Posts by Defianttruth

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Will Google Balloons help turn the tide in developing countries?

by cedars in

well, i'm back on jwn so i may as well start a new thread!.

this story caught my eye on sky news recently.... http://news.sky.com/story/1104007/google-balloon-project-gets-off-the-ground.

it's basically a new initiative from google to bring the internet to far flung parts of the earth including parts of africa that are simply not wired up to the internet yet.. i'm not sure how the accessibility will work in terms of subscriptions etc, but google seem serious about it and early tests have been positive.. so, the question raised in my mind was, could this turn the tide against the watchtower?

Defianttruth

Wireless data systems are only about 1 percent wireless in terms of the average broadcast length. If I send a message on my iPhone it will travel to a tower where it is converted to a land based signal and broadcast to other processing centers. The power used by these towers is typically between .5kv to 3.5kv(as much as 70kv on large towers) That's a lot more power than that small basket ball size unit could carry on board. Also I checked the winds aloft for Africa at 10,000 ft and it was 36 knots about 38 miles per hour. So let's say these babies get a 20 mile range (which is stretching it at best) one would have to launch a new unit every 31.6 minutes to establish a chain for communication. That's not even weighing in the aviation dangers of this device. The thin soft walls of the fabric are invisible to radar. An airplane would never see the balloons in IMC conditions. Having two hundred in the air at a time and launching around 48 per day would allow for about .00001 coverage Africa. To cover the whole land mass (using a 20 mile radius) it would take around 40,000 units with 1.9 million launches per day. I just don't see the efficacy of 720 million launches per year. I dont think people who have limited food and water could support this system.

Warning all math was done in my head.

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What rumors have you heard about yourself since leaving?

by donny in

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friends

good morning all,.

i have had the opportunity over the last couple of years to speak with a couple of jw's who had either attended the same congregation i did or were married to someone who to the same one.

for the record, i disassociated myself in 1992 due to being followed around by an elder or two who had heard that i had ray franz's "crisis of conscience" in my possession.

Defianttruth

1. I joined the military. (I was told this to my face). I have a full beard and long hair.

2. I was homeless and on drugs. I can look the part for that, but the funny thing is I'm moderately successful. It goes to show the JW mind set of how an individual dresses and the correlation to life success. It makes me laugh at the business dress rule. I own a medium sized small business and I wear a suit about 1 percent of the time. The elders are on disability or wash windows and they wear suits 50 percent of the time.

3. I had fathered many children I do not care for. I don't know where that came from.

4. I am cruel to my family jw or not. That's kinda half true. I just don't like them. I get along with my wife's family better, but the list of people I've been cruel to is short. It goes against my personality.

5. I cheat on my wife and past girlfriends. I've never cheated on my wife. It never took me long to get over an ex though. I guess that's where that rumor started.

6. I'm involved in organized crime. I gave the teller of that rumor an ominous frown and said I couldn't talk about any of that. I laughed pretty hard after he left.

7. I am abusive to my wife and children. That one is really funny. I'm the biggest softy the world has ever seen.

8. I have a drinking problem. I drink about a beer a week on average.

9. I am a baptist preacher. Really? That's the best they can come up with.

10. I owned a strip club in New Orleans. Even though I've only been there a hand full of times and never to a strip club.

What worries me is these are the ones I've heard. I wonder how many more there are. It seems I am far more interesting in Jw gossip than in real life.

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I think those still in should mess with R@F with the hand of Jehovah stuff.

by Defianttruth in

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"i ate a ton of cheese at lunch today, but still had an easy bm around 5:00. must be jehovah's hand.".

"the whole world is persecuting my religion yet i was able to drive to the meeting today and no one tried to kill me.

must be jehovah's hand.

Defianttruth

You could say. "I ate a ton of cheese at lunch today, but still had an easy BM around 5:00. Must be Jehovah's hand."

"The whole world is persecuting my religion yet I was able to drive to the meeting today and no one tried to kill me. Must be Jehovah's hand.

"I had the microphone assignment and Sister Smith wore a low cut shirt and no one saw my excitement. Must be Jehovah's hand."

