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Of course they make you straight. All women have a penis right?

KIK กิ๊ก has a recent slang meaning of a casual gf/bf.

I always thought a casual partner was a GIK

If you truly want to protect your data, an external hard drive is not really the best solution.

Ask yourself what you are protecting against? external hard drives are only good protection against the failure of your PC/Laptops equipment failure. What about other nasties like fire or theft? In these 2 cases the external drive is going to be taken or destroyed along with your original.

And are you really going to be vigilant and make backups ALL the time? Or will you start out strong then get lazy?

The only safe way is an automated cloud backup. I used Carbonite for years and was very happy. (www.carbonite.com) but there are many more to choose from.

Once you set it up, the first upload can take a day (or more) because it uploads everything but from then on it is fast as it only updates changes.

You schedule the backup during times that you are away from the machine or at low priority so that it doesn't slow you down while using your computer to do stuff.

The best part is that recovery is very easy. (Make sure testing the recovery is done before you really need it).

So if someone steals your computer or your house is destroyed - you still have your data and you can be as lazy as you want to be.

After Prez Obama's re-election, in which gay marriage was a part of his platform, same sex marriage legislation was enacted in France and the UK. No one can doubt that Prez Obama is transformative - he finally got a national health care bill enacted into law, a Democratic party issue that began 70 years ago with FDR and Prez Harry Truman.

Others in the world are trying to catch up to where Obama long has been on these and other vital issues of the present and the future. Welcome aboard Thailand. It's odd to hear a Thai welcoming fahlang ideas, policies, programs.

definately won't happen in Australia after the September elections as the incoming P.M Tony Abbot is a strict catholic man and follows the teachings of the catholic church very closely. There were moves afoot to allow same sex marriage but this will be put back for at least 8 yrs after the election.

A good thing too. Somehow a person expects to have special rights because they say they were "born" gay. So much BS. Gay is merely a social option that they choose to adopt, a bit like choosing to be a punk.

1. Gays don't want special rights. They just want the same rights as heterosexuals.

2. Being gay is not a chosen social option. It is something you are born with. The only choice is to accept it or to try to deny it and pretend to be straight.

3. Try to understand that the world is more diverse than your narrow mind can conceive.

Let gay people have civil unions, they should have the right to be miserable like the rest of us

Yes but back to reality this isn't about real marriage equality here as yet.

I was talking about civil unions, not marriage. Many people (i have a feeling you will be one) ask me what the difference is between the two. Marriage was initially a religious thing and I think that it should stay that way. I do believe that homosexual couples that want to commit themselves to each other should receive the same treatment under the law as married couples do. I dont think that homosexual couples have the right to change the definition of "marriage." It may be a fine line, but its one that should be drawn in my opinion.

You say marriage was initially a religious thing. Are you serious? Marriage was around long before religion and certainly well before christian religion. Mary and Joseph were married before Jesus was born. It is the religions that have for the past few thousand years defined marriage to exclude same gender couples. It's now long overdue for equality and allow the legal definition of marriage to recognise gay and lesbian relationships. This is not to say that churches must perform the ceremonies. Far from it. They can solemnise religious marriages according to their own rules but in a secular society where their is a significant number of non-religious people, there should be a secular legal definition.

If you don't want a gay marriage, then don't have one! But let the gays have theirs. Ok?

A hamburger walked into a bar and ordered a beer.

The barman asks "what was that I didn't hear you".

Sorry I cant talk loud says the hamburger, I'm a bit horse.

"...In exchange for cash players had to throw darts at balloons to win a prize...."

<deleted>?? In Australia this happens every week and especially at public events like Moomba and all the agricultural shows.

And bugger me dead, I am sure it happens at church fairs as well.

...BINGO....

Sorry I just won $25 and a tray of meat.

Still baffles me how people can be so gullible.

Some govt sponsored ads on tv should be done in each country... It wont be long and these scammers will be out of business.

Educate the people.... !!!

BRB, I have someone calling me about an amazing investment...........

Hello good sir may the lord find you well on this lovely day my name is Tomas from Nigeria and I am representing the most prestigious law firm in Abuja.

We need your help to be releasing the funds of a very wealthy investor who died naming in his will a man of your name...................................

This is the case in every country that allows voting.

If voters don't get rid of them they get what they deserve.

This merely means that you need parental consent to have sex under 16

That's not a defence in Australia.

Morokat is correct. fire and ice - sorry mate but you are not correct. Ain't nobody can give consent for under 16 to have sex with an adult.

There are some exceptions where having sex with under 16's might be legal (it varies from state to state) but only if the other person is within a few years of their age.

See http://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/pubs/factsheets/a142090/ for more details

Wow! If Australia can prosecute Australians for crimes not committed on Australian soil, the police will have to hire lots of extra officers & prosecutors to keep up.

Darling, sorry to pop your bubble but yes there are a number of special laws that make certain acts by Australian citizens overseas illegal. For example bribing officials of a foreign sovereign nation, or arranging or being involved in the importation of banned substances, and yes even being involved in sex tourism which is the law this guy is charged under. If you really want to know more, find out what laws the Federal Police enforce rather than the state police.

Of course Australian law doesn't cover what you might consider "normal" crimes like assault, murder, or whatever. They leave that up to the authorities in the country the offences were committed.

Attaching files works for me in Hotmail/Outlook. However gmail is my preferred platform.

