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Comment on ClickToFlash – Awesome Safari Plugin! by Bashar

Bashar — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:41 +0000

I would prefer Flash in general, but this serves the future of the web I guess :)

Safari is faster btw, but much less secured. I’m using Chrome on Mac today, and it’s wonderful. Yes I know, also less secured than Firefox :)

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by 3baid

3baid — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:28:05 +0000

Yes!

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by FJR

FJR — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:59:22 +0000

Haha thakkartne ib 7alqa ib barnamaj ib rmithan. wa7id kilshway yigolonlah yeeb paper yro7 wered malion marra , akher shay gallah “LAISH MATGOLI KILA MARRA WA7DA” chan yigoolah ili bel wezara “Hahaha.. bas chithi.. nabi n6afrek.” ;p

Comment on Qurtoba by outkasty

outkasty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:04 +0000

yalla 3ad yaallaaaa ma artha 3ala man6aQty =~]

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by MBH

MBH — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:13:44 +0000

@Ansam, Were you going to feed her? NO! So clearly her priority is to satisfy her stomach rather than you! :p

@Anonymous, I went to ministry of information a few days back and arrived around 1:20 PM .. in all 3 floors, there was absolutely not a single employee apart from the tea-boys.
A tea-boy told me *everyone* leaves at 1 PM and come at 9 AM.

5oosh wizara!

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by ansam518

ansam518 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:24:28 +0000

Its ridiculous and insane! Let alone their attitudes! I arrived at one of the Khidmat AlMuwa6in offices in one of the residential areas… I got there 10 mins before their actual office hrs so they told me to wait… one of the ladies there refused to help me and asked me to wait JUST wait! All I wanted is to renew my passport, but she said I was early… so I waited, and waited… she picks the phone and order breakfast falafel or whatever because she didnt have breakfast… I left right then and there! Shoof el mostawa bas!!

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by eshda3wa

eshda3wa — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:53:37 +0000

im still reeling from the ministry of higher education..

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by 3baid

3baid — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:38:42 +0000

Keep your USB flash drive hooked to your car keychain so you don’t lose it unless you lose your car keys as well :P

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by 3baid

3baid — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:37:53 +0000

Glad you found this informative :)

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by Marzouq

Marzouq — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:13:31 +0000

Hey 3baid!! Thats a great idea about keeping this documents around, but I wouldn’t carry them around on a USB.. I have lost a lot of USBs over time so imagine someone getting one whole lot of all your information in a simple USB, that would be scary! U would have to super encrypt it! Which most probably will not do

But ur right having all these documents around are important for most government work

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by Swair

Swair — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:26:35 +0000

This is a very informative post! Love it :D

I always have to have the official papers in big files in my office here at home. One for my husband and one for me.

I never know what to photocopy and what to just keep in the file, so this is good :D

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by KTDP

KTDP — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:03:33 +0000

life is good, people are happy and no one wants to work ……

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:09:50 +0000

You asked for this…

I’ve been fighting over with the Ministry of Information (i3lam), Customs and Ministry of Trade for the past 3 weeks to get a simple import permission for a software product I’m trying to import.

The dumb Mis-information ministry says I have to have a Publication License to be able to import computer software. WHAT?
I have a Computer Company that falls under electronics which entitles me to import hardware & software!!
“NO! Publication License is a must! Because the software is a visual thing that we see on the monitor”

After a week of pressuring on them, they finally gave in and admitted that they’re mistaken and that I only need an import permit from the Ministry of Trade, but the ministry of Trade said I have to have a Publication License…

Both ministries are mistaken. No one admits their mistake. They only start giving me lame excused & headaches after knowing the EXACT product name, which leads me to think that someone wants the market for himself…

Bastards.

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by Bloggylife

Bloggylife — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:19:43 +0000

you call them “procedures”, an optimistic look at the randomly generated ridiculous, no-one-knows-wth, unnecessary-paper-requests, set of printed out of a serial connected outdated printer … thingos :P

does it show that I’ve through these “procedures” before hehehehe

you forget, 1 KD notes for stamps ;) and no one has change!
you better go early, cz they run out of stamps.
I was asked for a letter from the bank, proving that I have an account there.
Official papers of my parents.
My salary detail, my parents salary detail :P

I always carry copies, multiple, and the originals with me ;) when I’m going to a government institute and no matter how many times I do a background check on what is required, I have to go back and forth several times, different answers, different requests.

e-Government, I’d settle for an archiving system with all our official papers at this point. Seriously think of the trees, that’d been scarified with the way we waste paper!

PS: there’s a queue :P you made me laugh.

Comment on Get Things Done in Kuwait by Patrick Semaan

Patrick Semaan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:02:36 +0000

Bureaucracy at its worse we’ve got in the Arab world. But trust me, it is equally bad in UK and some other “1st world countries”.

That is where we got it from actually, from them.

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by MBH

MBH — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:01:25 +0000

Ms Loala,

It’s a failed project to begin with. The phones that have RFID are very limited and no one would restrict themselves to such phones, or care to carry an extra phone for payment.

M-Net had what is required, but the marketing wasn’t good enough, or maybe the people weren’t ready.

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by Ms Loala

Ms Loala — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:47:31 +0000

This is only a test and we’re speculating it ain’t working either. They didn’t implement a tool or a feature which prevents unauthorized usage in case of theft. Besides, i’d rather carry a small card than a palm sized phone which would occupy an extra space in my bag.
It’s a waste of money rather than raising the staff’s salaries if you’re asking me ;\

Comment on Cat Humiliation Pack by hello

hello — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:01:58 +0000

ITS HELLO KITTY! DUH

Comment on Cat Humiliation Pack by 3baid

3baid — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:57:29 +0000

Don’t ask me :/

Comment on Cat Humiliation Pack by Wii

Wii — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:52:30 +0000

why does a white cat need fake white cat ears o.O

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by Marzouq

Marzouq — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:12:34 +0000

I’m curious to see how this is going to work out!

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:27:16 +0000

That’s just a more polite way of saying IT IS :)

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by MBH

MBH — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:24:08 +0000

Because you said “it seems” while it IS in fact the same ;p

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:52 +0000

MBH: But you couldn’t resist reconfirming :)

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by MBH

MBH — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:17:19 +0000

It IS RFID. NFC is just an acronym for its fancy name.

Thanks Bashar! Saved me the trouble of searching :p

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by Bashar

Bashar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:01:26 +0000

Actually, it does seem RFID http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by 3baid

3baid — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:32:44 +0000

It’s not RFID, it’s NFC. Whatever that is.

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by TripleA

TripleA — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:45:36 +0000

I really want an answer.

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by Bashar

Bashar — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:15:58 +0000

Z: My mistake I didn’t fully dig the details :).

Comment on NBK Partners with Zain to trial Mobile Payment System by MBH

MBH — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:34:27 +0000

Wave the phone over a reader? Do I hear RFID? Do I hear easy RFID cloning & easy money stealing? YES I DO!

It’s been already proved that RFID can be cloned when UK deployed a sample of ePassports.