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I'm a huge fan of classical music, my best being Beethoven Emperor Concerto, 2nd
Movement . the song starts as a whisper of symphony, gliding over crest and depths of harmony, rushes to a crescendo and gently ends with a promise of beauty.
I also enjoy violin and piano concerts, certain opera like the luftansa advert and time to say goodbye. have a big collection

Here's a list of things women can't do. my favourite is the last one.

1. walk past a mirror without checking herself.
2. tell a joke
3. know anything about a car except it's colour
4. understand a film plot
5. go 24 hrs without sending a text message
6. parallel park
7. Read a map
8. sit still
9. eat suya while walking
10. pay for dinner
11. argue without shouting
12. not comment on a stranger's cloth
13. use small amount of tissue paper
14. let you sleep with a hangover
15. throw a punch
16. do magic
17. like your friends
18. get to the point
19. take less than 20 minutes in the bathroom
20. sit in a room for less than 5 minutes without complaining
21. Avoid debt
22. Assemble furniture
23. connect the home theatre to the tv.
24. watch a war film
25. understand why flirting results in violence
26. choose a dress quickly
27. get dressed in less than 10 minutes
28. not try and change you
29. fully utilize a remote control
30. get this far without having argued with at least 70% of the above

texazzpete: It's a really dumb article, written by an ignorant fanboy who knows nothing about tech.

My quick summary

EDIT: Even the die hard Android fans in the comments are appalled at how awful the article is. Not sure what Leopantro was doing to stay to that site...see the guy asking if iWork is 'nearly as good as Google Docs'

@ texazzpete, I had you in mind when I copied that but I didn't dare post it in the Iphone section. The guy took it to the extreme. Granted I wasn't impressed by apple's presentation but dishing them like that reminded me of tecno fans

