An added bonus is the fact that www.jehovahs-witness.com will probably become the #1 referrer site in their logfile reports .
Oh, and it stimulates the internet economy, too. NTT/Verio should thank us.
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InternetBumperStickers.com
by SYN inhi all, just thought i'd mention something that's been bugging me a bit, i've noticed that a few ppl on this board are using gifs from internetbumperstickers.com.. i myself have gotten some amazing little gifs from that site, they seriously kick the llama's ass!.
there is only one thing: those nice guys at internetbumperstickers pay real money for the bandwidth they use, and when you guys link to their images in your sigs, that means that every unique ip that views this page (provided they are using an image-enabled browser) is going to download that image from their servers.
you might think that these tiny 2k gifs are nothing, but believe me, i was an administrator for a couple of websites, and the bandwidth adds up, and pretty soon you're paying through your nose for other people free loading.. the solution is a simple one: merely copy the files to your computer, find a server where you can stick them that allows public http access to files you can upload to it, ftp them onto the server, and then update your sigs to point to the new image location.
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InternetBumperStickers.com
by SYN inhi all, just thought i'd mention something that's been bugging me a bit, i've noticed that a few ppl on this board are using gifs from internetbumperstickers.com.. i myself have gotten some amazing little gifs from that site, they seriously kick the llama's ass!.
there is only one thing: those nice guys at internetbumperstickers pay real money for the bandwidth they use, and when you guys link to their images in your sigs, that means that every unique ip that views this page (provided they are using an image-enabled browser) is going to download that image from their servers.
you might think that these tiny 2k gifs are nothing, but believe me, i was an administrator for a couple of websites, and the bandwidth adds up, and pretty soon you're paying through your nose for other people free loading.. the solution is a simple one: merely copy the files to your computer, find a server where you can stick them that allows public http access to files you can upload to it, ftp them onto the server, and then update your sigs to point to the new image location.
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There is only one thing: those nice guys at InternetBumperStickers pay real money for the bandwidth they use, and when you guys link to their images in your sigs, that means that every unique IP that views this page ... is going to download that image from their servers. ... and pretty soon you're paying through your nose for other people free loading.
Let me take this opportunity, SYN, to again promote my evil anti-Watchtower scheme: if you link to pictures, why don't you use those fine educational pictures (a.k.a., spiritual food) available from the FDS via www.watchtower.org?
You know, the Watchtower is paying real money for their Internet connectivity as well:
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Kingdom Ministry School for Congregational Elders
by Kent inkingdom ministry school for congregational elders.
for the 2002 service year .
hi folks!.
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Wow, I pity those who had to attend. It's almost impossible not to yawn after only the first couple of sentences.
Amazing how you get all this stuff, Kent.
BWAHAHAH! The guy actually says "this is no time for drowsiness", and that it will take some effort to fight it...
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Secret military tribunals and historical precedent
by Seeker inthe subject of secret military tribunals has been raised here in recent months, and i've made no secret of my displeasure at such moves.
it was pointed out to me that president lincoln also did this, something i was not aware of.
however, i have recently read an article in the feb. 2002 issue of the atlantic monthly that discusses the world war ii precedent cited by bush for these tribunals.
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They are prisoners of war, and there is plenty of case law on how war criminals are treated.
I thought they are not, and that the US government explicitly considers them merely "detainees", not POWs? Or am I mixing something up here?
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Today is my birthday
by TR inanyone want to give me cyber hugs and kisses?.
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"yk is his name, false prophecy is his game"
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Have a good one, TR, and let me tell you: you may be sixty today, but your dyed hair makes you look a lot younger. Like, 55 or so.
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If this much tooted event ever does actually happen
Definitely not before "peace and security" are declared.
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It'll be a COLD day in hell...
by JanH in...before we see this happen in the usa, i fear:.
norway minister marries gay partner.
oslo, norway (ap) - finance minister per-kristian foss has married his gay companion, becoming the first member of a norwegian government to enter a binding homosexual partnership.
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Don't get me wrong I am not a flag waving patriot, but come on it is apparent that the US isn't the only country that doesn't allow homosexual marriages...
