₦airaland Forum

tkb417:
Debosky

Do you know Great Britain are pulling out of the Commonwealth games?

India is shytty abeg

if GB no dey go commonwealth games, what's the point in having the darn games then?

mjones:
yes, I have to provide a project topic before I start. The program is just for a year and sure I like power.

do you have any experience in power? have you read the power sector reform plan? you might be able to decide on a project that'll put you in a good position to ride the power wave when it comes if you read it. . .

is that a question or a statement?

Jarus:
@Netotse,
I have always held the belief that all of us cannot have same opinions. And I always respect dissenting views. In fact, if convincing enough, I don't hesitate to swallow my pride and openly declare my shift in view.
So you are very, very free to support GEJ.

I personally just feel Ribadu or Buhari will make a better president. Corruption is a great malady that has eaten deep into our fabric, and I believe, if fought head-on, many other things will fall in place. GEJ doesn't appear to have the ball, to use Nairalanders' common word, to fight corruption. I expect Buhari and Ribadu to do better here.

Two, Buhari is the only consistently principled top political personality in Nigeria today. While others have believed that if you can't beat them, join them, he has consistently gave the ruling party opposition, while the Kalus, Atikus of this world are eating their vomit, moving in and out of rotten PDP.

Furthermore, Buhari is one politician that has clear-cut political and economic ideology of the lot: SLS, writing in 2002, wrote extensively on Buhari's economic ideology:

I also made a case for Buhari-Fashola candidacy here:  http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/opinion/11202-a-case-for-buhari-fashola-candidacy

Ribadu doesn't have what it takes yet. . .all he has is the EFCC experience, ruling nigeria is much more than fighting corruption, if it's corruption he want's to fight then the presidency is not the place to fight it. What the president does is provide the political will to do so. . .being president involves a hell of a lot of 'give and take', i dont think Ribadu has reached the stage where he's mature enough to handle being the president of a country like nigeria, the civil service alone would give him enough trouble not to mention the power brokers, Ribadu is still too immature. It's sad though cos just by reading his interviews you can tell the guy is passionate about nigeria.

As for buhari, from the way the guy was talking on the NVS interview, i wasn't impressed, the guy wasn't answering the important questions, im just dey dance up and down the place sha. . .

From all inclinations Jonathan isn't the leader Nigeria needs but then neither are all the other candidates we have on board.

oyb:
a little too premature imho - remember the seven point agenda and the emergency in the power sector that did not materialize? for me this just comes out as more of the same - election year promises

right from the moment Yar Adua(RIP) appointed Fatima balaraba(RIP)(a french graduate even to PG level) as the minister of power i knew he wasn't going to do sh*t, he merely put the power sector reforms on hold and started jumping around. Jonathan's roadmap is merely a continuation of OBJ's power sector reforms(so it's OBJ that'll be giving y'all light in a sense ) Jonathan's plan is what the power sector needs.

@jarus
i no fit visit daily trust, my computer lists it as an attack site o

as per article:
so the fact that jonathan didn't make inspiring promises(like 6000MW, constant electricity in 6months etc) is now important abi? personally i dont think there's any candidate better than jonathan so far. . .if it was 2015 i would have voted for ribadu, but as far as i'm concerned the guy is letting all the praise singing get to him.

Jonathan get's my vote simply because i can see he's trying to solve the power problem and i fear another person could come and set us back 4 years. . .he's simply the safest option!

jdoss:
@omowaleit & @samir101ng

Thanks for the info.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/09/globacom-crashes-call-rates/

omowaleit:
SORRY THE MIGRATION CODE IS *103*1*1#

kai. . . see as these people dey tempt me to come back o. . .when this nonsense number portability go show?

@samir
that zone6 is a dead zone, there's 3g in maitama(where i work) and apo(where i live) but i haven't tried it yet sha. . .i don toss my glo sim tay tay

Wallie:
Hello meetagape! I’ve been waiting for your invention all my life; however, I’m confused as to the significance of your prayers. Were the prayers for inspiration?

You said that your machine is not mechanical and does generate AC? I really think you’re onto something and I wouldn’t mind buying it from you. The only catch is that you have to disclose why your invention does not violate the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics.

Also, you seem to contradict your self by saying that the “device or stuff [] can generate electricity for 24/7 without input” but can only work for “a whole month before its being switched off the first time.” Why do you need to switch it off if it doesn’t require any input? How do you get it started once switched off?

I have several hundred thousand dollars from selling my share of the Brooklyn Bridge and I wouldn’t mind sharing it with you.

i'm willing to double whatever you offer him, i only sold the Eiffel Tower twice sha. . .

mjones:
pls mr ajanlekoko, I am a young grduate form unilorin and I just applied to a sa university for mtech in power engineering,but I do not have any ideal project in my mind. pls help sir.

mjones:
pls, projects in Smart grid, SCADA in power and energy sector. thanks.

nice entrance, that aside, are you supposed to specify a project before you start? how long is the programme? do you even like power in the fist place?