what do you think of this writeup

NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) -- Google 's
management team is dancing around
its new KitKat statue today, having
dodged what could have been a
competitive bullet or two from Apple
-- possibly the new iWatch, iTV or
even a new laptop. For heaven's
sake, they didn't even announce a
new iPad!
There was nothing new from Apple
today that could stop Google's
market share march forward.
Another company that's having a
field day today: Nokia . Apple's new
iPhone 5C is seemingly a flawless
copy of the Nokia 620 that has
already been available for several
months.
Oh, and the price of that Nokia 620
is approximately half that of the
iPhone 5C.
Fingerprint sensor? You mean the
same thing I got on my Dell laptop
in 2007? And on the Motorola Atrix
Android smartphone in January
2011? If Apple's latest claim to fame
is to having copied a Dell 2007
laptop and a January 2011 Motorola
smartphone, then Apple is in trouble.
Which is why Google is celebrating
today.
Google's Android and Chrome teams
were already nicely ahead of Apple's
iOS team in terms of service
integration, customization, ease of
use and ability to ship a given grade
of hardware at a much lower price.
Over the next few months, Google's
Android and Chrome teams seek to
extend their existing lead over Apple.
The company will introduce Android
OS version 4.4 KitKat, a slew of new
Chromebook laptops starting around
$199, a Chromepad (touchscreen
Chrome OS tablet) and next summer
the first Chromephone (Chrome OS
replacing Android on the
smartphone). The pace of innovation
at Google is simply faster than it is
at Apple these days.
Even before Google unveils these
new initiatives, look at how far
Google is ahead of Apple in the
smartphone race: At $549 unlocked
for the iPhone 5C, it is $300 more
than Google's flagship smartphone,
the LG Nexus 4, which sells for
$249 SIM-unlocked, contract-free.
And the iPhone 5C only has only a
four-inch screen, compared to the
Nexus 4.7-inch screen. The Nexus
also has a 768x1280 screen
resolution, meaningfully higher than
the iPhone 5C and 5S alike.
In another move of capitulation --
not just copying Nokia's design and
the age-old fingerprint sensor of
Windows laptops and Android
smartphones -- Apple went ahead
and copied Google's free
productivity suite: Word processor,
spreadsheet and presentation
software. This has been free from
Google for years: Google Docs and
Google Drive. Now it's free from
Apple too. But is it nearly as good
as Google's?
Back to the plastic iPhone 5C for a
moment: Isn't the point about this
kind of plastic that it's supposed to
be relatively scratch-resistant,
compared to the regular iPhone 5?
No sooner did Apple show the 5C,
before it also introduced cases for
it.
Gee ... and is that then a sign of
confidence? Not.
For those of you who have recent
Samsung smartphones, whether the
2011 Galaxy Nexus or the newer
Galaxy S3 and S4 models, you know
that they are resistant to scratches
and don't require special cases.
Have you seen anyone using a
Samsung with a case around it? Me
neither.
Apple has many dilemmas. The
biggest among them is that it's
facing Android and Chrome
competition from so many hardware
players who move very quickly and
with great diversity. You can get
pretty much any kind of Android
smartphone you want, in any size,
with or without keyboard, stylus,
this-or-that kind of camera, and so
forth.
The other problem is price. Apple's
products are priced well above
Google's.
For example, the cheapest Apple
laptop is $999. For that price, you
can get one Google laptop, one
Google smartphone and one Google
tablet, yet still have $322 left! Here
is how it all breaks down:
LG Nexus 4: $249 + Asus Nexus 7:
$229 + Acer Chromebook: 199 =
$677
So Apple is many times more
expensive, just for the hardware. On
top of that, Apple encourages you to
buy an extended service plan, so
that you can feel more comfortable
on your weekly trek to the Apple
store. This service plan can cost
anywhere from $99 to $349 for each
of your Apple devices.
Indeed, the Apple stores are very
nice. The nicest stores of any kind.
Basically, they're all museums of
modern art.
And Apple's customer service is the
best in the business. No bones
about it. It sure beats all the old
places that used to sell Windows
PCs, such as Best Buy..
But you know what's better than the
best customer service in the world?
No need for customer service in the
first place, that's what.
This is what Google offers with
Android and Chrome. Google doesn't
need stores for customer service,
because their products don't require
any customer service. They're so
easy to use, and they don't fail.
Synchronization is automatic. There
is nothing complicated to set up!
Look, Apple's hardware is pretty
good. It's beautiful stuff, and has
great quality -- just like Nokia --
except that Apple just happens to
have far more apps, which is the
crucial difference.
However, when compared to Google,
which has just as many apps as
Apple, Apple suddenly falls short.
The products cost many times more
and they're not as easy to use,
requiring visits to special stores --
and extra warranties.
If these two new iPhone 5 models
are all that Apple has, Google will
then crush Apple in the coming
months.

www.thestreet.mobi/story/12033242/1/google-laughs-at-the-new-iphones.html

4llerbuntu: oyibo magic!!!

u sha wan know wetin dey sing inside the radio? ok ooo

u go stubborn well well wen u small sha.



err, well depends.. they are there and not there. i'm not exactly sure how to explain... but they are actually there, but in use the device moves the bits and cache to the sdcard. so technically to the device they are not there ... but they are there..

ok, its kinda like caching apps in RAM. the apps don't really reside in the RAM, but get loaded there, and the device executes the ones loaded in RAM because its faster to do that. if u check the RAM, nothing there in fact, but ondevice apps are running there.....

its there..... but not there........ OYINBO MAGIC

e don do, oya do quick brick this phone abeg

so what you mean is the OS takes a cipy of the app and creates a virtual applet in that folder consisting of all processes required to run the app whenever the OS or the user requires it. at the end of utilization the applet is terminated. did I get it?

granted this would make the app run smoothly but wouldn't it cause storage depletion problems?

