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[quote author=D-pharisee link=topic=782026.msg9344279#msg9344279 date=1318678201]I read some analysts who said the US are sending troops to Kony because of the discovery of oil and gas reserves in Uganda and that was why they supported Museveni in changing the constitution and removing term limits and rigging himself back to power just like the dictator Paul Biya of Cameroon. They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia who was a sponsor of Charles Taylors NPDF during the war in other to sway votes her way.
The fact is that just like the Berlin Conference of 1886, there is another scramble for Africa.
Obama is a wamonger, he promised Americans to take them out of Afghanistan and Iraq, but has only being able to start another war in Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, Syria (if not for Russia and China veto) and now he is invading Uganda while looking for every excuse to attack Iran and Venezuela and putting Robert Mugabe in his sights.
What happens to American using its weight to encourage negotiations, Zimbabwe who has a 'tyrant' as a leader almost got bombed by NATO like Ivory Coast if not for Russia veto at the UN over an election dispute, but today despite all the western sanctions their economy has picked up and Morgan Tsvangirai has been exposed by Wikileaks as a CIA asset.
It is the ordinary Ugandans who will suffer from the American bombs and have their environment destroyed when these guys start full oil drilling to help their ailing economies.
Obama doesnt listen to Americans he thinks he can continue to use the main stream media to manipulate events and get the world on his wrong side.[/quote]See, this is why i despise you nutbag consipracy theorists masquerading as Pan-Africanists.
We NEVER see you dogs talk about the rapes in Congo, the genocide in Darfur or the killings and mutilations carried out by the LRA. All you dolts care about is pontificating about the 'CIA', 'american hegemony' and 'warmongering'.

You people do not care about Africans or Africa. Black suffering to you louts is just another tool to lay blame that the door of the 'imperialists'. You sicken me!

pc guru:
@texazzpete he obviously doesn't intend to Run a OS similar to Chrome OS, and i think your comparism is way outta proportion Google Chrome OS is a linux OS that runs "Web Application" what he wants is a HTML5 App that will simulate every part of an OS (if possible), even the so called Chrome OS is not even 100% Web technology because the codes there have codes that are Google Chrome Specific just like Mozilla has its own XPCOM, this is what he is refering to http://alexw.me/ipad2/

Thanks for the explanation.
But my point is, he already stated his goals

1. Be able to launch apps right from the browser
2. Play Mp3 files from the browser.

Google's ChromeOS does these tasks admirably, so there's already a solution available. The underlying tech is secondary.

worldbest:
Hello. For sometime now, i have been thinking of developing an HTML 5 OS that runs on a browser. Well, i call it an OS because it would function just like the normal OS except that it would still depend on a browser.

The idea was born out of my need to do basic tasks on my browser without the need to minimize and launch a program. For example, i would like to use a calculator right away to calculate my Google Adsense earnings  , It would be nice if i can just go to my "OS" launch my calculator app.  Also, i could just play my MP3s right from my "OS".

Although, this idea is no longer unique to me. It used to be till Carbyn (www.carbyn.com) was introduced. But still, i believe i can do better.

This OS will allow developers to also create application with a framework provided by the "OS".

At the moment, i am writing up features i would like to see in the first release. 

I decided to open a thread here so that i can carry you guys along. Building stuffs in isolation/secret has not really worked for me.

Later today, i'll drop a small feature list.

Cheers!

So does this mean you haven't heard of Google's ChromeOS?
This just seems like a load of wasted effort to me, considering the fact that your initial goals are already admirably met by Google.

udezue:
GEJ, is definitely not the worst President. He won a free and fair election. He has very good intentions. He has been doing his best to set things straight. He might not be super aggressive but I will rather have him than have Buhari, OBJ and Yaradua combined.

I suspect you would feel differently about the fellow if one of your relations was among the people blown to smithereens in Abuja, Jos, Maiduguri and other places.

harakiri:
Look, i know what you're getting at but people's plans differ. Some people can't see how they can buy land for more than N3million while there are some who will never touch anything except in V.I. The guy who buys land in V.I might enjoy all the serenity of the environment but suffer flooding problems. The guy who buys land in Akute or Ibafo might enjoy the affordability of the land and it's dryness but how about security? I personally know someone who built a house around these low cost areas and they were robbed the very week they moved in there( his wife was also r.Aped several times in his presence and no one came to their aid). See what i mean?

Leave them let them be talking. After mu uncle got robbed 3 times in 6 months in his own house in Mowe, he ran back to his rented apartment in ikorodu

ojubi:
Dear naira landers, it gives me a lot of concern to see many people driving the latest car in town, most times they have more than one of such ride but live in a rented house with their families for more than 10 years.

Are this group of people afraid of buying land and building their own houses? Or they just want to be seen as being rich while in reality is not true?

