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Anyone else playing Infinity Blade? I swear, that game is the bomb!

[quote author=@na2day! link=topic=548998.msg7303295#msg7303295 date=1291911042]You guys really need to give google credit for coming from nobody in the smartphone's space and confronting head on the behemoth of apple and almost getting ready, i ready to overtake.
I just read today that over 300,000 android phones are getting activated daily! [/quote]You see why i feel you really don't know much of what you're talking about?
When Google launched Android with the G1 in 2008, Apple was still an emerging player and not yet the 'behemoth' it is today.
The dominant players were RIM (blackberry) in North America and Nokia in Europe.
It's a well known fact that most of Android's marketshare gains in North America came at the expense of RIM and Microsoft's Windows mobile. In Europe, Nokia's the behemoth being edged out.

[quote author=@na2day! link=topic=548998.msg7303275#msg7303275 date=1291910857]OMG

Sorry to say, but dude,do u really understand what opensource is?
Opensource does NOT mean that anyone can get an app approved to be in the android market or your cydia. It means the code is available for anyone to look at, alter, compile and reuse. Again, sorry to say, but, u shouldn't talk about what u don't know!

“open-source.” This means instead of just 1 company working on the code, an unlimited number of people are able to do so. This has many advantages. First of all, open sourced software tends to be more secure than proprietary software because thousands of eyeballs are pouring over the code every day. Holes in the software are quickly found and patched. Second, since it is open source, there is no Big Brother lurking around and seeing if the developers are being more creative than Big Brother himself. Creativity is encouraged not squashed. Right now, i have another android phone apart from my HTC desire, its running the bleeding edge version of Android on my mytouch 3g. It is version 2.1. The official t-mobile version is 1.6. But because I have rooted my phone and the OS is open-sourced, I can stay as up to date as I want. In fact, I load a new ROM on my phone at least once a week. You could say I’m addicted to the bleeding edge.
The fact that the Android platform _is_ open source is the reason why there's a zillion no-name phones and tablets coming out of China with Android pre-loaded, and - count 'em! - none with Windows Mobile or iPhone OS; because the manufacturers can't adapt those OSes to the hardware they're shipping, but they can with Android.[/quote]You just don't get it, do you?
I'm talking about the 'openness' experienced by the average consumer out there. No matter how much talk about Android being open, updates to Android is being driven almost solely by Google and the updates come out when they feel like it. No matter how much tinkering you do, how much of it makes its way to official Android rollouts?
The custom roms you're flashing are pretty much stock Android with a few tweaks rolled in by people like Cyanogen. And to be honest, we saw exactly the same scenario in the days of Windows mobile 5 and 6. In fact, a cursory look at XDA-Developers will show you that there are thousands of custom ROMs for Windows Mobile devices, made by hundreds of ROM chefs.
So by your definition, does that mean Windows Mobile 5 is open?

What do i really expect from someone who says Android 2.1 is 'bleeding edge'? 2.2 FroYo has been out for many many months now. Smh.

PS: All those cheap tablets come shipped with some of the core Google Android apps (Gmail, Market) stripped out. I guess some things are more 'open' than others, abi?

So far, all you've done to defend your 'open' stance is to mention custom ROMs. And we've established that that's a moot point.

vasilli:
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phones come without accessories, and locked.
escrow accepted if available,

Scam!

edoyad:
The country doesn't need any foreigners digging it's lands, we're humans, we can do it on our own. With technical assistance from the russians and Chinese the country will reap twice what it gets now from this sucking deal it's in with shell.

Russians? Chinese? What the hell are you smoking? You think the West or Shell is bad, wait until the Chinese and their national oil company get their claws into you. I'm extremely apprehensive of the Chinese interest in Africa.
As for Russia, given that you know via Wikileaks that the Russians have been spying on Nigeria, you still trust them?

The NNPC is supposed to play a more active role in oil and gas production in the future. I say let them prove themselves instead of us selling ourselves in slavery to the Chinese.

eaglesmith:
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That's like 25K above the market price. Good luck finding a mugu.

@Moonraker
Leave them! When we were running N64 and Playstation emulators on our iPhones, Android lovers were still trying to run GBA and SNES titles on their G1s and Magics.
Even now that the hardware battle is more even, most of the cool apps come to iOS first. And the iPhone is just as well covered on the indie and 'hacker' front.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=548998.msg7300187#msg7300187 date=1291882788]We, the viewers, are more interesting in getting program infos than to sit here and read posts over posts of drivels.[/quote]You do know that 'drivel' is not a flattering term to use, right? (an insult in this context actually)

Not exactly the best way to 'make peace'.

