Here is a refreshed version in Java: http://pastebin.com/X61JmSEs

Wonderful tool: http://www.javarepl.com/console.html

You can play around with it on that website. But even better, you can download and install it on your computer.

I did this on my Mac, added the following line to my .bash_profile:

alias jrepl='java -jar java-repl/build/artifacts/javarepl-dev.build.jar'

See sample usage on my machine where I play around with HashMap.

For me IDEs just help me catch syntax errors and other bugs of that category before I even compile.

That and auto-completion is pretty convenient.

Basically before July of this year I didn't use IDEs at all, but I think I'm a lot more productive with them.

wtf

Thinking of getting a gaming system this Christmas. Which one should I get? I'm leaning towards the Xbox, but don't have strong feelings either way. Definitely would appreciate advice from knowledgeable folk.

Omo_Tier1:
Where did you crawl out from? Did you disappear like most of us did for much of this?

Real life, job, etc means no more time for this site.

As for the thread, no one is bashing SA, what I find unacceptable is, they are never comfortable whenever any good news is said about Nigeria, or other countries in Africa making good progress.

The story of the black man, nothing to do with SA specifically We like to pull each other down

Good development. However for those using this to bash South Africa, keep in mind that their GDP/capita >>> Nigeria's

Orji o orji: that a pig shear the same birthday with humans does and cannot chang his status as a pig. happy birthday to the pope of the universal church.

Which universal church?

We evangelical Christians recognize no pope (though I like/respect him).

A personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the name of the game, no popes are necessary or even helpful for salvation.

Disgusting

I haven't tried out Netbeans. I've used Eclipse before in the past and think it is pretty unenjoyable.

What I find interesting is rather than clamoring for more transparency so that everyone can see the books of NNPC, folks are more interested in sticking their fingers in their ears and denying the possibility that anything might be wrong.

Shouldn't that be the more important thing, rather than characterizing Sanusi's questions as "the biggest lie in Nigerian history?"

So if $10 billion is what went missing rather than $50 billion, you don't mind so long as Sanusi is wrong?

Rad1cal:

Sanusi claimed the NNPC only remitted $15 billion into the coffers from Jan, 2012 - July, 2013.

we are all wondering how our major oil based economy managed all through that period vis-a-vis our budget.

Note our revenue for 18 months was $65 billion .

Sanusi has already rested his case, probably he discovered he erred in raising such an outrageous missing $49.8 billion alarm.

OK, so you seem to accept the first number ($65 billion), but not the latter.

And I agree with you, your suspicion of the second # is valid. Presumably Nigeria would have fallen if only $15 billion had been sent from the NNPC to the FG over that 18 month period of time. So it seems reasonable to believe that the amount sent from NNPC to the FG was much higher.

However, if it turns out that say the actual # is $30 billion sent rather than $15 billion, aren't you still curious about the gap between the two?

Ikengawo:

the NNPC receives the federal government's share in oil through regulation and taxes, not all of our oil. The fed budget = what the NNPC, a government ministry, puts is, +VAT, but port levies, plus total cumulative value of taxes.


So, it is impossible for the NNPC to in essence be 'richer than' the federal government because it's earnings go to the federal government which receives a few more naira from vat tax and ports, then reallocates the money more evenly.

Well if the NNPC grosses a certain amount in oil revenue, but large chunks of this disappear in one way or another (either through legitimate business expenses or otherwise), then it is certainly highly possible for the amount the NNPC grosses to be substantially higher than the amount it sends to the FG.

Plus, the movement of nearly 20% of the Nigerian economy would cause more ripples and alarm then Sanusi casually writing a letter.

What if this is something that has been happening consistently for a longer period of time?

I agree, $50 billion disappearing in one year seems like it would leave a large footprint. But why is it so impossible to believe that there haven't been persistent misuse of funds over the past many years? Granted, Nigeria is a country far less corrupt than most on this planet, but in most countries with large, state-owned/operated oil companies, these things happen. So seems possible to happen, even in Nigeria

The $100 billion number was just to illustrate the larger point that the total FG revenue is less than total oil revenue (hence the word "suppose" at the beginning of the sentence).

Focusing on Sanusi's statement, which part of it do you (Rad1cal) actually disagree with?

a) His claim of the amount of oil NNPC produced during that time period? ($65 billion)
b) His claim about how much actually made it to the federation account? ($15 billion)

I'm a pretty big fan of IntelliJ. What do you use?

Language details don't matter, it is more important to learn how to solve problems and express your ideas cleanly. If you can do this, it doesn't take a lot of effort to program in any language.

My suggestion though is that you start with Java, since this is more simple than C++.

drnoel: if t hat is true then how old is the age of men. The oba does not knowwhst he is talking about

Agricultural revolution was more than 7,000+ years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_world

He is almost certainly correct.

Kind of a 'duh' sort of thing.

Try this out: http://www.learnpython.org/

Maybe I am missing something, but why is this impossible? Suppose that Nigeria grosses $100 billion/year in oil, say 60% of this is redirected in some way, of which $40 billion is available for the FG's budget.

Why are these things inconsistent? Why do you assume that the amount of money stolen must be strictly less than the FG budget?

Clearly the amount of money stolen has to be less than the total amount of revenue (or at least it seems difficult to steal say $150 billion if you only gross $100 billion), but since the FG budget <<<< gross oil revenue, nothing inconsistent here.

so much hatred

An attorney living on an infested farm south of Houston told me: “It reminds me of the scenes in Africa, where you see flies crawling all over people. Occasionally they’ll knock one off, but for the most part they’re so accustomed to it that they finally give up.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/magazine/crazy-ants.html?pagewanted=2&smid=fb-nytimes

Where the Bleep are these guys seeing scenes in Africa with flies crawling all over people?

What the heck is he talking about?

I want to punch this guy in the face. Why do people have such bleeped up stereotypes about Africans and Africa?

His farm is infested with ants, and this reminds him of Africa

I've only skimmed through this thread, but I agree with the general sentiment.

Africans aren't lazy; in fact we are very hard-working. However, hard work doesn't necessarily mean high productivity.

One of the poorest places on earth. Yet rather than making moves that will improve their lot, instead coup, civil war, strife.

Na wa for Africa

Is this typical of South Africans or something? His eyes look strange to me.

EDIT: For more context, I'm watching a documentary on him right now.

Bob putting it down

Selfish interest. The more governors who leave, the stronger his relative position becomes

"She has also been following a high-protein, low-carb diet, with plenty of steamed vegetables, sugar-free desserts and soups."

This is the key to weight loss. That and cardio.

Avoid bread, pounded yam, etc like the plague.

lol

Isahalbash:

Na who tell u say SCALAR QUANTITY NO GET MAGNITUDE?

I love the post you quoted, and I also love your response.

I enjoy how Nigerians drop science into ordinary conversations