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I never typed "news" into the search bar.
When I want to read news I go to a newspaper or search for news containing the topic of interest.

Interesting that you are from Germany, The legislation passed is an attempt at keeping you from changing your news source.

I have not really a news source ... I read stuff like spiegel.de, sueddeutsche.de, https://www.bangkokpost.com/
  or /. obviously. Sometimes wired or http://www.silicon.com/ or http://thefutureofthings.com/

If those new rules wont be changed, I guess it will backfire heavily.

Not sure about in the US, but back when I was in Thailand in the early 90s, I remember a Bangkok Post feature article that interviewed a number of "hit men". It seemed fairly legit, even if the stories were embellished. Most of it was centered around the regional drug trade. Of every newspaper article I've read, that's one I wish I'd kept. It was one part John Woo, one part local news investigative reporting.

Here's a recent article about one being captured: http://www.bangkokpost.com/pri...

Of course, I doubt any of them used a web site to drum up business...

-Chris

Don't forget the scandal in Thailand where the person picking the balls was wearing special contact lenses that allowed him to identify the "correct" balls to draw. (reference: http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/401261/).

Except in China... it's not just BTC exchanges... banking not so safe; it's normal banks defaulting on their loans, too.

depositors in some of Yancheng City's largest farmers' co-operative mutual fund societies ("banks") have been unable to withdraw "hundreds of millions" in deposits in the last few weeks. "Everyone wants to borrow and no one wants to save," warned one 'salesperson', "and loan repayments are difficult to recover." There is "no money" and the doors are locked.

This story should have run nearly a week ago, he was arrested last Sunday GMT +7.

Here's a story about it from the Bangkok Post that ran on the 7th GMT +7 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/329622/police-nab-suspect-wanted-for-hacking

Here's another from local media in Thailand. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Hacker-held-pending-extradition-30197522.html

"The lawsuit states the suspect used the "spy eye" software to steal people's financial information through phony Web pages from 217 computer networks worldwide from December 2009 to September 2011. An arrest warrant was issued in the state of Georgia on December 21, 2011. US authorities later called on Thai police to nab him and also requested that he be detained pending extradition."

In the last couple years it seems that Thailand is trying to displace Canada as America's #1 bitch.

As you can see from the photos he's been all smiles from his arrest at the airport to the obligatory publicity photo op Thai police hold when they occasionally do their job and arrest someone.

I think it's disingenuous in the extreme not to consider racial bias towards as well as against Obama in a study like this. In areas such as Atlanta, GA, where African Americans comprise more than 50% of the population, poliiticians are almost exclusively black .

In Thailand, the Bangkok Post recently ran an article entitled Is Farang an F-word?.

This implies bias based on racial characteristics, not only for caucasians, but for all ethnic groups. I think a study that tried to explain to what degree racial bias offset's itself would be more interesting.

how long? before Iran retaliates and the whole thing escalates into WW3

You mean like seeking regional hegemony, running terrorist campaigns worldwide, threaten to close the Strait of Hormuz, threaten Europe's energy supplies to freeze people, use suicide boats to attack gulf shipping, arm Hezbollah to attack Israel with and ultimate goal of destroying Israel, attack US troops, send suicide bombers to Europe and America, aid America's enemies, threaten attacks on nearby countries and cities with missiles, kill diplomats, subvert nearby countries, unleash the suicide bomb brigades (serious), and the ninjas (you decide), perhaps adding some WMDs to the attacks?

I doubt that many people will buy it.

Yet, they haven't shot at anyone.

Unlike certain free country which is pillaging and burning things around the world, both militarily and politically.

Stop that fucking nonsense, ok?

Since what you wrote is false, how about you first?

State Sponsors: Iran

Iranians 'targeted Israeli diplomats' - Published: 15/02/2012 at 04:35 PM

Thai authorities charged two Iranians on Wednesday over an alleged bomb plot against Israeli diplomats, officials said, piling pressure on Teheran over accusations of a terror campaign against the Jewish state.

Authorities said they had laid criminal charges against two Iranian suspects accused of involvement in the three blasts in central Bangkok yesterday.

One of the men -- named as 28-year-old Saeid Morati -- lost both legs after he hurled an explosive device at police while fleeing an earlier blast at a house in the capital. The satchel containing the bomb, which he threw at a police vehicle, bounced off another vehicle and exploded at his feet.

A second Iranian suspect, Mohammad Hazaei, was detained trying to board a flight out of the country at Suvarnabhumi airport. A third Iranian suspect is believed to have fled to Malaysia, officials said.

