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Sun server CD/DVD Drive
by m mugo 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Hallo skunks, Anyone out there that can find a sun server CD/DVD Drive for the Ultra series? Please get in touch. Speaking to Sun partners in Kenya and they are all with the procurement, request and shipping processes.

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Fwd: [google map maker] Map Maker Data Download for Africa now available!
by jude mwenda 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Hi all, Google has made Map Maker data for Africa available. Download the data here http://mapmaker.google.com/datadownload -- Regards Jude Mwenda "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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HP Entry Level PC - 28,000 !!!!!
by Alvin Jason Ochieng 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

New dx2390!! HP Compaq dx1000 MT Intel Dual Core E5200H (2.50-GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800-MHz FSB), 1024MB (1x1GB) PC2-6400 Memory, 160GB SATA HDD, DVDRW, 22-in-1 Media Card Reader, NIC, FreeDos, 1-1-0 Year Warranty @ 30,000/= Available Monitors HP 17" LCD MONITOR L1710, 3-3-3 Years Warranty HP 19" Wide LCD MONITOR L1908w, 3-3-3 Years Warranty HP 19" Wide LCD MONITOR LE1901w, 3-3-3 Years Warranty QTY DISCOUNT AVAILABLE CONTACT OFFLIST....PC/LAPTOP/SERVER OPTIONS AVAILABLE I do hope you find this information helpful. Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us Alvin Ochieng Corporate Account Manager Greenline Technology Limited IT Hardware and Software Solutions 2nd Floor, Odyssey Plaza, Mukoma Road. Email :info@greenline.co.ke +254 20 651755 / 552086 +254 20 2425225 / 2429743 +254 20 559841 +254 722-219938/733-610758 Print only when necessary

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If Safaricom 3g and Orange 3g plus offer unlimited services, Wimax is as good as dead?
by aki 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

I hope they don't put other SPs' out of contention by offering unlimited on the 2 wireless platforms. The 2 products are a serious contender because they do not need branding in bandwidth terms i.e 256k, 512k etc. Also, a SOHO upto 10 users business can use the above services and prices will have dropped drastically. I wonder what the Wimax/Wireless community will offer on their service platforms to counter such a move by the above operators? -- Sign on my car is " L " plates : c#.net

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a blast from the past - community networks, internet prices 2007
by Josiah Mugambi 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Was browsing through the skunkworks blog archives and came across this post<http://skunkworks-ke.blogspot.com/2007/02/community-networks-broadband-rati…> * The idea of building out estate/community networks was raised ... Techies in various estates can get a 128k link into the apartment/estate ... cable it themselves cheaply, and share a 128k internet link. The techie living within the estate would provide 24/7 support to users with their computer issues. Setup costs would be shared amongst 10 users ... so not more than 5k per user. Most likely a lot less. Monthly charges would come to about 2k per user. Techie would setup a local "server" for mail, caching, voip, file-services and more ... All these local servers could be connected together eg a larger asterisk network*. Josiah Charles de Gaulle<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_de_gaulle.html> - "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."

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Fwd: the long fibre lie... Ndemo should resign if internet prices do not drop as he promised!!
by Gakuru Alex 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:11 AM Subject: the long fibre lie... Ndemo should resign if internet prices do not drop as he promised!! To: ke-users <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net> What a long optics fibre lie the whole thing was... ---Business Daily--- "we do not anticipate that [Internet] prices will drop as drastically as initially indicated or within a short time-frame" <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/639386/-/u8a…> "..it was planning to implement an immediate 24 per cent discount on its internet charges and promised higher discounts once connections to international fibre optic links went live by the end of next month.." <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/638808/-/u8b…> ---summary--- in short, consumers are going to continue being ripped-off while a just too comfortable "hands-off" government sits back pretentiously expecting "market-forces" to push prices down - The way I see it? we have several options a) to demand government officers( Ndemo & Co.) who promised cheap internet to resign, b) demand regulator to wake up and proactively set the prices c) continue living in a denial and that,hopefully, one day we will have "affordable" internet in Kenya. Where is Bitange Ndemo and and why did he lie to us and raised Kenyans' hopes for cheap internet? we shall have serious problems to believe anything he promises henceforth. He should resign if internet prices do not go down as he promised. And who runs this country anyway? telecommunication companies or the government and the regulator? Alex

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Re: [Skunkworks] Zend PHP 5 Certification Series - Ksh 1,800
by Josiah Mugambi 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Let's stick to issues, I'd hope that guys agree on a reasonable list of dos and donots for the list, -> there's another thread for that. If it's considered offensive by a majority of listers to have a signature as mine, that can go to the list of to do/donots, For the moment I've edited my signature appropriately. On Aug 17, 2009 7:52 PM, "mike oketch" <mikeoketch(a)gmail.com> wrote: Joshua When you attach your blog which doesnt help me to every email dont you think you bore me also with your useless advert? Or do you see logs only in the eyes of others? MO On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Issue that David h... _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Oracle Dba certification
by Tech List Kenya 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Hi Guys, Where can I get a complete OCA and OCP Certification as a package here in Kenya? And I dont want those intro to oracle diplomas. A college based in Nai will prefered.