There are another group of people who drive moderate cars but live in dilapidated houses, face me i face you, etc.

Should what an individual drive be more important than were they live? Or should what we drive be more important that owning things of value like a piece or real estate? Your logical contributions please.

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One year agao, Sanusi was being praised as a brave and courageous man who has stood up to the Senate without flinching. People were even beginning to take note of his strict principled stand against corruption.
One year later, thanks to a concerted campaign by members of CAN, the man is suddenly being called a 'bigot' by people who cannot even muster up one shred of evidence or proof to support these claims.

Fools! The CAN bigwigs need the corrupt leaders in power to continue oiling their coffers. Nigerians truly deserve their leaders!

mekaboy:
HOW WAS SOLUDO HANDLING THIS TO KEEP THE DOLLAR AT 140, SANUSI PLEASE GO AND ASK SOLUDO WHAT HE WAS DOING? SINCE U GOT IN THERE ONE PROBLEM OR THE OTHER .

What a dunce you are! Did the naira not drop from 115 to a dollar to 140 in Soludo's tenure?

Sun of god:
Is Nigeria's demise being orchestrated?

No. You just don't know anything about economics to be able to logically dispute Sanusi's explanation. Hence you reach for fearmongering and FUD. Dolt!

blink182:
Mr. Texas Hello, I know you might be suprised to see this thread after all these years.

Please I want to know if its possible to get emulators for blackberry storm. Actually any good game will do especially racing games. Anything though. Thanks

Surprised? Damn right

I'm sorry but there are no emulators for the BB Storm. It's an ancient, underpowered phone.

Apple playing catch up?!

the iPhone 4S has a processor that is only marginally slower than that in the best Android phone now (Galaxy S II). However it easily makes up for that by totally destroying the GPU in the GSII.
Not to mention the higher res screen and much better camera.

However, i'm disappointed, i'd hoped for a bigger screen.

u2 1 day:
Even after 5 models its still the same flat uninspiring icons.

Android also has the same icon grid layout. IMHO, the most beautiful mobile OS out there is Windows Phone 7

u2 1 day:
even apple stocks fell by 5% on the anouncement.

In a matter of hours, the stock price jumped straight back. Happy now?

Wait, what the heck does this have to do with Politics?!

Beaf:
What I've just read is a beautiful outline. The so-called fuel subsidy goes straight into a few fuel importers pockets anyway; after which some promptly drive their tankers at top speed into Niger, Chad, Cameroon or Benin Republics. . . Double killing at the expense of wider society.

The crux of the plans lie below. The bolded must not fail:

For the first time, it would seem that Nigeria is actively considering some sort of welfare scheme for the less privileged. Better the money is paid out to the poor than going into some "I don't phucking care about almajiri's" alhaji's pocket; the equivalent in the South would be those who don't give a damn about the omo ota's in Lagos. We've had enough of that wicked outlook to life, maybe Nigerians can truly learn to smile at last.

All these noble schemes in Nigeria have been proposed before, all ending in abject failure.
Please remind us of the reason why the billions we had in the Excess Crude Account were shared out to the Governors. Did they not claim that the money would be used to massively improve their states and provide a better life for the common man? Yet the money has since been completely embezzled!

At times when you blindly defend these nauseating plans, I wonder if you even realize that this is the same country that your children will inherit as their own.

There's at best only a 2% chance that this story isn't made up.

Heck, make that 1%

OOG:
It has wifi built into it so you can use that to connect to wifi devices to access the internet, although I'm afraid you'll be largely limited to Amazon's content services.

If you seek a tablet that can access the internet and still make use of Microsoft Office documents and even use flash drives and external hard drives, you can get an Android tablet. One I gladly recommend is the Asus Transformer. It's solidly built with good features and it's quite affordable. Let us know if you require a quote.

90% of Android tablets come with office apps (Quickoffice, documents to Go) built in. I can't imagine that this will be different.
Also, he'll be able to access his local files too. So he isn't exactly limited to Amazon's content services.

Ten Kobo:
A pope in England always predicts Champion's league final and he is always correct. There's nothing bad in it.

Nothing i no go see for this Naira Land. Please Admin, there is need for a new emoticon of someone laughing and rolling on the ground here. Mumu too much for this land, God help me.

My brother, I tire o!

Texther:
A pope in England always predicts Champion's league final and he is always correct. There's nothing bad in it.

A POPE in England?!
a POPE in England?!

Are you freaking kidding me?! So you're one of those bleeping dullards in Nigeria that only exists to deprive others of Oxygen. No, this your dullness is unforgivable!!!

I have been on Nairaland since 2005. This is the most brain dead, imbecilic comment I have ever seen posted here*


* believe me, I have seen many.