"These three Iranian men are an assassination team and their targets were Israeli diplomats including the ambassador," a senior Thai intelligence official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"Their plan was to attach bombs to diplomats' cars." . . . .

Israel accused Iran of orchestrating attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia on Monday.

An Israeli diplomat in New Delhi suffered grave shrapnel wounds when a motorbike assailant attached a bomb to her car on Monday.

Experts: Iran's Quds Force Deeply Enmeshed in Iraq

U.S. blames Iran for new bombs in Iraq

Iran’s Quds Force was blamed for attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq

Iran's Quds Force: Supporting Terrorism Worldwide

Leader of Iran’s Al-Quds Forces Says Iraq and Southern Lebanon Are Under His Control

Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz over EU oil sanctions

Iranian weapons seized in Afghanistan

One more, then I'm going to stop since this could easily turn into a seemingly never-ending story. I've hardly touched on Iran's activities around the world. I've hardly even scratched the surface of Iran's involvement in Lebanon, and with Hezbollah, and the massive amount of arms that they've been providing. You do know that Hezbollah, aiming at the desturction of Israel, has 50,000 rockets now, right?

Simon Wiesenthal Center: Iranian Calls to Destroy Jewish People Unparalleled Since Nazi Germany

Frankly, I'm baffled by how people miss this. I guess it doesn't come up at the "anti-Zionist" meeting

Yes, it seems the manned mission is 2020. Articles refer to China state media.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/195665/china-to-launch-next-lunar-space-mission
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3747/moist-moon-hinders-chinas-lunar-telescope
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100910/sc_afp/chinaspacemoon

It's questionable whether that is a landing mission or whether the landing missing is 2025.

>CRTs max out at around 200 Watts

So do LED's. Here's a 55inch Samsung, 80-190 watts, depending on program source.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/147387/samsung-led-tv-b7000

Maybe you shouldn't buy Sorny. I saw a 120hz Sorny the other day, looked like shit, way too hyperreal (and I've been warned that 120-240hz has this problem, too.)

and Seaweed, eggs and pretty much everything else.

I actually had some of the seaweed pictured in that post and can confirm it to be plastic. After that experience if there's a situation where I have a choice I never go with Chinese stuff.

The generals are the ones that sent the army against the protesters recently, killing 20 or so of them. Ahh but they claim they didn't use live bullets, then they claimed they did, but shot over the crowd, then it was 'terrorists' that did it.

So who are these 20 people that were killed?

Well 5 were soldiers that were killed from gunshot wounds by the protesters that you're so quick to label as "protesters".

Lets see, what other bullshit are you spreading... oh the "crack down on free speech". You mean like your free speech? It seems to be more a crackdown on lying in my opinion. One which you demonstrate necessary so well.

Who are these protesters and what are they doing? Well they're the loud minority who want the old corrupt prime minister back in power so they can receive rewards for doing so. They have been paid to protest and there are videos on them proving it. Not that it needs proving because no one denies it.

They've done nothing but cause violence since they came to bangkok. Just go on youtube and type "red shirt violence" and see for yourself.

The generals are the ones that sent the army against the protesters recently, killing 20 or so of them. Ahh but they claim they didn't use live bullets, then they claimed they did, but shot over the crowd, then it was 'terrorists' that did it.

So who are these 20 people that were killed?

Well 5 were soldiers that were killed from gunshot wounds by the protesters that you're so quick to label as "protesters".

Lets see, what other bullshit are you spreading... oh the "crack down on free speech". You mean like your free speech? It seems to be more a crackdown on lying in my opinion. One which you demonstrate necessary so well.

Who are these protesters and what are they doing? Well they're the loud minority who want the old corrupt prime minister back in power so they can receive rewards for doing so. They have been paid to protest and there are videos on them proving it. Not that it needs proving because no one denies it.

They've done nothing but cause violence since they came to bangkok. Just go on youtube and type "red shirt violence" and see for yourself.

This particular story seems to be taking two events and trying to relate them to each other. It isn't really clear that they are related (beyond the suicide simply being an excuse to block more websites).

This is the original story on the boy's suicide. It mostly blames the parents (the father's a cop) for poor parenting skills. Essentially saying, "there were probably other family problems, the gaming ban was likely just 'the last straw'". It also suggests a "harm reduction" approach to handling gaming addiction.

One thing that I think a western audience will not appreciate is that gaming over here in Thailand is much more of a social activity than in the US or Europe. Most people don't own a computer, so the kids go to internet cafes to play games. They'll go after school with their friends and spend hours playing games together. So a ban on "gaming" is more like a ban on hanging out with your friends and gaming.