4llerbuntu: no long thing. try delete. break rom, flash rom.
na so person dey learn new thing

they are symlinks. the raw files may be moved to the sdcard, but the system needs to be fooled into thinking they are where they supposed to be.

but why are they also stored in the .android_secure folder? if you open the folder on your phone it will be empty but if you open it on a computer you see all your apps there; irrespective of if you moved them to sd or not.

gaddam. just realised that I have a friend in real life who is active on this thread and I never realised it.

if you have an android mini-pc but have difficulty playing games on your tv, install tincore Keymapper app. it enables you to edit touch and gesture features to any recognised usb gamepad. it's also free compared to droidmote server that cost N400. play Superman, Street fighter, Ravensword and Need for Speed on a big tv with any usb gamepad with ease.
However, it doesn't come with a manual so if you need any help setting it up let me know.

in other news, someone once bought an MID tablet on which he flash a ROM on it and lost the the "Menu", "Back" and "Option" touch functionality. he gave it to me and I installed a launcher that hovers at the edge of the screen all the time. touching the button opens up a drawer containing the menu, back, etc, that work. that was a while back and I can't remember the name of that launcher. does anyone have an idea?

Brainrex: What I hate most about Nigerians
this is a public forum for gods sake, and not everybody is capable of speaking English .Visit other forums like xda you won't see this nonsense happening.

the guy might be French, Indian or Chinese or whatever
I bet in real life you won't dare to insult him, it's a faceless forum sha where shit happens

in xda forum when a non English person asks a question, at the end of his post he considers that the reader might not understand what he wrote and apologies for his poor use of english. he didn't . also he didn't convey exactly what the problem was, which phone he is using and other information needed to help him solve the problem. any help rendered to him is based on assumption and thus in error. also, forum rules state that you must write in grammatical correct English. so your anger has no merit.

by the way, In real life or face to face I will be condescending to him. I'm particularly sensitive to horrible use of English. convey your meaning in your native tongue or in English but don't destroy my ears with it.

also, assuming you wrote your instructions on how to install roms into tecno with the same words that he used, do you think people would have understood it?

21. Please spell words correctly when
you post, and try to use perfect
grammar and punctuation.

abide by the rules of the forum. I don't own nairaland

is this arising from the order of customized iphones from dubai?

ibietela2: All this idevice poop are boring....

Emma: wooo nice music, is this the new release from Davido?

Pat(android user): Yeah you can, please switch on your bluetooth

Emma: Chai..... Apple

lol. I love this

[quote author=tj_fm]pls i ve a android phone wish i connect to a computer and since then it is not comming up wen it get to a particula place it will just stop and will just waith there
pls what can i do to mke it work[/quote]next time give it transport money so when it gets to that particular place, instead of waiting there it will get down and enter a cab to get back to you.

go to school and learn how to write well, you will not. It's 2go, facebook,twitter and writing "k" you know well. just look at the rubbish you wrote

adewasco2k: i must say i was not wowed but lets take a look at few
1. The chips: A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor
2. The TouchID: which is a Fingerprint identity sensor built into the Home button
3. iSight Camera: i love the features of the iSight Camera, the Five-element lens, ƒ/2.2 aperture etc

On a scale of 5 *****

Galaxy S4 ***
iPhone 5s ****
HTC one **
Lumia 1020 **

iOS still the best mobile operating system, but iDevices lack the hardware. Apple is focusing too much on OS in expense of Hardware and good design.

okay, I'll give you that. but those features you mentioned would require to buy a new iphone to use them. you can't upgrade the OS to get those features. considering that, is the phone worth it? for a new user, yes. but majority are old users and the answer is no.

