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I know this is Seun's place to answer but didn't want to leave the brotha waiting too long.

Memory chips or RAM - Random Access Memory or RAM is a type of computer storage whose contents can be accessed in any order.
Usually flat, btw 8 and 12cm long, and 2 to 3cm wide.

If your memory chips and CPU are working as they should, you might want to check that the fan is working (check for loose connections)

A good example of wealthy employees are microsoft employees as most of them received stock options when microsoft was in its infancy and became millionaires when share prices went through the roof.

Yeah, that would be cool

They look top notch. I saw a few holdens at the car show at canary wharf, London a couple of years and although their exterior looked great, their engines sounded sweet (you know that V8 howl) I wasn't so sure about the interior but these definitely look like they are a step up.

I have had a few cars in past, citroen 1.9 GTI, Ford sierra cosworth (one quick MF), Nissan NX, Nissan Primera GT (drove really well), Saab 95 (superb interior - still love SAABs), and so on. I'd say BMWs are the best drivers cars. I've owned a 5 in the past (colour was racing green - beautiful) and currently drive a 330 diesel (0-60 in 6.7 secs, 227bhp, 369 Ib/ft of torque and averages about 45mpg - no other car manufacturer using a 3.0 diesel engine can achieve the same level of power, agility and fuel efficiency). The 320d has a bhp of 163, a 0-60 time of around 8 secs and still returns around 50mpg, how cool is that? Also you wouldn't know you were driving a diesel until you stop at the garage to fill up.

why are Holdens highly regarded in Australia but are considered to be in the same category as American cars in Europe i.e. have mediocre handling abilities round bends/corners and cheap materials are used in the interior(dash, switches etc)?

Has any one noticed that the people living in the UK are conservative with the answers they have given whilst the peops living in the US are a bit brash. Isn't it weird and amazing how humans adapt so easily to whatever environment they are living in?

No malice intended, just an observation.

safariking,

excellent

omonozozo:
Can you list Congos resources and I will list Nigerian one.

Nigeria - natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land

Congo DR - cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber.

If it wasn't for Mobutu and internal strife who knows what Congo DR might have been.

Eastcoast:
i thot the first university was in France?

Maybe, but the post clearly states 'one of the first'. Built in 989 AD.

In the 12th century, Timbuktu was at the crossroads of the four most important caravan paths supplying the Arab world, which then spanned from the Middle East all the way to Spain. The accumulation of wealth made it one of the wealthiest places on earth at the time. This allowed one of the first universities in the history of humankind to be established– the celebrated Islamic university called the Sankore, where 20,000 students studied law, medicine, rhetoric, etc.

Is this another proof that Africa's development superceded most parts of world prior to the trans Atlantic slave trade?

Most of the manuscripts from this university are currently being preserved in Sokoto, Nigeria - are they being studied or just kept in boxes for prosperity? and how many West African citizens learnt of this fact and of the contents of the manuscripts whilst in school?

if a man earning 40 - 60k gives an allowance of 40 - 50% to his wife for house keeping, does this include the household bills, property/breakdown(electrical appliances) maintenance etc? or will that be taken out of the 50 - 60 % that left over?

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soulpatrol:
I thought Ibadan was the largest city in sub-saharan Africa! whatchu talking about??

Ibadan is usually described as the largest village in Africa.

To get into your BIOS, During bootup, press F8, F12 or F10 as your PC dictates(this depends on your configuration).

Before you do that I suggest you go to properties for C:, click on 'tools', go to error checking, click 'check now' and select the check disk options.

have you thought of web page/site design? the start up cost should be minimal as your initial cost would be access to a PC (internet cafe, Library etc), with IIS enabled for testing purposes, you wouldn't require any software as you would be able to write all your code using Notepad and images can be downloaded from the web (if not copy righted).

kaylala:
STOP critisicing and do what is needful of you.

Don't say you didn't see it and bite your fingers at the end of the day.

It doesn't cost you anything to send your CVs if you are qualified.

It could cost you your identity as your CV contains everything about you - your DOB, birth place, email add, home add, schools/colleges/unis you attended etc.

Afam,

Although you are precise in your post, I believe you are describing wireless connection setup for laptops over 3 years old (maybe more)i.e. using wireless network cards.
Most recent laptops come with built in wifi and are tagged/labelled on the left of the laptop, 'centrino mobile technology'.

There were companies in Nigeria about 20 years ago (probably before that) pimping rides. Used to be mates with one of the owners. I don't know if they still exist though.

I had to take a driving test before I got my license. Although that was about 20 years ago and you had to be 16yrs old.

along with what vokal_guy said, you should have a 'centrino mobile technology' logo on your laptop.
If your laptop wifi settings are enabled, depending on where you live, you can access wifi hotspots (access points) at train stations, airports, some parks, hotels, restaurants, etc and you could easily set one up in your home. to do this you will need to connect a router (wireless) to a wired cable or DSL modem (LAN).

hope this helps.

Here are some of the latest economic figures for Nigeria sourced from - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html

Economy - overview:
Oil-rich Nigeria, long hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure, and poor macroeconomic management, is undertaking some reforms under a new reform-minded administration. Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange earnings, and about 65% of budgetary revenues. The largely subsistence agricultural sector has failed to keep up with rapid population growth - Nigeria is Africa's most populous country - and the country, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food. Following the signing of an IMF stand-by agreement in August 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring deal from the Paris Club and a $1 billion credit from the IMF, both contingent on economic reforms. Nigeria pulled out of its IMF program in April 2002, after failing to meet spending and exchange rate targets, making it ineligible for additional debt forgiveness from the Paris Club. In the last year the government has begun showing the political will to implement the market-oriented reforms urged by the IMF, such as to modernize the banking system, to curb inflation by blocking excessive wage demands, and to resolve regional disputes over the distribution of earnings from the oil industry. In 2003, the government began deregulating fuel prices, announced the privatization of the country's four oil refineries, and instituted the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy, a domestically designed and run program modeled on the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility for fiscal and monetary management. GDP rose strongly in 2005, based largely on increased oil exports and high global crude prices. In November 2005, Abuja won Paris Club approval for a historic debt-relief deal that by March 2006 should eliminate $30 billion worth of Nigeria's total $37 billion external debt. The deal first requires that Nigeria repay roughly $12 billion in arrears to its bilateral creditors. Nigeria would then be allowed to buy back its remaining debt stock at a discount. The deal also commits Nigeria to more intensified IMF reviews.

GDP (purchasing power parity): $174.1 billion (2005 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $77.33 billion (2005 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 6.2% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,400 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 26.8%
industry: 48.8%
services: 24.4% (2005 est.)

Labor force: 57.21 million (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 70%
industry: 10%
services: 20% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate: 2.9% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 60% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 40.8% (1996-97)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 50.6 (1996-97)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15.6% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed): 23.1% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $12.86 billion
expenditures: $13.54 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Public debt: 11.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish

Industries:
crude oil, coal, tin, columbite; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair

Could be because we are looking for Nigerian women and can't find eligible Nigerian women where we live.

Drusilla,

why does every conversation you 'sell' has to be about Black people vs white people. The topic has nothing to do with racism but you have found a way of dropping it in.
You are an intelligent woman but you also need to have an open mind. Not everything is a conspiracy.

No malice meant just my opinion.