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enamaye:
just imagine this nonsence, the same borno na him nysc just post me go, why dem nor leave bornu graduates to serve for bornu na?

Bro have faith! God is always our guide and shield where ever we go! Remember there were those that served in so called peaceful states and never made it back to their home town alive!

Anway, thank you for giving up a year to serve our beloved country. Some day when a sane leadership assume responsibility in Nigeria, people like you would be given the money they currently are giving to those criminals in the Niger Delta called Milltants who earns over 60,000naira a month!!!

Funny how the US gives travel advice concerning other countries yet more of her citizens die violently within the boarders of the US of A ! I think this is a blessing in disguise for Nigeria as less and less American companies will be coming to Nigeria to steal/corrupt Nigeria government officials!

Why can't they just say Osama bin Laden nee Obasanjo is hiding in Otta planning political terrorist attacks ,  gues while that trave ladvice was being put up, many more American citizens were being shot in post office and shopping malls! At least I have never heard of a drive by killing in Nigeria!

Look those of you planning of relocating to Australia, I can only but pity you guys! Yes you can go there and see Kanngy ( aka Kangerooo) but to stay there, meh you must be kidding!

Australia = Racism capital of the world! Besides, if your profession isnt in Health or Construction/Minning, you better just remain where you are! They really do not have anything else to offer. The racism of an aussie is like a wizzie perfume and most aussies have a closed world mentality i.e. all te know or care about is their little australia!

To prove to you that it is not a distination of choice, the Australia government has spent millions of Australian dollars to promote the country to professionals with ( what I would say very flexible visa requirements compared to that of the UK) yet Australia is not a destination of choice for young/middle age professionals. Yes the places looks sparky clean like a squikky bum bum but hey, there's more to Australia than blue beaches and blue skies!

In terms of racism, these are the top four countries. 1. Australia 2. Canada 3. South Africa 4. New Zealand

Hmmmm, few years left for me to enjoy UK and relocate to the fastest emerging/frontier market in the world! (my beloved Naija 4 life)

OP, here's one in Abuja that is relatively cheap about 6,000naira for double but not spacious and 10,000 for double spacious. All rooms have their own toilets/bathroom with tv, ( cable/dst/hitv), on call room service with resturant/bar within the hotel.

This hotel was used by someone I know only last week and the feedback was abit okay. Guess you can give them a ring: 07057483043 or 07093706471, but it is based in a quiet part of UTAKO district about 25mins drive to Maitama and environs.

Hope this helps

bawomolo:
how is his invention a novel one if it has being allegedly applied to study global warming?   i wonder why he didnt patent this invention either. maybe he believes in open source or fake sauce

between i still can't find the UofM today article you spoke of

You know nothing about how you patent works of invention especially if it is in a new field. I may not know why He did not patent many of his inventions but I sure know one thing that if Philip's invention were false, the US security agencies have the tools to get him nailed and put behind the bars, yet this blessed fellow of ours is the delight of powerful minds and committees in the world of supercomputing and super advanced computational mathematics!

As somene already said " Falsehood only ast for a while, Truth exist forever", Time shall justify or condem Philip. E.

MrPrsdent:
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/computer-science/emeagwali_philip.html

Thank you for that link, I was actually looking for it! Can those doubters respond to the information on the link?

Only lazy lots ride on the back of the success of others in order to get famous! Philip Emeagwali's doubters are lazy lots who want to be famous by propagating lies and denting the image Philip !

@bawomolo
I was refering to the supercomputing award not the Congrassional or Presidential award - typo/mix up!

Why not go to those references and check them out for yourself? And for your request for his journal publications, I think you know little or nothing about how inventors work! They never bother to publish their works because if they do, something would go wrong. History have shown us that this is always the case.
I say this 'cos while I was working on a concept on intelligent structures based on neural networks, the foundation who provided part fundng wanted to publish some of the initial findings in a smart structures journal and the expert group in te research laboratory gave a resounding NO to the foundation. Today, that laboratory recognises that the concept is novel, has wider implications on future smart structure analysis. Today in my own personal capcity, I have made no attempts to publish an write up on those findings but in the faculty, they see the work as very novel and two external bodies have had a look at the work and the agree with the faculty's expert group findings!

