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    Bullets go ballistic

    Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 15/06/2010

    » I'm sure we are all familiar with how dangerous bullets are, especially in light of the recent civil unrest in Bangkok. Weapons and bullets are designed to maim and kill. The mechanics of how deadly projectiles work make for fascinating science.

  • News & article

    Get into 'the zone'

    Learningpost, Edward Roy Krishnan, PHD, Published on 04/05/2010

    » Creativity flourishes in a non-threatening environment that is characterised by high levels of positive emotional experiences and responses. But happiness is not the only ingredient to consider when we think about redesigning schools to cater to the needs of a new, more challenging future, where fluidity in thinking and learning define success.

  • News & article

    Gamers, DIY markets to receive boost

    Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/03/2010

    » The Aspirers Group (TAG) has teamed up with partners to build a new type of trade show with "Creative Extreme DIY" and "Reality LAN Party" at ComWorld 2010 from April 29-May 2 at Siam Paragon.

  • News & article

    Lasting Friendships can be a tall order

    Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/02/2010

    » I was having a solitary lunch last Tuesday with my dear friend Evil Neil when a phone call came out of the blue. A phone call on my cellphone, that is. Regular readers are cognizant of Neil, a helpless victim of corporate cellular phone advertising who changes his phone as often as we eat somtam, and who, with every new device, plasters Superglue between it and his ear so that it's permanently stuck to his head - hence my "solitary" lunch with him last Tuesday.

  • News & article

    Cracking good time

    Database, Published on 13/01/2010

    » German tech nerd Karsten Nohl showed off at the Chaos Communication Conference in Berlin how he cracked the encryption that you were trusting to keep your phone calls un-tappable throughout Thailand; the researcher proved it would be pretty simple to crack any GSM encryption; he said the 20-year-old encryption algorithm used by most GSM companies is simply too weak, and can be cracked by anyone who really cares; he released all the data, cracking tables and instructions, but did not give away an actual cracking program, because that might be illegal.

  • News & article

    Developing skills for success

    Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 12/01/2010

    » 'Umphang Wittayakom is located amidst mountains, foliage and streams."

    • Forum

    Writer jailed for 'insulting' Thai royals

    By Voice, Created on: 19/01/2009, Last updated on: 17/06/2009

    » Writer jailed for 'insulting' Thai royals Australian writer Harry Nicolaides is jailed for three years after being found guilty of insulting the Thai monarchy in his novel. Today news from the BBC, after heard the news I thought that maybe it time that maybe we should all discussing this kind of...

    • pachangamac042 commented : [quote="prommee_NE":33uh9zle]Does anyone have more precise information on what is permissable? Or is it simply removed by BP...as the host and we can rely on them not to have caused offence?[/quote:33uh9zle] Who knows prommee, but I would personally not rely too much. Better play it safe in case of doubt. Anyways, what are we really allowed to talk about and what is taboo? Where are the boundaries. Certain subjects are obvious but others may remain in a grey zone. Big problem is, interpretation. You may end up in jail, because somebody may have read something into your lines, witch was not really there. Like, "this [color=#FF0000:33uh9zle]could mean [/color:33uh9zle]that you said...", not really, "this says..." I mean knowing, that there are more then 60 people accused of those charges, people who may not even be aware of it, is a bit scary, isn't it?

    • 312 replies, 1,158,552 views

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    Why do ONLY foreigners get special promotion?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 28/01/2008, Last updated on: 05/02/2014

    » The advertising board on the way to Airport is shown "Foreigner Zone.. Buying house (somewhere around Bangkok..) Foreigner, with Special Price!!" I know the property company may want to attract foreigners to invest in property in Thailand. But, what about Thais who also want to own the...

    • fast eddy commented : Wow! What a great topic Yes VP welcome to Thailand - the land of 'special everything for non-thais'. The special price for the houses in a 'forgein zone will be hugely inflated as is the price for entering the Chiang Mai Safari Park, National Parks and Temples when charging a non-Thai! I too met the special price for foreigners a couple of weeks ago. I was informed that the electric sign I errected would incurr tax as would a sign in Thai. However, my sign would be taxed at four times the rate of a Thai sign as it is written in English! The trick to do is to involve yourself in transactions as a seller rather than always the victim (buyer). That way you can pass on the special prices you pay to your Thai customers. Make Budhism work for you - they say its a circle so just keep passing the special prices back to the natives when you can - rule no.1 'there is always a victim. Rule no. 2 'don't be it!' The next thing to do is to shop around! Best to use a Thai friend to help you to 'negotiate' the price. When this is settled then you step in and pay-up - just enjoy the 'great wailing and nashing of teeth' when the vendor realises they missed out on yet another 'special price'! Having said all of that, there are areas of Thailand where they don't price discriminate and treat non-thais as the would thais. Try to settle in one of these places rather than the big cities where you will probably spend most of your times as a 'special price' victim. Finally, to 'watcher'. You can't be serious! Japan is an extremely rascist country I lived there full time for five years and my brother over 20 years and friends are getting up to their quarter century of living there full time! The word you need to use is xenophopic with a capital X! You must have seen the big black buses crawling around the center of Tokyo! These huge buses are draped in the rising sun flag with blacked out windows and manned by extreme right wing Japs dressed in black - belowing through loud speakers that all Japan's woes are caused by foreigners and that they should all be kicked out! Somebody pointed out that Thailand is not really a budhist country and is basically animist with a smatering of hindu. I would agree with this - you only have to look at the rush to buy into the special medalions produced in Nakon Sii Thammarat last year to understand how supersticious the Thais are. They even get their lottery numbers from looking at trees and (get this) pigs! I have no problem with this whatsoever as the cub Kao lady (the mobile shop) in my village in Nonthaburi won the lottery twice by such non-scientific methods. What was annoying was that she bought a ticket numbered the same as my wife's motorbike registration (which she had seen in her dream the night before) and won. Not only that but a few months later she saw the registration of my pick-up truck in a dream and won again!! Thais do sometimes suffer from the 'special prices' though. An example that springs to mind is the special prices promted by some five star hotels and resorts which have deals for tourists but not for the natives. I have read of this a number of times over the years but having said that they get their own back by charging higher prices at other resorts for tourists when compared to natives - see! You've got to get yourself into the trading chain somehow or you will forever end up the victim For as a Jewish friend of mine once said, 'Why did God invent Gentiles? Someone has to pay retail!!' cheers Fast Eddy

    • Fa_Rawng commented : Before everyone gets upset about this, there is no such thing as a foreigner zone or a falang zone, or what ever. It is an advertising gimic. I would strongly suggest that some people read up on exactly what a falang can own and what they cannot. Most falang don't want to go through the hassles of purchasing and owning a house or land. Besides most falang that I know who own houses have a partner - their Thai wife. I fully respect the wish of Thailand, Thailand for the Thais. As everyone knows most falang buy condos (like me). I don't understand how an agent could sell a house to a falang for a lower price that a Thai. That flies in the face of the norm in Thailand. Falang always pay more than Thai (and again I'm not complaining about that). FRom hair-cuts to entrance fees into public areas, to the price of a noodle soup on the street. If Thais have got the money in their pocket to purchase land or a house, there is one thing I can recommend, WAIT. By the end of the year properties will have fallen greatly in price, falang are leaving as their home-town economies go under. Anyhow go to Australia, all creads can buy land there. No restrictions (generally).

    • 81 replies, 319,453 views

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