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1 | Buyer Beware!!!!! Very Unsafe!!!! | The first time this gate came out of the hinges, it landed on one of my twins head. He had a large bruise from his forehead to his jaw. The second time, he had a gash in his upper gums and was bleeding profusely! There is a serious flaw in the hinges of this gate. After the first time, I contacted their customer service through email. A CS rep emailed me back a few times (Maddy Stephens) but when it came to getting replacement hardware the emails stopped. (By the way, this gate came with the NEW metal hardware they made to replace the "defective" plastic ones they used to use!) The second time my child was injured, I called. I was on the phone for appr. 10 minutes before the CSR offered an apology. She did, however, offer to send a new gate "as soon as possible!" 6 days later..I dont have a replacement gate and it just fell on my other twin. Luckily, there was no blood or bruises this time!Please don't waste your money on this gate. Mine is going in the trash today! | 980 | [
"The first time this gate came out of the hinges, it landed on one of my twins head.",
"He had a large bruise from his forehead to his jaw.",
"The second time, he had a gash in his upper gums and was bleeding profusely!",
"There is a serious flaw in the hinges of this gate.",
"After the first time, I contacted their customer service through email.",
"A CS rep emailed me back a few times (Maddy Stephens) but when it came to getting replacement hardware the emails stopped.",
"(By the way, this gate came with the NEW metal hardware they made to replace the \"defective\" plastic ones they used to use!",
") The second time my child was injured, I called.",
"I was on the phone for appr.",
"10 minutes before the CSR offered an apology.",
"She did, however, offer to send a new gate \"as soon as possible!",
"\" 6 days later..I dont have a replacement gate and it just fell on my other twin.",
"Luckily, there was no blood or bruises this time!",
"Please don't waste your money on this gate.",
"Mine is going in the trash today!"
] |
1 | No longer a guide | The first PMBOK was issued free and purported to be a taxonomy of project management methods and processes. In this regard it was pretty good. However, this latest version of the PMBOK(R) has moved from being a guide covering a wide variety of practices (reflecting the wide variety of projects and management processes) to a narrow one which is apparently required only to pass the PMI's PMP exam. In that regard it is essential as the exam is based on the book.It is not essential and is hardly a "bible" for any purpose other than passing the exam and with an absence of footnotes or bibliography it makes a poor guide to the real world of project management. I'm disappointed in the way a useful resource has been converted into something more appropriate for a cult or multi-level marketing association.PMI, bring back a bibliography, bring back alternative points of view, show some evidence about the efficacy of the procedures you have published. It won't hurt, I promise. | 980 | [
"The first PMBOK was issued free and purported to be a taxonomy of project management methods and processes.",
"In this regard it was pretty good.",
"However, this latest version of the PMBOK(R) has moved from being a guide covering a wide variety of practices (reflecting the wide variety of projects and management processes) to a narrow one which is apparently required only to pass the PMI's PMP exam.",
"In that regard it is essential as the exam is based on the book.It is not essential and is hardly a \"bible\" for any purpose other than passing the exam and with an absence of footnotes or bibliography it makes a poor guide to the real world of project management.",
"I'm disappointed in the way a useful resource has been converted into something more appropriate for a cult or multi-level marketing association.PMI, bring back a bibliography, bring back alternative points of view, show some evidence about the efficacy of the procedures you have published.",
"It won't hurt, I promise."
] |
1 | Very poor quality control | When the unit arrived, I unpacked it to find the selector knob simply fell off in my hand. It wasn't even attached to the body of the unit. When I tried to fix it, low and behold it's the wrong size knob for the box. The threads on the knob don't even match the threads used on the body of the unit. There's no way that this knob could ever be used with the product. The manufacturer simply threw a switch in the package that they knew would never work for the customer.At first, I thought maybe the place that sold me the unit had taken the correct knob so I ordered another from another vendor and it arrived in the same state!As consumers we have to let manufacturers and vendors know that blatant bad practices and companies that have no regard for their customers are simply not acceptable in this day and age.I will say though, that aside from the bad knob, the unit does perform well and as advertised. If you don't mind just holding on to the thin knob post, it is usable. | 980 | [
"When the unit arrived, I unpacked it to find the selector knob simply fell off in my hand.",
"It wasn't even attached to the body of the unit.",
"When I tried to fix it, low and behold it's the wrong size knob for the box.",
"The threads on the knob don't even match the threads used on the body of the unit.",
"There's no way that this knob could ever be used with the product.",
"The manufacturer simply threw a switch in the package that they knew would never work for the customer.At first, I thought maybe the place that sold me the unit had taken the correct knob so I ordered another from another vendor and it arrived in the same state!",
"As consumers we have to let manufacturers and vendors know that blatant bad practices and companies that have no regard for their customers are simply not acceptable in this day and age.I will say though, that aside from the bad knob, the unit does perform well and as advertised.",
"If you don't mind just holding on to the thin knob post, it is usable."
] |
1 | The Kids Aren't Alright | The only thing this film has going for it is its sentimental value. This film showcases some of the last great performances of the venerable Keith Moon. Both Moon's fantastic drumming and Daltrey's famous blood-curdling scream on "Won't Get Fooled Again" are classic pieces of rock history. The likes of which will never be seen again.Keith Moon was not only rock's greatest drummer but he was also one of rock's funny men. Moon always had a quick wit about him and you can see some of that in this film. Unfortunately, you don't see enough of it.Aside from its sentimental value, "The Kids Are Alright" doesn't have much going for it. The film is choppy and disjointed and its quality leaves something to be desired. If I didn't know better, I'd say Jeff Stein put this film together in his garage.If you're a true Who fan, you may want to rent this video for sentimental reasons. But even then, I'd still be reluctant to rent or buy this movie because it's a BIG disappointment. | 980 | [
"The only thing this film has going for it is its sentimental value.",
"This film showcases some of the last great performances of the venerable Keith Moon.",
"Both Moon's fantastic drumming and Daltrey's famous blood-curdling scream on \"Won't Get Fooled Again\" are classic pieces of rock history.",
"The likes of which will never be seen again.Keith Moon was not only rock's greatest drummer but he was also one of rock's funny men.",
"Moon always had a quick wit about him and you can see some of that in this film.",
"Unfortunately, you don't see enough of it.Aside from its sentimental value, \"The Kids Are Alright\" doesn't have much going for it.",
"The film is choppy and disjointed and its quality leaves something to be desired.",
"If I didn't know better, I'd say Jeff Stein put this film together in his garage.If you're a true Who fan, you may want to rent this video for sentimental reasons.",
"But even then, I'd still be reluctant to rent or buy this movie because it's a BIG disappointment."
] |
1 | unreadable and unworkable. | This is the new "less is more" bible, taken to comic extremes. Worse, I found this book almost unreadable, mainly because Gardner is so full of himself. Witness his comparison of the wildly successful Suzuki approach with Spectrum schools that use his multiple intelligences ideas--a comparison surely used to imply that the Spectrum approach is similarly successful, without any evidence. Sadly, no matter how hard he tries--and he's trying hard--his multiple intelligences end up being used as excuses for failures more than guidelines for success in the real world.Most amusing to me is the notion that this plan is workable. Who does Gardner think can follow this plan? Those that emerge from schools of education have the MOST undisciplined minds--in his sense--produced in the universities: their time is dominated by methods classes, not training in the disciplines. A genius like Gardner, with a class of five, could make a go of it--in the real world, there is no chance. | 980 | [
"This is the new \"less is more\" bible, taken to comic extremes.",
"Worse, I found this book almost unreadable, mainly because Gardner is so full of himself.",
"Witness his comparison of the wildly successful Suzuki approach with Spectrum schools that use his multiple intelligences ideas--a comparison surely used to imply that the Spectrum approach is similarly successful, without any evidence.",
"Sadly, no matter how hard he tries--and he's trying hard--his multiple intelligences end up being used as excuses for failures more than guidelines for success in the real world.Most amusing to me is the notion that this plan is workable.",
"Who does Gardner think can follow this plan?",
"Those that emerge from schools of education have the MOST undisciplined minds--in his sense--produced in the universities: their time is dominated by methods classes, not training in the disciplines.",
"A genius like Gardner, with a class of five, could make a go of it--in the real world, there is no chance."
] |
1 | Homophobic bilge | Yes, I have actually read this book. It is the usual Bible-thumpery with the inevitable Christian fixation on the sexual sins, especially every right-winger's favorite sin, homosexuality. Gee, I always thought that the Bible said that ALL have come short of the glory of God, "Not one of you is perfect", "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone", etc. Nowadays, there are even some major sins such as gluttony which don't get denounced at all. Gluttony was listed as one of the Seven Deadly Sins. When was the last time you heard a sermon against gluttony? When was the last time you heard of a church organist being fired for gluttony? And if San Francisco is so wicked, why hasn't God sent the fire and brimstone yet? Why complain about cities that are full of sinners, when ALL men are sinners, and therefore ALL cities are full of sinners? Are you one of the righteous who is smug about Joplin being destroyed by a tornado because of the sinfulness of the Joplinites? | 980 | [
"Yes, I have actually read this book.",
"It is the usual Bible-thumpery with the inevitable Christian fixation on the sexual sins, especially every right-winger's favorite sin, homosexuality.",
"Gee, I always thought that the Bible said that ALL have come short of the glory of God, \"Not one of you is perfect\", \"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone\", etc.",
"Nowadays, there are even some major sins such as gluttony which don't get denounced at all.",
"Gluttony was listed as one of the Seven Deadly Sins.",
"When was the last time you heard a sermon against gluttony?",
"When was the last time you heard of a church organist being fired for gluttony?",
"And if San Francisco is so wicked, why hasn't God sent the fire and brimstone yet?",
"Why complain about cities that are full of sinners, when ALL men are sinners, and therefore ALL cities are full of sinners?",
"Are you one of the righteous who is smug about Joplin being destroyed by a tornado because of the sinfulness of the Joplinites?"
] |
1 | 9 months - many problems | We bought 2 phones on a family plan last October. We were looking for a very basic flip phone capability, no bells and whistles needed. Our major use was to communicate between each other. We were happy for for about 5 months. Since then we have experienced all the problems mentioned. Our phones were replaced during April. One sim card was replaced during June. Yesterday we again replaced our sim card on the same phone. Another replacement phone is on the way to us. The major problems have included "service not available" even though 4 bars are showing and the other phone works at the same location, "unable to read", "insert card", and of course dropped calls. Yesterday as I was talking to a warrantee agent trying to resolve our most recent problem my call was dropped in the middle of the call. At this point I have concluded that this model is extremely unreliable and am looking for an alternative solution. I can not depend on it. I would not recommend it to anyone. | 980 | [
"We bought 2 phones on a family plan last October.",
"We were looking for a very basic flip phone capability, no bells and whistles needed.",
"Our major use was to communicate between each other.",
"We were happy for for about 5 months.",
"Since then we have experienced all the problems mentioned.",
"Our phones were replaced during April.",
"One sim card was replaced during June.",
"Yesterday we again replaced our sim card on the same phone.",
"Another replacement phone is on the way to us.",
"The major problems have included \"service not available\" even though 4 bars are showing and the other phone works at the same location, \"unable to read\", \"insert card\", and of course dropped calls.",
"Yesterday as I was talking to a warrantee agent trying to resolve our most recent problem my call was dropped in the middle of the call.",
"At this point I have concluded that this model is extremely unreliable and am looking for an alternative solution.",
"I can not depend on it.",
"I would not recommend it to anyone."
] |
1 | Frustrated | My son saved his money up to purchase this trumpet. He currently plays 6 different instruments, he wants to learn as many as he can. He purchased this with the knowledge that it was a "student" type trumpet, not like what we get from a professional store. The trumpet comes, everything looks great, even sounds good when he plays it but the valves are sticking, which is something that happens, hence the need for valve oil. He keeps oiling it and it will continue to stick, bad. Took it to our local music store for advice and they said this was made in China, the parts are not "stock" and we will not work on it and it will be hard to find anyone who will. My son is extremely frustrated because the instrument looks great and sounds great, but he can not play with out stopping to wait for the valve to pop back up! My advice, get one that is not made in china so you can have it fixed if something doesn't work! If we could find someone to fix it, there would be no problems! | 980 | [
"My son saved his money up to purchase this trumpet.",
"He currently plays 6 different instruments, he wants to learn as many as he can.",
"He purchased this with the knowledge that it was a \"student\" type trumpet, not like what we get from a professional store.",
"The trumpet comes, everything looks great, even sounds good when he plays it but the valves are sticking, which is something that happens, hence the need for valve oil.",
"He keeps oiling it and it will continue to stick, bad.",
"Took it to our local music store for advice and they said this was made in China, the parts are not \"stock\" and we will not work on it and it will be hard to find anyone who will.",
"My son is extremely frustrated because the instrument looks great and sounds great, but he can not play with out stopping to wait for the valve to pop back up!",
"My advice, get one that is not made in china so you can have it fixed if something doesn't work!",
"If we could find someone to fix it, there would be no problems!"
] |
1 | Watch OUT | Purchase AT YOUR OWN RISK! The quality of the ringtones generated was poor. Unless you have web access on your phone and pay for the service, it's difficult to get the ringtone to the phone (even though they include a link to download the tone to your computer for transfer, my phone didn't see the transferred file as a ringtone until I msg'd it to myself). The link to send the ringtone download link to the phone didn't work. Poor customer service - NO REFUND, so be sure you want ro risk the purchase price before you spend your money. Their reason for not refunding is that the software prompts you to create a test ringtone to send to your phone before purchase. Problem is that no matter what sound file you use to create the test ringtone, it generates a generic ringtone which is in no way resultant from your source file. In my mind that is not a valid test.I would not recommend this product. I will buy my ringtones instead. At least I will get something for my money. | 980 | [
"Purchase AT YOUR OWN RISK!",
"The quality of the ringtones generated was poor.",
"Unless you have web access on your phone and pay for the service, it's difficult to get the ringtone to the phone (even though they include a link to download the tone to your computer for transfer, my phone didn't see the transferred file as a ringtone until I msg'd it to myself).",
"The link to send the ringtone download link to the phone didn't work.",
"Poor customer service - NO REFUND, so be sure you want ro risk the purchase price before you spend your money.",
"Their reason for not refunding is that the software prompts you to create a test ringtone to send to your phone before purchase.",
"Problem is that no matter what sound file you use to create the test ringtone, it generates a generic ringtone which is in no way resultant from your source file.",
"In my mind that is not a valid test.I would not recommend this product.",
"I will buy my ringtones instead.",
"At least I will get something for my money."
] |
1 | Unsanitary | When I first purchased this mug, I was very pleased: it didn't leak or drip and an added bonus -- it actually kept the coffee hot, not just warm. However, I realized that it was quite difficult to clean, especially if it sat empty in my car all day. I purchased a baby bottle nipple brush to try to get inside the spout (actually I tried two different nipple brushes) and really wasn't too pleased. I soaked the lid at night and did the best I could. Then one morning as I was traveling at 65 mph along the interstate, I took a sip of coffee. As I was returning the mug to the cup holder next to me, I glanced down and saw little tiny somethings on the top of my mug. Because I was driving, I could only glance and I thought I detected that the little tiny somethings were moving. When I stopped and was able to take a good look I realized that the little tiny somethings were some kind of worms..YUK. The mug was a breeding ground for maggots. DISGUSTING! It went in the garbage! | 980 | [
"When I first purchased this mug, I was very pleased: it didn't leak or drip and an added bonus -- it actually kept the coffee hot, not just warm.",
"However, I realized that it was quite difficult to clean, especially if it sat empty in my car all day.",
"I purchased a baby bottle nipple brush to try to get inside the spout (actually I tried two different nipple brushes) and really wasn't too pleased.",
"I soaked the lid at night and did the best I could.",
"Then one morning as I was traveling at 65 mph along the interstate, I took a sip of coffee.",
"As I was returning the mug to the cup holder next to me, I glanced down and saw little tiny somethings on the top of my mug.",
"Because I was driving, I could only glance and I thought I detected that the little tiny somethings were moving.",
"When I stopped and was able to take a good look I realized that the little tiny somethings were some kind of worms..YUK.",
"The mug was a breeding ground for maggots.",
"DISGUSTING!",
"It went in the garbage!"
] |
1 | Yeah, sure. | I, for example, am an IT guy from Romania (not a bad one, I'd like to think. As you can see, i'm also quite fluent in English !) I attented courses and even gave lectures about modern management, of which a proactive attitude towards things is a cornerstone. I know the importance of one's attitude towards life, so I guess that me NOT becoming Bill Gates, or General Motors becoming bankrupt is all due to the fact they haven't read this book.This is also true for all countries with endemic poverty, corruption (like mine), lack of political stability etc. etc. They SHOULD take control over their own lives, ignorant b..rds.So, yeah, sure ! Buy this book and you'll life will dramatically improve. Larry's too: he will gain another 5 or so $ of your hard earned money.I am amazed every time yet another such book is published and there are enough customer to buy it. I remember there was a guy, I think Dale Carnegie was his name, who, in '32 or '33 (1933 not 2033, silly !)... | 980 | [
"I, for example, am an IT guy from Romania (not a bad one, I'd like to think.",
"As you can see, i'm also quite fluent in English!",
") I attented courses and even gave lectures about modern management, of which a proactive attitude towards things is a cornerstone.",
"I know the importance of one's attitude towards life, so I guess that me NOT becoming Bill Gates, or General Motors becoming bankrupt is all due to the fact they haven't read this book.This is also true for all countries with endemic poverty, corruption (like mine), lack of political stability etc.",
"etc.",
"They SHOULD take control over their own lives, ignorant b..rds.So, yeah, sure!",
"Buy this book and you'll life will dramatically improve.",
"Larry's too: he will gain another 5 or so $ of your hard earned money.I am amazed every time yet another such book is published and there are enough customer to buy it.",
"I remember there was a guy, I think Dale Carnegie was his name, who, in '32 or '33 (1933 not 2033, silly!",
")..."
] |
1 | This is a HORRIBLE cd case! | I am used to the good quality Case Logic CD cases, so when I got one of these, logically, I was very disapointed. For starters the Cd case dosen't even stay open. Its like there is an elastic trying to close it while I am trying to find the right Cd amongst the flimsy little sleves that fall out of the case all the time. To top it all off they are individual, which means it is twice as hard to find the right cd. Can you imagine trying to find one cd in a messy stack of 72? The corners of the inside sleves are made of plastic that feels like it is sharp on the corners. The "Spiral" they are on doesnt do its job which is supposed to make it easy to flip through the sleves. When I try to flip one, it always pulls a few more with it. then pops back to where it was. This is a very frustrating Cd case. I would not recomend it. Go with Case Logic. In my opinion they are the best. Thank you for taking your time to read this. I hope it will help you choose the right Cd case. | 980 | [
"I am used to the good quality Case Logic CD cases, so when I got one of these, logically, I was very disapointed.",
"For starters the Cd case dosen't even stay open.",
"Its like there is an elastic trying to close it while I am trying to find the right Cd amongst the flimsy little sleves that fall out of the case all the time.",
"To top it all off they are individual, which means it is twice as hard to find the right cd.",
"Can you imagine trying to find one cd in a messy stack of 72?",
"The corners of the inside sleves are made of plastic that feels like it is sharp on the corners.",
"The \"Spiral\" they are on doesnt do its job which is supposed to make it easy to flip through the sleves.",
"When I try to flip one, it always pulls a few more with it.",
"then pops back to where it was.",
"This is a very frustrating Cd case.",
"I would not recomend it.",
"Go with Case Logic.",
"In my opinion they are the best.",
"Thank you for taking your time to read this.",
"I hope it will help you choose the right Cd case."
] |
1 | Problem Connection | I made the mistake of using two of these connectors; one at the wall mount for the AV receiver and one at the wall mount for the LED TV. While installation was easy, there was so much signal loss that between the three cables (AVR to wall, inside wall, wall to TV) the TV could not pick up the signal. I tried about four different kinds of cables, and found only one manufacturer's three foot cable that would transmit signal to the TV. If I inserted an L connector, that was enough interference to destroy the signal. I assumed my problem was the AVR or the wall cable which was a Monster M1000. After I read the first review here, I removed the cables to go connectors, and replaced them with simple pass throughs. It completely solved the problem. Now all cables work regardless of length (including an 8 foot monster cable). Unfortunately, it took me too long to figure out the problem to return these connectors. I would never use them again or ever recommend them to anyone. | 980 | [
"I made the mistake of using two of these connectors; one at the wall mount for the AV receiver and one at the wall mount for the LED TV.",
"While installation was easy, there was so much signal loss that between the three cables (AVR to wall, inside wall, wall to TV) the TV could not pick up the signal.",
"I tried about four different kinds of cables, and found only one manufacturer's three foot cable that would transmit signal to the TV.",
"If I inserted an L connector, that was enough interference to destroy the signal.",
"I assumed my problem was the AVR or the wall cable which was a Monster M1000.",
"After I read the first review here, I removed the cables to go connectors, and replaced them with simple pass throughs.",
"It completely solved the problem.",
"Now all cables work regardless of length (including an 8 foot monster cable).",
"Unfortunately, it took me too long to figure out the problem to return these connectors.",
"I would never use them again or ever recommend them to anyone."
