Eindhoven

12 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said:

This is the status of my order already paid for $22.00, when will it change if ever.

 

So should I not bother and re-order from Lazada and hopefully a Thai source

 

 

Of course it used and in good condition, but what else can they say, it is like saying here's my brain, used but in good condition, how can anyone possibly know what bleeeding condition it is in. Do I throw my money away and re-order?

You need to make that decision. If you will wait or instead be prepared to scrap the initial purchase cost.. 

On 8/8/2020 at 12:12 PM, Susco said:

 

So you mean with a higher speed the same download uses more data?

No. That you could download more data within an allotted time.

So, for example, a comparison between 30 GB at maximum speed or unlimited at a capped speed.

You might download the file more quickly on a Max speed connection, but you are using the same volume of data even when utilising a 10 Mbps connection. But as the 10 Mbps is unlimited, you have a bigger volume of 'data' at your disposal with the 10 Mbps connection, as theoretically, you could use up the 30 GB allowance in a day.

Seems that it is going to take a while for the OP to respond....

Just now, Walter Travolta said:

But would it still not play on laptop?

 

Either way, see your PM inbox.

9 minutes ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

probably a 265 file format and your tv can only handle 264 codec

Quite likely.

17 minutes ago, Walter Travolta said:

Kingston 64GB and the series is Ozark series 3 

 

Which quality do you need? 720p, 1080p, for 5.1 speaker system....?

4 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I was in Pattaya yesterday and the beach was empty. It looked pristine.

 

Businesses gone everywhere; boarded up, shut down, for sale and rent, gutted out, entire blocks fenced off...

 

The odd foreigner wandering about, but it was like a ghost town.

 

The party is truly over for anyone involved in the tourism sector. And for the foreseeable.

 

If you are a foreigner with a business in tourism, you should have cut your losses and ran already.

 

Worse to come too, travelling to these areas will become more dangerous with more scams, gouging, crime rates will rise exponentially against foreigners, envy and jealousy of people with money will kick in and things will get nasty.

 

Those that were prudent and squirreled away money for a rainy day may get through this.

 

Spendthrifts and money-wasters that live hand to mouth are in trouble.

 

Chok dee!

On the other hand, I was in Jomtien/na Jomtien last night. Chockablock with domestic and what looked like a few Chinese tourists...and I mean chockablock.

I looked at eating at Pupen restaurant, but changed my mind after seeing the crowds. Ate at a nearby seafront restaurant instead. But even there, a constant stream of people were arriving. This wasn't one of the cheaper venues.

Meanwhile in central Pattaya...dead.

What USB drive and what series? 

1 minute ago, KarenBravo said:

well......he managed to hook you very easily. Now you're thrashing around as he reels you in.

Why are you posting nonsense? Does it look like I am thrashing around. People are approving of my posts and disapproving of his, but in your opinion I am thrashing around....

Seems your opinion is in the minority of one.

12 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Naivety is cute. Just because one ties up all his money in a country where he pays for a home in someone else name and gets caught up in visa problems, calling this your home will matter not a bit. I have invested alot here myself, both money and emotions, I get it, you feel like this is home. But, it's not.

 

Did you buy a house in someone else's name? I didn't. Do I call it my home? No, but for me it is like a second home.

For some, it is their home. Some are being disabused of that notion. But I won't be the one sitting here gloating at their discomfort.

5 hours ago, checkered flag said:

It's not a concern of mine, but I bet the cost of service will increase. It's like supply and demand. I do feel it's sad that some must resort to using an agent when it's very easy to meet the requirements.

It's more sad that you feel the need to make so many posts about it here. Why was once not enough?

6 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Absolutely the way it is. Just because I paid for 2 homes here in Thailand, have a kid here doesn't mean this is my home. I may have a feeling of it being my home but feelings are made to be broken.

So Serbia is Yingluck's home and her brother Thaksin, Montenegro? Clearly not absolutely or even nearly. Home is where the heart is, remember?

20 hours ago, checkered flag said:

Successful people shouldn't have problem, but those who are unsuccessful do. 

Wow...another who likes to state the obvious.

How is success measured? Only in absolute terms of monetary currency?

Is someone who has a retirement income of 64,000 baht per month and a house wholly owned by himself on leased land unsuccessful?

Is the USA where you were born? Your grasp of English appears to be somewhat erratic.

So perhaps you did well out of the USA. Why did you not stay there? Perhaps because you would be a nothing there whereas here you can pretend to be something?

21 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

I hate to break the news but your home lies in the country that your passport originated.

Nonsense...

21 hours ago, Falconator said:

Free healthcare in Eindhoven? Sign me up!

Wait, but your taxes pay for that too, so it's not actually free.

Another erroneous assumption on your part. Seems it is your forte, with checkered flag somewhat desperately agreeing with anything you write, however ridiculous.

Do you think that the member; checkered flag, is actually a chequered flag? Sad and funny at the same time.

21 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

What I don't like in your post is that you seem to believe that there is a causal link between the tough situation of some expats and the existence of the corrupt agent system. This situation allows corrupt IOs to get rich illegally on the back of people who are in dire straights.

