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Did someone just remind me of the stock market? Of millions consumed into thin air, with further sums tied down till God knows when? Abeg o, if na joke stop am. I have made plans for my shares to be used for my children's university education, at least in the next 17 years the market suppose don recover

So Seun finally stickied this topic. Nice!
I'm almost tempted to grab the 3g here, still wondering what i'd do with my first gen iphone if that happens.

Meanwhile, Arstechnica is speculating on what Apple's purchase of 3.6% of Imagination tech's shares means with respect to the iPhone 3.0. It helps that the POwerVR SGX chip is backwards compatible with the games powered by the MBX in the current gen iphones.

@Cabali
Any progress on that stuff

@Ex Inferis, naijafan

You tried Rolando yet? Two new X-Plane versions out too! Someone post about MGS touch and silent hill to make the haters green.

@Ex Inferis
I see what you mean about airplane mode. Haven't gotten round to getting a SIM card over here just yet, so my phone's in airplanemode and the battery lasts for ever.

haven't changed my number yet, this is an entirely disposable Mtn line which is how I can easily post the stuff here. Already have had some fcukers flashing with hidden numbers.
I still use the same old number. SMS your no. So we van talk.

@cabali
I'm already in lagos. Call me on 07035492136

@Logica
How far?

@ex inferis
Just heard that o2 Uk Is selling the iPhone 3g on pay as u go basis for 350 pounds. Will check that out.

[quote author=kev-d link=topic=207488.msg3225882#msg3225882 date=1229334895]I'm sure David Dylan and Texxazpete still believe that Iraqi's will welcome Americans with flowers as privates Cheney once said.[/quote]An entirely stupid and uncalled for statement.
Do i have to proclaim Bush is the Antichrist, Gog and Magog, Hitler, Stalin, amadioha and asmodeus rolled into one before you're satisfied?

@Seun
D'ick is a name! Why change it into 'privates'?! That's weird

RichyBlacK:
Can someone agree with me that anybody who tries to link Saddam Hussein or Iraq with the September 11, 2001 attacks, is an infinity slowpoke?

agreed.

RichyBlacK:
There were 15 Saudis among the 19 hijackers and zero (okolo, nought) Iraqis, yet the despicable Saudi government was shielded from the wrath of the American Killing Machines, and Iraq was turned to a theater of violence with hitherto unknown/uninvited guests, like Alqaeda, running the show and directing the scenes of unimaginable mayhem and gore!

History must never forget George W. Bush for his bottomless stupidity and boundless ignorance!

15 Saudis doesn't mean the Saudi government was involved or responsible. Afterall, bin Laden is a Saudi citizen. Should Saudi Arabia be held responsible for Al Qaeda's actions?

Not even Bush is stupid enough to invade the Islamic holy land.  

Here's my take
Bush has proved himself to be an inept, bumbling president. He's gone down in history books as one of the lowest regarded US Presidents.

But i balk at labelling him a killer etc etc.

Either way, he's soon to be history.

[quote author=game_rod link=topic=207488.msg3225392#msg3225392 date=1229323847]another very stupid thinking - so because Condi Rice is a family friend and secretary of state, then Bush has become the friend of blacks?

How old are you this guy?[/quote]Game_rod
How old are YOU?
And i think the 'stupid' adjective suits you more.

shotster50:
Reason being that Condi herself is a White woman with a coloured skin,

wait, what?

Tornadoz:
Killing civilians should be condemned by all but in the face of injustice doing nothing is not an option.

Sounds like you're in tacit sympathy with terrorism, mate.

Tornadoz:
Why are African leaders not supporting the removal of Mugabe? Why is it only western countries that are opposed to Mugabe? The racist annex in former Rhodesia had 90% of the land whilst the indigenous African population had none. Mugabe warned them in 1980 that he would take back the land and justifiably he did. He should be applauded by all Africans.

Yes, land redistribution was the way to go, but the ultimate agenda should have been to ensure that there's a smooth transition period, that his citizens have enough food to eat. Instead the wastepipe gave away the lands to his millitary cronies and thugs who know next to nothing about farming.
That's the reason why the bread basket of africa has turned into a wasteland.
Before you start applauding Mugabe try and put yourself in the shoes of the ordinary Zimbabwean who has little or no food to eat. People are starving and you are content simply because it fits your panafrican agenda.
There are at least 2 agriculture universities in Zimbabwe. I checked. These schools have been churning out graduates for many years. Would it have been so hard for Mugabe to give the lands to people who actually know how to farm?

