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Science/Technology / Re: 25 Reasons To Doubt The Theory Of Evolution. by blackweaver(m): 10:57am On Aug 26, 2017
blueAgent:



You are as guility as the theists who depend on faith.

Thats just what you mean by saying "we believe"

Ok maybe i should say "choose to believe", but tell me, all those people who depend on "facts" what facts do they actually have to support evolution? They also believe. The difference is that i actually admit that it's a belief rather than an actual fact
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 1:14pm On Aug 22, 2017
Romeo386:
Bro, please I would like to dual boot windows and Ubuntu. Which Ubuntu do you think I should install in a 2gb ram, 32bit, 1.4ghz laptop? I want to use it permanently. Thanks.

2gb ram? Use xubuntu or lubuntu - they're the most lightweight ubuntu versions (or use linux mint xfce/ linux mint lxde)
Science/Technology / Re: 25 Reasons To Doubt The Theory Of Evolution. by blackweaver(m): 9:54pm On Aug 19, 2017
blueAgent:




But we know that all the factors can never remain the same.

Well we just believe. To say that we know is to be as arrogant as those who say otherwise - unless you have a verified source that is acceptable by all that we're not aware of
Science/Technology / Re: 25 Reasons To Doubt The Theory Of Evolution. by blackweaver(m): 9:57am On Aug 19, 2017
blueAgent:





So evolution is based on assumption and not facts?

The theory of evolution IS an assumption, the assumption that all the factors that support the theory have always been the way they are
Phones / Re: Freetel: Japan’s Smartphone Enters Nigerian Market by blackweaver(m): 5:32pm On Aug 16, 2017
I am confused,
I thought Sony was Japan's largest smartphone company, or isn't Sony a Japanese company again? I have never heard of this Freetel before
Phones / Re: Help: Android Kitkat 4.4.2 Upgrade To Lollipop by blackweaver(m): 5:29pm On Aug 16, 2017
You do know that it is a custom recovery and not xposed that you need for flashing a custom rom

Anyway I don't know if this will work but you can try with the information from this site:

http://abdultechs..com.ng/2017/02/upgrade-your-tecno-y4-to-60-marshmallow.html
Science/Technology / Re: 25 Reasons To Doubt The Theory Of Evolution. by blackweaver(m): 10:42am On Aug 15, 2017
Here my own take,
I don't presume to know if evolution actually happened or not, I wasn't there after all. At the same time I believe we need to be careful not to look at things from a 1-sided point of view
Personally I believe some of the points are looking at things from only one perspective. Perhaps under the current condition of the earth these facts hold true, but what if there was a time in the past when conditions were different and one or even all of those conditions could actually happen?

blueAgent:

* 25. Radioactive dating methods are based on a number of untestable assumptions
that produce "old age" results. Past atmospheric conditions, solar activity, volcanic activity, state of the earth's magnetic field, decay rates of
radioactive elements, and other factors are simply unknown.

I like and support this particular point and believe that scientists might POSSIBLY be wrong about their radioactive dating methods, however I also believe we have to be careful not to make the same mistake we're accusing them of making: if in the past there was different kind of radioactive, solar, volcanic activity etc, isn't it possible that sometime in the past conditions could occur that no longer occur naturally on earth that could make those points listed by the OP possible?
For instance, mutation; isn't it a potential form of adaptation?
Say for instance, a particular mutation that might be seen as harmful under earth's present weather/atmospheric state might actually give an animal a biological edge under a different atmospheric/weather state, and if that state continues long enough, those with that mutation turn out to be the fittest.
What's to say that humans as we are now were not a mutation some hundreds of thousands of years ago (assuming the world has been around that long)?


*22. No verified form of extraterrestrial life of any kind has ever been observed. If life evolved on Earth, one would expect that at least simple forms of life, such as microbes, would have been found by the elaborate experiments sent to the moon and Mars.

Well unless you don't believe in the existence of other planets, I think this argument should not even have been used at all. The moon hasn't been thoroughly been investigated, not to talk about Mars. You're even assuming that life on Mars has to be somewhat similar to life on earth. For all we know, "life forms" on Mars might be so different from earth that we might not recognise it at first, and even if there's no life on Mars, there are 6 more planets in our solar system and millions more in our galaxy alone.
So to say that because you haven't detected life on Mars, there's no extraterrestial life is like saying that because you can't see any insect on a particular rock, there's no insect on any rock. It just doesn't follow.