It would be much more effective and humane to enforce, strictly all requirement for a few probation years and then, very officially show more leniency to those who have made Thailand their home. In fact the core issue could be the fact that Permanent Residency is only available to those who work or invest in Thailand, even though some of those eligible may earn less than the better off retirees.

 

I wasn't condoning the situation. Simply explaining why some might choose to go down the route of using an agent. 

The conceited and/or bitter seem to want people to go home simply because they may no longer reach the threshold. Perhaps through no fault of their own(exchange rates for instance). Added to that, they may have assets worth millions in the country and be more than able to sustain themselves.

But certain characters want to feel that they are above them. That they are exclusive and proud of it.

With nasty comments mentioning Walmart. Money only exacerbates the true character of some.

Personally, it's nice to be able to live comfortably and to be able to alleviate the suffering of others. So I don't understand why someone in a similar position would be so uncharitable, whilst claiming to be the opposite. Most unsavoury. 

3 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Went through a couple of desks before finally trying that. I also ran a strip of wide gun (duct) tape along the edge as that is where it seems the problems usually start. It's also why I went with the large "mouse pad" mats. 
I've actually watched 4 hockey games at once with this set up. Used the gaming laptop to "cast" one game to the TV (that's over on the far right) and then one game on each monitor. Couldn't do much more than that as it was lagging my internet connection. 
Same for when I'm playing online games like EVE Online (space based MMORPG). Very graphics intensive. I can run one client on the low end desktop, 5 on the main desktop and 1-2 on the laptop before the lag beast starts to bite into my performance.

I used to run 4-5 clients on the laptop when I was in Afghanistan but it won't do it here for some reason.
(I think it's the heat. In Afghanistan I would run the aircon all day/night at 24 but here I only normally use the aircon in the bedroom when I sleep. As a result, the temperature in my "computer room" here is usually 10⁰ C hotter than it was in Kandahar. (In Kabul I ran into heating problems as well as we didn't have aircon in the tents. I set up a liquid cooling system on my desktop PC with extra tubing that looped around a special insulated holder I made that could hold a bottle of frozen water. Kept the CPU cool enough to run normally).
It's hot enough here though that I sometimes can't reboot the main desktop as the BIOS tells me the CPU and MB are overheated. I usually run the beast in overclocked mode and it seems I'm usually sitting near the temperature thresholds for the CPU/MB.
I have to close the windows and turn on the aircon for 5-10 minutes to cool the room enough to be able to boot up. And that's with a huge, kick-@ss aftermarket cooling fan on the CPU. Once it's running though it's not a problem.

I do have a brand new liquid cooling system sitting in a box in the right-side computer desk. Holding off on installing it for now. If I was going to stick the tower down under a desk somewhere I'd probably have to install the liquid cooler. (I used to have the tower under the desk but not enough airflow down there. Stuck the aftermarket cooling fan on, didn't help a lot so I moved the tower to the upper shelf.)

As for the cats, well, they are the boss (usually). Maybe set up a decoy keyboard and towel and try to trick them into sleeping on that ? I don't know what it is with cats. They can climb onto anything and sleep anywhere, but as soon as you reach for the keyboard, they are on it.


 

How dare you give your attention to something else?! I had the neighbours cats do the same. Climb through my window and sit on the keyboard if I happened to be on the PC. No interest in it if I was not on the PC.

4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Surprised the operating system is still OK...did you have to upgrade the Windows?

It came with Linux, as was the norm in those days. I installed XP, then Windows 7(both at no cost). Then the laptop was given to me. I replaced the single core CPU with a dual core costing 240 baht, fitted an SSD costing 800 baht and maxxed out the RAM to 4 GB costing 240 baht.

Now it's the machine that I use for travel. It does everything that I need it to do.

6 hours ago, Kerryd said:

What part of "could be obsolete" do you not understand ?

And I'm so glad to know that because you had a successful experience, that automatically means everyone else will obviously enjoy the same success. Like all the people that buy machines with older GPUs, HDs and operating systems (like Win 7) which aren't supported anymore. And when they try to repair/upgrade their machines they find out they can't because their laptop can't fit the new parts or handle the new software.

Apparently though, according to you, they will obviously work perfectly for the next decade (or longer) and every new program will be written to ensure it will function properly on older, slower, less capable machines.

You know, like they've NEVER done so far.

Gee, it's almost like I've never had a computer before ? I mean, except for the first one I built myself back in 1989. Back in the good old days of DOS when 1 mb of RAM was premium and you had to manually adjust the config.sys file to get it to load programs "high" to free up more of that 1mb to run programs.

And then there's the 2 dozen or so I've built since then (like the one I'm using now that I put together specifically for online gaming) and the one to my left (built to do mundane things and limited gaming). 
The one to my right is my gaming laptop, which I have hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse. The other, old, less capable laptop is in my travel bag. It is almost obsolete as it isn't worth upgrading but as I mostly use it just to check emails and upload  photos I take while travelling around Thailand on the Harley, it's not an issue. If it dies one day (or decade) I'll probably replace it with a tablet.

