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Another 'excellent' act from Ribadu's EFCC.

dhtml:
This is a nice thread, and i really have learnt alot from it, and i acknowlege the senior members of NL, mustay and others.
But still i will not watch while insults are flying around (had to clear some) - no offence to anybody. And i am both new to this board (in fact just started browsing this board after becoming moderator) - so you guys should exercise some patience with me.

There will always be passionate debate in a public forum, so don't get carried away in the delete game.

Nigerians have been howling in rage that Yar'Adua appointed Anenih to the Board of NPA. Anenih that we all know stole billions of naira.
Are these same people so daft that they cannot realise that if Ribadu had done his job and prosecuted Anenih, this would not even be an issue? I blame Ribadu, not Yar'Adua.

We react in outrage when Senator Iyabo Obasanjo does something silly. Yet we forget that it was this same RIbadu that indicted her main opposition in the elections for 'issuing a cheque that bounced'.

Forget what Transparency international et al had been fooled into saying; has there been any lasting dent in corrupt practises in Nigeria after Ribadu?

dragnet:
tex, ex, nf, is there any??

Any what?

Look, it doesn't matter how many laws you quote. This is not often a case of racial discrimination, it often takes the form as a self-preservation policy by a company.
Expansys UK recently cancelled an order from a friend of mine. When he called them up, they apologetically told him that 98% of credit card orders from Nigeria to their site were fraudulent, so they could not afford to take the risk. Ditto Amazon and Ebay. Which judge in the world can deny these guys the right to determine who they ship to or not, or what extra layers they put for 'high risk' clientele?

Not much help in the ringtones department, i'm afraid. I've never been big on ringtones myself. I know it's possible, though, so i expect Inferis to come through with the info any moment from now.

Meanwhile you may want to check http://modmyi.com/cydia/search.php. it has all the Cydia apps in a searchable directory, so you know what to look for once you get online.

funkybaby:
@texazzpete

Yeah, i have cured myself of my addiction to the N95 i have stepped up now to the iphone 3G 16gb

@naijafan,texazzpete and other iphone freaks

Can you guys please tell me if its possible to transfer all my contacts from N95 to the iphone?
Can i also install another browser - eg. Opera on the phone?

Copy all your contacts from your N95 in the .vcf format. Then import them all into Microsoft Outlook
Finally synch iPhone with Outlook contacts to get all our contacts in your iphone!

No, you can't install Opera in the iPhone. No FBT there, i'm afraid. Mobile Safari is pretty dang good, though. Miles better than the crapware browser in the N95.

funkybaby:
I cant seem to open nairaland on it. It keeps telling me it cannot decode source. However, other apps such as youtube,weather,etc works very well with wi-fi connection.

Not sure what's happening there, usually it's the other way round (web browser working, Youtube not working for some strange reason). Is this peculiar to Nairaland alone?

Ibime:
How can you achieve 160km/h with that small tyre? Liar!

The torque needed to generate 160km/h will break the axle.

Besides, you cannot generate enough alternative energy to make those small tyres run at 160km/h. Not even Harley Davidson can do that.

And why does the front tyre have no grip? Must be a toy.

Go and sell your tall tale elsewhere.

He claims to have built the bike with his bare hands. Where did he fit high capacity batteries? Unless he's using custom made batteries (which i doubtful as he's said he did it all on his own) there should be a pretty angular bulge for them.
It's funny how he has so far failed to provide any photo with something beside it we can use for scaling.

NINETOFIVE:
Listen Mr no talent piece of shyte, I know what people can do armed with ingenuity, Just accept this whole thing is over your head, The premise of your write up, gave away your level of understanding of the particular subject being discussed here, immediately you see this motor bike, you will know is handmade, the only thing I can deduce from all the arrant nonsense you are spewing here is that you have a problem with the fact that this motor bike he made is not on mediocre level you brain would have been able to identify with, when the guy said he made the stuff with his bare hand, what I do understand by that is that he made the stuff almost out of nothing. You don't need to have a state of the art workshop to do wonders some times, bill gate come up with Microsoft in his family garage, during the second world war, the Germans were building their cars manually.






