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LC then please enlighten us in why the CCP has started taking reefs and land 1000 kilometers outside their land borders, which is also within 300 kilometers of the Philippines and inside their economic zone? A sovereign nation is again being encroached upon by the CCP for what purpose? I already know the answer its oil and control of the South China Sea and its economic area. Why is there a UN tribunal being conducted about these illegal activities? Why has the CCP ignored UN request to participate in the tribunal?

All of this is because of the CCP aggression in the area. Nothing more nothing less. And just because you missed it I have over 20 years in the Japan.

Please explain what is happening as the world also wants to know....

China is not going to re-take Taiwan ...integration is the key , a concept I know trigger happy idiots find hard to fathom as they grow up learning only bombing works

Then why all the offensive weapons in the China straight aimed directly at Taiwan?

Why are they building military bases in the spratleys?

It's has been reduced every year as a result of negotiations and good ties that are improving ...so why did it take this long for you guys to visit Cuba till Obama ...trade is not lifted yet ? What are you waiting for ?

This thread is about the US patrols and presence in the South China Sea and not about Cuba.

Reduced every year is fully incorrect.

Still waiting on your answer to the military buildup and development of the Spratleys....

No different from USA having camps in Okinawa and Guam ; its for strategic launch and defence.

Talk to Comrade P ...he's an expert on military nagging and tactics / capabilities of the USA forces

This is the only post of yours Im going to respond to. Let me help you out with some information you obviously know nothing about except what you have heard or propaganda you might have read.

I as a US service member, was stationed in Japan for 10 years, 6 in Okinawa, 4 in mainland. After retirement I worked for the USAF as a civilian for another 10 years.

Please hear this, there is absolutely no, I repeat no strategic launch capabilities in Okinawa, none. The main reason we are in the Pacific is because our friends the Japanese and Koreans want us there. Its for their defense and theirs only. No other reason but that. The problem happening now is the CCP buildup in the south china sea and Spratleys. This has been causing concern for many years and is escalating now. But for those actions there would be no problems at all.

I know all about this and let me reiterate again you are absolutely 100% incorrect in your statements.

If that's the case then heed the local residents wishes and protests , pull out and head home as the bases have never been welcomed by the Okinawa residents. Yeap if there is no launch ability or Defence ability , I guess you guys are there only for the cultural dance experiences of the Naha prefecture

I know about the Chinese military and govt bodies in the south, there is no intent to attack.

You must be a troll because you know nothing of global politics or military in general. Your comments are completely uneducated, lacking any substance. Pure propaganda and rhetoric.

You might be correct about the south though....its all about the land and oil you want to take. Lets wait until the UN Tribunal is finished about the attempted land grab and militarization of that area. This situation has been building for a long time and will cause major issues because of the Chinese attempt to grab islands all for the sole purpose of oil and disruption of the South China Sea.

Typical Communist aggression.

More than likely an ide. Unless he gets into his bios and changes boot order he will never get anywhere. You guys already know this though. Very difficult to troubleshoot this on the forum that we can all agree upon. OP go get you a new laptop, problem solved. [emoji3]

China is not going to re-take Taiwan ...integration is the key , a concept I know trigger happy idiots find hard to fathom as they grow up learning only bombing works

Then why all the offensive weapons in the China straight aimed directly at Taiwan?

Why are they building military bases in the spratleys?

It's has been reduced every year as a result of negotiations and good ties that are improving ...so why did it take this long for you guys to visit Cuba till Obama ...trade is not lifted yet ? What are you waiting for ?

This thread is about the US patrols and presence in the South China Sea and not about Cuba.

Reduced every year is fully incorrect.

Still waiting on your answer to the military buildup and development of the Spratleys....

No different from USA having camps in Okinawa and Guam ; its for strategic launch and defence.

Talk to Comrade P ...he's an expert on military nagging and tactics / capabilities of the USA forces

This is the only post of yours Im going to respond to. Let me help you out with some information you obviously know nothing about except what you have heard or propaganda you might have read.

I as a US service member, was stationed in Japan for 10 years, 6 in Okinawa, 4 in mainland. After retirement I worked for the USAF as a civilian for another 10 years.

Please hear this, there is absolutely no, I repeat no strategic launch capabilities in Okinawa, none. The main reason we are in the Pacific is because our friends the Japanese and Koreans want us there. Its for their defense and theirs only. No other reason but that. The problem happening now is the CCP buildup in the south china sea and Spratleys. This has been causing concern for many years and is escalating now. But for those actions there would be no problems at all.

I know all about this and let me reiterate again you are absolutely 100% incorrect in your statements.

