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From Technology Times:
[I]"The Nigerian Communications Commission, in line with section 53 (1) of the Nigerian Communications Act, has on April 7, 2004 issued a Direction to Globacom Limited demanding the payment of a penalty of 34 million Naira to the Commission for flagrantly refusing to reconnect certain private telecom operators 24 days after the expiration of the seven-day period within which to comply"[/I]
(NCC Head of Public Affairs, Dave Imoko)

The PTOs in question are XPT, ITN and Disc Communications Limited (Discom).

A lot of Nigerian TV stations show foreign comedies (typically American) from time to time. Others get to watch these comedies on locally available digital satellite TV. What are your favorite foreign comedies?

The comedies I love the most are:
'Friends': Joey the struggling actor, Rachel the pretty thing, Ross the professor and 'most married man' in the show, Monica the control freak, Chandler her 'joker' husband, and Phoebe, the massage therapist and author of the infamous 'Smelly Cat' song.

'Dharma and Greg' 8.30pm every Friday on STV (Silverbird Television). I love Dharma because she accepts everybody and everything. Greg because Dharma's antics haven't driven him crazy - yet!

'My Wife and Kids' In my opinion, the only black comedy that is actually funny - sometimes.

The Comedies I don't like that much:
'Martins' I hate most black comedies.
The 'Bernie Mac' Show: Did I mention hating most black comedies?

I used to love classical music; used to play 'Beethoven's Fur Elise' over and over on my PC!

Now I prefer songs like 'I will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston, which can only be rendered by performers with a lot of vocal 'range'! Songs like Marvin Gaye's 'I Heard it through the Grapevine' which appear to be meaningful (even though they're really meaningless!)

When I was young, I used to listen to kids songs like "It doesn't matter what you look like ... the outside is what others see, but the best place to look is right inside!" (Colby's Missing Memory) and songs from Kids Sing Praise videos. Maybe that's why I'm such a softie today, if Ra's theory is correct ...

Formerly 'National Electric Power Authority'
Also known as: 'Never Expect Power Always'
Now 'Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)'

Allafrica:
[I]"The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), yesterday named the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), as the new government incorporated body that will take over all assets and liabilities of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), preparatory to the full privatisation of electricity generation and distribution in the country."[/I]

Does it really matter?

The phone probably has the ability to operate like a walkie-talkie (direct transmission of radio waves between one phone and another)

Angelgirl, I don't think the phone can work with a Starcomms line. Peace Global Satellite Communications Limited is a licensed PTO on its own, just like Starcomms. I don't think there's any PTO that sells SIM cards yet.

I can't find any information about this company online, beyond the fact that they are a PTO licensed by the NCC.

In other words, you think it is ok for a woman to be forced into marriage by her parents.

Women.

Please don't let me hear you talk about 'female emancipation' tommorrow!

Diakim, why do you feel that Canaan represents Cush, Mizraim and Phut in addition to himself?

Let's start with a statement by Barrister Udo Oreye, CEO of the Peace Talk Double Phone people:
"[color=#777777]I remember vividly telling the bank officials that[/color] the issue of interconnectivity was like the marriage they used to have in Ebele, a village in Edo State, where I hail from. There, a girl’s parents would be approached for their hands in the marriage of their daughter. And after the discussions and all that, but unknown to the girl, as she is on her way to the market, some people will just pick her up, kidnap her, and take her to the husband’s house. She will shout and shout, saying she doesn’t like the man.

But eventually, older women will come out to say that the same way you were picked up on the way to the market was how we were picked up too and we now have kids. And that marriage by force worked."

Now what stops the parents from discussing with the daughter before accepting the proposal?

The Peace Talk Double Phone functions both as a normal telephone (which can make calls to local and landline networks like any other phone) and as a 'street intercom'.

