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1 | Great While It Lasted | I was excited when I first saw this item on Amazon and was pleased by the price. I wind up my headsets and store them in a very small pocket in my fanny pack. All that bending wasn't good for them and eventually the wires frayed. So the idea of having one that wound up and fit very neatly into the pocket was great. I could overlook the fact that the microphone was above my ear (I'd had a Jabra before that had that feature...annoying but worh dealing with.I am now VERY disappointed because after a little over one month since I bought it, the microphone no longer works--apparently there's a short in the wiring. I can hear fine, but can no longer be heard. Now that I've read a few of the more recent reviews (including the May review I just read) I see that this is a common flaw. No wonder they are now selling for $13 bucks!So for me the search continues for a high quality, compact, durable headset. Save your $13 (unless you plan to spend $156 and get a year's supply!) | 979 | [
"I was excited when I first saw this item on Amazon and was pleased by the price.",
"I wind up my headsets and store them in a very small pocket in my fanny pack.",
"All that bending wasn't good for them and eventually the wires frayed.",
"So the idea of having one that wound up and fit very neatly into the pocket was great.",
"I could overlook the fact that the microphone was above my ear (I'd had a Jabra before that had that feature...annoying but worh dealing with.I am now VERY disappointed because after a little over one month since I bought it, the microphone no longer works--apparently there's a short in the wiring.",
"I can hear fine, but can no longer be heard.",
"Now that I've read a few of the more recent reviews (including the May review I just read) I see that this is a common flaw.",
"No wonder they are now selling for $13 bucks!",
"So for me the search continues for a high quality, compact, durable headset.",
"Save your $13 (unless you plan to spend $156 and get a year's supply!",
")"
] |
1 | A waste of time | I bought this to replace the AVIVO feature that my ATI AIW 9800 video card had. I love that card but since my new motherboard is PCI-E I can't use it anymore. The 550 was a total disappointment.The auto-install on the CD only completely installs the Remote Wonder software, an accessory that's not even in the box. You have to get the "working" drivers off ATI's site and if you want to use Catalyst Media Center, you need to dig through the install CD and run it manually (...CMC/CMC/install.exe). The real annoyance is that after doing all that, CMC can't even connect to the card when you choose to watch TV. It just keeps looking for it and eventually crashes. I've tried using three other programs that work with WDM cards but none of them will connect to the card using cable or composite/s-video.After two days of this nonsense I've decided to return it and research the other capture cards. I've read that Hauppauge's image isn't as crisp as ATI's but at least they work. | 979 | [
"I bought this to replace the AVIVO feature that my ATI AIW 9800 video card had.",
"I love that card but since my new motherboard is PCI-E I can't use it anymore.",
"The 550 was a total disappointment.The auto-install on the CD only completely installs the Remote Wonder software, an accessory that's not even in the box.",
"You have to get the \"working\" drivers off ATI's site and if you want to use Catalyst Media Center, you need to dig through the install CD and run it manually (...CMC/CMC/install.exe).",
"The real annoyance is that after doing all that, CMC can't even connect to the card when you choose to watch TV.",
"It just keeps looking for it and eventually crashes.",
"I've tried using three other programs that work with WDM cards but none of them will connect to the card using cable or composite/s-video.After two days of this nonsense I've decided to return it and research the other capture cards.",
"I've read that Hauppauge's image isn't as crisp as ATI's but at least they work."
] |
1 | Set the recording masters on fire | I hate this album. I thought the female singer was Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays, alas it wasn't. There isn't a solid track on this cd. The whole thing is weak. I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing this is a band that was shepherded along by a A&R neophyte trying to cut his or her teeth "discovering" this "unique" outfit. This album reeks of preciousness, one that has no inspiration. See, in my estimation when a band puts out a record they need to be able to look each other in the eye and feel chills at what they've assembled. With this album, I envision everyone involved pretending (or just not knowing any better) that they'd created something "transcendent" or "beautiful". I would hate to have sat behind the mixing boards listening to this pap over and over and over again. Unable to flesh out something any good, they seem content to rely on "flourishes" and studio tweaks in hopes of making something worth listening to. Sad to say, but it fails miserably. | 979 | [
"I hate this album.",
"I thought the female singer was Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays, alas it wasn't.",
"There isn't a solid track on this cd.",
"The whole thing is weak.",
"I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing this is a band that was shepherded along by a A&R neophyte trying to cut his or her teeth \"discovering\" this \"unique\" outfit.",
"This album reeks of preciousness, one that has no inspiration.",
"See, in my estimation when a band puts out a record they need to be able to look each other in the eye and feel chills at what they've assembled.",
"With this album, I envision everyone involved pretending (or just not knowing any better) that they'd created something \"transcendent\" or \"beautiful\".",
"I would hate to have sat behind the mixing boards listening to this pap over and over and over again.",
"Unable to flesh out something any good, they seem content to rely on \"flourishes\" and studio tweaks in hopes of making something worth listening to.",
"Sad to say, but it fails miserably."
] |
1 | Quickly Forgotten | I keep a little journal filled with titles of books I want to read as soon as I get a chance. As soon as I found out Judith McNaught had a new book out of course I added it to my list. Today I went through my journal to find out what I should buy next and I came across Night Whispers still not crossed off of my list...but the title sounded very familiar...haven't I read that already, I asked myself. So I did a quick Amazon.com search to read the plot summary and jogged my memory. In fact, I had read it no more than a month ago and already the story has faded from my mind...the characters dry...the conflict unbelievable...the romantic tension forced... the plot slow...but thankfully quickly forgotten. If you've read all of her books and simply must get this one too...it's definetly a "library pick!"....taking the time to double cross it off my list right now so in a few years from now when this story has totally deserted my memory I won't mistakenly pick it to read. | 979 | [
"I keep a little journal filled with titles of books I want to read as soon as I get a chance.",
"As soon as I found out Judith McNaught had a new book out of course I added it to my list.",
"Today I went through my journal to find out what I should buy next and I came across Night Whispers still not crossed off of my list...but the title sounded very familiar...haven't I read that already, I asked myself.",
"So I did a quick Amazon.com search to read the plot summary and jogged my memory.",
"In fact, I had read it no more than a month ago and already the story has faded from my mind...the characters dry...the conflict unbelievable...the romantic tension forced... the plot slow...but thankfully quickly forgotten.",
"If you've read all of her books and simply must get this one too...it's definetly a \"library pick!",
"\"....taking the time to double cross it off my list right now so in a few years from now when this story has totally deserted my memory I won't mistakenly pick it to read."
] |
1 | Imitation Product | I purchaseed a bottle of Estee Youth Dew from Beauty Encunter (unopened box) only to receive an imitation product. I compared the label with a label of an original bottle of Estee Lauder Youth Dew I have at home and the Beauty Encounter product was an imitation. Fortunately, Beauty Encounter reviewed my response, removed my negative response and has sent me this message:"We are sorry to hear that the perfume you received in your last order was not up to your expectation. We pride ourselves in offering only high-quality products, but apparantely this item was not carefully inspected by our warehouse. Please see the attached link for your prepaid return lable. Once we recieve the bottle back we will issue you a full refund. "I will mail the product back on July 27, 2010 and see if I receive a full refund including shipping & handling vs. all of the 15% Shipping and Handling and restocking fees that normally apply. I am willing to give Beauty Encounter another chance. | 979 | [
"I purchaseed a bottle of Estee Youth Dew from Beauty Encunter (unopened box) only to receive an imitation product.",
"I compared the label with a label of an original bottle of Estee Lauder Youth Dew I have at home and the Beauty Encounter product was an imitation.",
"Fortunately, Beauty Encounter reviewed my response, removed my negative response and has sent me this message:\"We are sorry to hear that the perfume you received in your last order was not up to your expectation.",
"We pride ourselves in offering only high-quality products, but apparantely this item was not carefully inspected by our warehouse.",
"Please see the attached link for your prepaid return lable.",
"Once we recieve the bottle back we will issue you a full refund.",
"\"I will mail the product back on July 27, 2010 and see if I receive a full refund including shipping & handling vs.",
"all of the 15% Shipping and Handling and restocking fees that normally apply.",
"I am willing to give Beauty Encounter another chance."
] |
1 | Words of Harm | What kind of author thinks pounding little kids with objects is a good idea? The usual "beat your children with a rod" stuff is in this little pamphlet, as if we needed more reminding of Old Testament brutality like whippings and stonings. It seems any unqualified person can put words on paper and sell them to a violence-sodden public, people looking for ways to take out their disappointment and rage on the most vulnerable, the "least of these": little children. I suggest you pass on this book, and read some good non-violent parenting books by Sears, Whitehurst, Granju, O'Mara, and La Leche League. It's worth remembering that Jesus never advocated hitting children. Christ shows us a new way to relate to each other, out of forgiveness and love. Reading the New Testament with open eyes and heart could help a lot of people get away from the idea that violence solves problems. Violence just begets violence. It was the way of Solomon and it didn't work back then either. | 979 | [
"What kind of author thinks pounding little kids with objects is a good idea?",
"The usual \"beat your children with a rod\" stuff is in this little pamphlet, as if we needed more reminding of Old Testament brutality like whippings and stonings.",
"It seems any unqualified person can put words on paper and sell them to a violence-sodden public, people looking for ways to take out their disappointment and rage on the most vulnerable, the \"least of these\": little children.",
"I suggest you pass on this book, and read some good non-violent parenting books by Sears, Whitehurst, Granju, O'Mara, and La Leche League.",
"It's worth remembering that Jesus never advocated hitting children.",
"Christ shows us a new way to relate to each other, out of forgiveness and love.",
"Reading the New Testament with open eyes and heart could help a lot of people get away from the idea that violence solves problems.",
"Violence just begets violence.",
"It was the way of Solomon and it didn't work back then either."