Yeah the massage am getting is that you and almost all your kings men are all bigots, and it clouds your rational thought processes.








Your superior unavailable intellectual capabilities does not tell you that it would have been the way the guy presented the motor bike, picture like that are simply taken by spreading white piece of clothe on the ground, the scale of the bike is not the problem here, it could be full size motorbike or prototype, a smart person would have politely asked the guy the guy to either supply more photograph or more information on the bike, Rather you chose to come in here to hull abuses on the guy, if his name was Olakunle would you and your kinsmen have behaved the way you did, is so typical of you guys, you are ugly inside and out.




must I explain every to you in black and white? mumu, suegbe oloorun.

You mean you were able to type all this even with a straightjacket on? That's impressive!!

Sorry to burst your bubble, little man, but i'm not Yoruba. Not even close. And even if i were, i'm probably the most detribalised Nigerian ever

I actually find your ill-advised rants funny now, so please hit me with your best shot. Every time you open your mouth, you appear more deranged and harm yourself far more than you do me.

spikedcylinder:
The question still remains: How/where did you build it?
I believe any true craftsman would be proud to brag about the intricacies of his/her inventions.

EXACTLY!! it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you! By now he should have been talking about the mpg, the top speed, torque, cost of building etc. he should have been showing more photos, more proof that this is real.
I think it's just a guy out to have fun with this hoax. When he finally confesses NINETOFIVE will be left with egg on his face

NINETOFIVE:
Is it not preposterous that people with low IQ, low self expectation, shallow minded should be roaming about the Internet foisting or trying to bully smart people into accepting their mediocre perceived standard, who told you, that is how handmade project should look, have you watched The American Chopper, Orange county? their motor bike are all hand made but  they all look pretty sleek. People should strive to attain higher standard and that is what this guy has done, is very clear this motorbike is hand make and it looks pretty sleek too, deal with it.

Those guys use powerful, custom lathe machines to carve, turn, mill and drill each piece of metal, fibreglass and plastic until it looks decent. It's extremely doubtful this guy went down that path, especially since he's claiming he built it out of scraps. There's such a thing as 'too sleek'. One glance at the bike will tell you that the precise lines of the chassis design do not back up his story.

NINETOFIVE:
The fact that you are taking the whole thing personal, speaks a lot about your person, am getting a different massage from your out bust of emotion, the least one would have expected is just simple logical reasoning, is that too much?

getting a massage? Crap. A gay retard is just what i don't need 
FYI, there has been nothing remotely logical in your statements so far

NINETOFIVE:
What you' ve succeeded in provng to every one, is the fact that one can type some few words on the keyboard does not surmount to being intelligent, all the  question you presented to the guy could only be taught up by some one with retarded level of intelligent quotient, you are not making any iota of sense, God! cant you see it, the right question you would have have asked is if the motor bike is of normal motor bike size or a prototype, which what ever way you look at it, full size or prototype would still not mitigate, the main massage of Ezekwibe.

A prototype is usually a working, often full scale model. Didn't you read where he said 'it runs on Alternative energy'? The photo conveniently has nothing we can use to scale it. Even a HB pencil, a Torch or a tree beside it could give us an idea of the scale of this bike.
My dear fellow, not only are you clearly intellectually inferior to myself, you have a whole lot to learn about spelling and grammar.

NINETOFIVE:
The guy is under no obligation to entertain, you uncultured loud mouth, jealous ranting. Am just seek and tired of of being political correct while some people push political agenda as mere innocent discussion.

Political agenda?! LMFAO!
I think the mental institution you live in must be very progressive to allow you internet access. However i must admonish them to be more strict in ensuring you take your medication at all times.

Download PS3 system updates here
http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/SystemUpdates/PS3/pc_update.html

and install on your PS3. simple.

I personally prefer to create an account on the US PSN store so i can grab demos available to that region.

NINETOFIVE:
You just busted your bubble, you failed to notice that the source of the material is from the author.

