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I used to have a Deviantart account, but had to stop using it because I got three horrendous viruses (changed my desktop background, downloaded fake anti-virus software, filled the screen with pop-ups...you get the picture.) I had to wipe my computer in the end to be rid of them.

I recently got an iPhone, and I'm wondering if I access the site from that, will I run the same risk of the viruses downloading onto my iPhone, or is there a pretty good chance that the site won't have "iPhone viruses"?

Please don't say that dA doesn't have viruses: it does. If you're lucky enough to have not had them, great, but I have, and I don't want to repeat the experience. Although I would like to go back onto the site.

So, is it likely that Deviantart will have viruses that will affect an iPhone? And how does a virus on an iPhone manifest itself (because it isn't really like a PC is it?)?

I couldn't get on last night or this afternoon on my laptop, but at school in the morning on a computer there I could. Is this my laptop malfunctioning or are other people having this problem?

Also, while I ask, can people get onto the Odosketch website as well?

So...I want to buy The Sims 3, but obviously not if it won't run on my laptop.

I have a Dell Vostro 1500 bought in (probably) 2008. I ran a system requirement check from a website and it said I did not have the required CPU.

On the spec. for The Sims 3 it says you need

"Service Pack 2 *2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent"

I have Intel (R) Celeron (R) CPU 540 1.86 GHz ... but also Intel Core 2 Duo...

does this make any difference? (having Core 2 Duo)

It also said that the CPU speed was only 1.9GHz and 2.0 was needed but it does not say that on Amazon as part of the spec.

Help please? I have *no clue* with this kind of thing.

Will Sims 3 really not run on my laptop or can it...?

Others have asked this before, but the most recent was 2 years ago, and websites can change.

Is dailymotion.com a safe site - does it give you viruses? My computer seems to attract them so I wanted to double-check :)

When watching videos does it take you to other sites or do you stay on the same site? (unlike mysejo.com which linked me to another website that was thankfully blocked by firefox.)

Has anyone ever got any viruses etc. of it, or is it completely safe?

Now, I know the basic rules about speech - each new speaker has a new line etc. - but there are other things I'm confused about.

If you have a piece of dialogue, should the next word outside the speech mark be capitalised? For example:

"I didn't do that!" she said

Should the 'she' be capitalised? If it should, does this apply to every word after speech, independent of whether inside the speech mark there is a comma, full stop, exclamation mark etc.?

Secondly, if you have a piece of speech, should you continue your story on the same line, or should it be a new paragraph? For example:

"I didn't do that!" she said. He scowled in disgust at her lie and strode away from her...

or should it be

"I didn't do that!" she said.

[new paragraph] He scowled in disgust at her lie and strode away from her...

Thanks for answering :)

So, this is the beginning of a story that is probably not going to get finished, but I thought I'd ask for some feedback all the same ^^

Criticism on grammar, punctuation and general flow and story telling is welcomed (rip it to shreds ;)

Edwin rocked backwards on his chair and rubbed his eyes. The report on his desk was dog-eared and the page corners crumpled from his repeated rereadings. But no matter how much he thought about it, it still didn’t make sense. He frowned and looked at the clock; it was a quarter to five.

The door opened, Edwin let the chair fall back onto all four legs, and Ethan walked in.

“It’s polite to knock.” Edwin remarked wryly as his colleague dropped into the chair opposite him. He saw Ethan’s eyes fall onto the report sitting in the middle of his desk.

“You got the report then? Jenny said she didn’t know if you’d picked it up yet.”

He laughed ominously. “Yes, I picked it up, although I wish I’d never seen this blasted thing.” Edwin leaned forwards and picked up the report. “No was no evidence of the crash involving another car, there were no dead animals found near by and no animal blood identified so it’s unlikely it was caused by an animal on the road. The car was mechanically sound and had just passed its first M.O.T. – it was less than four years old.” Edwin looked up at Ethan. “There was no reason for that damn car to crash.”

