DualSportBiker

10 hours ago, Wiggy said:

How do you blacken something that’s already black?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack

There is more than one black apparently!

7 hours ago, Bobydog said:

That would be a valid argument if you were a sitting member of the Military Junta.

Hilarious - facts are oppressive! They impose on your right to be wrong. No, you are free to be wrong - just know how measurably you are wrong...

On 10/19/2021 at 3:42 PM, Bobydog said:

Opinions differ!

Mathematics doesn't care for dissenting opinions. The great thing about science and maths is that they are repeatable, and can be explained to those who accept the limitations of their own opinions. There are no alternative facts. When opinions counter known facts, those opinions can be dismissed out-of-hand and he who opines ignored.

On 10/18/2021 at 8:49 AM, Bobydog said:

Hear hear, the powers that be only ask the same 1400/1799 people out of ???? Millions!!!! and claim 60% of this or that say.......????????????

Yet another person who has no clue about statistical analysis and is happy to tell everyone how clueless they are. 
 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howcan-a-poll-of-only-100/ 

14 hours ago, smedly said:

all very sensible until you add in ................................. fully vaccinated person as opposed to fully vaccinated foreign tourist, the distinction being......................................work it out for yourself

 

so you missed my point entirely 

Really? Nowhere in the text I wrote, or the text I quoted (for which I am not responsible) is there the phrase "fully vaccinated person" So what on earth are you talking about? If you are referring to A1, then you have misread it. It clearly means that when 70% of the local population is vaccinated, then allowing foreigners in is safe. It makes no mention of whether those tourists would be vaccinated, but that is stated public policy.

Your point was that the question was stupid and therefore the answer would be equally stupid and meaningless. Are you going to address the fact that the questions are in fact well thought out? Or is whataboutism your only approach to discourse? 

17 hours ago, smedly said:

That whole statement doesn't make any sense - ask a stupid question and you will get ...........................

Makes sense to me. Have you read the questionnaire in its original form? I have. It is yet another well-formed questionnaire from a group with a proper working knowledge of how to frame questions and how to ensure proper collation of respondents. 

Q1: “5 factors” that will help open the country as scheduled

A1: Vaccination is effective for more than 70% of people. - 74% agree

A2: Have control over the spread of COVID-19 - 69% agree

A3: Readiness of public health, hospitals, medical personnel - 68% agree

A4: There is regular proactive examination / screening before entering various places. - 66% agree

A5: Build confidence in safety in tourist areas such as airports and public transport, restaurants and hotels - 65% agree

Q1 is a 'all you agree with' format so it is not an error that the responses seem greater than 100%... 

I would continue, but would you?

7 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

Try driving long distances in Thailand or any country on an electric car. 

Sure, here the charging network is poor. From Bangkok to Korat (235km), there are only 4 charging points, fairly evenly distributed, the first being around 100 km from Don Muang. So that would be a struggle for any car with under 100 km range (are there any.)

Suggesting the rest of the world is like Thailand is so far off the mark. My mate drove his Tesla from western England to Stockholm four years ago - mostly free electricity. My sister drove her Audi from Manchester to Scotland two months ago - free electricity. Another mate drove his Tesla from Portland, OR to New York for a very reasonable price. Non-Tesla drivers will find it harder for sure, but it is only 13 years since Tesla kick-started the market, so, sorry, you are holding onto old news. The rate of installation of ev charging stations is staggering.

In the US, there are 14 times more ev charging stations per ev than there are gas stations per gas car. Add to that charging at home, private charging at supermarkets and hotels and the ratio swings further to ev's advantage. In the UK, there have been more EV charging stations than petrol stations since around Q3 2019.

I don't know how old you are, but unless you are in your late 80s, electric cars will be more convenient and easier to operate in most countries before you pop your clogs. And, might I add, I hope you live long enough to enjoy the experience and the change of opinion. Happy travels...

14 hours ago, driver52 said:

I'm mainly interesting in push bikes, light ones

I'm not convinced by electric motorbikes at the moment although I do know the Indians are starting to make some interesting looking scooters and those nius look cool so thanks for the heads up on those!

Yeah - the performance of real e-bikes is terrible...

sorry for double-post - system did not seem to accept it...

On 9/20/2021 at 7:54 PM, IamNoone88 said:

Petrol car the best and always will be in my life time. 

On 9/20/2021 at 7:54 PM, IamNoone88 said:

Petrol car the best and always will be in my life time. 

The best at what? They are on their way out. Electric is just getting started. Electric already produce the fastest production cars available which, while irrelevant to normal driving in so many ways, means efficiency will outpace ICE. Teslas are made so well that the testing authorities had to change their standards adding 'extra levels' to cater for their industry leading safety standard. Advances in solar will mean most commuting will be powered by parking outside. Maintenance is so simple. Many Tesla owners claim they spend more on tires than energy for the life of one set.

