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Oh well, I guess you could still buy one -- as long as you buy another to donate (to some country still involved in the project).
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6246989.stm
$100 laptop could sell to publicBy Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website, Las Vegas
The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project are looking at the possibility of selling the machine to the public.
One idea would be for customers to have to buy two laptops at once - with the second going to the developing world.
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How does one say "obsessive compulsive disorder" in Thai?
See also Obsessive Compulsive Mailman
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My grandmother, peace be upon her, was the last person I knew who collected green stamps. Until I went to Thailand. Thank goodness someone still cares about tradition.
See also http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgreenstamps.html
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From http://www.phuketland.com/gaz/gaz80.htm (an undated article in the Phuket Gazette(?))
Q: As I understand it, foreigners can have fee simple ownership of certain condominiums in Thailand. My question is: Are all of these condos the high rise type, or are there condos available that are detached structures within a complex"?A: For a building or multiple buildings to qualify as a condominium. All the buildings must have units such that there are at least one common wall and one common roof/floor. This in theory means that one or more two story house (type structures) with a self contained unit occupying part of the lower floor could be registered as a condominium. In practice however the smallest condominiums that we are seeing in Phuket have three floors and about 12 units per building.
There are probably two reasons that we are not seeing very small units being registered as condominiums. The first relates to the complexity, costs and bureaucracy involved in getting a building certified and then registered as a condominium. The second relates to the qualifications for 100% foreign ownership of a condo. Under the amended condo laws a development on less than 5 rai of land with more than 40 units located in a municipal area can qualify for 100% foreign ownership. If these requirements are not met, foreign ownership is restricted to 49%. It would be difficult to design a low density multiple building condominium within these constraints, and hard to sell the remaining low density units to Thai's (who would not be restricted from buying a house directly). I therefore see it as unlikely that we will see many low density north American style condos in Phuket.
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Which horrific, blood thirsty killing games are you talking about? Last time I checked it looked like it was still mostly football/soccer games.
Here's an idea: pick up a few games at the shopping center and donate them to the shop. (Or better, set an example and go inside and play them.) May I suggest "Super Monkey Ball Deluxe"; or "Guitar Hero II" -- although it's probably too much to ask you to shell out for the controller. (It's a shame but "Cooking Mama" and "Loco Roco" are not available for the consoles.)
Good luck!
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About 40 per cent of the world's population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, including about eight million Australians.
Human infection generally occurs when people eat raw or undercooked meat that has cysts containing the parasite, or accidentally ingest some of the parasite's eggs excreted by an infected cat.
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"Interestingly, the effect of infection is different between men and women,'' Dr Boulter writes in the latest issue of Australasian Science magazine.
"Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women.
"On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.
"In short, it can make men behave like alley cats and women behave like sex kittens''.
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Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20975555-1242,00.html
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Try Foodland: they'll wrap up the items you buy in the basket you choose.
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What is a "Sport leisure members program"?
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No doubt it's illegal. As would be this:
http://www.slashgear.com/naughty-racing-gi...e-pad-14888.php
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Hmmmm.... I seem to be having trouble accessing http://www.set.or.th/ -- the connection times out. Anyone know the scoop?
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Is this baby seat for a car or a motorcycle?
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Singapore had some Taco Bell Express, last time I checked. There are also a few in China (Shenzhen and Shanghai) but it appears to be more "upmarket" in its implementation. (Has your local KFC added any "Mexican chicken wrap" to its menu yet?)
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EAT IT PATTAYA!
"Jakarta hotel puts $110 hamburger on menu"Mon Dec 18, 2006
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.
The $110 hamburger offered by the Four Seasons is made of Kobe beef with foie gras, Portobello mushrooms and Korean pears -- served with french fries, of course.
They're not exactly selling like hotcakes yet, but the hotel says it has sold 20 of the 1.0 million rupiah ($110.1) hamburgers since they were launched this month.
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Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.....xml&rpc=92
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Historically, small numbers of Americans have turned in their passports every year for political and economic reasons, with the numbers reaching a high of about 2,000 during the Vietnam War in the early 1970s.
But after Congress sharply raised taxes this year for many Americans living abroad, some international tax lawyers say they detect rising demand from citizens to renounce ties with the United States, the only developed country that taxes it citizens while they live overseas. Americans abroad are also taxed in the countries where they live.
“The administrative costs of being an American and living outside the U.S. have gone up dramatically,” said Marnin Michaels, a tax lawyer with Baker & McKenzie in Zurich.
So far this year, the Internal Revenue Service has tallied 509 Americans who have given up their citizenship, said Anthony Burke, an I.R.S. spokesman in Washington. He said complete figures were still being calculated.
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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/world/18...agewanted=print
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Not even a week after the announcement of an oil find in northern Thailand (and another in Cambodia), and this "former advisor" to the Carlyle Group arranges an impromptu trip to come celebrate the King's 60th (6 months late). Am I missing something?
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Did some research not too long ago, I believe, that once a Thai citizen, always a Thai citizen.
Then I hope you've fulfilled your compulsory military obligations.
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Can we move this thread to the Ladies forum?
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First prize is a Cadillac Eldorado.
Second prize is a set of steak knives.
Third prize is you're fired.
But my first question is: do you have the authority to actually change anything? (If not, then forget about it.)
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Two words: Beanie Babies. The markets have beaten them down over the last few years but all my indicators suggest a major rebound in '07. (However, if putting all your eggs in one basket seems too risky, then you may want to put some -- no more than 10% -- in Iraqi Dinars.)
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The good news in this country of 14 million, where one-third of the people live on less than 50 cents a day, is that they've struck oil.
But the bad news is that the discovery may make things even worse.
Early analyses indicate that the income from crude and gas could quickly exceed the current gross domestic product. A rapid acquisition of wealth fuels fears that autocratic, repressive leaders could become even less responsive to the needs of their impoverished people.
The American company Chevron holds a 70 percent stake in the first of six proposed offshore tracts in the Gulf of Thailand. In 2004 and 2005 it sank five exploratory wells, and found oil in four of them.
Chevron plans 10 more wells in the next two years, although it won't speculate on how much oil it will find. Estimates from others have varied from 121 million to 700 million barrels.
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Source: "Oil discovery brings concerns in Cambodia", THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, December 08, 2006 (Google cache)
Som Tam Or Chemo?
in Thai Food
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Thanks Doc... but this doesn't explain why every Thai doctor's first diagnosis is usually "cancer" before figuring out it's a cold or indigestion, etc.