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[quote author="Seun"]Yes, there is a google in yoruba. There's also an on-going effort to translate more google services to Hausa and Yoruba. Unfortunately, Igbo is not being recognizd as a major Nigerian language yet.[/quote]Seun, I have wondered how you managed to code your URL in this way <a href="whatever link">google in yoruba</a> and <a href="whatever link"> Hausa and Yoruba</a>. Can you tell me how you have managed it because I cannot see any button that allows that. Please.

For me Oasis, you should know the answer ...

Is this postion open to people outside Nigeria i.e USA, UK, Canada etc.?

How come the entire model i.e. Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, etc. all wants to look slim, more precisely figure 8. And why do you particularly want or wish to be size 8?

I am thinking this, maybe Senu should create a private portal for paid users to have exclusive access to those portals. Maybe we should vote for it. I don't know what the portal shoul/would contain but it would be for paid users. This way we can help him maintain the long live of this site.

And again, how much do you think he should charge for this private portals?

And, if a personal donation should be made to nairaland, how? I would recommend paypal. The names of donor placed on the forum with the highest donor at the top and least at the bottom with no reference to how much was donated.

I would also recommend a price or some sort of recognition for top donors? I hope it will encourage people. Mind you this is a fantastic website and a way for we Nigerians home and in diaspora to communicate

I know this question will spiral into a debate. I am not saying or suggesting anything. I simply commend the dedication the host has put into this site both in availability and modulating the forum. I think he deserves a reword financially. What do you think?

I was just wondering her role in Nigeria today as a former first lady?

After the end of General Ibrahim Babangida reign on the 27th August 1993, she seem to have disappeared from the limelight.

There are many things internet cannot solve unfortunately seminar is one of them. It is not only about reading blogs and subscribing to a forum. It is all about meeting people discussing issues in real-time and one2one dialogue.

Not only does it attract IT professionals, it also attract academia and CEO’s if properly organised. Would you not be honoured to meet with Bill Gates?

Do we have IT seminars in Nigeria where IT specialist gather every month for the latest in IT?
We have many seminars in the UK like:

1. Java Group Seminar
2. Networking Groups (Cisco, Microsoft, Novell, Unix)
3. Web Designer

I have link to Uche Ogbuji, a Nigeria born living in the USA, he is a writer, colonist in About (about.com) and CEO of Fourthought, Inc.  He has written may open source application for Microsoft and other downloadable API for python on Uche Ogbuji.  Should we not solicit people like his calibre to come for one or two days talk in Nigeria if we have IT group seminars.

@ IAH, can u correct it for me... pls.

if see the bug

correction

}elseif ( geek.getGirlFriendIsStillStubborn() )

       nerd.SALARY = nerd.getSalary() * 2;
       geek.SALARY = geek.getSalary() * 2;
}

Okay

[quote author="Idollier"]better.[/quote]And tell me how internet is better?

[quote author="Idollier"]oh yea well, thank God i have a BF that aint a geek[/quote]Object geek = geek;
Object nerd = nerd;
int salary  = 200000;

     if ( !( salary < geek.getSalary() ) ) {
                   system.out.print (nerd.getIsGoodToBeAGeek());
     }else{
                  system.out.print(geek.getYouBetterDateAGeek());
   }elesif{
                    nerd.SALARY = salary * 2;
                    geek.SALARY = salary * 2;
}//End program

You see either way a geek wins

[quote author="Idollier"]oh yea well, thank God i have a BF that aint a geek[/quote]Object geek = "geek";
Object nerd = "nerd";
int salary = 200000;

if ( !( salary < geek.getSalary() ) ) {
system.out.print (nerd.getIsGoodToBeAGeek());
}else{
system.out.print(geek.getYouBetterDateAGeek());
}elesif{
nerd.SALARY = salary * 2;
geek.SALARY = salary * 2;
}//End program

You see either a geek wins

[quote author="Idollier"]but really i don't know what i would do without my internet[/quote]U could use the library, and write more conventional letters. hahaaa... I am joking I feel your yarn, but remember it is just a tool.

Internet has been around for as long as I can remember. During the early days of civilization, the Egyptian uses smoke to communicate to other local community at a relatively far distant. I remember in my village, during the Christmas when all member of my family must go home for the occasion. I use to see a man working round the village gonging the xylophone and saying something like "We are holding end of the year meeting at the kings palace". He'd gong it three times and move on to another location and repeat the same message.

The problem was the message did not travel very far, but he had to move to another relative distance to repeat the same message. I wonder why scientist called a telecommunication equipment "repeater".

