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Can't say I didn't see this coming. This is hilarity at its finest.

It's fiction, you fools.

Stop whining.

I use Nokia Maps navigation on my N97 which is actually fairly accurate and works really well. I've only used it in Lagos, however, so I'm not sure about how accurate the maps for other cities are.

You have to update the application to 3.0, and the maps are available to download for free using the Ovi Suite or Nokia Maps downloader. The only thing you need to pay for is the subscription for turn-by-turn navigation and it's also quite affordable. Comes to about 7500 a year or so.

I made a blog post about it here:
http://www.antinormal.org/2009/07/21/couple-of-weeks-with-the-nokia-n97-and-nokia-maps/

So people are gullible. What else is new?

Incompetent president, Check.

Hasn't affected my life in any way, thankfully. Didn't invest any money. Protip: It pays to be skeptical when dealing with anything Nigerian, ALL THE TIME.

@lynxnoon: I can pick it up for 10k cash. If you're interested, let me know. Thanks.

Since they made such a big deal about their flagship store over here? In any case, the question still reamins, is it here yet?

*bump*

Well, anyone?

If so, where? And how much?

Considering that their site was hacked a while ago, I can't say I'm surprised. Unfortunately, I lost the screenshot.

Ah well.

I'm looking to buy a proper chess board. Preferably magnetic. And no, not from the hawkers on the streets.

Which stores can I find this? Or does anyone have any for sale? I want a new one, nothing fairly used.

Thanks.

No, it's not rude. However, it is annoying when you are making noise, regardless of the language you speak.

Such is life. If you don't take charge, you'll be kicked around like a ball. I lolled at your story.

In any case, life isn't fair. Deal with it, suck it up, do something about it or move on. It's all up to you.

Details. I could make good use of private detectives if there are any in Nigeria. There are better things to do with them than stalk girlfriends.

Heh. Categorising people makes everything really easy, doesn't it?

Suicide may not be funny, but stupidity is.

I'm simply going to assume that the original post is actually a joke.

Time to resurrect an old thread!

Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz (overclocked to run at 2.40GHz)
2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 RAM
PNY GeForce 9600GT graphics card with 512MB DDR3 memory
Seagate 80GB SATA hard disk drive
LG DVD-RW drive

I've been a honest guy. Hasn't got me any success so far.

Lots of women are full of shit, to be honest.

Reload all tabs? Lol. Apparently, they were not thinking about the Nigerian market.

Anyway, the thing I like about it is that it's plenty fast. And very responsive. I'm not too excited about it but I'm pretty impressed so far.

deept:
infact goal don tire me i dey commot

I LOLLED.

Anyway, 4-0 now. It's all over

2 - 0. I guess we're in the finals. Or at least, if they don't mess up.

james1:
@poster.
You weep for this country?what is wrong with us?
If you are to head public office tomorrow,won't you tilt the treasury in your direction?

This made me lol.

@agboifo: My problem with the Glo platform is the bandwidth limit. Hell, I could easily exceed 10GB of usage in a week. If this bandwidth limit gets removed, then by all means, I'll jump on the platform.

Goddamned inefficient sons of bitches.

I'm starting to ponder whether the people that are in the leadership positions are actually sane. No, seriously.

British Airways.

Visafone EVDO is NOT good. It sucks monkey balls in terms of speed. It's pretty much like the Starcomms EVDO repackaged with a new name.

Now, don't get me wrong, the service is stable and reliable. However, I have a couple of peeves:

1. I paid for the Gold service which has a data rate of 300kbps*. This should give me a max download speed of 37.5KB/s** (300/8; Note: 1 kilobyte = 8 kilobits). I've only ever got a max download speed of about 22KB/s. And attaining this speed during downloads is even rare. On average, I get about 15KB/s. This is just not good enough.

2. NAT. How hard is it for an ISP to purchase IP blocks? Seriously. I want a direct connection to the Internet, and not through some private nework.

Now, the reason I decided to try the Visafone service was because the Starcomms EVDO service went from fast (I was able to get a max download speed of 200KB/s last year) to slow (recently, max download speed was about 20 to 25KB/s), and the NAT thing. However, it turns out they're pretty much about the same service with different names.

Good luck with your choice.

*kbps = kilobits per second
*KB/s = kilobytes per second

http://www.businessdayonline.com/Travel-and-Aviation/9299.html

Of particular interest is this:

Business Day gathered last night that the ministry of transportation did not give any reasons for the decision which some analysts described as another “shakedown.”
But a source in the ministry told Business Day in Abuja that government’s refusal was as a result of “the domineering attitude of Delta Airlines”.
“You know none of our airlines has started operating into the US, despite being designated by the United States government. The US is even asking our airlines to lease aircraft from their own airlines or other airlines that have met their standard.”
The source who pleaded anonymity informed Business Day that government may be tactically protecting interests of the Nigerian designated carriers to the US.
It would be recalled that Delta Air began direct daily flights from Lagos to Atlanta on December 4, 2007 with a promise to look into operating the New York route from June 2008.

In other words, there's really no reason for Delta to be refused the right to fly the route. And I really don't see how this is a reasonable decision.

What are your thoughts on this?

What the hell?

Too much food.
Too little exercise.

Hard facts about my questions, anyone? I'd like to know before I take the plunge.

Lol. When are you guys going to get over this issue? Just let it go. There are more important things to be bothered about.

I read through the posts and someone was suggesting that we should stand up for our fellow Nigerians. Seriously, the dude broke the law (effectively committing a crime), and you expect me to stand up for him in such a situation? No way, dude. Not in this lifetime.