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Zend PHP 5 Certification Series - Ksh 1,800
by mike oketch 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

* Start programming PHP web sites and applications right away!* PHP is powerful -- yet more simple than many other server-side scripting languages. It works on almost any platform you can imagine -- including Windows, Linux, Mac, and Unix. And with PHP you'll be creating and editing dynamic web sites quickly. Many common content management and open source web applications are built in PHP. Once you know the basics, the world is at your fingertips because you can edit these applications to do whatever you need. PHP offers great flexibility and has a very low barrier to entry -- with this training you'll be well on your way to developing full-featured dynamic websites using PHP. *What you'll learn includes:* - the PHP basics - integrating PHP with html for dynamic web pages - interfacing with MySQL and other databases - creating advanced functions - writing object-oriented PHP - keeping your code secure - working with XML data - and a whole lot more! The CBT Nuggets Zend PHP 5 Certification Pack video series lets you go at your own pace. The PHP instruction is broken down video-by-video into bite-sized nuggets. From the first video, you'll be applying what you learn to create dynamic web sites and web applications. *Here's what's in each of the these PHP videos:* Video 1 - "An Introduction to PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)" - Find out what PHP can do for you. In this introductory video, trainer Julie Johnson describes PHP's prerequisites, requirements and new features. Then she shows you the exact steps to properly install PHP. Video 2 - "PHP Language Basics" - Writing useable PHP means following proper syntax. This video gives you that basic syntax. It also clarifies the data types and variables you can use. You'll learn the operators you need for data manipulation and discover how to use PHP's control structures. Video 3 - "Handling PHP and HTML Forms" - This video shows you how to create HTML forms and use PHP to capture data from that form. You'll find out how to handle quotation marks and other special characters in PHP. You'll also learn about "including and requiring files" to handle repeated information. Video 4 - "PHP Strings and regular expressions" - Julie shows you everything you need to know about PHP strings from the ground up in this video. First you'll learn how to define strings. Then, you'll see examples of PHP string and regular-expression functions and learn how to use them. Video 5 - "Working with PHP Arrays" - The data you collect on your site will often be complex. PHP arrays help you deal with the complexity. This video explains PHP arrays and teaches you how to declare and print them. You'll also learn some useful array functions. Video 6 - "Using MySQL database with PHP" - Once your PHP program starts gathering user data, you'll need a database to store that information. In this video, Julie shows you how to create MySql databases and tables and how to connect with them via PHP. You'll learn how to select and modify this data Video 7 - "PHP functions" - PHP's user-defined functions help you handle redundant procedures without rewriting code each time. This video covers function arguments and return values and PHP's function types: recursive, embedded and variable. Video 8 - "Object-oriented PHP" - Sometimes you want to create Web objects that look real-world to end users. In this video, Julie discusses the basic PHP tools that give you this power. These include classes, interfaces, class introspection, class auto-loading and selected more-advanced topics. Video 9 - "Handling Exceptions" - Lots of things can go wrong in PHP code unrelated to syntax. This video shows you how to handle PHP exceptions (called throwing and catching.) Julie also explains custom exception classes and setting PHP error reporting Video 10 - "Managing Files" - Some data, especially when sent in large files, requires special PHP treatment. In this video you'll lead about uploading, reading and writing files in PHP. You'll also get an introductory peek at streaming. Video 11 - "Streams and Sockets" - Data streaming is one of the Web's most talked-about features. In this video, Julie uses lifelike examples to show you how file streaming works. You'll learn all about sockets, which manage the back-and-forth character of streaming, and be introduced to PHP URL Streams Video 12 - "PHP and XML" - XML is a portable markup language without predefined tags. It's often used to send and receive Web messages and to create configuration files for Web servers. This video looks at the basics of XML. You'll see how it's used, how it's validated with DTDs or XML Schema and how it's parsed with Sax or Dom. Video 13 - "PHP and Web services" - Drawing on external Web resources can save you PHP programming time. This video highlights Web services and their supporting SOA and REST architectures. It also shows you how to access and implement Web services with PHP. Video 14 - "PHP Security" - Lax security can undermine your best PHP application. This video explains how to configure PHP, use Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and filter your user input by validating the input before it gets to the back end. Existing resources are pointed out whenever possible. Video 15 - "PHP Web Features" - Sessions and cookies help PHP remember where it's been and what it once knew. This video shows you how to configure and use these important tools. You'll also learn how to configure HTTP headers for redirecting Web traffic. *Real world PHP development skills plus exam prep for Zend PHP 5 Certification* In the Zend PHP 5 Certification Package, you'll learn the skills you need to start developing and modifying dynamic web sites and web applications using the PHP server-side scripting language. Plus the content maps to exam objectives for the Zend PHP 5 Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) certification, so you can prove your PHP skills and have something to show web development clients and employers. *Prerequisites* To get the most from this training, it helps to have a basic understanding of creating and managing websites, such as CIW Associate Certification<https://www.cbtnuggets.com/webapp/product?id=304> or equivalent knowledge. *Zend PHP 5 Certification Package Contains:* - Intro to PHP <http://cbtnuggets.com/webapp/theater?op=view&id=145> (free video!) - PHP Language Basics - PHP and Forms - PHP Web Features - Strings and Regular expressions - Working with Arrays - Working with Databases - PHP Functions - Object-Oriented PHP - Handling Exceptions - Managing Files - Streams and Sockets - XML - Web Services - PHP Security

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Sales / Advertising
by Rad! 17 Aug '09

17 Aug '09

Gentlemen & Ladies, Unless it's just me, the sales offers and advertising is growing at a rate that will soon eclipse the original rationale for this list. I would like to make a modest proposal. Can people advertising/pitching to sell stuff please tag the posts with [Advertisement] e,g, Subject: [Advertisement] Snake Oil 2009 This way those of us with *ZERO *interest in buying stuff can create filters as appropriate

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