Seven Thai policemen and three soldiers have been arrested for allegedly supplying intelligence to the shadowy Islamic insurgents in Thailand's deep south, The Nation newspaper reported Monday.
This is believed to be the first time so many members of the security forces have been directly linked to the separatists in what has become an increasingly ugly civil war.
The central authorities have claimed recently to be getting to grips with a bloody conflict that has raged hotly for four years, after rounding up several hundreds suspects. [via ThailandNews]
Sierra Tangos
- Fortune teller arrested and accused of raping 22 year old girl - didn't he see it coming? [via Pattaya City News]
- In England, 200,000 people a week are coming down with Norovirus, a winter vomiting bug. A pal in Pattaya has been in his sick bed for a week with similar symptoms so proceed with caution. It would only need to hit Soi 6 for the male population of Pattaya to all fall sick overnight.... [via Daily Mail]
- The Council of State has ruled in favour of the Election Commission’s decision to red-card three People Power Party (PPP) candidates in Buri Ram province for suspected electoral fraud. [via Bangkok Post]
- A Thai police officer fatally shot a Canadian man and wounded his pregnant companion during a scuffle outside a bar in northern Thailand, authorities said Monday. The officer, Sgt. Uthai Dechawiwat, told investigators Mr. Del Pinto tried to grab his pistol and the gun “accidentally went off” three times, Col. Sombat said. However, Sgt. Uthai was charged with premeditated murder for Mr. Del Pinto's death and with “intent to kill” in connection with Ms. Reisig. Col. Sombat said. Sgt. Uthai was released on bail. [via globalandmail]
Ed. The gun accidentally went off 3 times and all 3 bullets found a target. This must be the Dick Cheney line of defence for shooting accidents. If that's not surprising enough the guy then gets bail after being charged with premeditated murder. I think the Thai version of The Untouchables is not quite what Elliot Ness had in mind.
- Pacific Shore Co. have just announced a massive 200 rai development in nearby Bang Saray, which will feature a water park, man-made beaches, a kilometer long boardwalk lined with shops and restaurants. “This will have a huge knock on effect for the whole area and will eventually attract many other up-scale entertainment facilities and shops,” adds Bowling [via propertyreport]
Ed. This is a very Interesting development for Bang Saray - looks like it's days as a sleepy fishing village are numbered
- Remove text from icons to clean up your desktop – I would have to put this Windows XP trick near the top of my favourites list:
- Right-click on an icon, and choose the Rename option. Delete all of the text.
- Hold down the Alt key and type 0160 (note: you shouldn’t see any text being typed). That will essentially make a space character the file name. Press Enter to save the results.
- You can repeat this for several icons, but there is one catch. You probably know that you can’t have multiple icons in the same folder (or on the desktop) with the same name. To get around that for a second shortcut you can do Alt+0160 + Alt+0160. That will essentially create two spaces for the filename, and for a third shortcut you could do Alt+0160 + Alt+0160 + Alt+0160. As you can see this would get tedious rather quickly, but for a handful of shortcuts it is pretty nice. [via CyberNotes]
- Five things to do before you upgrade to Vista:
- Determine if Vista is right for you…If you’re content with XP, is there a reason to switch right now? This is the first thing you need to determine before you even begin the process of upgrading to Vista. CyberNet’s Windows Vista Review with Screenshots may be helpful in this first step.
- Use Vista Upgrade Advisor - the Vista upgrade advisor can be found here and will prove to be beneficial in determining if your computer is ready for Windows Vista. The Vista Upgrade Advisor will run on your computer and scan for devices and program compatibility issues.
- Manually Check Hardware Compatibility - want to know if your webcam or video card will work? You’ll want to visit this site that Microsoft has put together. Everything is broken down into a variety of different categories. Once you select a category, you can break it down further into company. There are literally thousands of devices listed that are certified for Vista.
- Determine which version is right for you - Microsoft has been teased for releasing so many different versions of Vista. How is one to know which one is right for them? Luckily it’s easy. For a quick overview, checkout a site that Microsoft has put together. It’ll briefly explain each version and give you an idea of what might be good for you. For more in-depth information, check out CyberNet’s “Windows Vista Feature Comparison” chart that we put together.
- Shop around for pricing - this is important, especially if you’re a student or teacher. There are discounted versions out there that you might be eligible for. Checkout Academic Superstore, because this is one place where you can get the discount. Additionally, you’ll want to determine if you’re eligible for upgrade pricing. If you have XP Professional, Home, Media Center, Tablet PC, XP Professional x64, or Windows 2000, you’re eligible for upgrade pricing. Check for that information here. [via CyberNet]
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- A bloke starts his new job at the zoo and is given three tasks. First is to clear the exotic fish pool of weeds. As he does this a huge fish jumps out and bites him. To show who is boss, he beats it to death with a spade. Realizing his employer won't be best pleased he disposes of the fish by feeding it to the lions, as lions will eat anything.
Moving on to the second job of clearing out the Chimp house, he is attacked by the chimps who pelt him with coconuts. He swipes at two chimps with a spade killing them both. What can he do? Feed them to the lions, he says to himself, because lions eat anything. He hurls the corpses into the lion enclosure.
He moves on to the last job which is to collect honey from the South American Bees. As soon as he starts he is attacked by the bees. He grabs the spade and smashes the bees to a pulp. By now he knows what to do and throws them into the lions cage because lions eat anything.
Later that day a new lion arrives at the zoo. He wanders up to another lion and says "What's the food like here?" The resident lion says: "Absolutely brilliant, today we had Fish and Chimps with Mushy Bees."
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