In Pictures: Africa making money

[Aurovon]

This photo of pupils at a tuck shop in South Africa taken by Lucy Holborn is the first of a series of shots about making money in Africa sent in by BBC News website readers.


Kristen Jablonski took this picture of a market in Uganda's capital, Kampala, where a barber works beside a stall selling herbs and spices.


In Angola, a girl barters with customers at her fresh fish stall in Giordano's picture.


In Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, Dan Teng'o captured an industrious man selling peppers and vegetables at a village market...


... just north of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, a nomad in the middle of the desert tries to sell a cigarette to Jennifer Fox.


Selling refreshments for weary travellers can be a lucrative trade as captured here in Alistair Caldicott's picture of a bus stop in Mozambique...


... also in Mozambique, Gavin Megaw sent in this picture of bags of cashew nuts for sale along the roadside.


Many parts of Africa depend on tourism. On a beach in The Gambia, vendors watch a tourist walking out to sea in Henryk Kotowski's photograph.


Susan Davies sent in this shot of Maasai wraps and hats - popular with tourists - for sale in the town of Kericho in south-western Kenya.


In Kristen Jablonski's shot at the equator, a Ugandan man purports to show water moving anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern for $2.70.


Koranic school students sent out to beg for money are ubiquitous in Senegal, says Robert Mooney, whose picture shows the talibes, as they are called, taking a break.

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[scorpio_]

nice...

i like the one with the dude at the equator... cool gig

[tamil_desi]

I always like your "In Pictures" posts This is a good one!

[E.I.Walrus]

Originally Posted by scorpio_

nice...

i like the one with the dude at the equator... cool gig

[FatGeezer]

Originally Posted by Aurovon

IT'S MURDEEERRRRRR!!!!

[Felonius Monk]

Originally Posted by scorpio_

nice...

i like the one with the dude at the equator... cool gig

That doesnt actually work. The coriolis effect only works on much larger scales - like hurricanes etc. The thing about water flow in sinks etc is an urban myth.

[Felonius Monk]

Originally Posted by FatGeezer

IT'S MURDEEERRRRRR!!!!

Terrorist! Does Sudan have oil that needs liberating?

[Echelon]

Lorrentz Attractors in your sig.

[Felonius Monk]

Yes. Strange attractors turn me on.

[tamil_desi]

Originally Posted by Felonius Monk

Terrorist! Does Sudan have oil that needs liberating?

Ok...even though that was a joke...Sudan is no joking manner.

[FatGeezer]

Originally Posted by Felonius Monk

Terrorist! Does Sudan have oil that needs liberating?

dunno, but here, have a cig anyway. hopefully you'll get lung cancer sometime soon....

[FatGeezer]

Actually I respect VERY MUCH people that try to make something out of nothing and being creative and trying to EARN money instead of just plain simple begging, where the option is there obviously.

[Felonius Monk]

Originally Posted by tamil_desi

Ok...even though that was a joke...Sudan is no joking manner.

That joke had nothing to do with Sudan, except the name. Besides, nothing is above a laugh. Jus chill mon.

[tamil_desi]

Originally Posted by Felonius Monk

That joke had nothing to do with Sudan, except the name. Besides, nothing is above a laugh. Jus chill mon.

[Echelon]

dx/dt = u(y-x)
dz/dt = xy - cz
dy/dt = x(v-z) - y

[FatGeezer]

Originally Posted by Echelon

dx/dt = u(y-x)
dz/dt = xy - cz
dy/dt = x(v-z) - y

differentiation is for kids.

[Echelon]

Originally Posted by FatGeezer

differentiation is for kids.

*Differential equations.

[FatGeezer]

Originally Posted by Echelon

*Differential equations.

differential equations = equations which involve differentaition.

Differentiation is the subject, differential equation is the item.

dx/dy = differentiation matter.

[Felonius Monk]

Originally Posted by FatGeezer

differential equations = equations which involve differentaition.

Differentiation is the subject, differential equation is the item.

dx/dy = differentiation matter.

Actually there's no differentiation involved in this particular set of equations. They're derived directly from empirical data (its a primitive weather model). An analytical solution doesnt exist i.e. the equations that would be differentiated to give these havent been found.

[NedFlanders]

Yup thats Africa allright - seen it all down here!

[Echelon]

Originally Posted by FatGeezer

differential equations = equations which involve differentaition.

Differentiation is the subject, differential equation is the item.

dx/dy = differentiation matter.

Differentiation : "the computation of a derivative."
Differential equations "In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation in which the derivatives of a function appear as variables"

You're not really differentiating in this instance, as in you wouldn't differentiate any of the above equations.
You'd jus use the derivative functions as variables.

You've mistaken Chaos Theory for high school differentiation.

[FatGeezer]

Originally Posted by Echelon

Differentiation : "the computation of a derivative."
Differential equations "In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation in which the derivatives of a function appear as variables"

You're not really differentiating in this instance, as in you wouldn't differentiate any of the above equations.
You'd jus use the derivative functions as variables.

You've mistaken Chaos Theory for high school differentiation.

Well theres certainly no evidence of Chaos Theory being proven in what you write.

Differential equations rely on the function of differentiation and hence a sub-item of the subject that be differentiation.

[FatGeezer]

pah, im rambling. i did that shit last 10 years ago. Im proud i even got the "diff" bit right!

[NedFlanders]

My Favourite is also that at pretty much all the Major intersections in Johannesburg i can buy some of the following items (the list below is the most common items):

1. Pirated DVD's
2. Black bags in packs of 200 (the beeg ones used for trash)
3. Coat Hangers
4. Cellphone chargers
5. Shoe racks
6. Sunglasses
7. Super Glue
8. Maps of the world
9. Perfumes ( Hugo Boss, Calvin Klien etc)

And the list continues - Africa - its a wonderfull place!

[Echelon]

Originally Posted by FatGeezer

Well theres certainly no evidence of Chaos Theory being proven in what you write.

Differential equations rely on the function of differentiation and hence a sub-item of the subject that be differentiation.

No evidence of Chaos theory proven? What the hell are you on about?

Differentiation is a the process of deriving a derivative of a function.
You don't derive a derivative within any of these functions because the derivatives are initially given to you.
Hence no differentiation!

Fuck, don't skew this shit.