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Business › Re: Computer Table For Sale by uvalued(op): 7:04am On Aug 25, 2016
youngest85:
Is it table or desk?
its a table where you can place laptops/desktop on it...
Business › Computer Table For Sale by uvalued(op): 6:51am On Aug 25, 2016
4 Computer Table that can be used in a JAMB CBT center or School computer lab etc. Its in good shape and will be sold at a give away price. Will be sold for N20,000 each but negotiable.

Business › Re: Aliko Dangote Unveils SunTrust Bank, Nigeria’s First Fintech Bank by uvalued(m): 3:38am On Aug 25, 2016
ok watching from a distance... in the age of hackers/crackers, this bank will be their targets esp wanna-bees in the hackworld to test thoer skills, hope the bank is well structured to wade of attacks such as ddos attacks? shocked shocked shocked

will check nairaland to see how far with this bank... cool
Business › Re: How To Create Jamb Cbt Centre by uvalued(m): 4:55pm On Aug 24, 2016
Anyone setting up should consider this 4set of computer table which am giving out at a very outrageous low price .

interested

Events › Re: Obinna Ogbuji Marries South Korean Woman by uvalued(m): 4:30pm On Aug 24, 2016
Fabulocity:
They'll have beautiful blasian babies.

I'm surprised her parents agreed to her choice though. Koreans are pretty traditional people and wouldn't even want their children to get married to a fellow "Americanised" Korean, talk less of a black man.
blasian =blackman+asianwoman
? =asian man + black woman
Events › Re: Obinna Ogbuji Marries South Korean Woman by uvalued(m): 4:27pm On Aug 24, 2016
Engrobiorah:
shocked
Be marrying in korea
Nkechi is waiting for you in your village
that is why i like nairaland.. comments and laff..such a good tonic
Politics › Re: Latest Rating Of Buhari Administration’s Policies By Nigerians. Shocking!!!!! by uvalued(m): 5:20pm On Aug 23, 2016
nairaland una wiked ghan i de laff, tears the fall, belle de do me
Crime › Re: Bengaluru: Nigerian Drug Peddler Arrested, Cocaine Worth 13 Lakhs Seized by uvalued(m): 4:53pm On Aug 23, 2016
just to read commente laff and
Celebrities › Re: Fans Drool Over Biodun Okeowo "Omo Butty's" Inviting Photos by uvalued(m): 8:11pm On Aug 21, 2016
decatalyst:
Not all good looking cars have good engine undecided undecided
Christianity Etc › Re: From Atheism To Jesus: My Testimony by uvalued(m): 5:36pm On Aug 17, 2016
TheSixthSense:
Part 2: Road to Redemption

That I didn’t believe in God anymore didn’t make me a ‘moral' person, it wasn’t even like I was man of good ‘moral’ standing before I became an atheist but I would easily pass as one, probably from my appearance and the way I speak. But I was lonely - I’m still sort of a loner now but I certainly know the difference - an alcoholic - pretty normal in Nigeria now so we don’t see it as a problem, smoked heavily, had a heart filled with darkness but for the sake of anonymity I leave out the rest.

I also opened up to a lot of mystical beliefs, there had to be a bit of truth in everything other than christianity, Zodiac, psychic reading, law of attraction, New age positive thinking, and zen relaxation. Simply put, I was miles from being a good/nice guy, so becoming an atheist didn’t necessarily give me a pass to live as I please because I don’t think I had much of a conscience at that point-, it was for reasons I mentioned in part 1. But it actually created more room, and so I could clear out the remaining bit of conscience left, without premeditation, I would often argue against religion being the basis for morality like Richard Dawkins would, saying that morality isn’t from God/religion rather it’s by living by the ‘golden rule’ ‘do unto others what you would to yourself’

Anyway, my road to redemption started after I watched the movie 'The Conjuring’ not that I am a movie person but what sparked my interest was that it was based on a true story. So I got the book about the protagonists in the movie 'The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Loraine Warren.’ It describes the preternatural the way it can be understood by non-religious people, because it isn’t a religious book in itself. It explains the phenomena from personal experiences as demonologists (study of spirits), and I found that they keep an occult museum where they display paraphernalia such as photos, recordings, and objects from every case, for exhibition. Some quotes from the book: ‘Some of the objects and amulets stored are so negatively ‘charged’ that just by holding one of the items it is possible to provoke the original spirit to manifest or cause possession to occur instantly’ ‘there is the long black spike a satanic witch used long ago to murder her newborn infant as a sacrifice to the devil' also skulls as chalices for drinking blood etc were being kept in the museum. Now, I didn’t need to go to the museum to find out if they were true or not, I was just utterly disgusted by even reading about them.