] |
1 | I'm looking into the return policy | This book is about as bad as they come. The narration gets in the way of the narrative. The author gets in the way of the narrative with his pointless first person rambles. Oh and there is no narrative. No development of events, nor of (the bundles of whacky/stock that pass for) characters. There is no theme to speak of. For those of you who believe it has a theme about the dangers of dogma, might I suggest the first three books in the Dune series. They actually have that theme.Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1),Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles),Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3)And as far as it being "deep", it's not. It is not even philosophically literate. I've had students who failed my intro to philosophy classes with a deeper understanding than this book's narrative voice has. It's symptomatic of the postmodernist nonsense that permeates our literature departments[...]Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science. | 979 | [
"This book is about as bad as they come.",
"The narration gets in the way of the narrative.",
"The author gets in the way of the narrative with his pointless first person rambles.",
"Oh and there is no narrative.",
"No development of events, nor of (the bundles of whacky/stock that pass for) characters.",
"There is no theme to speak of.",
"For those of you who believe it has a theme about the dangers of dogma, might I suggest the first three books in the Dune series.",
"They actually have that theme.Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1),Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles),Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3)And as far as it being \"deep\", it's not.",
"It is not even philosophically literate.",
"I've had students who failed my intro to philosophy classes with a deeper understanding than this book's narrative voice has.",
"It's symptomatic of the postmodernist nonsense that permeates our literature departments[...]Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science."
] |
1 | total loss | after unpacking the item would not set up. It would not operate. Unpacking instructions were followed with great care. Set-up instructions were followed with great care. The support unit of Brother was telephoned in accordance with instructions and I was instructed to take the typewriter to the nearest authorized repair center - a mere 49 miles away, I was informed. 49 miles if I had a helicopter, that is, the actual drive was 90 minutes and 75 miles away. The repair center informed me that (a) they would need to order parts and (b) would also charge at least $50 for labor. The fine print: the warranty provided by Brother only covered labor for 90 (count 'em) 90 days, an excellent gauge of the confidence of Brother in their product. This typewriter is now scrap metal, and in my estimation was scrap metal when purchased. Brother cannot be proud of this product and if it is not already out of production, should be cancelled immediately. Shame, shame, shame on Brother | 979 | [
"after unpacking the item would not set up.",
"It would not operate.",
"Unpacking instructions were followed with great care.",
"Set-up instructions were followed with great care.",
"The support unit of Brother was telephoned in accordance with instructions and I was instructed to take the typewriter to the nearest authorized repair center - a mere 49 miles away, I was informed.",
"49 miles if I had a helicopter, that is, the actual drive was 90 minutes and 75 miles away.",
"The repair center informed me that (a) they would need to order parts and (b) would also charge at least $50 for labor.",
"The fine print: the warranty provided by Brother only covered labor for 90 (count 'em) 90 days, an excellent gauge of the confidence of Brother in their product.",
"This typewriter is now scrap metal, and in my estimation was scrap metal when purchased.",
"Brother cannot be proud of this product and if it is not already out of production, should be cancelled immediately.",
"Shame, shame, shame on Brother"
] |
1 | Cynthia, Home Owner | I purchased this 1191VSR SR# 981002032 and it stopped in the middle of my drilling a hole in wood! It is only about 2 years old, moderate use, kept in the case, clean and dust free. I called the product recall line, it is not on recall. Then I was told I could talk to a technician. Ok, first, I was on hold too long with the product recall line, not a good sign. If you have to be on hold that long on a product recall line because the operators are busy then their products are not worth buying. Never again will I buy a Bosch product. I have a Hitachi drill and have owned it for at least seven years. It still works and better than this Bosch thing. Don't waste your money on this Bosch drill! Oh, and my mistake, I did not register the product, so basically I was told, oh well. If your product is the best people can buy, then you stand by your product and you don't give them the run around. Again, I am never buying anything from Bosch again.Cynthia B, Plant City Florida | 979 | [
"I purchased this 1191VSR SR# 981002032 and it stopped in the middle of my drilling a hole in wood!",
"It is only about 2 years old, moderate use, kept in the case, clean and dust free.",
"I called the product recall line, it is not on recall.",
"Then I was told I could talk to a technician.",
"Ok, first, I was on hold too long with the product recall line, not a good sign.",
"If you have to be on hold that long on a product recall line because the operators are busy then their products are not worth buying.",
"Never again will I buy a Bosch product.",
"I have a Hitachi drill and have owned it for at least seven years.",
"It still works and better than this Bosch thing.",
"Don't waste your money on this Bosch drill!",
"Oh, and my mistake, I did not register the product, so basically I was told, oh well.",
"If your product is the best people can buy, then you stand by your product and you don't give them the run around.",
"Again, I am never buying anything from Bosch again.Cynthia B, Plant City Florida"
] |
1 | Terrible, Just Terrible | This is quite simply the worse book I have ever read. It is poorly written, poorly conceived of, and a so utterly implausible as to be laughable. The author, a well known survivalist online, cleary fancies his protagonists in the story as true patriots, fighting against the injustice of an overbearing world government threatening to take away their "Freedom", whatever that means. But the real irony here is: these neo-conservative, evangelical, anti-government, quasi military heroes end up being lawless vigilantes, cold blooded killers who justify their killing in the name of freedom, and miss the fact that they have merely replaced the system with their own brand of oppression. I could go on and on about how silly it is--I mean the only liberal in the book is portrayed as a communist cannibal--but it aint worth the time. The author has some solid emergency preparedness information throughout the book, but this is just cynical, fanciful, apocalyptic porn. Stay away. | 979 | [
"This is quite simply the worse book I have ever read.",
"It is poorly written, poorly conceived of, and a so utterly implausible as to be laughable.",
"The author, a well known survivalist online, cleary fancies his protagonists in the story as true patriots, fighting against the injustice of an overbearing world government threatening to take away their \"Freedom\", whatever that means.",
"But the real irony here is: these neo-conservative, evangelical, anti-government, quasi military heroes end up being lawless vigilantes, cold blooded killers who justify their killing in the name of freedom, and miss the fact that they have merely replaced the system with their own brand of oppression.",
"I could go on and on about how silly it is--I mean the only liberal in the book is portrayed as a communist cannibal--but it aint worth the time.",
"The author has some solid emergency preparedness information throughout the book, but this is just cynical, fanciful, apocalyptic porn.",
"Stay away."
] |
1 | Avoid at all costs! | Okay, first of all, I LOVED the first Bring It On. It was fun and campy the way that all those great 80's comedies were. But this sequel was just awful! Terribly predictable and completely unrealistic - are we to believe that a bunch of awkward uncoordinated geeks could turn into gymnastic flipping, street dancing, cheerleading gods/goddesses in like 3 weeks? Not only that, but the love story was absolutely wretched (they couldn't have picked two more unappealing leads) and the acting was 10 times worse than a really bad (like the worse) WB show. I could not stand the evil cheerleading chick - she was awful. Everything about it just screamed B-rated Direct-to-Video. The only watchable scene was the final cheerleading performances at the end, which I admit were actually a little better than in the first movie. Other than that, there are no redeeming qualities in this movie. Unless you absolutely have to see it to believe how bad it is, avoid this movie at all costs! | 979 | [
"Okay, first of all, I LOVED the first Bring It On.",
"It was fun and campy the way that all those great 80's comedies were.",
"But this sequel was just awful!",
"Terribly predictable and completely unrealistic - are we to believe that a bunch of awkward uncoordinated geeks could turn into gymnastic flipping, street dancing, cheerleading gods/goddesses in like 3 weeks?",
"Not only that, but the love story was absolutely wretched (they couldn't have picked two more unappealing leads) and the acting was 10 times worse than a really bad (like the worse) WB show.",
"I could not stand the evil cheerleading chick - she was awful.",
"Everything about it just screamed B-rated Direct-to-Video.",
"The only watchable scene was the final cheerleading performances at the end, which I admit were actually a little better than in the first movie.",
"Other than that, there are no redeeming qualities in this movie.",
"Unless you absolutely have to see it to believe how bad it is, avoid this movie at all costs!"
