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That Nnanna Guy doesn't know his left foot from his right foot when it come to Economy, if he thinks large bills doesn't contribute to inflation.
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In evey classroom, you see the face of Albert, a jewish brother and some Western scientist hanging on the walls as role model from the desert land of northern Nigeria to the savannah land of far eastern Nigeria. Phillip will soon join them as an African son. And you too should be proud. This is the first step acknowledging your own. Phillip merits his face on Biafranigeria. He is the only well known and accomplished scientist in Africa and if not the modern world of today. Any ungrateful squirt should be proud that a non politician is gracing the face of financial times in Biafranigeria. He is in my opinion a great service to world science. I am happy for him. Copy that.
Hail Biafra
[ May 04, 2004, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: Waypoint1Biafra ]
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Did you forget about the "Google Search" scientific research published by the BiafraNigeria Guardian that showed Emegwali's was the most searched for scientist in the world on the internet ?
When a scientist who lives in America is only being acknowledged by the Biafra Nigeria press you do not need to be told there is 419 in the horizon.Oh,I forgot he said the KKK was haunting him. This oyibo people sef.
[ May 06, 2004, 01:27 AM: Message edited by: chiboy ]
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Chiboy, don't hold your breath. If your waiting to be honored by the West for your science inventions and accomplishsment you gotta be fooling yourself. If Phillip is claiming that he is the Father of the internet, denied of him probably because of his skin color or originality then he has no choice than to campaign for recorgnition. Whats wrong with that? And by the way, whats wrong with Biafranigeria Newspapers marshalling him out for a very special treatment?
Ever ask yourself why the "BLACK HISTORY MONTH"? I challenge you to do some networking about that special month exclusively for BLACK HISTORY MONTH and you may come out well informed or remain a bleached jackass. Please, don't get me wrong, I use the term rather loosely with no bad intentions.Copy.
Hail Biafra
[ May 06, 2004, 03:52 AM: Message edited by: Waypoint1Biafra ]
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Chei! What are you doing about Waypoint1Biafra who just called you "a bleached jackass."? This is the worst curse I've seen in years. I wouldn't let him get away with it.
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My brother this one pass white versus black so please find a better excuse for the lack of recognition in America of all these feats the Nigerian press is reporting about Emeagwali. Are we now to conclude that Phillip lost his "father of the internet" title because he was black ?
Yes there was ignorance in America and there still is ignorance in America but do an internet search on Achebe or Soyinka and you will see actual achievements not self promotion and agrandisement.The last time I checked the nobel prize was not being awarded by the orginazers of the black history month. You will expect the best scientist in the last half decade to have at least won this major prize.
As for balck history month, yeah we have heard all about McCoy and his inventions but what are Emeagwali's inventions ? We have been told there are no patents registered in Emeagwali's name, so what exactly will he be listed as having achieved in the black history month calendar? In this time and age for anyone to depend on black history month as a sole source of information on the achievements of a world reknowned scholar is like depending on a historical black college as your only source of education. The real jackass is the man who imposes ignorance on himself by limiting himself to the black history month for information on developments in science.
Those two young men who invented the Google search engine have since gone to reap the benefit of their work, I never even knew their name till their IPO went public. We would wish to see Emeagwali begin to reap the benefits of his being the "father of the internet", all the other fathers are getting rich so what's holding our boy ?
[ May 06, 2004, 04:20 AM: Message edited by: chiboy ]
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I have not met Phillip physically but neither have I met Bill gates, the Google partners or even Soyinka. Nobody here met Einstein and he never owned a web site yet we know his achievements, so why would my meeting Emeagwali physically matter ?
[ May 06, 2004, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: chiboy ]
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I have not met Mr. Emeagwali, and after the conclusions I have drawn, I don't want to ever meet him. I hear he has a habit of crying racism for no good reason. I don't want to be accused of being an agent of the KKK or the Aryan Nation.
Then again, I have not met Bill Gates. But, I have certainly used this: , his MS Windows. You are probably using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser as you read this. Maybe, even this site runs on a Windows Server. Do you know that a countless number of Africans have gone from Cab Driver to IT Professional thanks to Microsoft Certification? MCSE, IIS, etc.
I did not meet Albert Einstein either. But, I think about him each time a glass door opens as I approach it, or when my garage door opens as I drive toward it on my way to work. I know Quantum Mechanics, and I know Einstein's Mass/Energy Relation well enough, and the world knows what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when the two were exploited for an evil purpose.
Now, tell me, have you ever seen Emeagwali's "Patented Hyperball Computer?" Do you know anyone who has ever seen it? Remember, other than the $1,000 Gordon Bell honorarium, allegedly inventing the "Patented Hyperball Computer" is Emeagwali's primary claim to fame. According to Chioma Ezeilo's research, the Patented Hyperball Computer DOES NOT EXIST.
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I'm glad this issue came up. That name has been ringing bells across the internet world as a great scientist in internet technology.
From what I'm reading now, it appears that he has just the knowledge of computers and not an inventor of anything.
I hope that he or someone will come up with his invention sooner than later.
Emegwali, after all, may just be good in computers just like every other Nigerian in their respective field of studies.
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Me I go talk am as i bi andi as man pikin see am oh. Dat ojoro man wey be Philip Emeagwali na real kalabule. How person wey no get work go come say im bi computer guru. Dat kain oyibo pass man oh. Na real way!
