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  September AWAKE

  by stillajwexelder in

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  2. bible

  got the september awake tonight.

  marked on the front cover special issue in orange letters.

  the title is " is there a creator".

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  I have to agree with Flash. I mean, look at all the crap going on in this world and they put out a special 'evolution' mag ... take about being 'off base' ... does anyone seriously care about this topic anymore?

  Yeah, I know what you mean. It's tempting to do what Richard Dawkins does now and say the evolution vs creation topic is closed because it's science arguing with religion, however the IDer's try and dress it up as scientific and therefore pointless.

  That Awake article was probably written at the time of that furore about ID being taught in schools in the US. Bit out of date now though cos the IDer's got their asses handed to them in that case and their main argument of irreversible complexity was proven to be false.

  Lot's of info on Behe on the excellent infidels.org site

  http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/science/creationism/behe.html

  I haven't read a WT or awake for about 4 years but i might read that creation one for a laugh.
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  The Dystopian Novel

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dystopia : 1) an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.

  2) a work describing such a place or state.. .

  during the past couple of months i have been reading a series of dystopian novels in which a carefully manufactured society is portrayed through the eyes of a protagonist who becomes increasingly aware of what is wrong.

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  New Worldly Translation

  have you read necromancer

  Did you mean Neuromancer by William Gibson? It's a good book but the narrative drifts at certain points making some parts a little confusing. It's probably better described as cyberpunk than dystopian as it concerns itself with the components, characters and motivations of the society it's based in rather than the environment and society itself.

  Just my opinion but I don't think Brave New World or We have aged very well. 1984 is still a powerful book though. I put off reading it for a while because it had become something of a cliché but I was pleasantly surprised how well written and visceral it was.

  I have a page with an ebook of it along with some others

  http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ataru/ebooks
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  Computer problems: Jittering MP3s

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm hoping someone can help me with this problem.. i just got a "new" computer at work, and it's a hunk of shit.

  it's running winxp pro (the word "pro" is questionable imo).

  i listen to mp3 cds at work, and i've never had a problem with winnt or win98.

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  I think I'm right in saying that XP automatically assigns bus mastering and DMA on ATAPI devices. It was Win '98 that you had to tick the checkbox.

  I don't know about CDroms being funny things, PC are funny things. I had a PC that only would only work if I had a certain configuration of components and peripherals. If I took out the backup hard drive it wouldn't boot, put in a soundcard or unplugged the printer, zip drive or scanner it wouldn't boot. It was like the damn thing had a memory and preferred the status quo! weird.
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  Computer problems: Jittering MP3s

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm hoping someone can help me with this problem.. i just got a "new" computer at work, and it's a hunk of shit.

  it's running winxp pro (the word "pro" is questionable imo).

  i listen to mp3 cds at work, and i've never had a problem with winnt or win98.

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  I've heard about some problems with MP3's skipping when playing in Winamp when other programs are running cos I had that prob with v5.
  If I remember correctly you go to Prefs - Plugins - Output - DirectSound - config, and in the device tab make sure the sound card is selected and enable hardware acceleration and enable cpu usage control are checked.
  
  I'd also run a directx diagnostic; Start - Run - type dxdiag and enter. Test that direct sound is running ok and that DirectX is at least version 8.

  Might be worth checking on the net for updated drivers for the soundcard but as you said it was a new system they shouldn't be that old (unless it's a refurb that companies like to tell employees are new to cut costs )

  Hope this helps.
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  Stem Cell Research---Are You For or Against It?

  by minimus in

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  i'm for it.

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  Definitely for it. Could be one of the greatest breakthroughs in medical history.
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  Outsourced Call Center Frustration

  by Bstndance in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the most part i have never had a problem with call centers based in india.

  whenever there seemed to be an issue, i chalked it up to a communication issue.

  today, however, is a different story.. i booked a trip on delta but my frequent flier account is with continental.

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  I try to avoid phoning call centres but I do tend to get a lot of cold calls from Indian call centres flogging me mobiles, loans, credit cards etc.

  Reminded me of this article.

  http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=3699
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  Who would you invite to your Fantasy Dinner Table?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  you know the game, you can invite ten real people - alive or dead - who you would want to have around the table for a meal and conversation.

  since it's a fantasy, language wouldn't be a barrier.. i'm still working on my definitive list but some names come immediately to mind;.

  stephen fry.

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  New Worldly Translation

  Hmm difficult question.. I'd invite

  Aposte Paul (the mastermind of the christian faith imo)

  Thomas Paine

  John Merrick

  Lisa Randall

  Stephen Fry

  Oscar Wilde

  Ricky Gervais

  Michael Gambon

  William Blake
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  Will your congregation exist in 50 years?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  fifty years is a long time.. do you think your congregation that you did/are associating with will exist then?.

  the probability may exist that for congs.

  of elderly publishers, they will either have to merge or disband.

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  If it does I'll lose a bet. I bet my parents that the org wouldn't last another fifty years.

  The thought that it will evolve and become like other mainstream religions could be true but then that would make it a fundementally different religion so the org as we know it would cease to exist.

  Damn double post, soz
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  Will your congregation exist in 50 years?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  fifty years is a long time.. do you think your congregation that you did/are associating with will exist then?.

  the probability may exist that for congs.

  of elderly publishers, they will either have to merge or disband.

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  If it does I'll lose a bet. I bet my parents that the org wouldn't last another fifty years.

  The thought that it will evolve and become like other mainstream religions could be true but then that would make it a fundementally different religion so the org as we know it would cease to exist.
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  Are you grateful you're out?

  by bluesapphire in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the reason i ask is because i am in a dilemma with my husband.

  long story short:

  i joined and we met.

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  New Worldly Translation

  I think he's just feeling sorry for himself and looking for an easy excuse for his being resentful of losing contact with his family.

  The fact is you didn't take his family away the JW religion did. You didn't force his sister, his mother or his friends away, they did that themselves under direction from the org and the shunning policy.