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  Help me understand the "cloud"

  by Gregor in

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  i am not a tech person but have been interested in all the talk about the cloud.. correct me if i'm wrong -.

  my computor has memory/storage built in.

  tons of stuff, family photos, personal records, my unfinished books.

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  j dubb

  Also, what Simon said; I was addressing it from a simpler consumer perspective.
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  Help me understand the "cloud"

  by Gregor in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am not a tech person but have been interested in all the talk about the cloud.. correct me if i'm wrong -.

  my computor has memory/storage built in.

  tons of stuff, family photos, personal records, my unfinished books.

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  j dubb

  Increasingly there has been a shift away from devices that have capability of a ton of local storage but rely on internet connectivity. Tablets, Chromebooks, etc. Some of these devices are replaced every two years like mobile phones. Cloud storage is one way to address backing up information; I can replace my phone whenever, but my Google account has all my contacts, email, and photos (if I choose that setting) stored.

  Local backups are great, but 1)most people don't do it or do it regularly enough to be effective; 2)a backup drive stored in the same house as the computer is subject to all the things that could happen to the PC. Theft, fire, disaster, hard drive crash. Also dumping data onto another drive and deleting the original is not a backup.

  There are basically two different cloud type services; something like Carbonite intended to serve as a continual offsite backup for all your files, and something like Photobucket, designed to store one type of file like photos.

  Also, there is an entertainment industry attempt, as well as a generational trend to shift consumption of content, particularly music, from locally stored digital files to a service (Netflix, Spotify, Pandora) that streams access to the entertainment, never allowing you to 'own' the files to begin with. The obvious downsides are continual cost and the possiblilty the specific content can be removed from the service at any time due to rights/licensing issues.
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  Convention new book reveals "GROUP 2" of the 1914 generation...the horror.

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  gods kingdom rules!

  the convention book released yesterday....say hi to group 2 of the 1914 generation!!

  a graph shows group 1 being fred franz john barr etc...with a group 2 consisting of the current young faithful slaves we "met" the "group ones.

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  What 'convention book' is being released in October? AGM was two weeks ago, conventions have been over for...six weeks or so?
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  Tv.jw.org - Average Jdub reaction? I'm getting NOTHING but Silence!

  by 4thgen in

  1. jw
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  hello all, as you know, when jw tv was announced, our board went wild.

  many comments, much speculation and alot of negative feedback on the quality, etc.

  well, what has me concerned is that i have not heard a peep from any of my connections left in kingdom-land.

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  We are in europe

  This is the key phrase here. Completely different societeal attitudes toward on screen sex/nudity even among the dubs
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  Growth From jw.org?

  by EmptyInside in

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  2. bible

  well,according to my mother,lots of bible studies and newly interested ones because of the promotion of the website.

  it is just growing,lol.. i have no clue.

  it's funny their spin on things.

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  j dubb

  I'm upset about those credit card machines at assemblies too. I remember in the Awake,in the Watching the World segment,they criticized the churches for doing that same thing.

  I'm not phased as much about the credit card terminals. 97% of American currency only exists in digital form. Employers began refusing to issue paychecks a few years ago, only paying you on a debit card or direct deposit. People have now grown up having never written or handled a check. It was inevitable. I predict they will start accepting Paypal and Bitcoin next.
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  Let's suggest some programs for tv.jw.org

  by rebel8 in

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  weekday afternoons: a soap opera featuring judicial committees, demon possessions, and wives clamoring to be the ones who host the circuit overseer's lunch.

  saturday mornings: sparlock cartoon.

  friday evenings: reality show featuring jw dating.

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  I would rather watch The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour featuring the Waylon Smithers dancers.
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  grazy link on JW.ORG

  by fastJehu in

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  j dubb

  Um, but a bunch of Bible beliefs CAN be proven false. Mankind was not created 6,xxx years ago. There was no global flood 4000 years ago. There was no Exodus.

  Beliefs do not change facts. Facts, if one is rational, should change beliefs.
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  Letter Re: JW Broadcasting

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  re: jw broadcasting.

  dear brothers:.

  we are writing to inform you of an exciting initiative that was announced on october 4,.

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  The US letter definitely mentions Roku by name.

  I wonder how much Roku has paid the WTS for the publicity? Talk about "product placement"!

  Please. Anybody can get a Roku channel. Just announcing another method of consuming the narrowcast. Roku is the most popular streaming box and is also the easiest way for non-tech, non-computer type people to consume online video as it most closely resembles TV. Right at the bottom of the screen I saw it also says 'you might be interested in...The Mormon Channel!' LOL
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  Looking back to what happened since sept 2012... i must say its brilliant !

  by insidetheKH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who thought in the early months of 2012 that such a rebranding would take place in only a matter of 24 months?.

  they managed to go from an antique looking and boring website (watchtower.org) with hardly any attractive content to go to a fresh looking new website with stuff for everyone, families, children, teenagers.. movies, and short videos about almost everything and new ones added every month.

  cartoons, animation video's , interviews, picture activities all kind of projects, many audio files like dramatic bible readings, dramas and music, online research tools, new brochures for kids (off and online) etc.

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  j dubb

  Yes, silent, I remember elders in the mid 90s saying the society would never have a website. Some speakers at assemblies even said regular people had no need to be online.

  Then it was 'don't read scriptures from printouts' at meetings...the Bible has more authority when read from directly!

  How far we've come!
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  grazy link on JW.ORG

  by fastJehu in

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  j dubb

  They're not expensive; I can see more people affording those at $39 than an ipad.