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  The end of Watchtower Observer?

  by Wendy in

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  2. friends

  i was so saddened yesterday when i read this post by kent.

  http://kent.steinhaug.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=603.

  there is so much information on wo that have helped thousands of people.

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  Wendy

  DOH! I was just alerted to that thread Gopher. My apologies. I am glad that this has not turned out as the other, and am BEGGING others that it does not!

  Simon,

  I have no intention of bringing up anything. I wanted to post this so others can be aware, and perhaps share their opinion on this. It is truly a historical event, and to use it for mudslinging is ridiculous. I have had my hands full lately and miss alot of what is going on, I thought perhaps others did as well.

  (((((Hugs to all)))) Let's play nice shall we

  wendy
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  The end of Watchtower Observer?

  by Wendy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was so saddened yesterday when i read this post by kent.

  http://kent.steinhaug.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=603.

  there is so much information on wo that have helped thousands of people.

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  Wendy

  I was so saddened yesterday when I read this post by Kent.

  http://kent.steinhaug.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=603

  There is so much information on WO that have helped thousands of people. I cannot help but feel a bit happy for Kent though, for taking a well deserved break. If the WO is removed countless people will never know the wealth of information that is stored there.

  Raising a toast to a wonderful guy! Knowing that Watchtower Observer will never be duplicated!

  wendy
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  um... help please from any medical types

  by lauralisa in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this is a bit off topic, but i hope someone might give me a little insight on a delicate matter here.. my significant other has applied for life insurance, and of course must have the obligatory "home visit" where they take his blood pressure, blood sample, pee sample, etc.. we are barely making ends meet as it is, and are trying to sign him up a a non-smoker.

  (he's gonna quit, anytime now.

  i swear.

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  Wendy

  (((((((((((((laura)))))))))))))))))

  I tried calling you the other day, I got the machine. Give me a call honey, I have been worried about ya

  Teejay,

  You are the person to determine what is a good thing to post on a public DB? Did you forgot your major blunder? lol

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30725&site=3

  wendy
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  Someone at WTS hacking me?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did someone at wts attempt to hack me today?

  i don't know, but here is the summary from my event log and domain trace.

  this afternoon i received an "alert" on my firewall with an ip address.

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  Wendy

  Nowhere

  Thank you! That was why I posted that. It is really a neccessary process and the "hacking" may be a wrong term. I wanted everyone who was worried to actually try it though, to show that some firewalls will alert you. I don't have my firewall activity screen up, so I don't always know when it has been triggered. I also have a list of port numbers and this helps to answer what the alerts are regarding. 1214 and 1433 are always hit and sometimes I have more than 200 just for those ports lol

  The reason I didn't want to mention anything publicly is because if there are monitors here, they would be very interested in a thread with this title. But I also feel compelled to help those who may be worried needlessly. As for the email from Joel Gott, that is a whole different thing. That is why I suggested Amazing contact him. Have I confused anyone yet? lol

  Happy hunting all

  wendy(learning more and more everday)
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  Asking For Help On Important Project

  by AlanF in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an interesting project with respect to the jw child molestation problem is coming up that i want to get some help on.

  if anyone would like to help, please email me at [email protected] .

  there could be a time committment from a few hours to many hours, depending on how much you want to do.. thanks!.

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  Wendy

  Just bringing this to the top again. I also noticed that Alan has reached 1666 posts hehe

  There is still time and things that need to be accomplished! So anyone who is willing to help on this IMPORTANT project Please! Please! Please contact Alan!

  wendy
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  Someone at WTS hacking me?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did someone at wts attempt to hack me today?

  i don't know, but here is the summary from my event log and domain trace.

  this afternoon i received an "alert" on my firewall with an ip address.

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  Wendy

  It happened again. And all I was doing was attempting to watch their videos

  The firewall has blocked Internet access to your computer (UDP Port 6970) from www.watchtower.org (130.94.149.224) (UDP Port 22854).

  I am writing this post here, so those who already paranoid, are not more paranoid when this happens to your computer. I am sooo computer illiterate that I also was shocked when it happened to me the first time. I went running to JanH and asked 100 questions Of course I hated to be a leach so I did some internet research as well concerning ports and uses etc. The above example will set off an alarm, but it a normal procedure in order for you to watch videos on their site, there is some computer mumble jumbo involved others can explain better than I. The trick is they attempted to open a UDP port, not a TCP port. Can anyone else explaion this better? It is really harmless, I suggest that ALL of you with firewalls try this. I just ask that you record the port numbers for future reference. I have a theory I am working on haha.

  wendy
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  Where are they now? Past posters ...

