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  Is it worth upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7?

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm running vista home premium on my dell inspiron.

  dell custom build to your requirements and i went for 4gb of ram from the start (almost 2 years ago).

  i know vista has been much maligned but honestly, i've had no problems with it.

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  Goshawk

  Finally-Free you have a PM
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  Is it worth upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7?

  by nicolaou in

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  i'm running vista home premium on my dell inspiron.

  dell custom build to your requirements and i went for 4gb of ram from the start (almost 2 years ago).

  i know vista has been much maligned but honestly, i've had no problems with it.

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  Priest and FF make good points.

  With the newer Mac Pros (read intel chip inside) you can have the best of both worlds.

  At work it is mostly a windows environment, but I love to use the mac at home. If I need to take some work home I can boot into the windows environment (or with a piece of software run the mac os and windows in parallel with each other).

  Due to the lack of support for vista the company stayed with XP in the engineering section. It will depend on the vendors support of 7 if we get to upgrade or not. IMHO vista was released too early in the QA cycle many patches later it is better but still suffers from the bad rep.

  edited to add.

  BTW the upgrade from Leopard (OS X 10.5) to Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) true 64 bit native system, less than $30 for the DVD.

  Got to hand it to Apple when they want to rub salt in the 7 upgrade wounds.
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  On a scale of 1 to 10

  by paul from cleveland in

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  are you at peace with your beliefs?.

  1 = very anxious / confused / searching.

  10 = complete peace / totally confident in belief system.

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  11 Don't care at this point today.
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  Hubby is Researching 607...

  by cognac in

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  would you say that's the beginning of the end?

  hubby's researching if the beginning date can be proven from the bible its starting date is 607. clearly, he won't find the answer.... here's hoping he will see the light... .

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  Furuli isn't the problem, it is the mouthpieces that use his work to muddy the water of research.
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  Describe What Type Of Person You Are

  by minimus in

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  the truth---good and bad points, positives and negatives.. i'll start.. i'm pretty much a positive person.

  i generally am a very good judge of character and can usually see easily the positives and negatives of a situation or a person.

  i'm a bit impatient when dealing with a person who doesn't listen to facts.

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  Goshawk

  Slippy you da whole ass, not no lil piece.
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  Russian JWs in Serious Trouble - about to be banned

  by Dogpatch in

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  although it has been leading up to this for a long time, it appears russia has made up their mind to get rid of "extremist" groups by banning them, and jws are pretty much at the top of the list.

  the last few years under putin they have been giving them heaps of trouble.. .

  i am not for bans as it usually backfires, but under the "new" admnistration it looks like hard-core responses are in order.

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  Goshawk

  Guess who gets put back at the top of the list for the King of the North (Gog of Magog)!!
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  J.R. Brown: NO COMMENT on Resignation

  by slipnslidemaster in

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  founder of religion resigns .

  thu may 23, 3:49 pm et.

  brooklyn heights, ny (ap) - founder, former archangel and chief evangalist resigned from the watchtower bible and tract society on thursday.. jesus h. christ, formerly known as michael the archangel was quoted during a telephone interview that "he just wasn't recognized as the worlds savior anymore".

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  SLIPPY!!!

  How you been?
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  College

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  i know i have threatened to do this before, like when i first left.

  but i am thinking of going to college.

  this time, i feel determined.

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  Hey ATJ,

  Most campuses have a older than average student group that will be able to provide you with some good resources.

  Goshawk
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  Hubby is Researching 607...

  by cognac in

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  would you say that's the beginning of the end?

  hubby's researching if the beginning date can be proven from the bible its starting date is 607. clearly, he won't find the answer.... here's hoping he will see the light... .

