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Phones › Re: To All Phone & Internet Experts: I Earnestly Need Your Help With This. by UncleSnr(m): 7:58pm On Feb 11, 2015
Celebrities › Re: Phyno, Flavour & Kcee Storm Emeka Offor's Birthday Party [Photos] by UncleSnr(m): 11:14pm On Feb 10, 2015
Mimienudles:
I don't like this Phyno guy. Ain't hating o. More Success to the Celebrant!
But love Idris Abdulkareem?
Foreign Affairs › Did You Know That The CIA Once Tried Using Cats As Spies? by UncleSnr(op): 1:38pm On Feb 10, 2015
In the 1960s, the CIA spent 5 years and over $20 million training spy cats.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Acoustic_Kitty-e1312357040804.jpg

I guess it’s not as strange as it might first seem. Cats are stealthy, smart, fast, can jump tall objects, and most people when they see a cat will pet it, not assume it’s a spy. For these reasons the CIA put a 3/4 inch transmitter in a female grey and white cat. They then hid a microphone in its ear canal and had the antenna run along its back all the way to the tip of its tail. However, since cats are relatively small in size, the batteries that were used were small and could only record short conversations. It took some time to get each component just right. Making sure the cat had full mobility and didn’t lick or scratch at the audio devices hidden inside it. The operation was the easy part; the hard part was training the cat to follow directions. As anyone who has ever owned a cat, or been around a cat for any length of time can tell you, getting a cat to do anything other than what it wants to do is nothing short of amazing.

After 5 years of training and $20 million, the CIA felt they could get their special cat agent to move in specific directions and go to specific locations on command (as long as it didn’t get distracted, bored or hungry, which, for a cat, is almost all the time). None-the-less, they decided to field test their $20 million, highly trained acoustic kitty agent. They drove a van across the street from a known Soviet meeting place in Washington, D.C. The targets were two men sitting on a bench in a nearby park. They opened the door and deployed their secret kitty agent. The agent took a few steps and was hit and killed by a passing taxi cab. Needless to say it was a catastrophe (pun intended). The “Acoustic Kitty” project was then scrapped and was called a complete failure. I think the words “catastrophic failure” would’ve been a more appropriate labeling of the project, but that’s just me.

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Literature › Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by UncleSnr(m):
Seun:
We've also disabled copy and paste but it doesn't work on all browsers. Unfortunately, when it works, infringers can just bypass protection by quoting.
Here is my advice, I will be writing from my experience on UC Forum.
On UC Forum, when you click reply, it won't copy/quote the whole post but an excerpt from the post.
I would have given a screenshot from the forum, but I am having glitches.
With this, I believe the case of copy and paste and quoting all those lengthy post will be curbed.
Romance › Re: 10 Gifts To Get For Your Lady This Valentine Season by UncleSnr(m): 7:33pm On Feb 09, 2015
Customised shirt (with your signature engraved on it) is a perfect gift.
Romance › Re: 10 Gifts To Get For Your Lady This Valentine Season by UncleSnr(m): 7:31pm On Feb 09, 2015
Customised shirt is a perfect gift.
Politics › Re: Gunmen Storm Lagos Press, Confiscate Book On Jonathan by UncleSnr(m): 2:10pm On Feb 08, 2015
If the press will cause problem, ban them. I thought GMB said so.
Literature › Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by UncleSnr(m): 11:00am On Feb 07, 2015
Disable right click and Ctrl+C on this section. Although people will still bypass it but its still manageable.
Education › Re: FUTA Students Made To Kneel Down By Lecturer (PICS) by UncleSnr(m): 10:35am On Feb 07, 2015
Aipete2:
Define Discipline? Cos u are wrng oh oga
discipline - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discipline
etymology

From Middle English, from xno, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina and discipulus, from discere, from Indo-European Language dek-.

noun (plural disciplines)
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
synonyms
- (branch or category) field, sphere
- (punishment) penalty, sanction
antonyms
- (controlled behaviour et al.) spontaneity

verb (disciplines, disciplining; past and past participle disciplined)
- (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
- (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
- (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- (transitive) To impose order on someone.
synonyms
- drill

