May 2013 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Burglaries and break - in's
by matere lusitche 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hallo Guys, There has been a spate of robberies in our sub-location from a break-in at the Church to a farmer's 300 chicken being stolen . We need simple security gadgets that can be linked to our phones or have an alarm or a bright light. Since the stuff being stolen are quite expensive (100 k+ ) I am am sure farmers will be ready to pay between 5 k and 20 k for a security system. There definitely is a market for such gadgets all over kenya. Not very high tech but very relevant to us Thanks

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Re: [Skunkworks] Geek Entertainment
by Moses M.G 30 May '13

30 May '13

Geeks, Thank you all for the great feedback! From your suggestions, it appears the best TV/display would either be a Samsung or an LG. As for sound, Sony seems to have carried the day with more people mentioning the sound clarity and 'boom' effect that their home theaters come with. Sent from my Windows Phone ------------------------------ From: The sherminator <steve.kim41(a)gmail.com> Sent: 5/17/2013 20:14 To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Geek Entertainment Plasmas are good for watching movies but leave screen burns when playing console games..for me personally i hate seeing that when playing my games :-).If you have to go with plasma go with Panasonic..they have invested alot in that technology.If you want gaming i would advice LCD/LED TVs..and while at it,if you can top up the money..get a 3D TV..their prices are low this days,check Amazon.This is coming from a person who has owned both a plasma and an LED TV. On May 17, 2013 6:44 PM, "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Get a Plasma ( Samsung looked fine) or wait for OLED TVs. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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by emmanuel＠merlin-digitalkenya.com 30 May '13

30 May '13

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UNDP Consultancy - Web designer and developer
by Imelda Mueni 30 May '13

30 May '13

Dear all, FYI: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=37575 Please note that the deadline for applications is May 29.

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Anyone with CISCO Zuku adapter ??
by TheBigBoss 30 May '13

30 May '13

I don't know if you heard about the Zuku powersurge story. Yesterday evening, back home, I found a dead modem :( Zuku said this morning that following the national KPLC blackout/powersurge, the adapter got damaged and that many customers have similar problem. Wait, they charge 1200 kshs for a new adapter and they don't have them in stock !!!! So, anyone here with a solution, a place to get a new adapter for those cheap CISCO modem. Thanks

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Re: [Skunkworks] List of words or phrases in Swahili plus their English equivalents
by Martin Chiteri 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hello Harry, Thank you for your pointer. We have decided to take a slightly different approach. What we will do is to pull text from different entries on Wikipedia in both Swahili and English. After that we will make computer(s) go through them in the hope that they will start to recognize patterns in the way words are used, how often, where and check maybe the rules of spelling and the general structure of sentences (grammar) in both languages. >From what I have been informed, this is what usually happens with data from the CMS experiment <http://home.web.cern.ch/about/experiments/cms>. You can get a rough idea of the ``type" of event (proton-proton collision) even if you don't know exactly what happened to the quarks when they collided. Martin. On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Henry Addo <addhen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > You might want to check out kamusi.org if you haven't > > > Henry! > -- > Be the change you want to see ~ Mahatma Gandhi. So stop complaining :-). > Website: http://www.findreels.com > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Martin Chiteri <martin.chiteri(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thank you Christian and Kala, >> >> I had no idea that such resources were in existence. I will take some >> more time and have a look at them. >> >> Thank you gentlemen. >> >> Martin. >> >> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Emmanuel Kala <emkala(a)googlemail.com>wrote: >> >>> The folks that publish the Swahili-English dictionary (I can't remember >>> their name) ought to have a corpus in digital form that's lying somewhere. >>> >>> Also, if you're into computational linguistics, Google released their >>> N-gram corpus a couple of years ago and it's available for download: >>> http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2006/08/all-our-n-gram-are-belong-to-you… >>> >>> On May 29, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Christian Ledermann < >>> christian.ledermann(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > and >>> > https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Localization+and+Translation >>> > >>> > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Christian Ledermann >>> > <christian.ledermann(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> http://blog.ushahidi.com/2013/05/17/in-your-own-words/ >>> >> >>> >> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Martin Chiteri >>> >> <martin.chiteri(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Skunks, >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like to request for a substantial amount of words, phrases or >>> >>> sentences written in Swahili together with their equivalents in the >>> English >>> >>> language. I know this is a tall order but I guess that some people >>> on these >>> >>> lists might have samples, perhaps from projects done for >>> translations (Bible >>> >>> / Website / stand-alone systems internationalization efforts and so >>> forth). >>> >>> >>> >>> The aim is to get enough material that will be used in a machine >>> learning >>> >>> based project in an upcoming Hackathon next month. We would like to >>> train >>> >>> machines to recognize phrases in the different languages then >>> attempt to use >>> >>> similar techniques to make them detect various sub-atomic particle >>> types >>> >>> from another set of Physics data. >>> >>> >>> >>> Any help will be highly appreciated. Thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> Martin. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> >>> "Nairobi Python Users Group" group. >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an >>> >>> email to naipug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Best Regards, >>> >> >>> >> Christian Ledermann >>> >> >>> >> Nairobi - Kenya >>> >> Mobile : +254 702978914 >>> >> >>> >> <*)))>{ >>> >> >>> >> If you save the living environment, the biodiversity that we have >>> left, >>> >> you will also automatically save the physical environment, too. But If >>> >> you only save the physical environment, you will ultimately lose both. >>> >> >>> >> 1) Don’t drive species to extinction >>> >> >>> >> 2) Don’t destroy a habitat that species rely on. >>> >> >>> >> 3) Don’t change the climate in ways that will result in the above. >>> >> >>> >> }<(((*> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Best Regards, >>> > >>> > Christian Ledermann >>> > >>> > Nairobi - Kenya >>> > Mobile : +254 702978914 >>> > >>> > <*)))>{ >>> > >>> > If you save the living environment, the biodiversity that we have left, >>> > you will also automatically save the physical environment, too. But If >>> > you only save the physical environment, you will ultimately lose both. >>> > >>> > 1) Don’t drive species to extinction >>> > >>> > 2) Don’t destroy a habitat that species rely on. >>> > >>> > 3) Don’t change the climate in ways that will result in the above. >>> > >>> > }<(((*> >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nairobi Python Users Group" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to naipug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nairobi Python Users Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to naipug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nairobi Python Users Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to naipug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nairobi Python Users Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to naipug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >

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Diameter billing on Ericsson
by TheMburu George 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi Skunks Does anyone have the above code or integration? -- Conservatism is the adherence to the old tried against the new untried.

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Re: [Skunkworks] ADVERT: iPad 2 Case with Keyboard
by emmanuel＠merlin-digitalkenya.com 30 May '13

30 May '13

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World Environment Day
by Michael Waiyaki 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi, Global Shapers Nairobi is Marking World Environment Day this year on 5th June 2013. The Theme This year is #THINKEATSAVE. Join us as we spread the Green message to all. Want to Join us Nairobi Global Shapers: * http://www.facebook.com/NairobiGlobalShapers?ref=hl <http://www.facebook.com/NairobiGlobalShapers?fref=ts> * Twitter Handle: @GShapersNairobi <https://twitter.com/GShapersNairobi> Thanks *Michael Waiyaki* Project Lead - Green projects Nairobi Global Shapers

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by Eric Muiruri 30 May '13

30 May '13

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