The field marked 'Author' is supposed to have the name of the Author beside it. That isn't saying it originated from 'Author'. All it shows is that the 'Author' field is blank.

oyb:
see the image information - created by photshop album starter edition  


engr abakiliki, please explain to us how a bike with no vanes/fans runs on wind power - more to the point, how you use wind power to drive a vehicle

please show us your workshop your photoshop

Yes, let him tell us how wind factors into this. If it's purely electricity, it won't need air for combustion and if it's wind driven there need to be vanes etc.
the photo is so obviously plasticky, it's strange people fall for this crap.

youngies:
We plan not to let dudes like you make us lose steam and focus

youngies:
LOL . . .  I didn't take offence, I was only trying to let him not to discourage us in our little attempt through his questions

You expect to convince cynical, jaded Nigerians to join in your effort and you cannot tolerate questions? This says more about you than me, i'm afraid. Before i asked that question (and got the answer) very little effort had been made to show how exactly you lot were going to make a difference.

Anyway, i'm quite pleased with the response i received from some of the others. There definitely are some good intentions there  

Buying this is a waste of time and money at this point in time. It will not work with the MTN Dstv DVB-H.

So what do you plan to do to change Nigeria?

lucabrasi:
@poster
if you have been here long enough ,im sure you realise sarcasm and criticisms of any laudable achievements is second nature to most nigerians, ill give you the benefit of doubt simply because i dont see you asking any of us for money or soliciting for anything here,pls more grease to your elbows and keep doing your thing, china and the western world didnt get there in a day,

Even you?
-1000 Respect points for that. Take a look at oyb's photo of that helicopter and see how a handmade project should look like.

You should know by now that money is most often not the reason why people fake such stuff. All the guys who faked fossils were after fame and adulation, not money.

EZEKWIBE:
This is a very legitimate argument but it depends on the way you look at it, different people has different level of mental development, so you expect people to evaluate different information their unique way, people look at things from a 3D triangle perspective, is all about which ever side you are, every piece of technology no matter how sophisticated was achieved by first the creative capability, then the hand to carry it out, there is no magic stick, believe me there is non.

All you have to do is take a photo of yourself beside the bike. If you don't want to do that, then take a photo of the bike beside an object we can use to scale it, such as a tree, a vehicle or another Human being.
Oya, provide more detail about the 'alternative energy'. Many people may be naive enough to believe the bike is the main breakthrough, but it's not. Any ape can build a crude bike. What the world needs is alternative energy sources. So what does this your 'creation' run on?

asha 80:
@poster
From some statements above nigerians will not appreciate what you have just done.I advice to go to south africa or maybe ghana or any country that is interested in what you have just done to showcase your feat.Forget nigerians.

plappville:
I think we should learn how to appreciate our own handmade things, appreciate good things don by others. Even fela kuti don talk say na oyibo thing we dey like, bad habit.

I'm really, really dissapointed in some Nigerians. Not those doubting him, i'm talking about the ones dumb enough to fall for this hook line and sinker.
Someone produces a bike with clean lines and well sculpted chassis and claims he made it with his bare hands and you fall for that? He talks about alternative energy and you're dumb enough to swallow that when he provides absolutely NO description of his work or any technical detail whatsoever?
he shows a photo with no object conveniently located near it so we can get a sense of the scale and it doesn't ring a bell in your heads?

While the poster should be ashamed of himself, the people that fell for this obvious hoax need to upgrade their glasses and IQ.

This is amusing. There's nothing here to show that these group of people are any better than their predecessors, and the level of tribalism often displayed on Nairaland puts paid to the idea of any form of Unity.