[quote author=chima-uga link=topic=773608.msg9265277#msg9265277 date=1317622398]last sunday  2nd oct,T .b Joshua said that, nigeria and guinea match will be tough and nigeria my likely not qualify ,infact he said that the result is not favourable to nigeria ,that he wonder how a big nation like nigeria will not qualify for such event,  That it is b/c of lack of love among nigerians and lack of peace.
But he said it can be changed but not alone , refaring to what he did at last world cup qulifying match and last under 17 games . He said if they will come together ,i belive he means   that ,sia sia and all his team and crew should come together to him. That God can upturn or change the situation,[/quote]Very ambiguous 'prediction'.
The 'men of God' sef and their desire to see over-reliance on Pastors. What happened to asking people to pray? Why do they HAVE to go and meet with the man of God?
I thought the whole purpose of being Born Again was to be filled with the Holy Spirit. We are always being assailed with imagery of Christians being massively spiritually inferior to their pastors. Not good at all  

otumfour:
stfu! will ya , ios 5 is a complete photocopy of Android and Windows and this is coming from an iphone 4 and a Galaxy S2 user, can't wait for ios5 tho. *this is real recognizer real mate*
October 4th already

the only thing iOS has ever been accused of swiping from Android is the new notification system.

Did you ever see a picture of how Android looked before the iPhone announcement in 2007?

samby38:
you are too outspoken old and fidgety "padawan", you don't jump to conclusion when you read other people's opinion.
that's the first lesson online newbies learn.

Nah
The first lesson people learn online is this

Anonymity + Audience = Anarchy

I'm quite sweet offline when you get to know me

Go and sin no more, okay?

Wallie:
While this is not an iPad killer, it is more than enough to give Apple high blood pressure. As was pointed out, this lacks some features present in the iPad but how many of those features really count? Most people get an iPad not as a laptop replacement but as something to compliment a laptop.

iPad is primarily used to surf the web, watch movies, play games, listen to music, and do minor productivity work. Amazon’s Kindle fire covers all same primary functions and more importantly, at a very low price point. Don’t also forget that just like Apple, Amazon has an ecosystem to support the Kindle fire.

I will be buying at least two as a gift just because the price is low enough.

You speak with wisdom!
As someone who purchased over 4 Nook Colors in the past, i'm looking forward to buying a couple of Kindle Fires just to play around with. They'll make excellent gifts too

Djcn:
Looking at your posts, it is very clear, that you are a bigoted ifan and that has always made it difficult for you to adress issues objectively and realistically. Learn to control your "iemotions" so as to refraim from insults and address issues accordingly.

'Bigoted iFan'?!
Don't make me laugh. Just because I can confidently tell you that this is not nearly an 'ipad killer' i'm now a 'bigoted iFan' abi?

You seem to struggle with English language. You claimed that the Kindle Fire has 'so many cool features'. I've asked you to name them, especially excluding the Amazon exclusive features that will not be available in Nigeria. Instead of rising to the challenge you're taking the easy way out.

Djcn:
Firstly. I'm sorry, you have nothing to tell me about the samsung galaxy tab 7.7 which has been my bedtime pet for some days. But ask yourself despite all the buzz, ads and waves, what are the sales indices?

I implore you to flee from lies. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 has not been released anywhere in the world. Always strive to speak the truth at all times.

Djcn:
Secondly, be patient enough to read my posts before being prickly. I had earlier mentioned that it won't have everything (u've mentioned then) did you miss that? T[b]he ipad1 sold for a premium but lacked the basic camera which was already a feature in basic phones[/b], or u've forgotten. This is Fire1 why not be patient for the next fire since you know its gonna be an annual affair?

We are talking about this Kindle Fire NOW, not any future version. Please restrict your analysis to this.

Djcn:
Besides, you need to know that the real solution to storage is the cloud, so what are you shouting about? when you have unlimited storage space in the cloud. Guy, u should know better.

I don't know what you're smoking, but in case you've forgotten, data bundles in Nigeria have crippling data limits. I'd much rather have my 10Gb of music and videos on demand instead of having to stream them every time I want to play music.
Cloud storage would be useless to you when you have to take a trip by road from Lagos to Benin.

Djcn:
Thirdly, I dont know if Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, HTC and the other top players consider the Nigeria market factor before making their premium devices. Why is your iphone not subsidized by a telecoms operator? What's the no of ipads sold in Nigeria during the last quarter? Why cant you purchase directly from ebay and other online retailers? Why do a number of websites deny you access with your nigeria IP even when you are willing to pay for the services? The list goes on. We're to develop our content tex. The Nigeria market contributes less or nothing and have always lacked the necessary support from the local players and lacks accurate stats for planing and implementation.

Cool story, but what has this got to do with this article?