[quote author=@na2day! link=topic=548998.msg7300102#msg7300102 date=1291881682]@tezzazpete
Let me lecture u a bit!
What is rooting?
What is jailbreaking?
Rooting = Gain root access (root user, user 0)
Jailbreaking = same as rooting except in android you are never bound by a proprietary bootloader/software so its not jailbreaking per say, same concept though![/quote]I'm glad you're capable of admitting it's the same concept. Both rooting and Jailbreaking allow you to push your phone to areas the phone manufacturers never intended you to go. So what's the difference again?

[quote author=@na2day! link=topic=548998.msg7300102#msg7300102 date=1291881682]So may I ask u, where are your iPhone custom Roms?
Just because ure using some bootlegged apps on your iPhone does that qualify as open in your mind, I'm honestly refraining myself from passing insults on u! [/quote]Try harder, Mr Lecturer. Custom Roms for iPhone exist, but on a much smaller scale than those for Android. Why? because the iOS is a much more polished and refined OS than Android, and as such needs less tweaking and porting. It doesn't suffer significantly from the fragmentation issues that plague the Android platform, so there's no need to go down that route.

jailbreaking isn't just for 'bootlegged apps'. It would help if you used that aforementioned brain to do some research into the matter. There are tens or hundreds of thousands of apps on Cydia that add new experiences to the iPhone. Apps like Wifi routers, more intuitive SMS messaging, tweaks, themes, emulators etc do not qualify as 'bootlegged apps'.

Android is mass market now, there's nothing in the platform that should give anyone any geek cred. It's just as brainless as the perception that Blackberry users are more 'serious' than say, Nokia users. If you want geek cred, go with the N900.
if you think holding a Galaxy S or a HTC Magic says 'top notch hacker', then you need a rethink ASAP.

All of you spout the whole 'Android is open' crap without even knowing what that means. So Google allows some app categories in their store that would never be allowed on Apple's appstore. Big deal. You want those apps on iPhone, grab them on Cydia.

[quote author=@na2day! link=topic=548998.msg7299181#msg7299181 date=1291861036]Here is a quote that really sum up what i'm saying "Android has come to represent a kind of hacker counterculture, whose members dismiss the iPhone as closed, proprietary, and designed "for dummies" and sheep. I thought Pogue's review was well done, but I'll admit it. When I go to a tech conference I expect to see most people carrying an iPhone. But when I spot an Android handset (which I do more and more)? A small part of my brain assumes that person is someone with superior technical skill, someone who values openness, and someone who is ahead of the curve"[/quote]Good thing for you that it's a 'small' part of your brain. Were it to be a large part of your brain, i'd be extremely concerned for you.

Remember, if you don't 'root' your Android phone, you're almost as 'restricted' as those using the iPhone. And if you jailbreak your iPhone, you're just as 'free' as any Android user.

@PhysicsQED
Let's agree to disagree amicably.
I'll post a reply later to some of your opinions that i strongly disagree with, but i will keep it civil and polite. Have a nice day

PhysicsQED:
Oil reforms? Do tell!. . .Would this be something like, say, 50% derivation? Or revoking the Land Use Act? Or would it be mere government paper-shuffling and phrase-mongering? I would just like to know, as an objective observer, what reforms the boys in the Delta should be waiting for thieving incompetent, and unconcerned goons in Abuja to pass.

Don't be mischievous. By 'Oil Reforms', anyone remotely interested in Nigeria should know i'm talking about the Petroleum Industry Bill. This Bill is an unstoppable juggernaut at the moment, and it WILL be passed.
The bill formerly had a provision for 10% equity share of the proceeds from oil for the host communities. This has recently been changed (for legal and practical reasons) to a dividend share to the communities depending on the value of the hydrocarbon in their communities.

http://www.nigeriannewsservice.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1577:fg-jettisons-10-equity-for-oil-communities&Itemid=231&tmpl=component&print=1

PhysicsQED:
I think this is a case of "not doing proper research and making really brainless comments." The Federal Government (central government) gets 87% of oil revenue. The remaining 9 oil producing states share the remaining 13% according to the amount of oil produced by that state. For example, Delta state gets 3.9% and Bayelsa gets 2.3%. Or do you think 9 x 13% < 100%?