Thanks for taking the time to read and answer :D

I asked this before, but only got one answer. I'm desperate for help!

Please, I need some opinions;

In the first 5 pages of my story (size ten print) the main characters meet, their house explodes, and they get kidnapped by thieves/slave traders.

Is this too fast a pace for my story? I don't know how to draw it out, or whether I should. The story needs to reach this point to continue and develop, but even so...is this too fast?

How do you slow down the pace of your story when you have no ideas and think it would be boring to add in more?

Also, please critique this (rip it to shreds, I want serious criticism that will help me improve ;) Oh, and I spaced it out to make it easier to read, so it isn't that much.

A fine spray of drizzle covered the town. It dampened the shouts of the merchants and the footsteps of the few who had ventured outside. Jewel prowled along the cobbled streets; his tail flicked in annoyance and his eyes glinted. He did not like the rain. Ahead, a figure stumbled against the wall, a bottle in his hand. Jewel sniffed distastefully. He was level with the figure before he noticed. A small, tiny movement of the man’s fingers sensed from his peripheral vision. He hissed.

“You smell disgusting; I almost didn’t recognise you, Noel. If it wasn’t for that stupid thing you do with your fingers I would have gone right past.”

Leaping up onto a barrel, Jewel started to clean his paw. The man did not stir at the cat’s speech, but his eyes widened.

“Good God! Is that really you Jewel?”

The man straightened, his unsteadiness vanished, and he placed the bottle next to his friend. He was tall and slender, with the frame of an athlete rather than a body builder. In Jewel’s memories, his hair had been a dull blond, but now it looked closer to black. His eyes were still their deep blue, though he was not clean shaven with stubble covering the lower half of his face. Noel was no longer dressed in his robes and looked more ragged and crumpled than Jewel had ever seen him.

“Obviously it’s me you half-wit. How many other talking cats do you know?”

“I see being a cat has not changed your personality, even if its worked wonders for your appearance,” Noel smiled.

Thanks

Please, I need some opinions;

In the first 5 pages of my story (size ten print) the main characters meet, their house explodes, and they get kidnapped by thieves/slave traders.

Is this too fast a pace for my story? I don't know how to draw it out, or whether I should. The story needs to reach this point to continue and develop, but even so...is this too fast?

Also, please critique this (rip it to shreds, I want serious criticism that will help me improve ;) Oh, and I spaced it out to make it easier to read, so it isn't that much.

A fine spray of drizzle covered the town. It dampened the shouts of the merchants and the footsteps of the few who had ventured outside. Jewel prowled along the cobbled streets; his tail flicked in annoyance and his eyes glinted. He did not like the rain. Ahead, a figure stumbled against the wall, a bottle in his hand. Jewel sniffed distastefully. He was level with the figure before he noticed. A small, tiny movement of the man’s fingers sensed from his peripheral vision. He hissed.

“You smell disgusting; I almost didn’t recognise you, Noel. If it wasn’t for that stupid thing you do with your fingers I would have gone right past.”

Leaping up onto a barrel, Jewel started to clean his paw. The man did not stir at the cat’s speech, but his eyes widened.

“Good God! Is that really you Jewel?”

The man straightened, his unsteadiness vanished, and he placed the bottle next to his friend. He was tall and slender, with the frame of an athlete rather than a body builder. In Jewel’s memories, his hair had been a dull blond, but now it looked closer to black. His eyes were still their deep blue, though he was not clean shaven with stubble covering the lower half of his face. Noel was no longer dressed in his robes and looked more ragged and crumpled than Jewel had ever seen him.

“Obviously it’s me you half-wit. How many other talking cats do you know?”

“I see being a cat has not changed your personality, even if its worked wonders for your appearance,” Noel smiled.