Djcn:
Well i might not call it an ipad killer but was perplexed with the dozens of leading newspapers, magazines and blogs titling the "ipad killer", so maybe you should consume them up.

PCmag columnist C.DVORAK, who have always been an apple fanboy since the 80's even said this is the only ipad rival, he has seen.

Before making your next post, why not take in a deep breadth of cool fresh air, think and then post.

iPad Rival =/= iPad killer.
Show me how many analysts called the Kindle Fire and iPad killer. Yes, the Kindle Fire will take some sales away from the iPad, but it's much more likely to hurt sales of regular Android tablets.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=773582.msg9266474#msg9266474 date=1317638087]Right, so I don't know what "reposition" or "affiliation" look like in this context.

Does reposition = make LASU this university attractive to all these kids going abroad? If so, probably won't work out too well.

Or does he want to make a new flagship campus, one jointly owned/managed by Lagos and some foreign well-regarded university? To use a Georgia analogy, maybe for him "reposition" means create a Georgia Tech to LASU's University of Georgia (Georgia Tech is the best public school in Georgia, very well-regarded, much harder to get into than UGA and also costs more money.)

We are lacking details on how exactly he wants to achieve his goal.[/quote]The article is rather clear once you take a more than cursory look at it.
He is talking about improving LASU and if possible, signing agreements with some of these foreign Unis to perhaps offer some courses in affiliation with LASU.

Sounds like wishful thinking to me.

Princeofilorin:
texazzpete,i respect u a lot on this forum and i'll be very glad if it stays that way.
I think the amount i sell my laptops here is none of your damn business.
Thanks.

Still available

Why you no use your real username na. Prince ofilorin is a known and trusted name. Na when I see Princebawa I react.

Ok, I will be wary of any 'Prince' username from now on

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=773582.msg9266307#msg9266307 date=1317636229]I have an uncle who sent his two kids to Canada for university.

They plan on returning to Nigeria at some point to work.

If the University of Toronto decided to open up a campus in Lagos, why wouldn't my uncle just have his kids go there? They get a world-class education and he saves a lot of cash (even if they charge the same exact tuition, he'll save money on accommodation.) Is this not a win for both my uncle and Lagos? Even U of T wins (well, possibly.)

Like I said, I don't see why this is a dumb idea. Perhaps it is, but it isn't obvious to me.[/quote]The article talks about 'repositioning' LASU, not necessarily about foreign Unis opening a branch in Nigeria. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

@Beaf
'Computers'?
'e-education'?

You Do realize we're talking about Primary schools, don't you?

4llerbuntu:
hehehe, see your mouth like sad, how much difference is there in my fone and nook?
can u get one here? aint gonna put down 150 for the nook then anor hundred just to get it in here.

Don't be silly. You won't spend more than an additional 30 - 40 bucks bringing it down. I can help you snag one if you wish.

4llerbuntu:
not really big on the Tab craze, the ubuntu was just a proof of concept thingy wen idle

If it's just an idle project, fine. But sometimes i worry when I see people go to the extreme.

Djcn:
You are asking of Its cool features, well i thought you should know better cos i ve sought of been in an island.
its not just about the price tag, its about offering premium products at non-premium prices.
For a tablet of this kind, its actually worth much more than the price tag.

The kindle fire is the best and most affordable 7'' tablet in existence.

For the ff reasons

Lightweight (almost half the weight of the ubiquitous ipad2)
Fits comfortably in one hand
It has flash
8hrs of battery life
Amazon Silk (loads web pages faster)
Free Amazon Cloud Backup
WhisperSync For Movies and TV Shows
wireless mirroring and native streaming media

Whats more, all these with an Amazon Prime membership, there's definitely no better bargain.

Hey, i sure know it doesn't include "everything" and that's why we'll always need a 2nd generation but for now the
Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet in a 10-inch tablet world the Ipad's killer

Here's a quick tip: Do not be so eager to air your ignorance out in public.

The Amazon kindle fire is nowhere near the 'best 7 inch table in existence'
it lacks a microphone, bluetooth and camera. It has only 8GB and is not expandable. It has no access to the Android market

There are several 7 inch Honeycomb tablets out there with the full google experience and better hardware specs. Not to even mention the imminent Galaxy Tab 7 with a 1.5Ghz dual core processor.

What the Kindle fire has going for it is its price and its access to Amazon's goodies. But as i said earlier, this is nearly useless to Nigerian customers who will not be able to stream music and video from Amazon Prime.

So I ask you again, apart from the price, what other killer features does it have for the Nigerian customer?

Nobody (and I repeat NOBODY!!) is daft enough to call the Kindle Fire an 'iPad Killer'. It probably will help kill several other Android tablets, though, but the iPad will sit very prettily on the top for a while to come.