] |
1 | Very poorly done | This book really wasn't worth all the fuss that it got in the press - good or bad. I'm not sure what Ms. Randall was trying to accomplish by writing this book. It was very poorly written; the main character's thoughts jumped all over the place that the reader can't really follow them and understand the point - if there is one - that's being made. Cynara is supposed to be an intelligent person with intelligent thoughts, and I don't see that in this writing.Maybe Ms. Randall could have done a much better job of explaining plantation life from a slave's point of view if she hadn't tried to focus so much on Gone With the Wind. Her fascination with GWTW is distracting, particularly to one who has read it. As a result, I noticed alarming parallels with her phrases and settings to Ms. Mitchell's work, and see an individual taking credit and making money off of someone else's original work. It's a shame, particularly when the work in question isn't anything to be proud of. | 979 | [
"This book really wasn't worth all the fuss that it got in the press - good or bad.",
"I'm not sure what Ms.",
"Randall was trying to accomplish by writing this book.",
"It was very poorly written; the main character's thoughts jumped all over the place that the reader can't really follow them and understand the point - if there is one - that's being made.",
"Cynara is supposed to be an intelligent person with intelligent thoughts, and I don't see that in this writing.Maybe Ms.",
"Randall could have done a much better job of explaining plantation life from a slave's point of view if she hadn't tried to focus so much on Gone With the Wind.",
"Her fascination with GWTW is distracting, particularly to one who has read it.",
"As a result, I noticed alarming parallels with her phrases and settings to Ms.",
"Mitchell's work, and see an individual taking credit and making money off of someone else's original work.",
"It's a shame, particularly when the work in question isn't anything to be proud of."
] |
1 | Please DeNiro, give us a break | In case anyone is misinformed, Robert DeNiro is just an anti-American hippie. This so-called tale, or maybe tale is a better description than story, is so far out of touch with history that it is pathetic. Yes, sometimes the CIA can be pretty pathetic, too, but at least their pathos is not contrived, it just happens, humans being human, after all. DeNiro's pathetic film is totally contrived and seems to be directed at making the USA's spy mission somehow evil. What were we (the US) to do during the Second World War and the following Cold War? Close our eyes and pretend that the Soviets and Papa Joe Stalin were a bunch of nice guys not trying to get us. They certainly were trying to get us and if sometimes our spy agencies screwed up, well, as I said above, they were human; and if anyone thinks the Soviets didn't screw up, they need to read up on their history.All in all a pathetic picture, made more pathetic by poor editing and historically inaccurate tale-telling. | 979 | [
"In case anyone is misinformed, Robert DeNiro is just an anti-American hippie.",
"This so-called tale, or maybe tale is a better description than story, is so far out of touch with history that it is pathetic.",
"Yes, sometimes the CIA can be pretty pathetic, too, but at least their pathos is not contrived, it just happens, humans being human, after all.",
"DeNiro's pathetic film is totally contrived and seems to be directed at making the USA's spy mission somehow evil.",
"What were we (the US) to do during the Second World War and the following Cold War?",
"Close our eyes and pretend that the Soviets and Papa Joe Stalin were a bunch of nice guys not trying to get us.",
"They certainly were trying to get us and if sometimes our spy agencies screwed up, well, as I said above, they were human; and if anyone thinks the Soviets didn't screw up, they need to read up on their history.All in all a pathetic picture, made more pathetic by poor editing and historically inaccurate tale-telling."
] |
1 | Beware this machine | I only gave this 1 star because the review requires a star for publishing, 1 is too much.I've never written a complaint or a review until I had the misfortune to purchase this machine. I am a HP user, this being my 6th HP printer. I have it about 6 weeks, to give it a chance because I wanted HP, but found myself so frustrated with it by day 2 that I wrote to HP then... I still have not had a reply from them.The software is too large and there is no option to just use the drivers. I find the color isn't up to my other 2 HP printer standards (720C and 1220C), it being quite dull in comparison, and the speed is 0 - sluggish. I timed my first print run and cried and that was using fastNormal. Also, for some reason it would occassionally only print 3 or 10 copies if asked for more (example 70+), not a reliable machine.I have no solutions but had to get this off my chest - buy something "anything" else. I love my 1220C but will be moving to another brand now, goodbye HP. | 979 | [
"I only gave this 1 star because the review requires a star for publishing, 1 is too much.I've never written a complaint or a review until I had the misfortune to purchase this machine.",
"I am a HP user, this being my 6th HP printer.",
"I have it about 6 weeks, to give it a chance because I wanted HP, but found myself so frustrated with it by day 2 that I wrote to HP then... I still have not had a reply from them.The software is too large and there is no option to just use the drivers.",
"I find the color isn't up to my other 2 HP printer standards (720C and 1220C), it being quite dull in comparison, and the speed is 0 - sluggish.",
"I timed my first print run and cried and that was using fastNormal.",
"Also, for some reason it would occassionally only print 3 or 10 copies if asked for more (example 70+), not a reliable machine.I have no solutions but had to get this off my chest - buy something \"anything\" else.",
"I love my 1220C but will be moving to another brand now, goodbye HP."
] |
1 | Total fluff - skip it | I had three problems with this particular entry to the Buffyverse:1. It's short. 193 pages in large print, so you really aren't getting your money's worth. It's a novella at best.2. The author doesn't capture the voice of the characters nearly as well as some of the other contributors, and some items are just wrong (e.g., especially in this Season 3 chronology, Buffy doesn't drive.) The dialogue is lame, with Buffy occasionally sounding like Giles, Anya never sounding like Anya, and a villian that doesn't even acheive the insightful repartee of your cheesy comic book. Try Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder for far superior characterizations and voices that "get" the Buffy tone.3. The story, which had potential in theory, is just plain lame in execution. The characters do stupid things, the conclusion is artificial, and you are left with the thought that these people are no better than the various teenagers offed in any B grade horror flick. Don't waste your money. | 979 | [
"I had three problems with this particular entry to the Buffyverse:1.",
"It's short.",
"193 pages in large print, so you really aren't getting your money's worth.",
"It's a novella at best.2. The author doesn't capture the voice of the characters nearly as well as some of the other contributors, and some items are just wrong (e.g., especially in this Season 3 chronology, Buffy doesn't drive.) The dialogue is lame, with Buffy occasionally sounding like Giles, Anya never sounding like Anya, and a villian that doesn't even acheive the insightful repartee of your cheesy comic book.",
"Try Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder for far superior characterizations and voices that \"get\" the Buffy tone.3. The story, which had potential in theory, is just plain lame in execution.",
"The characters do stupid things, the conclusion is artificial, and you are left with the thought that these people are no better than the various teenagers offed in any B grade horror flick.",
"Don't waste your money."
] |
1 | NOT for children | So....I bought this for my 9 year old son for Chrsitmas becuase he is a very musical little boy in song and dance. Who better to see than Michael Jackson? I was so very wrong. Side A was awesome, however when we started to watch side B a whole different Michael Jackson image appreared. The one I wanted to "protect" my 9 year old from. The worst was with his sister Janet, who in this video was grabbing her breasts, flipping everyone off into the Camera, and standing in front of a toilet as if to "pee" like a man. I don't care WHAT the twisted message was trying to convey, my son and I were appauled. After that, was a video of Michael rising from a pond with angel wings attached to his back as we watch him emerge from the water. So....what's wrong with THAT picture. Both the first DVD and this version is "Not Rated", but I will not risk buying the first one after that shock attack!!!! Certainly wish that I could get my $$ back for this one!!!!!! Absolutely disgusted! | 979 | [
"So....I bought this for my 9 year old son for Chrsitmas becuase he is a very musical little boy in song and dance.",
"Who better to see than Michael Jackson?",
"I was so very wrong.",
"Side A was awesome, however when we started to watch side B a whole different Michael Jackson image appreared.",
"The one I wanted to \"protect\" my 9 year old from.",
"The worst was with his sister Janet, who in this video was grabbing her breasts, flipping everyone off into the Camera, and standing in front of a toilet as if to \"pee\" like a man.",
"I don't care WHAT the twisted message was trying to convey, my son and I were appauled.",
"After that, was a video of Michael rising from a pond with angel wings attached to his back as we watch him emerge from the water.",
"So....what's wrong with THAT picture.",
"Both the first DVD and this version is \"Not Rated\", but I will not risk buying the first one after that shock attack!!!",
"!",
"Certainly wish that I could get my $$ back for this one!!!",
"!!!",
"Absolutely disgusted!"
] |
1 | UPDATE: It gets worse | After countless hours of trying to make this useless product work, Netgear offered to replace it - if I gave them my credit card number, which they claimed would not be charged unless I failed to send back the defective router. Given the gross incompetence of their customer service, I'd rather eat the loss than risk them having my CC number on file. Their attitude was extremely condescending - like they were doing me a great favor by waving the shipping charges for the replacement. Speaking to a supervisor didn't help either - she had an even snootier attitude than the rep. Do yourself a favor - if after all this you still buy a Netgear product, and it doesn't work, bring it back for a refund immediately - trying to get these Netgear idiots to understand customer service or support is like trying to get good sushi at Mcdonalds - impossible. I paid dearly for trying to make the router work, instead of just getting a refund while I could. Don't make the same mistake. | 979 | [
"After countless hours of trying to make this useless product work, Netgear offered to replace it - if I gave them my credit card number, which they claimed would not be charged unless I failed to send back the defective router.",
"Given the gross incompetence of their customer service, I'd rather eat the loss than risk them having my CC number on file.",
"Their attitude was extremely condescending - like they were doing me a great favor by waving the shipping charges for the replacement.",
"Speaking to a supervisor didn't help either - she had an even snootier attitude than the rep.",
"Do yourself a favor - if after all this you still buy a Netgear product, and it doesn't work, bring it back for a refund immediately - trying to get these Netgear idiots to understand customer service or support is like trying to get good sushi at Mcdonalds - impossible.",
"I paid dearly for trying to make the router work, instead of just getting a refund while I could.",
"Don't make the same mistake."