But i may yet be proved wrong. Can any of you tell me exactly how you plan to save/fix Nigeria?

oyb:
TP , lets hope nvidia behave this time. going by the net - their poorly written drivers gave gamers no end of grief. i have had to reinstall windows twice and i belive it was an nvidia issue - the black sceen of frustrartion. my system booted fine, but no video, just a black screen. . .

actually vista sp2 beta is out. . .

very few of my apps wont run with vista PDMS - actually v12 runs, but unlike acad PDMS is very hard to find
then one or two minor apps

please tell me if MS answered one of my wishes - a button to toggle the preview pane, rather than the piss poor nested menu they provided in vista



did they include native windowing of legacy games?

theres a tool called D3D windower which i use to window old 640 x 480 res games that do fullscreen by force. be nice if that was implemented as part of vista

Yeah SP2 beta but not an official full release. That is still slated for April/May this year.
The preview pane has been improved exponentially. Now all you need to toggle it is to press Alt + P. You can play videos, view documents and photos etc.

Here are some links to an articles previewing Win 7

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_preview.asp


Part 2: Desktop Enhancements - http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_preview_02.asp
Part 3: Explorer and Networking - http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_preview_03.asp
Part 4: Apps, Internet, & Devices - http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_preview_04.asp
Part 5: Business and IT Pro - http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_preview_05.asp


Also here a Wikipedia article on Windows 7's new features.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7
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flyuche:
windows 7 is vista service pack 3. i don't see any remarkable improvement in performance. vista can be tweaked to give the same UI as windows 7.

First of all, there's no Vista Service pack 2, so pulling number 3 from your ass is pretty silly. Sometimes improvements become large enough to warrant a new OS release. That's kinda like what Apple is doing with Snow Leopard.

There's not that much difference in UI between Windows 7 and Vista, and Microsoft has NEVER claimed that the UI was the major change between 7 and Vista.
I'm almost certain you haven't installed Windows 7 beta yet, so your comment about not seeing any Performance improvement must be taken with a pinch of salt.

flyuche:
i have had to reformat my vista system three times. this happens when i load it with all my favorite apps, then problems setting. and why internet explorer keeps crashing, i don't understand.

Have you considered that the problems may be with your 'favorite apps'? Why blame the OS for poorly written or incompatble software?

oyb:
there is no guarantee that software and hardware vendors are working to actually ensure compatibility with windows 7, which was IMHO, the cause of most of the grief about vista in the first place.

Windows 7 is set to be the darling of the consumer laptop section as soon as it comes out, and will definitely be the OS of choice preinstaled on Netbooks. 99.99% of software developers will be making sure that their software runs on Win 7.
As Microsoft said, if it runs on Vista, it'll run on Windows 7. Vista drivers also work in most cases on Win 7.

Now this is the kind of Graphics i'm talking about . A video fo Real Racing on the iPhone (not yet released)

[flash=425,355]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8EwqEZfXLs&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]


Still in a pre-beta state and already looks this good. Impressive, eh?

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=227796.msg3421994#msg3421994 date=1233694327]PG rule sucks. These kids play em games either way(when their parents are out).[/quote]lol. Just like they already know where to download pr0n when their parents aren't around

bigrovar:
I am still yet to see what the hype is all about with windows 7 fine its an improvement over vista (which is not saying much because vista is arguably the biggest flop of the new millennium - 6 years development+ 10 billion dollars = can i have xp please)

Most of the negative publicity surrounding Vista are from people who have either never used it before, or have run it on computer systems with specifications lower than the specified minimum specs. Couple that with a concerted effort from Apple and Linux fanboys to cast as much dirt on the OS and you see how bad the smear campaign has worked.
I would think that an improvement over a pre-existing OS should be reason enough for hype, especially as Windows 7 is reputed to improve on the speed and stability of Vista.

bigrovar:
but get over the fancy new task manager and the polished aero interface what has really changed in windows. what does windows 7 do differently. thanks to vista lots of hardcore windows people sorted other alternatives ,  some went for the apple others took refuge with the penguin. what does windows 7 have to bring these people back. here are some of the fundamental issue i have with windows which needs to be addressed by windows 7 before i can consider giving it a thought

