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Reading Snuff by Pratchett. Set in the countryside (Well the Discworld version) so there's some appeal there for me. They've expanded Willikins and Vimes' relationship quite a bit in this one too. I'd recommend you read Thud beforehand because there's quite a bit leaning on it in Snuff (namely certain tattoos). The writing is as top notch as normal, though I wouldn't say it's my top Watch one. (I'm quite a fan of Nightwatch, though Thud is a close contender. I think "Young Sam" has helped develop Vimes quite a lot in recent books) Oh whoever did the emboss design for the front cover chose odd options, the chickens are embossed. Here's hoping that book 40 is "Raising Taxes" though I think I've heard inklings it's something else. btw anyone read any of the Tiffany books, I've not touched any of them, mainly cos I'm not a huge Witches fan.

Courtesy of my Grandad (I did say I'd "share with my penpals", only way to fit concept of forums into their heads) A for Horses B for Lamb C for Miles D for Dumb E for Adam F for Vescence G for Police H for Consent I for the Engine J for Cakes K for Sutherland L for Leather M for Sis N for Lope O for the Garden Wall P for Relief Q for Tickets R for Moo S for You T for Two U for Me V for La France W for Quits X for Breakfast Y for a Husband Z for Breezes (he only filled me in on the first few, I've a feeling the version my granddad knows doesn't have the same K)

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I got New Vegas which is a bit of a bugger. A double bugger in fact. (first is cos I own it)

Thanks to Santa Goh who picked me up Company of Heroes, Bulletstorm, Fable 3, Saints Row 3, and Episodes of Liberty City. Hope Excel_Excel is enjoying his gift from me.

Well I've spent half this year unemployed so I guess it sucks in that aspect, but at least the games have been good to while away that time. You guys are all great, and I hope you all remain great for next year.

If I'm doing back-ups I tend to forgo Windows and just go with Linux LiveCD instead (it bypasses/ignores more basic windows encryption too). As for the problem at hand: not a clue, though I think I've solved a similar issue back in uni days. Well I say solved, I think we ditched the HDD too. In fact if you can un-plug the HDD and run the PC fine with a LiveCD, then it's a HDD issue.

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I'm just stuck with things to play. I have the games, this just doesn't have the horsepower.

You got PvP on?

She's looking down at the keyboard, she can see

It is on a head. Phoebes head while playing Minecraft to be exact.

Optifine wasn't vast improvements, but at least the netbook fps can hit double digit FPS now. With phoebes slow and meticulous method of playing it hasn't really bothered her. Setting them both up just meant not putting the password into one of the accounts and going "Play Offline". Bryoni wouldn't let us use her laptop, so ended up with me n niomi, then phoebe n niomi playing. It's kept them quiet. I'll throw up a video later, just I'm on netbook and it's not exactly good at dealing with HD video from my camcorder Since Phoebe (4 yrs) was on my netbook I have access to the screenshots so here are some of her adventures. I taught her "T is for Talk", since it seemed unfair for just Niomi to be able to type. tbh I thought she knew at least a few words. Turns out not. This is her cow friend. Since Niomi had a dozen dogs phoebe decided she'd have a cow. This is actually first chronologically. She dug right down and ended up in a lava pit. "DEEEAAAANNNN!!! I'M ON FIIIIRRRRREEE!!!" (Also she's currently going through withdrawal behind me. "I wanna play minecraffft ;_;"

I mentioned this on Twitter yesterday, here it is in action: My Moist von Lipwig santa hat.

Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows. Benedict Cumberbatch is still best one, but it was alright. The ending was pretty simplistic though, there's a scene near the end where you basically go "oh, that's how it'll work out". Oh for Moriarty I was kicking myself throughout cos I recognised the actor but couldn't place him. Mr Smith from Fringe, so he was pretty good for the part (Moriarty was where I disliked the TV Sherlock). Stephen Fry was quite fun. Stephen Fry was also mostly nekkid for part of it

Amused the wee ones for a while. Thx

I'm not sure $$$ was an original driving motivator. If you could throw in a fully working emulator onto the PS3 I think they've have taken the free(er) software route, than putting in an extra $30(and point of failure) worth of parts per console. When you sell a few million a year that's tens of millions down the drain. Don't forget, high end gaming PCs can struggle to emulate PS2, nevermind the relatively weak PS3. Porting and upgrading games isn't exactly free thing to do either, and a bit of a gamble since the popular games, are well popular. There's already millions of copies sold. Stuff like Team Ico I guess is a good one cos it's a cult hit, yet had a limited run on PS2. FFX is going to be interesting to see since it's like the 5th best selling PS2 game or something.

In the spirit of the other thread, it's not just "ask"