Thanks

I'm having difficulty registering an account on the website. Firefox keeps timing it out saying the serve is taking too long to respond. Opening up the site at all takes longer than a normal site (Yahoo for instance) and clicking on any links also takes a long time to load.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has been having these difficulties with the NaNoWriMo site? (I found out about it through a yahoo question)

My school has links with Tanzania, and we have to raise >at least< £100, the catch being that we >cannot do it through sponsorship< or at least, they would like us not to. The idea is to enhance the community while we raise money, and sponsorship doesn't do this.

If anyone has any suggests for fund raising without sponsorship, then please help! We are already doing bag-packing, cake sales ect. as a group thing, so something different would be appreciated.

Please, no one say I should think of these by myself. I >have< been thinking, and I'm drawing a blank, so inspiration would be nice :)

The psychology teacher at my school has this quote printed above her white board (the room in which we have general studies)

She is convinced that its correct, but I don't think it is. Can anyone explain what they think it means and I'm interested to see what other people think?

Someone keeps phoning during the day and evening, hanging up as soon as I pick up. This seems to have started recently. Has anyone else (UK based) been getting these calls and does anyone know the reason? Surely if they were typical call centres they wouldn't keep ringing up and if they did they'd make a sales pitch (or something similar?)

In January, I had 2 really bad viruses (one of which was 'microsoft 2010 anti-virus' - turned out to be a virus =_=), which resulted in my computer having to be wiped twice. It seems as though I got them off Deviantart. Not wishing to repeat the experience, I haven't been on dA in 3-4 months. Is it safe to go on dA or am I better staying off.

(I also changed my anti-virus software to AVG free from Avira)

Also, these viruses did not come from a pop-up add, they just suddenly appeared on my computer. I did not download anything consciously.

I want to read more manga akin to that of Bleach, but can't seem to find any. Can anyone recommend any. I don't mind romance, but no ecchi.

I read a lot of Manga and mostly it all based in Japan. I've looked on the web but can find no website that has the equivalents of Japanese School Years in British and the US. If anyone can tell me what the equivalents of (British School Years) Reception, Years 1, 2, 3...and so on as well as 6th form in Japanese school that would help a lot! And British School Years in US equivalents would also be very helpful (what is sophomore? Senior? All these things???)

I wrote this in about 10 minutes and am VERY rusty on my poetry skills (I haven't written a poem in about a year) Please comment and Criticise!

The memories are pained,

She cannot talk, she cannot move.

In her mind the battles rages,

To force down those feelings

Of hurt, despair

…sadness

But still she cries.

A thousand and one words

Spoken to her, but which are nice?

The truth is on her parted lips.

But to speak? To accept?

So easy now,

To know that she is worthless,

Miniscule, not human…

Each act flashes before her eyes,

A play, not real?

Only a wish.

So easy now,

But the crowd is jeering,

Alone on a stage of darkness

cowering

The light of truth is too bright…

The end is close now, she feels it.

The presence, the light at the end,

So easy now,

To make the cut

The pain not real, not feeling,

An empty shell.

That was what she always was?

And now painless memories of smiles

…And happiness.

But too late now,

The blood is gushing

Her life force running

Staining the carpet the deep crimson of truth

…isn’t this what they wanted?

Too late now, is all she thinks,

Too late now

For apologises, acceptance, truth.

Too late now for the meaningless word.

Isn’t this what they’ve always wanted?

Too late now…

…For sorry.

By the way, I'm not depressed or anything.

I have a high, square forehead with the rest of my face staying at one width. It's neither long and narrow or wide and short, but somewhere inbetween. I was thinking about getting a layered bob with a side fringe. Does anyone think this is a good idea, or any other suggestions?

Could someone tell me the equivalent of Reception,Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 6th form (British school years) in US terms and Japanese terms?

what is a g-nib? I've looked on the internet and there is no clear answer, can someone help me?!

I got train track braces a week ago and am still un able to chew. Is this normal? My friend told me she could eat solid foods a week after getting her's, and, while I can swollow food without chewing it, I find that it's a bit of a mouth full (no bad joke intended there ^ ^)