I suppouse the problem can be classified as both an HD and a console issue. Anyways here goes:

Recently my 360 has been having some wierd issues. After turning on the Xbox and playing it for a certain amount of time (the time that it occurs is pretty random) my Xbox will automatically restart itself. It does two things: annoy the crap out of me, and take my HD settings from 720p back down to 480p. When I go to System Settings it says the HD switch on the component cable “box” is flicked to TV mode. Of course when I go back to look, it’s flicked to HDTV mode.

I’ve checked the component cables. They’re all in check and securely fastened on the side of my tv and on the back of my Xbox. The switch is pushed all the way back to HDTV and it still refuses to fix the problem. The most effective method I’ve found to temporarily fix it is to turn off my Xbox, pull the cable out of my Xbox, play with the switch on the component cables, and plug it back in.

To make things even stranger, I had the same problem one year ago. Eventually the problem went away for whatever reason and has mysteriously popped back up for the summer. I’d call Microsoft but I know that they’d probably misdiagnose my problem, have me send it in for a $99 fix for the Xbox and not the cables. Then I’ll be stuck with an empty wallet and an Xbox that doesn’t even work right.

please give feedback, and please be merciless…if it sucks, tell me so i can fix i – i can take it.

(The War came suddenly, and ended with complete devastation. The fires ripped across the face of the earth with no regard for what they ravaged. Nations fell, one after the other, until none were left but wanderers, nomads forced to endure the bitter, pitiless wild for survival. The once-great planet became a weak, ghostly shadow of the advanced civilization it had once been. Where there once was rain, now ash drifted from the sky to settle on the last remaining vestiges of mighty empires. The War destroyed our world.)

The gravel crunched beneath my boots as I walked across the desolate field. The remains of various vehicles littered the ground around me, and dirt swirled up into the air in a gust of wind, sending old papers scurrying across the cracked and sunbleached pavement. Glass from the shattered windows of the buildings around me glittered in the light of the setting sun, and the skeletal frames of those same buildings rose thousands of feet above me, stretching towards the sky like the fingers of an emaciated giant. A flicker of movement caught my eye. To my right, a small fire burned inside a building, somewhere where it could not have started by itself – this area was inhabited. Drawing my blaster from its holster on my right hip, I flattened my back against the nearest wall, weapon out, and peered around the corner. Breathless with apprehension, I scanned the interior of the ground floor. Though I saw no one, I did not let my guard down – whoever was here would not be if they did not know how to defend themselves. The silence pressed against my eardrums as I listened for any sound that could give away their position. Above me, a startled bird burst from an upper floor with a loud cry, and I let out a gasp. My cover blown, I ran down the alley as bullets began to rain down. As I searched my surroundings for something to serve as a shield, a small part of my mind noted that whoever inhabited the building had been there a long time – bullets were primitive. Ducking behind a concrete embankment, I quickly ripped a shred of white fabric from my plastic-fiber undershirt and thrust it up into the air with one hand. If my attacker was using bullets, there was a very good chance they would understand the meaning of my white “flag”. The fire storm ceased and, fighting my own survival instincts, I slowly rose from my place of concealment with my hands behind my head and my blaster securely in its holster. Muscles tensed with anticipation and fear, I waited for the response to my obvious surrender – and I would have to wait those few more impossible seconds to discover whether that response would mean my death.

*note: the part in parenthesis was supposed to be in italics nut Y!A wouldn’t let me.

My story it’s only the beginning but i would like to know what others think

“Mum I’m gonna go on a walk I’ll be back soon.” I grabbed my jacket and iPod and headed for the door.
“Okay but don’t go into the woods, you know what they say about that woods.” My mum put a very serious face on.
“Mum that wood isn’t “enchanted” don’t listen to all the myths.” I quickly opened the door and ran out before I got the half an hour lecture on how mythical creatures are real and that they do live in that forest.

The forest isn’t anything special. I mean no-one goes in because this stupid village believes all the myths and legends. They say that evil spirits live in the forest and there is a great battle happening between the forces of good and bad. They have even locked the rusted gate into the forest but that isn’t going to stop me.

I swiftly climbed up and clambered over the rusted Iron Gate.

I jumped down into other side began to walk through the waist high grass which swayed in the gentle breeze.

The forest was quite nice the sun was shiny through the canopy and warming me up. There was an eerie silence in the forest that sent a shiver down my spine. But I kept on walking; I was determined to bust the myths.

As I got deeper the silence was unbearable there wasn’t any wildlife around just dead trees with branches which curl round in jagged ways.

Out of nowhere I heard a whisper shatter the silence. I quietly tip toed towards the whispers.

As I drew closer they turned into voices.

Ugly voices.

Repulsive voices.

From the corner of my eye I saw where the disgusting voices were coming from. I pulled myself close into a tree and peered round at two women.

The first woman had bright orange, matted hair that emphasised her pale white, wrinkly old skin. She was wearing a dress that looked like it originated from the Victorian times; it was all torn, dirty and bleached by the sun.

