It is legally and moral wrong, but it is rampant in this country. If you can fight it, do so else just move on.
My general advice to ladies will be that:
Before accepting an employment in any firm, always ask about the company's policy or package regarding expecting mothers, thing like, maternal leave, day care, etc. If they don't have a clear cut package then don't accept the offer unless you don't plan to be pregnant during the course of your employment with them.

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I hope you remember that Jacob had to struggle to be alone.
I hate being a slave, most salary earners are slaves
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Joseph was never recorded to have been freed from slavery but he was second only to Pharaoh in wealth and influence.
Roberto Goizueta died an employee but was one of the worlds richest men.
Steve Ballmer is still an employee an at over $12 Billion US, he is one of the world richest men.

@success4, there is a reason why the "capitalist theory" is called a "THEORY".
Anyway success does not come by any one route and there is as much arguments for paid employment as there are for entrepreneurship. The very qualities you need to succeed as an entrepreneur are the same qualities you need a to succeed in paid employment. At the end if you are a success, your success is not diminished because you were under employment, Jacob was a success under Laban, Joseph was a success under pharaoh, Steve Ballmer is a success under Microsoft, Roberto Goizueta was a success under cocacola, etc.

Self employed , Corporate/government employed , it all adds up to the same thing: employment. There is nothing wrong about being employed in a other man's business because your employer is like a client, he pays you for your service. There are self employed people who are rich
Bill gates
Dangote etc
There are employed people who are also rich
Steve Balmer was worth over $6 billion US over ten years ago and he is a Microsoft EMPLOYEE.
There are many self employed traders in Nigeria who can barely scratch a living. I know people in corporate employment netting close to #5 million a month in Nigeria.
It's all a matter of perspective and how well you play your cards.

Hi all,
I wonder if there is any windows phone 7 (WP7) enginner on this forum.
I have a HTC HD7 which I already upgraded to WP7.5 (Mango). After upgrading most of my softwares, I tried running google map (the latest update as at 3 days ago) and it was not only hanging, the phone got much warmer than ussual. I switched it on and off and did not bother using any other app. latter the phone more or less restarted itself again but freezes on the HTC startup screen. It's been like that for days now. It wouldn't booth up and just keeps getting warmer and wouldn't respond to any control until the battery runs down or I take out the baterries to restart it. I tried connecting it to Zune on my laptop but Zune couldn't detect a phone.

Any good phone engineer who has experience with WP7 should please send me his/her contacts via this post.
Thank you all.

Proverbs 27:14 says:
If you shout a pleasant greeting to a friend too early in the morning, it would be counted as a curse.
If you are in the habit of jumping to peoples aid in class before they ask for help then you only belittle their intelligence and they are right to feel displeased (and call you ITK and such names).

While you might mean well, I would say your problem is largely that of social maladjustment. You said you were an introvert, and now you are making a bold effort to be outgoing. While this is commendable it also allows you make alot of social gaffes too soon. The problem is you might be too naive to realize it and no one will correct you due to your perceived ITK posturing so you will simply become  object of scorn. Tone it down.

Lastly, please work on your written English. It leaves much to be desired.

I use both bb (curve 8900) and HTC hd7 windows mobile.
Now the curve 8900is not top of the line bb (I wish I had a storm so I could make a better comparison) but hd7 is about the highest HTC for now.
One application with which the bb thumps the HTC is the bb map. It uses GPS to help u navigate and even shows the speed u are driving at. I tried three HTC GPS navigation software and none came close.
The hd7 is also using an evolving platform so Microsoft is very cautious about file transfer (u can't use blue tooth yet And so on) Microsoft has promised updates to address this and we are already getting the updates.
That said HTC beats the bb experience by a mile and this is not just comming from me. All my friends on bb who tried the HTC are getting one. It has more apps and functionality than a bb user can dream about. The camera and video is awesome, I use my HTC as a scanner and it works great. Messaging is a breeze. My face book is directly interfaced with my address book so I can seamlessly post to face book and make calls and send SMS in the same beat. Too many applications to choose from and it multitasks like it was born to do it (it was).
I could spend a whole day and still not be done praising the hd7 but ur personal experience will be the best judge.
Finally no phone I have seen yet comes with better support for Microsoft office than widows7 phones.

BlackBerry messenger is just another messaging software. That it comes bundled with every version of blackberry doesn't change the fact that it is a messaging software.
However it should be noted that since it's use is restricted among bb users it is not as versatile as other non discriminatory messaging apps in the market. A messenger that can be used on a larger variety of platforms with less restriction to users will always be considered as better. In the near future you might just see that RIM might become more liberal with the bb messenger, allowing other devices to download it and chat with their bb friends to boot it's popularity and appeal (this has always been the trend in such matters)

Hi, I am posing via a HTC HD7 and I think the procedure might be d same.
Under "settings" select "cellular" and scroll to the bottom and click on the "edit apn" button and fill out the field with the settings you got from mtn. If you have already activated ur data plan then you should be able to browse the moment you browse away from that page.