To me internet is an advancement of communication that has been around for years. The most important thing the Internet does, staggeringly important if one really thinks about it, is the amazing, far reaching, practically unstoppable way in which the Internet connects people together. The Internet allows people to communicate with each other over vast distances, and across all kinds of boundaries that formerly made communication difficult or impossible.

To me internet is a tool, it could be used constructively and in the hands of mischief’s, it could be devastating. It would be long before internet in Nigeria could be used as a deadly weapon.

Imagine in the west, internet is a weapon for terrorist. The west depends on internet for their daily life. When we talk of internet the first thing that goes to mind is computer. Well, internet is not only computer. Mobile phone uses internet, bank uses internet, traffic light uses internet, aeroplane uses internet, TV uses internet, water station uses internet, electric uses internet (Electric grid) to control and monitor electricity, many more applications like that uses internet I cannot remember them all now.

It has been said Tony Blair, UK prime minister solicited American internet gurus to help with his campaign. If someone can bring down the internet the most affected would undoubtedly be the west as their daily busineses depends on the internet. Example, stock market, aviation, Bank(ATM Machines), Eletricity, traffic lights, TV stations, Mobile and static communication, hospital equipment(Live Support Systems). For me this treat is devastating.

But, where is internet? Could someone touch internet? Could internet get a virus and come down as a result? All these questions are subtle and attainable. But for me I am focusing on the good side of internet.

Reference
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1.[email] http://www.fas.org/irp/wwwinfo.html[/email]

[quote author="Idollier"]i can't have sex with someone i don't have any feelings for.[/quote]There we go again she is talking about feelings... 99.9% of unwanted sex is conducted under the influence of alcohol, drugs and other chemical substance, majority of them are teenagers.

I am not accusing you and it is NOT personal, just my opinion ....

[quote author="idollier"]Haha

i can't give sex to someone i don't love, or should i say someone i don't like[/quote]What is LOVE and LIKE got to do with sex? ......

Get non-career jobs possibly part-time. If you are lucky, you could find part-time job in ur area of study. Becareful for it not to affect ur studies, good luck.

Jobs recommendations
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Customer assistant
sales
party organising

I respect you decision and may God grant your wish, Amen.

I rest my case then...

Would love allow you to marry a barren girl? Be honest?

Define love .. pls:

[quote author="ty4eva"]My suggestion is this.when they have both confirmed that they r headed for the altar, i think they can go on and do it!![/quote]Mind you most marriages is based on sex.  No matter how hard you want to believe this, most marriages is based on either money or sex.  My suggestion to the girl is, if sex is not important in her life then go ahead else it is a futile experience to subject anyone.

[quote author="adidas"]Please i want to know much about Mp3 phone i was told that if you are using Mp3 phone you can listen to music from internet and also wacthing it please enlight me[/quote]I am sure that mp3 phones do not exist. Phones cannot be mp3, rather what I think you are trying to say is phones that can store and playback mp3 format.  Many phones these days comes with gigantic storage capacity.  Motorola, Nokia and many like that comes with 1GB.  New once allow you to use digital memory card.  You can get a memory card from you phone manufacturer website if your model has card reader.  Card vary in size from 64MB to 2GB.

The memory is where you store your mp3 format.  Movies can also be store in mp3 format and you can play it back from your phone.  You phone must also have the playback interface b4 you can use it.

About listening to internet radio channels.  You must make sure that you phone model has the rdaio card installed.  Ask your store if they have the phones that could allow you to listen to radio stations.  If a phone do not come with a radio card you cannot listen to radio.  

I know this, most manufacturer has left a space for integration in future.  You can buy an additional radio card and plug it in to ur phone, check this site http://www.scan.co.uk for additional radio card for mobile phones.

Note, internet radio will cost you money as your phone will be connected to internet through WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), it does not worth it.  The radio chanel will do.  Use you PC that has internet connection to listen to internet radio.  My favouriate internet channel is http://www.kiss100.com/

anton, if you have another unix flavor i.e kubuntu, you don't need the remote unix box.  If you were wondering of taking the advantage of free hosting then you'd download [url=http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html]putty[/url] from and scroll down to putty-0.58.tar.gz.  Unpack and install it, in your kubuntu and run it to remote access my Unix server.  The host name is yexon.co.uk.  If I have created you with an account, you will need it to login. 

Also, you will need some sort of ftp program i.e. [url]http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP/ to login[/url].  Your username and passwd for ftp is the same for remote login.

If you want me to host your own domain name let me know so I can transfer your domain records to my DNS server.  Note, it takes about 72hrs to propagate.

davidylan, I like your yarn, pls continue...

omon, thanks for the correction. Emigration.