How would you know what has changed in Windows 7 when you refuse to read blog reviews and have failed to beta test the software?
Win 7 is more an evolutionary than revolutionary upgrade from Vista, but it brings in many little changes that they amount to a whole new experience.  there are new features, such as advances in touch, speech, and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, improved search, multi-touch support and improved networking among many other upgrades.
Most people find the improved Wordpad, Notepad, Paint and calculator to be pretty dang good. Why no mention?
What i find extremely shocking in a self-described system administrator is that you fail to acknowledge the obvious improvements in memory management and scalability that millions of people around the world have reported. People out there are running Windows 7 on netbooks, Pentium 3 CPUs, and older Via processors. There's a video on youtube showing Windows 7 being installed and run capably on an UMPC with an intel 600Mhz CPU!!. yet all you can talk about are interface tweaks.
Epic fail, Mr Sys admin.

bigrovar:
rigid
One thing i never liked about windows was the fact that it was just too rigid. everything thing seem to be hardwired to each other in such a way that if there is a problem  one application it could make the whole system unstable. e.g you are watching a dvd and (due to a bad disk) windows media player stop responding ,  this could make the whole system freeze ,  if you try to close WMP it would say not responding asking if you want to close it. if you say yes. it would not only close wmp it would also close windows explorer and everything from your task-bar to Internet explorer and your desktop icons would disappear. has this changed with windows 7.

Bottom line, stop placing unreadable DVDs in your drive. I might add that this has never happened to me in XP, and Vista and 7 are progressively more stable. I fail to see how closing WMP would close your IE and Windows Explorer. I'm sorry, but this makes no sense.

bigrovar:
Customization
how customizable can windows be ,  fine you can change the wallpaper and with vista you are allowed to change tint the aero glass. but that is as  far as it goes. thinking of changing the theme you would have to pay for windows blind (which add more weight to your already over stretched system resources) if not then you would have to soil or illegally patch the UX theme (which would mean you have to be scared of any MS update) has this changed with windows 7

Look, i know from your previous posts that you're keen on system themes and stuff, but it's somewhat laughable seeing this as a gripe from a 'system administrator'. Microsoft allows user generated themes to be downloaded and installed from their website. That's it. it isn't Ubuntu, it isn't an Open source OS and they're not too keen on you mangling Aero to your heart's content. Window Blind is not that expensive, if it takes your fancy, buy the damn thing.
For what it's worth, i don't think Apple provides such tools in OSX either.

bigrovar:
Security
some people said windows is a target for virus because its the most used OS around. i say F that. windows is a target because it has some gapping holes which are easily exploited. why should i ever need an AntiVirus why would my OS always have really on another program to to be secured. i mean if i paid so much money for my OS it should be secured. one big problem with windows is that users always run as root. many windows user dont know the implication of this. the root user is the all powerful with powers to make wide range changes  the system  compromise the root user and the whole system is compromised. Vista tried to block this security hole with UAC but it was poorly implemented. now am hearing the windows 7 way is to allow users to reduce the effect of UAC which would mean less annoyance but more insecurity.

Yes, we all know Windows is a target for thousands of Viruses. But it doesn't take much effort to install and update antivirus software, many of which consume a lot less system resources than they used to. Even former bloatware AVs like Norton are now almost as unintrusive as the NOD32s of this world.
Vista brought about several important security improvements from XP. At least now that Win 7 should deliver great performance, XP users who have no reason to keep holding out will benefit from the improvement in security.
it would have been foolhardy for Microsoft to change the way applications run in Windows 7, since most people spreading negative word of Windows Vista refer to incompatibility with some key programs. I  met someone the other day who opined that Vista was crap simply because he couldn't get AutoCAD 2006 to run on it. Making any changes at this stage will leave them exposed to more complaints, and naturally the Mac and Linux fanboys will salivate at the chance to embark on another smear campaign

bigrovar:
DRM

even apple (considered to be the father of drm) is scaling down on this evil. i never thought i would see the day when itunes would start supporting no drmed music. but alas! ,  windows vista is sooo drmed that you cant play a VOB file from windows media player without using tools like VLC. am not sure if things as improved with windows 7 because Vista was the most DRM OS every invented by man.

i could go on and on but these are some of the concerns i have with windows. many windows users even the hardened one feel my pain too but are too locked down my one killer app or the other that only run on windows.

