://lists.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

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Mercury 130W
by Michael Pedersen 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Hi Skunks. Anyone on the list who have manged to use the USB port of an Mercury 130W ETR machine for anything useful ? .. Mike

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Fedora 18 64/32bit dvd
by Eva Kimathi 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Hello all, As we wait for the elections, I thought i might try the new fedora out. Is there anyone out there with the disk that I might borrow/copy? I wonder if anyone has tried it and if so, what impression did you get? I am on Fedora 16 and it is not the smoothest thing i ever used. -- __________________________________________________________________________ Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity ~Albert Einstein Eva Kimathi

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Hosting Provider...
by Michael Bullut 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Greetings Good People, Anyone know a reliable hosting provider? I want to register a domain. Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114. **Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* ***Twitter:** @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/> * *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com* * * *---*

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Cisco 881 wanted
by charles kungu 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

I am looking for a cisco 881 router. If you stock please get back to me with your offer. -- Regards, Charles. G.

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Wholesale LEDs
by Garr Patronas 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Hi Skunks, Anyone know where I can get LEDs in bulk, locally? Patronas

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