] |
1 | Don't waste your time or money | When this humidifier is running on high, it is so loud you can't be in the same room and talk on the phone or listen to TV or music unless you raise the volume. A neighbor stopped over and after in the house only a minute she said,"WHAT is that noise?".It also makes popping noises every 45 min to hour as the water drains out of the water holding tank. The first time I heard it I thought someone was knocking on our front door. The first time my husband heard it he said, "What the he-- is that!". If that is not bad enough, when the unit runs out of water there is no indicator light and it does not shut off...it just keeps running and running. Also, you cannot move the unit until all the water is empty. If you need to move it to vacuum or wash the floor, good luck because the vents on the bottom part where the water is are very low on the unit and the water comes sloshing out out all over. Cannot believe the incredibly poor design from a company that makes great fans. | 979 | [
"When this humidifier is running on high, it is so loud you can't be in the same room and talk on the phone or listen to TV or music unless you raise the volume.",
"A neighbor stopped over and after in the house only a minute she said,\"WHAT is that noise?",
"\".It also makes popping noises every 45 min to hour as the water drains out of the water holding tank.",
"The first time I heard it I thought someone was knocking on our front door.",
"The first time my husband heard it he said, \"What the he-- is that!",
"\".",
"If that is not bad enough, when the unit runs out of water there is no indicator light and it does not shut off...it just keeps running and running.",
"Also, you cannot move the unit until all the water is empty.",
"If you need to move it to vacuum or wash the floor, good luck because the vents on the bottom part where the water is are very low on the unit and the water comes sloshing out out all over.",
"Cannot believe the incredibly poor design from a company that makes great fans."
] |
1 | Two thumps down. | Shakira and her producers don't know what to do to make money. That's the only thing I can think after checking this production.Her 2003 tour was good. I saw her in Lima and I found the concert interesting, she sang several songs and had a good production. But This is cd is simply garbage (excuse me Shakira fans but it's true) from the 17 songs that she sang on her concerts she only adds 10 and let's not forget that "Ojos asi", "Ciega, sordomuda", "Si te vas" and "Tu" sound the same way that they sound on her Unplugged cd.There's only one new song which is "Back in black" but I wonder where are her other hits like "Estoy aqui" or "Donde estas corazon?".If you want to buy this cd just do it for the DVD because the cd is simply trash. And besides, the DVD doesn't contain the whole show.I used to be a Shakira fan when she released her cd "Pies descalzos" and found "Donde estan los ladrones?" interesting but after that I can just say that Shakira isn't the same artist. | 979 | [
"Shakira and her producers don't know what to do to make money.",
"That's the only thing I can think after checking this production.Her 2003 tour was good.",
"I saw her in Lima and I found the concert interesting, she sang several songs and had a good production.",
"But This is cd is simply garbage (excuse me Shakira fans but it's true) from the 17 songs that she sang on her concerts she only adds 10 and let's not forget that \"Ojos asi\", \"Ciega, sordomuda\", \"Si te vas\" and \"Tu\" sound the same way that they sound on her Unplugged cd.There's only one new song which is \"Back in black\" but I wonder where are her other hits like \"Estoy aqui\" or \"Donde estas corazon?",
"\".If you want to buy this cd just do it for the DVD because the cd is simply trash.",
"And besides, the DVD doesn't contain the whole show.I used to be a Shakira fan when she released her cd \"Pies descalzos\" and found \"Donde estan los ladrones?",
"\" interesting but after that I can just say that Shakira isn't the same artist."
] |
1 | Deplorable | It sounded like a promising precept: the fabled psychic program of the US gov't during the Cold War. I expected something along those lines: exciting, conspiratorial, and action filled. No. This was the worst combination of gratuitous sex, midnight talk show and "psychic" reading of the crystal ball I have ever had the misfortune to pick up. The grammar was atrocious, and spelling was horrible all the way through. I forced myself to finish it (for the sake of reviewing it, if nothing else) and found the ending to be as climactic as a TV special on watching grass grow. Don't waste your time or money on this. I don't know if it was being set up for a sequel, but just let this program rest in the black files like it should.Sidenote: I've just finished another book by the same author, The Children's Hour. An excellent book, a brilliant read. I didn't care for this book, but the author is really quite talented. I strongly recommend trying one of Mr. Clegg's other works! | 979 | [
"It sounded like a promising precept: the fabled psychic program of the US gov't during the Cold War.",
"I expected something along those lines: exciting, conspiratorial, and action filled.",
"No.",
"This was the worst combination of gratuitous sex, midnight talk show and \"psychic\" reading of the crystal ball I have ever had the misfortune to pick up.",
"The grammar was atrocious, and spelling was horrible all the way through.",
"I forced myself to finish it (for the sake of reviewing it, if nothing else) and found the ending to be as climactic as a TV special on watching grass grow.",
"Don't waste your time or money on this.",
"I don't know if it was being set up for a sequel, but just let this program rest in the black files like it should.Sidenote: I've just finished another book by the same author, The Children's Hour.",
"An excellent book, a brilliant read.",
"I didn't care for this book, but the author is really quite talented.",
"I strongly recommend trying one of Mr.",
"Clegg's other works!"
] |
1 | Small step, not giant leap | What a shame. This is one of the most amazing subjects in -- and out of -- this world, but this book is bland and sometimes wrong. What a waste. It's another tale of the X-15 and moon program, thinly told through Armstrong's resume. Yes there is some neat and new stuff here, but not much. It is all overshadowed by the errors and omisions. Yes, that is Buzz on the cover. The quote as Armstrong walked on the moon is wrong. Neil was not an 'ace' in Korea. In describing an Earth orbit docking, Wagener talks of 'twinkling' navigation lights -- but I thought the twinkling we see is an atmospheric effect. What did it really look like in orbit? I don't trust this book to tell me.There are many great books on Armstrong's times and events, I'd buy many of them before this one. And wait for someone like Jeffrey Kluger, Neil Thomson or Andrew Chaikin to get us close to Armstrong. UPDATE: The book you're looking for has been written, it'sFirst Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong | 979 | [
"What a shame.",
"This is one of the most amazing subjects in -- and out of -- this world, but this book is bland and sometimes wrong.",
"What a waste.",
"It's another tale of the X-15 and moon program, thinly told through Armstrong's resume.",
"Yes there is some neat and new stuff here, but not much.",
"It is all overshadowed by the errors and omisions.",
"Yes, that is Buzz on the cover.",
"The quote as Armstrong walked on the moon is wrong.",
"Neil was not an 'ace' in Korea.",
"In describing an Earth orbit docking, Wagener talks of 'twinkling' navigation lights -- but I thought the twinkling we see is an atmospheric effect.",
"What did it really look like in orbit?",
"I don't trust this book to tell me.There are many great books on Armstrong's times and events, I'd buy many of them before this one.",
"And wait for someone like Jeffrey Kluger, Neil Thomson or Andrew Chaikin to get us close to Armstrong.",
"UPDATE: The book you're looking for has been written, it'sFirst Man: The Life of Neil A.",
"Armstrong"
] |
1 | Jarhead worst war movie ever | This is the worst war movie ever made. It is full of every idiot cliché that could be crammed into a movie of this type. The private standing up and getting machine gunned in training is a vey old stick. Fact is that I've done the old low crawl across the course while machine guns fired overhead and small charges of C-4 were set off and I did it at night. It's more "fun" that way. Didn't anybody panic. And no, we were not elite soldiers - just a bunch of ordinary guys going through Army basic in 1963. That sadistic staff sergeant in movie - what a crock. Yes, there are Army and Marine sergeants who are tough on the people they command. However, the actions of the staff sergeant in the movie was so far out of realty as to be pathetic. About the only good part of this movie were the scenes of "grab ass" and the stress of doing nothing. The rest of it was pure male bovine droppings and a disservice to the marines. Frankly, I wouldn't wish this movie on my worst enemy. | 979 | [
"This is the worst war movie ever made.",
"It is full of every idiot cliché that could be crammed into a movie of this type.",
"The private standing up and getting machine gunned in training is a vey old stick.",
"Fact is that I've done the old low crawl across the course while machine guns fired overhead and small charges of C-4 were set off and I did it at night.",
"It's more \"fun\" that way.",
"Didn't anybody panic.",
"And no, we were not elite soldiers - just a bunch of ordinary guys going through Army basic in 1963.",
"That sadistic staff sergeant in movie - what a crock.",
"Yes, there are Army and Marine sergeants who are tough on the people they command.",
"However, the actions of the staff sergeant in the movie was so far out of realty as to be pathetic.",
"About the only good part of this movie were the scenes of \"grab ass\" and the stress of doing nothing.",
"The rest of it was pure male bovine droppings and a disservice to the marines.",
"Frankly, I wouldn't wish this movie on my worst enemy."
