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Err... Not quite sure what that's supposed to mean. DX "Oh my god, I want you so bad." That actually made me choke on my drink with laughter. Damn you, sir!

Err... Not quite sure what that's supposed to mean. DX

How to Kill a Mockingbird The Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan The Great Gatsby The Kite Runner - Khaled Hossieni

Exams.

Haha, I wish I couldn't! Shaving gets old after a while!

Wow, just looked at my pictures from the index. They're bloody awful! Can I replace them with these two photos please... Vain moment I had recently :L My best friend, Rachel, and I <3:

Granted, but you miss them because you're a bad shot and they take over the world. I wish I had a publishing contract for my current writing project.

Well. I've totally found my problem. It's definitely overheating. Take a look at this... I'll do my best to de-dustify it, but that probably won't get rid of 20 degrees...

I ran the temperature checker. It varied between 67 and 75 normally. I'll try playing a game in a bit and seeing what it goes up to then and edit it into this post. And with the amount of comments about other security systems I'll take a look at the suggestions. :L What about AVG? My netbook has that... I do not know what this is, so no. Sorry, I'm not great with computers. Could you expand that? Yeah, it's bloody ancient. I'll give a go at opening it up later today, then, as that seems to be the most common suggestion. Thanks everyone! :D

Giordano, either eBay or Amazon might work? I've sold quite a few textbooks through eBay.

Umm... I'm playing Pokemon Red. I was going from vermilion to Pewter through Diglett cave. Realized when I got there that I didn't have a Pokemon that knew cut. Didn't want to teach it to my Oddish. So I caught a Diglett. The Diglett was unable to learn cut, so I was like, "[bleep] it" and started back through the cave. Realized that I had a Diglett, and could just use dig and go back to the last Pokemon center. Went to use it, and the Diglett I caught didn't know it, so I had to walk back through the tunnel. that's much better. I don't play pokemon, and only watched it when i was 11-14.. just a few episodes.. and i haven't watched it since. You need more pokemon in your life. :)

Hmm I dunno. Every writer book I've read has suggested this format of Query Letter, and there are websites such as http://queryshark.blogspot.com/ that are run by agents to help you to write them in a style similar to this. You send this Query and 3 Chapters. Then, if they like it they request a full, at THAT point you send the cover letter, the full synopsis and the entire manuscript. The Query Letter is an attempt to entice them to the general plot. And really? In honesty, no-one's told me that about this plot before. I wasn't even sure the book was fantasy because of the fact that all it has is souls. Broken down family/lover figure was changed in the redraft from his best friend because I felt it worked better, and I thought best friend relationships struggling were a lot more common in books aimed at young people than sibling relationships. I could argue all of your points but that would render this exercise useless. Thank you for your comments, I shall have a look at what I can do rewriting it to make it sound less generic. Actually, I have one more question. From this letter, what do you think happens in the book?

Yeah, I have Norton. I don't get any high pitched squeals or other indications of a fan failure, but that doesn't mean it's not overheating. The computer does tend to hum when I start up either RuneScape/WoW but that tends to die down relatively quickly. I don't think there's any hardware specifically involved in those two things... Though it might be the graphics card? When I played League of Legends, a message flashed up telling me that my video drivers were out of date. Could it be that? I don't think it's a virus - as I said, I have norton and do regular checks. Ergh, I suppose it could be a failure of the operating system. Is that likely, though? Hmm... That does sound similar. It might be overheating after all. Is there an equivalent to a cooling pad for computer towers?

Suddenly, me.

I'm not exactly great with tech stuff. I'm assuming GPU to mean Graphics Card? Well, anyway, I ran a dxdiag and it came up with... "Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405" I'm assuming that's what you're after? If by software mode you mean the downloaded version or the version with lower graphics I have done both of those but it still turns off. If there's something I'm missing and being an idiot about however, please tell me!

Nah, it's a tower computer. It has to be plugged in so it can't be that. Besides, it'd happen whilst doing anything if it was that rather than just whilst gaming. Ok, I'll give that a download. What does it actually do? And that's what I thought it might be, but when I've checked the exterior of the computer's tower has never been exactly hot. That doesn't stop it being warm inside though... The screen literally just goes black, there's an almost whirring down sound and the computer turns off. The same way as if you hold the power button down on any computer for roughly 10 seconds.

This is my most recent draft of the Query Letter for my current project, a novel titled 'Ace, King, Queen'. A Query Letter is what you send to either a Literary Agent, or a Publisher, along with the first 3 chapters of your work in a hope to get them interested. However, if the query letter isn't good enough, they won't look look at the chapters. Thus, it is important to have a good query letter. I don't feel that this draft is perfect, but I would like some feedback on it. So any constructive criticism is welcome, but the fundamental question remains: would you read this book? Dear Agent, The relationship with his brother in tatters and his lack of a soul beginning to decay his senses, Gael Brett is a teen on the verge of suicide. A victim of mankind and depression, Gael is dragged even further into the world of deception than hes grown accustomed to: but this time in the name of salvation. If he can obtain an entire deck of souls, then his shall be returned to him. However, as with all offers of this kind, there is, of course, a catch. He is not the only one attempting redemption, and the charity of the organization which now counts his soul as their own will only extend to the return of one contenders essence. Torn between an attempt of reconciliation made by his brother and his only chance to feel again, Gaels lies entrench themselves within his reality, until his crimes against humanity far exceed the petty theft from days of old. ACE, KING, QUEEN, a fantasy/gothic novel of [insert number] words is a sinister competition seen from the point of view of both competitors. I have previously had a poem published in the Writers Forum magazine. Thank you for your consideration, Andrew E. King.

