₦airaland Forum

amaikama:
@ the rate we are now in, it wont work. sorri it will open more doors for corruption in higest level in the country. it will die an ugly death.

more like still birth

There are few things that taste better than a well seasoned, whole baked fresh fish.
Chicken and beef are mundane; seafood, goat meat and bush meat, are where its at!!!

@poster
You 've laid your bed, hence there is no more to say than 'Good Night!'

[quote author=amebo no1. link=topic=264004.msg3758765#msg3758765 date=1240288583]awww poster i understand you dear,sometimes we women want more than enough attention, more like the suffocating type

sometimes it happens to me too,i feel like leaving work and going to his office just to lay my head on his lap and be cuddled all day[/quote]for dis hard economy u wan come dey disturb work?
na wit automatic alacrity dem go take sack d two of una

Another case of misinterpreting data
1. US population is over 300,000,000. Sample size is 3854 adults (about 0.001%). Essentialy the survey used each person surveyed to predict 70,000 others 
2. No information was provided on how the people were selected to justify that they are a true representation of the populace
3. What is the fraction of those surveyed that were married? Divorce rate should be considered in the context of the marriage rate.

bawomolo:
are you saying the social projects by FDR were a failure?

The social security act was passed as part of the new deal program and it has failed.
This is not to condemn the entire economic policy involved in the new deal though the relative success of the individual parts are open to debate. 
Even so, the bulk of the policy in the new deal necessitated increased governmental control which are more readily associated with a socialist system.

He is definitely a US citizen, as it is required for the NDSEG fellowship. He likely has Nigerian parent as well given the name.

bawomolo:
There's nothing wrong with a safety net for unfortunate people. Social security is a nice scheme if implemented properly.

Empirical evidence shows otherwise. Unless you run a socialist system, the SS scheme is bound to fail in achieving its goals.

2 Angels:
have u accepted my apology bii,,,,,,,,,,, and u too metotse

u don't have to apologize, as your actions weren't deliberate.
You can repost your earlier question, but remember to include options as the question are to be in multi-choice format.

tpia:
yes, next time observe who's posting before rushing in with your oversabi!

I dont like arguing with eggheads either!! Tender egos but big on aggression!

If you dont want to "condescend" and post your vaunted scholarly articles, then vamoose abeg!

sorry to disappoint you on all counts.

tpia:
I know you like arguing in circles while begging the question and derailing the thread.

If you have sources you want other people to know about, then post them.

If you have nothing else to contribute besides what you posted, kindly move on to some other thread.

I guess you dont know the meaning of oral legends.

Had I observed that the earlier post was from you, I would have rightly ignored it, as I do not like an exchange with one who cannot be reasoned with.

I am aware of several scholarly articles of which I have no obligations to list for you (or anyone else). However, I will take your suggestions under advisement.

I am quite clear on the meaning of 'oral legends', though I doubt you know the difference between a myth and a legend, nor the relative relevance of references to either.

@poster
Were you married to the guy? (cos your choice of words hints otherwise)

The guy sounds irresponsible and personally I feel you should keep away from him. He seems to be on only about his own selfish interest and cares less about you or the baby. His behavior is not typical of Nigerian men, but rather of one that is selfish (and that has no cultural boundaries).
My advice is for you to keep him at arms length or farther.

tpia:
if you know of any then post them.

You never heard of oral legends?

Firstly, I did not make any assertions on the origins of the yoruba's and thus do not have a version that I need to corroborate, rather it's people presenting their versions that need to corroborate it.
If you must know, even legends have sources (oral or written).

ifele:
Why are some of you praising Fashola for destroying other peoples livelihood.
?

You are laughing at the victims of the so called beautification project now, maybe tomorrow you will be next.

cos the structures are illegal (not necessarily the livelihood).
So what do u recommend? we leave all illegal structures and possibly build more?

biina:
(Hard)
Find (as shown below) the sum of the infinite series, with the nth term defined as n*r^(n-1).

1 + 2r + 3r^2 + 4r^3 + 5r^4 + 6r^5 + 7r^6 +  . . .   . . . . . . . . . . = ?

where |r|<1

1. Infinity
2. 0
3. 1/(1-r)
4. r/(r-1)
5. 1/(1-r)^2
6. (r^2)/(1-r)^2
7. 1/(1-r^2)
8. ln(1-r)

Notes:
^ is the exponentiation function, and |x| is the absolute value of x.

Hint:
1. The nth term in the series above, n*r^(n-1), can be obtained by differentiating the nth term of the geometric progression (GP) series, r^n i.e. d(r^n)/dr = n*r^(n-1)
2. Differentiation is a linear operation i.e. dx+dy=d(x+y)
3. The sum of a GP series with first term a=1, and ratio r is easily found.