This guy crashed a car so badly that it caught fire but escaped with minor injuries. Try that in a diesel pick up made in Chonburi.

On 9/20/2021 at 7:54 PM, IamNoone88 said:

Petrol car the best and always will be in my life time. 

The best at what? They are on their way out. Electric is just getting started. Electric already produce the fastest production cars available which, while irrelevant to normal driving in so many ways, means efficiency will outpace ICE. Teslas are made so well that the testing authorities had to change their standards adding 'extra levels' to cater for their industry leading safety standard. Advances in solar will mean most commuting will be powered by parking outside. Maintenance is so simple. Many Tesla owners claim they spend more on tires than energy for the life of one set.

This guy crashed a car so badly that it caught fire but escaped with minor injuries. Try that in a diesel pick up made in Chonburi.

I registered with ExpatVac the day it was spun up. No response from them, but BCCT kicked the tires for me just this Monday and I got my first AZ jab this afternoon at SCG Bang Sue. There were thousands there, all under various different schemes; ExpatVac/BCCT, BMA, and others whose names I did not catch while waiting for the overworked security guard to tell me where to go.

The entire process, front door to getting a cab home, took me 75 minutes. I very much doubt that the Thais waiting in the BMA queue got processed that fast. Were the performance slower today, I'd still be grateful for it taking place. It could be argued I should not have had to wait so long to be registered - all registrations accepted and sorted by age rather than there being a Thai queue and a non-Thai queue. However, at the end of the day, the machine is oiled and working and the volume of people through it seems to be rising. The staff I talked to said they were processing more people per day each day.

Ironically I received a mail from MedPark this morning offering me Pfizer yesterday or today. Not sure how that would work, but as I live close to Bang Sue I took the AZ and will wait until Nov 19 to get my second jab. I am not considering a self-diagnosed mix-n-match at this time, although preliminary tests suggest the two combine well. (https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/covid-19-vaccine-mixing-astrazeneca-pfizer/) It is unclear about getting a certificate here if one mixes vaccines.

13 hours ago, riclag said:

Did you register for a vacc, on the site in this thread , expatvac ?

I did. The site crashed initially so I waited 20 mins, tried again, struggled with the date field and eventually got a success.

 I think it goes deeper than that. Too many older Thais have neither any clue about, nor interest in technology. 60% of Thai IT graduates do not work in IT. 60% of IT workers here did not graduate in IT. As only young people understand programming, and programming is a career path with a low glass-ceiling so the smart programmers realise that and change careers. Most Thai organisations programming can and should only be done by fresh graduates for the lowest price possible. Have we ever seen a tender here pitched and won on quality over price?

I have worked in IT since 1988 in London, here, Hong Kong and Singapore where I ran IT for a USD100,000,000 regional logistics Co., I have seem how each country in Asia approaches IT. Thailand is so far behind the rest it is scary. In 1993 I can remember one of Thailand's bank's IT Exec VP telling us they would 'jump over' the client-server revolution and get away from COBOL and AS/400s. I can remember them calling us in a panic when they used waterfall development processes for SmallTalk projects (few might understand that but it is the programming equivalent to using a Ferrari to drive off-road or carry durian.) I wonder how much blame can be assigned to Thailand's slavish use of AS/400 and all the wrong-headedness it brought with it.

The few companies here that know how to buy technology services are keeping the even fewer companies that can deliver very busy. The rest of both camps are stuck with each other until death.

11 minutes ago, macnmotion said:

Actually the biggest piece missing is usually the strategy, including security, before a finger is lifted for design or programming. But since managers here have little incentive to spend their budgets on such an invisible step, it usually doesn't happen.

5 hours ago, garygooner said:

Thought the number would be higher than around 29k. Wonder how many have already paid for Moderna up front and are waiting? 

Me for one. Q# 909K and change for Moderna. Signed up for this (painlessly) hoping to accelerate the process. If a 60+ year-old with 2 health conditions is told April 22, it would seem reasonable to conclude Moderna will get me first as I am both under 60 and in great shape.

7 minutes ago, 2long said:

WOW!! ????????

I normally enjoy the company and opinions of fellow bikers, but the aggression and accusations* in your post are quite alarming! I will/would never click on a link surrounded by such words, such is the fear of a spam link or worse.

How very dare you call me a Somchai!

Act like a duck, get called a duck. And whatever you do, don't go reading up on how polls are actually done so you can keep to your false understandings... With that kind of bravery, I bet your stand leans your bike more than you do ????

1 hour ago, pauleddy said:

A sample size of 1000 (without ages, location, wealth etc)taken from 60 million (I’ve discounted 3 m farang) is as useless as a chocolate teapot. Does nobody study stats here?

 

 

eddy

Do you?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howcan-a-poll-of-only-100/