] |
1 | Very disappointed | I am a 1st grade teacher. I bought this sharpener from Amazon in August this year. I was so excited. I had one exactly like it the year before and it was wonderful! By the end of the year, my 1st one started making a knocking noise and did not sharpen or only sharpened on one side. Hey, a year in 1st grade, that's great! We sharpen a lot of pencils. I had purchased my 1st one at a discount store. When I went to purchase another, they no longer carried it. You can imagine my excitement when I found it on Amazon! I quickly purchased it and put it in my classroom. By the end of September this sharpener was making that same knocking noise as my first one did after a year of use! I only sharpen the pencils in my room, and I only do #2 wooden pencils. I even purchased one for my teaching friend. Hers died in October. Needless to say....super disappointed in this sharpener! I did not have my packing slip so I felt like I could not contact Amazon or do anything about it! :( | 980 | [
"I am a 1st grade teacher.",
"I bought this sharpener from Amazon in August this year.",
"I was so excited.",
"I had one exactly like it the year before and it was wonderful!",
"By the end of the year, my 1st one started making a knocking noise and did not sharpen or only sharpened on one side.",
"Hey, a year in 1st grade, that's great!",
"We sharpen a lot of pencils.",
"I had purchased my 1st one at a discount store.",
"When I went to purchase another, they no longer carried it.",
"You can imagine my excitement when I found it on Amazon!",
"I quickly purchased it and put it in my classroom.",
"By the end of September this sharpener was making that same knocking noise as my first one did after a year of use!",
"I only sharpen the pencils in my room, and I only do #2 wooden pencils.",
"I even purchased one for my teaching friend.",
"Hers died in October.",
"Needless to say....super disappointed in this sharpener!",
"I did not have my packing slip so I felt like I could not contact Amazon or do anything about it!",
":("
] |
1 | Sexist piece of crap. | I picked this book off of my sister's shelves thinking I was going to be in for a good read. I was so, so wrong.This book is all about how women should change themselves to please men. Dove encourages her readers to go to charm school instead of college to learn how to be good little wives. She also stresses the importance of knowing how to cook and cleaning, insinuating that a woman who can't do either is unlovable and worthless. The book also says that women need to marry a man who is both smarter and stronger than they are so they can be adequately "protected".Do NOT, under any circumstances, give this book to your daughter/niece/friend/whomever. It's a load of misogynistic rubbish that will only pollute her mind and wreck her self-esteem. If you want her to read good Christian books, have her read C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia"--they have both a good Christian message and will encourage girls to be smart, strong, and capable like the women in the story. | 980 | [
"I picked this book off of my sister's shelves thinking I was going to be in for a good read.",
"I was so, so wrong.This book is all about how women should change themselves to please men.",
"Dove encourages her readers to go to charm school instead of college to learn how to be good little wives.",
"She also stresses the importance of knowing how to cook and cleaning, insinuating that a woman who can't do either is unlovable and worthless.",
"The book also says that women need to marry a man who is both smarter and stronger than they are so they can be adequately \"protected\".Do NOT, under any circumstances, give this book to your daughter/niece/friend/whomever.",
"It's a load of misogynistic rubbish that will only pollute her mind and wreck her self-esteem.",
"If you want her to read good Christian books, have her read C.S. Lewis's \"The Chronicles of Narnia\"--they have both a good Christian message and will encourage girls to be smart, strong, and capable like the women in the story."
] |
1 | Poorly designed alarm clock | It's not "dual alarm" as its name implies. It's a M-F alarm and a weekend alarm. If you are among the thousands of us, health care workers and the like, who don't get every weekend off, it's not designed for you. You have to manually adjust every different wake time, running up or down through all the minutes.Incredibly, it has no off-switch. If you wake up before the alarm goes off, you can't disable it. You have to wait for it to buzz, then turn it off. That's just plain annoying.UPDATE: OK, I have had this thing a few weeks now, and I have learned some new things about it. The directions don't exactly tell you this, but if you read between the lines, you figure out you can set one wake time on the buzzer, and another on the radio, setting them both for "Everyday." Then switch back and forth as you need. If you want to turn it off before it alarms, find the secret buttons under the little door, figure out which one is which, and turn off the alarm.Make it 2 stars. | 980 | [
"It's not \"dual alarm\" as its name implies.",
"It's a M-F alarm and a weekend alarm.",
"If you are among the thousands of us, health care workers and the like, who don't get every weekend off, it's not designed for you.",
"You have to manually adjust every different wake time, running up or down through all the minutes.Incredibly, it has no off-switch.",
"If you wake up before the alarm goes off, you can't disable it.",
"You have to wait for it to buzz, then turn it off.",
"That's just plain annoying.UPDATE: OK, I have had this thing a few weeks now, and I have learned some new things about it.",
"The directions don't exactly tell you this, but if you read between the lines, you figure out you can set one wake time on the buzzer, and another on the radio, setting them both for \"Everyday.\" Then switch back and forth as you need.",
"If you want to turn it off before it alarms, find the secret buttons under the little door, figure out which one is which, and turn off the alarm.Make it 2 stars."
] |
1 | How horrible. | I have never believed it was okay to hit people, and children are people as well. For the record, I have two boys under the age of three, whom I have never had to hit or "train" in order for them to do what is expected of them at home. Previous reviews have derided Dr. Sears and those who use attachment parenting, but I have to say that I love it. My boys are well behaved and polite, and I have been blessed with a rich, rewarding relationship with them that has been built on a strong foundation of trust. I can only imagine that using the techniques described in this book would shatter that precious trust. It sickens me to think that some people might even consider doing this to their children. I strongly encourage anyone looking for guidance in their parenting to reject this book and look instead at the principals of attachment parenting. Really, the best evidence is in some of the responses from people praising the Pearls: hardened, defensive, and just plain nasty. | 980 | [
"I have never believed it was okay to hit people, and children are people as well.",
"For the record, I have two boys under the age of three, whom I have never had to hit or \"train\" in order for them to do what is expected of them at home.",
"Previous reviews have derided Dr.",
"Sears and those who use attachment parenting, but I have to say that I love it.",
"My boys are well behaved and polite, and I have been blessed with a rich, rewarding relationship with them that has been built on a strong foundation of trust.",
"I can only imagine that using the techniques described in this book would shatter that precious trust.",
"It sickens me to think that some people might even consider doing this to their children.",
"I strongly encourage anyone looking for guidance in their parenting to reject this book and look instead at the principals of attachment parenting.",
"Really, the best evidence is in some of the responses from people praising the Pearls: hardened, defensive, and just plain nasty."
] |
1 | never enough... | before you ask why i rated this album so low, being that robert downey jr. is the most handsome man alive as well as a musical genuis, he could quite possibly be the Mozart or Bach of his time...with that said i feel like there just isn't enough RDJ on this album...why only 12 songs, he should make a double cd, or maybe a triple cd set...i would pay good money for that, with an extra cd for special interviews into the life of times of R. Downey jr...but i love him, he's the man, i wish music these days was more like his, refreshing, stimulating, innovative and just damn sexy...i know one anniversaries me and my lady will get some champagne, light the fireplace, lay on the bear skin rug and listen to RDJ by candle light...he's the best and in my heart a 5 star person/actor/musician...perfect stocking stuffer for the upcoming holidays...i know i'm buying a few for all of my family and loved ones...keep up the good work futurist...you are definetly ahead of ur time.... | 980 | [
"before you ask why i rated this album so low, being that robert downey jr.",
"is the most handsome man alive as well as a musical genuis, he could quite possibly be the Mozart or Bach of his time...with that said i feel like there just isn't enough RDJ on this album...why only 12 songs, he should make a double cd, or maybe a triple cd set...i would pay good money for that, with an extra cd for special interviews into the life of times of R.",
"Downey jr...but i love him, he's the man, i wish music these days was more like his, refreshing, stimulating, innovative and just damn sexy...i know one anniversaries me and my lady will get some champagne, light the fireplace, lay on the bear skin rug and listen to RDJ by candle light...he's the best and in my heart a 5 star person/actor/musician...perfect stocking stuffer for the upcoming holidays...i know i'm buying a few for all of my family and loved ones...keep up the good work futurist...you are definetly ahead of ur time...."
] |
1 | Do not buy the EarWave Boom | I need to use the hands-free while driving b/c our city has a law that requires you to do so. I bought the Jabra EarWave Boom b/c my last hands-free boom broke. The main problem is as follows:The earpiece is plastic and sits in your ear--It comes with two different size plastic attachments and one should be better than the other for you. Some may find the attachment inside the ear uncomfortable, but I think it's fine if it were to actually stay in your ear. You cannot move your head from side to side without the earpiece coming out--this is a problem if you are trying to drive. If the earpiece comes out of your ear, you will not be able to hear the person on the other line--at all. If you turn up your phone to compensate you can hear a little better. That is until the earpiece falls back into place, and then you get blasted by it being too loud. I have found the plantronics boom to be much better, and would recommend that before the Jabra.This is not a good product. | 980 | [
"I need to use the hands-free while driving b/c our city has a law that requires you to do so.",
"I bought the Jabra EarWave Boom b/c my last hands-free boom broke.",
"The main problem is as follows:The earpiece is plastic and sits in your ear--It comes with two different size plastic attachments and one should be better than the other for you.",
"Some may find the attachment inside the ear uncomfortable, but I think it's fine if it were to actually stay in your ear.",
"You cannot move your head from side to side without the earpiece coming out--this is a problem if you are trying to drive.",
"If the earpiece comes out of your ear, you will not be able to hear the person on the other line--at all.",
"If you turn up your phone to compensate you can hear a little better.",
"That is until the earpiece falls back into place, and then you get blasted by it being too loud.",
"I have found the plantronics boom to be much better, and would recommend that before the Jabra.This is not a good product."
] |
1 | This Kinda sucks... | It just does. Woo Hoo Two screens. Who cares? PSP Kills this thing. I own both so I am being very fair here. The PSP lets you browse the internet, and I mean real internet, no cell phqone internet BS. Also the graphics are WAY beter. The games are better. Why you thing Rockstar is releasing GTA: Libery City Stories on it, instead of the DS? 'Cause Nintendo straight up sucks. I thought the DS was cool after having it for a month and I got a PSP. You can do WAY more than the DS. You can't put your MP3 Songs, Videos, or Pictures onto a DS, now can you? Aparently Not. PSP --Yes you can. Also you can keep up in track with Sony as they release Updates for the Filmware for the PSP, the DS is as plain and boring since the day you get it. The Graphics suck. SONY kills nintendo, except for sales, because the PSP is a little bit more and people decide lemme be a cheap ass and buy a piece of crap. Well they get what they pay for. Do yourself a favor and not get it. That is all. | 980 | [
"It just does.",
"Woo Hoo Two screens.",
"Who cares?",
"PSP Kills this thing.",
"I own both so I am being very fair here.",
"The PSP lets you browse the internet, and I mean real internet, no cell phqone internet BS.",
"Also the graphics are WAY beter.",
"The games are better.",
"Why you thing Rockstar is releasing GTA: Libery City Stories on it, instead of the DS?",
"'Cause Nintendo straight up sucks.",
"I thought the DS was cool after having it for a month and I got a PSP.",
"You can do WAY more than the DS.",
"You can't put your MP3 Songs, Videos, or Pictures onto a DS, now can you?",
"Aparently Not.",
"PSP --Yes you can.",
"Also you can keep up in track with Sony as they release Updates for the Filmware for the PSP, the DS is as plain and boring since the day you get it.",
"The Graphics suck.",
"SONY kills nintendo, except for sales, because the PSP is a little bit more and people decide lemme be a cheap ass and buy a piece of crap.",
"Well they get what they pay for.",
"Do yourself a favor and not get it.",
"That is all."
] |
1 | Disappointing | REM's "Monster" was very disappointing. When I got to know REM, thru "Automatic for the People" (magnificent) and "Out of Time" (very good), I then wanted to own everything they'd recorded. My journey so far:Murmur (uninteresting) ... Life's Rich Pageant (worthwhile) ... Dead Letter Office (worthwhile, fun) ... Document (better, including the great "It's the End of the World as We Know It") ... Green (I only liked "Stand" and "Orange Crush")REM has produced some magnificent songs ("Everybody Hurts" ... "Losing My Religion" ... "Man on the Moon" ... "The Great Beyond" ... and maybe "Nightswimming").I'll likely give "Monster" another listen, maybe twice more, then probably I'll give it to charity. Maybe it's because I'm old (44) and REM's audience is young - I don't know. "Murmur" was voted one of the best rock albums of all time, and I didn't like it at all. Similarly, I am a big fan of Van Morrison, but his famous "Astral Weeks" album I found unappealing. Go figure. | 980 | [
"REM's \"Monster\" was very disappointing.",
"When I got to know REM, thru \"Automatic for the People\" (magnificent) and \"Out of Time\" (very good), I then wanted to own everything they'd recorded.",
"My journey so far:Murmur (uninteresting) ... Life's Rich Pageant (worthwhile) ... Dead Letter Office (worthwhile, fun) ... Document (better, including the great \"It's the End of the World as We Know It\") ... Green (I only liked \"Stand\" and \"Orange Crush\")REM has produced some magnificent songs (\"Everybody Hurts\" ... \"Losing My Religion\" ... \"Man on the Moon\" ... \"The Great Beyond\" ... and maybe \"Nightswimming\").I'll likely give \"Monster\" another listen, maybe twice more, then probably I'll give it to charity.",
"Maybe it's because I'm old (44) and REM's audience is young - I don't know.",
"\"Murmur\" was voted one of the best rock albums of all time, and I didn't like it at all.",
"Similarly, I am a big fan of Van Morrison, but his famous \"Astral Weeks\" album I found unappealing.",
"Go figure."
] |
1 | Two defective units? Unlikely | Two weeks ago I purchased this router. The setup CD seemed idiotproof, alas I couldn't get it to work. After talking with tech support, they recommended I return it as it must be faulty. I returned it yesterday and picked up another identical model. My mistake. Again, it would not work. I spoke with Linksys tech support (straining my brain trying to understand the foreign techies) for 38 minutes the first time, got disconnected, and 49 minutes the second time. The second guy was transferring me to his supervisor since he couldn't help me when we disconnected. So I called my IP's tech support. No accents which made thing a little smoother. 26 minutes later and she was going to have her super call me back. 9:40pm he calls back, gets some info and says HIS super will call back. 10:30pm and I'm on with him for 35 minutes. Yes, I have a life, but last night I sure didn't. Finally he suggested I return the faulty unit and get a D-Link. That's what I'm going to have to do. | 980 | [
"Two weeks ago I purchased this router.",
"The setup CD seemed idiotproof, alas I couldn't get it to work.",
"After talking with tech support, they recommended I return it as it must be faulty.",
"I returned it yesterday and picked up another identical model.",
"My mistake.",
"Again, it would not work.",
"I spoke with Linksys tech support (straining my brain trying to understand the foreign techies) for 38 minutes the first time, got disconnected, and 49 minutes the second time.",
"The second guy was transferring me to his supervisor since he couldn't help me when we disconnected.",
"So I called my IP's tech support.",
"No accents which made thing a little smoother.",
"26 minutes later and she was going to have her super call me back.",
"9:40pm he calls back, gets some info and says HIS super will call back.",
"10:30pm and I'm on with him for 35 minutes.",
"Yes, I have a life, but last night I sure didn't.",
"Finally he suggested I return the faulty unit and get a D-Link.",
"That's what I'm going to have to do."
] |
1 | NOT comedy at all | I downloaded a free video on demand, it claims to be comedy.however, upon viewing it contains vulgar, very NOT comedy content.from the Comedy.com "make a hot girl laugh" series, "lost in translation"I have tried to remove it from my list, but I keep getting the dialog "Could not delete season. This season could not be deleted at this time. Please try again later."This dialog has been the result for the past several days at every attempt to remove it.I also notice that the entire "season" is now free; this should be properly labeled: WARNING material content suitable for immature adults only. "Hate mongering comedy hack"the people at Comedy.com that are producing this trash are as guilty as the idiots "performing" Mark Ellis is nearly as demented as the hate-monger Julius Sharpe.there is nothing at all funny with the contentnot to mention that these are not comedians, but wanna be hacks.inappropriately using / misusing stereo-types is a "hate crime" as far as I know. | 980 | [
"I downloaded a free video on demand, it claims to be comedy.however, upon viewing it contains vulgar, very NOT comedy content.from the Comedy.com \"make a hot girl laugh\" series, \"lost in translation\"I have tried to remove it from my list, but I keep getting the dialog \"Could not delete season.",
"This season could not be deleted at this time.",
"Please try again later.\"This dialog has been the result for the past several days at every attempt to remove it.I also notice that the entire \"season\" is now free; this should be properly labeled: WARNING material content suitable for immature adults only.",
"\"Hate mongering comedy hack\"the people at Comedy.com that are producing this trash are as guilty as the idiots \"performing\" Mark Ellis is nearly as demented as the hate-monger Julius Sharpe.there is nothing at all funny with the contentnot to mention that these are not comedians, but wanna be hacks.inappropriately using / misusing stereo-types is a \"hate crime\" as far as I know."
] |
1 | Frustrating | The other comments on the mounting screw having a lot of play are very true. Tighten all you want, duct tape might work better. The magnification is strong enough that, after 6 months, I found a tripod to be mandatory. The Celestron recommended tripod added to my frustration. I never thought that something as basic as going to a point in the sky and having a steady view would be such a chore. The biggest gripe I have with these binocs is the chromatic aberration. With daytime use this isn't noticeable but a few stars or a planet against a dark sky and it is a significant problem. I expected some aberration at the edges, after all these aren't $3,000 binocs, but what I found was I had it dead center. Recently I had a great view of Jupiter with 3 moons visible. I was hoping to spend several minutes taking in the sight and seeing if I can make out features on the planet. Instead it was a collection of roundish rainbows that had me back in the house after a few seconds. | 980 | [
"The other comments on the mounting screw having a lot of play are very true.",
"Tighten all you want, duct tape might work better.",
"The magnification is strong enough that, after 6 months, I found a tripod to be mandatory.",
"The Celestron recommended tripod added to my frustration.",
"I never thought that something as basic as going to a point in the sky and having a steady view would be such a chore.",
"The biggest gripe I have with these binocs is the chromatic aberration.",
"With daytime use this isn't noticeable but a few stars or a planet against a dark sky and it is a significant problem.",
"I expected some aberration at the edges, after all these aren't $3,000 binocs, but what I found was I had it dead center.",
"Recently I had a great view of Jupiter with 3 moons visible.",
"I was hoping to spend several minutes taking in the sight and seeing if I can make out features on the planet.",
"Instead it was a collection of roundish rainbows that had me back in the house after a few seconds."
] |
1 | TKO for Foreman | I am very disappointed with this book. I expected specific instructions on how to use his grilling machine. Instead the bulk of the book contains general rules about healthy eating: 1. Avoid fat 2. Avoid fast food restaurants 3. Use of low fat substitutes 4. Substitute veggies for meat 5. etc. All of which most of us already know and have many books on these subjects.Here and there in his book, he refers to using a grilling machine. (the reason I bought the book). However you have to hunt for this information. I was looking for specific ways to use his machine. Instead I got generalities.I would suggest to anyone who has not bought his grilling machine, DON'T DO IT, unless you want to experiment on your own to find ways to use it. So far, I have used it to cook a hamburger which I overcooked because I didn't know how long to cook it. As long as I have the machine I will experiment with it. Maybe I will learn how to use it. His book certainly hasn't helped very much. | 980 | [
"I am very disappointed with this book.",
"I expected specific instructions on how to use his grilling machine.",
"Instead the bulk of the book contains general rules about healthy eating: 1.",
"Avoid fat 2.",
"Avoid fast food restaurants 3.",
"Use of low fat substitutes 4.",
"Substitute veggies for meat 5.",
"etc.",
"All of which most of us already know and have many books on these subjects.Here and there in his book, he refers to using a grilling machine.",
"(the reason I bought the book).",
"However you have to hunt for this information.",
"I was looking for specific ways to use his machine.",
"Instead I got generalities.I would suggest to anyone who has not bought his grilling machine, DON'T DO IT, unless you want to experiment on your own to find ways to use it.",
"So far, I have used it to cook a hamburger which I overcooked because I didn't know how long to cook it.",
"As long as I have the machine I will experiment with it.",
"Maybe I will learn how to use it.",
"His book certainly hasn't helped very much."