I have made a number of points, and I don't claim to be right, I'm just saying that we have to be careful not to make the same mistake we're accusing the evolutionists of making i.e. assumptions based on the current state of things. The truth is that we don't know enough to be sure and we may never know enough as long as we live.

But you know something? Even if evolution did take place, it doesn't disprove the existence of God; for all we know, evolution is God's process of making things happen so at the end, whether or not evolution occurred doesn't really matter.

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Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 10:01am On Aug 07, 2017
dreamangel:


Thanks so much. Perhaps I am not doing the right thing. Can you direct me how to do that? Thanks

settings -> apps
select app that you want to move to sdcard. Note that there are some apps that you can't move to sdcrd.
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 5:47am On Aug 07, 2017
dreamangel:
Please can someone help me? My whatsapp says the version I have is outdated. I tried to update but it keeps telling me to delete for space yet I have 16gb sd i newly mounted that is not at all full as well as space phone memory. Please what do I do? (Tecno phone)

moves some apps on your phone to sdcard
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 11:13am On Aug 05, 2017
Centrallock:
Can any one guild me on how to root sammy note 4 am on N910VVRU2CPD1 rom or any other stable rom with root i can flash using odin.

Check this reddit link, I don't know if it will work though

https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote4/comments/5cbcpy/root_n910v_verizon_note_4_on_601/
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 3:02pm On Aug 03, 2017
sinkhole:
Thanks my guy.
I actually got it to see one HP printer but unfortunately the documents I sent will not just print; I kept getting one funny error message like that embarassed The Samsung printer I tried to connect was not even recognized at all shocked

What's the error message? Are you sure the problem isn't with the printer?
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 5:53pm On Aug 01, 2017
sinkhole:
WAO, WAO, sincerely, I think I just have to say thank you guys for exposing me to this linux thing! Imaging, I am only using ordinary Xfce o and I am already feeling like I have been wasting my life with Microsoft windows grin Currently, I have installed Chrome for my browsing (I could get some synchronization with it); I have installed arduino IDE, using "sudo apt-get installed", the only thing I have not being abe to do so far is the configuration of my printer (I am sure I will soon get over that too).

Thanks guys, I am really grateful.

HP Printer? USB port? That should be straightforward too, just plugin the printer and it should be detected. I can't guarantee if it's not hp USB though
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 9:50am On Aug 01, 2017
GreatestHeight:

My default browser is google chrome while my second choice browser is ucweb. Both are having the same issue.
I have downloaded the browser that you recommended but I can't open any webpage with it . Is there anything else that I need to do?

Your phone might have a malware. Unfortunately it's difficult to know which app is the problem. You might have to reset your phone.
One thing you can try is to install noroot firewall and enable only the apps that you know you need to have connected to the internet.
If that still doesn't work then do the reset
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 11:46am On Jul 31, 2017
GreatestHeight:
My browser keep directing me to Jumia.com and several other websites that I do not intend to visit. How can I stop this incidence from happening?

Which browser is that? Have you tried using another browser? If it is google chrome your're using, you can try yubrowser from the playstore; it's a fork of google chrome with adblocking capabilities. Note that some sites will not display properly if adblocking is enabled on your browser
Phones / Re: How Long Can 5000mah Last You? by blackweaver(m): 9:52pm On Jul 25, 2017
Olarababy:

i just verified your claim now and its true.....but did you notice that the MTK chips they used is the latest one... ..you cannot find such chips(yet) on any Chinese phone.

You know, I have no issue with any of your statements, I did my own checking and saw what you said about qualcomm SoCs having better battery life, but my point is that even with the same chips a lot of these chinese companies will still need a larger mAh battery just to last as long as one in a samsung phone, because they don't do proper (if any) much os optimisation
Phones / Re: How Long Can 5000mah Last You? by blackweaver(m): 8:47pm On Jul 25, 2017
Patrick33:
bros. ....snapdragon are known for their battery efficency
...you see something with only 3000 mah..meet they claim it lasts longer than the s7edge...why? Cause it uses snapdragon 835...battery efficency is 35% more...