] |
1 | THE WORST CARD YOU'LL EVER BUY | I am actually quite apalled with this product. After buying it a year ago because it was pretty cheap, No more than 4 DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE, I purchased a Silent Hill game, and the graphics card was NOT compatible. I thought to myself, "fine..maybe it's just this one game", But the more games I would purchase, the more those games wouldn't work...I've also found out that the geforce mx 4 SERIES is basically *similiar* to geforce 2! Geforce 3 is actually higher and way more compatible with 3d games--which makes NO sense!!! You'd think geforce 4 (since it's supposed to be an upgrade from geforce 3) would be better..Not in this case.I'm being honest here, some games work.. But if you're looking for the newer, exciting 3D games..(For instance, Silent Hill games, Godfather, etc..) this card isn't for you.If you want to have some great smooth gameplay & gorgeous graphics--save up and buy a graphics card that is WORTH it. Because in my opinion, this one certainly isn't. | 979 | [
"I am actually quite apalled with this product.",
"After buying it a year ago because it was pretty cheap, No more than 4 DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE, I purchased a Silent Hill game, and the graphics card was NOT compatible.",
"I thought to myself, \"fine..maybe it's just this one game\", But the more games I would purchase, the more those games wouldn't work...I've also found out that the geforce mx 4 SERIES is basically *similiar* to geforce 2!",
"Geforce 3 is actually higher and way more compatible with 3d games--which makes NO sense!!!",
"You'd think geforce 4 (since it's supposed to be an upgrade from geforce 3) would be better..Not in this case.I'm being honest here, some games work..",
"But if you're looking for the newer, exciting 3D games..(For instance, Silent Hill games, Godfather, etc..) this card isn't for you.If you want to have some great smooth gameplay & gorgeous graphics--save up and buy a graphics card that is WORTH it.",
"Because in my opinion, this one certainly isn't."
] |
1 | This movie should be censored | As a proud American, gun-owner, and Neo-conservative drone, I am appalled that this movie is being shown in this great nation's movie theaters. What in the name of Ronald Reagan's corpse is this fatboy thinking? If you don't agree with our great President blindly, then just move back north to Mexico, you stupid liberal.I for one am calling for all great Americans to boycott and censor this movie. Censorship has gotten a bad rap throughout history, but it should be used in careful consideration when dangerous material is available to the public that allows Joe Schmoe to think in views contrary to what the President thinks. And since our great President has a 5th-grade education, pretty much everything should be censored now.Please America, think about your children. Avoid this movie, lest your blonde-haired, blue-eyed kids grow up to be non-Americans. And if your kids aren't blonde-haired and blue-eyed, then go back to the country you came from (most likely Hawaii). | 979 | [
"As a proud American, gun-owner, and Neo-conservative drone, I am appalled that this movie is being shown in this great nation's movie theaters.",
"What in the name of Ronald Reagan's corpse is this fatboy thinking?",
"If you don't agree with our great President blindly, then just move back north to Mexico, you stupid liberal.I for one am calling for all great Americans to boycott and censor this movie.",
"Censorship has gotten a bad rap throughout history, but it should be used in careful consideration when dangerous material is available to the public that allows Joe Schmoe to think in views contrary to what the President thinks.",
"And since our great President has a 5th-grade education, pretty much everything should be censored now.Please America, think about your children.",
"Avoid this movie, lest your blonde-haired, blue-eyed kids grow up to be non-Americans.",
"And if your kids aren't blonde-haired and blue-eyed, then go back to the country you came from (most likely Hawaii)."
] |
1 | OUTRAGEOUS RIPOFF | When I saw this "pamphlet" (hardly justifies being called a book) ranging in price from about $22 to $40+ being offered from Amazon, I was expecting something worthy of that high price. When I ordered it, I thought it would be a reasonably large book, filled with useful information, and I expected that I would be getting in return what I paid for it. What a huge shock and disappointment I got when the book arrived! I wouldn't call it a book but rather a thin pamphlet of only 72 pages (the first page begins on page 9 . . . so actually, there's only 63 pages). I read through it entirely in less than 45 minutes (average reading speed). There was very little useful information in this pamphlet, most of which is abundantly available in other books. If I had the opportunity to preview this pamphlet before buying it, I would have expected to pay only a few dollars for it. But, at the price I paid for it ($26.45), it is an "OUTRAGEOUS RIPOFF". CAVEAT EMPTOR (buyer beware). | 979 | [
"When I saw this \"pamphlet\" (hardly justifies being called a book) ranging in price from about $22 to $40+ being offered from Amazon, I was expecting something worthy of that high price.",
"When I ordered it, I thought it would be a reasonably large book, filled with useful information, and I expected that I would be getting in return what I paid for it.",
"What a huge shock and disappointment I got when the book arrived!",
"I wouldn't call it a book but rather a thin pamphlet of only 72 pages (the first page begins on page 9.",
".",
".",
"so actually, there's only 63 pages).",
"I read through it entirely in less than 45 minutes (average reading speed).",
"There was very little useful information in this pamphlet, most of which is abundantly available in other books.",
"If I had the opportunity to preview this pamphlet before buying it, I would have expected to pay only a few dollars for it.",
"But, at the price I paid for it ($26.45), it is an \"OUTRAGEOUS RIPOFF\".",
"CAVEAT EMPTOR (buyer beware)."
] |
1 | Not for USB drives! | As others have said, this cable will not transmit enough power to run a USB hard drive. Not a bus-powered hard drive, not a powered hard drive, not a hub connected to a powered hard drive. If you like the sickening beep that hard drives make when they're attached to an intermittent power source (and the sickening clicking they'll soon make after that), then go ahead and plug your drive into this cable. It's your honeymoon photos on there, not mine.But if you value your hard drive, heed my advice (which is identical to the advice others have posted here) and spend a few extra cents on a better cable. I thought the unit I got was defective, but the replacement cable (which cmple very responsively shipped) was exactly the same. Cmple has since very courteously refunded the purchase price of the product, and I think they deserve a lot of credit for that. But unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that, with hard drives, not working is just a feature this product has. | 979 | [
"As others have said, this cable will not transmit enough power to run a USB hard drive.",
"Not a bus-powered hard drive, not a powered hard drive, not a hub connected to a powered hard drive.",
"If you like the sickening beep that hard drives make when they're attached to an intermittent power source (and the sickening clicking they'll soon make after that), then go ahead and plug your drive into this cable.",
"It's your honeymoon photos on there, not mine.But if you value your hard drive, heed my advice (which is identical to the advice others have posted here) and spend a few extra cents on a better cable.",
"I thought the unit I got was defective, but the replacement cable (which cmple very responsively shipped) was exactly the same.",
"Cmple has since very courteously refunded the purchase price of the product, and I think they deserve a lot of credit for that.",
"But unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that, with hard drives, not working is just a feature this product has."
] |
1 | Really??! | I don't understand how anyone liked this movie, let alone how it got such a high average rating. The writing and acting are atrocious. I love action movies, I love sports movies, but this one could barely be called a movie at all! I'm just stupefied by the reviews this has received. Was it because of the corny comedy? Was it because of the language and violence? I don't mind any of those things in a movie, but when you combine it with contrived dialogue that not only sounds scripted but is delivered with such a absence of acting, it just becomes something absurd.The only thing I liked about the movie was Liev Schreiber who, as usual, delivers a good performance, possibly one of the most underrated actors around. I'd have given the movie two stars because of him being in it, but the movie was so poorly made and acted that I couldn't do it!I'm happy for those of you that enjoyed the movie, I suppose, but for me, this movie is possibly one of the worst I've ever seen! | 979 | [
"I don't understand how anyone liked this movie, let alone how it got such a high average rating.",
"The writing and acting are atrocious.",
"I love action movies, I love sports movies, but this one could barely be called a movie at all!",
"I'm just stupefied by the reviews this has received.",
"Was it because of the corny comedy?",
"Was it because of the language and violence?",
"I don't mind any of those things in a movie, but when you combine it with contrived dialogue that not only sounds scripted but is delivered with such a absence of acting, it just becomes something absurd.The only thing I liked about the movie was Liev Schreiber who, as usual, delivers a good performance, possibly one of the most underrated actors around.",
"I'd have given the movie two stars because of him being in it, but the movie was so poorly made and acted that I couldn't do it!",
"I'm happy for those of you that enjoyed the movie, I suppose, but for me, this movie is possibly one of the worst I've ever seen!"
] |
1 | Perhaps Watchable as a Comedy | After reading enough good reviews and having a liking for any kind of war flick, I decided to buy the film at my local Walmart. Since I watched the film in my living room, I could not walk out. Battle: Los Angeles is not a film as much as a video game, with video sequences that repeat in intent if not literally so, and audio and dialogue that DOES repeat. Often. Couple that with a lame minimalistic storyline and incredibly bad acting, and you have one of the worst films in a long time. If you are a fan of the original SF war film Starship Troopers, as I am, you will be sorely disappointed in this work which borrows extensively from better films such as Independence Day, War of the Worlds, District 9, and even Skyline. Not that it doesn't have some interest for film students. If you are fan of Avid film editing you will enjoy taking the sequences apart to see how modern editing can make something out of nothing. But for the rest of us, there are much better choices. | 979 | [
"After reading enough good reviews and having a liking for any kind of war flick, I decided to buy the film at my local Walmart.",
"Since I watched the film in my living room, I could not walk out.",
"Battle: Los Angeles is not a film as much as a video game, with video sequences that repeat in intent if not literally so, and audio and dialogue that DOES repeat.",
"Often.",
"Couple that with a lame minimalistic storyline and incredibly bad acting, and you have one of the worst films in a long time.",
"If you are a fan of the original SF war film Starship Troopers, as I am, you will be sorely disappointed in this work which borrows extensively from better films such as Independence Day, War of the Worlds, District 9, and even Skyline.",
"Not that it doesn't have some interest for film students.",
"If you are fan of Avid film editing you will enjoy taking the sequences apart to see how modern editing can make something out of nothing.",
"But for the rest of us, there are much better choices."