] |
1 | an abuse of reason | I thought that von Mises here is using the narrow minded dogmatism that he professes to be against. In omnipotent government he says that he is against polylogism, but this whole damn book was polylogic. He doesnt seem to allow for the possibility that socialists have mistaken ideas or just disagree on how society SHOULD be run, which is exactly the same thing that he blamed the socialists of. Mises morally was a utilitarian, and if he had taken the time to familiarize himself with the teachings of Bentham(the founder of utiliarianism), he probably knew Bentham was not the firm believer in the rule of law that von Mises professed to be. Bentham favored stuffing people into poor houses, so that they would be out of sight and out of mind. Of course, von Mises was included in the happiness for the great number, provided that he happened to be included in the greatest number and we could fudge the fact that the rule of law could be abandoned in pursuit of this endeavor. | 980 | [
"I thought that von Mises here is using the narrow minded dogmatism that he professes to be against.",
"In omnipotent government he says that he is against polylogism, but this whole damn book was polylogic.",
"He doesnt seem to allow for the possibility that socialists have mistaken ideas or just disagree on how society SHOULD be run, which is exactly the same thing that he blamed the socialists of.",
"Mises morally was a utilitarian, and if he had taken the time to familiarize himself with the teachings of Bentham(the founder of utiliarianism), he probably knew Bentham was not the firm believer in the rule of law that von Mises professed to be.",
"Bentham favored stuffing people into poor houses, so that they would be out of sight and out of mind.",
"Of course, von Mises was included in the happiness for the great number, provided that he happened to be included in the greatest number and we could fudge the fact that the rule of law could be abandoned in pursuit of this endeavor."
] |
1 | SOO disappointed.. | They revamped the whole game, so even starting a quick game so Brady could throw a bomb to Moss was confusing. Once I got the game up, again they changed everything. Picking a play has changed. Change for the sake of changing as it didn't make it easier. Players are smaller, you can't change your view or the field, can't change audio settings, No Madden or Michaels or any intelligent play by play. In fact, one of the worst and poorly thought-out pieces is after you have picked your teams, Marshall Faulk comes on to give you his prediction. It is always canned, never smooth and always wrong. NE vs. Oak, he said "this one won't be close, (long pause) Oak 34, (long pause) NE 10". Game in NE. (I know I am a Pats fan, but this happened 4 times I played.) I have had the game for just one night but so far just really disappointing. This is what you get for product when you stop competition. I am going to see if I can find update rosters for past games. Yes, it is that bad. | 980 | [
"They revamped the whole game, so even starting a quick game so Brady could throw a bomb to Moss was confusing.",
"Once I got the game up, again they changed everything.",
"Picking a play has changed.",
"Change for the sake of changing as it didn't make it easier.",
"Players are smaller, you can't change your view or the field, can't change audio settings, No Madden or Michaels or any intelligent play by play.",
"In fact, one of the worst and poorly thought-out pieces is after you have picked your teams, Marshall Faulk comes on to give you his prediction.",
"It is always canned, never smooth and always wrong.",
"NE vs.",
"Oak, he said \"this one won't be close, (long pause) Oak 34, (long pause) NE 10\".",
"Game in NE.",
"(I know I am a Pats fan, but this happened 4 times I played.) I have had the game for just one night but so far just really disappointing.",
"This is what you get for product when you stop competition.",
"I am going to see if I can find update rosters for past games.",
"Yes, it is that bad."
] |
1 | Disturbing... | Perhaps it is because, at 22, I am still close enough to the generation gap that I have heard these songs, which appear unedited on these CDs, or perhaps it is because I am one of those few adults who listen to the lyrics of a song rather than just the chorus, but I am greatly disturbed that any corporation would stoop to the level of putting pop songs most certainly intended for adult audiences (given that they deal with such subjects as casual sex, infidelity, and the alteration of one's body/personality to fit the expectations of another, to name just a few) on a CD inteded for impressionable children. I reccomend to any parent who would look to buying this CD to look up the lyrics to songs like Dilemma, Hey, Baby, or Whenever, Wherever before buying this ... CD, as I assure you that your children will learn and absorb these lyrics. I speak from personal experience as my 6-year-old godson came home singing these songs after a birthday party a couple of weeks ago. | 980 | [
"Perhaps it is because, at 22, I am still close enough to the generation gap that I have heard these songs, which appear unedited on these CDs, or perhaps it is because I am one of those few adults who listen to the lyrics of a song rather than just the chorus, but I am greatly disturbed that any corporation would stoop to the level of putting pop songs most certainly intended for adult audiences (given that they deal with such subjects as casual sex, infidelity, and the alteration of one's body/personality to fit the expectations of another, to name just a few) on a CD inteded for impressionable children.",
"I reccomend to any parent who would look to buying this CD to look up the lyrics to songs like Dilemma, Hey, Baby, or Whenever, Wherever before buying this ... CD, as I assure you that your children will learn and absorb these lyrics.",
"I speak from personal experience as my 6-year-old godson came home singing these songs after a birthday party a couple of weeks ago."
] |
1 | What a rip off! | I have to say, I got SO super excited reading these shows are coming out on DVD and not just iTunes but when I read the DVDs do not include The Untuck Episodes, I became very disappointed, I mean the untuck epidoses are part of the main show so why not include them on these releases? It makes no sense whatsoever to give the fans only half of the entertainment of what RDR has become to SO many fans worldwide. I will not even go into the drama behind the Season 1 DVD release. It makes me even more upset, I mean who uses other people's songs and not get clearance first? Not cool at all to deprive the fans from owning these tremendously funny and riot episodes. And yes, I know there is always iTunes but not everyone is into downloading stuff, some of us still prefer actual DVDs/CDs. Needless to say, I will not be buying these DVDs as I feel they are incomplete! I can only hope there is a second edition somewhere down the road with eveything included for each season, :-) | 980 | [
"I have to say, I got SO super excited reading these shows are coming out on DVD and not just iTunes but when I read the DVDs do not include The Untuck Episodes, I became very disappointed, I mean the untuck epidoses are part of the main show so why not include them on these releases?",
"It makes no sense whatsoever to give the fans only half of the entertainment of what RDR has become to SO many fans worldwide.",
"I will not even go into the drama behind the Season 1 DVD release.",
"It makes me even more upset, I mean who uses other people's songs and not get clearance first?",
"Not cool at all to deprive the fans from owning these tremendously funny and riot episodes.",
"And yes, I know there is always iTunes but not everyone is into downloading stuff, some of us still prefer actual DVDs/CDs.",
"Needless to say, I will not be buying these DVDs as I feel they are incomplete!",
"I can only hope there is a second edition somewhere down the road with eveything included for each season, :-)"
] |
1 | Don't buy it - Big mistake | First, because I live far away in South America, I received this item many montha after I bought it. By the time I tried it, the Return authorized date was expired.Why "Don't buy it", because my computer (brand new with Windows 7 and Blu Ray DVD player included) does not read all the 5 CDs included in this ROCKY collection box. You can imagine How disappointed I was !The other problem is I wrote at least 3 times to the seller to explain the problem see if he could help me out a bit - NEVER got one answer from him. Does not care. This seller should be eliminated from Amazon.com. Then I tried by myself : tried all the possible troubleshooting proposed by Amazon: downloaded new firmware, trying everything they say, calling HP support (my computer is HP), everything for days and days...still no result.I gave up and therefore I lost about 80 dollars (because there was costly international shipping).AGAIN, DO NOT BUY ANYTHINGFROM THIS SELLER - NO HELP, DOES NOT CARE A BIT | 980 | [
"First, because I live far away in South America, I received this item many montha after I bought it.",
"By the time I tried it, the Return authorized date was expired.Why \"Don't buy it\", because my computer (brand new with Windows 7 and Blu Ray DVD player included) does not read all the 5 CDs included in this ROCKY collection box.",
"You can imagine How disappointed I was!",
"The other problem is I wrote at least 3 times to the seller to explain the problem see if he could help me out a bit - NEVER got one answer from him.",
"Does not care.",
"This seller should be eliminated from Amazon.com.",
"Then I tried by myself : tried all the possible troubleshooting proposed by Amazon: downloaded new firmware, trying everything they say, calling HP support (my computer is HP), everything for days and days...still no result.I gave up and therefore I lost about 80 dollars (because there was costly international shipping).AGAIN, DO NOT BUY ANYTHINGFROM THIS SELLER - NO HELP, DOES NOT CARE A BIT"
] |
1 | Product gone Bad | I purchased this item 8 months ago for the purpose of using it while taking an extended train trip for Thanksgiving Holiday). I have used the product approximately five times since I bought it. I had experienced sensitive loading with the somewhat fragile lid on each use. While the quality of picture and sound was good, the unit no longer functions. This DVD player was handled and operated by just me (no children), never dropped and treated like all electronics should be, with upmost care. It worked on the last occassion and did not work the next. I did not purchase the extended warranty, Best Buy will not stand behind the purchase and judging by the comments on this site, its a waste of time to take the issue any further. I just wasted nearly $200 on a product that should not be on the market. My recommendation is to avoid both the product and the store, there are far too many other options. I only wish that the postings you see now were there prior to my purchase. | 980 | [
"I purchased this item 8 months ago for the purpose of using it while taking an extended train trip for Thanksgiving Holiday).",
"I have used the product approximately five times since I bought it.",
"I had experienced sensitive loading with the somewhat fragile lid on each use.",
"While the quality of picture and sound was good, the unit no longer functions.",
"This DVD player was handled and operated by just me (no children), never dropped and treated like all electronics should be, with upmost care.",
"It worked on the last occassion and did not work the next.",
"I did not purchase the extended warranty, Best Buy will not stand behind the purchase and judging by the comments on this site, its a waste of time to take the issue any further.",
"I just wasted nearly $200 on a product that should not be on the market.",
"My recommendation is to avoid both the product and the store, there are far too many other options.",
"I only wish that the postings you see now were there prior to my purchase."
] |
1 | Sucks. Bad, | If you like movies like "Krull" or "Beastmaster," this movie will NOT amuse you. I could barely tell one character from another; the plot was so stupid, at an hour and forty minutes, it felt like work finishing it. There's action, sure, and a few nude scenes to keep morons occupied for a few minutes.I love sword and sorcery movies, and while this looks like a gem for your DVD collection, belive me, it is not. This is just as bad as "Dungeons and Dragons." I guess I should add, for the sake of fairness, if you liked "Dungeons and Dragons," you'll love this. But if you thought it was another tired attempt by corporate Hollywood to suck dollars from your pockets, stay away from this loser.Let me put it this way: "Gor" is a better movie than this one.Luckily, I rented the film, so I could return it. You'd be better off drinking the fifteen bucks you'd spend on this sucky movie. At least you'll feel magical.My advice, watch Krull 20 times before you see this p.o.s. once. | 980 | [
"If you like movies like \"Krull\" or \"Beastmaster,\" this movie will NOT amuse you.",
"I could barely tell one character from another; the plot was so stupid, at an hour and forty minutes, it felt like work finishing it.",
"There's action, sure, and a few nude scenes to keep morons occupied for a few minutes.I love sword and sorcery movies, and while this looks like a gem for your DVD collection, belive me, it is not.",
"This is just as bad as \"Dungeons and Dragons.\" I guess I should add, for the sake of fairness, if you liked \"Dungeons and Dragons,\" you'll love this.",
"But if you thought it was another tired attempt by corporate Hollywood to suck dollars from your pockets, stay away from this loser.Let me put it this way: \"Gor\" is a better movie than this one.Luckily, I rented the film, so I could return it.",
"You'd be better off drinking the fifteen bucks you'd spend on this sucky movie.",
"At least you'll feel magical.My advice, watch Krull 20 times before you see this p.o.s. once."
] |
1 | Not what I'd expected | Every Christmas my family watches "Muppet Family Christmas" and "The Muppet's Christmas Carol," so I was looking forward to another Muppet Christmas movie. But I was really disappointed in this one. First of all, for those who dismiss all the inuendos saying that they'll just go over the kid's heads; kids aren't a naive anymore as alot of people would like to think. I work with alot of kids and know that they may not catch all of them, but most would get several. But even if they don't get them, why put them in a family movie in the first place?Then, I know that the alternate world where Kermit had never been born was supposed to be worse off, but in places it just went too far. Like when Fozzie was a pickpocket, that was ok,(they even got a halfway decent joke out of it.) But seeing Scooter as a cage dancer, that just creeped me out.And the ending; I'm not going to tell you what it is, but I will let you know that it's one that's unoriginal, and extremely overused. | 980 | [
"Every Christmas my family watches \"Muppet Family Christmas\" and \"The Muppet's Christmas Carol,\" so I was looking forward to another Muppet Christmas movie.",
"But I was really disappointed in this one.",
"First of all, for those who dismiss all the inuendos saying that they'll just go over the kid's heads; kids aren't a naive anymore as alot of people would like to think.",
"I work with alot of kids and know that they may not catch all of them, but most would get several.",
"But even if they don't get them, why put them in a family movie in the first place?",
"Then, I know that the alternate world where Kermit had never been born was supposed to be worse off, but in places it just went too far.",
"Like when Fozzie was a pickpocket, that was ok,(they even got a halfway decent joke out of it.) But seeing Scooter as a cage dancer, that just creeped me out.And the ending; I'm not going to tell you what it is, but I will let you know that it's one that's unoriginal, and extremely overused."
] |
1 | What a joke... | Don't waste your time if you are looking for a un-biased documentary. The producer / narrator of this movie takes scripture completely out of context in the most pathetic agenda driven of way. His dogma against and hatred of Christianity is as virulent and blind as any fundamentalist religious zealot is for Christianity. I waited forever to see an unbiased historical representation of the Christian religion and all I saw was a damaged man's diatribe full of lies and half truths and agenda driven drivel. The few scenes about ancient religions being the same as the Christ story were barely covered and nothing new from 100's of other books / movies in this milieu. His religion of hating religion is boooooring - and the attempt at the musical score making some emotional statement was hackneyed at best. The absolute JOKE of it all was his "dramatic" denial of the Holy Spirit in the chapel he attended as a boy... lame. If he has a therapist he should fire him immediately. | 980 | [
"Don't waste your time if you are looking for a un-biased documentary.",
"The producer / narrator of this movie takes scripture completely out of context in the most pathetic agenda driven of way.",
"His dogma against and hatred of Christianity is as virulent and blind as any fundamentalist religious zealot is for Christianity.",
"I waited forever to see an unbiased historical representation of the Christian religion and all I saw was a damaged man's diatribe full of lies and half truths and agenda driven drivel.",
"The few scenes about ancient religions being the same as the Christ story were barely covered and nothing new from 100's of other books / movies in this milieu.",
"His religion of hating religion is boooooring - and the attempt at the musical score making some emotional statement was hackneyed at best.",
"The absolute JOKE of it all was his \"dramatic\" denial of the Holy Spirit in the chapel he attended as a boy... lame.",
"If he has a therapist he should fire him immediately."
] |
1 | Wish I could return | I was very dissapointed with this product. The rollers take forever to heat up and still dont get very hot at all even leaving the curlers in my hair for 30 minutes doesnt give me the "beach wave" result that the product itself is named after. I would not recommend this product if you're looking for beach waves. The revlon 3 barrel waver is much better to achieve that result quickly. Even wearing my regular $2 foam rollers overnight gave a better result than this product. I dont have thin or thick hair, it's regular and curls very easily so for this product not to give the result it claims really says a lot. The product itself was overpriced for the poor quality, shipping price was ridiculous (close to $9-bought from DealYard) who also has an extremely non-flexible return policy so I will probably end up cutting my losses and keep the product rather than pay to ship it back because I was disatisfied. So overall the product was horrible and no one should purchase it. | 980 | [
"I was very dissapointed with this product.",
"The rollers take forever to heat up and still dont get very hot at all even leaving the curlers in my hair for 30 minutes doesnt give me the \"beach wave\" result that the product itself is named after.",
"I would not recommend this product if you're looking for beach waves.",
"The revlon 3 barrel waver is much better to achieve that result quickly.",
"Even wearing my regular $2 foam rollers overnight gave a better result than this product.",
"I dont have thin or thick hair, it's regular and curls very easily so for this product not to give the result it claims really says a lot.",
"The product itself was overpriced for the poor quality, shipping price was ridiculous (close to $9-bought from DealYard) who also has an extremely non-flexible return policy so I will probably end up cutting my losses and keep the product rather than pay to ship it back because I was disatisfied.",
"So overall the product was horrible and no one should purchase it."
] |
1 | Rip Off! | The cost of this all-in-one machine was pretty low, so I bought it. The box bragged about not wasting ink because each color has a separate cartridge, so I thought it was a good product. While I can't complain about the fax or scan components, the printer is primitive, and the ink is a killer! It can't print double-sided, unless you find creative and laborious ways to do this manually (no thanks), and it spits out multiple-paged documents in reverse order, so you have to reshuffle yourself. I rarely print things on this, but I probably spend $100 a year in ink. Furthermore, I print in black and white 95% of the time, but somehow the colors run out almost as fast as the black. When I compare the weight of a so-called empty cartridge with that of a new cartridge, there is barely a difference. You can still shake the cartridge and hear liquid in there, but the machine refuses to print! It is a complete scam, and I will never buy another Brother product because of this! | 980 | [
"The cost of this all-in-one machine was pretty low, so I bought it.",
"The box bragged about not wasting ink because each color has a separate cartridge, so I thought it was a good product.",
"While I can't complain about the fax or scan components, the printer is primitive, and the ink is a killer!",
"It can't print double-sided, unless you find creative and laborious ways to do this manually (no thanks), and it spits out multiple-paged documents in reverse order, so you have to reshuffle yourself.",
"I rarely print things on this, but I probably spend $100 a year in ink.",
"Furthermore, I print in black and white 95% of the time, but somehow the colors run out almost as fast as the black.",
"When I compare the weight of a so-called empty cartridge with that of a new cartridge, there is barely a difference.",
"You can still shake the cartridge and hear liquid in there, but the machine refuses to print!",
"It is a complete scam, and I will never buy another Brother product because of this!"
] |
1 | Too much corn | The Gluten Fee Kitchen book by Roben Ryberg is a great recipe book if you are truly looking for gluten free recipes without any other food limitation. I ordered the book with out looking at any of the recipes or indigents used. My mistake! Not only do I have a sensitivity to gluten but also to corn. Every recipe uses large amounts of cornstarch instead of other types of flour. The other ingredient that is used quite frequently, however not to the same extent of cornstarch, is Xantham gum. I have hesitation using Xantham gum, mainly because its fermented corn sugar. Studies have confirmed residual wheat gluten to be detected in xanthan gum. It's a double whammy, corn and and wheat. Xantham gum has been found as a link to respiroatory symptoms and is an effective laxative. So why would I want to add that to my food, even if it is less then one teaspoon? The exssive use of corn products in "The Gluten Fee Kitchen Book" is useless to anybody who is trying to avoid corn. | 980 | [
"The Gluten Fee Kitchen book by Roben Ryberg is a great recipe book if you are truly looking for gluten free recipes without any other food limitation.",
"I ordered the book with out looking at any of the recipes or indigents used.",
"My mistake!",
"Not only do I have a sensitivity to gluten but also to corn.",
"Every recipe uses large amounts of cornstarch instead of other types of flour.",
"The other ingredient that is used quite frequently, however not to the same extent of cornstarch, is Xantham gum.",
"I have hesitation using Xantham gum, mainly because its fermented corn sugar.",
"Studies have confirmed residual wheat gluten to be detected in xanthan gum.",
"It's a double whammy, corn and and wheat.",
"Xantham gum has been found as a link to respiroatory symptoms and is an effective laxative.",
"So why would I want to add that to my food, even if it is less then one teaspoon?",
"The exssive use of corn products in \"The Gluten Fee Kitchen Book\" is useless to anybody who is trying to avoid corn."