So what you're saying is that a Samsung/LG phone with MTK cpu will have crappy battery life? You might want to read reviews about the Samsung galaxy J7 max or even the J2 prime. Both of them are samsungs with MTK SoCs
Phones / Re: How Long Can 5000mah Last You? by blackweaver(m): 4:43pm On Jul 25, 2017
Patrick33:
read about processors on phone...PowervR..snapdragon..intel..and mtk..then come and tell me the worst among em

Doesn't matter; if Samsung made a phone with mtk porcessor, it would still have better battery performance than some of these chinese phones - so long as they don't try to do that crafty thing that backfired with the note7. Thing is the major brands spend much more on Q&A and R&grin than a lot of the cheap Chinese companies. Note that I would include Chinese companies like Xiaomi, Huawei in the list of major brands.

If a phone vendor made a phone that wasn't properly optimised whether MTK or Snapdragon etc, the problems would still be there
Phones / Re: How Long Can 5000mah Last You? by blackweaver(m): 12:28pm On Jul 25, 2017
Patrick33:
Depends....if its a phone using MTK processors...say the whole day without much of gaming..and lots of browsing...MTK are known to be poor with battery performance..like tecno and the rest.....but if its snapdragon processor ...A phone of 3500 mah can go head to head with MTKphone using 5000mah

Actually I think it's actually a function of the manufacturers. Most of the top brands tend to optimise their phone oses better, regardless of whether it's a mediatek cpu or snapdragon
Phones / Re: Motorola Is Officially Back In Nigeria; Unveils New Range Of Smartphones by blackweaver(m): 9:31am On Jul 25, 2017
Oscarpraise:
Non of the phones even have large enough size battery, like the itel P51 which has 5000mAh. At this point in time in this country, it's more about battery size ooh

You know something? I've come to realise that a lot of these chinese phones, their high mAh batteries don't count for zilch. My lenovo with 4000mAh doesn't last nearly as long as it used to after about a year. My motorola with 2030 mAh that i've had for over 4 years lasts longer now
Phones / Re: Motorola Is Officially Back In Nigeria; Unveils New Range Of Smartphones by blackweaver(m): 6:20pm On Jul 24, 2017
smithsydny:
shocked wtf bra EPP me to boost mine.. What do I have to do?

have you rooted your phone before? Do you have a custom recovery (twrp or cwm)?

If you have you can get a custom rom from
https://download.lineageos.org/peregrine

that's the current version for your phone. If not you can get instructions on rooting/ installing a custom rom from here:

http://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums/topic/twrp-recovery-rooting-guide-moto-g-variants/
Phones / Re: Motorola Is Officially Back In Nigeria; Unveils New Range Of Smartphones by blackweaver(m): 5:41pm On Jul 24, 2017
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Your moto g is till running kitkat? I've installed so many custom roms on mine. It's currently running a custom version of nougat 7.1

Phones / Re: Motorola Is Officially Back In Nigeria; Unveils New Range Of Smartphones by blackweaver(m): 9:31am On Jul 24, 2017
I have been using the original moto G since 2014, I was going to buy the moto G5 to replace it, but then Nokia had already announced their range of phones. Besides my second phone is a Lenovo
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 9:53am On Jul 19, 2017
Idolys:


Bro please kindly help me on how to go about it. So that it can be safely rooted. Its Techno G9

ok here's a link to instructions on custom recovery for tecno g9:
https://forum..com/thread-5375.html

here's another link with intructions on rooting it:
https://forum..com/thread-1.html
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 11:41am On Jul 18, 2017
Franky826:


Tecno w4 bro

Ok i just did a google search, you can find information in this link:
https://forum..com/thread-12901.html

This chap knows his stuff, I have used some info on his site to root/install a custom rom on a previous phone of mine. The link to the custom recovery and the process of flashing it are on that page

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Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 10:07am On Jul 18, 2017
Franky826:


please how can I install TWRP custom recovery on my bro's phone?

it's running Android 6.0

Please what is the manufacturer and model of the phone ?
Phones / Nokia 3 Out In Lagos by blackweaver(m): 12:38pm On Jul 17, 2017
For those of you who have been waiting for the release of a Nokia phone running android, one of the earlier mentioned phones the Nokia 3 is available in Nigeria.
For those who don't know, earlier this year HMD Global, a Finnish company licensed to sell Nokia phones announced 3 models running android namely the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6.