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Text generated by the application English Dictionary https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US
Nairaland General › Re: What's Your Advice To Help.. Mom Is In Detention. by UncleSnr(m): 10:31am On Feb 07, 2015
https://mobile.twitter.com/fkeyamo Festus Keyamo Twitter details. His email is there. Or better check this http://www.google.co.in/m?q=festus+keyamo
chocolateme:
how can I reach him? As in his email add. Tnx
Nairaland General › Re: What's Your Advice To Help.. Mom Is In Detention. by UncleSnr(m): 10:28am On Feb 07, 2015
https://mobile.twitter.com/fkeyamo Festus Keyamo Twitter details. His email is there. Or better check this http://www.google.co.in/m?q=festus+keyamo
Politics › Re: Flamboyant Life Style Of Diezani Alison-Madueke by UncleSnr(m): 8:31am On Feb 06, 2015
Check her family background, were they well to do before she became a minister?
Education › Re: FUTA Students Made To Kneel Down By Lecturer (PICS) by UncleSnr(m): 8:25am On Feb 06, 2015
There is nothing wrong with the student kneeling down. Its all about discipline.
Politics › Re: Will Gen. Buhari Ban Orijin? by UncleSnr(m): 9:57am On Feb 02, 2015
Haven't he replied? huh
Politics › Re: Chadian Helicopters Used In Fighting Boko Haram Today (Photo) by UncleSnr(m): 10:26pm On Feb 01, 2015
KwoiZabo:
it's our helicopter not chad's
Check the chopper again, it has a flag on the cockpit. It ain't Nigeria.
Politics › Re: Remembering Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) Bartholomew Owoh. by UncleSnr(m): 8:42pm On Jan 31, 2015
Here they are...

Politics › Re: PDP-Sponsored Documentary On Buhari & My Analysis by UncleSnr(m): 9:52am On Jan 28, 2015
This video has been online since 2013 and I can't relate it to PDP vs APC saga.
I have watched it over and over since it was released.
Crime › Re: Police Disrupts Gay Wedding, In Kano, Arrests Groom by UncleSnr(m): 4:57pm On Jan 27, 2015
The police peeps looks okay... grin Especially that _______ Age-Mate in Front.

#Change
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: FAAN Recruitment [updated Application Form Url] by UncleSnr(op): 7:01am On Jan 26, 2015
edumije:
Guys, i was asked to submit just 3 files, while a friend of mine told me that its more than 6 files. Please advice, i hope am on the right track. Thanks
You are.. It is just CV, Passport and Identification
Politics › Re: Who Is Your Local Government Chairman And What Project Have He/she Executed? by UncleSnr(op): 7:40pm On Jan 25, 2015
Nehemiah459:
He tried... He needs presidential handshake.
Lolz... grin He truly tried shaa...
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Arsenal: FA Cup (2 - 3) On 25th January 2015 by UncleSnr(m): 6:02pm On Jan 25, 2015
They did it this First-Half