] |
1 | Highly overrated... | When I first looked at this book, it seemed like a good idea. Perl is sufficiently arcane for there to be lot's of simple solutions that will not be immediately obvious. However, the book has two major faults. It is too thick, and it is too specific.What I had hoped for was something like "Design Patterns", but for Perl. But instead of trying to generalize, this book tries to list every specific problem that the beginning Perl programmer is likely to meet. For that reason it is unreadable. Any real insight is bound to get hidden in between dozens of trivial tasks. And when you actually meet some problem you think would be a good idea to look up, it is unlikely to be exactly the same as the authors envisioned (why not simply write a library instead?).With the general incompetence level in the IT-sector during the dot-com bubble, it is possible this book needed to exist, but today it seems like a monument of stupidity, a useless reference that will catch dust forever. | 980 | [
"When I first looked at this book, it seemed like a good idea.",
"Perl is sufficiently arcane for there to be lot's of simple solutions that will not be immediately obvious.",
"However, the book has two major faults.",
"It is too thick, and it is too specific.What I had hoped for was something like \"Design Patterns\", but for Perl.",
"But instead of trying to generalize, this book tries to list every specific problem that the beginning Perl programmer is likely to meet.",
"For that reason it is unreadable.",
"Any real insight is bound to get hidden in between dozens of trivial tasks.",
"And when you actually meet some problem you think would be a good idea to look up, it is unlikely to be exactly the same as the authors envisioned (why not simply write a library instead?",
").With the general incompetence level in the IT-sector during the dot-com bubble, it is possible this book needed to exist, but today it seems like a monument of stupidity, a useless reference that will catch dust forever."
] |
1 | Lessons Learned | Gilgamesh is an epic tale that demonstrates, even though the story is thousands of years old, several lessons that can easily be applied to life in current times. Like Gilgamesh we all face challenges as he did in this story; an example of some of the lessons that he overcame that can be applied to our own realities would be Gilgamesh overcoming Enkidu's challege for his throne, Enkidu was as big and strong but Gilgamesh took on the challenge and ended up not just winning the battle but also he gained a new best friend. As their relationship grew so did their confidence in eachother and soon they decided to travel on a mission to kill the tremendous monster of the pine forest. The heroes set out on this journey with an intent to increase their power an infulence over their region of the world, but in the end they do far more than they ever imagined, learning that nothing ever last forever and that surrenders must be made in order for wisdom and happiness to prevail. | 980 | [
"Gilgamesh is an epic tale that demonstrates, even though the story is thousands of years old, several lessons that can easily be applied to life in current times.",
"Like Gilgamesh we all face challenges as he did in this story; an example of some of the lessons that he overcame that can be applied to our own realities would be Gilgamesh overcoming Enkidu's challege for his throne, Enkidu was as big and strong but Gilgamesh took on the challenge and ended up not just winning the battle but also he gained a new best friend.",
"As their relationship grew so did their confidence in eachother and soon they decided to travel on a mission to kill the tremendous monster of the pine forest.",
"The heroes set out on this journey with an intent to increase their power an infulence over their region of the world, but in the end they do far more than they ever imagined, learning that nothing ever last forever and that surrenders must be made in order for wisdom and happiness to prevail."
] |
1 | Doesn't work | I bought iListen 1.7 for Mac OS X and it has been completely useless. Not only have I not been able to get it to work, I paid a tech service almost as much as the software costs to help me get it working. They couldn't do it either. I resorted to paying for tech support because iListen tech support is only online and useless as well. They send multi-page emails with detailed actions, most of which I'd already taken, and they make excuses such as that voice recognition software is highly complex technology. They suggested that I buy another usb connector because iListen apparently doesn't work with the more recent versions of Mac OS X. I note that there is no mention of that in their ads. I bought the usb connector for the Plantronics mike because I didn't want to downgrade my OS. Again, it was useless. Even recording myself counting produces gibberish, and I have done professional voiceovers for training films, so I know my voice records well. What a waste of money! | 980 | [
"I bought iListen 1.7 for Mac OS X and it has been completely useless.",
"Not only have I not been able to get it to work, I paid a tech service almost as much as the software costs to help me get it working.",
"They couldn't do it either.",
"I resorted to paying for tech support because iListen tech support is only online and useless as well.",
"They send multi-page emails with detailed actions, most of which I'd already taken, and they make excuses such as that voice recognition software is highly complex technology.",
"They suggested that I buy another usb connector because iListen apparently doesn't work with the more recent versions of Mac OS X.",
"I note that there is no mention of that in their ads.",
"I bought the usb connector for the Plantronics mike because I didn't want to downgrade my OS.",
"Again, it was useless.",
"Even recording myself counting produces gibberish, and I have done professional voiceovers for training films, so I know my voice records well.",
"What a waste of money!"
] |
1 | Potentially dangerous | I got this 3-pack from PetSmart for my German Shepherd. I read the package, which made it perfectly clear that these were "highly digestible". My dog is a heavy chewer even at 7 months, so it sounded perfectly fine for her. She ate the entire Spearmint flavored one in about 20 minutes or less. Everything was fine until about 2:00 in the morning when she woke me up, needing to go to the bathroom. The result? Explosive diarrhea. HORRIBLE. After that, she woke me up almost every hour on the hour to go to the bathroom, each time resulting in the same side effect from the Booda Bone. I had to take the next day off work due to lack of sleep and needing to keep an eye on her.We did not feed her any strange foods and she wasn't on any medication at the time, so I can only assume it was a result of this. Please do your dog the favor and spare him or her from the horrible stomach upset these cause. If you're that concerned with your pup's dental health, get them a toothbrush. | 980 | [
"I got this 3-pack from PetSmart for my German Shepherd.",
"I read the package, which made it perfectly clear that these were \"highly digestible\".",
"My dog is a heavy chewer even at 7 months, so it sounded perfectly fine for her.",
"She ate the entire Spearmint flavored one in about 20 minutes or less.",
"Everything was fine until about 2:00 in the morning when she woke me up, needing to go to the bathroom.",
"The result?",
"Explosive diarrhea.",
"HORRIBLE.",
"After that, she woke me up almost every hour on the hour to go to the bathroom, each time resulting in the same side effect from the Booda Bone.",
"I had to take the next day off work due to lack of sleep and needing to keep an eye on her.We did not feed her any strange foods and she wasn't on any medication at the time, so I can only assume it was a result of this.",
"Please do your dog the favor and spare him or her from the horrible stomach upset these cause.",
"If you're that concerned with your pup's dental health, get them a toothbrush."
] |
1 | THE END - AGAIN? | This has to be the dumbest wrap up of a story that I have ever read. Emperor Palpatine has been reduced to a grimmacing, finger pointing, spoiled brat that throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way (Does anybody remember COBRA Commander from the 80's cartoon version of G.I. JOE?). I am a big fan of the original DARK EMPIRE series and as far as I am concerned , the story ends there. No DARK EMPIRE II and no EMPIRES END. I am glad that Cam Kennedy had sense enough to bail out after the second series, although his artwork would have improved this wrap up story to a two star outing. If the Emporer is so infinitely powerful, why doesn't he blink himself a new superior clone body into existence? Afterall, he has the power to instantly create so-called "dark jedi"! And what about the shoddy dialog? Take for instance "Unnh...the Corellian has killed me..." or "hang on rebs -- I'm taking us to jumpspeed!". Give me a brake. Oh, did I forget to mention the Galaxy Gun? | 980 | [
"This has to be the dumbest wrap up of a story that I have ever read.",
"Emperor Palpatine has been reduced to a grimmacing, finger pointing, spoiled brat that throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way (Does anybody remember COBRA Commander from the 80's cartoon version of G.I. JOE?",
").",
"I am a big fan of the original DARK EMPIRE series and as far as I am concerned , the story ends there.",
"No DARK EMPIRE II and no EMPIRES END.",
"I am glad that Cam Kennedy had sense enough to bail out after the second series, although his artwork would have improved this wrap up story to a two star outing.",
"If the Emporer is so infinitely powerful, why doesn't he blink himself a new superior clone body into existence?",
"Afterall, he has the power to instantly create so-called \"dark jedi\"!",
"And what about the shoddy dialog?",
"Take for instance \"Unnh...the Corellian has killed me...\" or \"hang on rebs -- I'm taking us to jumpspeed!",
"\".",
"Give me a brake.",
"Oh, did I forget to mention the Galaxy Gun?"
] |
1 | iCrash | This is a huge step back for Apple's iApps, particularly iPhoto, which is an absolute disaster in this release. We typically cannot launch iPhoto without crashing unless we trash three catalog files. Importing more than once a day is impossible - the app says it cannot access .../iPhoto Library/month/date the second time you try to import.Add to that the continued game of keep-away with iDVD, which will not work with external DVD burners. If you bought anything less than the highest-end Macs, or models like the Cube or iBook that have never had built-in DVD burners as an option, well, too darn bad! Kind of obviates the coolness of FireWire when peripherals are deliberately not supported by Apple.Crashing and losing user data is NEVER acceptable. Apple, more than anyone, is supposed to know this. The company should be absolutely ashamed of this pathetic product, and should not offer it for sale until they work out the bugs and stop being such jerks about DVD burning. | 980 | [
"This is a huge step back for Apple's iApps, particularly iPhoto, which is an absolute disaster in this release.",
"We typically cannot launch iPhoto without crashing unless we trash three catalog files.",
"Importing more than once a day is impossible - the app says it cannot access .../iPhoto Library/month/date the second time you try to import.Add to that the continued game of keep-away with iDVD, which will not work with external DVD burners.",
"If you bought anything less than the highest-end Macs, or models like the Cube or iBook that have never had built-in DVD burners as an option, well, too darn bad!",
"Kind of obviates the coolness of FireWire when peripherals are deliberately not supported by Apple.Crashing and losing user data is NEVER acceptable.",
"Apple, more than anyone, is supposed to know this.",
"The company should be absolutely ashamed of this pathetic product, and should not offer it for sale until they work out the bugs and stop being such jerks about DVD burning."
] |
1 | Consider other options.... | I was excited to get this product. I had MS Money 2000, and later upgraded to MS money 2002 standard. I run my own small business and needed something that was easy to use, and that would not require transfering information from one program to another. My first problem with MS Money 2002 deluxe and busines, is that YOU MUST UN-INSTALL the previous software! That was a pain. Why couldn't it just update the other version??The book is helpful, but is far to small, it leaves hanging on many areas.Setting up accounts in this program is not easy, it is not like Quick Books at all! The talking voices are annoying, and the help file never gives you what you want. I spent an hour figuring out how to update the business information, so that the invoices would have that vital information. I tried searching for address, no luck, and then business address, no luck. Eventually I stumbled upon how to fix it, but I doubt I could get there again easily.Please consider other options! | 980 | [
"I was excited to get this product.",
"I had MS Money 2000, and later upgraded to MS money 2002 standard.",
"I run my own small business and needed something that was easy to use, and that would not require transfering information from one program to another.",
"My first problem with MS Money 2002 deluxe and busines, is that YOU MUST UN-INSTALL the previous software!",
"That was a pain.",
"Why couldn't it just update the other version??",
"The book is helpful, but is far to small, it leaves hanging on many areas.Setting up accounts in this program is not easy, it is not like Quick Books at all!",
"The talking voices are annoying, and the help file never gives you what you want.",
"I spent an hour figuring out how to update the business information, so that the invoices would have that vital information.",
"I tried searching for address, no luck, and then business address, no luck.",
"Eventually I stumbled upon how to fix it, but I doubt I could get there again easily.Please consider other options!"
] |
1 | I agree with not realistic | My 10 year ols son went through a severe brain injury also 3 years ago. Most do not go off to college etc... I have been going through this too living at arehab hospital. Misty was very lucky. Most have a severe memory problem or speech problems. Quite a few never walk again. They experience severe spasicty that never allows fine motor skills. If you take this book with a grain of salt and realize this is one success story and remember there are alot more stories that will never end like this then it is a"bearable" book. Please if your loved one suffers from this injury, be REALISTIC. This is a "happy ending" book. Most real stories are not. I noticed family responded to the negative review. While I do feel for you, I do not feel it's fair to the public to have unrealistic views of a brain injury. Many of these people's children will not walk, talk,or even come out of a coma. Misty's recovery even through years of grief, was a miracle. Not everyone is granted that!! | 980 | [
"My 10 year ols son went through a severe brain injury also 3 years ago.",
"Most do not go off to college etc... I have been going through this too living at arehab hospital.",
"Misty was very lucky.",
"Most have a severe memory problem or speech problems.",
"Quite a few never walk again.",
"They experience severe spasicty that never allows fine motor skills.",
"If you take this book with a grain of salt and realize this is one success story and remember there are alot more stories that will never end like this then it is a\"bearable\" book.",
"Please if your loved one suffers from this injury, be REALISTIC.",
"This is a \"happy ending\" book.",
"Most real stories are not.",
"I noticed family responded to the negative review.",
"While I do feel for you, I do not feel it's fair to the public to have unrealistic views of a brain injury.",
"Many of these people's children will not walk, talk,or even come out of a coma.",
"Misty's recovery even through years of grief, was a miracle.",
"Not everyone is granted that!!"
] |
1 | Crashes constantly | This is a huge step back for Apple's iApps, particularly iPhoto, which is an absolute disaster in this release. We typically cannot launch iPhoto without crashing unless we trash three catalog files. Importing more than once a day is impossible - the app says it cannot access .../iPhoto Library/month/date the second time you try to import.Add to that the continued game of keep-away with iDVD, which will not work with external DVD burners. If you bought anything less than the highest-end Macs, or models like the Cube or iBook that have never had built-in DVD burners as an option, well, too darn bad! Kind of obviates the coolness of FireWire when peripherals are deliberately not supported by Apple.Crashing and losing user data is NEVER acceptable. Apple, more than anyone, is supposed to know this. The company should be absolutely ashamed of this pathetic product, and should not offer it for sale until they work out the bugs and stop being such jerks about DVD burning. | 980 | [
"This is a huge step back for Apple's iApps, particularly iPhoto, which is an absolute disaster in this release.",
"We typically cannot launch iPhoto without crashing unless we trash three catalog files.",
"Importing more than once a day is impossible - the app says it cannot access .../iPhoto Library/month/date the second time you try to import.Add to that the continued game of keep-away with iDVD, which will not work with external DVD burners.",
"If you bought anything less than the highest-end Macs, or models like the Cube or iBook that have never had built-in DVD burners as an option, well, too darn bad!",
"Kind of obviates the coolness of FireWire when peripherals are deliberately not supported by Apple.Crashing and losing user data is NEVER acceptable.",
"Apple, more than anyone, is supposed to know this.",
"The company should be absolutely ashamed of this pathetic product, and should not offer it for sale until they work out the bugs and stop being such jerks about DVD burning."
] |
1 | YAWN ... Wake Me When It's Over | If you have trouble sleeping, this book is for YOU! The author rehashes the same facts of the crime over and over as if he was chewing on a tough steak. I never got a sense that I knew or even cared about the people involved and that includes Bergna, the victim, either family, their friends, the police officers or the attorneys. It was as dry as reading a deposition. And this is the first true crime book I've read in my entire 20+ years of being a devoted true crime fan in which, after finishing the book, I'm still not convinced the accused did it! The only thing that kept me plodding through it was the hope that nestled somewhere inside its sleepy pages was a sensational blockbuster that would blow the lid off the whole case and cause me to bolt upright in my armchair. Sadly, that moment never came and the book ended with more of a whimper than an explosion. My only regret (other than buying it) is that it's impossible for me to give it less than a one star rating. | 980 | [
"If you have trouble sleeping, this book is for YOU!",
"The author rehashes the same facts of the crime over and over as if he was chewing on a tough steak.",
"I never got a sense that I knew or even cared about the people involved and that includes Bergna, the victim, either family, their friends, the police officers or the attorneys.",
"It was as dry as reading a deposition.",
"And this is the first true crime book I've read in my entire 20+ years of being a devoted true crime fan in which, after finishing the book, I'm still not convinced the accused did it!",
"The only thing that kept me plodding through it was the hope that nestled somewhere inside its sleepy pages was a sensational blockbuster that would blow the lid off the whole case and cause me to bolt upright in my armchair.",
"Sadly, that moment never came and the book ended with more of a whimper than an explosion.",
"My only regret (other than buying it) is that it's impossible for me to give it less than a one star rating."
] |
1 | HEARD OF USB, PALMSTER? | I received this last Christmas from a generous friend. As I began unwrapping the gift and almost immediately began to feel that I may have really received what I'd wished for. It was then exclaimed to me, after I had removed enough wrapping to see just what I'd wanted, "It's guaranteed to be totally USB compatible!" After I found NOTHING that looked even remotely like a USB connector in the box, it "rained" the rest of the morning with broken showers ALL EVENING LONG. My initial anticipation was appreciated but by the time everyone was absolutely impossible to HotSync the m100, my generous friend was angry to have made such a high ticket purchase (for a friend I think you'd agree). Palm, you ruined my Christmas 2000 with your short sitedness and the untrained sales reps in places selling your product. The thing completely shut down a few months later, just when my scripting ability had become nearly second nature. I'd give it ZERO stars if the option were available. | 980 | [
"I received this last Christmas from a generous friend.",
"As I began unwrapping the gift and almost immediately began to feel that I may have really received what I'd wished for.",
"It was then exclaimed to me, after I had removed enough wrapping to see just what I'd wanted, \"It's guaranteed to be totally USB compatible!",
"\" After I found NOTHING that looked even remotely like a USB connector in the box, it \"rained\" the rest of the morning with broken showers ALL EVENING LONG.",
"My initial anticipation was appreciated but by the time everyone was absolutely impossible to HotSync the m100, my generous friend was angry to have made such a high ticket purchase (for a friend I think you'd agree).",
"Palm, you ruined my Christmas 2000 with your short sitedness and the untrained sales reps in places selling your product.",
"The thing completely shut down a few months later, just when my scripting ability had become nearly second nature.",
"I'd give it ZERO stars if the option were available."
] |
1 | Not recommended | I do not recommend this item. It is very easy to accidentally reset the combination to a random unknown number. If someone who does not know how the reset procedure works, it is very easy for them to; 1) Open the lock using the correct combination. 2) Lift the handle up and slide it into the 'change' mode. 3) Change the combination rollers to a random number.I also don't like this item because if you want to leave it unlocked for a period of time and don't want to leave the rollers on 'your number', you must roll off the number. Of course, then the bolt won't lock until you change it back to 'your number'.This is where I got in trouble. We have this lock installed on a wooden gate. My wife accidentally did the procedure above. Luckily she only changed one number and I was able to reset the lock. I do not want to explain the reset procedure to everyone in my family that I give my combination to. So if this ever happens again, this lock is going to get the deep six... | 980 | [
"I do not recommend this item.",
"It is very easy to accidentally reset the combination to a random unknown number.",
"If someone who does not know how the reset procedure works, it is very easy for them to; 1) Open the lock using the correct combination.",
"2) Lift the handle up and slide it into the 'change' mode.",
"3) Change the combination rollers to a random number.I also don't like this item because if you want to leave it unlocked for a period of time and don't want to leave the rollers on 'your number', you must roll off the number.",
"Of course, then the bolt won't lock until you change it back to 'your number'.This is where I got in trouble.",
"We have this lock installed on a wooden gate.",
"My wife accidentally did the procedure above.",
"Luckily she only changed one number and I was able to reset the lock.",
"I do not want to explain the reset procedure to everyone in my family that I give my combination to.",
"So if this ever happens again, this lock is going to get the deep six..."
] |
1 | Sick. Very sick. | Voltaire once said of his adversary Rousseau, "I disagree with what he says but I will defend to the death his right to say it." That said, Peter Singer is one sick fellow. It is not so much that he has no feelings (quite the contrary, he seems to be a hedonist), but it is that he assumes that there is (or could be) an authority to decide whose life is worth living and whose isn't. This is to say: society needs a rational organizer and arbiter to be sovereign over all human action. Of course, Singer would argue, reatrded babies would be eliminated by this societal director, but, who is to say the director will limit his selection to retarded babies? Why not ugly babies? Or ugly adults? Or Jewish adults? Now, we see where Singer's perverted "ethics" can lead. At any rate, the worst (in the sense of most evil) would necessarily get on top. I urge everyone to read F.A. Hayek's masterpiece, "The Road to Serfdom" for the best and most thorough discussion of these issues. | 980 | [
"Voltaire once said of his adversary Rousseau, \"I disagree with what he says but I will defend to the death his right to say it.\" That said, Peter Singer is one sick fellow.",
"It is not so much that he has no feelings (quite the contrary, he seems to be a hedonist), but it is that he assumes that there is (or could be) an authority to decide whose life is worth living and whose isn't.",
"This is to say: society needs a rational organizer and arbiter to be sovereign over all human action.",
"Of course, Singer would argue, reatrded babies would be eliminated by this societal director, but, who is to say the director will limit his selection to retarded babies?",
"Why not ugly babies?",
"Or ugly adults?",
"Or Jewish adults?",
"Now, we see where Singer's perverted \"ethics\" can lead.",
"At any rate, the worst (in the sense of most evil) would necessarily get on top.",
"I urge everyone to read F.A. Hayek's masterpiece, \"The Road to Serfdom\" for the best and most thorough discussion of these issues."
