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Not in High Def as far as I'm aware, the biggest NTSC/PAL problem was the different resolutions they used, 720p is 1280x720 all across the world.

Although PS3 games ARE region encoded, or at least some of them. I'd buy one over here, they are pretty cheap nowadays.

Its not the visual perception, its the ability to render web pages and other things that need that bit more width.

Needed to have a chat with you any way ben.. Will give you a bell this week.

Cool,

Its a normal 16:9 resolution, so not much different from using a typical widescreen monitor, although they are often 16:10 ?

I have a rai of land up that way on a hillside that I'm building on, but its getting expensive even on the East coast now.

I did see 250 sq wah (900 sq metres) of land for sale up near mission hills for just iunder 1 million baht before xmas but I don't know if its still available.

Has anyone seen one on display or for sale on Phuket yet ??

I want to go and actually hold one..

Trying to decide if I was a 12 inch 'real' laptop or a ultra portable again (after the screen update).. I owned and loved a libretto for years so am quite sold on the idea but will be my only travelling laptop so also a bit cool due to that.. Would be an ideal second weekender machine.

Hi Los,

Got one at the office, we've had it for about 2 months now - They are for sale everywhere - Central at the top of the elevators, Big C etc... (White and Black).

Think its 13k baht. If you can handle linux instead of windows it wins on just about all counts, boots faster, more responsive etc....

In terms of people moaning about the resolution - 840x400 res on a 7" screen is exactly the same pixel quantity as 1680x800 on a 14" screen or 3360 x 1600 on a 28" screen, its perfectably acceptable - I can see no reason to have more pixels on a screen that size, there would be absolutely no gain in visual perception.

Since it's 1/3 that you have picked the right door from the start, but 2/3 you have picked the wrong one...

Maths is obviously not the strong point of a lot of people here, by making another choice you have also only a 1/3 chance of picking the right one and 2/3 of picking the wrong one.

Any door has a 1/3 chance of being the 'correct door' at all times before any of the doors are opened, you are just swapping a 1/3 for a 1/3.

You should really not respond when you have no clue. It just makes you look silly.

Perhaps you missed the important aspect that after you picked the one door, one other (one that is wrong) is opened by the host. You now have 2 doors left. Do you keep your choice or switch?

People, this is basic high school math...

Actually if the host doesn't know what's behind all three doors, then the probability remains constant and its not worth switching. This problem only exists where the host knows whats behind ALL of the doors and HAS to pick a losing door to reveal and that the contestant knows this.

Mixing it up a bit. Two contestants choose a door, one after the other - the 2nd contestants door is opened first and is a loser, absolutely no reason at all for the first contestant to switch doors, identical probability (he now has a 1 in 2 chance of winning).

Why always the comparison with Europe or other western countries. Compare it to Laos!

Even better, stop comparing.

Even without comparing it to any other country 100 baht seems very cheap for someone to have to get up, travel to your apartment and open the door for you and then get home just because you left the keys inside.

A quote from a forum:

FACT:50% of 360's fail within the 1st 6 months of use, 90% fail within the 1st year,9% will last for greater than a year and 1% may reach two.

lol, I currently have 3 and have had 5, for over a year - none have failed.

as to the comments about the practice of keeping rental units vacant instead of lower asking prices for rental or even sales of real property (and comments about "strange" Thai economics) i would suspect that thai tax laws have something to do with local RE economics (as they do in most countries when it comes to real estate practices). there must be some economic (tax influenced) reason owners would rather keep a unit vacant than lower the price. all business owners seek to mazimize their returns so if it was a better economic/business proposition to lower asking prices they would do it...it must not be.

On a personal level i was renting a place for 30000 a month as needed somewhere quick when we came back, after being there 5 months i tried to negociate the rent down for a further 12 months, they werent interested so we left, that was 6 months ago,.it is still empty,.6 months at 25000 empty, 150000, whatever the thai way and thoughts that to me is terrible business and they will never make that up,.must be nice to have that much money as to not need it !

Another way to look at it is that if you rented it for 10 years at 25,000, is that better than them renting it out for 9 years at 30,000+ to someone else???

If everyone let tenants jack prices down, pretty soon they've devalued their property.

Besides why would the place be worth less because you like it after 5 months of living there?

no it was 10kbps before.

Must admit that the tampered with xbox360's do seem to be the ones I hear about failing.

Its quite ironic that you sneer at the education of others when you're unaware that I've been describing a very famous mathematical problem known as "The Monty Hall Problem"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

That only works if the host knows whats behind ALL the doors and HAS to choose a door to reveal that doesn't contain the prize AND that the contestant knows he has to do that as part of the game, neither of which were pointed out in your initial post and are what underpins that entire 'mathematical problem'.

You are changing the probability because the host HAS to take away one of the losing doors.

Since it's 1/3 that you have picked the right door from the start, but 2/3 you have picked the wrong one...

