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[quote author=b-_-d link=topic=539942.msg7046329#msg7046329 date=1288456893]@ denzel2009 bsd and linux hold more of the critical server market than windows. The mac has the same exact ip stack and server combination as BSD.[/quote]He's clearly referring to the consumer market. That's the target for most virus writers.

fyneguy:
Dumbo, thatz Liberation newspaper's link. The story is in their newspaper,which is in circulation nationwide.

*sigh*
are you really that daft that you failed to comprehend what I said earlier?

fyneguy:
http://www.theliberationnewsonline.com/mobilurge.htm

Why exactly are you posting a link to an article on a site you've told us is affiliated with CommandClem?

[quote author=sola_dtw2 link=topic=539942.msg7043187#msg7043187 date=1288401215]@texazzpete
To be honest with you, I don't see any untruth in what I said. The battery is in fact user replaceable. Just because Apple said it wasn't and offers a 'battery replacement service', doesn't mean it's not user replaceable. If you know how to use a screwdriver you can replace the battery yourself. Granted it will void the warranty. But that is a moot point, since they replace the battery for free if it's under warranty.[/quote]When people refer to the batteries of the Macbook Pro and the iPhone as not being 'user replaceable', they usually mean you can't swap it out for another one in a jiffy. Lots of people carry extra batteries around for their notebooks. Not me, but some people do. Yes, the Macbook Pro line usually has very good battery life (thanks to Apple using mediocre GPUs) but under heavy strain it WILL run down fast. Especially under Windows.
Would you call the iPhone 4's battery user-replaceable? It's easier to open the iPhone 4 than any other previous iPhone, but it's not practical to unscrew your phone on the go just to change out your battery with a fresh one.

[quote author=sola_dtw2 link=topic=539942.msg7043187#msg7043187 date=1288401215]And yes I know you need an adapter to output mini displayport to hdmi, but you'd be silly to purchase it from Apple. Mini Displayport to HDMI cables can be found for less than $10 with shipping. Yes HDMI is a more popular standard, but there are quite a few advantages of Displayport over traditional HDMI including the fact that DP is based off of an open standard. The reason why Apple's macbook monitor is so thin is because it uses displayport, which eliminates the need for extra circuitry in the display, and allows for a smaller package.  Also you can get male DP to male HDMI cables, so you don't necessarily need an adapter.

Apple does try to suck every penny out of it's loyal customers. I won't disagree there, but you don't have to play into their hands.[/quote]Nobody cares or needs to know if mini Displayport is based off an open standard. I struggle to understand why this is important to you. The average consumer just wants to plug in his laptop to his TV with minimum fuss. End of story.
Using a regular HDMI cable will not add any meaningful heft to the Macbook pro. Many ultra-thin laptops come with HDMI standard. Apple just made that decision for their customers, that's all.
Yes, i know how to get cheap cables from Monoprice, thank you, but most of the average joes out there do not, and they default to buying from Apple. Lots of profit to be made, eh?
Only two USB ports in 2010 in a 15 inch laptop is just plain stupid, and the MAcbook design IS flawed as a result of this. The idiots naturally put the ports close together so most USB devices plugged in one port will block the other. That's nonsense.

[quote author=sola_dtw2 link=topic=539942.msg7041034#msg7041034 date=1288372266]I can't believe this post has gone unchecked until now.

What in heavens are you talking about? The unibody Macbook has almost all those things you mentioned. The Macbook (Pro & non-Pro) have an optical drive, card reader, replaceable RAM and battery, and a mini displayport which is essentially the same signal as hdmi in a more compact package. Hardly any laptop comes with upgradeable LAN card. That is usually embedded into the system board. You can always get an add-on Usb network card if you want, but why the hell would you need that anyway?

Certainly you wouldn't be silly enough to compare the iPad, or even the Macbook Air to a full-fledged laptop. Those devices were designed to be super-mobile. The Macbook Air is 0 .4 - 2cm thick. One of the thinnest laptops ever made. It doesn't have an optical drive like most netbooks. But it does have replaceable RAM and battery.

Hate to sound smug, but judging by the posts of some of the Naija based folks here, it seems Nigerians are not familiar enough with Mac platform (OS and hardware) to carry on an intelligent MAC vs PC debate. Some people are just posting hearsay and gists not having the slightest clue as to what they are talking about.