@ adewasco2k, that is not new. android has apps that do that. I believe you followed it in detail, what ground shaking new feature did they introduce. Please, I'm interested in that

Yinkade: update so like 3 days ago i came to complainedabout the above...... well like i said i did my reasearch well and the fault is from samsung....their earlier note 2 16gb models have a particular chip called the insane chip will after 6-12 months use would affect the mother board thtas the suddden death syndrome and it happened to my fone....so well y'all that use a note 2 should download an app called eMMC checker from play store....then run it from the info displayed it would tell you if your fone is prone to the sds....if it does then u shld start planning cos the fone would most likely die a sudden unexpected death....anywaiz i went to samsung care at xxxxx......an assistant attented to me in a rude manner....but i overlooked it...she took my phone...checked the imei number...and said my phone has a uk warranry and not a nigerian warranty....those guys at affordables sold me a phone with uk warranty in nigeria....(Ps...I did not call affordables care cos i knew it was story i would hear and i needed the phone asap).....so the babe told me it would cost 36k....l did not have 36k so i was about walking out..when one of the engineers went outside...i sharply blocked the guy....explained to him as omo boy na begged and begged...the nigga agreed 18k...i was like fine he shld do it.....funny thing was that a friends note had the same sds two weeks ago and he took the fone there they said they did not have the part available...his fone was under warranty so they were gonna do it for free....so when this engineer toom my phone i was skeptical that i would get a call later that they did not have the part....so well today i got a call that my ohine was ready...was really excited tho....met up with the guy and paid him off...now the fone is back........and the good news is that i checked the chip with that app and its a SAne CHIP this time....so my note is back and better....just thought i should share with you guys

thanks for the update. I know you arw excited in getting your note back but could you please write in full English next time. Reading what you wrote gave me a headache but I persevered. I remember buying a Samsung tab for someone and the salesgirl sent the IMEI to a number with my phone and got a reply confirming registration of the tab. don't know "affordables" but you can try to register it. Sadly, I deleted that text.
congratulations on getting it back so fast. I know of a friend's tab that spent 4 months in their hands while waiting for "parts"

forgive me but apart from the fingerprint stuff and the faster processor I'm yet to be wowed.

in the first picture with the white apple logo, why do I feel like its like an entrance to a kindergarten school.
Please apple, produce a game changer, a trend maker with your newest update or else Samsung will rule supreme and tecno fans will never us rest

what the heck is that? where was the location? what time of the day was it? for how long did you see it? post more pictures please

don't know if I should swear or laugh.

@ Puskin, nice to know someone is interested in tasker. have you tried out that alarm app.i modified and removed the wallpaper and the snooze time duration so it gives me all the details when the alarm goes off. however, getting the weather station for my location is difficult. how did you solve the weather problem? I recall when using spd shell and getting very accurate weather update. thinking of looking at the source code of spd shell weather widget

believe me, I did my homework before posting.
Google deliberately made it that way for gingerbread and ice cream sandwich but there is a work about for jellybean. also 4llerbuntu is right, the above does disable the native wifi. for some reason the hotspot switches off when you turn it on after doing the above.
finally, the iptables revert back to default when the screen enters sleep mode.
the problem with the above is that the phone refuses to add the subset to the table, even with root access.
Looking for my notes in AP creation with backtrack. I WILL find a way to make it work.
hmmm, , interesting. the first open garden that was created produced ad-hoc networks. it now produces AP networks

this trick is as old as I can remember. they usually start it towards the end of the year, especially on that part of the road. also avoid driving over tyres, nylon bags or oranges along that road.

and the next couple of post will contain questions on how to root bla bla bla or how to browse free on mtn making it boring.

in other news, I just flashed finless rom on my mk808. by default it comes with 1 gb NAND memory and 6gb internal memory. but during the flashing process you have a choice of increasing the NAND memory to 2gb, 4gb or 6gb. (can even choose between 720p or 1080p.)

is it possible to do that on a phone. not talking about swapper or ram expander?

by the way, anyone know how to bridge traffic from tun0 of openvpn to wlan0 of Android hotspot?