The achievment of Philip.E. is a source of inspiration to my scientist around the world and the fact that He never claims to know it all and He is willing to share his wealth of knowledge with others speaks volumes about him!

@ Bluetooth.
Could these people be all wrong?
1. The president of Michigan State University why she paid him and invited him to speak on April 18, 2007. See    
    http://emeagwali.com/awards/citations/philip-emeagwali-michigan-state-university-april-19-2007.jpg

2. University's flagship publications dedicated special issues honoring the discoveries and inventions of Philip Emeagwali [Read MICHIGAN TODAY, February 1991, University of Michigan, http://www.ns.umich.edu/MT/

3. Entire members of the Michigan House of Representatives  passed a resolution thanking Philip Emeagwali for his "tremendous impact on the state of Michigan" in April 2007.

4.  The Mayor of Lansing (capital of Michigan) and the Mayor of East Lansing declared April 18, 2007 as PHILIP EMEAGWALI Day

5. The Governor of Michigan  she gave an award to Philip Emeagwali for his "tireless contributions" to Michigan in 2007

6. He also gave invited lectures on his partial differential equations in Washington, D.C. in July 8-12, 1991 at an international congress of applied mathematicians, held once in four years.

7. He recently headlined the 2009 Kshitij the largest science festival in Asia

8. TIME magazine called Philip Emeagwali "the unsung hero behind the Internet

9. CNN called him "a father of the Internet"

10. BBC called him a Digital Giant

I think ths thread answers the question raised by a concrned Nigerian on why fellow Nigerians in canada never seem to help each other? Most Nigerians are despirately wicked and always seek to bring others down thinking that is the only way in life to be at the tops! FYI, there is a better way to get to the top!

bawomolo:
when all fails, scream racism or tribalism

No one is screaming racism, it is a fact that white supremist carried out unalloyed campaign on the web to get Philip. E. rubbished but they ALL failed! Also, if you were smart you would have observed that apart from the court documents about his thesis, they have been unable to provide any evidence to support their claims that He lied his way to the top! Again CNN did an indepth analysis on Philip. E. and even the likes of Foxnews ran commentary about him when He was nominated for the prestigious and Highest US medal!

It is a shame that people like you try to bring down others simply because you have not been able to make any meaningful contribution to humanity! The world supercomputing recognizes this fellow. If only I could gain access to the old pdf document where the then IEE published his works in s special edition!

Typical of uninformed Nigerians! Philip. E invented a unique technique which gave rise to a better understanding of how computers could communicate with each other in a unique way, hence the reason He is called ONE of the FATHERS of INTERNET.

The facts of who this man is and what He has acheived is available to any sane individual to verify! Infact, if you have been following journal articles of oil exploration, you would  have come across one of His inventions currently being used in simulation of deep sea water oil exploration, i.e. sub-sea plate movement and the likes!

Hate him or like him, the world of scientific computing and engineering ( where I belong) recognizes that this man is a GENIUS of a kind! If people claimed his achievments are all false, how come the government of Canada has a special pact with Philip. E. for him to come to Canada every year to give inspirational lecture to young canadains (mostly of African origin).

White supremist have tried and failed in their web campaign to get Philip's .E. image rubbished but like every good thing, when probed, it outshines and just keep shining!

Those talking about a National Carrier, what difference would it have made if we had a national carrier and the Isreali refused to grant her landing permit?

Again many of those calling for a National carrier are those who want to feed fat on government pot belly! Look at all the countries with national carriers,as someone who is in the aerospace business, I hadly can think of any that is profitable nor making returns to the government of the day as all they do is rake up huge debts/bills for the government to pick up at the end of the day!

