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The junta has stepped on many toes.
Not nearly enough, as yet. This is just the beginning. Mark the months ahead. Thailand will be the new hub of 'exposure'.
Oh ye of little faith.
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There are hundreds of options out there. Any of the file sync options mentioned above are good. I would also make an image of at least the C partition of your disk too. You could use Windows' built in imaging do do that, or perhaps something like Macrium Reflect free. Or you could use something like EaseUS backup free to do both file and image backup. Also - though I don't do it myself - I can't help thinking backing up your personal data to the cloud, using something like Crashplan, makes a lot of sense. You have many options..
Forget "cloud" - how are you going to access when site is down or internet not accessible? Use an external hard drive attached to computer to back up data. And are you sure that the cloud provider is safe against hacking?
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These people are on the BOD they should get free passage on planes . Its like saying that the BOD of APPLE cannot give the board members free tablets or the head of burger king cannot have free burgers
Get real people the run the company
You're right - get real people to run the company!!
Pay for them for profitable performance of the company NOT perks whether the company is successful or not.
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What is there to discuss?
The flying public expect it and the NCPO "demands" it!
Is the board that thick they cannot understand? No wonder the airline is losing money.
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football is so boring, once you get addicted to UFC !
you mean KFC, do you?
I am not a great KFC supporter but I am sure more people support KFC than UFC
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Eventually martial law will finish, new elections will be held, then everything will go back to abnormal again
Then that will be the peoples choice and they will get the Government they deserve - good or bad.
Nothing that farangs can do about that.
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This is not going to end well.
Removing mass of properties by Police and Officials without trying to get a solution to this matter by peaceful means.
Anger creates anger.
Buddhists know this very well.
First letting the taxi (maffia) carry on with their illegal activities for many years and even legalize them by the Governor and then all the sudden destroy everything.
Hope that the Police and the Governor are wearing very lucky amulets.
Nobody else has had the balls to do it! Deal with the "anger" if it happens.
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#25 "Oh please, don't misunderstand......I was referring to the Army 'serenading' the former acting caretaker Prime Shopper! I'm all in favor of the performance!"
Performance is everything!
I look at starfish and shake my head in disappointment - no performance.
Edit: Reference
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Go over any bridge in Bangkok clearly labelled no motorbikes and you will see hundreds going down the middle between lanes of cars.
On the rare occasion the police set up a check point mid bridge, they bikes simply turn around and leave, only to return later in the day, next day etc.
Solution: Block them from taking the bridges : permanent placed at the bridge entrance but that would be too much work or even better just haul them all off and impound them for 10,000 baht.
No, the solution is to allow motorbikes on these bridges, and for that matter motorways. As well as my Honda Click for round town I have a Honda Silverwing for touring. The difficulties these 'no go' area's for motorbikes create when trying to navigate from A to B, through a major city are immense. What does this ban on where motorcycles go do?- Nothing. Those Ex pats familiar with the law back in the UK will know that there are no such restrictions on motorcycles there, except your machine must be over 50cc to go on Motorways. I have actually been on some of these bridges that motorcycles are not allowed on, beacause the sign that prohibits them is after the exit ramp to avoid going on the bridge ! !. And of course with central reservations you have no option but to continue.
Don't re-invent the wheel, use the UK model for motorbikes.
Yes, some motorbike riders can be a pest but are they really the problem?
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RIP
Condolences to family and friends.
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You gotta be kidding?
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Funny how the police couldn't find these weapons a up until 2 weeks ago.
Blind?
Incompetent?
Paid NOT to look?
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So, 36% picked Thailand, which means the other 64% DIDN'T. Amazing how you can skew numbers to make you look good.
And you have done exactly the same!
Vietnam polled 25% therefore 75% DIDN'T. So it does not make Thailand look so bad after all.
But, I also have my doubts about the authenticity of the poll. Who knows? (rhetorical question).
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Mac no attack!