] |
1 | Horribly Flawed | A friend loaned me this book, and having studied spiritual warfare in the past, I was definietly interested. There is little doubt that the author is a doctor of medicine, and not theology. The interpretation of scripture is quite inconsistent and even lauhable at times. The author shows that even though her basic premise is correct (there is a war going on versus evil spirits), her doctrine and credibility is horribly flawed. A much better choice would be one of several books by Neil Anderson. He uses the scriptures much better, and more properly. I am praying for those enamoured by this book....those who are facing Satan's true most dangerous weapon: not fear, but rather DECEPTION! The Bible tells us to "test the spirits" to avoid false teachings. Anyone who honestly does this will disregard this book. (Sorry I usually do not rant like this, but I truly felt it important to say! Don't ignore the reality of spiritual warfare...but please find a better source book!) | 980 | [
"A friend loaned me this book, and having studied spiritual warfare in the past, I was definietly interested.",
"There is little doubt that the author is a doctor of medicine, and not theology.",
"The interpretation of scripture is quite inconsistent and even lauhable at times.",
"The author shows that even though her basic premise is correct (there is a war going on versus evil spirits), her doctrine and credibility is horribly flawed.",
"A much better choice would be one of several books by Neil Anderson.",
"He uses the scriptures much better, and more properly.",
"I am praying for those enamoured by this book....those who are facing Satan's true most dangerous weapon: not fear, but rather DECEPTION!",
"The Bible tells us to \"test the spirits\" to avoid false teachings.",
"Anyone who honestly does this will disregard this book.",
"(Sorry I usually do not rant like this, but I truly felt it important to say!",
"Don't ignore the reality of spiritual warfare...but please find a better source book!",
")"
] |
1 | Will talking ever cure this? | I just finished The Talking Cure, and I don't recommend it. After almost 40 years of psychotherapy (talking), Feder is remarkably unreflective about his own failures as a father and husband. After talking to over ten shrinks, he still seems to feel his two previous marriages failed because his ex-wifes expected too much, didn't understand his artistic, selfish nature, and wanted children. Please! Is this fiction or what? Feder's narrative is moderately interesting when he describes his crazy mother and his crazy radio station, but it definitely bogs down when he describes his disturbed married and family life. The characters are flat, cartoonish. For example, there's the bitchy wife who doesn't understand him, and then there's Feder, his own long suffering, maligned hero. You wonder why so much talking to shrinks didn't result in greater reflection and sorrow about the damage Feder has done to his family and the people who love him. Maybe talking isn't for everyone? | 980 | [
"I just finished The Talking Cure, and I don't recommend it.",
"After almost 40 years of psychotherapy (talking), Feder is remarkably unreflective about his own failures as a father and husband.",
"After talking to over ten shrinks, he still seems to feel his two previous marriages failed because his ex-wifes expected too much, didn't understand his artistic, selfish nature, and wanted children.",
"Please!",
"Is this fiction or what?",
"Feder's narrative is moderately interesting when he describes his crazy mother and his crazy radio station, but it definitely bogs down when he describes his disturbed married and family life.",
"The characters are flat, cartoonish.",
"For example, there's the bitchy wife who doesn't understand him, and then there's Feder, his own long suffering, maligned hero.",
"You wonder why so much talking to shrinks didn't result in greater reflection and sorrow about the damage Feder has done to his family and the people who love him.",
"Maybe talking isn't for everyone?"
] |
1 | Pseudo scientific mumbo jumbo | This book is a strange mix of some sound nutritional advice mixed in with a load of pseudo scientific mumbo jumbo.As with most pseudo scientific works, it makes sweeping assertions without bothering to offer any backup.If you are not well versed in either science or nutrition, it's likely that you won't be able to distinguish the good advice from the waffleIf you know even a little about science, you'll probably get quickly irritated with all the gibberish in this bookIf this is supposed to be a book about good diet, then why the authors take such an anti-vegetarianism hard line is difficult to fathom.It's virtually an established fact that vegetarian diets and low meat consumption diets are far healthier than the average Western diet.When it's so apparent that the authors are clueless about science, I guess you can't expect any better.My advice is to give this book a miss and read a good book about nutrition.I'd recommend Patrick Holford's Optimum Nutrition Bible. | 979 | [
"This book is a strange mix of some sound nutritional advice mixed in with a load of pseudo scientific mumbo jumbo.As with most pseudo scientific works, it makes sweeping assertions without bothering to offer any backup.If you are not well versed in either science or nutrition, it's likely that you won't be able to distinguish the good advice from the waffleIf you know even a little about science, you'll probably get quickly irritated with all the gibberish in this bookIf this is supposed to be a book about good diet, then why the authors take such an anti-vegetarianism hard line is difficult to fathom.It's virtually an established fact that vegetarian diets and low meat consumption diets are far healthier than the average Western diet.When it's so apparent that the authors are clueless about science, I guess you can't expect any better.My advice is to give this book a miss and read a good book about nutrition.I'd recommend Patrick Holford's Optimum Nutrition Bible."
] |
1 | Sorry, I just don't get it | I know this is going to be heresy. I first heard this band's record over thirty years ago. The rock press was fallin' all over themselves with praise about how important this band was. They were mentioned in the same sense as the Beatles, Stones, Byrds .ect as major rock influences. I bought this album in the mid sixties, I listened many times, trying to like it and wondering what I was missing. Most garage bands I knew could play and make up better songs. The songs are one or two cords (oK sometimes three), the singers drone on and on, I'm never sure what they are going on about and the whole thing was recorded in a substandart fashion, which makes it unlistenable. I was recently making a late sixties mix and bought the album, I am leaving them off! Sorry, not the Beatles, not even the Iron Butterfly or even Blue Cheer.. Skip this one, if you want a better picture of the sixties and it's wierdness, get the Nuggets box set instead: Relics From the Psychedelic Era.. | 979 | [
"I know this is going to be heresy.",
"I first heard this band's record over thirty years ago.",
"The rock press was fallin' all over themselves with praise about how important this band was.",
"They were mentioned in the same sense as the Beatles, Stones, Byrds .ect as major rock influences.",
"I bought this album in the mid sixties, I listened many times, trying to like it and wondering what I was missing.",
"Most garage bands I knew could play and make up better songs.",
"The songs are one or two cords (oK sometimes three), the singers drone on and on, I'm never sure what they are going on about and the whole thing was recorded in a substandart fashion, which makes it unlistenable.",
"I was recently making a late sixties mix and bought the album, I am leaving them off!",
"Sorry, not the Beatles, not even the Iron Butterfly or even Blue Cheer..",
"Skip this one, if you want a better picture of the sixties and it's wierdness, get the Nuggets box set instead: Relics From the Psychedelic Era.."
] |
1 | Hypocritical | First of all I think that most of the women in this book are degrading themselves by saying that they are not capable of handling a job and taking care of children. Second I don't understand why the women don't insist that the husbands take a more active role in parenting. Third i don't appreciate these women trying to throw stones at working mothers. I certianly have more respect for working mothers. Sorry, but you will never convince me that those kids in Columbine shot up that school because their mothers didn't stay home. THAT in itself is a whole different issue of parenting. Quite frankly the book is sickening and takes women all the way back to the 1950's as far as women's roles. I was particularly appalled when the women claimed that in their partnership marriages, their husbands careers and lives came first. What is equal about that? I'm sure the men DO support their wives staying home because they are getting spoiled out of the deal. I threw my copy away. | 979 | [
"First of all I think that most of the women in this book are degrading themselves by saying that they are not capable of handling a job and taking care of children.",
"Second I don't understand why the women don't insist that the husbands take a more active role in parenting.",
"Third i don't appreciate these women trying to throw stones at working mothers.",
"I certianly have more respect for working mothers.",
"Sorry, but you will never convince me that those kids in Columbine shot up that school because their mothers didn't stay home.",
"THAT in itself is a whole different issue of parenting.",
"Quite frankly the book is sickening and takes women all the way back to the 1950's as far as women's roles.",
"I was particularly appalled when the women claimed that in their partnership marriages, their husbands careers and lives came first.",
"What is equal about that?",
"I'm sure the men DO support their wives staying home because they are getting spoiled out of the deal.",
"I threw my copy away."
] |
1 | This book has no soul | A thoroughly bland book, written in a matter-of-fact, flat narrative -- sorely lacking depth and dimension. There is no sign of introspection or personal reflection, only Yanni's inflated ego. The book is a simple-minded retelling of his life. Yanni's self importance and arrogance lurk throughout. While he purports to "tell it like it is," it is apparent he is most concerned with portraying himself in a certain light. Even when he talks about things like his rock 'n roll days, he makes sure he doesn't come off looking too bad, i.e. "every one was doing it then" and "I was always upfront with the girls before getting intimate with them." (Hmmmm). It seems his ego is such that he can't really reflect upon his own weaknesses and mistakes - he can only make excuses. His memory and accounts of some of the facts in the book are equally biased and inaccurate. One can only hope that he isn't as monochromatic and one-dimensional in his own mind as he comes off in this book. | 979 | [
"A thoroughly bland book, written in a matter-of-fact, flat narrative -- sorely lacking depth and dimension.",
"There is no sign of introspection or personal reflection, only Yanni's inflated ego.",
"The book is a simple-minded retelling of his life.",
"Yanni's self importance and arrogance lurk throughout.",
"While he purports to \"tell it like it is,\" it is apparent he is most concerned with portraying himself in a certain light.",
"Even when he talks about things like his rock 'n roll days, he makes sure he doesn't come off looking too bad, i.e. \"every one was doing it then\" and \"I was always upfront with the girls before getting intimate with them.\" (Hmmmm).",
"It seems his ego is such that he can't really reflect upon his own weaknesses and mistakes - he can only make excuses.",
"His memory and accounts of some of the facts in the book are equally biased and inaccurate.",
"One can only hope that he isn't as monochromatic and one-dimensional in his own mind as he comes off in this book."
] |
1 | This book is weak | This book was a disappointment. It is as if the author spent a few weekends at the library reading every article every written about the Beasties and then condensed them. Although the author claims to have met the band members, this book reflects no intimate connection with the band or anyone who's a part of the scene and knows how things really were. Everything Angus writes references the magazine article he learned it from instead of actual conversations with the band or people who knew the band. In addition to its superficiality of content, the book's writing is poor. The author's over insertion of esoteric vocabulary words comes off as amateurish instead of sophistocated and clever. Despite it's research paper texture and pretentious writing,this book is somewhat redeemed because it is the only Beastie biography published and contains many interesting factoids about the band's history. So I would reccommend reading it if you are a fan but don't expect too much. | 979 | [
"This book was a disappointment.",
"It is as if the author spent a few weekends at the library reading every article every written about the Beasties and then condensed them.",
"Although the author claims to have met the band members, this book reflects no intimate connection with the band or anyone who's a part of the scene and knows how things really were.",
"Everything Angus writes references the magazine article he learned it from instead of actual conversations with the band or people who knew the band.",
"In addition to its superficiality of content, the book's writing is poor.",
"The author's over insertion of esoteric vocabulary words comes off as amateurish instead of sophistocated and clever.",
"Despite it's research paper texture and pretentious writing,this book is somewhat redeemed because it is the only Beastie biography published and contains many interesting factoids about the band's history.",
"So I would reccommend reading it if you are a fan but don't expect too much."
] |
1 | Poorly styled prose unreadable | I am a person who loves good literature, including good fantasy writing. I have read and enjoyed Dostoyevsky and Solzhenitzin, but also love The Lord of the Rings, and other fantasy works by the likes of Stephen R. Donaldson and Philip Jose Farmer, for example.When my wife became an avid "Potter fan" I decided to give this book a try, but I found the prose style so dreadful that I was unable to continue beyond the first chapter. Whatever this series has to recommend it as far as the story goes (I watch the movies to keep up with that, and they are pretty entertaining), the writing itself is unforgivably poor. Most creative writing students that I spoke with about it at Fresno State agree with me, as well. This makes me think that Harry Potter is mostly read by people with limited experience with literature, as is the case with my wife, for example. If you never listen to Beethoven, Vivaldi, or Mahler, you won't recognize good from bad attempts at "classical" music. | 979 | [
"I am a person who loves good literature, including good fantasy writing.",
"I have read and enjoyed Dostoyevsky and Solzhenitzin, but also love The Lord of the Rings, and other fantasy works by the likes of Stephen R.",
"Donaldson and Philip Jose Farmer, for example.When my wife became an avid \"Potter fan\" I decided to give this book a try, but I found the prose style so dreadful that I was unable to continue beyond the first chapter.",
"Whatever this series has to recommend it as far as the story goes (I watch the movies to keep up with that, and they are pretty entertaining), the writing itself is unforgivably poor.",
"Most creative writing students that I spoke with about it at Fresno State agree with me, as well.",
"This makes me think that Harry Potter is mostly read by people with limited experience with literature, as is the case with my wife, for example.",
"If you never listen to Beethoven, Vivaldi, or Mahler, you won't recognize good from bad attempts at \"classical\" music."
] |
1 | DO NOT buy this product!! | I have used and loved this product until today when I stopped at a child safety seat clinic. The technician at the clinic said that this product is VERY unsafe and can cause your seat belt to stretch and possibly snap during a collision. She also said it can ruin your car seat by making the seat belt too tight and stressing the plastic. I have recommended this product to all of my friends, but now I am letting them all know to stop using it! The technician said that this product actually voids your car seat, and your car's, warranty. If your seat belt snapped and your child was injured during a collision, you would have no recourse if you were using one. She showed me how to properly tighten the seat belt and avoid it loosening by twisting the part that it snaps into. If you are using this product, I would STOP NOW! If you are planning on buying one, I would not. Sure they are really great at getting the seat belt tight, but apparently they are too good to be true! | 979 | [
"I have used and loved this product until today when I stopped at a child safety seat clinic.",
"The technician at the clinic said that this product is VERY unsafe and can cause your seat belt to stretch and possibly snap during a collision.",
"She also said it can ruin your car seat by making the seat belt too tight and stressing the plastic.",
"I have recommended this product to all of my friends, but now I am letting them all know to stop using it!",
"The technician said that this product actually voids your car seat, and your car's, warranty.",
"If your seat belt snapped and your child was injured during a collision, you would have no recourse if you were using one.",
"She showed me how to properly tighten the seat belt and avoid it loosening by twisting the part that it snaps into.",
"If you are using this product, I would STOP NOW!",
"If you are planning on buying one, I would not.",
"Sure they are really great at getting the seat belt tight, but apparently they are too good to be true!"
] |
1 | just another hatchet job | Noonan's book on her experience as a Reagan speech writer was a wonderful book. One need not turn misty-eyed or view Sen Clinton thru rose colored glasses, to conclude that Noonan's book is just another vile tract from the "get Bill, get Hillary" camp of late-night cable TV right-wingers. Talk about "politics of personal destruction"! Hillary was dead-on accurate about the vast right wing conspiracy, judging from this unpleasant work. I hope Noonan will turn her considerable skills on other "character" issues -- may those on her side of the street: e.g., "W" getting rich off the Texas Rangers (just imagine what they would have to Hillary if she had turned $600,000 to $13mil with the help of her daddy's buddies; and the dirty job done on Sen. mccain during the primaries, etc. Gee, suppose Hillary had done what Linda Chavez did -- break the law, lie to the vetting group .... it would keep the late night "get Bill, get Hillary" crowd busy for years! Peggy: get a life. | 979 | [
"Noonan's book on her experience as a Reagan speech writer was a wonderful book.",
"One need not turn misty-eyed or view Sen Clinton thru rose colored glasses, to conclude that Noonan's book is just another vile tract from the \"get Bill, get Hillary\" camp of late-night cable TV right-wingers.",
"Talk about \"politics of personal destruction\"!",
"Hillary was dead-on accurate about the vast right wing conspiracy, judging from this unpleasant work.",
"I hope Noonan will turn her considerable skills on other \"character\" issues -- may those on her side of the street: e.g., \"W\" getting rich off the Texas Rangers (just imagine what they would have to Hillary if she had turned $600,000 to $13mil with the help of her daddy's buddies; and the dirty job done on Sen.",
"mccain during the primaries, etc.",
"Gee, suppose Hillary had done what Linda Chavez did -- break the law, lie to the vetting group .... it would keep the late night \"get Bill, get Hillary\" crowd busy for years!",
"Peggy: get a life."
] |
1 | MST3K Bound | Trying to find deep meaning and sybolism in this movie is about as meaningless as edible toilet paper. The 'mafia'in this movie would be better suite at taking insight and direction from porn movies. The acting, editing, story, plot, and mood of this movie has got to be some of the worst ever put on film. I'm not saying it takes a big budget and highly skilled acters to make a movie. Just some people that might have taken an acting class or even perhaps looked the word up in a dictionary. This movie is good for only two things. Having the boys over for some drinks and having an MST3K party, or for a how not to make a movie. There were to many times the director tried to convey a message to his audience. What that message was stopped with the director. And how can someones highly acclaimed film debut consist of a sentence? You would be better off renting this first and using the money you save to go and get plastered so you could forget this horrible, horrible film. | 979 | [
"Trying to find deep meaning and sybolism in this movie is about as meaningless as edible toilet paper.",
"The 'mafia'in this movie would be better suite at taking insight and direction from porn movies.",
"The acting, editing, story, plot, and mood of this movie has got to be some of the worst ever put on film.",
"I'm not saying it takes a big budget and highly skilled acters to make a movie.",
"Just some people that might have taken an acting class or even perhaps looked the word up in a dictionary.",
"This movie is good for only two things.",
"Having the boys over for some drinks and having an MST3K party, or for a how not to make a movie.",
"There were to many times the director tried to convey a message to his audience.",
"What that message was stopped with the director.",
"And how can someones highly acclaimed film debut consist of a sentence?",
"You would be better off renting this first and using the money you save to go and get plastered so you could forget this horrible, horrible film."
] |
1 | depressing-- wish I hadn't read it | I did not like this book because the author seems to be a very unhappy person living with a dysfunctional family. She seems bitter that during the divorce between her and her husband, her daughter decided to live with her father. Another son and his wife she doesn't even speak too. It seems hard to read about a homeschooling experience that leads to such an unhappy end. The author tends to blame everyone else for these problems and I winced to think that she would print the things that she didn't like about her ex-husband for everyone, including her children, to read. I wish the author had taken a better look at herself and her role in the dysfunction in her family and solved a few of these problems before writing this book. This book unfortuantely can be very discouraging to new homeschoolers and in the end, I am sorry to say, I wish I hadn't read it.I did want to say that I thought the author has a talented way of writing and I hope she tries again in the future. | 979 | [
"I did not like this book because the author seems to be a very unhappy person living with a dysfunctional family.",
"She seems bitter that during the divorce between her and her husband, her daughter decided to live with her father.",
"Another son and his wife she doesn't even speak too.",
"It seems hard to read about a homeschooling experience that leads to such an unhappy end.",
"The author tends to blame everyone else for these problems and I winced to think that she would print the things that she didn't like about her ex-husband for everyone, including her children, to read.",
"I wish the author had taken a better look at herself and her role in the dysfunction in her family and solved a few of these problems before writing this book.",
"This book unfortuantely can be very discouraging to new homeschoolers and in the end, I am sorry to say, I wish I hadn't read it.I did want to say that I thought the author has a talented way of writing and I hope she tries again in the future."
] |
1 | Suck + Choke + Spit = Bad CD | I pity these suckers who bought the hype, all they are is four bisexual (I may be guessing) wanna-be punk rock/metal chicks who cannot belt out even a low quality song. But I didn't buy it, what led me to the conclusion was that I seen the "Charlotte" music video on this channel called "The Box", I guess it's only on a few channels in the U.S. (it plays music videos 24/7 that you can pick) and did a little listening to the samples on this site and really didn't care for it, even though I had no thought of buying it anyhow. Plus who made up the song names anyways? Doesn't Suck, Choke, and Spit sound a little like someone who has choked on something and someone is giving him the hymlick (can't spell it but you know what I'm saying!) maneuver. Every song sounds the same, or atleast ends up to be. Scream a word here, scream another word there. If you want a good song with excellent lyrics, buy 'N Sync's "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" single. That's it! | 979 | [
"I pity these suckers who bought the hype, all they are is four bisexual (I may be guessing) wanna-be punk rock/metal chicks who cannot belt out even a low quality song.",
"But I didn't buy it, what led me to the conclusion was that I seen the \"Charlotte\" music video on this channel called \"The Box\", I guess it's only on a few channels in the U.S. (it plays music videos 24/7 that you can pick) and did a little listening to the samples on this site and really didn't care for it, even though I had no thought of buying it anyhow.",
"Plus who made up the song names anyways?",
"Doesn't Suck, Choke, and Spit sound a little like someone who has choked on something and someone is giving him the hymlick (can't spell it but you know what I'm saying!",
") maneuver.",
"Every song sounds the same, or atleast ends up to be.",
"Scream a word here, scream another word there.",
"If you want a good song with excellent lyrics, buy 'N Sync's \"God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You\" single.",
"That's it!"