In fact, if you get to that point in the book, you would have gotten a vivid picture of the wickedness and darkness people get involved with. How people can in the convenience of their bedroom summon/invoke all the evil in the world by simple rituals or simply attract them in ignorance by their actions. So that when you hear a christian say God said ‘The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked’ you cannot help but agree in your unbelief.

Anyway, having read and seen all that, I realised I had no spirit in me and had being in denial all along, without even knowing. And oh how vulnerable I was to the whims of the wicked. It was obvious that living in denial does not disprove anything but rather keeps one uninformed - but I love being informed- and unprepared if/when one encounters the phenomenon being denied and in the case of these demonic spirits, vulnerable. But it also makes you reflect too, because it also explains how people invite these unclean spirits sometimes from seemingly benign habits.

Now, the book doesn’t tell you to accept Jesus or anything like that, it just advises to steer clear of Ouija boards, spell books, necromancers, and objects you don’t understand. But it affirmed the power of the name of Jesus Christ and God, prayer and religious objects as the only things that overcome the most evil of these inhuman spirits.

Excerpts: “...A particularly striking aspect to demoniacal phenomena is that the demonic spirit is actually moved to violence when exposed to religious articles, the recitation of prayers, or reference to God or Jesus Christ…the subject is not religious because I say it is or as I may want to believe, it is religious because that’s the only power that it - the demonic spirit - responds to. People might not believe in God but these spirits do…there is simply no secular - that is, no non-religious - explanation for these spirits' existence.”

Having realised my spiritlessness, even if I did, I certainly wasn’t using it at all. So, I wrote a simple sincere letter to God, funny but I did, asking for my spirit to be resurrected then I shoved it somewhere and forgot about it. I thought, just as conveniently as some people would summon spirits of darkness and control them to do what they want, seeking the more powerful God in your convenience would be better, plus I am sure He wouldn’t ask for blood rituals and the sorts. He is not like that

Now, I have read quite a number of books in my life, but for some reason I kept having a strong gut feeling, for the first time in decades, that it wasn’t a coincidence that I was reading the book at the time. So, I re-downloaded the bible app, I deleted when I became an atheist, on my phone - there has to be immense power in it, it isn’t all fairy tales. However, I didn’t know which book or chapter to open to. But for some reason Psalm 51 crossed my mind. And behold:

“Purge me with Hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, then sinners would be converted to You. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.”Ps 51:7-14

I read it over and over again. 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous Spirit’ resonated so much in me. It was as if a different part of me had come alive. I could feel repentance in my spirit. I felt sorry. And in my heart I said Lord, I knew You as a child, what have I done with my life? what did I get involved in? And if there is anything to go by from the book I read is that I had opened portals from my actions. Oh! hide Your face from my sins and blot out my iniquities.

Then, I went on youtube and saw a video about a man, John Ramires I think, who was so deep in the occult that later got saved by Jesus Christ. You know youtube, so I watched a series of dead-people-coming-back-to-life videos, but one striking one was that of Ian McCormack (a former atheist who repented at the point of death) died went to heaven, saw the glory of Jesus, and returned to life in the morgue.

A common observation about these videos, is that while they may describe hell as a horrible place of eternal torment sorrow, fear and death, when they try describe the glory of Jesus Christ, they cry in awe for lack of words to describe the glory, joy, peace and love associated with it even after many years of their return to life. I don’t know about you, but when I see men especially ones who had perpetrated so much evil cry when trying to describe the glory of Jesus, you know that is no joke. Prior to this, I never knew a lot of people had died and returned (NDEs, you may call it) from many countries. If you doubt someone’s experience in Australia maybe you should try Nigeria. Atheists, muslims, pagans all tell of Jesus, hell and heaven. They are not all crazy I would believe.

So, I prayed with the CBN guys on Youtube, but I thought that wasn’t real enough, I need to have witnesses like in an actual altar call. So I prayed to God asking for a church to go to because the only ones I knew were one of those I earlier described. But at that point I would have gone to one of those anyway, as long as I can get to know Jesus. Then, the next day, on my way to the market to get stuff, I got handed a flyer. It was an invitation for a revival service, so I decided to go. I found it was a small church, hard to find even and in my utmost religiosity, I don’t think I would have found it.

