On 7/13/2021 at 7:47 PM, stament said:

do they just deactivate your "card" so you can still watch the free terrestrial channels such as Ch7, etc. 

Not sure at all if they would leave the "free" channels   because I think everything "True" is encrypted  so a card is needed.

There might be a possibility to retune to get some channels but you run into locked

firmware ( locked frequencies and symbol rate) and no ability to decode BIS encryption that the other providers use.

https://www.lyngsat.com/Thaicom-5-6-8.html

However you could just buy a cheap IPM,PSI or GMM  Satellite receiver  from about 600 baht and use the True dish and LNB  to watch the "free" channels and some more   no need for a subscription  one off payment.

Another possibility would be to use a good old fashioned TV aerial to receive Digital Terrestrial TV   most newer Tv's already have a digital receiver built in  but again you can get an add on set top box  suitable for any TV  for about 600 baht

use this website to check where your local transmitter is  direction to point the aerial and frequencies to tune to.

https://dtvservicearea.nbtc.go.th/webpeople/

2 hours ago, Deli said:

Win riders in the line for free food handout ?

Yes there is a few in that photo  but  remember the line from "Total Recall"

2 hours ago, Benmart said:

No medals are available

Maybe some "parachute wings" instead then ?

5 minutes ago, bangon04 said:

children under 6 really really appreciate having a swab rammed up their noses

Isn't it everyone's favourite pastime   especially whilst on holiday/vacation

28 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I suggest that expats should consider that we're all in this together, whether we're vaccinated yet or not. 

So we are all in this together unless/until  for whatever reason ( can't or won't) you are not vaccinated ?

28 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The chances that they will be infected by Delta is mostly about when than if. But in their case unlike the seekers, it's more of a choice.

Only 20 more variants till we get to Omega..will the human race survive ?

9 minutes ago, catturd said:

setting up OpenVPN on a router is a piece

9 minutes ago, catturd said:

we can drink some beer, get <deleted> and get your VPN up and running.

I'm pretty sure the creators of many computer programs where under the influence of some sort of mind altering substance  especially whilst writing the  "man file"  or "help page"  only makes the slightest bit of sense if you're totally "out of it "

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

Right behind Soi Lengkee, in Miracle House hotel, there's a tiny restaurant selling only Khao Soy

Thank' s I'll have to try and remember to take my "Kow Soi" expert to try it out. 

Koh Larn and beaches open for now

but

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

let them inspect it telling them you had a new engine block part replaced will you change the engine number in the book.

 I would not do that..how do you prove the engine block is not stolen without an invoice from the company who provided it ?

Remember the recent thread about  the bike that wasn't as listed in the green book ?

3 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Talking about big brother, has the Thai police don't already have enough on their hands

There is a special  division of volunteers that monitor online content for "inappropriate speech"  

 look up the "cyberscout" program in your favourite search engine.

2 hours ago, The Cipher said:

As far as I am aware, none of them have miraculously mutated from their original forms into pathogens that are thousands of times more deadly.

Except perhaps  one manipulated in a lab  ???

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The foreign tourists must have three swab tests on the first day of arrival, day 6 or 7 and day 12 or 13. 

9   "brain ticklers"  or a lobotomy  choice is yours 

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

commenting on the first six months of data collection in 2021 from the cyber tech police.

I wonder what other sort of information they have been collecting ?

7 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I think I'll take the TV down

Yeah trying to plug things in when its stuck on the wall is no fun

54 minutes ago, tingtong said:

A law that nearly solely exist to keep ppl silent.

If the facts are that Sinovac is far from the best vaccine, and the Dr. Proof. pushing it...not bcos medically it is the best ( so why, oh why then??)

It is a shame the young man will end up in jail.

Wikipedia is touted as being editable by "anyone"  which has good points and bad points..however some pages are locked and not even the person who the information is  supposed to be detailing can change or remove disputed content.  for example

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

9 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

 not eating for a couple of months. 

You weigh a couple of hundred kilograms and  want to loose weight ?

15 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

The Delta variant---an inevitable mutation and perhaps a harbinger of things to come---doesn't care about 'one leg in the grave (as if that justifies those deaths). Delta is striking perfectly healthy children and young adults and landing them on ventilators in ICUs.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-why-is-there-a-surge-in-winter-viruses-at-the-moment-12354845

"COVID-19 restrictions created an "immunity debt" that health officials warn could put pressure on the NHS in the coming months."

"Infections other than COVID fell over the past year due to limits on socialising, improved hygiene and mask wearing. This reduced the build-up of antibodies that protect people against illness, creating what experts are calling an "immunity debt".

"RSV is more deadly for young children than COVID. It accounts for more than 5% of global deaths in under-fives, according to the 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study.

A similar surge is expected in flu cases, which have been in the low single figures in England over the past year, according to the Datamart flu surveillance system. In most years, there are between 10,000 and 30,000 deaths from flu in the UK."

Shop/restaurant here  get there before noon(ish)  because when they sell what they have they close.

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.920305,100.8797811,3a,34.8y,352.18h,86.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXDw4K2ltsBHKzNUv6g2CoQ!2e0!5s20201001T000000!7i16384!8i8192

They usually have Kow Soi,Geng Hung ley,Geng Ho, Larp dip or cooked, khep moo

(pork scratchings) and a couple of other  things... I think they will cook a small selection of other "normal" Thai dishes to order.

12 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

the AV working, but I don't think the surround is working. 

You'll only get surround if the source material is surround and the set top box is told to output surround ( to SP/DIF) so try digging into the AIS set top box  sound menu to see which options there are.

12 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

When I try moving the HDMI that goes from the set-box to the TV to the AV HDMI out to the TV I get an error that it is in the wrong type HDMI port....

Leave the HDMI from AIS box to TV as it is  for now...one thing at a time.