Jobs/Vacancies › Re: FAAN Recruitment [updated Application Form Url] by UncleSnr(op): 12:41am On Jan 20, 2015
Application and Aptitude Test Period: January 7-28, 2015
(Aptitude Test for Selected Candidates Only)
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: FAAN Recruitment [updated Application Form Url] by UncleSnr(op): 12:36am On Jan 20, 2015
Hello pals, I will advice you to try it late at night..
https://i.imgur.com/hA65yqk.jpg
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: FAAN Recruitment [updated Application Form Url] by UncleSnr(op): 3:05pm On Jan 19, 2015
madridfc:
[s] crap
The problem is that FAAN is having Bandwidth problem just the way JAMB usually have whenever they releases results.
Travel › Re: Locomotive Trains Still Enjoy Global Popularity (pics) by UncleSnr(m): 9:07am On Jan 18, 2015
Rossikk:
See this one. You mean you cannot tell a passenger train from a cargo train? You need to see passengers through windows to know which is which? Kai.... smiley Anyway, I don't blame you. It is all those years of not seeing trains in Naija until Jonathan came along that has made you a train illiterate.
She/He doesn't know the difference at all... Thanks to GEJ for showing this generation a working train.
Nairaland General › 50+2 Amazing Facts by UncleSnr(op): 8:57am On Jan 18, 2015
• It is impossible to lick your elbow (busted)
• A crocodile can’t stick it’s tongue out.
• A shrimp’s heart is in it’s head.
• People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
• In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
• A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. (busted?)
• More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
• Rats and horses can’t vomit.
• If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
• If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
• If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out.
• Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
• Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
• In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
• Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
• A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
• 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
• In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
• Most lipstick contains fish scales.
• Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
• Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
• A crocodile can’t move its tongue and cannot chew. Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.
• Money notes are not made from paper, they are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period.
• The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to “quality” music.
• Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.
• Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1,71m (5’6″). Today, the average height for American men is 1,75m (5’7″), compared to 1,77 (5’8″) for Swedes, and 1,78 (5’8.5″) for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.
• In 1955 the richest woman in the world was Mrs Hetty Green Wilks, who left an estate of $95 million in a will that was found in a tin box with four pieces of soap. Queen Elizabeth of Britain and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands count under the 10 wealthiest women in the world.
• Joseph Niepce developed the world’s first photographic image in 1827. Thomas Edison and W K L Dickson introduced the film camera in 1894. But the first projection of an image on a screen was made by a German priest. In 1646, Athanasius Kircher used a candle or oil lamp to project hand-painted images onto a white screen.
• In 1935 a writer named Dudley Nichols refused to accept the Oscar for his movie The Informer because the Writers Guild was on strike against the movie studios. In 1970 George C. Scott refused the Best Actor Oscar for Patton. In 1972 Marlon Brando refused the Oscar for his role in The Godfather.
• The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
• A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you’ll feel thirsty.
If it’s reduced by 10%, you’ll die.
• According to a study by the Economic Research Service, 27% of all food production in Western nations ends up in garbage cans. Yet, 1,2 billion people are underfed – the same number of people who are overweight.
• Camels are called “ships of the desert” because of the way they move, not because of their transport capabilities. A Dromedary camel has one hump and a Bactrian camel two humps. The humps are used as fat storage. Thus, an undernourished camel will not have a hump.
• In the Durango desert, in Mexico, there’s a creepy spot called the “Zone of Silence.” You can’t pick up clear TV or radio signals. And locals say fireballs sometimes appear in the sky.
• Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
• Bill Gates’ first business was Traff-O-Data, a company that created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.
• Uranus’ orbital axis is tilted at 90 degrees.
• The final resting-place for Dr. Eugene Shoemaker – the Moon. The famed U.S. Geological Survey astronomer, trained the Apollo astronauts about craters, but never made it into space. Mr. Shoemaker had wanted to be an astronaut but was rejected because of a medical problem. His ashes were placed on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft before it was launched on January 6, 1998. NASA crashed the probe into a crater on the moon in an attempt to learn if there is water on the moon.
• Outside the USA, Ireland is the largest software producing country in the world.
• The first fossilized specimen of Australopithecus afarenisis was named Lucy after the paleontologists’ favorite song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” by the Beatles.
• Figlet, an ASCII font converter program, stands for Frank, Ian and Glenn’s LETters.
• Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
• Every year about 98% of atoms in your body are replaced.
• Hot water is heavier than cold.
• Plutonium – first weighed on August 20th, 1942, by University of Chicago scientists Glenn Seaborg and his colleagues – was the first man-made element.
• If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there’s no air pressure.
• The radioactive substance, Americanium – 241 is used in many smoke detectors.
• The original IBM-PCs, that had hard drives, referred to the hard drives as Winchester drives. This is due to the fact that the original Winchester drive had a model number of 3030. This is, of course, a Winchester firearm.
• Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
• On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity

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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: FAAN RECRUITMENT EXERCISE by UncleSnr(m): 8:26am On Jan 18, 2015
Just noticed that FAAN changed the url to the form on their website, so check here: FAAN Recruitment [Application Form Link Updated]

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