The current CCP Govt has no history of starting a large scale war while the USA have accumulated quite a resume in the last 50 years...hence its current actions seems strangely familiar....

In 50 years name one "large scale war" the US has started. Bet you cant.

While you are at the questions, please name one single time the CCP military has ever come to the rescue of another sovereign country in times of need.

Let's see the Chinese have been involved in humanitarian acts when there are natural disasters for every large scale disaster

if you mean by rescue "implied interfering and poking your noses into something you should not " then yes China loses to USA on this regard

Still not answering my questions are ya.

Im saying the CCP defends nor helps no country in the world except for North Korea. That speaks volumes and volumes about the CCP attitude.

The current CCP Govt has no history of starting a large scale war while the USA have accumulated quite a resume in the last 50 years...hence its current actions seems strangely familiar....

In 50 years name one "large scale war" the US has started. Bet you cant.

While you are at the questions, please name one single time the CCP military has ever come to the rescue of another sovereign country in times of need.

Let start with Iraq shall we or are we arguing the grammatical point of getting involved vs started

The death kill rate is higher ...for this we thank the yanks for that ...every military campaign resulted in the death of civilians and ongoing conflicts / suffering

Again dont start with the strawman arguments....debate the OP.

And what countries has the CCP rescued or defended anywhere?

China is not going to re-take Taiwan ...integration is the key , a concept I know trigger happy idiots find hard to fathom as they grow up learning only bombing works

Then why all the offensive weapons in the China straight aimed directly at Taiwan?

Why are they building military bases in the spratleys?

It's has been reduced every year as a result of negotiations and good ties that are improving ...so why did it take this long for you guys to visit Cuba till Obama ...trade is not lifted yet ? What are you waiting for ?

This thread is about the US patrols and presence in the South China Sea and not about Cuba.

Reduced every year is fully incorrect.

Still waiting on your answer to the military buildup and development of the Spratleys....

The current CCP Govt has no history of starting a large scale war while the USA have accumulated quite a resume in the last 50 years...hence its current actions seems strangely familiar....

In 50 years name one "large scale war" the US has started. Bet you cant.

While you are at the questions, please name one single time the CCP military has ever come to the rescue of another sovereign country in times of need.

China is not going to re-take Taiwan ...integration is the key , a concept I know trigger happy idiots find hard to fathom as they grow up learning only bombing works

Then why all the offensive weapons in the China straight aimed directly at Taiwan?

Why are they building military bases in the spratleys?

I'm just waiting for a clearly defined example of how he changed the world.

Had an effect on global warming, stopped a war in Africa, gave the world something that actually improved other peoples lives(not other pop stars)

He was a pop star, nothing more, nothing less.

It would be easy to list people who did change things in the world.

Eddison, Teslar, a large number of research chemists and doctors who are still working to help and change this for the benefit of many.

Please don't put this unimportant pop star in the same playing field.

Either you cannot or refuse to read which, I dont know. MUSIC WORLD! Its the first two words in the title of this thread.

Yes I do know that very well, especially in a Thai context but nobody has denied the effect Prince has on his besotted fans, what was at issue I thought were claims that he was a genius. I asked for some proof of that. All we have seen in response are low level personal attacks and silly sarcasm. if fans cannot be bothered to put up a case for him without reverting to this and not take him seriously enough to say anything beyond what comes across as a tanturm, well that's just disappointing.

Plenty of facts on the internet to prove our points. Research it yourself, we arent your personal servants and we dang sure dont need to provide you "proof" of anything. For the record, if you would read the posts on this thread you would see "proof" but, since you cant seem to grasp what we are saying and just reading, I dont know why we would think you would value any of the information anyways.

When I played golf at the great Royal Melbourne Golf club I, as a foreigner had to pay 3000 baht more.

People in Florida get discount at Disneyworld.

Local discount happens everywhere.

My daughter going to a UK university has to pay more than a UK resident, even though she is a citizen. US unis charge foreigners more too.

Please dont try to make sense of this. Dont need any examples of how the price differences and procedures are the same the world over.

Many TV people here dont listen to fact. They listen to ASSumptions even in the face of fact. And to get them to admit they are incorrect, would be like pushing a rope up a hill....backwards. Aint never gonna happen.

Personal attacks without any evidence of why his was a genius just personifies the weakness of the besotted fans argument. Lets have some examples of why he was a genius and how he changed the world, as some claim.

YOU would never understand.............

Its not worth arguing with this person. Its becoming more apparent he is just trolling. Something that should be stopped.

The music world and ourselves know how talented Prince actually was. Small minded people's attitudes and biases dont matter in this conversation. Arguing with some of these idiots is worthless.