(Never realized just how many "yellow stickies" I seem to have plastered up everywhere until now !)

I hope you don't mind if I ignore most of that ramble and get straight to the point of why I described that paragraph as a work of fiction.

For a laptop GPU to be 'obsolete' right now, how many years old would you estimate that it needs to be? Ten years? Possibly more?

So you are comparing the buying of a new laptop with a warranty to buying one that is perhaps ten years old? 

Windows 7 was released in 2009.

So in your mind second hand means perhaps ten years old. Hmmmm.

My 'second hand' laptops were less than a year old when purchased(possibly a month) all had one year warranties and bar one, which lasted around nine years(with one repair) all are still working. So that is nine to twelve years with at least four different laptops thus far. None are obsolete since they can all complete the functions for which they were designed, even twelve years later. These were all 'budget' laptops. no more than 10,000 baht at current exchange rates. So twelve years of usage for 10,000 baht(not including the cost of an SSD and more RAM, which was minimal)

These are real examples, not works of fiction. Can you actually state examples of anyone who bought second hand wherein it became obsolete in "a couple of years"?

I have at least six older laptops still working and a PC from 2009 working with a graphics card from 2008(HD 4350) that I use as an entertainment system, viewing Full HD content.

So I struggle to imagine anyone buying a second hand business machine perhaps two to three years old, having issues with obsolescence. In fact business machines are supported long after consumer machines have been abandoned.

So I maintain that yours was a work of fiction, using hyperbole instead of facts in order to convince others.

4 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Same here. I use my phone for calls and photos (and music) and rarely run any apps on it, especially banking apps.

I generally use an external monitor/keyboard/mouse with my laptop when I'm at home, and carry a wireless mouse/keyboard with me when travelling. Don't usually watch a lot on the laptop while travelling so the screen size isn't an issue.

When my buddy came over last year, he wanted a cheap laptop basically so he could do a little surfing and check his email. We went to one of those little shops at TukCom and got him a decent little rig. Good enough to let him do what he wants and we set it up so he can watch movies on the TV screen in his apartment (or listen to music).

Unless you are running some high end programs (or video intensive games) you don't need a massive/expensive set up. 

The advantage of buying one from a place like JIB is that you'd be getting a new system that's under warranty and probably last for years. Buying a used one may be cheaper, but it may not last as long and could be obsolete in a couple years. You may get a warranty of 1-3 months which may, or may not, be useful as the shop may, or may not, be there when you need it.
 

You were doing ok until that work of fiction.

I have twelve year old laptops that were 'refurbs' when I purchased them. All still going. Saying that, I am now using a thirteen year old laptop that I bought from new, for someone else. They gave it to me a few years ago.

Does your statement mean that all of my older laptops are obsolete?

That whole paragraph was a waste of time and energy on your part, since it is based on nothing other than something that you made up.

Just now, Dumbastheycome said:

I would/do  agree with much of your opinion but to be fair to the overall debate there are  those who persist in defying any sort of compliance to Immigration conditions who have no ethical legitimacy or other than that defiance.

So address those people. 

I know people who have been here for most of their adult lives. Have run successful businesses etc Going back to where they were born is not a good option, when they already have a house and and income here.

So these people should be protected.

6 hours ago, luckyluke said:

Spending big/small money, in Thailand, for whatever, is a choice.

Complying to the laws and rules of Immigration is a necessity to be able to get the permission to stay for a laps of time,

despite the laws and rules may appear as being stupid/unrealistic.

 

 

Thank you for stating the obvious. 

Why are people staying in Thailand when then can't meet TI's financial requirements? is the topic, not what are the financial requirements for staying in Thailand.

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO that person hadn't done sufficient research to know it was a bad idea to invest millions in a home that he could never own, and if his situation changed he might have to go home.

It's not like things haven't changed significantly many times in the past few decades.

 

IMO the fault lies with the naive person that thinks things will never change and acts as though they have a right to live in LOS, when they do not.

 

It is the right of Thais to set whatever requirements they like, just as it is the right of other countries to stop Thai girlfriends visiting the boyfriend's home country because they can't satisfy the imm. officer that they will leave.

Oh please....everyone is super smart after the fact. There are possibly people that have been here for twenty to thirty years. Not everyone has a twenty or thirty year plan and even if they did, things change. They just live their lives. Maybe met someone, started a family, bought a house and are doing fine. But they might not have 65k per month to show or 800k in the bank because of exchange rate issues. Still contributing to the Thai economy and their communities. One size does not fit all and people can have legitimate complaints about being caught up in such a rigid ruling.

Which is why there is the agent avenue. So people can get on with the lives they have made here.

I for one, am not affected by any of their rules. But am also not so selfish and blinkered to imagine that everyone has the same circumstances.

Here we have those who imagine they sit in some ivory tower, flanked by those who were forced to go home because of a lack of funds. 

But that doesn't cover those who have ample funds, are supporting their families and have lived here for many years. Those people should have their status 'grandfathered', with only new arrivals subject to the requirements.

Really disgusted by some of the comments here.