Tornadoz:
In a nut shell Yes. The army went to Odi to install order but went beyond their remit.

Hmm. One analogy to your statement Could  be 'Bush sent soldiers to Iraq to 'restore democracy' but the situation deteriorated'

Tornadoz:
Ordinary Americans were the ones who voted in Bush twice. Am against the killing of civilians, but now and again you are bound to have these collaterals.

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So it's okay that now and again there are 'collaterals' in America, but when there are 'collaterals' in Iraq you scream blue murder.
Collateral damage is damage to innocents caught in crossfire in a theatre of war. The World Trade Center victims were not in any theatre of war. Perhaps the Pentagon could be construed as a legitimate millitary target, but the WTC?

Tornadoz:
Eh,  maybe Arabs are the ones that live in the middle east where most of these international atrocities take place. They were probably tired of seeing stone throwing Palestinian children massacred by weapons paid for by Americans. The policy of grabbing other peoples land.

So do we take the russians to task for all killings done by AK-47s?
There's no reason why the Americans should not sell arms to Israel. Afterall, the Israelis are surrounded by hostile enemies who they frankly have no reason to trust.

davidylan:
Where was this hypocrite and his shoe when Saddam was in power?

lol

Kinda inconvenient for these people that the great killer/war-monger/vampire/bloodthirsty monster bush didn't pull out a handgun and shoot the feller down, abi?

Tornadoz:
It'll be a shame if Bushman is not delivered to the Hague by Obama. Why are killers like him not in jail? The blood of thousands of people are on his hands for the so-called "Bush Doctrine" of preaching intolerance and making America a breeding ground of seething hatred.This Muppet should not retire  to  relative peace whilst his killing machine goes on.

Kindly shed more light on the 'preaching intolerance bit'. Also when you complain about Bush making America a 'breeding ground of seething hatred', i wonder if you realize that

1. Everything was fine and peachy right until some geezers decided to fly an airplane through the WTC Twin towers
2. Even after the Sept 11 attacks which were obviously carried out by muslims of middle eastern origin, there were few reported cases of violence against muslims and arabs in America. In fact, the oft reviled Bush administration led the call for tolerance and peace

I'm not in support of Bush here. I believe the guy's an inept fellow and a bumbling mess. And he has to take responsibility for some of the chaos in Iraq. But calling him a Killer?
I mean, Mugabe is largely responsible for the famine in his country and several whites were killed during his land reform programme but you don't see me calling the feller a killer.

Tornadoz:
I doubt if Obama will have the political courage to send Bush to the Hague anyway, Americans are too conservative to think rationally. I mean it was Americans who voted this evil man in twice. Shame on America.

The delicious Irony in this! afterall, Nigeria voted Obasanjo in twice AND voted in Yar'adua. We know PDP is corrupt to the core yet we keep voting them in. Shame on Nigeria too? I admire your conviction, though. You may choose to start by campaigning for OBJ to be sent to the Hague over the Odi massacre.

As for Bush's second term, blame Al Qaeda. Kerry had a very good chance of sweeping the polls until Al Qaeda decided to release a video just before the election. For American people with terrorism still fresh in their minds, voting in Bush became a priority.

I really don't think Arthur Petrelli is dead. Don't forget he's taken Adam Munroe's healing ability.
He had no interest in Claire's healing ability, which means he's pretty much got a similar capability. And Sylar has easily recovered from gunshots wounds before.


As they always say in Heroes - one gunshot wound to the back of the head. Arthur was shot in the forehead and by then the Haitian's power nullifying trick was already wearing off.

But the series has an annoying penchant of messing up and contradicting itself.

Claire shot and killed future Peter when the haitian was present. Even when the haitian left he stayed dead. Insinuation was that it was because he died powerless.
HRG slit Sylar's throat, killing him when he was powerless. Ergo, he should have stayed dead just like future Peter as they both got their healing factor from Claire. Yet he resurrected.

Why the double standard?