Yeah, go ahead and deliberately misconstrue my statements. That make you feel smarter?

PhysicsQED:
But they are "their people." By helping themselves to profits, they're helping their community, no? Sure there's environmental damage, but that would be there anyways and the government will never do anything about any environmental damage because the people controlling government are in some far away desert and those not in that desert are directly beholden, or aligned with, those in that desert. If they can't go about their lives normally due to all the environmental damage already on ground before the bunkering, why not be able to make a profit?

You may have the mental image of hundreds or thousands of youths boring into pipelines and siphoning away crude to support themselves and their families and to improve their region. That's naive. As will all organized criminal syndicates, the bulk of the money goes to the overlord, while the guys doing the menial work get a pittance. Either way, these criminals can be found in nightclubs frittering away their stolen cash, while their bosses funnel their money outside Nigeria.
As i said before, a 'Robin Hood' scenario would have been welcome. But that's hardly the Nigerian way, is it?

PhysicsQED:
Perhaps I misread this then, so you could explain it to me, I've never seen any joint operation between the federal government and foreign companies where the Nigerian government got up to 90%, and in fact that figure sounds very implausible. Surely those companies know that they could get a better deal, as they are the ones doing the real work and with the real expertise. But then again, if I see the actual facts/figures, I'll believe it.

That's why i ask you to do proper research. Those figures are from the split of 'profit oil'.
Now, let's take 100 barrels of oil as an example.
In the Joint Venture situation i mentioned earlier, as soon as the oil comes out, the Federal Government take 80% off as Royalties.

That 80 out of 100 barrels.

Of the remaining 20% (20 barrels), the entire sum is then taxed. Oil Industry taxes are not known for being negligible  . Let's assume for this case, that the tax is 25%. So that's 5 barrels gone and 15 barrels remaining. And that's 85% (85 barrels to Nigeria).
Now after the taxes are applied, the investors (IOCs, NOC) are allowed to recover their cost from the remaining. Let's say 2 % (2 barrels goes towards cost recovery).

The last remaining 13 barrels (13%) is known as the PROFIT OIL, and is the amount that is now shared according to the JV stake (i.e NNPC 55%, Shell 30% etc)

So at the end of the day, out of the 100 barrels recovered, around 90% ends up with the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I don't know why this sounds so implausible to you, this is rather in line with what happens around the world and Nigeria is no exception. The oil business yields so much money that even the 10% left for the IOCs is still rather lucrative.

I don't know why many people have this idea of an almost equal split in oil revenue between the FG and IOCs. The FG gets the bulk of the oil money and the minimum of the blame. That's a win-win situation for them  

PS: As stated, the cost recovery and the post royalty tax splits  i used are assumptions for this discussion. Don't take them as canon. The Royalty figure is fixed at 80% though.

eghosa77:
This i think is politically motivated. Remember CBN Governor Sanusi gave lectures at both universities recently, where he made comments that landed him into trouble in the hands of the roaring National Assembly members, hope this is resovled soon.

You need to start thinking like an intelligent being.

I keep asking these scammers how the man take be Professor. until now, no answer

Omenani:
Did you read his statement? The Niger Delta has been held hostage by the rest of Nigeria. 80% of the nation's GDP relies on Niger Deltan oil. That speaks volumes. The Niger Delta doesn't need Nigeria, but it would seem that Nigeria needs the Niger Delta a lot more. The people are suffering.

At the end of his statement he gave when he felt was a solution to the problem. Why are you studiously ignoring his solution and focusing on what you want to hear in his statement? We already know we're screwed, all we seek now is ANSWERS! SOLUTIONS!

Omenani:
I have been studying the issues of the Niger Delta very carefully, and it does seem that the Niger Delta is under internal 'colonial rule.' The ambassador and Gov. Amaechi is right on the money

For the Ambassador, you mean when he said the people had to vote in credible leaders, abi?

For Amaechi, i'd much rather he did something about the ginormous craters in the road to the International airport. I cringe with shame for Rivers State everytime i have to weave around and within those gullies.

Beaf:
Dude, congrats on the birth of your baby. I pray her life is filled with abundant blessings, health and wealth.

Thanks bro.

Concerning the topic, It would be rather unfair to paint me as someone who is 'anti-ND'. I've always been of the school of thought that there is a whole lot more Nigerians themselves need to do instead of shifting the blame to other people (especially their leaders). I never believed in the 'good people, bad leaders' concept.
There are simple steps the people in the region can do to at least remove any possible obstacle from within for their development. At least steps can be taken to vote in good leaders to make better use of the resources that comes to the state, tackle bunkering and pipeline theft (the ND people only suffer more for these activities) among other things.
That's all.