I may be wrong, but I think Jan's point was that someone who is in a homosexual relationship has made it into a top government position. Without causing a lot of upset. The "marriage" is just the icing on the cake.
While only a few EU countries have a direct equivalent of marriage for homosexual couples, such relationships are becoming more and more officially accepted for various financial/tax benefits that have traditionally only been granted to heterosexual couples (married or at least living together). Fortunately, the religious influence on politics is much weaker in most of Europe than in the USA, though it still exists.
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How many JW's in the nazi camps?
by Norm in* some were arrested many times.
1950: 1,000 witnesses executed 1,000 died in prison and concentration camps:.
another 1,000 of jehovahs witnesses died in prisons and concentration camps.
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You chose to gloss over my proof of GjW's strawman / misrepresentation of Norm's position.
Yes! I chose to gloss over what little argumentation you presented because calling someone "a clown for his cult", "perhaps a bit stupid", an "idiot" and "spreading foul infection" goes to show that you're pretty much uninterested in sensible discussion, but love to hear yourself getting all worked up in front of an audience. Self-confidence problems, hm? Nobody listening when you're talking at home?
That's just my very humble opinion of course.
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It'll be a COLD day in hell...
by JanH in...before we see this happen in the usa, i fear:.
norway minister marries gay partner.
oslo, norway (ap) - finance minister per-kristian foss has married his gay companion, becoming the first member of a norwegian government to enter a binding homosexual partnership.
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Abaddon,
I know that stereotypes are often just that, but I've been asked what language is spoken in Britain by two Americans; ...
What's so tricky about these stereotypes is that sometimes, you really have to persuade yourself that they're just stereotypes. That's when an American asks you how you celebrate the 4th of July "over there". Or when a college teacher from Texas asks you which language is spoken in the country she visited two days before. Or when you're on a conference in Boston and later on, you're having a couple of drinks and this one guy asks you very seriously how you're going to get a job and stay in America (implying that it couldn't possibly be half as good "over there"). It's when you open a newspaper or worse, turn on the TV and realise that for the average media consumer, the world consists of North America for all practical purposes (except when there's a war going on). It's when you realise that America's connotation of "freedom" and "free world" is tightly coupled with nationality. It's when some self-styled American expert tells you confidently that mobile telephony is so extremely successful in Europe because "terrestrial telephony is extremely bad in quality, and simply unavailable in many areas" (sure - and people lived in wooden huts until 50 years ago, huh?).The problem with this peculiarity of American culture is that it's very obvious. It's basically jumping in your face all the time. Other cultures do have their fair share of sillinesses, strangenesses and stupidnesses, but they often don't become as visible, if only because they're less broadcasted by the media all over the planet. America is exporting culture just the way it's exporting fast food - that's not necessarily bad or good, it just is.
So, DazedAndConfused, when you meet people from other countries, you'll have to take into account that most likely they've had much more exposure to more or less accurate pictures of "America" than you've had of their cultures.
Personally, since I've grown up and lived in more than just one place and don't consider myself very much of a "this is my country" person, I like to make fun of all of them. This world is a silly place, nationalism is completely ridiculous to me, and waving flags makes me laugh. On the other hand, I could never live in the USA for a longer time because it's impossible to get real bread (i.e., distinguishable from plasticine) there
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How many JW's in the nazi camps?
by Norm in* some were arrested many times.
1950: 1,000 witnesses executed 1,000 died in prison and concentration camps:.
another 1,000 of jehovahs witnesses died in prisons and concentration camps.
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Set up strawman, knock it down, all small-brained dub-dubs cheer - do you love to fondle the mic while this happens? Does it ... You Know .. ?
Why is it that lately, on this board, anyone who doesn't agree one-hundred-percent with the most radical anti-JW stance is labeled a reactionary by some vocal nitwits?
Isn't that exactly the same black-and-white, us-versus-them thinking that we attribute to those stupid JWs?
Painting GJW as a WTS defender is simply ridiculous and goes to show that you didn't even take a second and check his previous writings. You didn't even really read his writings in this thread.
Apparently, you can get some dubs out of the Watchtower, but you can't get the Watchtower out of some dubs. Pathetic.
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