April 2013 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Nanostations For Sale (used)
by Edge Kenya 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Nanostation Loco (5.4 GHz) Picostation M2 @ 4k each

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Installing linux (Ubuntu) in UEFI
by William Muriithi 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Job > > Am trying to install Ubuntu on to a HP pavilion g7. > Am using a live usb stick but UEFI is not detecting > the live system and Google is not getting me anywhere. > Any pointers on how to do this will be highly appreciated. Have you turned off secure boot? Changed the boot order to force system to check USB first? Try those and see if it help. Oh, it help too if you can be more precise on how you are going about it and when all is falling apart. Good week. Muriithi >

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Installing linux (Ubuntu) in UEFI
by Job Muriuki 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Am trying to install Ubuntu on to a HP pavilion g7. Am using a live usb stick but UEFI is not detecting the live system and Google is not getting me anywhere. Any pointers on how to do this will be highly appreciated. -- Regards, Job Njogu Muriuki, Phone: (+254) - 722906324 | 736333075 Skype: heviejob | Yahoo: heviejob Address: 42665 00100 Nrb nbsp;|

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Everybody should learn #Coding
by Leonard Kore 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

http://www.code.org/ -- Leonard Kore

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Kshs for PayPal
by Mickey Mickey 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

I have $175 I am seeking to exchange. Pls contact offlist. N.B EXCHANGE NOT SELL. thank you very much -- MICHAEL A. AKUNGA Cell No: (+254) ( 0) 726 174 815 E-Mail: michaelakunga(a)gmail.com michaelakunga(a)yahoo.com Blog: http://michysoft.blogspot.com Skype: michaelakunga

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Re: [Skunkworks] Legal or illegal?
by kanjadennis＠gmail.com 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Ooh..ok thanks. Wanted to really know how it works. I also had its really cheap. 600/= per month -----Original Message----- From: Job Muriuki Sent: 06/04/2013, 9:48 am To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Legal or illegal? Watchman *How are you not using the bandwidth of the network you are piggy backing on?* *Its a VPN and thats bandwidth in use. The network you are riding on is the loser * *here.* On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Watchman <skunkingrahim(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > NOOB! hehe. > > The application in question is Wi-Free unless i'm mistaken. > > You buy a voucher code, get the software, install it and use a modem > without Credit to create a VPN Via international servers and *BAM! > > * > *You're online!! > > > * > It's about 600/- KSH a month to get online. By far the cheapest option in > Kenyan history. And the speeds are not half bad depending on your network. > > Question here for me would be the legality of piggybacking on a network > without using their bandwidth but using their system to log on to the > internet via a dislocated set of servers. > > *W.* > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] < > arebacollins(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> indeed. very ambigous. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> This is a very ambiguous question. >>> >>> On 05/04/2013, kanjadennis(a)gmail.com <kanjadennis(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Somebody tell me how this internet thing is working. U only need a >>> modem and >>> > a certain application installed to ur laptop then u purchase a voucher >>> pin >>> > for a certain amount. Then u get unlimited 30 day internet. >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *“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”* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > get to know more about me. *http://about.me/rahiminkara > * > this list is being *watched.* > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Regards, Job Njogu Muriuki, Phone: (+254) - 722906324 | 736333075 Skype: heviejob | Yahoo: heviejob Address: 42665 00100 Nrb

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Becoming a better Programmer: From Nairobi to NYC
by Joseph Tintale 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Hey Skunks, I found this on the front page of hacker news. I thought it would be worth sharing. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/becoming-a-better-programmer

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The untold story behind Apple's operating system
by Martin Chiteri 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Very interesting piece of computing history: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57577597-37/the-untold-story-behind-apple… Martin.

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Another wave of cyber attacks against Kenya?
by Brian Munyao Longwe 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Yesterday the website of a legal firm specializing in intellectual property that belongs to a friend was hacked and defaced. I discovered when going to look up some materials on copyright and immediately alerted him, he has since mobilized his web designer/hosting company to deal with the issue. I managed to take a screenshot of the homepage in it's "hacked" state. As you can see the "hackers" claim to be from Saudi Arabia and (as can be expected) are very proud that they have compromised this site. In the background is the logo of Backtrack, which could is a linux distribution designed for information security that consists of a wide range of "hacker" tools. [image: Inline image 1] This incident could be evidence of the beginning of another wave of attacks against Kenyan systems on the Internet. We desperately need an awareness campaign that will alert website owners/operators to the dangers and prompt them to get themselves checked (like the HIV campaign). Best regards, Brian

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CodeIgniter ActiveRecord question
by Peter Karunyu 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Suppose I have a tasks table which contains tasks created by several people and where each task can be assigned to any other user, with columns like these: status - A string value, can be Open, In Progress or Closed created_by - int value, stores the id of the user who created the task assigned_to - int value, stores the id of the user assigned to a task And I want to see only open tasks created by or assigned to me, i.e. the query: SELECT * FROM tasks WHERE status = 'Open' AND (created_by = 3 OR assigned_to = 3) How can I do this using CodeIgniter ActiveRecord? -- Regards, Peter Karunyu -------------------

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