] |
1 | Where is the plot? | Whilst the novel lacks a good storyline for such unique cultural and traditional content, it sends a powerful message for their colonizer. From historical and cultural perspective, the book rebelliously claims that they have an abundantly well-respected culture even before they were colonized and the new government didn't affect these people--but it actually did. Yet, it doesn't deny the power of the colonizers despite the dweller's rebel.Aside from the message it held, the novel is pretty boring and bland and sexist. It doesn't have an interesting plot to follow. It is a bunch of information about the tribe's culture, ritual, historical background, the colonization process and dweller's reaction to this movement. However it delivers a certain message: when something better comes along, (some) people would take advantage of it even if it means to leave their tribe or custom. Above all, the good news is that the main character fought for what he believed till death. | 979 | [
"Whilst the novel lacks a good storyline for such unique cultural and traditional content, it sends a powerful message for their colonizer.",
"From historical and cultural perspective, the book rebelliously claims that they have an abundantly well-respected culture even before they were colonized and the new government didn't affect these people--but it actually did.",
"Yet, it doesn't deny the power of the colonizers despite the dweller's rebel.Aside from the message it held, the novel is pretty boring and bland and sexist.",
"It doesn't have an interesting plot to follow.",
"It is a bunch of information about the tribe's culture, ritual, historical background, the colonization process and dweller's reaction to this movement.",
"However it delivers a certain message: when something better comes along, (some) people would take advantage of it even if it means to leave their tribe or custom.",
"Above all, the good news is that the main character fought for what he believed till death."
] |
1 | Here's what You really get! | Here's what you really get; if you can get through a nightmare install (I had to call tech-support just to get it to install); A low-grade version of IBM's Via Voice technology (probably a freely available version), Microsoft's freely available Agent technology using Robby The Robot to speak to you, and a bunch of worthless Learning Games that don't teach anything but a few basic words you probably already know, and are more anoying than engaging. Voice translation is crap since your using a rudimentary ViaVoice version and the translation is rudimentary and not fully accurate (no conjugated verbs here of course). And if you want to translate web pages forget this software, try a FREE plug-in from Altavista for Internet Explorer called Babel Fish (INSERT THE URL!) instead of wasting money on this junk software. Instant Spanish 2000 is really just a bunch of other companies basic technology patched together to look like an original program. (INSERT SPITEFUL REMARK!) | 979 | [
"Here's what you really get; if you can get through a nightmare install (I had to call tech-support just to get it to install); A low-grade version of IBM's Via Voice technology (probably a freely available version), Microsoft's freely available Agent technology using Robby The Robot to speak to you, and a bunch of worthless Learning Games that don't teach anything but a few basic words you probably already know, and are more anoying than engaging.",
"Voice translation is crap since your using a rudimentary ViaVoice version and the translation is rudimentary and not fully accurate (no conjugated verbs here of course).",
"And if you want to translate web pages forget this software, try a FREE plug-in from Altavista for Internet Explorer called Babel Fish (INSERT THE URL!",
") instead of wasting money on this junk software.",
"Instant Spanish 2000 is really just a bunch of other companies basic technology patched together to look like an original program.",
"(INSERT SPITEFUL REMARK!",
")"
] |
1 | Piece of Junk...DO NOT BUY!! | The biggest problem with this machine is that there is no keyboard and the touch screen absolutely does not work. Searching for a word using the touch screen was absolutely impossible and sometimes would take up to five minutes to find a word. It Proved to be so bad that it was utterly useless in Egypt and I had to buy a paper dictionary while there.Another problem was that the display contrast was really light even at the highest settings was hard to see, so when i couldn't pronounce a word, the show and point method proved difficult. In addition the dictionary does not give you an English pronunciation and was utterly useless for someone who has a hard time reading arabic.- Not to mention that many translations did not include vowels.The speaker was practically useless as well considering only about half of the words had the ability to be amplified.This dictionary is a worthless piece of junk, and ridiculously expensive.You are better off with a paper dictionary. | 979 | [
"The biggest problem with this machine is that there is no keyboard and the touch screen absolutely does not work.",
"Searching for a word using the touch screen was absolutely impossible and sometimes would take up to five minutes to find a word.",
"It Proved to be so bad that it was utterly useless in Egypt and I had to buy a paper dictionary while there.Another problem was that the display contrast was really light even at the highest settings was hard to see, so when i couldn't pronounce a word, the show and point method proved difficult.",
"In addition the dictionary does not give you an English pronunciation and was utterly useless for someone who has a hard time reading arabic.- Not to mention that many translations did not include vowels.The speaker was practically useless as well considering only about half of the words had the ability to be amplified.This dictionary is a worthless piece of junk, and ridiculously expensive.You are better off with a paper dictionary."
] |
1 | Yuck! | I like Shakespeare enough that I popped for the BBC DVD collection, and Hamlet and Henry V are my two favorite. I have seen maybe 15 different productions of Hamlet, and this is easily the one I disliked the most. If I didn't already known why Hamlet should be interested in Fortinbras, for instance, I would have to ask myself why he was even in the movie. If he did "What of piece of work is man", I must have dozed off. No grave digger scene? No handshake between Hamlet and Laertes before the sword fight? In fact, the entire final scene was butchered, in my opinion. Now, I'm not a purest; I've seen out of period productions of a number of plays (Macbeth, Richard III, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream) and enjoyed them. But this one is just too far out and artsy for me.You may think of Mel Gibson as Mad Max or Martin Riggs, but I think that production was a much better use of two hours. I am, of course, really waiting for Branagh's version to come out on DVD. | 979 | [
"I like Shakespeare enough that I popped for the BBC DVD collection, and Hamlet and Henry V are my two favorite.",
"I have seen maybe 15 different productions of Hamlet, and this is easily the one I disliked the most.",
"If I didn't already known why Hamlet should be interested in Fortinbras, for instance, I would have to ask myself why he was even in the movie.",
"If he did \"What of piece of work is man\", I must have dozed off.",
"No grave digger scene?",
"No handshake between Hamlet and Laertes before the sword fight?",
"In fact, the entire final scene was butchered, in my opinion.",
"Now, I'm not a purest; I've seen out of period productions of a number of plays (Macbeth, Richard III, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream) and enjoyed them.",
"But this one is just too far out and artsy for me.You may think of Mel Gibson as Mad Max or Martin Riggs, but I think that production was a much better use of two hours.",
"I am, of course, really waiting for Branagh's version to come out on DVD."
] |
1 | Bad service, poor design | There are few things I expect from my phone - reasonable service coverage (ie can I make and receive calls), and it needs remain in "manner mode" until I change the setting myself.This phone has problems in both areas. Ever since I upgraded in June of 2005, I have had more dropped calls and fewer received calls than the supposedly "inferior" older LG model I was using previously. In addition, the "Driving Mode" button on the side finds a way to activate itself while in your pocket (or purse, or wherever) at the most inconvenient times (like when you're in class, in a business meeting, etc.). So instead of quietly vibrating to notify you of an incoming call, it blurts out "CALL FROM ......" (fill in the ..... with the name of the person who is calling you).Battery life leaves you wanting another half hour at least.Additionally, the camera is poor even for the display on the phone itself, and even at the highest quality setting.There must be a better phone out there. | 979 | [
"There are few things I expect from my phone - reasonable service coverage (ie can I make and receive calls), and it needs remain in \"manner mode\" until I change the setting myself.This phone has problems in both areas.",
"Ever since I upgraded in June of 2005, I have had more dropped calls and fewer received calls than the supposedly \"inferior\" older LG model I was using previously.",
"In addition, the \"Driving Mode\" button on the side finds a way to activate itself while in your pocket (or purse, or wherever) at the most inconvenient times (like when you're in class, in a business meeting, etc.).",
"So instead of quietly vibrating to notify you of an incoming call, it blurts out \"CALL FROM ......\" (fill in the ..... with the name of the person who is calling you).Battery life leaves you wanting another half hour at least.Additionally, the camera is poor even for the display on the phone itself, and even at the highest quality setting.There must be a better phone out there."
