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Government or military need to get involved...

He he, you're funny. The Military is already involved.

You mean less politicians and family members are travelling free?

Could be? Likely replaced by Military types/family members, who've always played a huge part in the board and management of the airline? But I'm guessing you wouldn't want to hear something like this?

Will this violate the "gathering of more than 5" to promote a political agenda? Or is it OK to gather if in support of the coup?

Oh, I see it is meant to "return happiness to all the people", so that should be fine as long it results in an uptick of the Gross National Happiness index.

TG are cutting way back on capacity by cancelling flights due to savagely low loads. Destinations with more than one flight per day are primarily affected, so check any existing reservations you might have. And, of course, when capacity decreases fares rarely go down.

Isn't the philosophy of the sufficiency economy the appropriate and readily available solution?

Yes, if living in the 18th century.

Seriously, that whole "philosophy of sufficiency" was just meant to keep Somchai down on the farm, happy with his tiny plot and his bucolic life at the bottom of the Thai Sakdina Class system.

There's a fair amount of anti-U.S./U.K./Australia, far-right, ultra-nationalist pro-coup propaganda out there.

http://www.naewna.com/politic/columnist/12773

Google Begins Android 4.4.3 Rollout

After initially posting factory images yesterday, Google has begun it's OTA rollout of its latest iteration of Android 4.4 KitKat. Android 4.4 launched in October last year alongside Google's newest smartphone, the Nexus 5. On the design front, Android 4.4 brought many refinements to the user interface by introducing the ability to enable translucency in areas such as the status bar and navigation buttons. In addition, the legacy blue parts of the interface like the status bar icons were replaced with more unified white elements. It also featured the new Google Experience Launcher which features much deeper Google Now integration with the ability to trigger voice search by saying “OK Google” on your homescreen.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8108/google-begins-android-443-rollout

Google releases Android 4.4.3 factory images for Nexus devices

New Android version brings redesigned Phone app along with anticipated bug fixes

In an effort to create a balance in the force, Google has dropped the Android 4.4.3 image for the Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013 (excluding the LTE version at present), Nexus 7 2012, Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 on their downloads page. It's a 440-465MB download, and you'll need fastboot set up to install it. We've not yet seen any OTA updates, but we imagine they are coming if you'd rather wait. More details and download links after the break.

http://www.androidcentral.com/google-releases-android-44-factory-image-nexus-5

Factory Images: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

This is an idea that's been around for a while. It comes from Bhutan. Read all about it:

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

Very interesting, you learn something new everyday

thanks for that

Same idea has also been floated before in Thailand, incidentally... http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1544014,00.html

Good find. Another "Groundhog Day" example.

There's a term for doing the same thing over and over, and in the case of Thailand over and over and over and over...., and expecting a different result. Now what was that? It's on the tip of my tongue....

I think I counted 14 Subaru Imprezas one night.

OK, I saw a local TV news spot here last week, with a Google employee/Streetview driver. I must have misunderstood the reference to "five cars"?

TrueMove H have great coverage via their 3G/850 MHz deal with CAT, the fewest customers and the most affiliated WiFi APs (True WiFi, 100,000 APs).

Assuming you want to share the mobile data connection (2G/3G) with both your lap-top and your tablet, via WiFi, you'll need a device which supports that functionality. Hence the MiFi recommendation, although there are some newer USB air-cards which offer this enhanced functionality, i.e ZTE MF 70.

http://www.totalaircard.com/products/ZTE-MF70-3G-Mobile-WiFi.html

Their website has a list of local dealers.

Ah, OK.

http://th.tunetalk.com/dealer

I honestly looked and looked and looked, finally found it buried - what a crappy web-site.

TOT and AIS do have a roaming agreement, so I guess you may be able to roam onto one of the AIS (900 MHz, 2100 MHz) networks, but you will pay a premium...