] |
1 | loud, high-pitched and annoying | I'm a Bernie Krause fan, and was excited for the latest addition to my collection. What a disappointment! Although this has all the environmental realism you expect from a Krause CD, normally they're beautiful and soothing, and this one had roughly the pitch and frequency of a morning alarm clock... well, a bit faster and not as loud unless you crank the volume, but you get the idea--not soothing! More like crickets on crack. After the first painful 30 seconds, I skipped through the rest of the "East" sound track at 5-second intervals, but it never let up. The "West" soundtrack was a bit better, but still unpleasant. Perhaps if you grew up around these sounds you'll like it (I did, after all, learn to sleep to a chorus of high-pitched, loud frogs croaking in Venezuela, although it took 2 years), but if you're not already in that zone, I'd recommend one of Krause's many other wonderful CDs. Dawn at Trout Lake is good, as are Green Meadow Stream and Sounds of Nature. | 979 | [
"I'm a Bernie Krause fan, and was excited for the latest addition to my collection.",
"What a disappointment!",
"Although this has all the environmental realism you expect from a Krause CD, normally they're beautiful and soothing, and this one had roughly the pitch and frequency of a morning alarm clock... well, a bit faster and not as loud unless you crank the volume, but you get the idea--not soothing!",
"More like crickets on crack.",
"After the first painful 30 seconds, I skipped through the rest of the \"East\" sound track at 5-second intervals, but it never let up.",
"The \"West\" soundtrack was a bit better, but still unpleasant.",
"Perhaps if you grew up around these sounds you'll like it (I did, after all, learn to sleep to a chorus of high-pitched, loud frogs croaking in Venezuela, although it took 2 years), but if you're not already in that zone, I'd recommend one of Krause's many other wonderful CDs.",
"Dawn at Trout Lake is good, as are Green Meadow Stream and Sounds of Nature."
] |
1 | don't buy | I would advise you not buy this cd. I made the mistake in doing so, and most of the other reviews are saying this is their best and most punk cd yet. Although they said that the new cd was going to be faster and more punk, it isnt at all, all the songs sound the same, and the lyrics are terrible. In about every song they swear, and it is not needed and makes the music sound as though it was made for 10-13 year olds who think its really cool to swear and hear swearing. Given that they had 2 years pretty much to make this, I think they couldve made it better musically to be able to distinquish the songs, and better lyrically atleast to make up for the lack of musical talent. There are really only three stand out songs that took them more than 10 minutes to write probably, and those are Anthem Part 2, Stay Together For The Kids and Please Take Me Home. Blink has definitly sold out, and now are trying to even more it seems by only entertaining the 10 year old audience. | 979 | [
"I would advise you not buy this cd.",
"I made the mistake in doing so, and most of the other reviews are saying this is their best and most punk cd yet.",
"Although they said that the new cd was going to be faster and more punk, it isnt at all, all the songs sound the same, and the lyrics are terrible.",
"In about every song they swear, and it is not needed and makes the music sound as though it was made for 10-13 year olds who think its really cool to swear and hear swearing.",
"Given that they had 2 years pretty much to make this, I think they couldve made it better musically to be able to distinquish the songs, and better lyrically atleast to make up for the lack of musical talent.",
"There are really only three stand out songs that took them more than 10 minutes to write probably, and those are Anthem Part 2, Stay Together For The Kids and Please Take Me Home.",
"Blink has definitly sold out, and now are trying to even more it seems by only entertaining the 10 year old audience."
] |
1 | Good God this is horrible | Being a big fan of the Mortal Kombat video game series and the first movie, I had mixed feelings when I heard Christopher Lambert would not be playing Rayden (he was great). First off, I will say this, the acting is absolutely horrid!!! The acting in the first movie was so-so, but the acting here is simply terrible, especially the actors portraying Motaro, Sheeva, Nightwolf, and Sonya. And what happened to Jax? He went from a cool kind of guy to a token black guy who makes stupid wisecracks. Speaking of stupid wisecracks, James Remar as Rayden was a bad move, the only thing worse than his wisecracks are when he tries to be serious and philosophal about destiny. Shao Khan went from a fearsome enemy from the games to an overacting villian who ain't so fearsome, and why did Johnny Cage have to be killed in the first 8 minutes? Why oh why was this movie even made? Oh well, I just hope they don't make another Mortal kombat movie as bad as this steaming piece of garbage. | 979 | [
"Being a big fan of the Mortal Kombat video game series and the first movie, I had mixed feelings when I heard Christopher Lambert would not be playing Rayden (he was great).",
"First off, I will say this, the acting is absolutely horrid!!!",
"The acting in the first movie was so-so, but the acting here is simply terrible, especially the actors portraying Motaro, Sheeva, Nightwolf, and Sonya.",
"And what happened to Jax?",
"He went from a cool kind of guy to a token black guy who makes stupid wisecracks.",
"Speaking of stupid wisecracks, James Remar as Rayden was a bad move, the only thing worse than his wisecracks are when he tries to be serious and philosophal about destiny.",
"Shao Khan went from a fearsome enemy from the games to an overacting villian who ain't so fearsome, and why did Johnny Cage have to be killed in the first 8 minutes?",
"Why oh why was this movie even made?",
"Oh well, I just hope they don't make another Mortal kombat movie as bad as this steaming piece of garbage."
] |
1 | 2 words - STAY AWAY! | Horrible software support! Horrible physical connectivity! I've had this product working off and on for about one year. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Uses MusicMatch spy/bloatware - NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES to upload music to the player (I looked and tried third-party software, nothing worked reliably).Horrible design for the USB connection - the back of the case is cheap and flimsy, not user friendly, feels like it will break when you open it up to attach the USB cable, which is at a wierd angle and feels wrong. Shoddy workmanship for this price! I had to exchange the headphones 4 days after purchase because they broke. The magnets have also chipped out of their retaining rings. This thing is junk.If the unit worked as cool as it looks, it MIGHT be worth the high price tag. Horrible software, horrible design, almost no tech support - a real loser! Don't waste your money. Swoosh indeed - right out of your wallet and into the trash. Go get something better. | 979 | [
"Horrible software support!",
"Horrible physical connectivity!",
"I've had this product working off and on for about one year.",
"Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.",
"Uses MusicMatch spy/bloatware - NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES to upload music to the player (I looked and tried third-party software, nothing worked reliably).Horrible design for the USB connection - the back of the case is cheap and flimsy, not user friendly, feels like it will break when you open it up to attach the USB cable, which is at a wierd angle and feels wrong.",
"Shoddy workmanship for this price!",
"I had to exchange the headphones 4 days after purchase because they broke.",
"The magnets have also chipped out of their retaining rings.",
"This thing is junk.If the unit worked as cool as it looks, it MIGHT be worth the high price tag.",
"Horrible software, horrible design, almost no tech support - a real loser!",
"Don't waste your money.",
"Swoosh indeed - right out of your wallet and into the trash.",
"Go get something better."
] |
1 | Warning : An American Ripoff!!!!!! | Where do I start? This film could've been so so so much better!! The costumes are great and the beginning is interesting as it starts in the present day and then goes back in time but the movie becomes boring very quickly and with the film being ONLY 91 minutes long you know you're gonna be bored very soon. If you're looking to be truly scared don't bother even wasting your $10 for this. Let's face it when you go to the movies to see a horror film you---well--- expect to be scared, -----not gonna happen with this film. I've seen the Bell witch story on the travel channel many times and that scared me 10 times more than this sorry excuse of a film to rip people off!!!! Hollywood has got to stop MISLEADING us to waste our money on films that are not what we expect to see. This film is about a girl who gets raped by her dad and because of this trauma she is the one who causes all the "supernatural" stuff. OOps i'v said to much. oh well at least I saved you some money. | 979 | [
"Where do I start?",
"This film could've been so so so much better!!",
"The costumes are great and the beginning is interesting as it starts in the present day and then goes back in time but the movie becomes boring very quickly and with the film being ONLY 91 minutes long you know you're gonna be bored very soon.",
"If you're looking to be truly scared don't bother even wasting your $10 for this.",
"Let's face it when you go to the movies to see a horror film you---well--- expect to be scared, -----not gonna happen with this film.",
"I've seen the Bell witch story on the travel channel many times and that scared me 10 times more than this sorry excuse of a film to rip people off!!!",
"!",
"Hollywood has got to stop MISLEADING us to waste our money on films that are not what we expect to see.",
"This film is about a girl who gets raped by her dad and because of this trauma she is the one who causes all the \"supernatural\" stuff.",
"OOps i'v said to much.",
"oh well at least I saved you some money."
] |
1 | steaming pile of cr@p | I refuse to believe that the same author who wrote the first three books of the series also wrote this horrible terrible "book". It is even more laughable that the george martin took five years, more time than the time taken to write *all* the other three preceding novels, to come up with this steaming pile of cr@p.Now compound that with the fact that it has been another five years since AFFC came out and there is no sign of the fifth book. In 2004-05 george martin said that the next book was ready to be published. A man of his word truly.As I said before, I refuse to believe that books 1-3 and book 4 are the work of the same author. I call shenanigans on this. If book 4 is written by george rr martin then he stole books 1-3 from some unnamed author. there I have said it.Do not buy or read this book. Do not start the series if you haven't already. The first 3 books were great but the original author is missing and some untalented imposter has taken over the series. | 979 | [
"I refuse to believe that the same author who wrote the first three books of the series also wrote this horrible terrible \"book\".",
"It is even more laughable that the george martin took five years, more time than the time taken to write *all* the other three preceding novels, to come up with this steaming pile of cr@p.Now compound that with the fact that it has been another five years since AFFC came out and there is no sign of the fifth book.",
"In 2004-05 george martin said that the next book was ready to be published.",
"A man of his word truly.As I said before, I refuse to believe that books 1-3 and book 4 are the work of the same author.",
"I call shenanigans on this.",
"If book 4 is written by george rr martin then he stole books 1-3 from some unnamed author.",
"there I have said it.Do not buy or read this book.",
"Do not start the series if you haven't already.",
"The first 3 books were great but the original author is missing and some untalented imposter has taken over the series."
] |
1 | Not worth the money | If it were possible to give this toothbrush a 0, I would. It's a little pricey for a piece of junk that it is. A toothbrush that is way better is Cybersonic 2. It costs less than this toothbrush. It also offers more. The Sonicare Elite 7500 cleans at 31,000 strokes a minute, but Cybersonic 2 cleans at 41,000. Cybersonic 2 comes with a 2 tongue cleaner, 2 flosser attachments and 45 pre-strung flossing heads which are disposable, recharging stand, and best of all free replacement brushes every 3 months for free for ever. The Sonicare brushes cost more than $20. With the Sonicare brush you have to brush for 2 minutes and with the Cybersonic 2 you only have to brush for 1 minute and the brush pauses for a second to tell you that a minute has passed. Plain and simple, Cybersonic 2 is the best and most powerful toothbrush in the world. So if you want the best toothbrush, do not buy the Sonicare, buy Cybersonic 2. Check it out for yourself at Cybersonic2.com peace YO!!!!! | 979 | [
"If it were possible to give this toothbrush a 0, I would.",
"It's a little pricey for a piece of junk that it is.",
"A toothbrush that is way better is Cybersonic 2.",
"It costs less than this toothbrush.",
"It also offers more.",
"The Sonicare Elite 7500 cleans at 31,000 strokes a minute, but Cybersonic 2 cleans at 41,000.",
"Cybersonic 2 comes with a 2 tongue cleaner, 2 flosser attachments and 45 pre-strung flossing heads which are disposable, recharging stand, and best of all free replacement brushes every 3 months for free for ever.",
"The Sonicare brushes cost more than $20.",
"With the Sonicare brush you have to brush for 2 minutes and with the Cybersonic 2 you only have to brush for 1 minute and the brush pauses for a second to tell you that a minute has passed.",
"Plain and simple, Cybersonic 2 is the best and most powerful toothbrush in the world.",
"So if you want the best toothbrush, do not buy the Sonicare, buy Cybersonic 2.",
"Check it out for yourself at Cybersonic2.com peace YO!!!",
"!!"
] |
1 | Barely funny at all | Okay, I like British rom-coms as much as the next person, but this one was just tasteless and stupid. I like Joelly Richardson, but she was just annoying here. I like Hugh Laurie, but he couldn't save it. And if I ever walked into a clinic that contained such scary staff as Rowan Atkinson's gyneacologist or Dawn French's deranged nurse, I would walk right out again immediately.We are not spared the tiniest detail of Hugh and Joelly's bid for a baby, and in some cases, a little information goes a long way. Besides, Joelly's character would make a horrible mother; she's so paranoid and possesive. Also, she constantly whines to her husband that he'd rather be having sex with Cameran Diaz, which is a stupid thing to say given that she has more than a passing resemblance to Diaz herself. The best thing about this lame and squirmy movie is the ever-watchable Tom Hollander, who hams it up nicely with a preposterous Scottish accent as Ewan Proclaimer, a hilarious director. | 979 | [
"Okay, I like British rom-coms as much as the next person, but this one was just tasteless and stupid.",
"I like Joelly Richardson, but she was just annoying here.",
"I like Hugh Laurie, but he couldn't save it.",
"And if I ever walked into a clinic that contained such scary staff as Rowan Atkinson's gyneacologist or Dawn French's deranged nurse, I would walk right out again immediately.We are not spared the tiniest detail of Hugh and Joelly's bid for a baby, and in some cases, a little information goes a long way.",
"Besides, Joelly's character would make a horrible mother; she's so paranoid and possesive.",
"Also, she constantly whines to her husband that he'd rather be having sex with Cameran Diaz, which is a stupid thing to say given that she has more than a passing resemblance to Diaz herself.",
"The best thing about this lame and squirmy movie is the ever-watchable Tom Hollander, who hams it up nicely with a preposterous Scottish accent as Ewan Proclaimer, a hilarious director."
] |
1 | Give me more! | Man I have been waiting for something from this cat since NEXT'S "Butta Luv". I loved that jam. Well he finally dropped his solo project...!!!! The only tack I really like on this CD is Track 10, "Luv led Me to You". Everything else is mediocre at best Shaheed The Poster Boy from BET "106 @ Park's" Friday Hip Hop Battle makes an appearance(I'm glad he's getting some luv, he can flow) but the song, Track 4.... Track 5, "Good Man", kinda reminds you of "These are the Times" by Dru Hill. It doesn't come close to the greatness of that song though. Tracks 8 and 12 had potential, just not executed. Listening to this CD was like watching the Trailblazers play basketball. A lot of potential and hype but just erratic. This CD surprised me because RL is now a member of J Records, arguably the tightest record label out there right now. I guess when you have Alicia Keys, Angie Stone, Luther Vandross, O Town, Busta Rhymes and Erick Serman on you roster somebody has to [be last] | 979 | [
"Man I have been waiting for something from this cat since NEXT'S \"Butta Luv\".",
"I loved that jam.",
"Well he finally dropped his solo project...!!!!",
"The only tack I really like on this CD is Track 10, \"Luv led Me to You\".",
"Everything else is mediocre at best Shaheed The Poster Boy from BET \"106 @ Park's\" Friday Hip Hop Battle makes an appearance(I'm glad he's getting some luv, he can flow) but the song, Track 4.... Track 5, \"Good Man\", kinda reminds you of \"These are the Times\" by Dru Hill.",
"It doesn't come close to the greatness of that song though.",
"Tracks 8 and 12 had potential, just not executed.",
"Listening to this CD was like watching the Trailblazers play basketball.",
"A lot of potential and hype but just erratic.",
"This CD surprised me because RL is now a member of J Records, arguably the tightest record label out there right now.",
"I guess when you have Alicia Keys, Angie Stone, Luther Vandross, O Town, Busta Rhymes and Erick Serman on you roster somebody has to [be last]"
] |
1 | YAWN!!! | Let me begin by stating that Tom Clancy was one of my favorite novelists, however he remains a casulty of the breakup of the Soviet Union. He hasn't really written a decent book since and this is a [bad] attempt to regain some of the past glory of his brilliant stories before the collapse of the Soviet Union.This book contains no suspense at all. The characters do not encounter any difficulties with anything they attempt, which would remain a problem even if this book was a third the length.And you could easily chop two thirds of this novel by freeing us from having to endure endless and repetitive information regarding the saintly qualities of all of the lead characters. Did I mention the repetitive nature of this information? Did I mention the repetitive nature of this information? Did I mention the repetitive nature of this information?By far the worst Tom Clancy novel ever and right up there as one of the worst novels ever written.Signed,A very disappointed fan | 979 | [
"Let me begin by stating that Tom Clancy was one of my favorite novelists, however he remains a casulty of the breakup of the Soviet Union.",
"He hasn't really written a decent book since and this is a [bad] attempt to regain some of the past glory of his brilliant stories before the collapse of the Soviet Union.This book contains no suspense at all.",
"The characters do not encounter any difficulties with anything they attempt, which would remain a problem even if this book was a third the length.And you could easily chop two thirds of this novel by freeing us from having to endure endless and repetitive information regarding the saintly qualities of all of the lead characters.",
"Did I mention the repetitive nature of this information?",
"Did I mention the repetitive nature of this information?",
"Did I mention the repetitive nature of this information?",
"By far the worst Tom Clancy novel ever and right up there as one of the worst novels ever written.Signed,A very disappointed fan"
] |
1 | NOT a "how to draw" book. | I purchased this based on the numerous reviews here and glowing recommendations elsewhere online, but it has turned out to be the poorest choice and truly the most useless book on drawing I've ever read. I wish I hadn't ignored the fact that others commented about nearly everything except actual drawing instruction. I wish my mind had registered the key words analysis and theory in so many others glowing reviews. If you want to learn to draw, or learn to actually apply lines, mass, tone, balance, proportion, etc. to improve your drawing skills then look elsewhere. However, if you want to read one author's horribly long winded rambling lectures about how these things influence art, perception, and the psyche then this is the book for you. This is far more an analysis of drawing as it relates to art than it is a tutorial. Nearly three hundred pages and you could compress the portions related to applying these ideas to your own drawing down to two dozen pages at most. | 979 | [
"I purchased this based on the numerous reviews here and glowing recommendations elsewhere online, but it has turned out to be the poorest choice and truly the most useless book on drawing I've ever read.",
"I wish I hadn't ignored the fact that others commented about nearly everything except actual drawing instruction.",
"I wish my mind had registered the key words analysis and theory in so many others glowing reviews.",
"If you want to learn to draw, or learn to actually apply lines, mass, tone, balance, proportion, etc.",
"to improve your drawing skills then look elsewhere.",
"However, if you want to read one author's horribly long winded rambling lectures about how these things influence art, perception, and the psyche then this is the book for you.",
"This is far more an analysis of drawing as it relates to art than it is a tutorial.",
"Nearly three hundred pages and you could compress the portions related to applying these ideas to your own drawing down to two dozen pages at most."
] |
1 | Waste of Money and Time I say... | I was so dissapointed as soon as the movie started, because of the horrible acting. I've never seen the original but I've heard good things about it so why not give this one a shot right? Geeeze was I wrong. The story line is not too bad but I think there could of been a lot more changes to make it even better, more scary and more surprising. It's too easy of a movie to figure out. I barely had to follow along to know what was going on, and what was going to happen. So if you don't like to think too hard, this movie is perfect for you.The only thing I liked about this flim was Mia Farrow..now she was creepy! Great acting on her part, everyone else was just cheese! From a can if you will. Maybe bacon flavor...After I watched the movie I tuned into the special features and I watched a trailer on the original and got even MORE dissapointed to see that it was made EXACTLY like the original. You have got to be kidding me! What's the point in that? So this movie sucks... | 979 | [
"I was so dissapointed as soon as the movie started, because of the horrible acting.",
"I've never seen the original but I've heard good things about it so why not give this one a shot right?",
"Geeeze was I wrong.",
"The story line is not too bad but I think there could of been a lot more changes to make it even better, more scary and more surprising.",
"It's too easy of a movie to figure out.",
"I barely had to follow along to know what was going on, and what was going to happen.",
"So if you don't like to think too hard, this movie is perfect for you.The only thing I liked about this flim was Mia Farrow..now she was creepy!",
"Great acting on her part, everyone else was just cheese!",
"From a can if you will.",
"Maybe bacon flavor...After I watched the movie I tuned into the special features and I watched a trailer on the original and got even MORE dissapointed to see that it was made EXACTLY like the original.",
"You have got to be kidding me!",
"What's the point in that?",
"So this movie sucks..."
