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if you'd read my post you'll see i did programming. in my school, everyone in the class did all the courses. no branching to any special field.

for your goal, pay attention to electronics: diodes, fet, bjt, mosfet etc. buy that book by donald neamen and get familiar with ic's and their data sheets

ok. seems GitHub is the hot new thing. i hope it's easier to set up than sf.net's svn. major update coming up soon, might just put it up on github.com/olibenu

sent you a mail asking of due date of delivery.

No one knows?

About specialisation, hmmm. There is power, electronics, communications etc but i'm not too sure. As you may deduce, i didn't really do any of the traditional areas. My project was programming along somewhat social lines! My supervisor was a younger guy, if it was one of the old profs, they wouldn't have ok'd it.

In a 9ja uni (i also attended a fed one), they don't really focus on programming. All you need is
-Maths: Engineering Maths (buy the Green cover if you didn't do further maths in sec sch but the Advanced which is Red is a must. I bought a Kreyzig though)
-Electrical: very eat book by an indian: Theraja. It's like the EEE bible (if you don't want to look like a medical student, go for Hughes like I did)
-Electronics: you might want to be careful here as this is the closest of the traditional to programming. I used a book by Donald Neamen.

You'll hardly do real programming except you find a way to do i project in it (i wanted to do something about gsm and gps but i counted the cost and turned from it).

I'm assuming you're just starting or perhaps in yr 2. Another tip is watch out for those mechanical eng courses: fluid mech and thermodynamics. They have a way of reducing gpa

Hmmm, virtual machines are never as smooth as the real deal. I run virtual windows xp, vista and 7 on my fedora using VirtualBox but the research I've done tells me virtual Apple OS only run on Apple hosts except you do some heavy hacking as he has mentioned.

Anyway, Android is hot and you can always do for the good old PC

SayoMarvel: My answer to the poll is not among the options. Actually, I've not joined because I'm currently tied down with academic stuffs. However it may be better to put it on GitHub for better integration with my IDE. I love this project and appreciate the work done so far. I've not tackled any "project" with VB too but that's not the issue. *off-to-sourceforge-to-check-the-project-out*

which IDE do you use? I chose VB.NET because it's easy enough to serve as pseudocode for people who know other languages because as the name implies 2go4x will be on several platforms e.g 2go4PC, 2go4Android etc and thus other languages will be used to implement it.

Given a list of symbols traded in a day, what is the formula for getting the all share index and market capitalisation?

I'm not sure if programming is the category for this topic but I'm sure the most widely read are here

With newer languages and newer forum platforms, it seems to be easier now than when Seun started. The problem is standing head and shoulders above the crowd. I heard of one platform oxwall.org though i haven't tried it myself

Are you doing the degree here in Nigeria? When I did mine, I was taught BASIC, FORTRAN, a little MATLAB which in my opinion are old, old and narrow. If you're doing it in a private school, you'll be taught newer languages. For me, I on my own learnt BASIC then VB6 then eventually VB.NET which I used to do my project. Also learnt C++ which helped in MATLAB (using it to model also those maths equations) as all curly bracket languages are similar

just put up a poll. Check it out at the top of the thread

Fhemmmy: Stuff like this are more expensive if i have to buy it online, cos have to pay for shipping from them to me, from me to you and clearing, cost of money transfer and all that, at the end of the day, the item will land to you at a cost of 40K Naira . . . If was able to pick it on the shelf in my hood, would have been much more cheaper.
Delivery will be within 3 weeks, for the fact that might take a week for me to take delivery, while another 10 days to have it delivered to you

have you bought the item? if you have not, confirm that a new nook with glowlight, repeat, new with glowlight is 40k. if it is, get it instead. i'll be happy to increase the deposit to the new 50%

confirmed, nook simple touch. any idea of due date

Fhemmmy: I will like to confirm that the sum of 14K Naira was received from you as a deposit on the Nook E-reader.
While i wait to hear from the seller of the brand new one, we will see what happened. . . We hope to be able to get what you want and make you happy like the other

if the prospective seller isn't forthcoming, get me the refurbished and if possible, throw in a freebie: a leather case ;-)

acquiring the refurbished for about the same price isn't exciting. anyway, let's see whether you can get the seller. else, i'll accept a refurbished with glowlight at the same sum

cripnip: i hate to disappoint but there was a mixup at the bank just after i had called your associate. pls do not keep waiting, when i rectify it, i'll get to you

scratch that. I repeat, scratch that. Just rectified the issue. You'll be hearing from your associate. Your time to deliver starts now

Fhemmmy: Lemme know once the money is paid and i will confirm it, if you want us to open a thread for the world to see, we would do that too, at least that will give you some rest of mind , , , Looking forward to having you in our camp

i hate to disappoint but there was a mixup at the bank just after i had called your associate. pls do not keep waiting, when i rectify it, i'll get to you

later did it at Imagination Tools Ltd, Wuse 2, Abuja

A one man hackathon isn't much fun! Want to be part of the effort? Go to sourceforge.net/projects/twogo4x

Fhemmmy: Ha ha ha ha . . . Chief, your 14K Naira will not make me rich, Sir . . I am sorry 4K Naira will not be enough for me to make a deal happen, i have tried all that before and people will walk away cos of 4K Naira . . So i prefer them to pay enuf deposit that will make them not to walk away and be sure they pick the item . . . Go and check us out on Auto section and you will see people depositing millions of Naira, and 4 years into our being on NL, no money has been lost via us and none will be lost.

ok. monday it is. i'll post here when i've paid the sum to your associate's account

ok. i would be at the bank on monday. but one little thing before i contact your associate, is 14k (ie 50%) not putting too much trust on one side? i'll like to pay a smaller sum upfront, say 4k which i'm ok losing. let me know if this inconvenience is bearable

Fhemmmy: I just found you a brand new one in my area and will land to you at a cost of Only same 28K Naira . . . Limited time offer. . . The NOOK SIMPLE TOUCH e-reader by Barnes & Noble. Brand new, still in original packaging. . .Features: 6" touchscreen, fast page turns with simple touch, download wirelessly in seconds with WiFi, choose multiple text sizes, easy to read in bright sunlight

ok. i assume 28k covers everything until i take the device?

ok. you'll hear from him.

does the 'Manufactured refurbished' refer to the nook with glowlight or without? send me your associate's number

40k is too steep for me. give me a quote on a NOOK Simple Touch (the cheaper one without the Glowlight) and your associate's number.

ok. what's the process? where is your hood?

wont 30k do? where is your hood? what is the process?

how much for a new 'NOOK Simple Touch™ with GlowLight™ by Barnes & Noble'.

how soon can you get it?

just look at this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shonekan

if that isn't a dead ringer for the state of nigeria now, tell me what it is!

Someone pls riddle me this: Why does Jonathan's govt bring Shonekan's to mind? Have the powers that be deemed that Goodluck's is an interim govt? If so, what are they waiting for, the return of the North. Goodluck seems to be all airs and no action, having mass (without weight) and occupying space!

Ofcourse it'll be open source! That's the main reason for doing this ('this' being an API for 2go). If it had been open source, someone would have written a better client than what is available for, say, android.
The code i've written is already on sourceforge.net/projects/twogo4x