Roaming on AIS network:

Considering that almost all of these weapons and munitions "fell off the Army truck", it shouldn't be too hard for them to find them, again. I mean presumably someone remembers who they sold them to?

is there a way to use street view and automatically have it "drive" a route you take ?

example : Start at terminal 21 Asok and "drive" to Chinatown

maybe setting the speed at 40km or so

so put it up on the big screen for a scenic cruise

Suspect there may be others?

https://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/streetview/streetview_directions.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=funny+street+view+images&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=KDaNU8SNE9L8oASjy4GIDg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=979#imgdii=_

A bit Maoish?

"Shiny Happy People Holding Hands"

(famous propaganda poster issued after Tiananmen)

So what! Many countries around the world follow ideas from other countries if it works for them.

Well, we all know that Thailand is unique so only native ideas are really acceptable.

No problem, but maybe best to omit #7 as a metric in the Thai GNH index:

Political Wellness: Indicated via direct survey and statistical measurement of political metrics such as the quality of local democracy, individual freedom, and foreign conflicts.

The Hub of Happiness.

Cue the Pharrell Williams hit...Actually "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. might be more appropriate.

There is of course the option for those who came to Thailand for what they saw and then they wanted to change it to what they wanted but the military and the population in general changed to what the Thai people want.

There are it seems regular airline routes, land transport routes and maritime route departures to more politically hospitable climes for you to avail yourselves of.

Are you referring to the ethnic Chinese who migrated here centuries ago? Why would they want to leave now?

Out of one side of their mouth the Junta says that they had to seize power to prevent Thailand becoming another Syria, Libya, Egypt. And, out of the other side of their mouth, they (and their apologists) explain that Thailand is so unique that foreigners are not smart enough to understand the nuances of the political situation. And then they wonder why most of the educated world thinks they come across as silly children stuck in some sort "Groundhog Day" repetitive/denial pattern of behavior? Go figure.

I don't believe any of these figures issued by governments.

Well there really isn't a government, so I guess you're saying the Military Junta, to which the Commerce Ministry reports, is being less than honest? But surely (Shirley) that can't be?

Do you know why they seem to have concentrated so heavily on Thailand?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/543007-thailand-version-of-google-street-view-launched/

Google also has a subsidiary here.

Decent mobile data, lots of smartphones, good roads, lots of people driving around. Not rocket science.

FCPO: "Free rice for everyone, and we'll throw in a puppy - but you can't cook it, the puppy that is."

There is some very disturbing video on the Bangkok Post's webpage today showing a woman being forced into a taxi and taken away by unknown men, reportedly after giving a three-finger sign. There is a lot of comment on social media.

I shall look forward to the apologists supporting that action.

Unfortunately with a Military Junta you have to be all in, 100% supportive regardless of any resulting actions. If they say one thing today, you have to agree with it. If they contradict that tomorrow, you have re-agree with it. There is no room for dissent.

What was surprising about that video is that no one appeared to aid what looked like two men abducting a woman, and a taxi driver facilitating the abduction. I can only assume that the gentlemen identified themselves as ISOC/Army/paramilitary and all those by-standers just assumed the best/worst?

Yeah, 300,000 people out of work. Goods not being manufactured, farmed, produced and transported. That's always a good thing. (It's not, BTW.)

How many road deaths are attributable to trucks?

Must be Thaksin's fault.

They have five (5) vehicles (Subaru Imprezas) here and have been running them for at least three years. Google also has a subsidiary here.

https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/thailand-highlights?gl=us

Is there a listing of all the "orders" the NCPO has issued? Maybe they have a web-site or Facebook page?

I recently saw a reference to order #49, so assume there are at least that many. I assume someone is keeping track of all these order and directives?

Pol Gen Somyot also warned the owners of locations where anti-coup activities are planned that they could face legal action for aiding civil unrest under the National Council for Peace and Order's 49th directive.

Who owns Democracy Monument (closed until further notice for repairs) now?

And will Constitution Day still be a holiday this year (December 10)? Maybe just make a new holiday, "Coup Day"? Ok, maybe a two-week holiday then.