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  Am I making the right decision?

  by crizlee in

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  2. friends

  ok im a senior and its time for me to make decisions.

  i either have the choice of going to this art institute thats near me, i wont be able to live on campus.

  i really want to go to university of texas but my parents cant afford it let alone will they support me for living in austin.

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  Why not go see a fortune teller in an adjoining town? No, really, go with your heart and KICK ASS at the University!
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  Terror Expert says new attack coming-what do you think?

  by IronGland in

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  "all of the warnings we have today indicate that a major strike ?

  something more horrible than anything we've seen before ?

  is all but inevitable," said yossef bodansky, former director of the u.s. congressional task force on terrorism and unconventional warfare, in an interview yesterday with the jerusalem post.

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  REV UP the FUD engine - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. REV IT UP! Raise bigger taxes, more security, more missiles, more bombs. REV IT UP with FUD!
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  Removed from being an elder for being over weight?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in the waterbury conneticut area there was a circut overseer named caramelous (greek name not sure of spelling).

  this brother more than 30 years back was having all the congregation servants removed because they where over weight.

  i guess they used not moderate in habits (eating too much) as a scriptural reason.

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  candidlynuts-

  Great! Did you take bets on the hot afternoons?

  Elder Reduction Centers' (ERCs)

  Perhaps there is an opportunity for a fat farm for elders. Seeing that running the microphones hasn't helped, and the number on the 'B' team is miniscule (M.S.), then there should be an offer on the table to the G.B. to sponsor 'Elder Reduction Centers' (ERCs).
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  No Annual World Report?

  by TheOldHippie in

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  2. beliefs

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  opened the january 1st wt yesterday, and - oops!

  no annual world report, just the same type of study articles that are usually featured in the january 1st issues, but no mentioning of countries or figures.. are the figues saved for the yearbooks only?

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  Elsewhere-

  Hell the persecution is coming SOON and they want the sisters and brothers to have spiritual food while the senior managers are thrown into a prophetic prison for being witnesses of a false prophetic beast. Maybe we should have a contest of how many of the "Remnant celebrated" in 2004? Anybody take a guess? Anybody care?
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  If you could meet (and talk to) any Bible scholar, who would it be?

  by euripides in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'd like to get a sense of the scholars any of you out there appreciate most and who's hot right now (in the academic fields!)...

  i always liked burton mack myself.

  well, who would you love to meet?

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  Kirsop Lake, Tischendorf, and Thomas Merton.
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  ??'s for Computer Programmers

  by DanTheMan in

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  well at 34 years of age i'm still wondering what i'm going to do with my life, career-wise.. i have done well in college courses i've taken in math, computer programming, and logic.

  also i have a fair amount of experience working as an end-user of various database programs used by my previous and current employers, and i have found that i have a good intuitive knack for understanding the underlying logic that makes them do what they do.

  so, i think that i have the mental goods necessary to be a good computer programmer, in fact i feel that i could be a pretty damn good one.. but, with all the out-sourcing, i'm wondering if american computer programmers are a dying breed that will eventually be completely supplanted by indian, chinese, and russian programmers.. so to those of you americans who currently work in the field, do you think that it is foolish to pursue a degree in computer science, given current trends?

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  One-

  Coding on the fly - nebulous specs, no formal methodology, vague demonstrability of deliverables at finite cycles, and voila - the state of the "Art." Barry Boehm and Chris Gaines should be read more often at the outset of projects, hell, Martin still carries more weight with Rubinstein than the initial rollouts of "Extreme."
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  jw meaning please

  by A Paduan in

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  what do the wtbts / jws think this means ?

  "when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest; and finding none he says, `i will return to my house from which i came.

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  Czar-

  Doesn't sound like field service agreed with you? Banging too many doors made you wild. Think about some of those folks behind the doors, and the houses we went into. Especially the housing projects in the States and the hood.
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  The WTS Wants YOU

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your help is needed - kingdom ministry december 2004 (us) .

  ?thank you for all you do in behalf of all of us.

  it really does make a difference.?

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  I think I'll send a letter to a few of the local congos and ask if they're hiring "microphone handlers." No book studies, the gig 4 times a week, and 3 weeks off a year. Maybe a tired and fading CO might buy into? Nah.
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  Exodus into Canada: American Liberals Sneaking Across Border

  by SixofNine in

  1. social
  2. current

  american liberals sneaking .

  across border into canada .

  barnett fief.

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  Beans-

  Yes a definite influx.

  Heathen-

  Yes, two sets. Always been, and soon will not be, dread I.
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  ??'s for Computer Programmers

  by DanTheMan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well at 34 years of age i'm still wondering what i'm going to do with my life, career-wise.. i have done well in college courses i've taken in math, computer programming, and logic.

  also i have a fair amount of experience working as an end-user of various database programs used by my previous and current employers, and i have found that i have a good intuitive knack for understanding the underlying logic that makes them do what they do.

  so, i think that i have the mental goods necessary to be a good computer programmer, in fact i feel that i could be a pretty damn good one.. but, with all the out-sourcing, i'm wondering if american computer programmers are a dying breed that will eventually be completely supplanted by indian, chinese, and russian programmers.. so to those of you americans who currently work in the field, do you think that it is foolish to pursue a degree in computer science, given current trends?

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  Yes!

  Simon-

  Why .Net vs. J2EE - just curious. The latest product I'm building I tried with .NET and found the UI operatives defective and as a result non-existent. Do you know any GUI builders for .Net architecture that are robust?