PS: Moderators, please un-ban my original account dtw_sola. It marked me as a spammer and banned me when I tried to modify my original post in this thread. And please fix your forum. It seems to very buggy at the moment. All sorts of weird happenings.[/quote]You really shouldn't criticize others when you're guilty of the same thing. Since when did the Macbook Pro have a user replaceable battery?
Your comments on the mini-displayport are rather naive. full HDMI ports are far more prevalent than their mini-displayport counterparts, meaning most people will have to grab an adaptor to output to HDMI. Naturally, Apple sells one on their website for an eye-gouging sum.

Funny you think many of us are not familiar with the hardware or OS. I'm the one that has to explain to my colleagues at least once a month that i cannot hook up my laptop to the office projector. At least not without paying for an Adaptor from Apple. Rubbish.

This Mac vs PC bullcrap argument.
I own a Macbook pro, and the build quality is awesome, but i'm stunned some people here are trumpeting about the hardware specs of the Macbook pro.
Really?

Only 2 USB ports, no BluRay option, generally slower processors, mid-range GPUs, no HDMI, very few expansion ports, no VGA connector for projectors

I got the Macbook just for the option of triple booting all the three major OS tranches (OS X, Windows 7, Ubuntu).
That's all there is to it. OS X vs Windows is subjective. Once you get all that elitist crap out of your head, Windows 7 is every bit as good as OS X. Install a decent Antivirus software and use your common sense and you won't have to worry about viruses.

As for buying a MacBook Pro in Nigeria, you'd have to be savvy. Vendors like ishopA.com are stupidly expensive, caught up in the elitist idea that since only 'Big men' buy Apple, therefore market the Apple laptops at outrageous prices. And that's just lame.

At the end of the day, it's best to buy whatever suits you. Windows, Ubuntu, OS X all get the job done. Plus you can configure a far more powerful laptop for a fraction of the price of a MAcbook pro. And you won't need to buy adapters just to use a projector or to connect your laptop via HDMI. Plus you won't need to lug around a USB hub just to use your MTN modem and a wired mouse at the same time.

Very nice letter. I actually was hoping to see what kind of fervour this would inspire in the comments, only to see whatever effect the guy was aiming for ruined by these tribal bigots.

[quote author=na2day! link=topic=541157.msg7036862#msg7036862 date=1288335107]What kind of dunce statement was that?
What do u think car bomb is made with?
A bag of rice and a jerry can of petrol?
You people u neva cease to amaze! [/quote]If you don't know anything, it's better to keep your mouth shut instead of airing your stupidity.
The explosives in IEDs can be crafted from many commonplace items like fertilizer as well as jury-rigged artillery shells.
Re-read my comment you dolt!

Mobinga:

Are you working for sony?

Mobinga,
Don't feed the troll.

The term 'Katyusha' isn't Iranian in origin. it's Russian.

But it's clear that 107mm artillery rockets aren't meant for election era violence.

I think what MEND or Boko Haram would be more interested in at this point are SAMs or Stinger Anti-aircraft missiles to take out Nigerian choppers.

fyneguy:
The onus is not on Comandclem to go on national TV. Mobil has not told Comandclem it will not honour its promise.

Comandclem uploaded documents to backup its claims on his website and inside its newspaper.

Mobil should come out to either confirm or disclaim it! Its silence, for now, means YES!

So the onus is now on Mobil to deny the documents, eh?

Why is it suddenly an issue for CommandClem to appear on National TV and make their claims, meanwhile the CommandClem website link you gave us tells us in the FAQ that they have petitioned the presidency?

Interestingly, the website FAQ claims that the 'inventor' is an honest man who can be trusted absolutely. Please explain why this so-called honest man is claiming that his paint is the only one that allows for oil production offshore. Also, while he is liberally referred to as a 'Professor' on the website. Pray, tell us, where and when did he become a Professor?

Nsiman and his cohorts have claimed that the man had been granted an international patent. In all my searches, the only thing i could come across is a patent application dated early 2010! Compare and contrast that with the tall tales of other foreign companies worldwide using his paint!

fyneguy:
What these folks dont know is that Comandclem protested at the American and British Embassies in Lagos. Mobil's international office was made to intervene in the matter, which culminated in the discussions with Comandclem. I wont say more than that.

Was that before or after the visit of the 'Top Generals'?

lexyman:
hey man! i ve meant no offense with this , the market is growing bigger everyday. , i guess u will buy other things from me cos my prices of games /accessories are becoming relatively cheap ;

Of course. Don't i always keep buying from you?
Your prices are breaking my heart these days sha
And please don't even mention accessories. I'd have to sell my Camry to be able to afford the price you put on Singstar

ritchboy:
Oh dont be too sure about that!

lol.
Blank Blu-Rays are pretty expensive, but yeah, they'll be cheaper than originals.
Just bought a 500GB SATA Hard disk to swap into my PS3. Good times, eh?

lexyman:

Don't worry, i'll still keep buying my games from you. Anyone who can afford your prices can't be a pirate
Pirated PS3 BluRays wont be on the streets for years to come.