] |
1 | unconscionably awful | Like many reviewers, I choose to write about films or music that I like. Not this time.No Reservations MIGHT have gotten two stars from me if I hadn't seen Mostly Martha -- Catherine ZJ is easy on the eyes, though less so in htis movie... But this remake is slavishly true to its inspiration, even to the music, while lacking all real emotion or strength. And given that Mostly Martha is a remarkable movie, how could this movie ever have been made? Some sense of self-respect should have moved all involved in this version to petition to have their names removed from the credits.Mostly Martha is funny at times, and tremendously powerful at others -- it's a sympathetic portrayal of grief and compulsiveness, all shown with such restraint that its impact is intensified. Martina Gedeck, as she proved in Lives of Others, is a tremendous actress. And the little girl is really good.So either see Mostly Martha and skip this, or never see Mostly Martha so this won't be so awful. | 979 | [
"Like many reviewers, I choose to write about films or music that I like.",
"Not this time.No Reservations MIGHT have gotten two stars from me if I hadn't seen Mostly Martha -- Catherine ZJ is easy on the eyes, though less so in htis movie... But this remake is slavishly true to its inspiration, even to the music, while lacking all real emotion or strength.",
"And given that Mostly Martha is a remarkable movie, how could this movie ever have been made?",
"Some sense of self-respect should have moved all involved in this version to petition to have their names removed from the credits.Mostly Martha is funny at times, and tremendously powerful at others -- it's a sympathetic portrayal of grief and compulsiveness, all shown with such restraint that its impact is intensified.",
"Martina Gedeck, as she proved in Lives of Others, is a tremendous actress.",
"And the little girl is really good.So either see Mostly Martha and skip this, or never see Mostly Martha so this won't be so awful."
] |
1 | Absolute Garbage. | Throughout this book, DiLorenzo purposefully misleads the reader by misquoting Lincoln and other sources, completely neglecting context, and leaving out vital information to understanding the truth. DiLorenzo has one objective in this book: convincing the reader that Lincoln is pure evil. He doesn't care what he has to say, he doesn't care if he prints the truth; all he cares about is that the reader agrees with him.Anyone with a basic understanding of the Civil War and 19th Century America could riddle the pages with counterpoints disproving virtually EVERY SINGLE point that DiLorenzo makes. I wouldn't exaggerate; Dilorenzo flat-out lies constantly, and if he isn't intentionally lying, he is incredibly misguided on the issues discussed. PLEASE do yourself a favor and avoid this book. If you're being forced to read this for a class, I beg that you question his points and think critically about the topics because this book is full of extreme propaganda. It is awful. | 979 | [
"Throughout this book, DiLorenzo purposefully misleads the reader by misquoting Lincoln and other sources, completely neglecting context, and leaving out vital information to understanding the truth.",
"DiLorenzo has one objective in this book: convincing the reader that Lincoln is pure evil.",
"He doesn't care what he has to say, he doesn't care if he prints the truth; all he cares about is that the reader agrees with him.Anyone with a basic understanding of the Civil War and 19th Century America could riddle the pages with counterpoints disproving virtually EVERY SINGLE point that DiLorenzo makes.",
"I wouldn't exaggerate; Dilorenzo flat-out lies constantly, and if he isn't intentionally lying, he is incredibly misguided on the issues discussed.",
"PLEASE do yourself a favor and avoid this book.",
"If you're being forced to read this for a class, I beg that you question his points and think critically about the topics because this book is full of extreme propaganda.",
"It is awful."
] |
1 | Best Picture? -- No Way | This TV-like drama on racism in LA is saved from banality by some fine performances by some of the actors. The problem lies in the contrivances of the plot that makes not entirely credible connections between characters who might not otherwise meet. Another weakness is the way the characters spell everything out--no mystery here about how they feel because what they say out loud is all there is--no underlying mystery or nuance. By supposedly offering a take on the racist tendencies in all of us, the film manages to offer a number of racial stereotypes. A disappointing choice for best picture, a way for Hollywood to congratulate itself. I originally rated this film with 2 stars but now that it was awarded the Oscar, I have given it 1 star for being ludicrously overrated by the Academy. It didn't even deserve screenplay--Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, The Squid and the Whale were all better films. And editing? The Constant Gardener and Munich were more deserving. | 979 | [
"This TV-like drama on racism in LA is saved from banality by some fine performances by some of the actors.",
"The problem lies in the contrivances of the plot that makes not entirely credible connections between characters who might not otherwise meet.",
"Another weakness is the way the characters spell everything out--no mystery here about how they feel because what they say out loud is all there is--no underlying mystery or nuance.",
"By supposedly offering a take on the racist tendencies in all of us, the film manages to offer a number of racial stereotypes.",
"A disappointing choice for best picture, a way for Hollywood to congratulate itself.",
"I originally rated this film with 2 stars but now that it was awarded the Oscar, I have given it 1 star for being ludicrously overrated by the Academy.",
"It didn't even deserve screenplay--Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, The Squid and the Whale were all better films.",
"And editing?",
"The Constant Gardener and Munich were more deserving."
] |
1 | Gets no use! | I am dissapointed and very surprised to say that this toy has not captured my boys interest at all. I've had it for a year,and the boys are now 2 1/2 and 3 1/2. I thought it would be a huge hit, but it has just sat gathering dust. It is very sturdy and has great eye appeal like all Little Tikes toys. My personal complaint is that I think it is VERY noisy-perhaps this is what makes it so unappealing to my children. My kids have loved push toys of all kinds (even a doll stroller!), but this mower has been a total flop in our household.(I had first tried the FP Bubble Mower-way to messy and very poor bubble output/ quickly returned.) At least I'll get a decent price for it's like new condition at a yard sale or as a donation. I'd suggest giving the mower a good trial run in the store and make your own opinion of the noise it makes before purchasing it. Recently while shopping at [a local store] my child was inseparable with a [less expensive] plastic mower-go figure!! | 979 | [
"I am dissapointed and very surprised to say that this toy has not captured my boys interest at all.",
"I've had it for a year,and the boys are now 2 1/2 and 3 1/2.",
"I thought it would be a huge hit, but it has just sat gathering dust.",
"It is very sturdy and has great eye appeal like all Little Tikes toys.",
"My personal complaint is that I think it is VERY noisy-perhaps this is what makes it so unappealing to my children.",
"My kids have loved push toys of all kinds (even a doll stroller!",
"), but this mower has been a total flop in our household.(I had first tried the FP Bubble Mower-way to messy and very poor bubble output/ quickly returned.) At least I'll get a decent price for it's like new condition at a yard sale or as a donation.",
"I'd suggest giving the mower a good trial run in the store and make your own opinion of the noise it makes before purchasing it.",
"Recently while shopping at [a local store] my child was inseparable with a [less expensive] plastic mower-go figure!!"
] |
1 | Has Design Flaw | Initially I liked the overall design with the extended handle and swivel head etc.., however , after a few minutes of use the hedger would jam when cutting anything larger than a small pencil. I freed it up several times and then when using again had the same results. The cam would jam with the hedger blade assembly. To me it seems to be a poor design in that the cam needed to be larger in diameter to keep from coming misaligned and jamming with the blade assembly when coming in contact with larger hedge stems. A normal hedger would jam when something is caught in the blades , however, the cam assembly on this hedger would just jam without anything caught or stuck in the cutting blades. I would recommend that Remington look at figuring out this problem as this seems to be the only flaw in the design. Anyway, returning the hedger for a refund. (Nell is my wife and she bought this for me for Fathers Day 2012 --- This is my review from Arthur Davis - Folsom Louisiana) | 979 | [
"Initially I liked the overall design with the extended handle and swivel head etc.., however , after a few minutes of use the hedger would jam when cutting anything larger than a small pencil.",
"I freed it up several times and then when using again had the same results.",
"The cam would jam with the hedger blade assembly.",
"To me it seems to be a poor design in that the cam needed to be larger in diameter to keep from coming misaligned and jamming with the blade assembly when coming in contact with larger hedge stems.",
"A normal hedger would jam when something is caught in the blades , however, the cam assembly on this hedger would just jam without anything caught or stuck in the cutting blades.",
"I would recommend that Remington look at figuring out this problem as this seems to be the only flaw in the design.",
"Anyway, returning the hedger for a refund.",
"(Nell is my wife and she bought this for me for Fathers Day 2012 --- This is my review from Arthur Davis - Folsom Louisiana)"
] |
1 | Sad turn of events | Lets first start off saying that it is comendable to cast / crew / and writers for trying to make a tv series based upon such wonderfully detailed and image inspiring books. More commendable is that they even got the second season to come out. This however, is were they praise sadly ends. A comparison that a wise old man once told me pretty much sums this up - The reason you wear brown pants to battle is to hide the crap that is taken when faced with overwelming fear of the coming situation - ... This tv series though trying to show why the books were so good, actually tears the books apart and makes a gross characture of the beauty found in the pages. Now dont get me wrong as stated above there is some praise but, this is just too painful to watch.I would highly suggest skipping this. If the title does catch your interest though, pick up the book or kindle version of " Wizard's First Rule" by terry goodkind as this is the first book for which this series is based. | 979 | [
"Lets first start off saying that it is comendable to cast / crew / and writers for trying to make a tv series based upon such wonderfully detailed and image inspiring books.",
"More commendable is that they even got the second season to come out.",
"This however, is were they praise sadly ends.",
"A comparison that a wise old man once told me pretty much sums this up - The reason you wear brown pants to battle is to hide the crap that is taken when faced with overwelming fear of the coming situation - ... This tv series though trying to show why the books were so good, actually tears the books apart and makes a gross characture of the beauty found in the pages.",
"Now dont get me wrong as stated above there is some praise but, this is just too painful to watch.I would highly suggest skipping this.",
"If the title does catch your interest though, pick up the book or kindle version of \" Wizard's First Rule\" by terry goodkind as this is the first book for which this series is based."