The Nokia 3 is the lowest end of the 3 with a 5" display 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, 2gb ram, 16gb internal memory, sd card slot, 1.4ghz quad core Mediatek MT6737 cpu, Mali-T720MP gpu, 8 megapixel back camera, 8 megapixel front camera, non-removable 2630mah battery and microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go for connectivity. It's running android 7.0 (Nougat) out of the box

The phone is currently selling at Slot, Jumia, Konga for roughly about N48K

What are your thoughts, anyone planning on getting it soon?
Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by blackweaver(m): 6:48pm On Jul 13, 2017
eezrell4luv:
please I need help,Google play service,play store gm
ail are not working again on my phone after a factory reset ,please I need help ,its a China phone though

What is the model of the phone?
If you have installed a custom recovery (clockworkmod or twrp) you can flash google services
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 6:28pm On Jul 08, 2017
sinkhole:
Thanks my guy! I tried checking and I saw "Cinnamon", "KDE", "MATE" and "Xfce". I think I should go for "Cinnamon" or what do you think? I have also downloaded Rosa image writer but to download the Linuxmint may hold on small as the size is from 1.6G to 1.9G.
I have not watched the video yet due to data wink grin

Modified:

I watched the video (it's not data intensive tongue ), they did the video with Xfce, maybe I should try that also!

Mate and xfce are fine.
I wouldn't recommend Cinnamon or KDE on that type of laptop, speaking from experience. AMD E-series CPUs are not particularly powerful. Xfce is the safest, but I think Mate is ok too
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 12:03pm On Jul 06, 2017
sinkhole:
The problem is that I do not know how to do all you just advised; if I could be guided on how to do this I will be so happy!

Can your laptop boot from cd? Then get one of the previously mentioned distros, burn to dvd and boot from there. You will get instructions on how to install once you have booted
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 11:13am On Jul 05, 2017
4llerbuntu:


that's a low end device. Linpus is an asian distro for such low end laptops.

if you install windows on that thing you will hate it because the performance will be terrible. why did you buy such a thing ?

anyways, install linuxmint on it. you will be able to cope with that as a newbie


sinkhole:
Thanks guy, the computer finally came and it seems it is pre-loaded with what is called Linpus Linux shocked shocked cheesy My head is currently aching seriously now as i could not get anything done with the system.
I don't know how to access the usb nor the cdrom drive, I am currently thinking of installing window alongside the linux! But I just do not want to remove the linux, I will continue trying until I could do something with it embarassed embarassed

Actually, Linux mint mate or linux mint xfce or xubuntu or ubuntu mate will work

The default ubuntu and the default linux mint might be a bit heavy for your laptop

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Phones / Re: See The Top 7 Mobile Phones That Brought New Innovations by blackweaver(m): 9:23am On Jul 01, 2017
Far as i'm concerned, only the last 2 are innovations, the rest are just gimmicks

FingerPrint Technology : Great, now someone can gain access to my phone while i'm asleep

No Headphone Jacks No thank you, I like my headphone jack just fine, more headphone options, and i hope these jackless phones have a good radio antenna

Refocusable Photos Just hearing about this feature, and while it seems pretty cool, it's not that mainstream. The OP is more cutting edge thn\an I am, that's the reason why he knows about this technology but how many other people do?

Slow Motion Video I'm not even sure of what this means, but if it's what I think it is, there's no innovation in it; it's been around for a while anyway

Wireless Charging Now this is something that in theory is groundbreaking. The inherent potential is even more groundbreaking - imagine a dek with wireless charging capacity, everytime you put your phone down it charges. Petty cool.

Water Resistance No need to comment much on this, everyone know how useful this technology is
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by blackweaver(m): 2:02pm On Jun 14, 2017
Honestly o, Breezy Badger was the first version of Ubuntu I ever used

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