**Please no guessing. Answers should be followed by a brief comment explaining the reason for the choice**

The answer is 1/(1-r)^2

From the infinite sum of the GP series with first term a=1, and ratio r , we have

1 + r + r^2 + r^3 + r^4 + r^5 + r^6 +  . . .   . . . . . . . . . . = 1/(1-r)

Differentiating both sides with respect to r, we have


1 + 2r + 3r^2 + 4r^3 + 5r^4 + 6r^5 + 7r^6 +  . . .   . . . . . . . . . . = d[1/(1-r)]/dr=1/(1-r)^2

tightabbey:
For an institution like jamb,dont u thnk they'll test anybody dat scores highest 1 on 1,before they'll publish it.

nope

Na wa for all these speculation on Yoruba origin without a single reference to corroborate any of the versions.

Its never too late to make your dreams come true

Anytime I 'm not sleeping

then it really wouldn't be chin-chin anymore, would it?

How much garri swells depends on how much water it can imbibe, this in turn depends on the dryness and coarseness of the garri. The drier and/or finer the gaari, the more it swells.

strangleyo:
You cant have a social security system without a running property tax and personal income tax systems.

This is a sham.

white elephant loot scheme for future welfare millionaire kings!



What we need to do is liberalize the property markets first and allow nigerians to build home equity. Then allow the state to collect the appropriate property taxes (our current system is a sham).

We need to bring the gray market to light so we can tax it.

Then we can think about redistribution.

I don't get what you think property and income taxes have to do with social security? How do you liberalize the unrestricted property market in Nigeria?
You sound just like others that feel the way to move Nigeria forward is by adopting all socio-economic practices of the US and/or UK

Unemployment benefits in Nigeria is the stupidest thing I have heard in a while. Why cant Nigerian think before trying to adopt every single practice of the developed countries.

The only thing I find wrong with the deportation was the failure of the immigration service to find him guilty of one or two charges and thus lodge him at kirikiri staff quarters for a few months before kicking his butt out.

(Hard)
Find (as shown below) the sum of the infinite series, with the nth term defined as n*r^(n-1).

1 + 2r + 3r^2 + 4r^3 + 5r^4 + 6r^5 + 7r^6 +  . . .   . . . . . . . . . . = ?

where |r|<1

1. Infinity
2. 0
3. 1/(1-r)
4. r/(r-1)
5. 1/(1-r)^2
6. (r^2)/(1-r)^2
7. 1/(1-r^2)
8. ln(1-r)

Notes:
^ is the exponentiation function, and |x| is the absolute value of x.

Hint:
1. The nth term in the series above, n*r^(n-1), can be obtained by differentiating the nth term of the geometric progression (GP) series, r^n i.e. d(r^n)/dr = n*r^(n-1)
2. Differentiation is a linear operation i.e. dx+dy=d(x+y)
3. The sum of a GP series with first term a=1, and ratio r is easily found.

**Please no guessing. Answers should be followed by a brief comment explaining the reason for the choice**

Q: what are 'abduct kidnappers'?

davidif:
what fashola is doing by destroying peoples houses and sheds is what buhari did in the 80's as part of aggressive modernization schemes and they didn't work, in fact, its because of that, that armed robbery started becoming an issue in Nigeria because if you take away somebody's house what else do you expect him to do?

We Nigerians cannot eat our cake and have it. If the structure was deemed illegal, irrespective of how long it has been there, it should be rightly demolished.
It is sad that the man has lost his livelihood, but that is no excuse to ignore his illegal structure, or for him to resort to armed robbery.
Unless he wasn't given sufficient notice, the government need not compensate him, and if they do, it is a favor and not his right.
He can relocate to another area in or outside Lagos and continue his livelihood.

Nigerians are so perplexing in their views at times. When we have idiots in office who do nothing, we complain, and when we have other who try to make positive moves, we complain yet again. It was this same attitude people put up during the buhari regime, that led to jubilation when IBB took over, and we all how it went after that.

[quote author=*Toyinrayo link=topic=189700.msg3749896#msg3749896 date=1240101588]Thanks for resurrecting my fav thread  [/quote]You are welcome.

rotflmao 
I think the answer is infinity 

You just couldn't resist the temptation  <gives up>

netotse:
this is wrong. . .(abeg no more maths now. . .i've had 6 years of it!)

sounds like you were traumatized by the experience. I can definitely relate jare, some classes just give you bad memories and cause you nightmares.

I am going to try and mix it up a bit, in terms of difficulty and scope (but its so hard to come up with questions). Will try to avoid esoteric questions in the future. The hope is that more people get involved hereby enriching the experience.

I am more of the indoor type.
A perfect date is you coming over late in the day, me cooking a light, full-course dinner, us taking an evening shower together, us watching a slow paced drama from the floor of my living room (while I try to put my sinful thots into words), and us rounding up the night finding new ways to burn the calories, while i explore the notion of getting you to speak in different tongues (outside the influence of the holy spirit).

I like the new BMW M3 E93 incomplete.