Maybe the general should unfriend Watana...

Funniest post in a while. Watana needs to do some friend cleaning lol

Two of the silliest ever responses on here are, if you don't like it in Thailand go home, and this one, what have you done to influence the world lately and variations of the same. Get things in perspective, people are not talking about a world leader or somebody like Steve Jobs, but somebody who just wrote and performed songs. Prince did not change the world and was not a 'genius' to claim he was is an insult to the very few who actually are, and almost none of those are popular performers.

Seriously dude you are entitled to your opinion but that does not make it a fact.

We are talking about a musical genius not a world leader. Prince was a genius and master of music. Do you know what he could do or any of his accomplishments? What are you a master of?

He was a great songwriter, a great singer, played several instruments with virtuosity, had a few great albums, and sold over 100 million records. I saw him in concert, and he was a great showman, who put on a stunning performance. How anyone can refer to him as average, or mediocre is beyond me. If you don't like him, ok? But, the facts are the facts. This guy was a genius. And he did make a difference.

I have one question for his detractors? What have you done to influence the world lately?

Trolled on TV [emoji4]

A different genre of course but in two hundred years people will still listen to Beethoven,Tchaikovsky,Motzart etc but nobody will know who Prinz was in twenty

How do you know...........?

Perhaps folks with your view thought the same about Elvis, Beatles, even Sinatra. The world remembers their stuff today..

Couple of weeks back I sang Elvis version of My Way, all the Thai folk knew the song and loved it...

Assumptions on music OR the vocalist is in the hands of us humans, not just your view on stuff..

Hardly historical yet, anyone remember a popular singer from 1910 or a popular song for that matter. I loved the Beatles in my youth now listening to them is like reading an old newspaper, there is no substance in even the best pop song that could keep it alive more than 20 years.

And beethoven, tchaikovosky, and mozart has music still relative to the world and alive?

Point being is that Prince was a musical genius of his time. Music does change with times.

I and many other people listen to songs older than 20 years. Prince's first hit is more than 30 years old and still played on radios and at clubs today.

Everything is relative but, to say he wasnt a musical genius is absurd.

Beethoven,Tchaikovsky, Motzart wrote music that stirs the soul, then, now, and in 200 years time, pop music is the plastic product that pleases for a short time,it makes money, that's what it's there for, it is part and parcel of the throw away culture and has its place in here and now,but only here and now, hardly the stuff of genius but you need talent to make money, so does a plumber.

LOL stirs the soul now there's a stretch. LOL

Tell you what old school, ask somebody to hum a few notes to one of your 200 year old musical geniuses and then ask them to hum a Beatle or Elvis song. See if they can do it and tell us what songs they chose.

Its all relative my friend. Quit trolling and realize like the rest of the world, Prince was a musical genius, one of many.

And you think you understand what the people really meant when they said those words if in fact those are the words used. Ever heard of the words context or translation?

Bottom line in no way, shape or fashion could concrete fish houses ever grow into a healthy coral reef in 5 years. A little reading between the lines is in order here. Concrete fish houses work if placed in good areas. It will difficult in the bay but, it will most definitely work better than is what there now.

A different genre of course but in two hundred years people will still listen to Beethoven,Tchaikovsky,Motzart etc but nobody will know who Prinz was in twenty

How do you know...........?

Perhaps folks with your view thought the same about Elvis, Beatles, even Sinatra. The world remembers their stuff today..

Couple of weeks back I sang Elvis version of My Way, all the Thai folk knew the song and loved it...

Assumptions on music OR the vocalist is in the hands of us humans, not just your view on stuff..

Hardly historical yet, anyone remember a popular singer from 1910 or a popular song for that matter. I loved the Beatles in my youth now listening to them is like reading an old newspaper, there is no substance in even the best pop song that could keep it alive more than 20 years.

Which shows how wrong you are...If Elvis were alive now, the Beatles were together and they had a concert anywhere it would be a sell out....The Rolling Stones after over half a century later are still singing their original stuff at sell out concerts ANYWHERE in the world....

quite amazing that some OP's are still strutting their stuff for other OP'S to watch, i like looking at dinosaurs in museums as well. Wait until they a dead and gone, rolling who? Yes Elvis is still remembered, a cult has grown up around him mostly in America but nobody ever went broke under estimating the taste of the American public, who could forget the magic of 'dont step on my blue sued shoes' pathetic

Talk about dinosaurs....

Go to any country, and start singing an Elvis or Beatle or for that matter any famous old song and people will know the words right away. Go to a Karaoke place and look at the songs.