Suddenly she hissed at the second woman and slapped her across the face. The second woman held her face for a few seconds.

She was a beautiful woman full of youth. She had long beautiful blonde hair which reached her waist, mesmerising blue eyes which were crystal clear and perfect skin. She made every model on earth look like a tramp.

“But mother I love him.” The second woman pleaded.

Suddenly a high pitched scream penetrated the eeriness. I clamped my hands over my ears in a desperate attempt to save my ears but it didn’t help.
The second woman just stood there screaming. When the scream finished I peered around to see that the first woman was now standing in front of a pile of ashes. She then started to walk away in the opposite direction cursing and shouting.
“When I find that boy I shall rip him to pieces and kill him! Arterez!” A ball of fire filled her place and then vanished.

I waited for a few minutes to make sure she was gone slowly crept over to the ashes, checking around for anyone else, and stared in astonishment.

In the place of the ashes was now a beautiful necklace with the most amazing pendant I had ever seen. There were four diamonds in it; they were red, blue, green, and a clear one. Detailed strands of metal curled around them and held them securely. These strands formed a Celtic kind of pattern that formed a circle. It was so beautiful. I couldn’t take it so I put it back on the ground where it belonged. I had already seen enough of this forest so I decided it was time for me to make a hasty exit.

I began to run in the direction I thought I came but it all looked so alike I think I ended up going in circles. I desperately ran for the exit. I eventually was seeking the comfort of my phone.

As I reached into my pocket to get my phone I found something that didn’t feel right.

I slowly pulled out the pendant I saw earlier.

Copyright Paige Campbell

Although I am sure it’s not really meant for me, they are trying to get people send money by sending scary death threats like this:

Hello,

This is a message from the Ishmael Ghost Islamic Group. We are confirmed Islamic Hired killers and ******* aids. We have been sent to assassinate you and members of your family. I am sorry if the following message will not be detailed because we would not want you to be able to track us as we have been following your every move for sometime now.

Sometime ago, you offended a member of our gang. As you quite know, I shall not be detailing my statement. This member had ordered for your assassination after he made sure he acquired every information about you and your family. It was when he produced your complete details that another member of our gang found out he knew someone in your extended family. As a result, he pleaded for you and said you should be pardoned under any condition. After reaching an agreement, we decided that you provide the total sum of 800 USD to transport some of our expatriates out of the USA. The money shall finalize the migration of these Islamic expatriates out of the USA. If you do not follow these requirements, I am sorry you shall not live to see the next three weeks, even if you see the next three weeks, a member of your family shall pay for it and another shall pay for every other week you stay alive until you are dead. To provide this money, kindly send the money via western union or money gram to a receiver in the UK. Once this receiver has confirmed the receipt of the money he shall securely send it back to us for the needed reason. Below is the information of the receiver.

Receiver: Steven Gibbs
Location: London, UK.

Send complete transfer information once transfer has been made to this email dflender9@live.com DO NOT PLAY PRANKS, THIS IS NOT A JOKE

You have been given 72hrs to send this money or else you shall pay with your life. Note: we have all your movement and the movement of members of your family monitored. Do not let them pay for your greed. Because before you are killed, you shall loose a member of your family alongside. I do not have to inform you that this message should be kept secret from everyone especially the police and other authorities, because if anything happens to any member of our gang, be it within or outside the USA, your family story shall be a disaster. You should know this Islamic Group is wide and members cannot be completely wiped out. Note: We are sending this message with a hacked European and African IP address so that you cannot trace location of this message. I will not explain further, a word should be enough for the wise.

Have a nice life
Group Treasury Officer.

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E.M.U
Eastern Mediterranean University
I know it’s a spam, I still believe it’s a disgrace and would like to report them.

I checked the email address it has been sent from, they hacked into a Turkey professor email address and sent it from his. This person really exists and this email address is his from work. Shame on them. And that’s why they ask to be sent an email to the other email address, because they don’t want this person to find out by receiving answers.
Thank you everyone.

I AM AWARE IT’S A SCAM.

Do you know a handy email address to report this kind of violation?
…and by the way Murphy: it is not funny!

You should not answer like this just to get points, it’s not funny at all!!

Over the last year, I’ve been buying Ritz crackers (of all flavors) at my local Fred Meyer store. It seems that every time that I buy a box, there’s always several of the plastic packages that are partially opened from the top. The cardboard boxes seem like they’re sealed securely shut though. I’ve even sent a complaint to Nabisco about this problem telling them that they need to use a stronger adhesive to seal the plastic packages. They said that they would work on the problem and they also gave me coupons for free Nabisco crackers.

I know it might seem stupid that I keep buying their product after having this happen to me for almost a year, but I crave them so much. Has this happened to any of you with your Ritz? Nabisco can’t keep doing this to customers!

When surfing online anonymously, through the TOR network for instance, is it that *I* am anonymous and not the information being sent, or is the information anonymous and invisible as well? I’m just wondering if I get set up that way if I could send sensitive information online securely?

Thanks.