Love your sense of humour!
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Pattaya has the benefit of the Pattaya Orhpanage Trust who also look after street kids. The organisation is well known in Pattaya. So there are options - at least one if not more ........
If the "authorities" locked up the parent/parents I wonder why they did not approach the Pattaya Orphanage? Or is there more to this story than what we are told? Mmmmm...........................
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Yes indeed you have hit the nail on the head there. The question to be put to Prayith is if you love the country so much and want to see harmony, then why didn't you protect the constitution on Febuary 2nd?I hope and pray that everything will be okay for all Thai people rich and poor and that maybe one day they will treat each other with respect . Had the army commander organised his soldiers to be present at the polling stations in February ti allow Thai national to vote without fear from those who opposed the election we might not be in this terrible situation today the people would have voted who they wanted to be in Government but were denied there democratic right to do so and that to me is shameful
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It would appear that "democracy" was hijacked by self serving greed and corruption. I am not convinced that this form of democracy should be "protected". Many Isaan people (home of many red shirt supporters) have supported the General's action because they have understood that they were being "ripped off". Why are people supporting blatant greed in the name of democracy? Did they have a financial interest? At least the General is now getting the farmers paid. The previous Government did not do that - regardless of what "reasons" people think it did not happen. Democracy is good IF people are not being blatantly ripped off, otherwise change the rules. Try again from a clean slate. Hopefully the NCOP will allow this to happen. Perhaps "utopian" democracy supporters should be aware of the realism of how democracy was being practised in Thailand and they should now butt out and let history take its course.
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Walking street is not a place for a stray little girl. True Milt but, the lady who is looking after the girl should have more sence. Hope it isn't true.
Its amazing how poorly people write here but... i doubt the girl was in WS, i believe it says her parents worked there and were arrested...
I doubt they are referring to the 7 year old working in WS... but not impossible here tho...
Other than that good job someone looks after the girl, and notices these things... may the prepetrator be hung up by his balls for everyone to see.
If you're going to contravene the rules and criticise the composition of other posts you sure as hell need to make sure your own are faultless otherwise you make yourself look like a dick.
Not the post, the general quality of the articles on here...
I can see how it looks, but i am not as bad at writing English as the article writers in here...
I were not critical of Chris in any way, just correcting how (Edit: "I think ")he understood the article...
PLEASE do not criticise other posters use of English. It may not be their native language!
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Firstly my congratulations to the street vendor for taking on such a task to somehow help the child.
Brickbats to the Police for allowing this situation to occur.
Brickbats to the country's authorities for failing to provide care for the child.
And I hope that the accused is locked up for a long period of time, with confiscation of any assets that could then be used to help look after the child.
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Congrats to the Phuket volunteers!
Wow, it must have been some bender!
I used to have Alzheimers disease but now I have forgotten what it is, so I know longer worry about it!
(my apologies to those who really do have it, for the flippant comment)
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I don't know if corruption can be proved, incompetence has surely been. The PTP government knew that the price they were paying could not be sustained, their answer was to keep offering it and not pay the farmers. Cynical and criminal, truly, corrupt, I don't know.
One way to hang onto power while "ripping off" the voters.
That is hijacked democracy for you.
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It's about money NOT religion?
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Perhaps with a data card for your phone you could tether the phone to computer for internet usage? Otherwise use free wifi at hotel, mcdonalds etc...
If you cannot tether your current phone, about time to upgrade and perhaps buy a suitable cheap smart phone while in Thailand?
When tethering, the mobile phone then becomes just a "wifi dongle". and you can also use the phone for "phone" contact. HTH
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One of the many problems of DEMOCRACY are the unintended consequencies! Or were they unintended?
Ok, we also have lvr181 on record as not trusting democracy. Democracy is far from perfect, but so long as there are elections the majority can learn from past mistakes and make corrections. What other system offers that?
