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Thank you, Damsal. It's almost as if what makes the difference in showbiz is what shouldn't really matter. That's why I regard the entertainment business as a strange business.

I guess this means there's no GMAT center in Lagos.

JAMBites, please accept our warm congratulations.

i think we should promugate a law baning unnecessary titles

Actually, what we need is a law banning unecessary laws.

Why didn't you stop duiring the act if it was so painful?

Would you say the color version of the first photo-comic below is better than the black and white version?

Nice one. Thanks for sharing!

Ok, I'll try to get a color version of those photographs. Further comments will be much appreciated.

Zahymaka is right they are too big to be taken over.

Zahymaka statement had absolutely nothing to do the take-over issue. You are arguing off point.

What he said was, "The last time I checked, Google's market capitalization was $118.32 billion (source: Wikipedia) up from 2005's $80 (source: InsideGoogle), so it's big enough to take on others." This was in response to the statement, "the other companies that are richer than google might come up with an idea to pull it down".

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By the way, I stumbled accross an article by a Paypal employee about the viability Google Checkout.

According to the article,
1. Google is bad at fighting fraud.
2. Google is now distracted. For real.
3. Google is bad at customer service.
4. Google finally picked the wrong battle.
5. This failure will cause their best engineers to leave.
http://xpaypal..com/2006/06/5-reasons-why-google-checkout-is.html

I don't believe that Google can't defeat the Paypal/Ebay empire. Actually, they can, but not this way. To enter the Ebay market, they need to develop a new auction site and integrate it with their search engine. When that has been done, the next step will be to setup a "stored value online payment system" exactly like Paypal.

Community newspapers are better than national dailes because their adverts are better targetted. You can advertise to just the people in your town with a community newspaper, instead of wasting money on national ads.

I wish someone else would attempt to make a helpful contribution. jedkaz, how far with your project?

I wonder where one can get the best prices though.

africanboy, thanks for linking us up to eniola fayose.

Hello,

Is there any Nigerian here who is involved in commercial printing services? I'd like to know how much you charge for the various services you provide, in order to help me in my research for certain possible business ventures.

Thanks,
Seun.

You posted this in the wrong section of the forum. It should be under properties and not business.

The last time I checked, Google's market capitalization was $118.32 billion

Market capitalization means nothing. What matters is cash flow. You cannot spend your market capitalization, can you? Capitalization is not even paper money; it's just an extrapolated figure based on current share price.

:d

Very funny. So you are in support of loss of lives?

Sent to my email address!

Fragile people should be together because they'll be able to understand each other.

okeke victor <victraco01@yahoo.fr>

Halo,

I whole heatedly accorded the idea of Dr. Orji Kalu for President. Even if he was not qulified as people are criticising HIM, as long as myself can seen and had already found that He was equal to the task , so let him be there.

I am not talking about tribalism neither will I talk of any thing of division, but this man Orji I so much loved him, from my distance staying area. Since He was the GOvernor of Abia State I have not being able to reach to my mother land, deu to Lack of finance.

Therefore, my Honerable seccretary to his excellency, I hereby demanding in a low voice, help me to get this my accurate support to my Lord the Governor, to see if he can render help to me for my coming back to Nigeri. Tell Him that I will not forget Him, evenif the price is to serve him for all my life, that I will do with all pleasure.

Moreso, I am presently living in Gabon, since 1998 I left home, Plaese if you will do this to me I will kindly be okey. Plaese my daerly ones, this is not 419 but a help to me, for I have over-stayed my been in Gabon. Plaese I am worried of my condition in Gabon.

As, it stands I am clinging off from the net, hoping to get the answer from you at any time. mercy. N/B I am from Mbaise.

Yours Faithfully,
Okeke Victor.

Gmail as a good project because it gives google another avenue to display ads and make money.

I notice that once a company has discovered a way to make a lot of money, most of the other projects they engage in will tend to be unprofitable. Example? Microsoft: without Windows XP and MS Office they are nothing.

The advantage of only spending time on profitable projects is that the time, energy, and resources you don't waste in building 'cool' projects could be spent on more useful products that people are willing to pay for.

Why is the entertainment business is not a conventional one?

- Genevieve Nnaji, barely a millionaire in naira, can pull a bigger crowd than the world's richest man.

- People who design and manufacture sophisticated digital cameras, mobile phones and computers don't insist on writing their names on the products, but a movie must include the names of the hundreds of people who assisted.

- When you buy a software CD-ROM, you don't care about the lead programmer, but when you buy a Music CD, your primary concern is the name of the lead singer.

- Most employees work for salary just to make a living, but entertainers are expected to be stinkingly rich.

- The entertainment industry deliberately creates celebrities, and then has to pay a fortune to maintain them.

- The industry uses trial and error insead of scientific or statistical methods to analyse the market.

Why can't the entertainment be like any other business?

- Why can't entertainers be paid on a salary basis so they can enjoy stability and be replaced easily?

- Why can't the music and movie industries use generic brands like "Solid Music (TM)" instead of celebrity-based brands like "2face Idibia" to sell music and movies?

- Why can't the entertainment companies completely own the work they pay people to produce? (no "credits"

Well if I am going into this industry, I will treat it like any other business.

Why not just post the price so others who are viewing this thread can buy from you?

Even if the shared folder on a Linux server has the virus, it won't affect the Linux system. You just need to scan the shared folder with the first Windows system you clean, so other Windows systems won't be affected.

Once you finish with this process, make sure you update the antivirus regularly and the Windows updates too.

Warning: posting in all caps is frowned upon please.

The novelty factor is in your favor; this will be the first car race in Nigeria. What a nice idea!

The most important thing is to have spectators that are valuable to your sponsors. If car manufacturers feel that by winning your race they will be able to convince people to buy their cars, they'll sponsor the race.

What about the issue of safety? You'll need to spend some money on accident insurance. Ouch.

Perhaps you should offer us money to buy it for you?

That makes sense. When a man feels inferior, he will mess up the marriage at the end. But I think, if I am very rich, there will be no reason for me to feel inferior to a lady just because she has a piece of paper that I don't have.

What you are facing is a worm that uses the network to spread. Your Mcafee antivirus is obviously not updated, and you probably don't install the latest Windows Updates on your Windows XP systems. Hmmm.

Here are some steps I'll suggest:
- Download AVG antivirus using a Linux system.
- Make sure you also download the file containing the latest updates.
- Format a FLASH drive or diskette with your Linux system
- Copy the AVG antivirus installer and updates into the drive.
- Disconnect [/b]all infected Windows systems on your network.

For each infected Windows PC:
- Boot it up in [b]Safe Mode (without networking).
- Uninstall McAfee or any other antivirus.
- Install AVG antivirus software and the latest updates.
- Scan your hard drive(s) using the AVG.
- Scan the shared folder (if it has not yet been scanned).
- Reboot the system if prompted, and then
- Connect it to the network once more.

Using the above procedure, you'll be able to deal with the problem without reformatting any system. I have used it this system to clean a laptop with such a virus, so please make sure you use it.

There are only three things that Google needs to achieve, really:
1) Sign up more publishers to display google ads.
2) Get more business people to advertise with Google.
3) Create a competitor to Ebay by using the search engine to drive traffic.

The others things they are doing? that's just geeks gone wild. Hackers love to waste money on 'cool' but useless projects. Instead of being customer-focussed, they are focussed on their own egos.