stoneyboy Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Being an IPad 2 owner myself I can fully understand why they all need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Come on, there must be at least one person who thinks this a really great idea and is willing to defend it! GK will be along shortly. Who or what is a GK? GK is a poster who is a government apologist. He must be on holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Being an IPad 2 owner myself I can fully understand why they all need them. Did you pay 35,000 baht for yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 You guys just don't get it do You ? This is how you help the 'poor' people - better equipped Pollies ... by using iMessages (thus, free SMS's) they will save millions when texting certain 'runaways' living in foreign countries - great for working out who gets concessions, taking 'tea-money' bids etc etc ... Simple stuff - you guys just don't think like thai's do you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 All aboard the gravy train. Why can't they afford to buy for themselves?? I am sure that a bulk purchase would secure a good discount. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 This may be the only time I would agree with the opposition. Why do they need to be given more? Use the money on education in primary schools in rural Thailand. WHY would u wanna do that ? proper education for the masses makes it hard to get re-elected etc... keep 'em stupid & simple works a lot better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimLaven Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 and there is nothing which is a better thing to purchase for the Thai people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 This may be the only time I would agree with the opposition. Why do they need to be given more? Use the money on education in primary schools in rural Thailand. WHY would u wanna do that ? proper education for the masses makes it hard to get re-elected etc... keep 'em stupid & simple works a lot better Only time you've agreed with the opposition ? your right on it aren't u ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 A bit expensive 700 x Iphones at approx 26,000 is under 20,000,000 baht, and Ipads are not that expensive so where is the rest of the money going? A two year 'connection' sevice. These things have to be hooked up to the phone system wifi don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 A bit expensive 700 x Iphones at approx 26,000 is under 20,000,000 baht, and Ipads are not that expensive so where is the rest of the money going? A two year 'connection' sevice. These things have to be hooked up to the phone system wifi don't they? Do you mean the free wi-fi that they are planning? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewsta Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) All of this Tech drivel just wastes more parliamentary time, when the same elected MP's (M*rons Primary) could actually be trying to understand and solve the plethora of economic/political/constitutional problems for their beloved country - the basket case that is Thailand. IMO, naturally. Yawn extremis. Edited March 5, 2012 by Brewsta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Posts that contained profanity or were potentially defamatory have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Come on guys this kind of stuff keeps Thailand so interesting, without it would be so boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 How very, very sad that such a proposal should even be considered when so many in Thailand are still suffering from the aftermath of the floods. For me, it's akin to "let them eat cake" ... so I guess we have a revolution to look forward to(?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrysteve Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I hardly think it even needs to be asked about where the money is going...The math is obivious...The additional money is going where all the tremendous over charges, including the submarine purchase, the equipment at the new airport etc,etc,etc have gone. No suprises here! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americaninbangkok Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I suspect the various service providers will be tripping over each other offering up free calling, text, 3G services. Yay!!! Thailand will finally get 3G (and then be only 6 years behind the rest of the world that's installing 4G). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykiss Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Is this a Joke?? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TackyToo Posted March 5, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Iphone 4S costs from 20,900 to 28,900 Ipad 2 costs from 15,900 to 25, 900 using the top prices by 700 still gives under 40 million, so where is the other 10 million going? The price is right as each unit comes with some very special custom made apps: a) Math for dummies 50 handy demenz dementi for MP’s c) Naked boobs detector (Min. of Culture) d) City guide “DUBAI” e) Location scout for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings near you f) Corruption Calculator 2.0 g) 100 new & easy ways to rip off tourists h) 25 secret flood escape routes (Bangkok edition) i) lèse majesté accuse tools for all occasions j) Guide to successful constitutional amendments 17.0 (advanced course) On request: 100m range breathalyzer detector Edited March 5, 2012 by TackyToo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummypizza Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Good on em, keeping up the image so the normal folk can follow their example, after all it is a status symbol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 using the top prices by 700 still gives under 40 million, so where is the other 10 million going? Maybe a nice hotel for a week with training on how to use them, then you will need transport [planes ? Police Escorted Buses?] and food, will they need Scurrility ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Come-on fellas -- jump on the gravy-train at the taxpayer's expense. Why stop at iPads and iPhones -- Why not cars, home stereo systems, TVs, laptop computers -- you know, everything you need to be an effective MP. By the way, this isn't unique to Thailand. Politicians world-wide are parasites who feed off of society. Nowadays they don't even try to cover it up -- they simply do it in the open. What a slap to the face of the general population. There is absolutely no shame to these creeps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidu Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I'll provide them with all the same stuff for 49.8 million, and throw in 700 barf bags free of charge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaw Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I say KEEP buying! I wish every government would do this, especially the Chinese.....I see my AAPL shares literally rising every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidu Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It's so sad that MPs obviously don't make enough money that we tax payers have to pay them. Actually, they're all rich, but not from salaries. Like top brass cops and military and heads of hospitals and universities, they get the lion's share of their money by other (less respectable) means. A couple months ago, a 'permanent secretary' got caught with millions of baht stuffed in boxes in his house. He's just the unlucky sucker we know about. I bet if any of his buddies were keeping their millions in cardboard boxes sitting around their houses - that they've now found better places to hide their lucre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Maybe this is thier way of persuading the electronic companies that make the components for the ipads to keep thier plants in Thailand and not pack up. Hey CEO's we need 700 ipads so you will have to stick around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I have a large amount of I-PADS for immediate sale.....very cheap - can't tell you where I got them - but they come with a 1 month warranty. First 100 customers buy 1 get 1 free.....offers...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosompoi Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Iphone 4S costs from 20,900 to 28,900 Ipad 2 costs from 15,900 to 25, 900 using the top prices by 700 still gives under 40 million, so where is the other 10 million going? Monthly 3G service for each unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Very much in accordance with the "One Tablet Per First Grader project" since chronologic age is non applicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Good on em, keeping up the image so the normal folk can follow their example, after all it is a status symbol!! Although ipads can be status symbols or used for mostly games, they do have some excellent functionality especially for audio / music processing since theres virtually no time lapse = real time audio processing like bigger macs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 your words to describe the gov-people are too nice. This is sick, as are the Thais who condone it. But a vast amount of Thais dare not to speak about it, or they believe they will be punnished, this is true, you ask a Thai what he/she thinks about a bad government err. They get lockjaw. this shows up the 48% of Thais who voted them in. The elected government are corrupt to the extreme, for them that are not, and not be against the move automatically makes them corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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