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  Bring it: Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista

  by V in

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  i am ready to upgrade my system (currently windows xp) and am seriously considering switching to apple.. the new windows vista is going to be released soon, and it finally looks like a mac anyway.

  who wants to follow a follower anyway?.

  i need a powerful workstation for graphics, webdesign and 3d animation.. plus, i am very impressed with the new iphone and believe that the ipod culture will continue to keep macworld in the ascendant.

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  I don't have the full release of Vista yet but I've run the beta versions and RC1 and RC2 through signing up for the beta testing. I quite like it although it's a little bloated and takes up too many resources for my taste. It's easily streamlined with a little tinkering though. DirectX 10 being Vista only is because it's fundamentally different to DX9 and not just an update to it and XP can't run it.

  I had a mac G5 that I bought for design and 3D work but it was actually slower than my PC of a similar spec. When I bought 3DS Max, which is PC only I decided to sell the G5. Truth is for web design, 3D animation and modelling software designers put more resources into PC development than Mac. Macs are pretty and the OS gives you less trouble than Windows but ultimately Windows has so many resources to call on in terms of software, vendor support and sheer horsepower if your looking at a workstation with something like a Firegl or Quadrofx.

  Hold on though can't you have the best of both worlds cos doesn't the new OS X running on a Core 2 duo dual boot between both operating systems with a little tweaking.
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  True Co$t of a Convention

  by zack in

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  for years one of my assignments was in accounting both at the circuit level and district level.

  i was never department head because those slots are filled my true company men.. the cost of an assembly is determined by a formula the assembly hall committees uses.

  it's pretty straightforward.

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  Interesting post Zack. I never could figure out the expenses figure at the end of a circuit assembly. Seemed to me all they had to pay out for was heating and lighting as we'd ponied up for everything else including building the damn place.

  It puzzles me what the org is doing with all those billions in the bank extracted from brainwashed dubs. They don't seem to be in it purely for the money like televangelists etc but they're obviously reticent to part with it for charity work or just making ordinary dubs lives easier when they hit hard times.
  I'm not one to quote the bible at people anymore being an atheist an'all but didn't Jesus say not to store up for yourselves treasures on earth?
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  Getting shunned by JW's that were always WEAK makes me so mad

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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  doesnt it make you mad to get shunned by jw's that barely made the meetings??

  to get shunned by jw's that you used to go encourage.

  by jw's that always led double lives.

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  LOL. Yeah I've had that too. I've had a few funny times when they recognized me in town and start talking to me not realizing I'm DF'ed cos they're out of the info loop in the congs as they miss most meetings. When they asked what I was doing now I tell them I was DF'ed (actually DA'ed) and am now an apostate. The look on their face is like the guy off that Cronenberg film Scanners before his head blows up. They're probably trying to remember the current DF rules and whether if they say another word to me they'll get struck down while simultaneously thinking of an excuse to get away and how not to seem too rude in doing so.
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  American Idol - This season 2007

  by free2beme in

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  i have always been open about the fact that i really like watching the american idol show, but never buy any cd's by the winners.

  i am glad it is back on this season, and yet recently i have been watching some shows on it.

  there is something i never noticed, but now i can not wait to watch each show to see if it is really true.

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  I love the American Idol tryouts. There's been some awesome characters so far. When it gets to the finalists I lose interest though.

  It's interesting about Paula Abdul. I noticed in the Minnesota auditions that they had drafted Jewel in as a judge and Paula was kinda redundant. I like Paula she seems like a nice person and I hope she can get over some of her problems. In respect to finding a bloke maybe she needs to look outside of the industry and tinseltown which is probably full of self obsessed poseurs.

  I think Simon Cowell says some of the personal attacks not just to get a cheap laugh but to knock some people out of the delusional state they've got themselves in. IMO some people need to be told they have no talent or they're too fat or ugly.
  Maybe it's a british thing. In my experience americans are much more polite and tactful than Brits.
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  The Truth will set you Free

  by reneeisorym in

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  a new driver that just started working here walked past my desk and said, "the truth will set you free.

  " it gave me shivers down my back.

  i know that phrase is in the bible and not just a phrase for jws but still -- they are the only ones i ever heard using it.. it just mades me uncomfortable hearing anything called "the truth"..

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  Yeah it was a funny thing to say wasn't it. Watchtowerisms make me cringe too.

  Either he's been reading the gospels or David Icke's book which I think has that title (the ex brit tv presenter turned loon and conspiracy theorist)
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  Sin didn't kill Adam...the food did

  by onacruse in

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  harp of god 39. eden contained perfect food that would have sustained the perfect man and he would not have died had he remained in eden, unless jehovah had put him to death in some direct manner.

  but god drove him out of eden, took him away from the perfect food, caused him to gather his food from among the thorns and thistles and from other imperfect elements of the earth that were found outside of eden; and in this condition he continued to sicken and to die until at the end of the period of 930 years he was dead.. .

  this theme is repeated numerous times throughout the 20s and 30s.

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  Maybe what Adam needed was some miracle wheat to sustain him outside the garden of Eden.
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  The earth can hold only 9 billion persons at the most

  by cultswatter in

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  *** public address by district overseer bro.

  charles sunutko in spring 1967 in sheboygan, wisconsin[recording of this talk available in realaudio format, 2,745kb, approx 22 minute recording].

  "serving with everlasting life in view"............. "the watchtower 1964, page 722, paragraph 24, and listen to this: "tens of billions will be back".. how many are tens of billions?

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  Jehovah will just make everyone really small... except the elders they'll stay the same size, and if you get out of line they'll dig you in your tiny chest with a big pencil like on Land Of The Giants.
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  Is the Watchtower happy being stagnant?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  stagnant.

  adj.not moving or flowing; motionless.

  foul or stale from standing: stagnant ponds.showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive: a stagnant economy the sunday talks are copy and paste .the watchtower study is the same.ask the preprinted questions and answer.the ministry school is reading the same parts of the bible.the service program has the same dull presentations.the book study has some books being read 3 - 4 times.. is the watchtower society happy with being stagnant and just going thru the motions?

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  I agree with James Woods that the WBTS is reticent of bringing out new light or saying anything that could engender questions or debate. So they have to rehash the mundane drivel they've ingrained into the JW consciousness over the years.

  The average JW seems quite happy with the satus quo though. They're like automatons going through the meeting - field service - meeting - field service routine until the big A comes and ushers in their wonderful new life or puts them out of their misery.
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  Poll:What is the "average" age of people's baptism in the org?

  by megsmomma in

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  i was 14....and that seems pretty common for those that were in it young....... .

  how in the world is a 14 year old ready to commit themselves to anything life altering?.

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  I was 15. I thought getting baptized I'd gain a renewed spirituality. Didn't happen though.
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  Anyone Into Astronomy?

  by lovelylil in

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  my kids are really interested in astronomy lately and it has never been my area of expertise.

  they don't do much in school on it, just a few basics.

  so i thought we could do more at home.

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  A program called Celestia is a lot of fun. It's a 3D universe that you can fly around in and explore.

  You can download it here -

  http://www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html

  You can also download extra detailed planet maps, satellites, space stations etc for it.