Now, prior to this, I had been a lot of churches from catholic, anglican, methodist, lutheran, baptist, to numerous pentecostals because I had convinced myself that they were simply social gatherings anyway, by the way these ‘christians’ behave. But this one was different, from the moment I stepped in, I was more welcome than any other I had previously been in. But that wasn’t the highlight, it was the sermon. It was as direct as spear, it was a message for me and it was as if the preacher knew I was going be there. Also two verses from scripture I knew as a child kept coming to my mind John 8:32 ’Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ and John 8:36 ’So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.’ Then there was an altar call, it was my moment, and I answered.

** Note, I am not endorsing my church, saying that it is better than yours, maybe God led me there because of how suitable it would be for my spiritual growth. But I am only saying Jesus is calling those who want an experience with Him. I follow Jesus not my pastor or my church, but my pastor and church provide encouragement and there I listen to the word of God. I remember I always used to pray ‘Lord, I am not interested in religion, I just want to know You'

What do I have to lose if I die and find that there is no God?

Ridiculous, but let’s assume atheists are right for a second. I certainly wouldn't miss out on anything if I don’t drink, smoke, take drugs, become sexually immoral, worship idols, get oppressed or tormented by demons, get a divorce, live in bondage by anything under heaven, live in depression, live in fear, feel alone, look for love in people (Jesus is love, we have so much to share), live without peace or joy or love, live without bitterness, hate, anger or live without fortitude to persevere through trials and temptations for the rest of my life.

But what do you(non-believer) have to lose if I am right about God?

Yup, you guessed right.

The truth is heaven and hell are real and are for eternity - I would say, in a dimension not defined by time or space. Eternal life is one with Jesus and He is the source and giver of it. Like winner01 rightly mentioned, the things you think are enjoyment are actually killing you but you won’t know until God gives you His Spirit when you become born again and as soon as you start walking in the Spirit you will discern these things and probably do more than I am doing right now.

The bible says if you are not for Jesus you are against Him. And how would it feel to know you are not so different from the witch that killed her newborn, other than she probably knew she was anti-Christ, but you atheists and agnostics probably don’t know or refuse to know.

Remember, being in denial does not disprove anything, it only leaves you unprepared, uninformed, and even vulnerable to what is being denied…and no one denies death I would believe.

The answers you seek are on your smart phone. Look all over the internet, you won’t find evidence as theses or journal publications, but you certainly would find many many experiences. We have free will, so you have to choose.

Experience supersedes logic or argument any day. So, just before you dissect and critique my testimony. You may want to first ask yourself why you may be always so quick to rebut someone else’s experience before you ask the question.

Another thing, I have been an atheist, and to be honest, there’s nothing to it other than you look intelligent to other dissidents, but it is hollow, something missing, there is a void, you may not know now until you switch to the Lord’s side. Also, when you get faced with challenges and storms of life it is your spirit that fights, not your intelligence.

A UCB physics professor and former atheist, now in Christ because he saw hell and cried out to Jesus to save him, said there is a part of all of us that appeals to God. I’ve been there, I would have denied it then, but I know it’s true. Very true.

Please invite Jesus today with sincerity in heart. He is the Living God and He is Spirit. He is calling you, He is saying 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink and you will thirst no more.'
You may start by saying a sincere prayer like ‘Jesus I do not want to be condemned for eternity after I die, please save me’ and I believe your redemption is already on the way because He knows, like you would when you really mean it. And it is His will that you should not perish but come to repentance(2 Peter 3:9)

For those that do not see reason to continue the routine of religion or being religious and are looking for atheistic reasons to leave, Don’t! please don’t. Don’t give up on God. Did you know that it was the religious people that killed Jesus? although they knew all the letters and prophecies of the law and routines of the synagogue, they still didn’t recognise the Messiah, they even accused Him of working for the devil. It’s worse today, so many religious, but not many have experienced Jesus because they have made god for themselves, the one they can tame, the one that gives them all they want that lets them live how they like in the lusts of their flesh. Isn’t it funny how suddenly, God doesn’t have standards from our brand of christianity? The Holy and Righteous God.

But don’t be discouraged, look beyond the charade, He is calling, He says 'Seek and you will find'. Draw near to God and He will to you...(James 4:3) and your life will never remain the same. Taste and see that the Lord is good(Ps 34:cool.