The Isreali ban was no ban at all! Feel so sorry for the press in Nigeria. Yes Nigeria and Isreal has a bi-lateral air service agreement but as already pionted out by a poster, that service agreement is only on paper and it is not realistic due to the closed airspace of arab contries flights enroute to Isreal.

Yes, Nigeria should put her house in order, however me thinks that includes the press going back to school to learn the basics of true Journalism! My challenge to the Nigerian Press is: How many of them can pose as undercover reporters like what the sunday times reporters did in the case of FIFA Executives?

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=534775.msg6971060#msg6971060 date=1287491804]GBAM!!! Even if his region was recognized, he'd still be seen as a Nigerian.
Nigerians are sad, you dont know how one water drop can create a huge wave in an ocean. One more dent to the Nigerian image, more dents like this will eventually affect some Nigerians  abroad.

But funny thing, when a man is successful, we look at his tribe/region. When he's at a fault, we look at his nationality. funny lol. [/quote]SPOT ON! those comments characterize most Nigerians at large. And the truth is, it is all down to "inate" jealousy

@ OP GORDON BELL is the today equivalent of Nobel Price in computing only that this price is in the category of Supercomputing! Yes there are two versions of recognition in computing, however most respect the GORDON BELL price because of the price history with IEEE.

I once read this nonsense the OP is posting and I took the pain to research for myself and I found out that most of the things said in the aritcle are all nonsense!

Philip. E. is a celebrated Nigerian-American who have earned some of the most coveted price and awards in the field of innovation and enterprise! For all you doubters, go to CNN archives and request for the video clip where President Cliton called this gentle man ONE of the FATHERS of the INTERNET. when He was given the higest award of recognition by the US governmet. Researching his publications, his contributions to even the university that initially acted as a stubling block to him, I was encouraged and humbled!

TO THE DOUBTERS WHO TO MY DISGUST ARE MOSTLY UNINFORMED NIGERIAS; EVEN JESUS SAID " a prophet has no honour in his own land" and that is just what you people are doing to Philip. E. and it painful that this fine brain has no visited Nigeria since He left the country well over 30years ago!!!!!

GORDON BELL PRICE:
The Gordon Bell Prizes are a set of awards awarded by the Association for Computing Machinery in conjunction with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers each year at the Supercomputing Conference to recognize outstanding achievement in high-performance computing applications. The main purpose of the award is to acknowledge, reward, and thereby assess the progress of parallel computing. The awards were established in 1987.

The Prizes were preceded by a similar much smaller prize (nominal: $100) by Alan Karp, a numerical analyst (then of IBM; won by Gustafson and Montry) challenging claims of MIMD performance improvements proposed in the Letters to the Editor section of the Communications of the ACM who went on to be one of the first Bell Prize judges. Cash prizes accompany these recognitions and are funded by the award founder, Gordon Bell, a pioneer in high-performance and parallel computing.

Notable recipients include:

Philip Emeagwali - 1989
Thomas Sterling - 1997
Ian Foster - 2001
Laxmikant V. Kale - 2002

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bell_Prize

smanuel:
You People?? How dare you I dont give f, K how long you have lived in the States, or how blue your passport is, how many ways you change your name, how well your accent has evolved, how many american kids you have, you are still Nigerian, denounce it all you want. At the end of the day, "Nigerian-American Immigrant" will precede your name or your parents name, either way, success or failure. Believe me, this is coming from a a person whose doesn't care a hoot about African and Nigeria in particular before I visited.  (You People) that you refer to have a very strong indomitable spirit that you can not begin to imagine. In the face of such hopelessness and plenty, people are still striving and surviving. In case you are wondering, I am half Nigerian and I visit that country 3 times a year and I love it, despite its challenges. Its my believe that (YOU PEOPLE) will make that nation better. Stay in the States, Nigerian-American Igbo Girl!