No, not a joke. It happens every afternoon like clockwork. From 12.00pm to about 1.30pm.

Strange things do happen they say.
Every afternoon on working days, for some time now, two young bikers come over to the street adjacent to my company's office block. They park their bikes, and armed with take-away packs from whatever eatery, they jump into the dumpster my company uses, make themselves at home while they feast on their fried rice and chicken or whatever take-away they have that day. They are so presistent in their actions that the security personel on duty are already fed up of confronting them.
Strange isn't it?

Hi People,

I wonder if anyone has a tokunboh engine for a BMW 5 series for sale or if anyone can give me a link to someone who has. I will also appreciate if someone gives me an idea of the price range to expect.

Cheers.

well @poster,

On Microsoft platforms (Visual C++) you can use the CObject array. It's is a dynamic array that is specialy designed for storing objects and you do not have to define a size for it on creation.

Read up on it, it may serve your purpose.

On Microsoft platforms (Visual C++) you can use the CObject array. It's is a dynamic array that is specialy designed for storing objects and you do not have to define a size for it on creation.

Read up on it, it may serve your purpose.

The choice you make depends on the nature of the solution you are deploying. Some solutions are better on the web and some are better on desktop and LAN/WAN servers. Some are a marriage of both.

I believe many people in Nigeria prefer the web based application option because it helps them circumvent the piracy issue. Others like it because it gives a relatively easier means of coming up with a fairly decent and eye catching and modernistic GUI in a relatively short time as opposed trying same on say Visual c++ (you'd almost grow old doing your GUI).

My preference is still the desk based solution - I am probably a geek like that. I find myself being able to build very fast and robust applications that deploy across networks and servers and still have web interfaces when and where required. I also don't have sleepless nights on the piracy thing. I have invested my time on building security options that work just fine for me.

When you have to build an application for a small client (or some clients generally) they would prefer the desktop option so as to avoid the overhead cost of running their application on the web. Some clients also like to keep their applications of the web for security reasons.

I’d say: Be conversant with all the options and select or integrate them to get your desired solution as the situation warrants

In low doses alchohol helps to regulate blood sugar, increases ones libido and it is strongly recomended for men above thirty to help check prostate cancer. I never drank in my younger days but now as I grow older and more sedentery, I try to take a bottle or two of stout every week just to keep a balance in my alchohol level.

DonSegmond:

@tomx
see, i'm not worried about readability, i want programs that can write programs.

I've have been doing things like that even with rudimentary Javascript and PHP does it elegantly too. Programs like C++ takes it to a whole new level! To say C++ cannot do this simply saying you are not familiar with the platform. What do you think Your Visual Studio Compiler is built with? Visual C++. Most microsoft products are also built with Visual C++ and they all have macro tools and inbuilt programing interfaces. Many code generators are built with C++ and Java. This is no news.

DonSegmond:

@tomx
see, i'm not worried about readability

In any programing effort that goes beyond rudimentary level, debuging, portability and continuity are issues of big consideration. If your codes are not readable then you will find that it is of little use even to you the developer when you have to debug and / or update it much latter.

DonSegmond:

no other language truly has code as data

When you use a script generator like your visual compilers, web development softwares etc, what are they doing? they are generationg codes in response to the things you do and the choices you make. These softwares were not built with lisp.

DonSegmond:

BTW, I will tell you my own opinion of why lisp didn't take off, see lisp is very solid and complicated. before 1990, lisp already was very well established and could even do OOP. but what kind of computer did we have in 1990? most people had 8bit 8086 machines and 16bit 286machines with a few kb of memory It was hard as hell to implement lisp on those machines then, so people implemented basic and pascal and then then C. so in the early 90's, a lot of us who got into personal computing then, had access only to basic, pascal, C, and asm. the only way to get access to lisp was through workstations in the academia environment.

Not realy true! In the early years access to compilers for almost all kinds of program (FORTRAN, FORMIAN, C, BASIC, COBOL, PASCAL, etc) even the ones you have not heard about where "through workstations in the academia environment" to qoute you. The advent of Personal computing changed the trend and as expected most programmers concentrated their efforts on the platforms that where more robust (stable), more powerful, more elegantly deployable etc. This became the age of C++, VB, Java, PHP Pearl, etal.

True Some people still work on lisp but hell even FORTRAN and COBOL and such likes have newer versions too but their age is past.

DonSegmond:


In my own humble opinion, lisp is the only language for AI.

I trust in the fact that most AI programmers are not stupid. If LISP was a better platform then most of these very smart people would 've been using it. It's lack of popularity is because it is not the best tool for the job. It can do the job but it's not the best , not by a mile.