Jesus is Lord!

There should be a Part 3: My Jesus Experience: The Difference
Crime › Re: 3 Nigerian Pilgrims Arrested In Saudi Arabia For Drug Trafficking by uvalued(m): 5:36pm On Aug 17, 2016
igraman:
Not again !

Please who knows how to do change of Nationality...

I think i will, to some extent be more comfortable as an expatriate here.


enough is enough.

Awon omo ale adojutini.

eff T see again !
Politics › Re: Donald Trump Blasts Nigeria Again!! - (A Joke) by uvalued(m): 11:15pm On Aug 16, 2016
soberdrunk:
WAILERS!!! WAILERS!!! WAILERS!!! ITS TIME!!! THIS TIME YOUR COUNTRY 'ACTUALLY' NEEDS YOU grin grin grin grin
sure you did not read this last line

What if I tell you the above is an imagined outburst from Trump? It, actually, is.
Car Talk › Re: How To Obtain Nigerian Driver's Licence by uvalued(m): 4:16pm On Aug 16, 2016
AutoJoshNG:
The Nigerian Driver’s Licence is an official document issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria permitting a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles on Nigerian roads. This document can be obtained with the following steps:

• Obtain and complete Form MVA 11 from Motor Licencing Authority (MLA).
• Attend driving test with the appropriate authority for desired category of driver’s licence Form.
• If successful, a certificate would be issued indicating the class of licence qualified for
• Pay the prescribed fee to the Motor Licencing Authority (MLA).
• MLA sends the Form to FRSC (IPC) for processing
• Applicant proceeds to FRSC Information Processing Centre (IPC) for physical capture of photograph, finger print and signature.
• Processed licence is sent to MLA for distribution to successful applicants
• An experienced driver may in addition obtain trade test certificate Issues (3), (2) and (1) from the ministry of labour and productivity.
• The minimum age for driving is 18 years
• The terminal age for driving is 70 years

Note: Changing the category of drivers’ licence requires a new test.

http://autojosh.com/how-to-obtain-nigerian-drivers-licence/
Politics › Re: El-rufai Was Part Of Nigeria’s Problem – Shehu Sani by uvalued(m): 11:03am On Aug 16, 2016
i will support this APC stalwart for govnor of kd 2019..he does not play by elrufai

Sports › Re: Efe Ajagba Knocks Nigel Paul Out In Round One in 23 Seconds At RIO Olympics by uvalued(m): 12:40pm On Aug 14, 2016
BiafraBushBoy:
Jesu shocked


Looking at the guy, we can all deduce that he has no joy..... From

Unpaid allowances

Scam of Apc

Corruption in Nigeria,

All he did was transfer aggression to an innocent person.... cheesy cheesy

God is watching cheesy
de boxer de vex ghan... me ma my target must finish ...
Webmasters › Re: WHOGOHOST: Why I Will Never Use A Nigerian Host Again by uvalued(m): 10:07am On Aug 13, 2016
javijabor1:
Yes its better for sites like that. Not one that requires organic traffic.
thanks guess would get more info abt it
Career › Re: 10 Jobs That Makes It Difficult For Men To Intimately Satisfy Their Wives by uvalued(m): 8:04am On Aug 13, 2016
donbenedict:
Does Buhari still "do" aisha? cheesy
meaning that naija work to much for him to attend to her??
Webmasters › Re: Site Owners And Webhosts, How Do You Backup? by uvalued(m): 7:52am On Aug 13, 2016
following to learn.. security and backup a must learn by me
Webmasters › Re: WHOGOHOST: Why I Will Never Use A Nigerian Host Again by uvalued(m): 7:50am On Aug 13, 2016
hostkobo:
It is best to backup your site to a remote location.

Options include:
- backup into a dropbox account
- backup into a gmail account
- backup and download onto your own computer
- backup onto another host
etc
Webmasters › Re: WHOGOHOST: Why I Will Never Use A Nigerian Host Again by uvalued(m): 7:47am On Aug 13, 2016
DualCore1:
Na wa... this industry just had to be dragged deeper into the mud by those who should be upholding it. More food for the "go for foreign host" band.

Only one server crashed
All data lost, and backups lost too
9 years in operation with funding

Tell the above 3 lines to any level III server admin and he will be outraged.