If you are disgusted with the newspaper publishing the name and address of the victim, do what I did and write to the editor. If they get enough people telling them that they added nothing to the story and have put the driver and his family at risk, then maybe they might think twice before publishing some other poor bastards details.

editor@pattayadailynews.com

This is common sense coming from this warden. Always have a plan B and even a plan C.Think it all over. What would I do if I am hospitalised? Who would be the first person I would turn to?What if I lost my passport? What if I lost my bank cards? Learn from hypothetical situations. Even write them down. In my address book I have written myself instructions as to what to do if these situations come about...what if there was a civil war in Thailand?

Very often when the above situations occur you are in a confused state of shock, especially if you are elderly.So to simply read what you have written will help a lot.Officialdom can be very slow in these situations and you have to fight your own way out of the mess yourself.

One saying that has got me through situations like this is "TREAT EVERY PROBLEM AS A CHALLENGE"

Excellent advice. Write it down when you are thinking clearly and not panicked and over-emotional. Also think plan for everything - including civil war which isn't as far fetched as it may sound.

I wouldn't want to be working in the mobile food vendor business during those termperatures

So, a doctor who spends more time with every patient, finds the right diagnosis, administers the right treatment and gets the patient back in a healthy condition sooner, is punished with a wage cut, while the sloppy quack who takes just 3-5 minutes per patient, diagnoses on "just guessing" and "maybe" and has in consequence some of his patients back in hospital with the same illness or a worsening condition, gets rewarded although his work costs the taxpayer more money.

Amazing Thailand. Anyone who supports this idiocy deserves a kick in the groin.

This is how it works in most countries. The doctors who pump through the higher caseloads get paid more.

We all know that Thai driving standards are very poor but to get them changed will not be done overnight (if ever).

For the non-Thais driving here now, their driving, using the same driving style as at home can be positively dangerous to themselves. In order to survive without an accident you need to change your driving style.

A couple of basic points, first assume that every other driver is an idiot about to do something stupid, it's surprising how many times the other driver confirms that assumption.

Also at traffic lights never think that because you have a green light that it's necessarily safe. This applies especially if you are first in line when the lights go from red to green.

Waking up in hospital, or worse in front of the pearly gates, and claiming 'but I was in the right' is probably not worth it. Change your style and be more alert.

Good point above about headlight flash, yes it means 'I'm coming through'. Two flashes mean 'I'm definitely coming through' and three flashes mean 'didn't you see my other flashes'.

When I was learning to drive my instructor said "coloured lights can never stop a car so check for danger before proceeding" . Although not a timid driver, I have always driven as if the other drivers were wanting to crash into me. Only a few times they managed to get me.

In Thailand you need to totally rely on your wits and never assume anything, especially near traffic lights.

Warning Hi-so and westerners. Eating Thai food can give you the shits.

Same same in many other countries too. I know of an Australian pizza place with food that killed a guy.

When travelling I always go for the local street food rather than over-priced and tourist oriented restaurants.

Nothing liek a spot of targeted xenophobia! Who's tea money did they forget?

Come on eezergood. Every country in the world deports illegal workers. Why is it that you imply Thais should just take a pay-off?

What a load of BS! According to Yamaha a new jet ski is between $9k to $16K USD. http://www.yamahawaverunners.com

The owner of the jet ski that was wrecked in the accident with the yacht asked initially for ฿300,000 and settled for ฿100,000, which is almost $30,000 USD. Still a scam and always a scam, now justified by the head of the tourist police. Just as the over the top taxi and tuk tuk fares have been legitimized by the local government. But I also read that Bangkok is sending a team to take a look at all coastal property titles here. Hopefully some big heads will roll, but somehow I doubt it if the past is any indication of the future greed and corruption.

Hey Jimi. I suggest you quickly learn your exchange rates before you go back to Thailand. According to xe.com

3,385.25 USD

The key lesson is to have multiple backups and have them off-site and to make sure they are up to date, it's best to have an automatic service.

I hear what some have said about cloud backups but do they realise there are plenty of systems available at low cost that overcome almost every problem you raise? Just one example is one called Carbonite which I used to automatically backup my business server every day. This was the only one that offered me a truely unlimited amount of data storage. Sure the first backup upload takes around a day ( due to the large amount of data and usually slow asynchronous upload speeds on an ADSL connection) but it is all done in the background with no user effort. After that, the subsequent backups only have to backup files that are added or changed. Here is a review of 26 such services http://pcsupport.about.com/od/maintenance/tp/online_backup_services.htm

Basically there are two type of computer users. Those who have lost data and those who are about to lose data.

“We didn’t find any traces of the place being ransacked and the thick dust in the room made it impossible to find fingerprints,” he added.

I would have thought that a dusty surface is exactly what u want.

Not so. In order to "lift" a print the technician needs a clean and preferably smooth surface. They then gently add a special powder before lifting the result onto a special film. Too much dust will result in no clear image of the print. Dust will obscure whatever is under it. That is why (despite what you see on TV) it is virtually impossible to lift prints off pourous or uneven surfaces such as bricks, rusty metal, cloth, skin, and so on.

It's MoChit, on the Sukhumvit line.

Doesn't that mean it's the (older) German Siemens trains, rather than the (newer) Chinese Bombardier ones?

Mochit. I love that name and very appropriate for this story given that many people are giving a shit about a door opening.

Isolated incident, or first evidence that went public?

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