Bawss1:
Now thats a big bummer! I need to plug the ipod or phone every time I reboot? Is it just to access the stored data (i.e games) or for all other features on the '3 (say movies)

Nah, that's just for the jailbreak features. If you boot it up normally, everything works perfectly. There's no modification to your PS3 at all.

footreja:
@ everyone, I learnt Comandclem is publishing a newspaper in nigeria: Liberation and still running.
Let's just apply some senses here: I don't want to believe Comandclem is a scam anymore. Although the amount being talked about is outrageous. I have confirmed authoritatively that the final judgement was done on the case as claimed by Fyneguy on December last year, from a lawyer friend in Abuja.
The comandclem people may deploy this bogus payment stunt to attract more investors to settle administrative issues. If it's so it is still bad. But the fact I got is that they actually had real issues with Mobil on the paint.
Anything called scam, could not have gone to the extent of giving final judgement in an appeal law court to their favour as regards ownership of the paint. I don't think Nigeria is that bad.
If Mobil did not use the paint why did they get to the court with Comandclem?
We should not just say it's a SCAM, outrightly. We should figure things out - 

@ Texasspette, please what's the suit number of the one you claimed is in supreme court?. Because my lawyer friend said no appeal is in supreme court as regards that case, CA/C/15/2009 , against your claims.
Please don't behave like Nex. This Comandclem issue needs to be trashed once and for all.
@ Invisible, I need Texasspette to reply to this, please excuse us.

I posted a link a while back showing clearly that Mobil and Commandclem had moved the battle on to the Supreme Court. Even these scammers here have posted links that quoted the judge in December 2009 urging both parties to head to the supreme court. Do your research.

The so-called 'final judgement' made no attempt to address any payment from Mobil to CommandClem. And there are two issues at stake. Ownership of Patent is one thing. the second is commandclem's claims that they entered into an agreement with Mobil to collect a royalty of $2 per barrel for paint. Instead of asking me these questions, shebi the Mobil chap confirmed that the court documents and ruling is open to all? Let Nsiman et al procure and post a copy of the court ruling and show us where it was decided that there really was a pre-existing contract to pay them $2 per barrel.

I find it hard to believe an educated person would accept that someone would agree to pay $2 per barrel for paint way back in 1980, or $10 as Nsiman is now claiming. You've been shown that the documents are fake. You know that the $236 billion is almost 90% of Mobil's market capitalization. You've seen newspaper reports quoting CommandClem's lawyer asking Mobil to pay up $3 billion. You've seen how stable Mobil's share price still remains, even with this enormous payment these scammers would have you believe.
Yet in spite of this overwhelming evidence, you can still claim to have doubts about this being a scam? Rubbish.

Forget all that bullcrap about publishing a newspaper. You should see the way Nospetco subscribers are weeping and wailing now. People warned them that time, dem no gree hear word.

fyneguy:


lol Nollywood should recruit this man for dumbness roles.

I know this isn't directed at me. But coming from a man who claimed that 'Top Generals' intimidated a Nigerian into signing away an amount of money that would bankrupt Mobil because of paint, i find this rather amusing.

turion:
hi texazzpete never knew u stay in phc, i always intended on hacking mine till i lost my nexus one , i'm sure i'll find another way to hack it.

I used an iPod video. You probably could find a used one for pretty cheap. Also the older Nanos and Minis work just fine.

spacewily:
Anyone actually tried this hack ? what are the pros and cons , Whats the best hack, i think thats what i need to know, who cares abt pirating ? i got so much of my intellectual property stolen that i dont care if you forgot to protect yours.

Cons: You've got to remain on firmware 3.41 for now, so no online gaming. Also the hack isn't persistent, you'll have to plug the device into your PS3 every time you reboot. But that's it.

Lol. Wedding was last year. My first anniversary comes up next month.
Naturally, wifey hates the PS3. She doesn't like seeing her husband crouched in front of the tv with his friends playing Pro Evo Soccer and bating loudly after scoring a goal.
I had to buy her Wii Fit just to make her happy. In fact, i recommend Wii fit for all you married folks to keep the miss us happy. Or perhaps SingStar on the PS3.

fyneguy:
Nsiman,

Dont mind these folks.

In 2008 and 2009, before the final Judgment on December 8, Comandclem was advertising on BOND FM 92.9 Lagos. Mobil started running a counter ad on the same programme on Bond FM. Immediately after the Court Judgment, mobil stopped running the advert against Comandclem.