Bottom line
You only need to be in the webhosting business 1 year to know the benefits of taking backups and placing them on another server (most likely in a different datacenter, if possible). If you've been in the industry for 9 years, there is no doubt you know this so it is just a matter of negligence and wanting to maximize profit and cut running costs by not acquiring storage servers for backups.


I appeal to all webhosts out there operating in Nigeria to take backups seriously. Backups should never reside on the same server you are backing up. Also, do not rely on the cPanel backup transport feature that should transport your backups to the storage server, sometimes it shows up as completed but it doesn't move anything. You may just ditch cPanel entirely and create your own RSYNC utility to sync your backups with an offsite server daily.

A good backup tool for cPanel is cPremote (it is about 5 USD per month per server). Get an offsite storage server for your backups. If you don't want to spend money on getting a storage server, pair your production servers into what I will call "backup clusters". Server A should hold backup for server B and server B should hold backup for server A. This will only be effective if both servers are not in the same datacenter.

Please get good server hardware, don't go for cheap. If you are running your own servers, there's no reason you shouldn't be on a Software RAID at the minimum. Server issues come in different variants and forms but the important thing is ensuring you eliminate any single point of failure. cPanel DNS cluster is a must if you have more than one server.

Also, stop promising these clients heaven and earth. If you cannot offer a service for free and stay sustainable, don't promise them they will get it at no added cost. Put a price on it.


When cars have accidents or fail, I don't know why people don't say all cars are bad. When one service provider fails in this industry, people attack the industry and not the provider.
Webmasters › Re: WHOGOHOST: Why I Will Never Use A Nigerian Host Again by uvalued(m): 7:42am On Aug 13, 2016
hmm i read something interesting about cloudflare on this thread... will it be useful on a school portal and if no, why since school portal does not work with traffic of sorts...
Car Talk › Re: How Can I Confirm If A Car Is Not Stolen Before Purchase by uvalued(m): 7:36am On Aug 13, 2016
nurey:
Simple
Tokunbo
1. Ask for the custom papers and do a VIN check on the said vehicle
2. Make sure you by from a registered car stand
3. Check for repainting of the car, most obvious in the bonnet area where it's hard to respray
4. Check the glass for any engraving

Nigerian used
1. Ask for customs document and ensure its original
2. Ask for vehicle documents original ones
3. Confirm name on documents match sellers name if not let he/she provide proof of sale from the original owner and possibly receipt of sale (2 separate documents)
4. Input the plate number in frsc database and make sure it conforms with the said vehicle registered to
5. Make sure all documents are original not photocopy
6. Take a selfie with the seller and the said vehicle.

Follow those links for information

http://www.nvisng.org/NumberPlateVerification.aspx
https://www.nairaland.com/2646449/documents-needed-when-buying-used
this is very needful thanks op and this poster
Programming › Rise Of The Terminators: Supercomputers That Are Hackers. by uvalued(op): 7:13am On Aug 13, 2016
Read this article and i remembered the Terminator series some years ago... grin grin grin grin

I'm seated in a giant ballroom where vast rows of chairs face seven glowing supercomputers. Each liquid-cooled rack of servers is lit with a different color. The crowd of a couple hundred people cheers the computers on toward victory.

Though they stand on a dais at the Paris Las Vegas resort as still as statues, the computers are locked in heated battle with each other. Commentators on a jumbo screen offer a play by play of the invisible battle.

"The race for third is very tight," says Hakeem Oluseyi, an astrophysicist, in a rousing voice.
DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge winner Mayhem, run by ForAllSafe

ForAllSecure's team Mayhem stands as a silent sentinel in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.
Laura Hautala

Funded by DARPA, the government agency that commissions far-out research for the US Department of Defense, this is the Cyber Grand Challenge.

The computers are competing to be the best at a tedious and challenging task that human cybersecurity researchers do every day: find a bug in a software program, then fix it. Right now there aren't enough skilled people to do that job, so this technology could take pressure off IT departments everywhere struggling to stay on top of vulnerabilities in their computer systems.


The number of vulnerabilities in computer software running in the world is impossible to know. Cybersecurity firm Symantec estimated in its 2016 report on internet security threats that researchers across the industry found more than 5,500 new vulnerabilities in 2015 alone. Those bugs tend to stick around, as programmers copy-paste outdated software into new products, and users like you and me forget to update our software.

