₦airaland Forum

informatix: I am a programmer infact one of the Best in Nigeria. I learn how to program with a Laptop whose power doesnt Last for 1munite. I strongly DON'T agree power is a boundary in leraning programming.
A serious programmer should be able to know where to get 24hours light.cafe,bizcenter,govt. Office. I once travelled 150km to get a condusive environment to Start Apache tomcat version4 using java virtual machine.

I wrote programs in java,vb6,vb.net,sql.,php.asp,javascript.

I also wrote java server side programs in servlet.

A java program regarding ur comment.

import java.io.*;

class naija{
public Static void main(String args[]){
public String ans;
Bufferedreader input=new Bufferedreader(New Inputstreamreader(System.read());
System.out.print("I dont believe power shortage is a boundary to learning how to program";

System.out.print("what do u think?";
ans=input.readLine();
System.out.println(" you said"+ans);
}}

compile=javac naija.java
execute=java naija

Chime Chimezie: I 20 years old and i am from Enugu state wich is Igbo, i am the only son and my Father die 4 years ago, i am in my first year in school and my Mother has made so many investment and she is worried dat if anytin happenes 2 me, my wicked uncle will take everytin dat she has laboured for, so she has been telling me to get married next year, as For me, money is nt the problem, bt i want to be a graduate b4 i get married, bt considring my condition, i hav no other choice, infact i u am looking 4 a woman to marry now @ my young age, please i need ur advice, wat should i do?

greatdave: When i first got to my PPA(Place of primary assignment), i was like wtf?! No lite(No electric poles anywhre),No pipe-borne water and Flunctuating Network? I thought to myself,hw in d world will i survive here...But 3months on,its been fun. Unparalelled hospitality,simple lifestyle and serene environment.
Students in d school i teach[s]-where 90% of ss3 stdnts cant communicate effectively in english-absent themselves for the flimsiest reasons[/s]:rain,market days/burials are unofficial public holidays. The major cases dealt with by d 'police station' in d village are goat/chicken theft,farmland trespassing,poligamy fights. Hoping to make some serious positive impact b4 i leave nxt year...pls feel free to share your experiences

afam4eva: I agree with the OP 100%. What can be best used to describe Nigeria is "The more you look the less you see".

But one thing i think the OP got wrong is in the area of ethnicity. While i know that India has more ethnic groups than Nigeria, the groups are not of equal size as we have in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. In India, the majority group is the Hindis with over 70% of the population. Hindi is like an official language in India as it's spoken by even people who are not Hindus. So, this gives little room for conflicts. But a situation where you have 3 major ethnic groups who have refused to bow to each other but are constantly fighting to assume the leadership role, there's bound to be trouble. Infact, i've never some across any country with a similar ethnic composition as Nigeria that has made it. Prove me wrong.

1supremo: When it rains, it's cool and you don't need your electric fan.
When it rains, there's free cold water and you don't need your fridge.
When it rains, there's lightning and you don't need your electric bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
When it rains, there's thunder and you don't need any other music.
When it rains, there's a lot to watch from nature and you don't need the artificial stuff on your TV.
If you are told not to power on those gadgets, you wouldn't comply. The best way to stop you from "WASTING ENERGY" is making it unavailable..

UP NEPA!!

FX99: U have said it all. For now, these r d best bets.