Uh-oh. LA pulled in more people than the Dwarfenfurher did in CW. Is the circus tent coming to LA next???

Sorry for the confusion. I was in the balcony, in the last section towards the end. This section was empty, except for maybe the first 2-3 rows and not all the way across the auditorium either. You could look at the Shrine Auditorium seating chart online too.

Yes, I definitely believe there were less than 4000 people there. There pockets of empty seats/rows throughout.

One Point Won,

Regarding RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) tags: In order to obtain info from them, they must be scanned (interrogated) by a RFID Interrogator.The battery powered tags may be read from a distance of hundreds of meters but the more common un-powered tags can only be read from a few meters away. (See Wikipedia article for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification)

The CO$ would have to bring an RFID Interrogator into your neighborhood in order to obtain information from a RFID tag embedded in your E-meter.

A more practical solution would be to embed GPS circuitry in your E-meter. Even then, embedded cellular circuitry would also be required to contact the CO$. (Your cell phone likely includes such GPS & cellular circuitry, which enables your phone provider to track you.)

OK, here’s the clincher — my guesstimate as to why the C of S can never again make their Ultra L-8 meter any more advanced after 8 years of cold storage annual updates…the C of S would then be VIOLATING the PATENTS of all of the currently existing and more advanced — truly digital — Independent E-Meters that sell online daily to auditors for a fraction of the price of the Ultra L8 to non C of S auditors! Oh, and for the record, you do not need a tone arm nor a trim knob on a truly digital meter. They can have both, but the TA can be reset auto-magically microseconds before the needle falls off the left OR right side of the dial. That’s 50,000 times faster than the human hand can move a Tone Arm. So, take that, Ultra-L-8. (Note: That is pronounced “Ultra L8” as in ultra late.)

Thanks Pepper.

I am confused about the difference between the “top tier” of the auditorium and “the second level”?

If the “top tier” is the balcony, and only the first few rows were full this means there were less than 4000 people there. That is pitiful when the whole of PAC, the Int Base, all orgs from San Diego to Santa Barbara staff and public were expected to be there.

But perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying…

Miscavige was referring to the “recovered” Objectives co-audit for everyone at any point on the Bridge now, OT’s included. It seems that anyone can originate that they want to redo/flatten their Objectives and voila.

I am also unclear on this point as to how someone can be on Objectives and “decide they want to do more”. It sounds to me like people can program their own case for Objectives, or least have a lot of leadway in doing so.

Miscavige gave an example of his staff at Flag, who get or have gotten little auditing and said that they really wanted to make the most of it so they kept auditing on it for an extensive amount of time.

He mentioned without actually saying what exactly, that there’s some “interesting” Objective processes towards the end and some people have the interest to do those, to see what they are, or to experience them, so they stay on it. Also, because they saw others doing it and wanted to too.

I checked this point out with a friend is an old-school auditor and CS and that person wasn’t so sure either but told me that there is a CS series (46, Declares?) regarding what to do if the PC feels he has not made the EP.

Someone on the processing lineup for GATII would have a better explanation but I really have no interest to contact anyone about it because then I’ll never be let alone after that. You know, “I reached for it”.

Was the Shrine full?

Pretty much. There was a much better turn out than I expected to see. I sat at the very top tier of the auditorium and that wasn’t full. Only the first few rows. The bottom was full. The second level I cannot say because I didn’t walk around there.

I did go out during the first break and there was a large crowd.

I didn’t see anyone in a SO or staff uniform. All of the staff were dressed as public and generally, I saw a lot of younger people and am assuming they are actually staff members, not public.

I left only 20 minutes after the second event started, so I have no idea what the evening looked like. When walking outside, I saw other people walking back to the parking area for the event, which was at USC across the street.

Correction, Warehouse VIII.

“Ownership or use of the E-Meter by anyone not in good standing with the Church of Scientology is prohibited.”

As a Wog, I am truly crushed.

Like John P, I would very much like to see an engineer/computergeek/electronics type deconstruct this emeter. I laugh out loud every time I read Mike write “Warehouse IV”!

While this meter was sitting in the warehouse, I wonder why COB wasn’t looking at current trends in the Real World ( I’m actually being facetious there) and noticing that TINY and LIGHT and HAND-HELD are where technology is going.

Has COB ever been inside an Apple Store?

It’s nearly 2014. A truly “cutting edge” e-meter would be no larger than an iPad, have wireless connectors as “cans”, and be able to fit into a briefcase.

Behind the times again, Davey. I believe you are stuck in an electronic incident that happened in 1989, as evidenced by your aesthetic sense as well.