This is another flaccid point. If Vob files are copy protected, they won't play. Nothing evil in that. if they aren't, simply change the extension to .mpg and it'll play just fine. What is so difficult in installing a free player like VLC? This strikes me as  a pretty lame excuse seeing as you usually go through far more hurdles with Linux with nary a word of complaint.
Windows 7 comes with support for Xvid, DivX, H.264 and AAC straight out of the box. Now that's a very welcome improvement!

bigrovar:
i could go on and on but these are some of the concerns i have with windows. many windows users even the hardened one feel my pain too but are too locked down my one killer app or the other that only run on windows.

To be honest, most of the concerns you've mentioned are pretty lightweight for a person of your ability. Where are the extensive tests of the security, stability, memory management and scalability? Nowhere to be found. The only changes you acknowledge are merely visual (taskbar, aero interface), and it's pretty illogical

So let's see. You're a hotshot system administrator whizkid who learns that Windows 7 Beta has been released. The buzz from thousands of users is that it's a stunning return to form by Microsoft and even the most jaded critics are pleased with the result. carefully controlled Benchmarks show Windows 7 outperforming XP and Vista SP1 even in a Beta form, and Win 7 is being installed on everything but the toaster and Kitchen sink.
You grab a copy of the beta OS and install it, and instead on focusing on exploring the key drivers for the hype, you blather on about customizing themes and other trivialities and of course can't resist showing off why you think Linux is better.

Hilarious.

Let's not get carried away by heaping praises on what is supposed to be mundane. We'll only create problems if we set low benchmarks for ourselves.

That said, Kudos to the police for catching the robbers.

BlueDiva:
I don't play anything other than the fifa football series. From 05 to 09.
Have other games for the kids though, MDK, Metal Gear Solid, F1, Quantum of Solace etc

I thought Metal Gear Solid was an M-rated game? Unless your kids are >18 years old they shouldn't be playing that

The PS3 is pretty nice, not sure i'll go into superlatives like ' pure Heaven' etc, but it's convenient to have a game console easily serve as a multimedia device.
What i like best about it is it's region free gaming. My Xbox 360 is NTSC and since i travel mainly in Europe it's hard to get new games. The PS3 will play anything you throw at it, though.

[quote author=gabe_logan link=topic=179407.msg3414440#msg3414440 date=1233574902]i freaking need assasins creed and kane and lynch dead men!!!

i was at one store in abuja a couple of days ago and they were selling xbox 360 cd's for 10grand!!!. those guys are just bloody rip offs!

back to my point, i need assasins creed and/or kane and lynch dead men. i have a fair libraray and would be willing to exchange. i stay in abuja.

interested parties, hola![/quote]Kane and Lynch = Crapware. Assasin's creed is understandable, though

iykedee:
what software version is loaded on it?

What does this matter? It's brain dead easy to update your PS3 firmware either online, offline via update file or with a PS3 game disk.

skibano:
A Clean sony ps3,60gb with 2 wireless pads and pes2008 blueray disk. Price is 60k
08067961904

What does 'clean' mean? It's either fairly used or Brand new, no one expects a PS3 to have dents and scratches on the chassis even after heavy use.

flyuche:
its true. why do we need kaspersky, norton or mcAfee to make our pc safe? so windows defender or firewall or MRT is nor smart enough to handle malware or viruses. is it not possible to have built into the os package a very strong security suite?

Microsoft's already taking serious heat from the EU from bundling it's internet explorer browser with Windows. They've had to fork out hefty fines and are still facing the heat.
Bundling an antivirus solution with Windows will send the EU regulators into a frenzy  


There, now, i didn't call you a troll this time  

rock101:
@ anyone that can help

Please how can I get games like some of those emulator games on my ipod touch 1G. Is it even safe to get them?
It's already jailbroken and stuff. I have just cydia

You should be able to add Zodttd's source/repo on cydia or installer to get the NES, SNES, GBA, PSX, MAME and Genesis emulators.
Don't have the actual repository name, you may need to visit Zod's blog at zodttd.com for more info.