It isn't just online games, some internet cafes have TVs and PS2s rather than computers. Kids will go and play football games (soccer, in American) with their friends.

Final thing to note: gambling is illegal in Thailand. Banning access to online gambling sites is standard fare over here. Along with blocking access to pornography, blocking gambling sites is a pretty normal event. Adding "gaming" to the mix is unusual, and without more details it is hard to tell if they are really blocking gaming sites or if the reporter just thinks they are.

I seriously doubt they would block gaming sites since it would lead to all the same problems they had when they blocked YouTube. It just taught the internet cafe owners to set up their computers to use proxies to evade the filtering all together. Suddenly all the other filtered content was available as well, including the porn, gambling and political sites. That ended up with a new law banning the use of proxies, which is of course, impossible to enforce.

In Thailand you can only push people so far before there is "blowback". Just like when they tried to enforce the IP laws by raiding Patpong a couple weeks ago, there was a riot and dozens of people ended up in hospital. Shortly after, the politicians stepped in and put an end to the raids.

This particular story seems to be taking two events and trying to relate them to each other. It isn't really clear that they are related (beyond the suicide simply being an excuse to block more websites).

This is the original story on the boy's suicide. It mostly blames the parents (the father's a cop) for poor parenting skills. Essentially saying, "there were probably other family problems, the gaming ban was likely just 'the last straw'". It also suggests a "harm reduction" approach to handling gaming addiction.

One thing that I think a western audience will not appreciate is that gaming over here in Thailand is much more of a social activity than in the US or Europe. Most people don't own a computer, so the kids go to internet cafes to play games. They'll go after school with their friends and spend hours playing games together. So a ban on "gaming" is more like a ban on hanging out with your friends and gaming.

It isn't just online games, some internet cafes have TVs and PS2s rather than computers. Kids will go and play football games (soccer, in American) with their friends.

Final thing to note: gambling is illegal in Thailand. Banning access to online gambling sites is standard fare over here. Along with blocking access to pornography, blocking gambling sites is a pretty normal event. Adding "gaming" to the mix is unusual, and without more details it is hard to tell if they are really blocking gaming sites or if the reporter just thinks they are.

I seriously doubt they would block gaming sites since it would lead to all the same problems they had when they blocked YouTube. It just taught the internet cafe owners to set up their computers to use proxies to evade the filtering all together. Suddenly all the other filtered content was available as well, including the porn, gambling and political sites. That ended up with a new law banning the use of proxies, which is of course, impossible to enforce.

In Thailand you can only push people so far before there is "blowback". Just like when they tried to enforce the IP laws by raiding Patpong a couple weeks ago, there was a riot and dozens of people ended up in hospital. Shortly after, the politicians stepped in and put an end to the raids.

This particular story seems to be taking two events and trying to relate them to each other. It isn't really clear that they are related (beyond the suicide simply being an excuse to block more websites).

This is the original story on the boy's suicide. It mostly blames the parents (the father's a cop) for poor parenting skills. Essentially saying, "there were probably other family problems, the gaming ban was likely just 'the last straw'". It also suggests a "harm reduction" approach to handling gaming addiction.

One thing that I think a western audience will not appreciate is that gaming over here in Thailand is much more of a social activity than in the US or Europe. Most people don't own a computer, so the kids go to internet cafes to play games. They'll go after school with their friends and spend hours playing games together. So a ban on "gaming" is more like a ban on hanging out with your friends and gaming.

It isn't just online games, some internet cafes have TVs and PS2s rather than computers. Kids will go and play football games (soccer, in American) with their friends.

Final thing to note: gambling is illegal in Thailand. Banning access to online gambling sites is standard fare over here. Along with blocking access to pornography, blocking gambling sites is a pretty normal event. Adding "gaming" to the mix is unusual, and without more details it is hard to tell if they are really blocking gaming sites or if the reporter just thinks they are.

I seriously doubt they would block gaming sites since it would lead to all the same problems they had when they blocked YouTube. It just taught the internet cafe owners to set up their computers to use proxies to evade the filtering all together. Suddenly all the other filtered content was available as well, including the porn, gambling and political sites. That ended up with a new law banning the use of proxies, which is of course, impossible to enforce.

In Thailand you can only push people so far before there is "blowback". Just like when they tried to enforce the IP laws by raiding Patpong a couple weeks ago, there was a riot and dozens of people ended up in hospital. Shortly after, the politicians stepped in and put an end to the raids.