I believe the word Christian means christ-like, right? read below

Jesus paid taxes. Not because HE
had to, but to serve as a good
example. The Temple belonged to
His Father. Yet, he had Peter paid
the tax for both of them.
On another occasion when the Jews
tried to trap Jesus by asking, “Is it
lawful to pay taxes to Caesar?”
The Jews hated the Roman rule. The
emperors were immoral and corrupt.
They were pagans. And they made
life difficult for God’s people. So,
Jesus gave them a pass. Right?
Wrong!
He said show me a coin. Then
asked whose inscription was on it.
When they answered, “Caesar’s.” He
said, “Render therefore to Caesar the
things that are Caesar’s, and to God
the things that are God’s.” (Matt.
22:15-22).
But what were Christians told to do
after the church was established?
Revolt? Rebel? Refuse to pay taxes
to an ungodly government?
No! Paul said, “Let every soul be
subject to the governing authorities.
For there is no authority except from
God, and the authorities that exist are
appointed by God..For because of
this you also pay taxes, for they are
God’s ministers attending continually
to this very thing. Render therefore to
all their due: taxes to whom taxes are
due, customs to whom customs, fear
to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
(Rom. 13:1,6-

for those insisting that the tax collectors should not have gone to the school ( despite owing the state for 10 years) or concerning taxing the church in general, read this

Jesus and his followers went to
Capernaum. In Capernaum
some men came to Peter. They
were the men that collected the
two-drachma tax. They asked,
"Does your teacher pay the
two-drachma tax?" Peter
answered, "Yes, Jesus pays the
tax." Peter went into the house
where Jesus was. Before Peter
could speak, Jesus said to him,
"The kings on the earth get
different kinds of taxes from
people. But who are the people
that pay the taxes? Are these
people the king's children? Or is
it other people that pay the
taxes? What do you think?"
Peter answered, "The other
people pay the taxes." Jesus
said, "Then the children of the
king don't have to pay taxes.
But we don't want to make
these tax collectors angry. So
{pay the tax in this way}: Go to
the lake and fish. After you
catch the first fish, open the
fish's mouth. Inside its mouth
you will find a four-drachma
coin. Take that coin and give it
to the tax collectors. That will
pay the tax for you and me."
— Matthew 17:24-27

plusfield: I have come to notice that once their's a slight altercation or news involving a church of God, we(especially christians) are quick to pass negative judgment on that church. It is more saddening that you can hardly see a muslim make such derogatory comments on islamic clerics and alfas,they respect their leaders. Because of this our new found attitude towards the church,journalists now look for negative scoops that will create sensational headlines for them. Please let's not take this grace too far. Let's atleast copy the muslims on respect for their leaders.
Reading this news piece,it was the school authorities that attacked the state officials but when the chairman read the press statement,he had to include the church as part of those that attacked them just to make more headline and attract wider attention.
I am most certain that these tax officials like every other government agency had gone there exhibitting a high level of high handedness. In Lagos,you see them everywhere,Lastma,kai, even local govt touts who now impound cars too. Its as if they can do and undo once they have a little government backing. They are the accuser,judge and abitter once you fall into their trap.Ogun state seems to be getting worse in this by the day.
Let's not be quick to judge without hearing the side of the school authorities(not even the church). Let's not be quick to drag the church's name into the mud.

but the church was issued reminders about the tax indebtedness and they ignored it. I mentioned church because the church owns the school involved. imagine you are a landlord and you have a tenant that has refused to pay for how long?

this may be old but might be useful for someone
Make Your Own operating system in minutes

hackarde..com/2012/04/make-your-own-operating-system-in-some.html?m=1

I'm on my phone so can't type the whole story

Hahahaha. this is hilarious. I'm so addicted to nairaland. you guys make my day

[quote author=deejay_harry1]u bin dey wait for okija juju to tell u its fake?? ... lol[/quote]lol. here's the result I got with CPU-Z

Model GT-I9300
Manufacturer alps
Board GT- I9300
Hardware mt6575
Kernel armv71