SPOT ON THAT WAS JUST MY THOUGHT! What many often fail to remember is that even wth the so called blue or pink or red passports; whenever they are given a government form to fill ( online and/or paper) they would always ask to to tick or print in BOLD their orign and often times those forms remind them that they are FORIEGNERS i.e in the UK they would say BLACK: African origin, of British decent/British controled territory, or mixed race!
Change is happening in Nigeria and when say change, I mean positive change! How many of you saw the number of companies that attended the Power reform/Energy summit GEJ chaired couple of days ago? over 200 Eureopean, US and Local firms! And more encouraging part is that most states are beginning to domesticate local content which from a realiable report I have (compiled by an agency) is beginning to favour home grown in the construction industry!

Reading most the post on this thread leads one to conclude that there are still vast majority of NIDs who are yet to get a grip with the reality that lay ahead of them!

Since I went ot Nigeria last year ( even during the Yar-da saga), I have taken immediate steps to engravened my foot print in my beloved country Nigeria. So far, two small to medium scale engineering companies are budding, thought one of them is currently undergoing serious business plan rejigging! For those that think America or the UK is their Heaven, I will say good on you but for some professionals (like myself who have studied how those who currently control the chinese economy all began their journey), we have taken little but significant steps to start relocating back to Nigeria.One pattern I am currently observing is that "the above average" Nigerian who came to study in the UK in the last five years are relocating to Nigeria either to start up working for overseas based companies that have operations in Nigeria, or are engaging in start up ventures themselves!

Come to think of it, 95% of the entertainers that come to 'ta na ra na' for NIDs during one celebrations or the other are all home grown! These guys have managed the growth of their entertainment enterprise and now they are exporting it to earn money for themselves. Surely,  NIDs engineering professionals can take a cue from these entertainers and maybe start to bud small engineering firms that would (in 6 to 10years time) start exporting to NIDs; products with truly Nigerians flavour!

Haven said all that, the truth that would always remain is this: Just like china, Nigeria will always have NIDs for so many obvious reasons and as such, these would form  niche markets for made in Nigeria products with truly Nigeria flavour

ray4life:
Thanks guys

I've just downloaded the Microsoft Visual C++ express edition

Good start! yup meeksoft has got one more friend , okay I guess your are not a newbie to using MSVC/C++ compiler but just bear in mind that when compiling C codes in C++ compilers, you would have to be carefule when not to use C++ keywords in your C codes!

In case you do not know!

To edit your C program:

From the main menu select File -> New -> Project

In the New Project window:
Under Project types, select Win32 - Win32 Console Application
Name your project, and specify a location for your project directory
Click 'OK', then 'next'

In the Application Wizard:
Select Console application
Select Empty project
Deselect Precompiled header

Once the project has been created, in the window on the left hand side you should see three folders:
Header Files
Resource Files
Source Files

Right-click on Source Files and Select Add-> New Item
Select Code, and give the file a name
The default here will be a file with a *.cpp extension (for a C++ file). After creating the file, save it as a *.c file.
To compile and run:

Press the green play button.

By default, you will be running in debug mode and it will run your code and bring up the command window.
To prevent the command window from closing as soon as the program finishes execution, add the following line to the end of your main function:
getchar();
This library function waits for any input key, and will therefore keep your console window open until a key is pressed.

Sagamite:
You surely are retarded!!!

So when the term is used to discuss academic papers at Oxford and LSE, the academics are also bogus?

You are a foool, admit it. Say: "I, Omo_Tier1, have peanuts for brains".

FYI, that academics use jargons ( like I also do), does not make it a good and/or proper English construct. Now, go back and read your original post where you use the phrase "Critical Analysis" in your sentence and inlight of the academic definition you gave, tell me if one is not right to classify your level and quality of education as below par!

Sagamite:
You are retarded.

So you just show a picture of any woman and say she has had plastic surgery without any evidence and I am suppose to believe?

Again, you have proven to be "superfacial speedreader"! Go back and read the sentences that preceeded those pictures of Miss World 2009.

Sagamite:
You are retarded.

What quack school did you go in the UK?