That's a nice theory about the new PM, but as far as I can tell, he's part of a coalition of minor parties and he spoke out over the army coup in 2006. He was actually supported by the King, not the military.

While it's true that the Democrats are in coalition with minor parties, I would hardly call the Democrat party itself a "minor party"--they were the #2 party behind TRT/PPP before the latter's dissolution.

Admittedly, the Suvanabhumi airport fiasco and the removal of Somchai, the democratically-elected PM was sad, but there's no way to know how corrupt those elections were. A vote sold for two beers when I lived there. The PPP (Somchai's party) was apparently dissolved for buying votes, though there's some evidence that it was business as usual.

Well, election monitors from the EU said that the 2007 election that put the PPP and Samak Sundaravej in power went mostly smoothly, despite complaints of vote-buying. Yes, it's unfortunate that vote-buying is commonplace in Thailand, but according to Transparency International, corruption in Thailand went down while Thaksin was in power, and went back up after the coup. Their CPI for Thailand was 3.0 in 1998, then stayed at 3.2 until 2003, when it went up to 3.3, then 3.6, then to a high of 3.8 in 2005. 2006 saw it fall to 3.6, then 3.3. Their latest report for 2008 has it at 3.5. Higher scores means less corruption. Thaksin was PM from 2001 to 2006. Now, none of those number are particularly good on a global scale (Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden tied for least corrupt this year, with a score of 9.3--the USA is at 7.3 along with Belgium and Japan), so Thailand certainly has a ways to go, but the allegations of corruption against Thaksin sound more like sour grapes to me--the traditional elite are just upset that they're no longer the ones getting their palms greased.

Disclaimer: I do know former Democrat PM Chuan Leekpai as a very very casual acquaintance--I'm certainly not buddy-buddy with him, but I have met with him one-on-one a few times. However, I don't feel that I'm being biased either for or against the Democrats in this post.

Show your people your strength and confidence, repeal the law concerning insults against you and show that you have no fear of your critics and that your people truly love their king.

How do you propose he do that? He has no power to repeal laws (or enact them, for that matter). He does have the power to pardon those who are convicted under that law, and has publicly stated that he will do so. In the same speech, he said that he does not agree with the law: Commentary on the speech and the relevant portion of the speech.

The real reason the lawmakers are keeping the lese majeste law around, despite the king's objection to it, is that it's a powerful political tool. All you have to do is accuse someone of insulting the king, and *bam* they're under investigation. Doesn't matter if there's any evidence or not--they may get acquitted in the end, but you've already gotten the police to hassle them. See this article for a recent example.

This makes the ipod the second deadliest item to carry around in your pants.

I suppose that you missed the second link in the summary that pointed to an update on the event, which mentioned the name of the journalist (Don Sambandaraska). It also stated that he and some other journalists refused to sign the NDA but were still allowed to attend. On day 2, they were asked to sign another NDA, which had a clause that seemed like a reworded version of the first. He then walked out. At that page, there's a link to Don Sambandaraksa's report on the matter, which has this tidbit: "Update: AMD issued an apology a week later saying the incident was a misunderstanding among certain local staff and that it is not, and has never been, AMD policy to vet the stories of tier-1 publications prior to publication."

see http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/05Sep2007_data 006.php

Then note how much non-news this really is. A bunch of local yokels got a bit enamored with themselves.

Nothing to see here. Move along and smear somone else.

unfortunately, there is not verbatim copy of the NDA, only a section that seems to paraphrase.

It is not unusual to have a NDA covering a longer period so one does not have to sign it each and every occasion. Then, even according to the text such a NDA is only applicable for confidential information. That means, everything posted in the Bankok Post would not be confidential anymore ;-)

How much control can AMD have over the articles to be published? Not much probably as long as no confidential information is there. But we'd need to see the original text.

Btw, why not link to the article of the journalist involved:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/05Sep2007_data 006.php

I second that motion.

I want to see them, and all the other suits who stand with them and behind them, HUMILLIATED.

Add to this Bill Hilf recently stating that:
"The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today." and their desperation is OBVIOUS.

I love it.

The guys who buy these passwords have lots of connections with terrorism, drug trafficking, prostitution rings and many other nefarious activities. Password harvesting algorithms running wild can do more damage to you than the choking hazard from a toy part. Really.

Followup - it seems that Bangkok taxi drivers don't approve of the coup.

And why does this link "copyright an idea" point to an article "IAEA head criticises Iran cooperation"?

I think that would be an America's CIA game. When will they come out with that game?