] |
1 | Just Say No to Buying this Book... | Again, I can't believe that people over the age of ten years old actually read Omar Tyree books. The book Just Say No, and the accompanying CD which features Tyree "singing" are just plain embarassing. I agree with the other reviewer that said the characters were predictable, including John "Loverboy" Williams. It's like Tyree has a formula that he must use for all of his books. I don't recommend this book, and I sometimes wonder if the positive reviews for his books are written by Tyree under different names, or by blind people without access to Braille. Pick up a serious piece of African American fiction instead of this tripe. Oh, and if you don't believe me, read this sentence. It begins the book and almost made me stop reading right there. Notice the abundance of prepositions."I stopped daydreaming about the past and looked out of my cab window at a mental hospital of red brick and gray cement that was out in the middle of nowhere within the state of Maryland." | 979 | [
"Again, I can't believe that people over the age of ten years old actually read Omar Tyree books.",
"The book Just Say No, and the accompanying CD which features Tyree \"singing\" are just plain embarassing.",
"I agree with the other reviewer that said the characters were predictable, including John \"Loverboy\" Williams.",
"It's like Tyree has a formula that he must use for all of his books.",
"I don't recommend this book, and I sometimes wonder if the positive reviews for his books are written by Tyree under different names, or by blind people without access to Braille.",
"Pick up a serious piece of African American fiction instead of this tripe.",
"Oh, and if you don't believe me, read this sentence.",
"It begins the book and almost made me stop reading right there.",
"Notice the abundance of prepositions.\"I stopped daydreaming about the past and looked out of my cab window at a mental hospital of red brick and gray cement that was out in the middle of nowhere within the state of Maryland.\""
] |
1 | Life-endangering junk. | Where do I begin? Emergency equipment should not be a liability. This device is just that. A liability. When you need it, you will find it will not function as intended. I had purchased three of these devices for 'gift' emergency kits I made. In testing the gear, I discovered on each device the same identical problems:The whistle - barely worksThe flint - is worthless, doesn't function at all.The compass - has a bubble and consistently reads completely wrongThe waterproof case - isn't very waterproofThe only thing that works on this device:It's orange. That means it's bright and can be noticed easilyThe lanyard - because seriously, how do you screw up a nylon rope? Apparently even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while.If you're willing to look at this device as a gimmick or novelty, then by all means it's worth the low price. But if you are relying on it for safety or emergency gear, you're going to be sorely disappointed should said emergency ever occur. | 979 | [
"Where do I begin?",
"Emergency equipment should not be a liability.",
"This device is just that.",
"A liability.",
"When you need it, you will find it will not function as intended.",
"I had purchased three of these devices for 'gift' emergency kits I made.",
"In testing the gear, I discovered on each device the same identical problems:The whistle - barely worksThe flint - is worthless, doesn't function at all.The compass - has a bubble and consistently reads completely wrongThe waterproof case - isn't very waterproofThe only thing that works on this device:It's orange.",
"That means it's bright and can be noticed easilyThe lanyard - because seriously, how do you screw up a nylon rope?",
"Apparently even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while.If you're willing to look at this device as a gimmick or novelty, then by all means it's worth the low price.",
"But if you are relying on it for safety or emergency gear, you're going to be sorely disappointed should said emergency ever occur."
] |
1 | Another sequel gone bad | JAWS IV is just another sequel gone bad. Stick with the original JAWS.Basically here is the plot - the youngest Brody, Sean, is killed by a great white shark in Amity. Michael Brody - the oldest son - comes to Amity with his wife and child from the Bahamas. Ellen Brody goes to the Bahamas for a visit where another shark begins terrozing her family.I guess one of the drawbacks of this film is this: There are two endings to this movie. Of course you never see them in the same film. The character of "Jake" is killed in one version - he lives in another.As a JAWS fan, I found this movie to be partially entertaining but mostly disappointed with the acting, especially Lorraine Gray and Michael Caine. Also, the entire idea that two sharks come into contact with the Brody family is too non-believable. Or is the producer telling us that he expects us to believe the shark from Amity is the same shark from the Bahamas???Again, stick with the original. You find a better movie. | 979 | [
"JAWS IV is just another sequel gone bad.",
"Stick with the original JAWS.Basically here is the plot - the youngest Brody, Sean, is killed by a great white shark in Amity.",
"Michael Brody - the oldest son - comes to Amity with his wife and child from the Bahamas.",
"Ellen Brody goes to the Bahamas for a visit where another shark begins terrozing her family.I guess one of the drawbacks of this film is this: There are two endings to this movie.",
"Of course you never see them in the same film.",
"The character of \"Jake\" is killed in one version - he lives in another.As a JAWS fan, I found this movie to be partially entertaining but mostly disappointed with the acting, especially Lorraine Gray and Michael Caine.",
"Also, the entire idea that two sharks come into contact with the Brody family is too non-believable.",
"Or is the producer telling us that he expects us to believe the shark from Amity is the same shark from the Bahamas???",
"Again, stick with the original.",
"You find a better movie."
] |
1 | Bad | Honestly I don't see how this show has any reviews over 3 stars. First of all it is completely ridiculous, but not in any kind of humorous or witty way, just really stupid. The characters are incredibly boring, one of the main characters basically acts like a poorly portrayed child, the others aren't too bad, just not that interesting.The plot of the show itself could do a lot.. but it doesn't. Instead of unraveling a mystery behind the objects, it just shrugs it off and basically says who knows, who cares. And just about every famous person they can think of in history they just say it belonged to them, not adding this to overall the plot or anything. And the "villain" kind of has no real back story, just some guy that used to work there randomly screwing with them.The show is about a couple people that seem to have no clue how to do their job nearly getting themselves killed every episode trying to place random objects in a vat of goo and store it in a warehouse. | 979 | [
"Honestly I don't see how this show has any reviews over 3 stars.",
"First of all it is completely ridiculous, but not in any kind of humorous or witty way, just really stupid.",
"The characters are incredibly boring, one of the main characters basically acts like a poorly portrayed child, the others aren't too bad, just not that interesting.The plot of the show itself could do a lot..",
"but it doesn't.",
"Instead of unraveling a mystery behind the objects, it just shrugs it off and basically says who knows, who cares.",
"And just about every famous person they can think of in history they just say it belonged to them, not adding this to overall the plot or anything.",
"And the \"villain\" kind of has no real back story, just some guy that used to work there randomly screwing with them.The show is about a couple people that seem to have no clue how to do their job nearly getting themselves killed every episode trying to place random objects in a vat of goo and store it in a warehouse."
] |
1 | That (C-word!) | I just found out about this atrocity and am pretty freakin annoyed. In his haze of an existence, the wife took over Ozzy's career and does everything she can to disgrace his good name. Organizing a large group of fans to come to Ozzfest and pelt Iron Maiden with objects is just the latest that the miserable c-word has done. No wonder her kids are messed-up spoiled jerks who'll be dead via suicide or o.d. Ozzy will probably outlast those two pathetic reject clowns.I've been listening to the 2 Randy Rhoads albums since the 80's and they are 2 of my favorite records. Rhoads was the most dynamic guitarist ever in my opinion. But the drums and bass on both albums, espcecially "Diary" are just as important and the wife of Ozzy replaced them w/ half-assed musicians trying to mimic the originals.Please do not buy this album and support this abortion!! Find the originals which are far superior and don't give this c-word any more money!! Hopefully, she will die soon. Thanks. | 979 | [
"I just found out about this atrocity and am pretty freakin annoyed.",
"In his haze of an existence, the wife took over Ozzy's career and does everything she can to disgrace his good name.",
"Organizing a large group of fans to come to Ozzfest and pelt Iron Maiden with objects is just the latest that the miserable c-word has done.",
"No wonder her kids are messed-up spoiled jerks who'll be dead via suicide or o.d. Ozzy will probably outlast those two pathetic reject clowns.I've been listening to the 2 Randy Rhoads albums since the 80's and they are 2 of my favorite records.",
"Rhoads was the most dynamic guitarist ever in my opinion.",
"But the drums and bass on both albums, espcecially \"Diary\" are just as important and the wife of Ozzy replaced them w/ half-assed musicians trying to mimic the originals.Please do not buy this album and support this abortion!!",
"Find the originals which are far superior and don't give this c-word any more money!!",
"Hopefully, she will die soon.",
"Thanks."
] |
1 | Blech | I read this book for my book club- our theme being banned books. We read this book on a recommendation from a friend and all came to the same conclusion- NEVER TAKE THE ADVICE OF THIS FRIEND AGAIN!The book was basically a long train of thought. It takes us through the ideas and ramblings of a man living in Paris. There is no actual plot and the characters are in and out of his ramblings with no logic.I have to say that there were certain themes to the book we picked up on. There was a lot of sex, food and going to the bathroom. The author/narrator was selfish and spent a lot of the book talking about how he got out of work, but still managed to eat and sleep with women.I did not enjoy this book at all and I'm surprised that it has such high reviews on Amazon, as I usually agree with most of the stars a book is given. I would not recommend this book if you are looking for a read that will provide a well thought-out plot with in-depth characters and a strong message. | 979 | [
"I read this book for my book club- our theme being banned books.",
"We read this book on a recommendation from a friend and all came to the same conclusion- NEVER TAKE THE ADVICE OF THIS FRIEND AGAIN!",
"The book was basically a long train of thought.",
"It takes us through the ideas and ramblings of a man living in Paris.",
"There is no actual plot and the characters are in and out of his ramblings with no logic.I have to say that there were certain themes to the book we picked up on.",
"There was a lot of sex, food and going to the bathroom.",
"The author/narrator was selfish and spent a lot of the book talking about how he got out of work, but still managed to eat and sleep with women.I did not enjoy this book at all and I'm surprised that it has such high reviews on Amazon, as I usually agree with most of the stars a book is given.",
"I would not recommend this book if you are looking for a read that will provide a well thought-out plot with in-depth characters and a strong message."
] |
1 | no... | I won't get into a negative review like I'd do for the Backstreet Boys or *N'Sync, but still, DHC isn't what you'd call a good punk band (in my opinion). I admit, I like Buck-O-Nine. I like Green Day. And believe it or not, I LOVE Rancid! I've even started wearing a Tim Armstrong-like mowhawk! But as for the Dance Hall Crashers, no. The song "Sticky" has the strangest lyrics ("Take the knife out of my back/clean the blade and put it back"). even a Slayer fan like me finds that weird, probably because it's being sung by a chick. The 2 girls definetly aren't fun to look at either. They're both extremely pail with dark red lipstick. Real female punk is Joan Jett, The Donnas, Patti Smith, you know, singing about rock & roll and boys and pissing and stuff and not songs about other girls with mental problems. To me, DHC's style has nothing to do with real punk. Now, since I like punk, even ska punk, I hope DHC sells well, but I wouldn't bother buying one of their albums. | 979 | [
"I won't get into a negative review like I'd do for the Backstreet Boys or *N'Sync, but still, DHC isn't what you'd call a good punk band (in my opinion).",
"I admit, I like Buck-O-Nine.",
"I like Green Day.",
"And believe it or not, I LOVE Rancid!",
"I've even started wearing a Tim Armstrong-like mowhawk!",
"But as for the Dance Hall Crashers, no.",
"The song \"Sticky\" has the strangest lyrics (\"Take the knife out of my back/clean the blade and put it back\").",
"even a Slayer fan like me finds that weird, probably because it's being sung by a chick.",
"The 2 girls definetly aren't fun to look at either.",
"They're both extremely pail with dark red lipstick.",
"Real female punk is Joan Jett, The Donnas, Patti Smith, you know, singing about rock & roll and boys and pissing and stuff and not songs about other girls with mental problems.",
"To me, DHC's style has nothing to do with real punk.",
"Now, since I like punk, even ska punk, I hope DHC sells well, but I wouldn't bother buying one of their albums."
] |
1 | Brilliant album, lousy mastering | Even though I already own the original CD release of Brain Salad Surgery from 1986 (which follows the original vinyl album very closely), as an ardent fan of ELP since 1972 I decided that I would like to have this Rhino re-issue as part of my collection. On listening I was flabbergasted to hear that the whole sound of the album had been changed, most notably on Toccata and Karn Evil 9. It seems as though the people responsible for the re-mastering thought that Keith Emerson's keyboards should be brought even more to the fore, and that Greg Lake's bass guitar and Carl Palmer's drums were annoyances that should be subdued as much as possible. This may make no difference to someone hearing the album for the first time, but to someone who knows the album inside out it was a huge dissapointment. It's very annoying when listening to an album and you are humming a bass riff that can't be heard from the loudspeakers. So, what should have been five stars has to be only one. | 979 | [
"Even though I already own the original CD release of Brain Salad Surgery from 1986 (which follows the original vinyl album very closely), as an ardent fan of ELP since 1972 I decided that I would like to have this Rhino re-issue as part of my collection.",
"On listening I was flabbergasted to hear that the whole sound of the album had been changed, most notably on Toccata and Karn Evil 9.",
"It seems as though the people responsible for the re-mastering thought that Keith Emerson's keyboards should be brought even more to the fore, and that Greg Lake's bass guitar and Carl Palmer's drums were annoyances that should be subdued as much as possible.",
"This may make no difference to someone hearing the album for the first time, but to someone who knows the album inside out it was a huge dissapointment.",
"It's very annoying when listening to an album and you are humming a bass riff that can't be heard from the loudspeakers.",
"So, what should have been five stars has to be only one."
] |
1 | very disappointed | I ordered this product after my Little Oskar by Sunbeam finally bit the dust after about 15 years of constant use and I had trouble finding another. I ordered it based on other customer ratings and reviews. Am I ever disappointed . I ordered this chopper in November and the first one broke. (The shaft came up out of the machine with the chopping blade after trying to chop up a small amount of cheddar cheese!) I contacted Kitchen AId and they sent out a replacement unit free of charge and I sent the broken one back. This was in the first week of January. Now it is first of Feb. and I am preparing to send the second one back for the same problem. The shaft became stuck after chopping a SMALL amount of Monterey Jack cheese and came up with the blade unit again. I am pretty fed up. I also felt the unit was a pain to use in turning and locking on the chopping bowl , getting it on and off. This is definitely NOT the glowing little chopper that the reviews I read implied. | 979 | [
"I ordered this product after my Little Oskar by Sunbeam finally bit the dust after about 15 years of constant use and I had trouble finding another.",
"I ordered it based on other customer ratings and reviews.",
"Am I ever disappointed.",
"I ordered this chopper in November and the first one broke.",
"(The shaft came up out of the machine with the chopping blade after trying to chop up a small amount of cheddar cheese!",
") I contacted Kitchen AId and they sent out a replacement unit free of charge and I sent the broken one back.",
"This was in the first week of January.",
"Now it is first of Feb.",
"and I am preparing to send the second one back for the same problem.",
"The shaft became stuck after chopping a SMALL amount of Monterey Jack cheese and came up with the blade unit again.",
"I am pretty fed up.",
"I also felt the unit was a pain to use in turning and locking on the chopping bowl , getting it on and off.",
"This is definitely NOT the glowing little chopper that the reviews I read implied."
] |
1 | Don't bother | This is state of the art (circa 1850) anti-Catholic style higher criticism of the Bible at last applied by "Catholic" scholars. No opportunity is missed to suggest that the books of the New Testament were probably not written by the traditionally attributed authors. A particularly obnoxious example is the contention that Colossians was certainly not written by Paul (even though Colossians explicitly names Paul as the author). No opportunity is missed to suggest that the texts we have are probably distorted, incomplete, etc. The most grating example is the helpful rearrangement of Philippians, showing the text not as the Bible has it, but as 'scholars' have decided it was probably originally arranged. If you don't believe in Christianity and don't hold the Bible in any particular reverence and think that the Jesus Seminar is really cutting edge theology, this is a good example of Catholic scholars trying to join the club. For all others, pick something else. Please. | 979 | [
"This is state of the art (circa 1850) anti-Catholic style higher criticism of the Bible at last applied by \"Catholic\" scholars.",
"No opportunity is missed to suggest that the books of the New Testament were probably not written by the traditionally attributed authors.",
"A particularly obnoxious example is the contention that Colossians was certainly not written by Paul (even though Colossians explicitly names Paul as the author).",
"No opportunity is missed to suggest that the texts we have are probably distorted, incomplete, etc.",
"The most grating example is the helpful rearrangement of Philippians, showing the text not as the Bible has it, but as 'scholars' have decided it was probably originally arranged.",
"If you don't believe in Christianity and don't hold the Bible in any particular reverence and think that the Jesus Seminar is really cutting edge theology, this is a good example of Catholic scholars trying to join the club.",
"For all others, pick something else.",
"Please."
] |
1 | Big Buddy disappointment. | After having bought and used the Little Buddy heater, I purchased the Big Buddy to get the higher heat output for my shed and back porch. The unit is well made and very sound. There are two major problems that I have found: 1)when the heater is on the highest setting, the propane cylinders get so cold from the high flow of gas that the heater shuts down. This is only a problem if the temperature that you are using it in is below 40 degrees F. If you are using it as an auxillary heater in the house, it does not frost up. 2) hooking the heater to a larger tank is not even discussed in the instruction manual, other than stating that an inline fuel filter should be used. It doesn't state if the line should be hooked to one side of the heater or the other, or if you need 2 hoses.The frosting up issue is the biggest disappointment for me. I can't use it in my shed in the winter because of this. Make sure you know how you are going to use this unit before you purchase it. | 979 | [
"After having bought and used the Little Buddy heater, I purchased the Big Buddy to get the higher heat output for my shed and back porch.",
"The unit is well made and very sound.",
"There are two major problems that I have found: 1)when the heater is on the highest setting, the propane cylinders get so cold from the high flow of gas that the heater shuts down.",
"This is only a problem if the temperature that you are using it in is below 40 degrees F.",
"If you are using it as an auxillary heater in the house, it does not frost up.",
"2) hooking the heater to a larger tank is not even discussed in the instruction manual, other than stating that an inline fuel filter should be used.",
"It doesn't state if the line should be hooked to one side of the heater or the other, or if you need 2 hoses.The frosting up issue is the biggest disappointment for me.",
"I can't use it in my shed in the winter because of this.",
"Make sure you know how you are going to use this unit before you purchase it."
] |
1 | Poor mangement services | I purchased two copies. I installed one on MS Windows XP Homewith a direct connection. It nailed the spyware.The second copy was installed on a MS Windows XP Pro behind ahardware firewall. For security reasons this firewall onlyallows HTTP on ports 80, 443, and 563. Webroot's programupdate works in this environment; but their definition updatefailes. For the definition updates, they use HTTP over arange of ports. Microsoft, Intuit, Trend Micro have allfigured out that non-standard ports are unreliable.On both systems I scheduled a weekly sweep. It works onthe XP Home version as there is only one user. On the XP Prosystem, it fails because the adminstration user was not loggedin at the time of the sweep. Again for security, I rarelylogin as adminstrator; so this sweep feature is useless.I am also running another company's anti-virus, which has noneof these problems. When Webroot's software requires renewal,I will give it the boot and try someone else's anti-spyware. | 979 | [
"I purchased two copies.",
"I installed one on MS Windows XP Homewith a direct connection.",
"It nailed the spyware.The second copy was installed on a MS Windows XP Pro behind ahardware firewall.",
"For security reasons this firewall onlyallows HTTP on ports 80, 443, and 563.",
"Webroot's programupdate works in this environment; but their definition updatefailes.",
"For the definition updates, they use HTTP over arange of ports.",
"Microsoft, Intuit, Trend Micro have allfigured out that non-standard ports are unreliable.On both systems I scheduled a weekly sweep.",
"It works onthe XP Home version as there is only one user.",
"On the XP Prosystem, it fails because the adminstration user was not loggedin at the time of the sweep.",
"Again for security, I rarelylogin as adminstrator; so this sweep feature is useless.I am also running another company's anti-virus, which has noneof these problems.",
"When Webroot's software requires renewal,I will give it the boot and try someone else's anti-spyware."