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  Goshawk

  De dateringen van het Babylonische en Perzische rijk, zoals die hiernaast weergegeven zijn, worden de laatste halve eeuw algemeen geaccepteerd. Volgens die opvatting begon Nebukadnessar in 605 v.Chr. te regeren en vond de verwoesting van Jeruzalem plaats in diens 18e jaar, in 587/6 v.Chr., en de verovering van Babel door Cyrus was in 538 v.Chr. Onlangs is deze chronologie echter bestreden door R.J. Furuli uit Oslo. Zijn alternatief heeft de naam Oslo-chronologie gekregen. Hij betwijfelt de betrouwbaarheid van allerlei astronomische tabletten (die de basis vormen van de huidige chronologie) en gaat liever uit van allerlei handelstabletten. Daarbij meent Furuli ook dat de duur van de Babylonische ballingschap voor Israel zeventig jaar was, terwijl de gebruikelijke chronologie op ongeveer vijftig jaar uitkomt. Het resultaat van zijn onderzoek is dat Nebukadnessar eerder regeerde en de verwoesting van Jeruzalem plaats vond in 607 v.Chr., twintig jaar vroeger dan algemeen aangenomen wordt (587/6 v.Chr.).

  Deze nieuwe benadering wordt over het algemeen genegeerd in de wetenschappelijke discussies, maar C.O. Jonsson is er grondig op ingegaan. In zijn boek The Gentile Times Reconsidered noemt hij materiaal dat Furuli over het hoofd heeft gezien. Op internet levert hij verder uitvoerige kritiek op de chronologie die nu wel de Oslo-chronologie genoemd wordt, maar al veel bekend was als de chronologie van het Wachttorengenootschap van de Jehovah's getuigen. Daar hecht men veel waarde aan het vroege jaartal van de verwoesting van Jeruzalem. De kritiek van Jonsson is grondig en toont aan dat Furuli allerlei materiaal dat niet past in zijn schema verwerpt. Zo suggereert hij dat een belangrijk chronologisch tablet in Berlijn (met andere informatie dan zijn eigen reconstructie; VAT 4956) in de vorige eeuw door iemand gebroken en bewerkt is, waardoor het nu onjuiste gegevens bevat. Een dergelijke speculatie vindt bij deskundigen geen enkele bijval. Ook tal van voorstellen van verplaatsing van astronomische waarnemingen naar een andere datum blijken bij controle in computersimulaties onjuist te zijn. Om dergelijke redenen acht Jonsson de herziene chronologie verkeerd. De gebruikelijke chronologie wordt volgens hem door steeds meer vondsten bevestigd.

  Quick Translation

  The dates of the Babylonian and Persian Empire, as shown opposite, are the generally accepted last half century. According to this view began Nebuchadnezzar in 605 BC. and to govern the destruction of Jerusalem took place in their 18th year, in 587 / 6 BC., and the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus was in 538 BC. Recently, this chronology, however contested by RJ Furuli from Oslo. His alternative name, the Oslo-received chronology. He questions the reliability of various astronomical tablets (which form the basis of the current chronology) and will prefer to trade all kinds of tablets. It Furuli also believes that the duration of the Babylonian captivity for seventy years was Israel, while the usual chronology, about fifty years suits. The result of his research has previously ruled that Nebuchadnezzar and the destruction of Jerusalem took place in 607 BC., Twenty years earlier than generally assumed (587 / 6 BC.). This new approach is generally ignored in the scientific discussions, but CO Jonsson has been thoroughly discussed. In his book The Gentile Times Reconsidered he calls the material Furuli overlooked. On the Internet it also provides detailed criticism of the chronology that now called the Oslo chronology, but much was known as the chronology of the Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses. As a strong commitment to the early date of the destruction of Jerusalem. The criticism of Jonsson is thorough and shows that Furuli all material that does not fit into his schedule rejects. So he suggests that an important chronological tablet in Berlin (with other information than its own reconstruction, VAT 4956) in the last century by someone broken and processed, so it contains inaccurate information. Such speculation is supported by any expert. Too many proposals of transfer of astronomical observations to date appear to control another computer simulations to be incorrect. For such reasons, Jonsson revised chronology wrong. The usual chronology he finds confirmed by more and more.

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  Goshawk
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  Dumbest Awake Title Ever?

  by metatron in

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  i hold in my hand the nov. awake magazine entitled "technology - blessing or curse?"..

  now, i understand the need for balance and moderation in using technology, as the magazine says - but could they come up with a more intelligent sounding title?

  it makes the question sound as if abandoning technology might be a solution, a considered choice, a real possibility.

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  Goshawk

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