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Watchtower 2005 CD library - can anyone help me??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the wts rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, i decided to download the 2005 wt library to do my own searches and such.

after all, how else would a non-jw like myself have access to past publications and such??

and i'm dying of curiosity here, i want to do some of my own research, just to see what i can come up with.. so i download the iso file and then i don't know what to do with it.. i tried downloading an iso-burning tool, but that won't work for me.

Super_Becka

If you use nero you shouldn't simply burn the iso file onto the blank but use the option where you burn a disk image or saved project (which is the ISO) onto your blank.

That's exactly what I did, but it still didn't work. I think the gods of the ISO file hate me.

Apparently a good program to use to write the ISO to CD is http://www.cdburnerxp.se/, for it has a "BURN ISO" button that makes sure it is done right. Apparently, when you burn a CD with an ISO file, it cannot be written as a file but as an image. That might be why you kept getting coasters.

Hmm, maybe I'll try downloading that program, it can't help and at the worst, I'll just end up with another coaster.

I keep trying to burn the ISO onto a CD as an image, not just as a file, but it never seems to work for me. Again, I think the gods of the ISO file hate me.

Hmm, and maybe WinRar hates me, too. Who knows, I seem to have real issues with technology. Does anyone else out there think that technology in general hates them??

I've never had trouble with my CD burner before, it's usually so good to me, but lately, I must say, it's been giving me grief, I've made entirely too many coasters trying to back things up. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to get it checked out before my warranty runs out. Remind me to bring my computer in to the repair shop when I get home in April.

-Becka :) (of the "technology, pfft" class)

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Anyone watching "Two and a Half Men"??

by Super_Becka in

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hehehe, this must be a common thing on tv lately, i've been seeing a lot of people mentioning this here on the board.. i'm watching "two and a half men" right now, and in the pre-credits intro part, two of the main characters were talking, and one of them was bragging about the great sex he'd had the night before, and there was a knock on the door.. "hello brother, we're here to tell you about the good news!!".

the character invites them in to tell them about his nocturnal adventures.. i don't know if they were supposed to be mormons or jehovah's witnesses, but they certainly reminded me of jws with their white shirts and ties with the books in hand, and i loved how they looked absolutely mortified with the other character started bragging about sex.. is it just me or are mormons/jws turning up at the butt of jokes a lot on tv lately??.

Super_Becka

Hehehe, this must be a common thing on TV lately, I've been seeing a lot of people mentioning this here on the board.

I'm watching "Two and a Half Men" right now, and in the pre-credits intro part, two of the main characters were talking, and one of them was bragging about the great sex he'd had the night before, and there was a knock on the door.

"Hello brother, we're here to tell you about the Good News!!"

The character invites them in to tell them about his nocturnal adventures.

I don't know if they were supposed to be Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses, but they certainly reminded me of JWs with their white shirts and ties with the books in hand, and I loved how they looked absolutely mortified with the other character started bragging about sex.

Is it just me or are Mormons/JWs turning up at the butt of jokes a lot on TV lately??

-Becka :)

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Movie: The Truman Show = Jehovahs Witnesses? Anyone seen this movie?

by Trojan in

by now, i realize there are a couple of good movies that help to understand the situation a jw finds himself in, once he finds out the truth about "the truth".

like: the village, the island, stepford wifes.

i find that these movies help me to understand the situation of being trapped in a cult and the mixed emotions about finding out and the courage and strenght needed to leave.

Super_Becka

You know, now that I think of it, I would imagine that the experience that the title character in "The Truman Show" would be remarkably similar to that of a JW who'd just realized that what he/she'd know all his/her life was a lie and wrong and how much they'd missed out on.

I actually really enjoy that movie, I should get my JW boyfriend to watch it with me sometime. Could make for some great conversation - "Wow, I wonder what it's like to really have that happen, to find out that everything in your life was fake??"

"The Village" I didn't especially like, but I can see the similarities there, too, with the lies and the fear techniques.

Any other good "WTS-like" movies out there??

-Becka :)

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Watchtower 2005 CD library - can anyone help me??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the wts rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, i decided to download the 2005 wt library to do my own searches and such.

after all, how else would a non-jw like myself have access to past publications and such??

and i'm dying of curiosity here, i want to do some of my own research, just to see what i can come up with.. so i download the iso file and then i don't know what to do with it.. i tried downloading an iso-burning tool, but that won't work for me.

Super_Becka

Old OS?? Nope.

I run Windows XP (Service Pack 2) on a Toshiba Satellite A10 series laptop, it's about 2.5 years old, has a Celeron 2.4GB processor, 256MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive and usually runs reasonably well considering.

Anyone else with XP having trouble??

-Becka :)

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Watchtower 2005 CD library - can anyone help me??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the wts rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, i decided to download the 2005 wt library to do my own searches and such.

after all, how else would a non-jw like myself have access to past publications and such??

and i'm dying of curiosity here, i want to do some of my own research, just to see what i can come up with.. so i download the iso file and then i don't know what to do with it.. i tried downloading an iso-burning tool, but that won't work for me.