] |
1 | Smells like burnt crap | Amazon you need to fix your review system. I noticed that some people liked this movie and some did not. In fact the reviews seem to be all over the place. This movie was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Ever. It was just sadistic. Everyone that saw this movie with me agreed..... burn it. I threw it away, I was not going to waste my time burning it. Besides, I believe they were being sarcastic. This is a terrible movie and I have to honestly try to understand who would actually rate this at a 5 or even a 4. Or a 3 or 2 for that matter. Please do yourself a favor and don't buy this movie. Buy anything but this movie. DO NOT!!!!! pay attention to the people who gave this either a somewhat favorable or favorable rating. I'm so upset with the rating system on amazon right now. I know you don't know me I'm just some guy on the net, but I'm trying to do for you what amazon or the some of the other guys won't do for you. If you did buy this, remember, I warned you. | 979 | [
"Amazon you need to fix your review system.",
"I noticed that some people liked this movie and some did not.",
"In fact the reviews seem to be all over the place.",
"This movie was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.",
"Ever.",
"It was just sadistic.",
"Everyone that saw this movie with me agreed..... burn it.",
"I threw it away, I was not going to waste my time burning it.",
"Besides, I believe they were being sarcastic.",
"This is a terrible movie and I have to honestly try to understand who would actually rate this at a 5 or even a 4.",
"Or a 3 or 2 for that matter.",
"Please do yourself a favor and don't buy this movie.",
"Buy anything but this movie.",
"DO NOT!!!",
"!!",
"pay attention to the people who gave this either a somewhat favorable or favorable rating.",
"I'm so upset with the rating system on amazon right now.",
"I know you don't know me I'm just some guy on the net, but I'm trying to do for you what amazon or the some of the other guys won't do for you.",
"If you did buy this, remember, I warned you."
] |
1 | Idiotic | Let's start from the beginning. The man's name is Allan QUATERmain. It is NOT QUARTERmain. And Sean Connery? He shtill talksh like he haszh a mouth full of oatmeal, and even HE mispronounces his own name!! And Quatermain (in Haggard's fiction) describes himself as small, a "flea of a man" whose hair "stands up like a bristle brush". He certainly isn't Sean Connery. Quatermain was born in 1817. This movie is set in 1911. You do the math. The cover photo is extremely reminiscent ofMystery Men, and even thought that flick has a villian named Casanova Frankenstein, it's STILL better than this mangled, ill-conceived adaptation. Why is Nemo's Nautilus the size of an aircraft carrier? And if it's that huge, how does it cruise around the canals of Venice? Tom Sawyer? Really?! No wonder Alan Moore is disgusted with films of his books.The rest lives up to this insulting premise. Strictly for dimbulbs that think they're "smart" because they've heard of some of the characters. | 979 | [
"Let's start from the beginning.",
"The man's name is Allan QUATERmain.",
"It is NOT QUARTERmain.",
"And Sean Connery?",
"He shtill talksh like he haszh a mouth full of oatmeal, and even HE mispronounces his own name!!",
"And Quatermain (in Haggard's fiction) describes himself as small, a \"flea of a man\" whose hair \"stands up like a bristle brush\".",
"He certainly isn't Sean Connery.",
"Quatermain was born in 1817.",
"This movie is set in 1911.",
"You do the math.",
"The cover photo is extremely reminiscent ofMystery Men, and even thought that flick has a villian named Casanova Frankenstein, it's STILL better than this mangled, ill-conceived adaptation.",
"Why is Nemo's Nautilus the size of an aircraft carrier?",
"And if it's that huge, how does it cruise around the canals of Venice?",
"Tom Sawyer?",
"Really?!",
"No wonder Alan Moore is disgusted with films of his books.The rest lives up to this insulting premise.",
"Strictly for dimbulbs that think they're \"smart\" because they've heard of some of the characters."
] |
1 | Terrible, derivative sequel | This half hearted sequel attempt to the brilliantly moody The Crow is so devoid of any emotion or soul that it still makes me cringe to this day when I watch it just like I did back when it first came out. Vincent Perez plays Ashe; a man resurrected and guided by a crow to avenge his death and the death of his young son. Perez broods his way throughout the film, his wooden acting skills don't let us mourn for him much, same with Mia Kirshner's character Sara (the little girl from the first film now all grown up) and the villians seem like typical card board comic cut outs of typical drug addicted low lifes. In the end, The Crow: City of Angels is a terrible, derivative sequel to the modern day classic original, and would be followed by a direct to video sequel which was a bit better; The Crow: Salvation. The rest of the cast includes Richard Brooks, punk icon Iggy Pop, ex-Power Ranger Thuy Trang, and Thomas Jane who is due to play The Punisher in the upcoming film. | 979 | [
"This half hearted sequel attempt to the brilliantly moody The Crow is so devoid of any emotion or soul that it still makes me cringe to this day when I watch it just like I did back when it first came out.",
"Vincent Perez plays Ashe; a man resurrected and guided by a crow to avenge his death and the death of his young son.",
"Perez broods his way throughout the film, his wooden acting skills don't let us mourn for him much, same with Mia Kirshner's character Sara (the little girl from the first film now all grown up) and the villians seem like typical card board comic cut outs of typical drug addicted low lifes.",
"In the end, The Crow: City of Angels is a terrible, derivative sequel to the modern day classic original, and would be followed by a direct to video sequel which was a bit better; The Crow: Salvation.",
"The rest of the cast includes Richard Brooks, punk icon Iggy Pop, ex-Power Ranger Thuy Trang, and Thomas Jane who is due to play The Punisher in the upcoming film."
] |
1 | Save your money | I wish I had read the reviews here before I bought this book and exam CD. I had studied with the Crosswind series of materials by Tony Johnson, including his simulation exam CD, and the Rita book. I wanted to validate with another exam simulation source that I really knew the material versus memorizing the answers. I thought this was a good value - 4 exams for $30.00. I found the questions long and extremely wordy and confusing. It blew my confidence. Thankfully another person in my study group assured me that the test questions were formatted similar to the questions on the Crosswinds exam CD. I discarded this CD and concentrated on the materials I had from Crosswind. The exam answers refer you back to the Sybex book for clarification. The Crosswind exam provides clear information on the answers and refers you to the page in the PMBOK if necessary. The Crosswind exam CD recaps by knowledge area what you need to concentrate on and you can retest by a specific area. | 979 | [
"I wish I had read the reviews here before I bought this book and exam CD.",
"I had studied with the Crosswind series of materials by Tony Johnson, including his simulation exam CD, and the Rita book.",
"I wanted to validate with another exam simulation source that I really knew the material versus memorizing the answers.",
"I thought this was a good value - 4 exams for $30.00.",
"I found the questions long and extremely wordy and confusing.",
"It blew my confidence.",
"Thankfully another person in my study group assured me that the test questions were formatted similar to the questions on the Crosswinds exam CD.",
"I discarded this CD and concentrated on the materials I had from Crosswind.",
"The exam answers refer you back to the Sybex book for clarification.",
"The Crosswind exam provides clear information on the answers and refers you to the page in the PMBOK if necessary.",
"The Crosswind exam CD recaps by knowledge area what you need to concentrate on and you can retest by a specific area."
] |
1 | Stupid title, stupid book | A good travel writer should be perceptive enough to look beyond stereotypes. By maligning his birth city in his title, Mr. Martinez demonstrates his narrow mindedness.Like its neighbor across the bay, San Francisco, Oakland has sad and ugly neighborhoods, but it also has great beauty, including a lake with a bird sanctuary, "Necklace of Lights", and romantic gondola rides in the center of the city. The residential neighborhoods of Rockridge, Montclair, Crocker Highlands, Lakeside, Jack London Square and Claremont and the thriving shopping districts adjoining them make Oakland a highly desireable place to live. I could say more, but the point is to review the book.Gertrude Stein's famously misinterpreted "There is no there there" was said when she revisited the site of her family home, which had been razed.I would have more respect for Mr. Martinez as a travel writer if he were capable of intellectual and emotional growth amd expanding his limited view of the world. | 979 | [
"A good travel writer should be perceptive enough to look beyond stereotypes.",
"By maligning his birth city in his title, Mr.",
"Martinez demonstrates his narrow mindedness.Like its neighbor across the bay, San Francisco, Oakland has sad and ugly neighborhoods, but it also has great beauty, including a lake with a bird sanctuary, \"Necklace of Lights\", and romantic gondola rides in the center of the city.",
"The residential neighborhoods of Rockridge, Montclair, Crocker Highlands, Lakeside, Jack London Square and Claremont and the thriving shopping districts adjoining them make Oakland a highly desireable place to live.",
"I could say more, but the point is to review the book.Gertrude Stein's famously misinterpreted \"There is no there there\" was said when she revisited the site of her family home, which had been razed.I would have more respect for Mr.",
"Martinez as a travel writer if he were capable of intellectual and emotional growth amd expanding his limited view of the world."
] |
1 | Don't Buy! | Buying this album is basically the worst thing a fan of Reel Big Fish can do.Why you ask?When Reel Big Fish split from Jive records due in part to poor promotion for their then-latest album "We're Not Happy 'Til You're Happy", Jive kept records the band had made with them previously. Attempting to capitalize off of the band's previous success and their newly released live album "Our Live Album is Better than Your Live Album", Jive released "Greatest Hit...and More". While lead singer Aaron Barrett released a statement stating that, while unhappy of the label's attempt to gain off of their success, he was fine knowing that people would be enjoying the band's music. However, he soon retracted this statement after hearing the "remastered" tracks, which were of extremely poor quality.In short, not only is this album not a "true" Reel Big Fish album, but you, as a buyer, are not even getting decent recordings! For a true RBF "greatest hits" album, go for the live album. | 979 | [
"Buying this album is basically the worst thing a fan of Reel Big Fish can do.Why you ask?",
"When Reel Big Fish split from Jive records due in part to poor promotion for their then-latest album \"We're Not Happy 'Til You're Happy\", Jive kept records the band had made with them previously.",
"Attempting to capitalize off of the band's previous success and their newly released live album \"Our Live Album is Better than Your Live Album\", Jive released \"Greatest Hit...and More\".",
"While lead singer Aaron Barrett released a statement stating that, while unhappy of the label's attempt to gain off of their success, he was fine knowing that people would be enjoying the band's music.",
"However, he soon retracted this statement after hearing the \"remastered\" tracks, which were of extremely poor quality.In short, not only is this album not a \"true\" Reel Big Fish album, but you, as a buyer, are not even getting decent recordings!",
"For a true RBF \"greatest hits\" album, go for the live album."
] |
1 | worst bottle design for product | I have used the serum for over a month now. I don't think I am in the target age range, and therefore am not seeing results. That is ok with me, as long as I am perhaps preventing deep lines or sagging.My true gripe with this product is the dispensing mechanism of the small bottle. The product is too dense, so that it sticks to the walls, instead of settling on the bottom to be pumped out.I have had to shake and pound this tiny vessel and pry it open to redistribute the product, as well as just scoop it out. The bottle is by no means empty either! I still have over half the serum in there.Badly, badly designed. I will not be buying this again for that reason. Too bad I bought a two-pack!UPDATE: I have lowered my initial 2 star review to 1 star, because I developed eczema under my eyes. The only product I was using in that area of my face was the Eye Lifting Serum. I have NEVER reacted this way to any other product before. This is definitely a product with pitfalls. | 979 | [
"I have used the serum for over a month now.",
"I don't think I am in the target age range, and therefore am not seeing results.",
"That is ok with me, as long as I am perhaps preventing deep lines or sagging.My true gripe with this product is the dispensing mechanism of the small bottle.",
"The product is too dense, so that it sticks to the walls, instead of settling on the bottom to be pumped out.I have had to shake and pound this tiny vessel and pry it open to redistribute the product, as well as just scoop it out.",
"The bottle is by no means empty either!",
"I still have over half the serum in there.Badly, badly designed.",
"I will not be buying this again for that reason.",
"Too bad I bought a two-pack!",
"UPDATE: I have lowered my initial 2 star review to 1 star, because I developed eczema under my eyes.",
"The only product I was using in that area of my face was the Eye Lifting Serum.",
"I have NEVER reacted this way to any other product before.",
"This is definitely a product with pitfalls."
] |
1 | Don't Waste Your Time or Money | This was a box office smash. Why? I saw it in the theater after hearing good things about it, and let's just say my reaction of extreme disappointment is an understatement. The only thing that this movie left me with was motion sickness. Here's a quick rundown. Three people decide to take a trip into the woods to find the legendary Blair Witch. As they go about their daily duties, they eventually get lost. Their imaginations start to run wild, and they become convinced that the witch is after them. These are the things that scare them: piles of rocks, piles of leaves, and stick figures. Some people were scared by the fact that the characters just didn't know who was doing these things. You never see anything, or have any concrete proof other than legend and hearsay to actually believe there is a Blair Witch. You're just supposed to assume "the witch" is doing this. In conclusion, if rocks, leaves, and bad camera work give you the willies, you'll be scared for days! | 979 | [
"This was a box office smash.",
"Why?",
"I saw it in the theater after hearing good things about it, and let's just say my reaction of extreme disappointment is an understatement.",
"The only thing that this movie left me with was motion sickness.",
"Here's a quick rundown.",
"Three people decide to take a trip into the woods to find the legendary Blair Witch.",
"As they go about their daily duties, they eventually get lost.",
"Their imaginations start to run wild, and they become convinced that the witch is after them.",
"These are the things that scare them: piles of rocks, piles of leaves, and stick figures.",
"Some people were scared by the fact that the characters just didn't know who was doing these things.",
"You never see anything, or have any concrete proof other than legend and hearsay to actually believe there is a Blair Witch.",
"You're just supposed to assume \"the witch\" is doing this.",
"In conclusion, if rocks, leaves, and bad camera work give you the willies, you'll be scared for days!"
] |
1 | Booooring | Based on the good reviews here and on .co.uk I downloaded this to my Kindle and now I would like to find out how to delete it. I found the plot seriously dated, the heroine's attitude irritatingly prissy and illogical and the hero was just a cookie cutter character and one-dimensionally nice. It read like some school girl's attempts at novel writing, nobody's feelings or actions made much sense but because we were told we were supposed to believe. The gangster plot was ridiculous and convoluted and frankly the whole thing went on too long and was boring beyond belief. At one point I thought that it must surely be nearly over and when I checked I'd only gone one quarter through it. Finally I skim read just to see what happened in the end. Maybe it would have been a better read in the 90's but frankly it would still have been badly written in the 90's even if the social attitudes would have made more sense read in context. I really regretted time wasted reading this. | 979 | [
"Based on the good reviews here and on .co.uk I downloaded this to my Kindle and now I would like to find out how to delete it.",
"I found the plot seriously dated, the heroine's attitude irritatingly prissy and illogical and the hero was just a cookie cutter character and one-dimensionally nice.",
"It read like some school girl's attempts at novel writing, nobody's feelings or actions made much sense but because we were told we were supposed to believe.",
"The gangster plot was ridiculous and convoluted and frankly the whole thing went on too long and was boring beyond belief.",
"At one point I thought that it must surely be nearly over and when I checked I'd only gone one quarter through it.",
"Finally I skim read just to see what happened in the end.",
"Maybe it would have been a better read in the 90's but frankly it would still have been badly written in the 90's even if the social attitudes would have made more sense read in context.",
"I really regretted time wasted reading this."
] |
1 | One Fraud Too Many | It's a shame that because of works like this, not to mention the Forrest Carter (Education of Little Tree) scandal a few years back, many unknown and undiscovered--but authentic--Native American writers will probably have to struggle that much harder to become published. Well-established American Indian authors are already naturally suspect of any newcomers on the scene; the sad fact is that for some reason Native American culture and identity is misappropriated by more misguided white writers--whatever their individual agendas might be--than any other race or ethnic group. The sad truth is that, for every Forrest Carter and Timothy Barris who manage to secure a publishing contract, there are dozens of truly deserving Native voices that are going unheard.And thanks to these imposters making the buying public- as well as agents and editors- increasingly suspicious of anyone claiming to be Native American-their chances to be read and heard are only going to diminish. | 979 | [
"It's a shame that because of works like this, not to mention the Forrest Carter (Education of Little Tree) scandal a few years back, many unknown and undiscovered--but authentic--Native American writers will probably have to struggle that much harder to become published.",
"Well-established American Indian authors are already naturally suspect of any newcomers on the scene; the sad fact is that for some reason Native American culture and identity is misappropriated by more misguided white writers--whatever their individual agendas might be--than any other race or ethnic group.",
"The sad truth is that, for every Forrest Carter and Timothy Barris who manage to secure a publishing contract, there are dozens of truly deserving Native voices that are going unheard.And thanks to these imposters making the buying public- as well as agents and editors- increasingly suspicious of anyone claiming to be Native American-their chances to be read and heard are only going to diminish."
] |
1 | Junk! | I ordered this and it was delivered on time and as stated. The original compressor lasted 3 months before failing on the AC input. It was replaced by B&D at no charge. The replacement compressor lasted 6 months and again the AC input failed. After talking with customer service at B&D, they requested the second one be returned and upon it's receipt a third replacement would be shipped at no charge. I was told by customer service the AC input circuit had been changed and would not fail as the first two had! The third compressor lasted 9 months before the AC input again failed. I have the original and the failed 3rd compressor that both work on DC power. The AC input failures all made a loud "POP" noise and never worked after this happened. None of these compressors were used for anything other than car tires, bikes and a wheel barrow. My original B&D Air Station lasted for over 10 years before it failed. This unit is made in China and I can't advise anyone to buy it. | 979 | [
"I ordered this and it was delivered on time and as stated.",
"The original compressor lasted 3 months before failing on the AC input.",
"It was replaced by B&D at no charge.",
"The replacement compressor lasted 6 months and again the AC input failed.",
"After talking with customer service at B&D, they requested the second one be returned and upon it's receipt a third replacement would be shipped at no charge.",
"I was told by customer service the AC input circuit had been changed and would not fail as the first two had!",
"The third compressor lasted 9 months before the AC input again failed.",
"I have the original and the failed 3rd compressor that both work on DC power.",
"The AC input failures all made a loud \"POP\" noise and never worked after this happened.",
"None of these compressors were used for anything other than car tires, bikes and a wheel barrow.",
"My original B&D Air Station lasted for over 10 years before it failed.",
"This unit is made in China and I can't advise anyone to buy it."
] |
1 | Oh my god... | Is this even a game? All you do is control this little hand that's a pointer and click on random objects. It's really stupid. I couldn't even get out of the airplane on the mummy game. Not only that but on my other computer, some how, the mummy game made a directory called c:\mummy files\ and my computer was messed up for a while because of that. Maybe my version had a bug. But after it did that, my CD-ROM wouldn't work right because it couldnt find all it's files. For some reason my computer thought c:\mummy files was c:\program files so alot of my programs wouldn't work. Some are still messed up because when I try to run something, it can't find mummy.exe. So it's not only a really bad game, but the installation software is really messed up. This game wouldn't even be entertaining for 3 year olds. If you want a good family game, try something from Hoyle. Or if you want a good game filled with action, try Tomb Raider. These games are just an insult to video games. | 979 | [
"Is this even a game?",
"All you do is control this little hand that's a pointer and click on random objects.",
"It's really stupid.",
"I couldn't even get out of the airplane on the mummy game.",
"Not only that but on my other computer, some how, the mummy game made a directory called c:\\mummy files\\ and my computer was messed up for a while because of that.",
"Maybe my version had a bug.",
"But after it did that, my CD-ROM wouldn't work right because it couldnt find all it's files.",
"For some reason my computer thought c:\\mummy files was c:\\program files so alot of my programs wouldn't work.",
"Some are still messed up because when I try to run something, it can't find mummy.exe.",
"So it's not only a really bad game, but the installation software is really messed up.",
"This game wouldn't even be entertaining for 3 year olds.",
"If you want a good family game, try something from Hoyle.",
"Or if you want a good game filled with action, try Tomb Raider.",
"These games are just an insult to video games."
] |
1 | Disappointed! | Three reasons:1. The wireless signal goes dormant after 5 minutes so you then have to haggle with the USB key and the keyboard to get them to see each other again. This is a big deal breaker when you computer is inconveniently placed (the reason for the wireless in the first place).2. When it starts, the function keys are enabled by default, so you have remember to turn it off while typing or you get numbers mixed in,very annoying as the default feature, but more annoying that you cannot set it and forget it.3. Tech support is non-existent. Go to their site, send an email and you get some goofy feedback about how to send them another email to get them to respond...who does that? If you are wondering, I left a phone message too...got nothing!!Bottom line a waste of money...make sure you get to whomever is selling these like products and ask about these features BEFOREHAND as their marketing pitch sounded great, but their in the field delivery was very disappointing. | 979 | [
"Three reasons:1.",
"The wireless signal goes dormant after 5 minutes so you then have to haggle with the USB key and the keyboard to get them to see each other again.",
"This is a big deal breaker when you computer is inconveniently placed (the reason for the wireless in the first place).2.",
"When it starts, the function keys are enabled by default, so you have remember to turn it off while typing or you get numbers mixed in,very annoying as the default feature, but more annoying that you cannot set it and forget it.3. Tech support is non-existent.",
"Go to their site, send an email and you get some goofy feedback about how to send them another email to get them to respond...who does that?",
"If you are wondering, I left a phone message too...got nothing!!",
"Bottom line a waste of money...make sure you get to whomever is selling these like products and ask about these features BEFOREHAND as their marketing pitch sounded great, but their in the field delivery was very disappointing."
] |
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