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Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by ichommy(m): 5:16pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Kudos to them |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:16pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
This is wild.. great stuff.. from over 150 million Nigerians.. great stuff.. really |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:18pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Am so proud of been a Nigerian... Op, u mean dat Philip's IQ is higher Dan Albert Einstein own. ![]() Like seriously?!!!!. We need people like dis in the govt.. Nt some thugs, thieves..... ![]() |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by costandi(m): 5:19pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Adminisher:Who says scientists dont invent? What were Albert Einstien, Thomas Edison, Leonardo Da Vinci, James Watson, Etc.? 2 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:19pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
[size=15pt]WHEN WILL YOU GUYS ADMIT THE FACT THAT EMEAGWALI IS A FRAUD AND HE DIDN'T DO SH*T[/size] http://saharareporters.com/2010/10/18/how-philip-emeagwali-lied-his-way-fame [size=15pt]SEMOUR CLAY IS THE FATHER OF SUPERCOMPUTING[/size] 14 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by achu442(m): 5:19pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
What of Mohammed Buhari??........... 1 Like |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by damton(m): 5:20pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Geraraheremehn: Gerarahere mehn |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by neocortex: 5:20pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
princeogbeide1: You need to read more! Philip emeagwali has nothing to do with wireless technology or even the internet for that matter. The rest of this list is mostly accurate. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:23pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Can't see any Yoruba name there ..... Why? ![]() |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Dragonking: 5:23pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
I see 2 Niger delta men, 2 SE men and 1 Hausa man....No Yoruba....I think the list is not complete.... We have more than 5 great inventors |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Auwalms(m): 5:23pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Quiet Impressive of us, but that Phillip Emeagwali has no credit for what he was presumed to have done. |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:26pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
That Philip Emeagwali dude is a huge fraud.....Instead, there is a Nigerian professor at stanford Kunle Olekotun or Oyekotun (can't remember) who pioneered the field of multi-threading for computing i think (Don't remember the details).... 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by costandi(m): 5:27pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
kaakulator5:Why is it that its only Nigerians who have actually done nothing that have come out to refute his claims. Meanwhile, people who have actually done something accept the fact that he achieved something. 1 Like |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by duni04(m): 5:27pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Emegwali the fraudstar! Like his brothers ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Okpueze1(m): 5:30pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
platz:Bcs u are still in Primary school. Even pupils know Philip Emeagwari. |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:30pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
God Almighty Grand Unified Theorem? that one sounds powerful... |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by princeogbeide1(m): 5:31pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
neocortex: Can uuu state the contributions of Philip Emeagwali in the development of computer technology" am willing to know them from you 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by bajeen(m): 5:31pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Remove Emeagwali and Oyibo from that list pls. They are just intellectual fraudsters. Please read the article below: Intellectual 419: Philip Emeagwali and Gabriel Oyibo Compared By Farooq A. Kperogi Ask an average Nigerian to name the country’s most famous scientists. In all likelihood, they would mention “Dr.” (or “Professor”) Philip Emeagwali and Dr. Gabriel Oyibo. This, in a way, is excusable ignorance. After all, the great President Bill Clinton has been scammed into undeservedly calling Emeagwali “one of the great minds of the information age ” and the “Bill Gates of Africa.” And such prestigious Western news organizations as TIME , CNN and BBC fell for Emeagwali’s smartly orchestrated intellectual fraud. As for Dr. Gabriel Oyibo, he was for many years touted in the Nigerian media as the great successor to Albert Einstein, as a four-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Physics, and as the inventor of the "almighty" GAGUT (God Almighty Grand Unified Theorem), which he farcically calls “the theory of everything.” On the basis of his comically delusional intellectual fraud, Oyibo has been celebrated in Nigeria as one of the greatest scientists that ever lived. However, the elaborate