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just been looking back over some of the old posts and remembering some of the people we have had on the forum, been friends with and now miss.. one of the down-sides of running a place like this is that it becomes harder and harder to really 'get to know' many of the new ones like it was at first and i'm often working on the system and seeing so many names that they sometimes almost become a blur.

  sometimes i see a post by a name i don't recognise and they've already made 100+ or so posts !.

  many people are bound to move on eventually (although we're lucky to have a good bunch of 'regulars') and it's unfortunate that some are put off posting by personality clashes (possibly mine!

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  Wendy

  Larc, I will let him know.

  Teejay, the color of love is red

  I also forgot to mention a handful, I hope if they are watching they don't mind. I wondered about Moxy as well. Expat made a post at Kent's not long ago saying he was going on vacation, I hope he is okay, has anyone heard from him? I know 7of9 is still here, but how I miss her humourous, and intelligent input on threads. Neyank, is posting some, and I enjoy his comments, I am always so glad to see them. Notperfectyet my cyber mommy finally spoke to her after a few months lapse. Deacon, I miss him too. Thinkers wife Aww she is one sweet lady, and funnnny! We are def long lost sisters haha. Bugsy and Ladybug, I know they moved in real life and in cyber, off this board, for their own reason, but I sure miss them. Seeker, also moved on from the boards, he had burnout I think after so much time here. I guess that is the way it goes as the young ones come on to take the "older" ones place. Alamb is another who I often email with, but am behind on, she doesn't post much but has a story 10 miles long and is a wonderful woman. Wannahelp what a sweetie, so glad to have been able to "meet" him via phone, we could talk for hours. He also has been staying away from the boards for a few months now. Frenchy...The French Knight Slayerlayer GET OFF THE DRUGS MAN!!!! I say that because I love him, and so many others do as well

  It is strange...how deeply my life has been touched by those here. I guess that is why when there is a disagreement it gets so heated eh? When there are tears they are real. And when I laugh, my monitor and keyboard usually suffer if I am attempting to drink at the same time. I have so enjoyed getting to know you all.

  wendy(missing some I sorry)
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  Someone at WTS hacking me?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did someone at wts attempt to hack me today?

  i don't know, but here is the summary from my event log and domain trace.

  this afternoon i received an "alert" on my firewall with an ip address.

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  Wendy

  Dazed,

  If you have a firewall they display the originating IP address. You can then go to a reverse lookup site. I have one bookmarked but can't remember the name If you go to Google and just type in reverse DNS lookup, they will give ya hundreds of sites to go to.

  As for being on a site and getting alarmed, that is a bit harder to find with my settings. My virus scanner is different than my firewall, so sometimes a virus will slip through my firewall, and McAfee will pick it up.

  wendy

  As a side note on the hackers at bethel, I did email Joel Gott and he replied with an answer for me. I was not satisfied with that answer, but do not want to state publicly what it entailed. Amazing if you want to email me we can share some info. I suggest you do email Joel first though
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  Where are they now? Past posters ...

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just been looking back over some of the old posts and remembering some of the people we have had on the forum, been friends with and now miss.. one of the down-sides of running a place like this is that it becomes harder and harder to really 'get to know' many of the new ones like it was at first and i'm often working on the system and seeing so many names that they sometimes almost become a blur.

  sometimes i see a post by a name i don't recognise and they've already made 100+ or so posts !.

  many people are bound to move on eventually (although we're lucky to have a good bunch of 'regulars') and it's unfortunate that some are put off posting by personality clashes (possibly mine!

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  Wendy

  I miss Amicus too

  I spoke to Logical not long ago...he/she is doing wonderful! He wants to put the Watchtower behind him and move on with his life. I am really glad he is one person I drew closer to, I wish I had more time to visit with him.

  I know there are more I miss, the old regulars are pretty well still here though. Simon, I know what you mean about seeing a fairly "new" poster with 100 posts already. Also I find myself looking at fairly new ones who are already Jedi's haha, it took me forever to reach Jedi and that was before the posting limit. There is def more talking going on, also a varied amount of topics.

  wendy
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  Someone at WTS hacking me?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did someone at wts attempt to hack me today?

  i don't know, but here is the summary from my event log and domain trace.

  this afternoon i received an "alert" on my firewall with an ip address.

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  Wendy

  Amazing,

  I had the same attacks a few weeks ago. Email Joel, he will return your email.

  wendy