You are a slowpoke. Your brain is made of cement.

If your education was worth anything to write home about, you will have come across the term before.

Fooool, so you are re-writing the dictionary [moronically]?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/critical+analysis?o=100074

Critical analysis is different from the Ponmo N20 analysis foools like you conduct.

I repeat, your post sums up your level and quality of Education. Firstly, might be worth it if you pay attention to the information put before you. Your 'bogus' online dictionary calls "Critical Analysis" a NOUN . oh oh. May I recommend you a proper English online dictionary: OXFORD ONLINE DICTIONARY; see here http://oxforddictionaries.com. FYI , what your 'bogus online dictionary is implying is called "CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS" which those of us in computational mathematics/Engineering will be familiar with.

Sagamite:
Where is your proof she had plastic surgery?

Do I need to show you her theatre operation room pictures before you can use your senses to decipher that her beauty is not natural?

Sagamite:
You are retarded. You are the one correcting someone's grammar?

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-529380.32.html#msg6924687

What kind of grammatical "construct" is that?

Because you are popping write-up into a word processor on this thread you think that makes you intelligent or masks your poor education?

Sadly for you, Microsoft has not made an application to correct errors in critical thinking so that is what I am going to use to bash you to show your poor education and daftness. Everyone can pop write-up into a word processor if they are that bothered.

There is nothing like critical analysis? LWKMD

Where were you schooled FFS?

Since your schooling failed you, let me start by educating you, slowpoke:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Analysis_of_Evolution

http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=O10P341LTV (See section that says Description)

http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/Publications/DiscussionPapers/DP28_CriticalAnalysis.pdf

You wouldn't know what critical analysis is as it is something beyond your level of thinking. At least now we have established you are not that bright.

STFU about Einstein and give us your own critical ANALYSIS of why you believe there is a God. Make me laugh, Microsoft can't help you.

Again your post reflects your level and quality of education! FYI there is no such thing as Critical Analysis in English construct. Ask yourself this simple question: How "critical" can an Analysis be? Because a jargon is used in other fieds does not make it a good English construct

A beg for those of complaining about Nigeria's representative, take another look at the winner of Miss World 2009 from Gilbralta! See wrinkles all over her eyes!  

@sagemite - see example of Plastic beauty , hmmm this Miss World 2009 reminds me of one line in Essence's song - (Facebook love) "e'de de" - old mammy!

Even when Agbani won Miss Nigeria ( before she went on to win miss world) people said all sorts of things about her looks, but after she won, they all joined in the chorus of her success song! - Typical iggy Nigerians - They castigate their own and take delight in what belongs to others.

Again I repeat, the girl representing Nigeria at this year's competition isn't bad and she looks 'Natural' unlike some 'Plastic' ones I can find on the competition page. Nice to know she isin the university.

why e bi say na mostly those agbero wey erosion pack from Naija go dump for London like to dey prove say na them know pass? some of them no fit look their face for miror in the morning cos their wah wah go scatter the mirror!

@ sagemite I know say na only 'Control B' nah him you sabi,  ta ta fo why u no go join microsoft spell checker department!

If to say mu mu get grade, most Nigerians for dey get A******* like them oyinbo dey get am for their A levels baked beans exams! Many are looking at the looks as thought the competition is soley based on looks! How many of you have taken time to read the rules and guidlines of the competition?

That the girl looks beautiful doesnt mean she will win Miss World! Take your time to read the rules and how they score points to be crowned the winner!

Yes we know that the girl representing Nigeria may not be the most beautiful girl in Nigeria again can one say Obama being the Presiednt of the USA makes him the most intelligent man in the USA? Competitions made of rules and if you fail to play by the rules, you may end up being at the bottom end of the ladder!

P.S: I do not think Miss Nigeria is that ugly either, she looks like someone with a charming personality which sometimes makes the difference in this competition.

