Wind Caused Phuket Plane Crash

Black box shows wind caused Phuket plane crash - Analysis of data recorders, witness reports and other evidence have led officials to believe that a wind shear was the cause of the Phuket plane crash that left 90 people dead and more than 40 injured.

Transport permanent secretary Chaisawat Kittipornpaiboon, said sudden strong winds caused the plane to crash land and that a press conference would be held Friday afternoon to explain the cause in more detail [via BangkokRecorder]

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• Saturday night parties in Pattaya:
  • The Reeves, Soi 7 - Orn's birthday party
  • Carousel A-Go-Go, Soi Diamond - party for new manager
  • Cherry Bar - Soi 8 - Ivor & Kan's after wedding party
  
  

• Oasis Cayote closed - Hope last weeks comments didn't have anything to do with it........

• Jellyfish sighted off Jomtien Beach - usually happens earlier in the year so just be careful if you're hitting the beaches this weekend

• Horseshoe Point and the Polo Club will co-host the Thailand Horse Festival, for the first time in Thailand, on 8-9 December 2007, under the concept of HORSE+HUMAN=HARMONY. The festival will include many fun fairs and activities. Audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy The Passionata Horse Show from Portugal, with world class dancers. [via Pattaya Daily News]

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Now that a handful of lucky folks have gotten their hands on Windows XP Service Pack 3, we're starting to think you might not want to upgrade to Windows Vista anytime soon. Okay, we already kind of thought that, but it turns out SP3 includes a ton of security updates, some Vista code, and a couple of brand spanking new features for

  

  Windows XP:
  • There's a new Windows Product Activation model that does not require you to enter a product key during setup.
  • Network Access Protection modules and policies have been brought over from Windows Vista.
  • There's a new module in the kernel that provides access to cryptographic algorithms.
  • Windows XP can now detect routers that are discarding data.

Overall the update includes over a thousand patches to improve security, performance, and reliability. [via DownloadSquad]

Ed. Before you shoot off to TukCom remember this is hot off the presses and the final build number is 3205. Any lower build number and you could be getting an incomplete OS.

• Britney Spear's exposes her 'big Mac with Cheese', (end view - think about it), for the first time in hours........

• Paddy & Mick were unemployed and applied for social security benefits. When asked his occupation, Paddy answered, "Panty Stitcher". "I sew da elastic onto ladies cotton panties and tongs." The clerk looked up panty-stitcher on her computer and finding it classified as unskilled labour she gave him 80 EURO a week unemployment pay. Mick was next in and when asked his occupation replied, "Diesel Fitter. Since a diesel fitter was a skilled job, the clerk gave Mick 160 EURO week. When Paddy found out this, he was furious. He stormed back into the office to find out why his friend and co-worker was collecting double his pay. The clerk explained "Panty Stitchers are unskilled and Diesel Fitters are skilled labour " . " What skill?" yelled Paddy." I sew da elastic on da panties and tongs; Mick puts 'em over his head and says "Yep, diesel fitter." [via Pattaya Secrets]

• I know, I promised, no more vids but you got let me have this one. It came with the title, "How to piss off your parents", but that just don't do it justice by any stretch. Watch it and you'll see what I mean.

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