Super_Becka

OK, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the WTS rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, I decided to download the 2005 WT Library to do my own searches and such. After all, how else would a non-JW like myself have access to past publications and such?? And I'm dying of curiosity here, I want to do some of my own research, just to see what I can come up with.

So I download the ISO file and then I don't know what to do with it.

I tried downloading an ISO-burning tool, but that won't work for me. I ended up making a bunch of coasters.

I tried Nero. I made another coaster.

I found an excuse to ask my computer-geek boyfriend about ISO files (for another program that I'm trying to install that's not WTS-related), and he recommended using WinRar to extract and install it.

So I install WinRar (it's like a super-version of WinZip) and try that.

Aha, it lets me unzip the WT Library ISO and install it from there.

I do a complete install - this version of the library CD-ROM lets you do a complete install so that you don't need the CD to run it. Perfect, just what I needed!! No more coasters!!

So I install it, and it works.

Or so I think.

I can open the program, and it shows me the daily reading, and all of the icons and buttons are there for me to click.

But if I actually try to do something - like searching the publications or accessing the NWT - it tells me that "Watchtower Library has experienced a problem and cannot continue", I click "OK" and the whole program closes.

I repaired it. It still didn't work.

I uninstalled it and reinstalled it. It still doesn't work.

Anyone have any idea how I can get this to work for me??

I'm a total research geek, I live for this stuff and I'm curious as all hell to dive into this, I need to know how to get this to work so that I can satisfy my curiosity. Especially because I'm in touch with someone that I'm swapping research and ideas with (he's married to an inactive/unbaptized JW who's studying under pressure from her JW mother) and I'd like to be able to look some stuff up for us to talk about and ask about.

Help!!

-Becka :)

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Regarding the Pledge of Allegiance....

by Princess in

jw
friends

at our monthly poker party the other night, things were going well until my brother "went to the bad place" as my friend julie says.

julie's husband is a second grade teacher and during a discussion about the daily flag salute, he mentioned he has not led his class in the flag salute all year.

he was never a dub, just doesn't believe in children being forced to recite a pledge at such a young age.

Super_Becka

So, it got me thinking (the next day, mind you) do other countries have a pledge or flag salute like we do in the US? I honestly have no idea, nor has anyone I've asked.

What other countries salute their flags?

Not Canada.

I don't know about other countries, but here, we don't have anything that resembles a "pledge of allegiance". Sure, we'll stand for the national anthem, but we don't salute the flag and we don't pledge allegiance to it, either.

-Becka :)

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Just watchin out for my boys

by DigitalFokus in

guys beware

police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties and local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman.

many females use a date rape drug on the market called "beer".

Super_Becka

For all of my favourite guys out there. Enjoy!!

I'll be back when you're done...

-Becka :)

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JWs and Mormons in Dead Like Me

by misspeaches in

jw
friends

for those not familiar with the show dead like me i will give you a brief explanation.. the show is about grim reapers who have to take the souls from people before they die in accidents thus enabling them to move on.

the grim reapers walk talk act and look like ordinary people.

they hold down regular jobs and need places to live, food to eat just like anyone else.

Super_Becka

Hehehe, sounds like a good episode!! And knowing what I do now, I'd definitely get the references and find them incredibly funny.

-Becka :) (of the "Me, laugh at a JW joke?? Never..." class)

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Hello!

by shera13 in

i admit i have been a lurker for a few months and now i can finally talk to u guys!

i want to thank you guys for your honesty on this site and your humor...my husband and i formally dissassociated ourselves from the darling watchtower a few months ago and your site helped us keep our chins up!

we particularly enjoy blondies weekly commentaries on the watchtower articles!

Super_Becka

Hey Maria, welcome to the board!! Glad to have you here!!

Sounds like you've been lurking here for a while now, so I take it you already know how the board works. And I take it that you already know just how great the people here are and now knowledgeable and helpful they are, too.

Looking forward to reading more posts from you, and be sure to share your story with us sometime, when you're ready, I'm sure we'd all love to hear it!!

Stick around!!

-Becka :)

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Does any one know French and can help me please?

by Suzie in

i just got news that my boyfriend that i was going to go see in a week died!!!!

i want to be able to communicate with his family that does not speak or read english!

can someone please help me translate a letter for them?

Super_Becka

((((((((((Suzie))))))))))

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, this has to be your worst nightmare, you said in your other topic that you were so afraid that this was going to happen.

I hope you're doing OK, this can't be easy for you. Take some time, figure out what you want to do, and I hope you can get in touch with his family and pay your respects to them and to him, however you see fit to do that.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I hope you feel better soon, it's hard now, but things will get better.

-Becka :)

Super_Becka

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