@agathamari, thanks too. Is this frankel appliance commonly available in Nigerian dental clinics?

@DonSegmond,
The concept of abstraction is inherent in all OOP languages.The thing is how readable is a language like lisp and how proficient is it when it comes to builsding robust apps. Programes that even use lisp as a scripting language are not even built with lisp. as for readability I wouldn't compare
Lisp:
(- (* (+ x y) (/ a b)) c)

with C/C++:
((x+y)*(a/b)) - c;

tundebabzy:

I just started learning Scheme.hard to look at syntax but i was made to believe that it is the best programming language (apart from Python) to learn programming cos it has a lot of concepts of abstraction that are not present in a lot of other popular programming languages.

, and i'm interested in AI

I belive authors of every programming language books always claim their platform is the best. There is a reason why languages like Java, C/C++/C# have achieved the amount of fame they have. Trust me it's not just hype you have to use them profficiently to realy understand. Besides Lisp is not the only ( nor the most proficient) platform for AI (I take it AI as you used it is Artificial Inteligence). How many renowned games or simulators do you know that were developed with lisp?

Lets do it this way:

When someone makes a post asking for programmers and developers who can do anything to send their portfolio
lets ask them to paste their bank statement so we can be sure they can pay anything.

@xxcarolxx thanks a lot for the insight.

Hi nairalanders,
My little boy (1 year old) has an underbite. He's got only 8 teeth (4 uppers and 4 lowers) but the lower teeth tend to overlap the uppers. I 've been told this problem is best corrected early. can anyone kindly tell me and good dental clinic that can handle this problem properly.
Thanks.

Hi @Poster,
More out of sheer curiousity than anything else, I cut my teeth on common lisp over ten years ago.
in all that time, aside from a handfull of guys trying their hands on auto-lisp ( a watered down version
of lisp that runs in autocad) I've not met anyone who mentioned lisp let alone works with it.
So what do you want lisp for bro?

Once upon a time I had to program without the benefit of a computer (never mind light).
I guess it really helped 'cos I still spend more time on my scratch pad than I do on the system in any programming effort.

If you are really down with programming it's kinda like an addiction. No matter the obstacle you will find a way around it.

You can learn any language or programming paradigm that catches your fancy and that is very noble and good. But if your sole aim of wanting to learn this language is to tackle some problem which your company (a financial institution) is facing, then you are putting the cart before the horseshit. No offence.
The company is better off hiring seasoned programmers who will give a quick and proper solution to the problem without the added risk of beginners error putting the whole thing in jeopardy.

Don't train yourself on the battle field, train in a boot camp then go to war or better leave the war to the seasoned soldiers.

I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop. The problem is: I set a hard drive password but I can't recall the password. I tried to by-pass the password by removing the C-MOS battery for a minute but the system refused to booth after replacement ( even when I replaced the battery with a brand new one of the same spec). I also can't access my data by slaving the hard drive to another system because of the hard drive password.

Can anyone offer helpfull advice on how to rectify the problem or on how to access my data on the hard drive?

In some parts of Nigeria, you are only allowed to walk into a room where someone died, backwards. This is supposed to give the spirits hovering in the room ample time to vanish (or something like that). Violators risk getting slapped by an angry spirit.

Funeral + Coronation In Idoma land, the king (Och'Idoma) is not meant to be mourned when he dies so his funeral is held at the sametime as his coronation.

Does anyone know where I can score a recent sdat.exe file? I've tried all the common download sites and all their link seems to be broken. I cant even connect with the official mcAfee website.

Growing up in Nigeria, we got exposed to a lot of cultural myths. I think some of these will make great materials for novels and movies like "Lord of the rings" etc.

If you know any good myths or legends share them here in brief.
Here are some I know:

1. Moving Trees - In northern Nigeria (Zaria) where I schooled there was a myth about big baobab cotton trees that moved at night and kidnap anyone whom the catch lurking about and imprison them in their trunks.

2. Inedible Fish - In Kogi state, there is said to be a river called the "Inachalo River" (or something of the sort. The legend is that the river is cursed and no matter how long one boils a fish caught from that river it will always remain raw. It is also said that any injury which a person receives from the bones of the fishes from the river will never heal.

3. Forbidden Orchad - There is said to be a wild enchanted orchard in the forests of Benue state where bountiful fruits grow all year round. Anyone who finds it may eat to his/her fill but if you attempt to remove so much as a seed from there then you will remain lost until you eat it or throw it down.

4. It was believed in the north that when a whirl wind is blowing, if one is bold and agile enough to run into the eye of the storm and catch leaves swirling around, it would turn to money.


please share some of yours.

She was said to have once been married to the singer "Bongos Ikwue" (of the 'Cock Crow at Dawn' fame) before she was snatched by the smiling khaki officer. Maybe someone should shed more light on the issue.