Posts by Jourles

there was a post on the other day someone was asking about whether the wt monitors websites such as this and other "apostate" sites.. unfortunately i couldn't find it to add this to it.

i remembered a jw who worked on installing computers at london bethel, some time ago telling me that the wt did monitor websites.

this jw is gradually fading away from being one, so can't say to much about him.

Jourles

For example, I have an active VPN connection to a client's server open at the moment. The entry in your log will not only be the wrong IP, it will be an entirely different ISP in a different city as well

Yep, the same could go for anyone who uses their company's internet connection. For instance mine - I am in Lansing, MI, but my IP looks as if it comes from TX. All of our employee's internet traffic, nationwide, (if they're on our WAN, including if they VPN into the network) funnels down to TX.

You can usually tell the difference between a home user from a company user. The home user's reverse IP name typically says comcast or charter or whoever the isp is. Some corporate IP's may not even have a fully qualified name on a reverse lookup so it would be hard to tell who "owns" it. But my point was, most people just surf from their home pc without using a vpn or proxy of some sort to mask where they are coming from. These are the people you can narrow down their location to.

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JWs are flogging that end of religion tract today!

by headmath in

i just drove past my local kh at 10:30 wednesday oct 18 and there was at least 60 cars in the parking lot.

the parking lot is always empty on wednesday mornings but not today.. i had to marvel at the supreme control the wts has over it's members.

the last time i saw a turn out like this was just after the boxing day tsunami.

Jourles

Was there something special about today? 'Cause my wife hit the doors for a few hours this afternoon with a couple of sisters...

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Cardinals vs. Tigers in World Series

by Jourles in

so who do you think will win the ws?.

jourles, of the rabid cardinal nation since '85 class.

Jourles

So who do you think will win the WS?

Jourles, of the rabid Cardinal Nation since '85 class

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Oprah for President in '08. Why? Why not?

by AuldSoul in

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i have seen the idea floated a few times in some interesting places, but also on threads here.. i think she would get the vote out in a way it has never been gotten out before.

it would also throw all the pollster's margins of error way out of whack (which might be worth it, all by itself).. why do you think she should be or could be elected president?.

why do you think she shouldn't be or couldn't be elected president?.

Jourles

if an "african american" were to become pres, I can easily see powell being the one. he earned my respect after he stepped down from bush's company. from what I know of him, he is the one man who I could trust being pres.

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Oprah for President in '08. Why? Why not?

by AuldSoul in

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i have seen the idea floated a few times in some interesting places, but also on threads here.. i think she would get the vote out in a way it has never been gotten out before.

it would also throw all the pollster's margins of error way out of whack (which might be worth it, all by itself).. why do you think she should be or could be elected president?.

why do you think she shouldn't be or couldn't be elected president?.

Jourles

I'm fairly convinced that we desperately need a non-politician for president - soon!

Wouldn't that be a breath of fresh air?

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CAN RELIGION ACT AS A PROTECTION?

by Dansk in

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i've just finished watching the oprah winfrey show on tv (we're behind the americans, the show was about a year old) and it showed a group of teenage girls, from 13-18, who were into binge drinking, drugs, self-mutilation, etc.

peer pressure was a major source of the youngsters' doing what they did as they were desperate to fit in.

those who didn't want to get involved in such dangerous activities usually had no friends and ate alone at lunch time.

Jourles

but I'm wondering if having a religious belief actually serves as a protection.
I'm not naive enough to think having a religion means one is unlikely to get into trouble - that's why I stated a real love for God or Jesus

Well, being raised in a corporate environment which masquerades as a religion has predisposed me more or less with a business sense, and not a religious one. So no. I would say that "religion" played no part in my life as providing a protection. Instead, it prepared me with the backstabbings, political games, and other backend office games that you come to expect in the real business world.

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Diane Sawyer in North Korea this week what do you think?

by hambeak in

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a prominant news woman is in nk this week and doing interviews i wonder how the nk will use it as propaganda or the us.

what's your take on this?

Jourles

Isn't it a bit odd that she's the ONLY one allowed there?

It was said that this trip was planned months ago, before the current situation.

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Oprah for President in '08. Why? Why not?

by AuldSoul in

jw
friends

i have seen the idea floated a few times in some interesting places, but also on threads here.. i think she would get the vote out in a way it has never been gotten out before.

it would also throw all the pollster's margins of error way out of whack (which might be worth it, all by itself).. why do you think she should be or could be elected president?.

why do you think she shouldn't be or couldn't be elected president?.

Jourles

Sure, why not? Would her opponents be able to dig up any dirt on her? I think even Oprah's negative's far outweigh any other candidate's positive's.