My predictions

Hiro and Peter get their power back. Hiro definitely will get his back, because his squinty eyed antics are a much loved feature of the series. A powerless peter will get boring real quick. Nathan is not nearly as interesting as his brother.

flyuche:
RIM carved a niche for itself in the corporate world where it has strong foothold. the reliability and security of its email service has gain the trust of a large number of business executives, sale force team, etc. its only now that its trying to capture a larger market share by making trendy handset designs and incorporating multimedia features in these models. just like they say, all work and no play.

You actually sound reasonable for once there

flyuche:
the iphone has a sweet UI, makes music and games a pleasant experience, beyond that,it's just another phone out there.

No mention of the excellent, best-in-class browsing experience? Or what CNET called 'one of the best Calenders in any mobile device out there'?

'Just another phone out there' is mild praise indeed for TIME Magazine's 2007 gadget of the year.

All song and dance
For me, as soon as i heard the Storm lacks Wifi, i lost interest.
It's not a 'flaw', though. In the US, there's pretty ample 3G coverage and though data plans can get expensive pretty fast, they do give you lots of data.

Another review

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/Reuptake/playstation-home-review-ps3/30-17438/

This is not going to please vowiski one bit

IGN has just reviewed Playstation Home, and as my topic implies, they were pretty unimpressed, with reviewers calling the service 'Boring' and 'One of Sony's greatest mistakes till date'.

Perhaps not the miracle that vowiski was waiting for, eh?

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/938/938179p1.html

Neoteny:
well, the godfather of the iphone (texazzpete) is on a meet with you, so he'll solve your probs and then some.

ps: neoteny and ex are the same.

lol. We both know you're on a different level altogether.

I'm stepping out on wednesday. This time i will not fail to snag that composite cable for the iPhone, and probably a spare pair of earphones. Engadget et al like to snigger at the quality of the apple supplied earbuds, but when you're looking for an alternative (and have tried many crappy ones) you realize that the apple buds aren't half bad at all.

Dakmanzero could never convince me to splash out 80 pounds on a seinnhauser. I'm not THAT much of an audiophile

joyblinks:
Hi everyone

Have u all heard that our Governor is about stopping the movement of bykes.(Okada) come January.
mennn, i think i will love it. its going to be a great thing he has done.

wats ur own opinion, do u think its a good or bad idea?

So what do the Okada men do when their means of livelihood is taken away?

Cue in 10x more kidnapping and armed robbery cases.
also expect traffic jams in port harcourt to get far worse with the expected increase in passenger vehicles on the streets.

I can confirm what DMZ said above.
The homebrew community is far to busy trying to enable the GPU for use in Linux. That is the promised land for most of them.

cabali:
It is the earliest touch I own. 1.1.2. How do i do the youtube fix from installer?? help!!

Will you at least consider upgrading to 2.1 firmware?
I'm due to hit Lagos early next week. Can help you with that.

[quote author=tonye-t link=topic=207102.msg3218914#msg3218914 date=1229169276]Jesus washed his disciples feet and i am still yet to understand the significance. . . -some say its a sign of HUMILITY, INITIATION, others say GODLY CLEANLINESS

my quest is what is the significance of "washing the feet" and why don't christians of this 21st century do it?[/quote]Christians are not expected to emulate EVERYTHING Jesus did.
If we were, we'd all be wearing robes and riding donkeys.

@cabali
Any info on the firmware you're running on the Ipod touch?
Also, what model of the iPod touch is it? If it's the latest 2G touch (with external speakers) jailbreaking is not possible yet. More likely it's the older one sha.

@naijafan
Good points, but you can't just compare two phones and highlight the difference as 'flaws'. For example, listing the lack of a hardware keypad as a 'flaw', whereas well recieved (and critically acclaimed) WinMo phones like the touch diamond and the Samsung Omnia have no physical keypad. In fact, software keypads tend to give you a full QWERTY, a feat that cannot be emulated on other non-touchscreen phones.
Would you feel i'd be making a good point if i score most N-Series phones low for having relatively smaller screens, no touch interface and no multitouch?