This new technology, experts say, will also give cyberdefenders a much needed advantage in a war that right now heavily favors the bad guys. It's much easier to find one bug and exploit it than to defend against every single possible weakness in a computer system. This competition hopes to flip that script.

"The idea is, you find it before the bad guys do," said David Brumley, CEO of startup ForAllSecure, which is developing a product in line with this concept. Brumley's team Mayhem is competing tonight with an algorithm based on the ForAllSecure product.
darpa-cyber-grand-challenge-team-forallsafe.jpg

Team ForAllSecure, winner of the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, Las Vegas, August 2016.
DARPA

Still, the technology is a little eerie. As I move closer to the seven competing computers, I can't help but feel like these might be our new cyber overlords.

I'm not alone in this worry. In a tweet, SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk compared the DARPA project to the creation of Skynet, the technology that launched the robot wars described in the "Terminator" movie series. Spoiler alert: That story ends in nuclear disaster.

Who knows? This may be the last story I ever write.

[size=14pt]Small steps to computer autonomy[/size]

All right, it's probably too soon to panic. Cybersecurity experts are still taking baby steps in adopting the technology called machine learning. The term refers to a broad range of techniques, all of which amount to humans taking their hands off the steering wheel and letting computers drive.

Machine learning is already at work defending our computers, noticing when a hacker has broken in. That might sound basic, but humans aren't very good at doing that.

The average time it takes US companies to realize they've been hacked is 146 days, according to a February report from cybersecurity firm FireEye. That number is actually an improvement from previous years, but it's still enough time for hackers to make a lot of mischief.

Take the data breach at Target in 2013, which compromised credit card details of 40 million customers. Experts say it could have been stopped much earlier. In fact, Bloomberg reported the programs guarding Target's computer systems noticed something was wrong and notified the IT department right away.

The problem was, that notice was lost in all the other warnings sent out that day. There are just too many suspicious things happening on a given computer system at any one time for a team of human beings to sort through.

"You're looking for a needle in a stack of needles," says Caleb Barlow, vice president of IBM Security. His company is training its Watson artificial intelligence technology to analyze blog posts, academic journals and news articles about cybersecurity threats. The goal is to have Watson apply what it learns to real-life cybersecurity incidents, offering advice to teams of humans.

Several other companies are developing computer algorithms that can sort out the false alarms from the real emergencies. Right now, the technology requires a feedback loop with human experts. The program makes its best guess as to what's dangerous, and humans can go in and tell the computer if it got that right.

Eventually, experts say, the computers won't need us.

[size=14pt]Computers helping computers[/size]

The Cyber Grand Challenge aims to take machine learning tools far beyond finding a hacker in a machine. Rather than sitting around waiting to be hacked, this technology could automatically fix the software bugs that let hackers in.

The seven teams competing Thursday came from universities and cybersecurity companies, each bringing a computer that can run a specialized algorithm without human interference. In 96 rounds of competition, the computers looked at code provided by the contest organizers in search of vulnerabilities. Then they patched the code and sent it back to run on a test computer.

To fix the problem, the supercomputer has to do some reasoning, according to Tim Bryant, technical lead for the Deep Red team, whose members work at cybersecurity company Raytheon. It looks at the code and says, "Here's what we think the program was supposed to have done," Bryant said.

There's also gamesmanship. The algorithms steal patches from each other and change their approach based on how they can score the most points.

[size=14pt]But really, is this a good idea?[/size]

So what is it that Elon Musk and I are afraid of? This sounds great. Supercomputers will fix all our software flaws, and hackers will be left out in the cold. Musk himself is investing in artificial intelligence, so maybe he was just kidding. Heh.

But if a computer can fix a problem in my software, couldn't it just as easily exploit the problem? Make a few changes, and you're not looking at supercomputers that protect us from hackers. You're looking at supercomputers that are hackers.

Brumley acknowledges this is a valid concern. Still...

"I don't think that's a bad thing," he says. "Like any tool, you have to deploy them ethically."