Maths is obviously not the strong point of a lot of people here, by making another choice you have also only a 1/3 chance of picking the right one and 2/3 of picking the wrong one.

Any door has a 1/3 chance of being the 'correct door' at all times before any of the doors are opened, you are just swapping a 1/3 for a 1/3.

The reason this wasn't caught is because its not obvious with only 3 doors. But assume there are 100 doors. You pick a door. The host then opens 98 other doors. Do you stick with your original door or do you switch to the other door?

It wouldn't matter, you would then have a 1 in 2 chance with either door, the original door is no longer a 1 in 100 chance, as you have taken 98 doors out of the equation. Its now a 1 in 2 chance, identical to the other unopened door, regardless of what its probability was before.

This is really simple probability, I'm surprised that anyone would think that the other unopened door would have any more chance.

In your 100 door example when the first of the 98 doors is opened and is not the grand prize then the probability that your or any other door is the grand prize drops from 1 in 100 to 1 in 99, then as another door is opened 1 in 98, etc... until only two doors are left with a 1 in 2 chance.

Ok. I'll spell it out.

Think of the doors as two sets. The first set is the door you choose. When you choose your first door it has a 1 in 100 chance of having the prize behind it. Which means the other set has a 99/100 chance of having the prize behind one of its doors. Open 98 of the 99 doors in the second set and that one remaining door still has a 99/100 chance of having a prize behind it while your door still has a 1 in 100 chance of having a prize behind it.

Do you see now why you should always switch?

Its the same with 3 doors except you change your odds from 1/3 to 2/3.

Its funny that this thread started about the poor level of education in Thailand and has actually gone onto highlight it elsewhere.

As soon as any door is opened, the odds of any of the remaining doors having the prize behind it changes (the odds have changed). Its really very simple....

100 doors, prize behind one door, contestand chooses a door, his door therefore has a 1 in 100 chance of holding the prize...

10 doors are opened and no prize, EVERY door now has a 1 in 90 chance of holding the prize...

50 doors are opened and no prize, EVERY door now has a 1 in 50 chance of holding the prize...

90 doors are opened and no prize, EVERY door now has a 1 in 10 chance of holding the prize...

98 doors are opened and no prize, leaving just your initially chosen door and one other door, both doors have a 1 in 2 chance of holding the prize.

Its scary that anyone can argue otherwise, would your mind explode if there were two contestants choosing two different doors out of the 100, and 98 opened with no prize? Should they both swap to maximise their chances

Since it's 1/3 that you have picked the right door from the start, but 2/3 you have picked the wrong one...

Maths is obviously not the strong point of a lot of people here, by making another choice you have also only a 1/3 chance of picking the right one and 2/3 of picking the wrong one.

Any door has a 1/3 chance of being the 'correct door' at all times before any of the doors are opened, you are just swapping a 1/3 for a 1/3.

The reason this wasn't caught is because its not obvious with only 3 doors. But assume there are 100 doors. You pick a door. The host then opens 98 other doors. Do you stick with your original door or do you switch to the other door?

It wouldn't matter, you would then have a 1 in 2 chance with either door, the original door is no longer a 1 in 100 chance, as you have taken 98 doors out of the equation. Its now a 1 in 2 chance, identical to the other unopened door, regardless of what its probability was before.

This is really simple probability, I'm surprised that anyone would think that the other unopened door would have any more chance.

In your 100 door example when the first of the 98 doors is opened and is not the grand prize then the probability that your or any other door is the grand prize drops from 1 in 100 to 1 in 99, then as another door is opened 1 in 98, etc... until only two doors are left with a 1 in 2 chance.

Since it's 1/3 that you have picked the right door from the start, but 2/3 you have picked the wrong one...

Maths is obviously not the strong point of a lot of people here, by making another choice you have also only a 1/3 chance of picking the right one and 2/3 of picking the wrong one.

Any door has a 1/3 chance of being the 'correct door' at all times before any of the doors are opened, you are just swapping a 1/3 for a 1/3.

Another vote for the 360, best multiplayer experience, best selection of games, some people have complained of overheating consoles but of the many people I personally know with a 360 none have had problems, I have had quite a few myself, also with no problems.

900 baht in extra charges over a 5 month period, however did you manage?

Someone is going to say that they got chased by a jellyfish next!

I once watched a dive buddy being "chased" by a beautiful purple Box Jellyfish which had approx 2m tentacles I am quite convinced the Jellyfish had not concept that it was "Chasing" him though

Cheers

That's interesting, because the box jellyfish in Australia are transparent and quite difficult to see.

This is the one responsible for most of the deaths.

Hows that difficult to see?

ET, Why is it you always have some evil conspiracy theory. The ownership laws are protecting the poor people from the future

It's not a conspiracy theory, it's economic fact.

Protecting the poor people from what exactly? Evil foreigners?

Protecting the poor people from selling their land to others and enriching themselves that's what.