intellectual fraud of Emeagwali and Oyibo are now unraveling rapidly. SaharaReporters, the enormously popular, muckraking diasporan citizen media site, has done a series of exposés on the intellectual fraud of Philip Emeagwali . At least two mainstream Nigerian newspaper columnists have done the same in the last few weeks. I'd had cause to call attention to the intellectual chicanery of these characters in my July 15, 2006 Weekly Trust column, then called “Notes from Louisiana,” which can be found on this blog. Oyibo and Emeagwali are certainly different in many respects. But they are also similar in more ways than one. First, Oyibo started out as a productive scholar who actually published a number of peer-reviewed, scientific articles before he degenerated into his current patently psychoneurotic state (I will give evidence for my conclusion shortly); Emeagwali, on the other hand, never had a Ph.D., is/was never a professor by any understanding of the term, has never published in any peer-reviewed journal, nor owned any patent—all contrary to his claims. However, Emeagwali did win an actual award—the Gordon Bell Prize — whose significance he has exaggerated beyond the bounds of reason and decency. Note, though, that Oyibo also claims to be a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Physics. This is pretty much like Emeagwali 's fraudulent claims to being "a" or "the" father of the Internet. The Guardian 's U.S. correspondent, a certain Laolu Akande, is the biggest accomplice in Oyibo's fraud. Until the last few years, the Guardian often reported that Oyibo was among the top three candidates being considered for the Nobel Prize in Physics. This intentionally deceitful newspaper speculation was/is the basis for his unearned popularity in Nigerian elite circles. I don't know if this has changed, but when I was in Nigeria it was customary to identify Oyibo in Nigerian newspaper narratives as a "three-time Nobel Prize nominee in Physics." In the Afro-romantic digital black diaspora, in fact, it is usual to identify him as a four-time Nobel Prize nominee ! Now, the Nobel Committee does NOT disclose the identities of the nominees for any of its prizes until at least 50 years after the prize has been announced . How in the world did Oyibo and the Guardian 's Laolu Akande know that Oyibo was a nominee for the Physics Prize? In fact, Omoyele Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters.com and former citizen reporter for the now tame and compromised ElenduReports.com , unmasked this fraud years ago. He sent emails to the Nobel Committee asking to know if Oyibo had ever been a nominee for their Physics Prize. Of course, they flatly disclaimed it. They said it was impossible for anybody to know if he was a nominee for any Prize until several decades after the fact. So, in more ways than one, Oyibo is guilty of the same intentionally fraudulent self-promotion that Emeagwali has a dubious honor for. Like Emeagwali , he currently feeds on this fraud since he, like Emeagwali, is effectively jobless now. Plus, Oyibo stakes his claims to unparalleled scientific genius on the basis of his ludicrously incoherent and insane GAGUT theory, which hasn't been published in any peer- reviewed scientific journal or book, although he has a vanity, self-published book that he flaunts every time— much like Emeagwali 's claims to having 41 patents, which have turned out to be patents in sophisticated, intricately multi-layered intellectual frauds. But any one who has followed Oyibo 's life closely will agree that the man needs help—seriously. The brother has lost it. He has no job as I write now. He left the university system as an untenured associate professor years ago. (Hmm.... Can you imagine a four-time Nobel Prize nominee in Physics who no U.S. university or research institution wants to touch with a barge pole?) If you need evidence of Oyibo’s undisguised psychic imbalance, read his deleted profile on Wikipedia , which he wrote of himself. Here is a sample from the profile for your amusement: “Honors and Awards: Professor G. Oyibo has been recognized as being closer to GOD (intellectually and in other ways), than any other human being because of the GAGUT discovery. He has also been recognized by the Nigerian Federal Government as Mathematical Genius which was inscribed on a Nigerian Postage Stamp that was issued in 2005. Professor G. Oyibo has also been recognized as the Greatest Genius and the Most Intelligent Human Being ever created by GOD. He has also been recognized as the Greatest Mathematical Genius of all time. Professor G. Oyibo has been recognized by the Nigerian Senate, representing the entire population of Nigeria of over 200 million people, through a Senate Motion No. 151 page 320 presented in the Federal Republic of Nigeria Order Paper on Tuesday, 15th March, 2005." If the above is not proof of a man who is truly in need of psychiatric help, I don't know what is. But the greater concern for me, however, is that our hunger for heroes has predisposed us to be easily susceptible to all kinds of cheap intellectual frauds. By officially celebrating Emeagwali and Oyibo, the Nigerian state has inadvertently become an accomplice in intellectual 419. And by engraving their images on our postage stamps, the Nigerian state has unwittingly and permanently stamped deceit and false pretenses (otherwise known as 419) on our national consciousness—and on our international image. That’s a shame. 8 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:32pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