I guess we'll just have to trust Brumley, because in a nail-biting finish, his ForAllSecure team wins Thursday's competition. All hail our new supercomputer overlord.
http://www.cnet.com/news/rise-of-the-hacking-machines-darpa-cyber-grand-challenge/?ftag=CAD2e9d5b9

Politics › Hailing Hailers Please Bring Something To Cheer About Pmb by uvalued(op): 6:43pm On Aug 11, 2016
hmm i just finished reading a cry of a once vocal supporter of pmb on premiumtimes who has tendered an apology for vouching for pmb...jumped back and saw not nay better post about pmb...

is it that am not seeing any good in this govt by been biasedor actually there is nothing good...

hailers hail me with some news that will gladden me in the midst of this turmoil..... embarassed cry cry
Phones › Re: Do The Battery Saver Applications Actually Work? If They Do, Which Is The Best? by uvalued(m): 7:45am On Aug 11, 2016
okonja:
No undecided, if you want to enjoy your battery, uninstall all social media apps you have and access them via the web because either you use them or not they are running background and consuming your battery, For example, I only have my Whatsapp n BBM installed, others have been wiped off and have been freed from battery quick drainage and Hanging while enjoying my Candy Crush grin
is instagram also on web
Jobs/Vacancies › Re: "Why Should We Hire You?" - Tell Us How You Answer This. by uvalued(m): 7:12am On Aug 11, 2016
pepigeorge:
The same thing dat happened wen PMB told us b4 election that he wud make $1= N1 and after electing himm
$1=N345....... did anything happen. ... is he not still d president. .....
Nothing will happen. ..
see chumtin naija see swag...
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Properties › Re: How To Obtain Governor’s Consent (in A Nutshell) by uvalued(m): 1:07pm On Aug 09, 2016
samueladegbola:
HOW TO OBTAIN GOVERNOR’S CONSENT (IN A NUTSHELL)



STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON CONSENT
The Land Use Act of 1978 puts all land in a State; town and rural area under the control of the Governor and Local Government Chairman, respectively, in trust for the people of the state.
Consequent upon this, section 22 of the Act then states that, “it shall not be lawful for the holder of a statutory Right of Occupancy granted by the Governor to alienate his Right of Occupancy or any part thereof by assignment, sublease etc without the prior consent of the Governor”.
Simply put, even though a property has Certificate of Occupancy which makes the beneficiary the legal interest holder on the land for 99 years or the residue, if he decides to resell, mortgage or do anything with the property, since the land is held in trust by the state government, the Governor needs to approve the transaction.
In other words, the first person on a land is the only person or group of persons entitled to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy. Every subsequent buyer of that land must get a Governor’s consent. There can only be one Owner of the Certificate of Occupancy on that land and it will not be replicated for another person once the land has been sold or transferred to another person.


PROCESS/WORKFLOW AT THE LANDS BUREAU, LAGOS
The process that accompanies the issuance of Governor’s consent in Lagos State is usually carried out at the Lands Bureau. The following documents are required for the purpose of obtaining Governor’s consent: Dated letter of application with addresses and phone numbers; duly completed form 1c.
The form must be dated and signed by the parties to the transaction and sworn to before a Magistrate or Notary Public; Certified true copy of grantors title document; Grantors’ tax clearance certificate /developmental levy receipt and; Grantees’ tax clearance certificate/developmental levy receipt.
Others are: Four copies of duly executed sublease, deed of assignment (with survey plans attached in each copy), mortgages or power of attorney; Chartable survey plans; Evidence of payment of charting, endorsement, and form 1c; Evidence of payment of ground rent/land use charge; Letter of confirmation of payment of capital contribution from NTDA in respect of Lekki peninsula schemes 1 and 2, Abijo GRA, Isheri North and other affected government schemes and; Building plan or photograph of the property.


ASSESSMENT, TAX AND OTHERS
After submitting the first set of deed of assignment and survey plan, internal scrutiny of the documents submitted is carried out. Thereafter, the documents are sent to the Surveyor General’s office for charting. If there are no defects in the survey plan, a clean report is sent to the Lands Bureau and a demand notice is issued to the applicant for the following fees: Consent fee – 8 percent of assessed value of the property;
Capital gains tax – 2 percent of assessed value of the property; Stamp Duty fee – 2 percent of assessed value of the property; Registration fee – 3 percent of assessed value of the property and; Current tax clearance certificates of the parties to the property transaction. If you have none, an assessment is raised immediately for you.
Finally, your application (document) is sent to any of the designated commissioners that are specifically designated for that purpose to append their signature. When this has been done, it is sent back to the applicant to do stamp duty and final registration. Your deed of assignment then becomes Governor’s Consent; it is now a registered title. It’s the registered title that is called deed.

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reading comments here has thrown some dubts on the us visit... hmm guess i hae to keep asking...
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