I don't hear those Thais that sold previously worthless land complaining about their windfall!

You have to ask yourself who stands to gain from not allowing foreigners to buy land. Certainly not the poor. They are poor and will remain so. The only thing they have is their land which remains worthless and used as a bartering chip until it is taken away from them by the lenders.

The hypocrisy is stunning from Thailand's biggest landowners and lenders.

Remember, some are more sufficient than others.

Surely the biggest landowners have the most to GAIN from allowing foreigners to buy, they can sell their land quicker and for more money.

Foreigners do not want poor people's land, which consist mainly of rice paddies in the middle of nowhere.

Interesting organization, however, Thailand being what it is I would be worried signing up unless a Thai of high status endorse it first.

About their website, interesting, but the top-right section is worrying:

Your IP Address Is

LOGGED & RECORDED

Back from this IP :-

124.157.xxx.xxx

I know IP address is always logged but I think it's unwise to put it into your face this way for a site like this.

speak up and get deported ,thats the attitude of the thai's ,sign up when the coup is over ,that way you may live longer .

lol, so you're saying that the current Thai authorities are murdering the people that sign up to this website? This sites becoming so full of garbage, written by people with some sort of anti-Thai agenda because they can't live here, or got cheated by some girl.

i despise the junta and what thailand has become, nothing more and nothing less

Perhaps i am a bit detached from the "real" world. The coup/junta does not seem to have affected me or my family in any significant way.

I would be interested to know what problems have been caused. Perhaps there have been some changes in my area and i just didn't notice

I'm the same, been here for 6 years and haven't noticed a single change, its not like the Junta have affected my life in any way whatsoever.

All the Thais I do business with are complaining, the Thai-Chinese are complaining even more than usual.

I have also noticed a change in people's attitude, from one of optimism to general pessimism and worry when it comes to politics, the state of the economy and the country in general.

There's always winners and losers in business, sounds like you're just hanging around with the latter crowd.

Yes you're completely right. How silly of me to try and have an opinion on this thread.

Sorry, hope you can forgive me.

Yes you are 100% correct.

How rude of me to contradict.

I didnt say that you couldnt have an opinion, I'm sure we all experience different things defined by the way we think, our environment and the people we surround ourselves with. Exports are up, tourism is up and all this in such a year. Just imagine how good things are going to be next year, financial experts are already talking about how Strong Thailand could be in the next few years, Thai stocks are undervalued and foreign investment is still flooding in.

Warning to Foreign Visitors of Jellyfish

On 10th October, we had a tourist visit our office with his family to make a complaint on an incident that he was just involved with in Pattaya.

Mr. Michael Mccracken stated that on the weekend he went down to swim at Jomtien Beach with his family and got injured when he came into contact with a group of jellyfish. One of them stung him and the skin irritation resulted in a high fever and bruising. Mr. Mccracken stated that as a tourist, he thinks that City Hall should have warning signs on the beaches when the jellyfish season is here so that tourists can be aware when going for a swim since it could be dangerous to people with allergies.

-Pattaya People

11 Oct 2007

Thats an OGRE not a jellyfish!

i despise the junta and what thailand has become, nothing more and nothing less

Perhaps i am a bit detached from the "real" world. The coup/junta does not seem to have affected me or my family in any significant way.

I would be interested to know what problems have been caused. Perhaps there have been some changes in my area and i just didn't notice

I'm the same, been here for 6 years and haven't noticed a single change, its not like the Junta have affected my life in any way whatsoever.

All the Thais I do business with are complaining, the Thai-Chinese are complaining even more than usual.

I have also noticed a change in people's attitude, from one of optimism to general pessimism and worry when it comes to politics, the state of the economy and the country in general.

There's always winners and losers in business, sounds like you're just hanging around with the latter crowd.

i despise the junta and what thailand has become, nothing more and nothing less

Perhaps i am a bit detached from the "real" world. The coup/junta does not seem to have affected me or my family in any significant way.

I would be interested to know what problems have been caused. Perhaps there have been some changes in my area and i just didn't notice

I'm the same, been here for 6 years and haven't noticed a single change, its not like the Junta have affected my life in any way whatsoever.

This is not correct, scubascuba you only have a problem, if as Lopburi says you have a visa extension from thai immigration based on business (Thai Police order 606/2549 Section 7.1).

To start with I think yo have 7 days to leave the country after your work permit is officially cancelled, Not sure how this will relate to your Visa. Then its often a long and arduos process to open your own company and get a work permit.

If you are a current non B visa stamp, then cancelling your work permit has no implications on your duration of stay which will be until your stamp expires. There is also nothing stopping you leaving, then re-entering using your non B visa if it is still valid.

Regardless, he still has to leave within 7 days.

The issue is that many of them are normal mitsubishis with bodykits and an engine transplant, If it was me I would buy something different.

Toyotal Celica GT4's are quite good prices here.