Adminisher:who did this to you? ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by mindtricks: 5:33pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
MrKontrovErsy: How come all this Baboon talk and tribal twist? Can't we just be sane for once? 3 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by YourNemesis: 5:34pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
End time list. |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:34pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
costandi: http://www.rense.com/general81/dnt.htm [size=15pt]ARE THESE NIGERIANS TOO? EVEN OYIBO IS A FRAUD.WHY DO WE ALWAYS LIE TO OURSELVES?NOBODY IS AGAINST BART NNAJI OR CYPRIAN UZOH AND EVEN EMEAGWALI'S WIFE[/size] 2 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:36pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
kaakulator5:shut your mouth nwokem! Mechie onu! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:38pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
neocortex:tribalism even in Nairaland? |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by Nobody: 5:40pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
LEGALAide: [size=15pt]GO AND TELL THAT TO YOUR MOTHER.NNUKWU EWU[/size] 1 Like |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by costandi(m): 5:41pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
kaakulator5:That site is saying almost the same thing as sharareporters. I don't know why people keep claiming that philip said his Gordon bell award is at par with the Nobel prize. He never did, maybe his fans did. Philip may not be that Genius people see him to be, but, he actually achieved something. 2 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by musicwriter(m): 5:42pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
If not for Emeagwali, computers, smart phones and wireless networks would be slow globally. His invention made possible processor speeds up to Dual-core, Quad-core, Deca-core, octa-core, e.t.c even the potential to build faster computers or smart phones. If you're enjoying a fast 8GB RAM on your computer or phone, it's all because of Philip Emegwali. Without his invention, nothing would've been as fast as is enjoyed today. IBM and all the computer companies already gave up on the possibility before he did. If he was a white man he would've possibly won a nobel prize. 4 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by kernel501: 5:44pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
costandi: traders hahahaha don't mind him. 1 Like |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by kernel501: 5:46pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
costandi: traders hahahaha don't mind him. |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by kernel501: 5:47pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
kaakulator5: YORUBA STOP BLACKMAILING. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia navigation search EnlargePhilip Emeagwali Philip Emeagwaliis an African inventor and scientist. He has been living in the United Statesfor many years. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize($1000) for price-performance in high-performance computing applications, in an oil reservoir modeling calculation using a novel mathematical formulation and implementation. Super computing[ edit] Emeagwali received the 1989 Gordon Bell Prizefor an application of the CM-2massively-parallel computer. The application used computational fluid dynamicsfor oil-reservoir modelling. He won in the "price/performance" category, with a performance figure of about 400 Mflops/$1M. The winner in the "performance" category, Mobil Research and Thinking Machines, used the CM-2 for seismic data processing and achieved the higher ratio of 500 Mflops/$1M. The judges decided on one award per entry. [ 2 ] [ 1 ]His method involved each microprocessor communicating with six neighbours. [ 5 ] Emeagwali's simulation was the first program to apply a pseudo-time approach to reservoir modeling. [1] Accolades[ edit] *.Price/performance - 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, IEEE($1,000 prize) [ 2 ] Emeagwali was voted the "35th-greatest African (and greatest African scientist) of all time" in a survey by New Africanmagazine. [ 8 ][ citation needed] His achievements were quoted in a speech by Bill Clintonas an example of what Nigerians could achieve when given the opportunity. [ 9 ][ citation needed]He is also a frequent feature of Black History Montharticles in the popular press. [ 10 ] [ 5 ] He is described as "one of the great minds of the Information Age"[ citation needed]and as "a Father of the Internet"[ citation needed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Emeagwali 3 Likes |
Re: Top Five Nigerian Scientists And Their Great Inventions by jhubril(m): 5:50pm On Nov 29, 2015 |
I have finally detected the hallow head of fundamental nothingness. This is a clear sign of "foolery" and a self-inflated mediocrity. Who told u Phillip Emegwali or whatever u called him is what he claimed to be? Just "gerrout" and do ur assignment properly. It is infuriating when ignorant people promote empty and bogus elitism on the social media. 6 Likes |
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