dude007

I do not see the Thai people complaining about the counterfeit 100 and 1,000 Bhat banknotes that are circulating.

ayayay, on 2012-05-25 18:33:21, said:

or just break them

whybother, on 2012-05-18 09:50:19, said:

There's no set time for software maintenance (this sort of software hardly ever gets updated) but for physical maintenance and replacement? Yes. At least an annual strip down and clean up, with 6 monthly or 3 monthly visual checks. For a system to be in continuous usage for that period, the problem lies, most probably, in the few moving parts that even PC's have. The system cooling fans. Not the room cooling system (if any) but the machines cooling system.

The little buggers spin and spin and spin and the bearings and shaft wear, the fan develops an annoying hum as it leans or tilts and the blades rub against the case. It heats up, has to run faster to get rid of the heat and finally siezes up. The motor overheats and trips its circuit breakers... assuming everything is western normal that is. the redundent fan takes over the loads and the system keeps running. Assuming the other half of the dual redundent cooling system hasn't previously died that is. Now go get new bits and replace. If this was the second system falling over then at this point the temperature of the computer, be it a bunch of pc's, distributed racks or an old IBM style cupboard, goes into overheat and crashes.

What damage occurs with that crash is the ugly bit. Data being written probably wasn't, anything left in the memory buffer is gone, read/write heads may have crashed onto platters ripping up data that was already there. It's a bitch to recover.

With no further information, I'd reckon that was where the problem started.

Gradually and slowly, it's all falling down.

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Why is six years the normal usage?  Is that the normal time for computers to last without any maintenance?

My wife bought me a case of Archa beer, just to try it....If there is ever a case for Thailand being a dysfunctional country I suggest that the sale of Archa beer wins the argument.

Bloody hell

I suppose one should append the work 'allegedly" until the guy is found guilty but he does sound a nut-job (if he did it).

Judging by this photo he's not the sort of person you'd want to chat to in a public place either.

anterian, on 2012-05-07 22:51:17, said:

READ TOMORROW'S NEWS TODAY!!!!


"PM insists that workers on high buildings wear safety harnesses. Crackdown to start end of June. Building owners to be fined 600 baht for violations. Workers in violation to be fired on the spot. City hall "Really serious about this, honest 'guv"

The UK experts particularly liked the "1,000 Boats To Push Flood Waters From Chao Phraya River".

Sucking up!

There is not such thing as a system predicting earthquake... it's a global problem, why thailand should be blessed ?

chiang mai, on 2012-05-06 08:02:32, said:

It doesn't "predict". It's just a measurement.

Thailand needs a lot of things
Some of them are possible
This is not not one of them

chiang mai, on 2012-05-06 08:26:46, said:

Quake prediction to be of any value needs to provide 3 key pieces of data:

Where

When

What magnitude (amount of energy released)

At present it is possible to be reasonably specific about the where in areas that have been intensively researched as there tend to be "gaps" along a plate boundary between historically recent quakes. Basically one section will rupture leading to increased pressure and strain on an un-ruptured section of the plate boundary. However quakes even in their location can spring surprises, the Japanese quake in Mar 2011 was in an area that was not supposed to experience quakes of that magnitude and the Christchurch, NZ quakes in Sep 2010 and Feb 2011 were partly along a previously unknown fault.

With the San Andreas the analogy is that of a set of freight cars linked together with rather rusty couplings moving slowly & intermittently NW along the track. Pressure builds up and sometimes just one of the cars will jolt forwards but this means greater pressure on the car behind and so on. Occasionally there is a big movement forward.....

chiang mai, on 2012-05-06 09:31:42, said:

If you have a proven prediction method you are worth billions!

No one has yet come up with a system that can hit all 3 components on a consistent basis whether it be by studying the behaviour of toads, microearthquakes, radon emissions or whatever.