Other than that, i agree with you on the stuff that Apple left out. As far as i'm concerned, Jobs has a lot of balls mocking Windows with that 'i'm a PC' ad that has a Microsoft exec allocating more cash to marketing than fixing bugs. people have complained about some of these stuff that can easily be implemented via software update. However, as inferis said, we expect a major update in january's WWDC so let's hope.

There are missing links in the iPhone armour. But as you well know sometimes other compelling features allow you to overlook some pretty crappy design choices. For that browser, the multimedia features and the ever increasing possibilities from jailbreak and appstore software, i can overlook some things.

Disclaimer: On my N95 i take only about 3 photos per month (average), have never shot a video, have never transferred any file via bluetooth. Also spanning 5 smartphones, i have never sent an MMS in my life
Guess it's easy to see why i can overlook some stuff

flyuche:
@tex. you give yourself too much credit over a phone. does the iphone browser support tab browsing? yes or no

If you need answers, ask questions instead of throwing down challenges. Works better that way in ALL aspects of life

A plane crashed on the way to Calabar, killing the pilot and the air hostesses. Saharareporters sensationally claimed to have exclusive proof that the plane was spirited away by a corrupt ex-governor, and the crew are currently living it large somewhere. This report plunged the grieving families into untold confusion and trauma.
That is, until their charred and burnt bodies were found months later, proving Saharareporters as a pack of lying swine.


That, IMHO, is unforgivable. Perhaps you people can see past this and focus on their sensationalist stories. but i will not.
Rebels or not, we must demand for Responsible journalism.

JustGood:
Is kobojunkie a Nigerian?

I see a person who would rather be anything else but Nigerian and who is willing to see any good in Nigeria even if the good stares him in the face. He seems to be the same person as texazpete.

Apart from the fact that both Kobojunkie and myself have vastly differing writing styles, there's the very real obstacle that i'm based in Port Harcourt while Kobo is in the US. Or the fact that Kobo posts almost exclusively in the Politics section whereas my interests spread to Games, Romance and the Phones section?

Naturally you're too stupid to spot such obvious differences.

I've never said there was 'nothing good in Nigeria'. And being eager to frown on flaws in our makeup is an attempt tio find the faults and fix them. There is far more damage done to Nigeria's cause by you people who claim there's nothing wrong, than by those always criticizing.

flyuche:
it's like the iphone browser doesn't suppose tab browsing. when will it support flash ,ajax like skyfire?

Thanks for making it obvious that not only have you never used an iPhone before, you've probably never bothered reading any single review of the device, especially since most reviews of the v1.0 firmware devoted lots of time to the Web browser, even unanimously hailing it as the best browsing experience on any mobile phone.

Troll

tpia:
people in the know have reduced their dependence on PHCN for power supply.

They're investigating and experimenting with other ways to generate electricity.

necessity is the mother of invention.

while some are moaning, others are busy trying to find practical ways of solving problems.

Apart from generator sets and inverters (which cost money), what other ways of generating electricity (privately) do you know?

@tpia
Stop being obsessed with winning an argument at the expense of sound reasoning. Statements like 'not everyone lives in slums in Lagos' and 'not to mention lagos isnt the only place in Africa where beggars are found' are not worthy of you.
That said, you do have some sound points. Doesn't pay to get into an argument with Jakumo though.

banom:
You see, Morice Iwu was right when he said that America needs to learn a lot from Nigeria, here in Nigeria we don't sell or appoint some one for a senate seat , we elect, But America sells, Nawaoooooo, How much does it cost, i will be intrested to buy, incase their office of the president is also for sell, i am also intrested.

Not very bright, are you?!

Bastage:
No matter wether Tsangerai is black or white. He will make a useless president. He has been outmanouevred in every department for years by Mugabe. In the first round of elections, even though they were relatively fair (by Africa standards) he didn't trounce Mugabe like he should have done. This shows that the voters were voting Mugabe out, rather than voting Tsangerai in.
Zimbabwe needs a strong leader once Mugabe has gone. Not a toothless lion like Tsangerai.

The elections were NOT 'relatively fair'.
Where were you when Tsvangirai was complaining that his supporters were being hounded and beaten?
People were forced to come out and vote for Mugabe, hence his ability to maintain some level of parity. naturally, this is africa so you can expect loads of sycophants and hangers-on who are only too pleased to maintain the status quo.