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Wow! I knew this would be an interesting Masters but this is getting crazy...

by Glander in

tiger caught cheating (no porn tarts involved this time) and given a 2 stroke penalty instead of disqualification.

waiting to see if he will withdraw or stay in.

his option at this point.. consenses is that he should withdraw.

Defianttruth

Tiger should have dq'd himself. This 22 Yearold young man should be a national hero, not the sex crazed, cheating, hack Tiger. This young man has honor and should be lifted up as an example to all young men. http://www.cbssports.com/golf/blog/eye-on-golf/20849435/golfer-disqualifies-himself-from-q-school-six-days-after-tournament-ended

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I got to watch a baseball game today.

by Defianttruth in

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friends

what do you do with that little spare time life throws your way?

please don't say field service.

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Defianttruth

What do you do with that little spare time life throws your way? Please don't say field service.

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Honesty

by Defianttruth in

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as part of my journey, i have realized i must heal myself.

this has brought me to to the point where i am analyzing myself so i can improve.

as i sit here looking into my soul, i can say, "i am not proud of what i see.".

Defianttruth

Unfortunately, doctors are out for me. I would have to report it to the various organizations I work for and it would be the end of me financially. I am thinking of taking a year off and getting things straight.

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Honesty

by Defianttruth in

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friends

as part of my journey, i have realized i must heal myself.

this has brought me to to the point where i am analyzing myself so i can improve.

as i sit here looking into my soul, i can say, "i am not proud of what i see.".

Defianttruth

As part of my journey, I have realized I must heal myself. This has brought me to to the point where I am analyzing myself so I can improve. As I sit here looking into my soul, I can say, "I am not proud of what I see."

I am deceptive.

I am turning inward and becoming a hermit.

I am distancing myself from the ones I love. It is not intentional and the more I fight it the more this trait is accentuated.

I am hateful at times to people and I do not like myself for it.

I focus on my own hurt and let those around me down.

I feel lonely, but when someone calls to talk it is a drag.

I keep searching for bottom, but it feels like quick sand sucking me down with no bottom insight and the harder I kick the faster I sink.

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My latest university experience...

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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this isn't a jw experience, but for those of you that have been following my life, i thought i'd have a drink and share this strange event in my post-jw life.. for you wonderful newbies, you can catch up on highlights of my story in the few threads i've started here.

i'm finishing the junior year of my engineering degree and the classes are hard as hell.

i used to be among the smartest students in the room until i hit the 300 level university courses.

Defianttruth

Billy, remember it is just's class. The hardest class I ever took was thermal dynamics. I think it was 300 level, but that was a long time ago. My brain just didn't like the subject. I did pass. Guess what, no one has ever asked me, "how'd ya do in thermal dynamics." the real world of engineering is about as far from 300 level classes as it can be. All this does is allow you to sit for and pass your PE. Everything else is mental masturbation.

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Any JWs You Know Practically Salivating Over this North Korea Situation???

by LostGeneration in

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just had a sick conversation with my jw father when picking up by kid.

dad: so things looking really bad in n korea huh?.

they rattle the cage every few years and everyone seems to just appease them.. dad: yeah, but this new guy, i mean he is just sounds plain crazy.

Defianttruth

My next door niehgbor is a Col. Who is in intelligence. I asked him about the whole NK situation. His report was this. NK has enough fuel to fly their airplanes for about a day. They have about 700 ships. Most are landing ships. Only three big boats. So after 1 day the airforce is done and after 15 min the navy is done. After one day, the navy and airforce are useless. Ground troops and military would take less than a week. We then give the land back top China and let them manage the rebuild.

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Do Nigerians really have bad reputation?

by His Excellency in

on a recent thread here about an announcement made by the cobe, with the aim of extorting 10 grand from the servant body, different allegations were made that the request sound nigerian?..

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my question is, do nigerians really have bad reputation?.

Defianttruth

Experience of Nigeria. We land in a small airplane owned by a contract company, taxi up to waiting line of armored trucks disembark into waiting trucks surrounded by armed ex military contractors with serious voices who race into said cars and speed away. We take twisting random routes through some of the worst images of poverty and filth one could imagine. Race into a walled modern compound surrounded by well trained former military men who are well armed. Do a little bit of work, and run the gantlet in reversed. I was there for 82 hrs and was terrified the whole time. I have never worked harder or better in my life. It was an adrenalin rush.