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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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  I'll just stick with old Linux :)
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  How do you organize your music collection?

  by restrangled in

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  seems no matter how hard i try, it winds up all shuffled up, cd covers lost, inserts pulled out, and a pile of loose cd's because who ever is listening never puts them back.. if a few are out no problem.

  right now i am working on about 300 loose cd's with run away covers.. i must be doing something wrong.. do you organize by the type of music...like classical, rock, jazz,....?

  do you just do it by alpha?

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  I organize mine by color of the spine. It narrows them down to a general area. This way, I just chuck them into a general area. I have no patience nor time to organize them alphabetically. The ones I almost never listen to get thrown into their own general area as well (comedy CDs, interview discs, etc)

  The only drawback is I'm sitting somewhere around 700 CDs. The white and black spines are the clear winners.
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  A Flowchart to Determine What Religion You Should Follow

  by behemot in

  1. social
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  http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/10/21/which-religion-should-i-follow/.

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  Nosferatu

  Wow! That thing is pretty accurate!
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  30 Years Old and Going on My First Date Ever -- Urgent Advice Needed

  by neverendingjourney in

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  2. relationships

  well, first a quick summary of who i am.

  i'm 30 years old.

  i was raised "in the truth" and fully embraced the faith when i was a teenager.

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  This is a concept known as "negging." Apparently it works wonders.

  The example Elsewhere gave about 'being clumsy' was NOT a neg-hit. A neg is an insult disguised as a compliment, and should ONLY be used on women who are snobs or are stuck-up. Best one I ever used: "That's a nice wooly purse, did your grandma knit that?" It's not a direct insult, nor is it a direct compliment. It's a little bit of both.

  It also should ONLY be used on an initial approach. A woman who has already opened up to you will be insulted if you neg her. There is a right time, a right place, and a right woman to use a neg-hit. If used correctly, it will get that stuck-up bitch to open up to you.
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  30 Years Old and Going on My First Date Ever -- Urgent Advice Needed

  by neverendingjourney in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  well, first a quick summary of who i am.

  i'm 30 years old.

  i was raised "in the truth" and fully embraced the faith when i was a teenager.

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  Be affectionate but do not kiss her goodnight.

  
  
  WTF? Why not? It's a date, therefore END IT LIKE A DATE! If he doesn't kiss her, he'll just make a female friend. He doesn't need another friend, he needs a companion.
  
  

  Bring a sweet bouquet or a single daisy or rose.

  
  
  NO NO NO! Bring nothing but yourself. A rose will show her that you want to be romantic, and women do NOT like romance with a guy they don't know. It's creepy. Again, bring nothing but yourself. Besides, if she doesn't like you, you didn't waste your money on stinky flowers.
  
  ...and Elsewhere has been reading my brain
  
  Here's my recipe for a successful first date:
  
  First, you pick the day, time, event, and place. DO NOT make it a shitty boring evening. In other words, no movie and dinner. Like elsewhere said, make it interactive. A coffee date is always perfect for a first date. If you decide she's worth persuing, take her somewhere else after the coffee date. If she's a bitch or she's ugly, end the coffee date and take her home.
  
  Taking a woman somewhere else right after a coffee date will speed up the process a little bit. Again, make it something interesting and interactive. Mini-golf, bowling, rollerskating, or even shopping works great.
  
  Arrive late on the first date. Five minutes is good. It gets her thinking about you, where you are, what might have happened to you, if you're still interested, etc. One thing you'll learn in the dating world is that women like the assholes more than the nice guys. Doing the occasional "asshole" thing (like showing up late) will score you points. I could go deeper into how it works, but we'll leave that for another post.
  
  Don't talk about mundane things. Be playful. Make fun of her for always getting the gutter ball, pat her on her head and tell her she's cute, etc. Let your fun, child-like qualities shine.
  
  TOUCH HER. This is really, really important. I don't mean grab her ass, but touch her non-sexually. You need to give her a physical indication that you're not afraid of her, and that YES, you ARE sexually interested in her. To be sexual, you need to touch. If you don't touch, you will never be sexual with her. Get into a poking war, tickling matches, play with her dangly earrings, rest your leg against hers, basically ANYTHING that gets the two of you touching.
  
  After you've been having fun, touching, teasing, and all the good stuff associated with the first date, you will have NO PROBLEM going in for the kiss at the end of the date. In fact, she may speed things up herself by initiating the first kiss during the date, or holding your hand - if she's having a good enough time.
  
  And that my friend is a recipe for a successful first date. If you don't get to the first kiss by the end of the SECOND date, then you have made yourself a new friend and will continue to find yourself mate-less.
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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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  I thought the dumbest Awake title was "1914 - The Generation That Will Not Pass Away"

  ...or was that a Watchtower title?
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  Graph from Dec 15 09 Wt on How to Apportion Your Time to Remain Joyful. Crazy....

  by Hopscotch in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a scan from the dec 15 09 wt (study ed) with a graph of how a witness should apportion their time to remain joyful.. .

  so according to this graph, to remain joyful a witness should spend 3 times as much of his waking hours in 'theocratic activities' as he should in secular work!

  hopscotch.

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  Nosferatu

  Those six chunks are all the same size.

  Meeting time = work time

  In other words, you should only work 4 hours a week. If I worked 4 hours a week, I would be grossing somewhere around 140 bucks every two weeks. That's $280 per month. How much of that should go in the contribution box?

  You'd have to eat your magazines to stay alive. I guess that's where the term "spiritual food" comes from.
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  2009 Sing to Jehovah Lyrics--PDF----by request!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2009 sing to jehovah lyrics--pdf----by request!

  request from researcher: i heard about this file but never received a copy and wondered if you had it.

  can i get a copy?

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  Ah, the new "Sing to Jiggyboo" book and soundtrack.

  My question is... if you sing the OLD praises to Jehovah, is he gonna get pissed off because it's old light? Or will he still appreciate that you are praising him? If that's the case, then why have the old songs been retired? Why don't they just add to the praises so there's more selection?

  It really doesn't make sense that they chopped the praises down to nearly HALF of what they were. Well, it does if you're thinking about cost-cutting
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  My sister died in a head on collision last night

  by Bumble Bee in

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  i still can't believe it.

  she was here for the bbq, we had an awesome time, laughing, her telling stories from our childhoods.

  i gave her a hug and told her i loved her before she left.

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  I am so sorry to hear this. Please take care of yourself in this difficult time.
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  List of songs in new songbook and comparisons with old song book

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  i can't take credit for this but here is a list of songs in the new songbook and comparisons to old songbook.. .

  new song # and title old song # notes.

  004 - making a good name with god 037.

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  Anyone have a list of the songs that got the axe? Might be an indication of things to come. I'd put a list together, but my songbook went missing 13 years ago :)

  But damn, the GB have exposed the songs to radiation, and many have morphed into shells of their former selves. What a hack job. If you're gonna write a new song about a particular subject, write a complete new one. I wonder how many will be singing the old lyrics and messing up the rest of the congregation for the first while.

  Someone NEEDS to record the first time singing one of the new songs. I wanna hear how badly it's butchered.