Amos Adamu and FIFA are corrupt! Sepp Blatter is a fraud personel! Thank God for the video evidence, let see how he would play his high wire politics to get out of this! Shame He claimed the money was to be used for building artificial Pitches when it is well known that Football is very well funded in Nigeria and that the only reason there are no 1st class structures on ground is because of corrupt minds ( like Amos Adamu ) running Football administration in the country!

HA HA, LET SEE IF THIS IS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT INTERFERANCE ! wayo wayo of international dimension!

Then have a go at googling: Just type: "Free C compiler" , have fun!

google Turbo C - Mind you this is not for Teamcenter/Pro C guys!

If you need a C/C++ compiler for your own use (i.e. non-commercial), then try Microsoft Visuall C++. YOur onl problem would be the Libraries are abit limited.

There are couple of others I could recommend, however you have to be more specific what you will be using the compler for i.e. professional programmer/software developer or just a troll C programmer ( i.e a student in C/C++)?

@oyb: Analyzing all your post thus far, I sum them up as  SPECULATION & ASSUMPTION. FYI, the two main suspect are still be wanted and every trace of them is being pursued by the both National and International security agencies!

@chosen04: From your post in other threads and this very thread, I can conclude that you have a perpetual disdain for Nigeria which have beclouded your true sense of reasoning. More often than not, you barely discuss the subject matter on the thread; rather you go about trolling on what the FG can and can not do! Why don't you stick to the topic in the thread?

My take in all of these unfolding drama is Henry is proving by the day that He is a nutter, and He display in court follows same pattern of other illicit Arms dealers who have been tried in the court in he past.

justwise:
@ Omo_Tier1

Sorry i have to disagree with u here, these two broke the law, what on earth were they doing getting married if they don't care to know jack about each other? Even if the marriage is for papers, they should have saved their backside by doing it with some common sense.

This got nothing to do with whether the Rev is oyibo or black, they made a fool of themselves and deserved the out come. Why would any church get involved in such a shambolic marriage anyway? Please don't bring patriotism into this. Black Rev ministers shouldn't be joining two complete strangers in holy matrimony.

P:S. These two have not been convicted in anyway, so you can not say they broke the Law. Like I said, their acts should not be condoned if they are found to have broken the Law, however, I was only trying to highlight the manner in which the UKBA goes about her fight against sham marriages ( which in my opinion is in a completely unprofessional way: hiding in a vestery!). Also, the Rev. claimed to have being contacted by officer of the UKBA TWO days before the marriage was to take place and in my opinion, the Rev. should have used his Godly wisdom to investigate these couple further (or was this not the norm in churches when suspicion is raised about any marriage?)before the eventful day! My comments about Nigerian churches is simply based on the fact that if it were a Nigerian church/Pastor, effort would be made to investigate these couples prior to their wedding and Has it occured to you that the UKBA has never come out in the open to mention cases of sham marriages conducted in a Nigerian church/Pastor in the UK? Why are most of the sham marriages always in the so called English church with white Rev.? ( P.S.: I am not a racist only stimulating my brains with some thoughts!).

P:S. In a decent democracy/society, you evalute both the PROCESS and the OUTCOME of an investigation and not just the outcome alone!

@sauer : Why are Nigerians ever so difficult to deal with? Please this is not a trivial issue!

@ OP:

Please can you get the account/FACTS of this story straight so that we can help PASTE it around blogs, YOUTUBE it with a narration. Please note that the names of the BOSS(s) should be clearly stated if you are very sure of the depth of their involvement.

And to other  NL forumites, if the poster can get the FACTS out as requested, lets make the effort to have them cross checked, thereafter we can do just as He encouraged i.e. : SPREAD THE NEWS AS FAR AS IT CAN GO - just like the recent case of Arik air that got the management on the toes!

This is really such as sad story and we can all help move Nigeria forward by fighting backward fellows like these boss(s) if they are truly found wanting in this case.

GOD SAVE NIGERIA! This is ever so strange and I think the head of the anti-doping team should be arrested as soon as the team arrives Nigeria.