Tmoni:
Hello people,

Project is moving into Procurement and Construction phase, and with all the wahala we had in Design, I am not really looking forward to this phase because this is when the site boys and buyers come together on our head and more than often rip out a lot of "fancy" design elements for cost purposes or value engineering,

We have been working 7 days shift for the past 2 weeks, even into the night, Boss just sent email, one of our subbies has gone on hols without informing me (am their first line of contact), someone's head will be my breakfast tommorow morning

We get to agree construction schedules & cost this week with client and partner companies, some "raised eyebrows" and intense negotiations involved. Will be living from suitcse this week, I supose find Okpeke to accompany me

I am thinking of doing a course in Cost Engineering in order to progress as a Project Controls or Project Services

@tkb417, City boys dey only go slow after hitting a certain target, come share small with us here, meanwhile, we suppose all go OT together someday, me, you, chamotex,

@debosky, since you moving into my zones now, lets organise a meet and drink,,,,,did not get to exchange contact details @ the do

Wish you all a nice week!!!

congrats man, ummm quick question, how diff is the design you do before bidding different from the one's after you've been awarded the contract? cos i remember you usually submit designs with your bids and all right?

oyb:
i know that feeling - and the same peeps that veto the design as being too expensive can come back 2 years later bellowing how could you eejits have designed without including this ? (mail trail to the rescue)

there's also that other feeling during construction o God please let the lenght of that n25,000 /metre cable i calculated be long enough

i'm just starting to experience this feeling o. . .thank goodness for 25% markup(even though i know i'm going to answer for that when i get to heaven. . . )

mtn 3.5g abj - apo

[quote author=Xavier. link=topic=514779.msg6770144#msg6770144 date=1284720894]Why does Jonathan have an issue with people saying the truth abt the state of the economy?
Heard news of the Fed Gvt, tongue lashing Soludo for warning it over the state of health of the econmies.
It appears Jonathan does take too kindly to criticism. For a leader, this is simply unacceptable[/quote]i think that makes him look like a weak person. . .

@beaf
do you have proof it never happened?

na wa o. . .this your zeal in propagating the goodluck message at all costs is something else!

i have a lot of respect for RB, he chose not to go the normal route. . .he could have lied or shut up back then or he could even have stayed back on as minister of special duties. . .men like him are rare!

they all rent crowds jo. . .i'm sure even jonathan's people will rent crowds. . .

v3:
@mobinga
See as you wan fall my hand. . .I'm just 11yrs old man  
It's not my fault that i know these things nah. . Allow me enjoy my youth  

My Super Story in 20 secs

Speaking Chinese
Wo nee-chan, doj katung code hyuton in yun ji wombe jinchuriki
Translation
As a being with a tail(spermatozoa), i was programming/scripting codes in my mom's womb. My first program was TO FIND THE PATHWAY OUT OF HER   and took me 9months  

Suuke yondaime ina computer woi je un chie! wo ai ni pentium 1
Translation
At the point of delivery, i came out holding my pentium 1 laptop ^{*i loved this laptop to death*}  

Yahme. .Dou,ero sennin hood su kan sensei  
Translation
By the time i was 2. . .every com. engr in my hood came to me for lectures.

3 yrs later. . I config'd my first Juniper router. . we had no internet back then, Puskin can testify.
We used our teeth to cut Nitel cables, you know the ones that come from the pole into your phone jack. We were electrocuted most times cuz we put safety behind us.  
We tapped Nitel phone lines and as at 2001, all i had was a 64kb connection.

Kasuum  

Inshort  
Those were the days  

kai. . . you dey vex o. . .

Andre Uweh:
Nigerians and love of money, na wa.
Mekusxxx's post are more meaningful than all the crap you see on nairaland politics section daily.
I boldly call for his return. Moderators over to you.

heck you sound like a politician. . .lol

you really shouldn't take er'thing you read literally. . .

Andre Uweh:
@The Moderators; would you at this time P.M Mekusxyz or Mekusxxx to return to Nairaland?.

why now? im dey share money?

spikedcylinder:
Tkb, you are an investment big wig, tif $14k for me na. As per, tiwa tiwa.
Dayo, cheapskate, carry go.

i sabi some folks for this side wey dey plan to celebrate next promotion with 2nd wife, 14k USD will be small sturvs for them. . .are u game?