PhysicsQED:
If your local leaders are robbing you blind, if your national leaders are profiting disproportionately from revenue earned at the expense of both the environmental and economic viability of your land, if multinational oil firms are taking 50% or more of the revenue while allowing your government to keep the rest- a government that can't be trusted to do anything meaningful and which is "curiously" prejudiced against your people having any national political voice on account of your not belonging to or being aligned with a certain ruling cabal (an ethnic minority- the Fulani) - only for that government to spend the revenue on absolute rubbish like a refinery in Kaduna (!) amongst other things; if all of these things and more were staring you plainly in the face, you might 1) take up arms 2) try and survive or thrive (profit) from a messed up situation that you can't get out of by bunkering, knowing that those who you're robbing (corrupt federal government and oil companies) don't give a damn about you or 3) try forming peaceful (that is, ignorable, in the Nigerian context) resistance and protest groups and petitioning until you gave up. . .

But don't act like there's something so wrong with people in the Niger Delta. I don't support criminal activity, whether it's extreme militancy without negotiation, or massive environmentally damaging oil bunkering, but some people in this thread need to realize that more drastic and damaging options than those three that I listed could emerge (I leave that to your imagination) and that the solution to the problem, and the key to removing all of these avenues, lies primarily with the federal government as the ball is in their court. We don't have to live off of Niger Delta oil and in fact when we didn't we were probably better off. The only ones so desperate to avoid any kind of change from the status quo are those people with a parasitic mindset, people who's fear of their own people's lack of confidence and ability make them fear the possibility of having to stand on their own.

Oil companies taking '50% or more' of the oil revenue? Abeg do proper research so you don't make really brainless comments like this again. Haba, what's happening to you? Your first couple of posts were actually intelligent.
Using the NNPC-Shell-Agip-Elf Joint Venture as an example, government take is in the region of 90%.
Of course it's much easier for you people to blame the IOCs for everything instead of making any effort to find out the truth for yourselves.

I'd be much more tolerant to the ND bunkering situation if we found ourselves in a 'Robin Hood' situation, where those bunkering would use their profits to develop their areas and uplift their people. Wanna know why Hezbollah is so well loved in Lebanon? Those 'terrorists' build schools, give loans, help the poor etc. Go and find out what benefit a bunkerer like Ateke Tom ever brought to the people in his area.
If you like, keep lending a tacit support for bunkerers. At least if the oil was produced the legal way the state would get it's 13% cut. Under the oil reforms, the communities would get a stake from it. From the oil stolen by bunkerers, the only person to gain from it is the oil thief and his boys.

Torch 2

You won't inspire confidence if you don't know anything about your own product.

Beaf:
"Insider information" from who?
Did I not accuse you of being Shell's troll on this site as long as a year ago. Mr "Paid to Talk", blood is on your hands.

Next thing you soulless folk will tell us that ND people are responsible for gas flaring as well.

*sigh*

I have no desire to re-create the unending verbal battle you and oyb seem to enjoy. Which is why i asked you to keep things civil.
I've never been paid or instructed by anyone to air my own opinions. this sort of hasty conclusion is not new to me. I've been accused of being a paid agent of Mobil before. i've been accused of being an Igbo Hater before. I've been accused of being Yoruba before. I've been accused of being sponsored by Americans before. i've been accused of being a zionist puppet (that still baffles me  )

This is Nairaland, where it is seen as a fate worse than death to lose an argument, so people tend to accuse others who don't fall into their line of thinking of being 'paid agents'.

Please stay on topic, please. I live and work in the Niger Delta. My 2 weeks old baby daughter was born in the Niger Delta. it concerns me how the situation in this region plays out. So i have a vested interest in peace in this region.
it just happens to be my opinion that the people of this region have a MASSIVE role to play in whether they obtain that peace and prosperity we all desire. If you people continue to try to offload responsibility to others, this peace will elude you for a long time to come.

Since 2007 to date, a staggering number of pipelines have been blown open in waterways and creeks that should ideally support commercial fishing. Thousands of meters of flowlines have been harvested. Hundreds of holes have been punched in flowing pipes to siphon crude. Each of these activities results in massive leaks of crude and condensate to the environment. I cannot produce detailed statistics, but these leaks dwarf those caused by corrosion and 'poor production practices'.

Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this  

There was an Interpol warrant for his arrest for sexual offences. Let him clear his name if he has nothing to hide. See people trying to mentally give the man lifetime immunity just because of his involvement with Wikileaks.

This man has done much to undermine the fight against terrorism. And that's a douchebag move.

Beaf:
Your own source, please. If not rumours and Shell BP campaigns.

Insider information.

You quoted specific statistics. Your source please? i'll understand if you'd rather not say, just answer the questions i posted earlier.
And please, lets keep this civil

Beaf:
That is a bloody lie.

By the worst figures, all forms of sabotage (militancy, bunkering by govt officials etc) accounts for 28% of spills.

Corrosion and poor maintanance account for 50%, while poor production methods account for 21%.

Also amusing how you attribute bunkering to 'Government officials'
Ateke Tom was a prominent bunkerer. And he was a member of MEND. Ditto TomPolo and the rest.

Now answer these questions

1. The condensate being Sold in Port Harcourt up until 2008, shebi you know it came from taps in pipelines from Soku? What do you think happened to the condensate being spilled into the creeks during and after these tapping operations?

2. From 2007 - 2009 MEND were on a vigorous campaign of blowing up pipelines in the creeks and waterways, an act you vigorously supported and defended before. Now what do you think came out of these flowing pipes when your pals blew them up?

3. If you consider 'poor production methods' as a source of pollution (even from the oil companies trying to reduce losses to maximise gain), what of the bunkering and illegal flowline tapping done by untrained Niger Delta people? Does that count as 'good production'?

Please reply.

Beaf:
That is a bloody lie.

By the worst figures, all forms of sabotage (militancy, bunkering by govt officials etc) accounts for 28% of spills.

Corrosion and poor maintanance account for 50%, while poor production methods account for 21%.

Source please?

chamber2:
UNIBEN med can never be better than that of IMSU which was newly built.Have you taken your time to visit IMSU med at orlu?

And Igbinedion was built after UNIBEN. Does that make its medical facilities better?
It isn't just about the facilities, it's also about the staff (quality and experience). And IMSU no go fit near UNIBEN on that one.

Anyway, it's been said before, the withdrawal of accreditation from UNIBEN was not due to poor infrastructure, but with overpopulation (they were taking in Students from Ekpoma and Igbinedion)

Beaf:
With all of the above, it is obvious why foreigners will view a lot of Nigerian commentators on the Niger Delta as wicked fools, and why Niger Deltans will consider them demons.

MEND and their ilk were the cause of most of the Niger Delta pollution in recent years, yet you've been vocal in your support for them in the past (up until the advent of GEJ as presidential candidate).

Interesting to see that the former Ambassador opines that only credible elections in the region (to generate credible leaders) is the immediate solution to the problem.

It's worth noting that the biggest stumbling block to achieve this result is the Niger Delta people themselves. As long as they are perfectly happy to celebrate bad leaders (and vote them into power unfailingly), then there will be no solution. These same 'freedom fighters' are the ones that use arms to compel others to vote for these criminal leaders, and they use violence to shield these crooks from reproach.

Naturally, its far easier for their leaders to blame the North and the oil companies. That's the best way to shift blame from themselves  

twinskenny:
what of the SGS? d u have an idea

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Lagosianswag:
There are only four high-end touchscreen phones that is advisable to buy in the market. nokia N8, nokia n900, iphone 3gs and iphone 4.
With these phones u'll get the best apps and functionality compared to any other touchscreen device.

Add some android devices to that list. The Galaxy S and the Desire are safe bets.

seyiphoto:
@texa
why dont u just let vsleeping dogs lie
abi what exactly are you driving at just because some1 has enuf sense to compare features (sometin u obviously neva cared to do wen u bought yr BB) are u jell-us :d

I have a Bold 9700. It's as clunky as all Blackberries are, and i knew exactly how it was when i bought it.
I also have an iPhone 4, and it's more than enough to make up for the BB's shortcomings. It's probably better than all the phone you've ever had combined

Both the 9800 and Storm 1 are 2008 era phones. And both are crappy phones that were rushed out to be 'Iphone killers' in their time. Both failed MISERABLY at that.

Once again the Niger Delta 'Freedom Fighters' demonstrate their bravery and gallantry by attacking and blowing up a defenceless pipeline

Naturally, when the Pipeline blew open, oil did not come out to pollute the environment. It was milk and honey that flowed out into the environment>