This. A million times this. I mean come on, people. And also, those twelve year old girls that GENUINELY believe Justin Beiber is 'the one' for them. I mean, I honestly feel sorry for the guy. Who would want that kind of attention from that kind of an audience? It's genuinely repulsive.

Hey, I have a fairly old computer. To be precise, I have an Aspire T180-UB72. I don't know if that'll help but I figured I had to start somewhere. The computer manages most things fine, such as emails and facebook. However, whenever I try and play games such as World of Warcraft or Runescape, my computer will turn itself off. It does not always do this with World of Warcraft and when it does I have usually been playing for an hour or so. However, it will always do it within half an hour of playing RuneScape. It has also done this whilst playing games such as League of Legends and Age of Empire, but I do not play those enough to comment on how frequently the computer turns itself off during them. Is there any way I can stop it doing this? If any extra information is needed just tell me how to get said information and I will! Thanks, Andu

First off, your signature has the quote "why are you so surprised I came back?" in it, and that made me laugh due to the topic. Secondly, this is actually an interesting question. The most interesting answer, I think anyway, is actually the Muslim answer: that Jesus (who is not the son of God but merely a prophet) will return to the earth upon the eruption of a war between muslims and non-muslims (which arguably, we already have - though it's hard to argue) and that Jesus will fight on behalf of the Muslims, bringing with him a terrible beast to destroy the non-believers. I think that, if Jesus were to really return to this earth without slaughtering us all, he'd have a very difficult time of convincing us it was him. There is a quote somewhere in the bible of him saying 'I am not a show magician' or something similar, so I think he'd refuse to do so and therefore be labelled a "looney".

If it gets too bad, there's always a court order. My friend had to get one because this gay guy kept stalking him. Yeah, I've considered it. He attempted to confront me today by following me half of the way home. He said we needed to talk and I said I didn't want to, he asked why and I explained that he had a way of making me feel very uncomfortable. He said that he'd try to stop and I said it wasn't the first time we'd talked about it and he said SO THATS IT THEN and stormed off. I didn't intend to hurt his feelings, but he has to get the message somehow. :?

Secret/confession: not really sure which; but I have a stalker. I hate him but I can't escape him. It's recently got worse and I genuinely don't know how to deal with it. I've asked him to back off and he hasn't. I don't want to hurt his feelings but I can't stop him coming up to me every day. I've told a few teachers that keep us apart, but he tried to follow me home today. The worst part is, I'm scared instead of outraged. Confession: I bought something worth £20 for my brother's birthday. I bought something worth £30 for a teacher that I'm fairly sure I'm in love with. We get each other birthday gifts but we usually spend a max of £5. This year he got me a book and last year I got him an autograph from a comedian he likes (I happened to bump into him).

No problem with going off topic once in a while, eh? We've always been pretty close and we've always hugged and stuff, so when he came round for a sleep over it wasn't a big thing for he & I to share a mattress. (We were still clothed though). The lights went out and we kept talking and basically we both kept leaning in closer and closer, like a millimetre a minute (so it took ages), but eventually we were practically kissing so I just took the chance and he kissed back. We "played around" a bit and I just asked. Everyone gets rejected, it's all about taking a leap of faith. Is your friend a good enough friend that if he rejects you, it won't be awkward? This is a little off topic, but how did you two start dating? As of right now, I'm kind of interested in one of my friends, but he's straight. I've been asking around for advice, but I really haven't gotten any answers. Someone speaking from experience would definitely help. This is a little off topic, but how did you two start dating? As of right now, I'm kind of interested in one of my friends, but he's straight. I've been asking around for advice, but I really haven't gotten any answers. Someone speaking from experience would definitely help. I think it's different because your friend is (confirmed) straight, whereas his best friend was unsure of his sexuality and only realised his was straight after they started dating. Back off topic a second; no-one really knows without experimenting, do they? Merged posts. ~meol

Confession: I've started to watch Queer As Folk, but only when no-one else is at home. I don't know why I'm so ashamed of it - I'm "out" to my family, but I don't want them to know that I watch a gay soap-opera. I mean, I watched Torchwood openly but for some reason, it's not quite the same thing. Secret: It's hardly a secret that I'm bi, but it is a secret that I dated my best friend for three weeks before he realized he was straight. :/ Regret: I wish I had more will power. I have an addictive personality and my addiction to diet coke is ruining my teeth.

Yeah, sounds good. Can't believe I had to be told that, haha. Thanks, I'll give it a shot :)