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There has to be some underlying circumstances why certain number of people are so lackadaisical to Phillip's accomplishment. I had asked, if any one has met him in person rather than what they read. The response was affirmatively no. But I'm not satisfied. Why so much criticism about a man whose caliber is greater than those questioning his book knowledge? bits me. Anyhow, I am still assessing the responses for some answers perhaps, I will be able to determine the source of the anger and the over zealous scrutiny. For a start, only his tribe's men are mad dogs over his fame.
Hail Biafra
[ May 13, 2004, 02:25 AM: Message edited by: Waypoint1Biafra ]
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Perhaps, we should examine your motives for refusing to consider the overwhelming evidence placed before you. I had no idea that Emeagwali was a dropout until I read that judicial opinion. Could it be that he was so busy having delusions that he failed to do his school work? I don't understand how he was allowed to get away with this scam for so long. Shame!
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My dear joy, what is being a drop out got to do with intelligence. I am pretty sure it has not slowed his knowledge. There are many scientist with great inventions and successful business men who were high school drop out. I am sure you can name a few in Igboland. I am wondering my fellow tribe's men feel so scrooged with Phillip's accomplishment? Copy.
Hail Biafra
[ May 13, 2004, 02:34 AM: Message edited by: Waypoint1Biafra ]
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This is totally devastating,one is shocked beyond belief.Maybe waypoint is just slow or just too embarrased to admit he has been taken on a cruel ride, I must confess I was once a "mugu" on this issue myself, God help us all. ------------------------------------------------- "Between 1987 and 1991, plaintiff completed approximately thirty-five University of Michigan graduate credit hours. In the course of his studies,he applied for and won a 1989 Gordon Bell Prize,which "recognizes significant achievements in the application of supercomputers to scientific and engineering problems." Plaintiff did not take his qualifying examination until May 1991. He failed this examination,was given an opportunity to retake the examination in July 1991,and failed this examination as well"
It only gets worse according to the court records
" Plaintiff submitted his dissertation on July 24, 1992. The university faculty members who ultimately reviewed the dissertation did not view itfavorably. On June 17, 1993, Gulari notified plaintiff that the engineering college faculty had concluded that his thesis was not worthy of a doctorate degree."
On the other hand Bill Gates was equally a drop out, but he never declared himself the most intelligent scientist in the half decade or compared himself with Eistein. I just hope the African Bill Gates has a good explanation for all this.
[ May 13, 2004, 03:30 AM: Message edited by: chiboy ]
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Arrogance may have played a major role in his failed bid to acquire a Ph.D.
Besides being a brain, diplomacy and humility to your immediate advisor and the graduate committee are key ingredients to successful completion of a Ph.D program.
Being a Nigerian, he might have shown some elements of arrogance to the committee.
Please, I'm not stating facts but assertions.
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I agree with Rick that arrogance may have played a role in denying Emegwalli the doctorate degree.
Waypoint. No body is belittle Emeagwalli's accomplishments, However there are so many Igbo sons and daughter who have accomplished much more than Emeagwalli, and they have not set up a shop or website to tune their own horn. Professor chukwu the Head of Department of Petrolium Engineering University of Alaska Fairbanks, probably have accomplished much more than a Emeagwalli. Yet you will not hear his name any where in Igbo or Biafranigeria circle. Last year he spend his sabatical at FUTO owerri teaching our kids, Even University of Alaska Fairbanks donated equipments and computer worths $100,000 to FUTO that he used during his stay there at FUTO.
How do I know this?, Because my nephew is a student at FUTO. He is always telling me about him, how good he is. I checked myself, I Heard that professor Chukwu is one of the foremost authority on petrolium and oil exploration. May be because Alaska is far removed from all of us.
I think some humility may do Emeagwalli some good.
quote: I think some humility may do Emeagwalli some good.
You're right on the money my brother sometimes ago Ms. Chioma Ezeilo, "Her Article" wrote from Utah regarding some inflations in Philip Emeagwali's resume/profile I mean this lady poked holes on most if not all of his claims. No one is denying the fact that Philip is smart with a couple of feats to his credit but come on guys it does not call for the kind of honor he's probably self-pushing. Period!
On second thought if he's that smart he did remove his self-serving web site that has brought nothing but pain on him and return to undisturbed private life. "Odi ka ife a na ebu puta anyi."
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brother I noticed the change, that is the beauty of Biafran Flag unlike that urgly looking nigeria flag.
You are absolutely right, sister Chioma punch so many holes in Emeagwalli's over blown ego. If he hadn't self promoted himself, many people would have defended him. I am probably sure there was some validity to his grieviances against University of Michigan for denying him a PHD. Does that merit him going around touting that he invented internet, absolutely not. If had humbled himself many of us would have taken up his cause.
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I am beginning to grasp the grudges. The focus of attention is not about his book knowledge but his character. Assessing Biafra's, he is not a likable person. And he is not sending home the bacon either, otherwise the critics on his academic accomplishment would be secondary. I guess we are getting some where.
Hail Biafra
[ May 14, 2004, 12:29 AM: Message edited by: Waypoint1Biafra ]
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, his MS Windows. You are probably using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser as you read this. Maybe, even this site runs on a Windows Server. Do you know that a countless number of Africans have gone from Cab Driver to IT Professional thanks to Microsoft Certification? MCSE, IIS, etc.