The same mobil that ran series of ads on BOND Fm to counter Comandclem claims of ownership of the invention, has not deemed it fit to disclaim a document ascribed to it.

Just the same way you don't need any official notification before you realize that the mail from 'Abacha's widow' promising you $20 million is a scam, do you really need Mobil to comment on an obviously fake document?
Even when presented with the plain fact that that is not even mobil's letterhead, or the unassailable logic that there's no earthly way Mobil would fork out a sum guaranteed to destroy them, you're still hinging your argument on a radio advert?

You're too silly to notice that it's now becoming clear to everyone that you're in cahoots with the scammers here. In the early stages you could have gotten away with just being another victim of this scam, but you're way too smart for that. You're in on this scam, and i hope one day scammers like you get a taste of your own medicine. Karma's a mean lady, bro.

Mobinga:
Whooo This made front page

And i got my ID back.
i'll put up a guide, modify my second post with it. Good times, eh?

ElRazur:
As per Sony's ps3, it is a cat and mouse game, and as it stand, sony have the upper hand.  To play the latest game, you will need to update simple. But if you don't mind sticking to 3 years old game then good for you.

Just for the record, my PS3 has never been online. Neither has my Xbox 360. I'm too busy to miss that.
However, i am on firmware 3.41. Sony's latest firmware is 3.50, which adds only 3d Bluray playback.

On my Jailbroken PS3, i can play EVERY game released on the PS3 to date, including Medal of Honor (Sony tried to prevent this from playing on lower firmware, easily circumvented).
On the plus side, i'll have Linux running soon. Perhaps an optimized version of XBMC. Emulators for Dreamcast, PS2, PS1 and SNES are in the works. Fair trade.

ElRazur:
No mind the fool.

I find it funny that folks like the OP wants the good things in life, but unwilling to work for it.

If you can afford to buy a ps3 and a wide screen tv, how much is a game?  Smh.

Hack your ps3 and wave goodbye to playing online, hack your ps3 and wave goodbye to playing all the latest games.  To me, these two points are enough reasons not to muddle by ps3.

It is disgusting to see that this forum have no ethics whatsoever on pirating. But I guess, the owner hardly understand the concept.


Anyway, I am currently playing God of War III and my god, it rocks.

Fool, eh?

I've had my PS3 since December 2006 and i've put in a fortune in buying games that i haven't even got time to play. MGS 4, Devil May Cry 4, Uncharted 2, GTA 4, Guitar Hero 3, Fight Night 3, Burnout among many others have not been finished. I never even put the MGS 4 into my PS3 one day. I got God of War 3, played it on and off and haven't finished it yet.
Most of those games are now missing. I cannot remember who i gave the GTA 4 and MGS 4 to. Someone took my Street Fighter 4. Fight Night is missing. Burnout is broken - someone sat on it.

If i have a way to backup my discs so i don't lose them when i have a chance to play them, damn sure i'll do that. I buy all my games. And last i checked, there are no pirated copies of PS3 games floating around Nigeria. PS 3 games weigh in at tens of Gigabytes. Why would downloading games be an option for me when i can easily buy any game i want?

Jailbreaking your PS3 is much more than Pirated gaming. You need to try and broaden your horizon here. Way before sony banned otherOS, i was rocking Ubuntu on my PS3 in 2008, running a beta version of SNES9X. There are loads of exciting homebrew apps on the horizon, and i aim to get in on that. Why abuse me just because you have a limited imagination?

What i choose to do with the game after i copy it is my business, thank you. I could give it out, or i could sell it. There's a used game market out there, isn't there? As Bawss said, i'm not starving to start thinking of selling games for a living.

Stop being a lamer. My response to your insults is rather restrained (unusual for me) because i know you to be one of the more intelligent Nairalanders. But stop being so darned self-righteous here. Also you may want to check out the recent ruling on DMCA in the US. Jailbreaking is legal.
Do you also go around giving your friends with jailbroken iPhones a hard time?

egift:
I guess this did http://www.africanexaminer.com/naijainvention

Nsiman:
@ egift, its just that texazzpete is animus about this, i just ignored his post.

Brilliant. You really shouldn't have posted that link.
You have been blabbing here that Commandclem won a 'final victory' in December last year. now it's made clear that the case has been progressed to the Supreme Court for judgement, and that the ruling in December last year did not discuss any financial issue.

Secondly, that link confirms that the CommandClem lead counsel is Tony Ukam. The same Tony Ukam was quoted in March 2010 asking for approx $3 billion from Mobil. From whence comes the hundreds of billions of dollars you fraudsters have been claiming?

