Posts by darkspilver

I'm confused, are you saying that the unpublished image in the assets folder, should have the creditation on the image itself? Because the image you used from the ggpht.com website doesn't either? Having the credition on the webpage adjacent to the image is in order I thought? Isn't that what you did. Sure the jw.org website has the usual generic copyright claim as per most other websites, but the image you referenced doesn't seem to have been actually published on a jw.org webpage? And it's quite clear from the use of the image in the two links that I provided that WT is fully accepting of Daniel Meyar's copyright in the image?

Say what you will about the WT, but Daniel Meyar who says he took the photo and released it under creative commons, is probably very pleased to be able to say on his photography CV that his picture was used in an international magazine with a print run of millions - and that said magazine provided the proper creditation.

Actually the more onerous issue is the poor way the image has been used - it's meant to have once stood 40 feet high, but you get no real concept of that from its use in the magazine.....

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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Watchtower and the Dishonest Use of Uncredited Images

by jwleaks in

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the below image comes from the following web site page: commons wikimedia.

the author of the work has granted licence to use his work providing he is properly credited or attributed as the author.. .

[credit: daniel meyar, licensed for use under creative commons].

darkspilver

LOL!

Did you check out the actual webpage that the image is used on?

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201011/egypt-in-bible-history/

Did you check out the actual print magazine that the image appeared in?

http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/87/g_E_201011.pdf

Daniel Meyar would seem to have been properly credited in both instances? Yes?

But what about the website you used to get the picture from - http://lh5.ggpht.com/ - I don't seem to see any crediting of Daniel Meyar on that website??

http://lh5.ggpht.com/u-Glu0hHWRSoPHs36rb6UvMkEoY5LmFGpUt0DUUEpebWSSNM7kk-AF7akH4pIZjr5cSntAWV0ssjKFhMXkRSoAMC

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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Not Seating at the Same Place in All Meetings.

by Tempest in a Teacup in

i haven't heard this one in a while but it has been on my mind lately.

maybe it's because i'm noticing that these days people at the kh are going the extra mile to vary their seating places in all meetings.. having skipped meetings for a few weeks, i'm wondering if there has been a talk/article about that recently.

that's one of the most laughable rules they made and i never felt bound by it.

darkspilver

Do jw's really believe that? Christians pay for their spot in the pew? oh for goodness sakes! how damn ridiculous is that?!

Yes.

Do an internet search for: pew rents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew#Pew_rents

http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2000/05/Pay-Per-Pew-How-Come-People-Had-To-Pay-For-Church-Seats.aspx

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/7693232/Sacred-Mysteries-Renting-the-best-seats-in-church.html

http://www.twickenhamurc.org.uk/history/pewrent.htm

That's all folks!

DarK SpilveR

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" Do not ask permission, just play the video--" service meeting instructions.

by prologos in

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this statement startled me out of the pleasant mental absence during this week's "service" meeting.. pushing the org.

explanation: "the listener has time to interrupt, if they want--" .

together with an incredible boring "study" of an hand held device, or it's stored content, i will be a totally new crop of orgies at the halls,.

darkspilver

@Apognophos: Are they going to make a new video each month?

Why not? I'm sure they had more than one phonograph disk back in the day?

That's all folks!

DarK SpliveR

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"Jehovah's Witnesses do better after surgery without transfusion" - Article (July 3, 2012)

by Da.Furious in

this article from 2012 published by the birmingham news showed up on my facebook page.. what i would have liked to see in the statistics is the inclusion of total jws refusing blood transfusion and their survival rate not only the ones taht surviced, taking about only survivors is not like for like comparison in my opinion with patients who take blood transfusion and then dont survive.. .

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darkspilver

@little_Socrates: if the surgeon knows you will refuse blood he/she will be much more carefull with your surgery.

Ergo if the surgeon knows you will accept blood he/she will be much less carefull with your surgery

That's a worry?

That's all folks!

DarK SpliveR