While your comment may be nice reading, it does not reflect the realities of the situation as applied to Thailand. Thaksin family ripped money out of the country and now his sister had tried to get him pardoned for that and it appears that corruption and cronyism was still rife, one election later! Therefore, there was no learning or corrections from two past mistakes. It would appear that the NCPO (with the backing of the King) will restart democracy with new rules, accountability, transparency and responsibility before trying "western style" democracy again. So a military coup is now the system that does offer the majority, relief from the past mistakes. Give it a chance. Democracy for Thai peoples was hijacked by greed. Many previous red supporters now acknowledge that, unfortunately many still don't. They are still the majority and may win the next election. But, hopefully, Government will be more accountable and responsible next time around under new rules.
I believe in and trust democracy, as practiced by most civilized western nations. But there are parts of the world where it has not been the success westerners expect of it. Sometimes, much to the disgust of purist democracy supporters, you need to start with a clean sheet of paper.
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There was corruption before the coup so the coup was justified, is that it? And of course the coup will make everything wonderful, just like the coup before this one, and the one before that, and the one before that,...
I'm going to do a cut and paste from another thread. Have fun.
A lot of the same old stuff posted over again. People seem to believe that if they post nonsense often enough it will become true. Rather than address them in bits and pieces I'll summarize what I see as the most popular nonsense and my reply.
1. The 2011 election was in someway undemocratic or fraudulent.
The 2011 election was monitored by ANFREL and the results declared legitimate. It wasn't perfect but it reflected the will of the majority. I've seen no evidence that puts the election results in doubt.
2. Yingluck's government operated illegally.
I assume this refers to her removal from office for re-assigning a minister appointed by her predecessor. I am aware of no other country in which this would be cause for removal from office.
3. The government was corrupt.
That's true, but when has Thailand's government not been corrupt? I don't want to retype the table, so I'll just refer readers to post #313 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/728548-international-alarm-mounts-over-thai-coup/page-13. People can argue endlessly about which upticks are significant, but they can't deny that things have always been corrupt.
4. The government was incompetent.
Once again I agree, but the government enhanced its democratic credentials by attempting to hold new elections under both Yingluck and her successor. In a democracy the proper way to remove an incompetent government is through elections.
5. The military and reforms will eliminate or greatly reduce corruption.
This is a tricky area to comment on, so I'll just congratulate people who believe this on their optimism. My prediction, as I wrote in an earlier post, is that:
"The reforms, when they come out, will have some window-dressing limits on elected officials intended to look like they will reduce corruption. However meaningful corruption reforms, such as transparency in the operations of the civil service, police and military, will be missing. The major reforms will be those intended to strengthen traditional institutions and protect them from democratically elected governments."
But I'm sure that if and when this happens these same people will insist that the reforms will make things much better.
6. All elements of Thaksin and Shinawatra influence must be removed.
I think this would be a good thing if done properly. I am certain that the incompetence of Yingluck's governance had resulted in a significant fall in the popularity and influence of the Shinawatras, and that an election would have confirmed this. Unfortunately there won't be an election for some time, and by then the memories of incompetence will be overshadowed by memories of how Yingluck was removed from office. Just as the 2006 coup made Thaksin a martyr in the eyes of many, so will the current coup provide another Shinawatra martyr. One of the many problems with coups are the unintended consequences.
I could go into greater detail, but not without violating the new rules of posting.
One of the many problems of DEMOCRACY are the unintended consequencies! Or were they unintended?
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I know what your saying but the external hard drive is to COPY to, so that your files are held not only on the external unit but also your computer. Hardly likely both will fail at same time. And you can copy an image of your o/s to it also. Maybe use the cloud in addition ONLY FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT files that contain no personal identification OR financial information. It is a trust thing. Trust yourself not unknown others!
Over time all my family photos have been digitised and placed on DVD's with a copy for each of my daughters plus I keep one also. I have seen too many people lose precious family photos in a fire.
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