The only thing worse than petty thieves is petty thieves that lack any form of sophistication or subtlety.

Bawss1:
Way to go dude! TP the modman.
Its nice to see the PS3 has been conquered. So no more paying 12k for games when you can download right?

Yep. Just copy the game to the HDD and sell it off
My 60GB PS3 HDD filled up in no time. I'm going to buy a 320 GB SATA HDD today and swap it out with the 60GB in the PS3. Then the fun will begin

see people talking about 'apps' and 'gaming' and mentioning nokia!
Abeg @OP, go and buy any of the reasonably powerful android phones out there and leave the declining Symbian brand.

I used an iPod video, but the following devices are also supported using this Rockbox approach

iPod Mini 1G
iPod Mini 2G
iPod 4G Grayscale
iPod 4G Color\Photo
iPod Nano 1G
iPod Video 5G\5.5G

Using the tutorial found here
http://www.ps3hax.net/showpost.php?p=119661&postcount=221

And an iPod video (5G), i was able to carry out the PS3 Jailbreak and commenced ripping some games to my HDD

Photo proof attached below

Nsiman:
The chairman/CEO of comandclem nig. Ltd was last month honoured by Europian-American university, commonwealth of dominica on his invention of the anti corrosive special paint for Q.I.T, the invention is listed 184 in the world and is the only enabling paint fort offshore drilling http//dominicaenergy.com/uwemedimo; www.africanexaminer.com/naijainvention; www.allafrica.com/uwemedimo

As expected, none of those links work.

zubeyr:
Islamically is wrong to marry a woman against her will or already engaged Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Abass
"A virgin came to the Prophet Mohamed Peace Upon Him and mentioned that  her father married her against her will So The Prophet Peace Upon Him allowed her to exercise her choice    Reference  :   (   Sunan Abu Dawud  Kitab Al Nikah (Marriage ) Book 11 Number 2091)

So marrying off 9 year old girls to 60 year old men is in accordance with their will abi?

oyb:
i'm looking to buy a wii

can anyone confirm if there are working modchips/hacks to enable er pirated virtual console games. i've got several i dled

There are working softmods, no modchip needed

frosbel:
Best comment so far.

You mean the only comment you agree with.

You people are the ones making Nigeria an international joke! Instead of fixing your country you're here preaching of outrage and indignation. If you feel so strongly about this stigma, please go to Lagos cybercafes and throw out all the scammers you see there! or go picket MTN, Starcomms et al until they install better scam filters on their networks.

The One:
@Nsiman

The problem I've noticed with you is that you are oil industry-illiterate. You do not know anything about the oil industry and how it works (as evidenced by that thing you guys attached as Mobils production figures). When I saw that, i actually felt physical pain because it's unfortunate that somebody will bring out a document like that and not be ashamed to circulate it in public. If a petroleum engineer parades such document, he will be banned from practicing for life and I will personally petition SPE to get whatever school he claims to have gone to to revoke his certificate. That is the level of atrocity that that document amounts to.

I've practiced as a PE on the reservoir engineering and production operations side in this country and earned my M.Sc abroad and in all these years, I've not come across any commandclem paint used for coating pipelines offshore. Your professor might have acrried out a localized service for Mobil in those days but it's a travesty for him to ascribe such grandiose proportions to the reach of whatever he did (if he actually did). The whole thing is the best type of scam, build of mountain of falsehood on a foundation of a little truth. I am not quarreling with the fact that there is a case in court. But that is the only truth in this whole scam. Every other thing right from the claims in the case to the issue of patentees paying some advance money for life insurance is fraud. So the man loves you so much that he will willingly give out whatever he wins to you when he can keep all himself?

As an oil industry professional, I find the claims being made here on this thread totally preposterous and extremely laughable!!! It's actually quite unbelievable that anyone will peddle such and even more baffling that some people will believe. An analogy will be if someone claims that he found a way of protecting glo's masts and as such glo should pay him 5 naira for every minute of call made from its network forever? Does that make sense to you? Seeing that before glo masts were being built in all sorts of terrains and are still being built after glo?

Summarily, I just want to extend my condolences to you because you've just lost money. On the flip side, you've acquired an education on how not to invest so it's still ok to an extent. Cheers mate!!

Please tell Nsiman and his fellow criminal Fyneguy! I couldn't help laughing when i saw these fellows add oil production in barrels to Gas in scf. Someone posted production figures of oil using three methods: instantaneous/daily rate, monthly average and a Year-to-date average and these muppets added them up!