It aint The US who knows the songs, its the world.

What's really pathetic is the total disrespect if fellow humans here on TV.

We all have opinions and they are all our own. Doesnt make them fact, just opinions.

You people should be music critics. All that knowledge and experience in a single package going upstream pushing a rope. You have no clue about Prince and what he gave to the music world. But please continue to live in your own SMALL worlds here on TV spouting your ASSumptions while the music professionals and fans around the world mourn the passing a a true musical genius. Wonder if any of you people will be missed by anybody when you pass? Did you make a difference to society or the world or just, your small pathetic 3-foot bubble you think is the world? TV should be renamed as the loser capital of Thailand.

My world is no smaller or bigger than anyone elses world. Writing a few songs and then believing that all the world should hang on to every word that I say is a condition that seems to infect a lot of people out there.

A lot of people who love to talk about how wonderful and clever pop stars are are suffering from a hang on from school days when knowing a lot about a pop star could help you impress the girl you fancied in the school playground.

You should watch the the video that was posted before in this thread.

Nah I listen to his peers and the world. Not some single idiot who thinks he knows who Prince was. Wonder how many Oscars or awards that idiot has won?

^^^ part of the built in windows installation process is initializing and formatting the disk. No need to use cmd to do this first.

Absolute babies running this place.

As I always say a kindergarden playground.

A different genre of course but in two hundred years people will still listen to Beethoven,Tchaikovsky,Motzart etc but nobody will know who Prinz was in twenty

How do you know...........?

Perhaps folks with your view thought the same about Elvis, Beatles, even Sinatra. The world remembers their stuff today..

Couple of weeks back I sang Elvis version of My Way, all the Thai folk knew the song and loved it...

Assumptions on music OR the vocalist is in the hands of us humans, not just your view on stuff..

Hardly historical yet, anyone remember a popular singer from 1910 or a popular song for that matter. I loved the Beatles in my youth now listening to them is like reading an old newspaper, there is no substance in even the best pop song that could keep it alive more than 20 years.

And beethoven, tchaikovosky, and mozart has music still relative to the world and alive?

Point being is that Prince was a musical genius of his time. Music does change with times.

I and many other people listen to songs older than 20 years. Prince's first hit is more than 30 years old and still played on radios and at clubs today.

Everything is relative but, to say he wasnt a musical genius is absurd.

If the original 500 rai of healthy natural reef died off, why do they assume that 2 rai of weird concrete blocks is going to evolve into a wonderful healthy reef?

Surely the original causes that killed off reef have to be fixed first? (Could they be over-fishing, pollution and global warming ?)

If they were fixed there would probably be no reason to sink concrete blocks.

The concrete block approach has already been tried on Phi Phi and Shark Point marine park. After a decade the blocks have shown almost no coral growth. Why should this attempt be successful?

Nobody said anything about coral growing on blocks. The blocks are habitat to try and replace the dead coral. Habitat for ocean creatures to live and spawn in. Its done all over the world.

you lost me, did you do a fresh install of windows on the new hard drive.

No, because the old HDD had died so I got a new one.

When I switched the laptop on without any CD or external HDD it ran up and told me that there was no OS. I knew that anyway.

I expected that but even putting an old Win 7 copy disk in the CD ROM wouldn't start the OS. I put in a Win 7 32 bit rescue disk and it sort of bump started the laptop, but it tells me that there are errors that it cannot fix.

I did a backup from my other laptop to an external HDD but this didn't work either.

Maybe if F12 is the key which gives access to the Boot menu you should have chosen to boot from the (Win) CD rather than the HDD.

I have tried that to but that didn't work either.

is the screen with your error message blue or black?

Black.

The "No OS" message for the new HDD is completely normal.

It's a blank unformatted HDD so what OS should be found there?

I am not sure what it would show if the HDD is not recognized at all.

In ancient times (the 90s) I remember a "hard disk not found" message or the like.

In addition to post #11:

First step:

Reboot the laptop and press the key to get into the BIOS menu (F2, Insert, Delete, ... depends on model).

Then search for a menu with the boot options.

In the list of bootable devices you should find the manufacturer name and model nr. of your new HDD.

If not! -> problem

Would mean that the HDD is not connected correctly or your laptop (motherboard) is for the bin.

If yes:

insert Win7 DVD, reboot and again select to boot from DVD.

Now the Win7 setup process should start with the usual sequence of questions (language and keyboard setup).

If it doesn't: clueless

When I hit F2 it asks me for a password that I cannot remember.

If you cant get into your bios to have your computer boot from CD you are hosed. You must have a valid windows disk and boot to that to reinstall OS