According to Barrister Udo Oreye, chairman and CEO of Peace Global Satellite Communications Limited, the company responsible for the service:
[I]"In a street where we have about 25 subscribers, we install a telephone at the security post, at the entrance of the street. Then, we do the billing in a configuration, in such a way that amongst the residents, they can be talking to one another as long as they want at N35 per day, that is, N1,000 in a month.
"And you may talk for 24 hours in a day and still pay N35. It is not pay as you go or pay per second or per minute".[/I]
Sun News Online

You can chat for hours with someone in the same area and only get billed 35 naira. This would be useful for a business which has several branches on the same street. What do you think?

'Fuji House of Commotion' is definitely the best Nigerian comedy! It's the only Nigerian comedy I will actually sit down to watch. I think the fact that there are so many people on the cast contributes to the comic effect.

Trish, it is possible that those "comedies of days gone by" are not as funny as you remember them to be.

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According to the Sun News Online,
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So are you planning to be the next 'ultimate woman' or 'ultimate man'?

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What is the name of the one that works in NTA?

The responsibility of any business is to meet and try to exceed the expectations of its customers. So the responsibility of a school is simply: to meet and try to exceed the parents' expectations - or return their money!

Now the issue of what parents can rightfully delegate to a third party is more complex ...

Should parents know what their children are up to? Yes!

Should parents be harsh, authoritative 'disciplinarians'? No!

Should parents spend more time with their children? Yes, yes, yes!

Should parents spend all the time criticizing and punishing their children and regularly deny them the freedoms and pleasures of childhood in an effort to make them turn out right? No, no, no!

I am more concerned that parents today (maybe Lagos parents!) are so out of touch with their children that even when they decide to spend time with their children the children are not happy. Parents cannot make up for time spent away from children by being extra strict (i.e. harsh) when they are around. it does not work that way.

[s]"These updates were unsuccessfully installed"
In other words, success! Congratulations![/s]

Common problems:
a) Your connection to the Internet was interrupted while the updates were being downloaded.
b) You are trying to install Windows XP Service Pack 2 update but your PC doesn't have a valid license key.
c) Other.

Except for case (a), there must have been some other error message. If (a) is the case, just keep trying or manually download the updates. It takes time for these heavy files to be downloaded!

Diakim,

If one reads that passage carefully, it appears that not all of Ham's descendants were cursed. Only the Canaanites, who were the subject of a prolonged campaign ('ethnic cleansing' in today's terms) by Joshua and the Isrealites ...

Anyway, my point is that even if Africa is actually cursed, it is not written in that particular passage of the bible. Besides, there have been times in history when certain African nations were world powers, so we can't attribute our current problems to a curse.

The discussion about whether or not Africa is cursed is continued at:
Is Africa cursed (spiritually)?

Ra: I'm afraid I have to second Chigszy's stand.

Ra, I understand that you agree with Chigzy's tips but why do you have to be "afraid" to second it?

delarontus: I actually tried downloading the updates but some are unsuccessful and are always unsuccesful, don't know why.

This is the problem I always have with people when I try to help them fix PC problems from a remote location. They refuse to copy down error messages even when specifically asked to do so:

Seun: If there are any error messages, please record them [I]word for word[/I] and post them here.

People have taken out of their time to help you and you cannot take the time to write down the error messages. So I'm not happy with you at all.

Trae, it is in the interest of the common man for the very rich to "waste" their money buying unnecessary things. Or else there's no way the rest of us would catch up! Those who provide "premium" services to the rich are wealth redistribution agents.

Laide,

Welcome to Nairaland!

If the schools of yesteryears were so wonderful and good at instilling discipline into the current generation of adults, then why is our country so corrupt? How come the "undisciplined" white boys and girls are able to run their countries better than we can in Africa in general? How come you don't have interracial killings breaking out from time to time in the US, for example.

Ra,

If the schools of yesterdays were so good at instilling discipline into the hearts and minds of young people, then why is our country so corrupt? Why have these 'disciplined' children turned out to be corrupt adults?

