how much for a scanner?

@Smano

Learn To Program

Ruby

it's all free. it's all great.

alexis:

Personally, I wouldn't recommend it.

NIIT markets itself well but doesn't live up to expectation. Indians are cheap, as a result, alot of good teaching staff always leave them and they end up hiring students and paying them peanuts; this will affect students learning.

My advice - buy books and read.
Google it
Join forums on the technology or product you intend to use.

exactly. niit is one big house of bullshit, man. omo those guys are wayo, it's so sad. i, too, was in that their scholarship programme last year. i was in their java class for a couple of months. what a waste of time and money. when u remind yourself that they are asking for hundreds of thousands in fees, and then u see the mediocre teaching , it's enough to make u vomit last week's breakfast, sha. i quit them one time, and i strongly advise against going there. don't blow your money on them.

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has partnered with LynuxTraining Sàrl to develop the first dedicated Ubuntu training courses for the 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' status. UCP is a training certification based on the LPI level 1 certification.

once they finish developing those training courses i won't mind getting certified, sha.

Ubuntu Certified Professional

those prices are on the steep side, sha:

your optical sony mouse costs #1000. mine cost me #800
your p4 amaxx casing is #7000. mine was #5,500. omo that is a whole 1k5 difference, man. damn!
you are offering floppy drive for #900. i can get one for 8
256MB DDR RAM for #5,000? i bought mine for #4,000

i bought 380watts speakers from mercury for =N= 850. they're great

ishmael:

The guy probably needs something cheap.

omo na so. i'm currently on an old dell desktop P2 400MHz, 10GB, 128MB. i have a 20k budget to get me something a bit better. when obj's reforms finally grip, then maybe i'll get back to u on those quantum-engineered machines u mentioned above
plus i have no plans for getting on the vista bandwagon at all, to be honest. i'm looking to switch to linux as my primary OS and to use nothing more than Win2K when it's absolutely necessary.

omo, i'm not looking for something with which to control military satellites and nuclear launchpads, man.
i was thinking more along the lines of computer village equipment, u know. 2500pds or even 350pds to spend on a computer, i'd be a contemporary of a whole 'nother level.
thanks, anyways sha.

can someone give me an estimate of how much the following items would cost me:

- ATX box + powerpack
- P3 Mainboard + processor (>=500MHz)
- 512MB RAM
- 20GB HDD

just click the link. the info is all there.

Ruby is an increasingly popular object-oriented programming language that i have recently started teaching myself. get with it. move into the future.

i saw these two adverts in the papers a few days ago from HiiT Institute and from karROX.

HiiT:
- Oracle: =N= 100,000
- MCSE: =N= 15,000
- Java: =N= 25,000
- CCNA: =N= 15,000
- A+/N+: =N= 15,000

there was no price list for karROX. what do u guys think of these two institutes, and IT institutes in Lagos, in general? any recommendations?

PC Speakers. How Much?

Can anyone give me a rough idea of how much they sell decent PC speakers in Computer Village Ikeja?

wale that sounds like the same thing that happened when i had the brontok virus on xp. can u try accessing your windows partition thru linux?

yo i need a big favour. i've been trying to download Win2k SP4 but it takes too long with my starcomms. could someone with a faster connection download it for me and burn it to CD, please?

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE

u guys how far? any ideas about my starcomms usb problem?
here is what is get from sudo lsusb -v | less:


Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0451:3410 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB3410 Microcontroller
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0451 Texas Instruments, Inc.
idProduct 0x3410 TUSB3410 Microcontroller
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 Texas Instruments
iProduct 2 TUSB3410 Boot Device
iSerial 3 TUSB3410
bNumConfigurations 2
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 39
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 2
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xa0
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3 Linux 2.6.15-23-386 uhci_hcd
iProduct 2 UHCI Host Controller
iSerial 1 0000:00:07.2
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 255
Hub Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 41
nNbrPorts 2
wHubCharacteristic 0x000a
No power switching (usb 1.0)
Per-port overcurrent protection
bPwrOn2PwrGood 1 * 2 milli seconds
bHubContrCurrent 0 milli Ampere
DeviceRemovable 0xc8
PortPwrCtrlMask 0xc0
Hub Port Status:
Port 1: 0000.0100 power
Port 2: 0000.0103 power enable connect
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered

mimoh it's still not working. this is what i get when i type sudio tail -f /var/log/messages

Nov 13 10:44:31 BlackBetty kernel: [ 823.806741] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 15
Nov 13 10:44:31 BlackBetty kernel: [ 823.955199] ti_usb_3410_5052 1-2:1.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.582217] usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 15
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.707518] usb 1-2: device firmware changed
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.707563] ti_usb_3410_5052: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.707788] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 15
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.810052] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 16
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.980472] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.982446] ti_usb_3410_5052 1-2:1.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.982481] ti_usb_3410_5052: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5

thanks mimoh. i will try that out , as soon as i buy a new UPS. my ups burnt out. anyone know how much a new UPS costs?

adewale thanks again for the ubuntu cd. it's working fine!

can anyone tell me how to configure my starcomms landline phone's wireless modem in ubuntu?

i need a recent ubuntu cd very urgently. is there anyone in lagos who can hook me up? please, man. email me: ravenphntm[at]gmail[dot]com
or text me at 08082117560
thank u!