Kunbee:
I think u should quit

de ja vu moment. . .

hey pple,

ok i'm feeling daft right now, we were in the running for a project(some really big sturvs) we had scaled through the technical evaluation and the financial evaluation is ongoing, that's where the K-leg sets in, we (me and the fellow engineers that prepared the bid documents) messed up the bid security, apparently it's meant to be valid for 28 days after the end of the validity of the bid itself(which is valid for 180days) we messed up and put 180 days alone(minus the 28days), apparently that is being used as a reason to disqualify us(the 180 days haven't ended yet o) i'm suspecting it's a witch-hunt of some sorts(we're actually spear-heading a witch-hunt of our own against some ppl sef. . . ). My boss is blaming one of the engineers(he called them into his office, i wasn't invited )even though he himself should have read the bid documents. This place don dey tire me,

there's too much wahala going on in the office. . .almost er'one is in trouble(mostly over petty stuff), i've managed to avoid it so far, i'm suspecting
it's cos of one project i'm working on which everyone somehow resulting in me being the only person that understands it. . .either way i'm tired of
all this crap. There's a field project supposed to start sometime in december and january, i really dont want to be here after i'm done with that project, i'm far too young to be playing court politics.

zayhal:
Hi all,

Pls how do you handle a 7 year old who is caught trying out intimacy. with his younger sister?

do you think he understood the gravity of what he was doing? if he did then some punishment is in order(if na me na some serious cane be that). . .of course after explaining why what he was trying was wrong. or you could warn him sternly, depends on what you think is best.

if he didn't/doesn't understand the consequences, then sit him down and explain why playing such play is only for adults and even when you're an adult you're not allowed to play like that with your family. . .dont get hysterical or anything, he wont understand why and it'll only confuse him more. You could tell him you'll have to punish him if you catch him doing anything like that again.

it's important you are calm and serious when discussing it with him so he doesn't read the wrong meaning cos if your emotions tell him something different he might start to wonder "what's even in this thing that mummy is fussing over?"

Sorry this isn't an article or anything like that. . .

Day in day out, we keep hearing about this group of leaders/stakeholders meeting to discuss who their kinsmen will support, if it is not Ohaneze or Afenifere or Arewa it's South-south elders or Middle-Belters or something equally inane. . .

my question is, who gave this people the right to barter our votes? What achievements do they have under their belt? who elected them elders? what gives them the right to dictate(in their minds) who igbo/yoruba/hausa/etc will vote for? truth is most of the kinsmen they claim to represent dont know them from adam, but still these set of people will convene meetings where they will make demands in exchange for the votes of their regions etc.

What annoys me about the matter is that the government(politicians) takes these people serious and rewards them with patronage, thus helping to establish a cycle, no wonder there are so many vanguards, political associations, youth groups etc.

and we the people somehow always end up kowtowing to the nusiances' plans, isn't it time we showed government that it's business is with us, it's us they need to appeal to not all these phony elders and stakeholders?

@tai2
if you want to change the topic, go to your original post, click on 'modify post' and change what's written in the subject tab. . .

i noticed you mentioned changing the topic a couple of pages back and on this page as well, maybe if you did it'd reduce the incidences of people misunderstanding what you're trying to pass across.

now to business. . .lol

i'm with pro01 when it comes to his last post about not making true control a magic formula for marriage and all. . .however where i'd like to modify his submission is that the 'theory of control' serves to change the way you think/act and hence it's like going to school, it doesn't make you a success automatically, what it does is give you a better shot at success.

puskin:

. . . .and who told U that I don't know wat I said. My statement is only referring from a political standpoint.


I don hear U, shebi nah. . . . . EPCI - Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation. . . . ehn!!!!!!! we dey there now.

no vex. . .lol, i'm surrounded by too many non-engineers that feel like they know it all so at times person brain dey touch!

oyb:
sacrilege  no er small stuff on toh

na endowment jam erm endowment

ahn oyb you want to kill me abi? i plead the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth amendments. . .in fact all join sef.

@TOH
sister, e jo e ma binu, i swear i didn't have you(or indeed any of your. . .appendages) in mind, i was merely posting under the infuence. . .i repent in dust and ashes.

@tkb
why you still go find that post to reply now? dont you know a man of your. . .endowment shouldn't be sweating the small stuff

puskin:
Commissioning doesn't necessarily mean it would start operation. . . . they might still be setting up!!!!!!!!

@puskin
In engineering, setup is a world apart from commissioning. Usually, commissioning comes after installation and what we call the commissioning tests. . .to all intents and purposes, (from an engineering standpoint,) a project should only be commissioned when it's working.

i agree with you, was watching one of them conference/symposium thingies on debt this weekend, and the lawmaker there could not contribute

anything meaningful to the discussion, (he was supposed to be on the house committee on finance 0), if we had sensible people as lawmakers, the

presidency would be forced to give themselves brain, but from the way things are going, if we dont wake up all these illiterate crooks will weasel their

way into extra terms in the national assembly.