Is it possible that boarding school, by presenting students with a lot of unreasonable rules, only succeed in teaching young people how to be 'smart' and get around the rules?

I imagine that Nairaland is a different kind of forum:

* Nairaland wants to be taken seriously.
* Nairaland wants to be as readable as a newspaper.
* Nairaland wants people to take time to compose their thoughts.
* Nairaland favors the sort of language that anybody can understand.
* People using the Internet for the first time should feel at home here.
* Nairaland wants to be clean enough for even the President to participate.

So welcome to the Nairaland World! People who come here are not here because they want "a forum". They are here because they want to share ideas/knowledge with many other Nigerians. I believe that we need to project a certain kind of image to get there.

Update: What is the point of posting anywhere if nobody's going to read it?
Update 2: Feel free to use 'sms language'/netspeak if you're posting from a mobile phone.

Delarontus,

You probably never wait for the Microsoft Windows Update process to be completed. Microsoft Windows Update needs to download some files from the Internet [I]and then install[/I] them!

What to do:
[list]
[li]Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com in Internet Explorer, and wait for it to load. It takes a while.[/li]
[li]Click on 'Express Install (Recommended)'. You'll see "Windows Update is looking for available updates..."[/li]
[li]Wait until you see the list of packeages that need to be updated.[/li]
[li]Now Click 'Install' to download and install the updates. This will take some time![/li]
[li]Reboot the computer if instructed and repeat this process until you see 'No updates available'[/li]
[/list]

If there are any error messages, please record them [I]word for word[/I] and post them here.

Hope it works for you!

I believe that making the right choice in any field of life takes the same process. But I think the problem is that we tend to get foolish when love is involved!

It can take an entrepreneur 2 years to plan the launching of a business (which can be sold off anytime if it's not working). I can take a graduate years to finally find a job worth settling in (and even if you make the wrong choice, you can resign quite easily when you find a better one).

Baased on that observation, one would think that dating/engagement/marriage would be taken with a lot more seriousness (since it is supposed to last 50 - 70 years). One would think people would consult experts and seek knowledge, spend a lot of time evaluating the various options, and stick with the decision once it's made.

Is this how it happens in practice? No. Why not? Because we think love is different.

Tayotina, you're right!

I get a little excited when relationships are being discussed. The thing is, all I was trying to say is that being a woman is more of being a pop star than being a man is. One day people can't get enough of you and you think you are in control of them. But once the next cool thing comes along they look past you and you realise you were not as much in control of their hearts as you thought.

Having said that, I will try to refrain from discussing issues I haven't experienced.

Well, I'm glad that I get to be the head of the family by default. Isn't that wonderful? I don't even have to contest for the position!

@diakim:
Your point is worthy of serious consideration. I'm working with the assumption that posts are more often read than written. So, the cost of one person spending a little extra time making his post readable results results in a much greater benefit: hundreds of people who will find the post easier to read.

So I can't change this guideline unless I'm able to get a program to automatically translate SMS language to English! I've tried enabling automatic translation of some words, but it doesn't work very well in practice because of the complexity of English grammar.

ukperegbu Solomon:
I agree with you that women too, but this is to support the effect of the man in making the home. However, the man remains the head of that family, and he is the one that issues out instructions to be obeyed in that house.

(Emphasis mine)



Instructions to be obeyed! Come on, this is the 21st century. Where have you been for the past 200 years?



Now I truly understand the meaning of the word 'hilarious'! So please register asap and let's counsel you!

I am not a domestic animal, and I cannot be domesticated!

You see, Chigzy, I'm probably more of a feminist than you are. But I don't like housework. Now, if my mother has not been able to change me after 23 years of constant nagging, what makes some girl think she can do better? Get real! You can't 'domesticate' a man, because men are not wild animals.

If you are not able to accept everything about your man, please don't marry him. Go and join a convent instead. Afterall, as a nun, you would be married to Jesus who is a perfect man ...