] |
1 | Big Mistake Criterion! | Ok, so i'm browsing through all the cool really good other movies in the Criterion Collection when suddenly I see Armageddon and i i'm like "what!!!!???" This movie was pure hollywood, a big budget film perfectly targeted to make money off of the current audiences and that's precisely what it did. Deep Impact at least had some sort of emotional conflict in it. However, I'm not giving one star to the movie itself, some people love this stuff and its beside me to criticize them, but really I have to give it to the Criterion Collection. I'm sorry Criterion, I usually love your movies and have a whole bunch at home and plan to order many more, but this was not a good choice for an addition to the collection. Many of your other movies are little-known, or "art-house", or simply clever and original in some way, little adjectives I refuse to assign to this.P.S. I have to thank the reviewer Fat Jon or whoever, I hadn't realized the "metaphor" of "space cowboys" before! J/K | 979 | [
"Ok, so i'm browsing through all the cool really good other movies in the Criterion Collection when suddenly I see Armageddon and i i'm like \"what!!!",
"!??",
"?",
"\" This movie was pure hollywood, a big budget film perfectly targeted to make money off of the current audiences and that's precisely what it did.",
"Deep Impact at least had some sort of emotional conflict in it.",
"However, I'm not giving one star to the movie itself, some people love this stuff and its beside me to criticize them, but really I have to give it to the Criterion Collection.",
"I'm sorry Criterion, I usually love your movies and have a whole bunch at home and plan to order many more, but this was not a good choice for an addition to the collection.",
"Many of your other movies are little-known, or \"art-house\", or simply clever and original in some way, little adjectives I refuse to assign to this.P.S. I have to thank the reviewer Fat Jon or whoever, I hadn't realized the \"metaphor\" of \"space cowboys\" before!",
"J/K"
] |
1 | DO NOT BUY THIS! | This is JUNK. My backyard squirrels figured out how to get around this in a little less than an hour. It is not big enough or deep enough, so they can out their weight on, slide to edge, and jump or grab onto the feeder.In addition, the 2-piece screw hook comes undone after a few days of hanging. This meant that the feeder fell off the hook and baffle onto the ground. I put it back together, tightened it really good, and tried again. It fell the next day and this time my $15 feeder fell and broke. So not only did this product not work - it cost me $15 to try it, PLUS the trip to 2 stores to find a replacement feeder (I bought 2, so I have a back up now.)Some years ago I got a squirrel baffle that worked for several years (and through all seasons!) - before the metal hook rotted away and it broke. Unfortunately the store that carried it no longer has them. So I am still looking.But I cannot recommend this one unless you want to throw your money away on useless junk. | 979 | [
"This is JUNK.",
"My backyard squirrels figured out how to get around this in a little less than an hour.",
"It is not big enough or deep enough, so they can out their weight on, slide to edge, and jump or grab onto the feeder.In addition, the 2-piece screw hook comes undone after a few days of hanging.",
"This meant that the feeder fell off the hook and baffle onto the ground.",
"I put it back together, tightened it really good, and tried again.",
"It fell the next day and this time my $15 feeder fell and broke.",
"So not only did this product not work - it cost me $15 to try it, PLUS the trip to 2 stores to find a replacement feeder (I bought 2, so I have a back up now.)Some years ago I got a squirrel baffle that worked for several years (and through all seasons!",
") - before the metal hook rotted away and it broke.",
"Unfortunately the store that carried it no longer has them.",
"So I am still looking.But I cannot recommend this one unless you want to throw your money away on useless junk."
] |
1 | Wait for PlayStation 2 | PlayStation 2 is slated for release this winter, so I just don't see why I'd want the Dreamcast. To give you an idea: one Japanese Dreamcast magazine has this top-10 best selling Dreamcast game ranking. Well, this one issue had the top game selling something like 8000 copies in a month. Well, when Final Fantasy VII (for Playstation only) came out in Japan, they sold over a million copies in 2 weeks. PlayStation 2 will be compatible with Playstation 1 games, so you'd be able to play them all. Plus, it's based on DVD, not CD-ROM like the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast is undoubtably the best hardware in town right now, but that's going to change in a matter of months, and then you'll feel burned again by Sega.I just don't think Sega has what it takes to battle Sony and Nintendo. Plus, Playstation 2 will have much, much, much better graphics capability than Dreamcast (70 million polygons/sec on Playstation 2 vs. 5 million polygons/sec on Dreamcast...that's some difference!) | 979 | [
"PlayStation 2 is slated for release this winter, so I just don't see why I'd want the Dreamcast.",
"To give you an idea: one Japanese Dreamcast magazine has this top-10 best selling Dreamcast game ranking.",
"Well, this one issue had the top game selling something like 8000 copies in a month.",
"Well, when Final Fantasy VII (for Playstation only) came out in Japan, they sold over a million copies in 2 weeks.",
"PlayStation 2 will be compatible with Playstation 1 games, so you'd be able to play them all.",
"Plus, it's based on DVD, not CD-ROM like the Dreamcast.",
"The Dreamcast is undoubtably the best hardware in town right now, but that's going to change in a matter of months, and then you'll feel burned again by Sega.I just don't think Sega has what it takes to battle Sony and Nintendo.",
"Plus, Playstation 2 will have much, much, much better graphics capability than Dreamcast (70 million polygons/sec on Playstation 2 vs.",
"5 million polygons/sec on Dreamcast...that's some difference!",
")"
] |
1 | Beyond boring | Not only does "Ten" have the worst album cover in the history of rock n' roll, it has some of most boring songs ever written. The songs aren't bad, but utterly uninteresting and are the essence of boring. I'm completely dumbfounded by their success. When Nirvana, Soundgarden and even Mudhoney were creating a sludgy heavy metal punk pop sound known as grunge, Pearl Jam shows up and while supposedly being part of this group, just play hard rock music, that sounds more inspired by Aerosmith than Black Flag. Eddie Vedder has an interesting voice at best, but can't compete with the emotional intensity of Kurt Cobain or the bluesy voice of Chris Cornell. As for the rest of the band, none of them left enough of an impression on me for me to even remember their names. Basically, Pearl Jam brought the dinosaurs back to life. Their influence on other artists is profound as well, creating other similar sounding boring bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Candlebox and Silverchair. | 979 | [
"Not only does \"Ten\" have the worst album cover in the history of rock n' roll, it has some of most boring songs ever written.",
"The songs aren't bad, but utterly uninteresting and are the essence of boring.",
"I'm completely dumbfounded by their success.",
"When Nirvana, Soundgarden and even Mudhoney were creating a sludgy heavy metal punk pop sound known as grunge, Pearl Jam shows up and while supposedly being part of this group, just play hard rock music, that sounds more inspired by Aerosmith than Black Flag.",
"Eddie Vedder has an interesting voice at best, but can't compete with the emotional intensity of Kurt Cobain or the bluesy voice of Chris Cornell.",
"As for the rest of the band, none of them left enough of an impression on me for me to even remember their names.",
"Basically, Pearl Jam brought the dinosaurs back to life.",
"Their influence on other artists is profound as well, creating other similar sounding boring bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Candlebox and Silverchair."
] |
1 | I can't believe I bought this | The title is a lie. There are several techniques that they claim will work "anywhere" and "anytime" and they wont.One of the "techniques" that you are supposed to use is that if your looking for a mate have an attractive person of the opposite sex with you when you want to attract a person your choosing. Why, might I ask, would you not just date the person that is more attractive than you if you thought they were so attractive?And how am I supposed to use that "technique" during an email, letter or a phone call?There are a few "techniques" in the book I found "kinda" useful, but they will certainly not work "anywhere" or "anytime". And a lot of the techniques are VERY case specific.I will gladly pay ANYBODY 50 bucks if they can show me a technique that works that works anywhere and anytime that doesn't involve putting a gun to someone's head.Like I said, there are a few useful techniques but the book does not live up to its title. That's why I'm giving it one star. | 979 | [
"The title is a lie.",
"There are several techniques that they claim will work \"anywhere\" and \"anytime\" and they wont.One of the \"techniques\" that you are supposed to use is that if your looking for a mate have an attractive person of the opposite sex with you when you want to attract a person your choosing.",
"Why, might I ask, would you not just date the person that is more attractive than you if you thought they were so attractive?",
"And how am I supposed to use that \"technique\" during an email, letter or a phone call?",
"There are a few \"techniques\" in the book I found \"kinda\" useful, but they will certainly not work \"anywhere\" or \"anytime\".",
"And a lot of the techniques are VERY case specific.I will gladly pay ANYBODY 50 bucks if they can show me a technique that works that works anywhere and anytime that doesn't involve putting a gun to someone's head.Like I said, there are a few useful techniques but the book does not live up to its title.",
"That's why I'm giving it one star."
] |
1 | Dissatisfied | As many of the other reviews say, this unit is not a quality unit. Despite following all instructions the unit runs for 30sec, stops for 30sec and then repeats itself. This is very annoying and I would assume a big drain on electriciy. It has not mattered how cool the room is, where I position the unit, or even what setting I set it to. Even in a 67deg room, the unit runs constantly to keep the internal temp at 57deg. We got this as a gift from my parents, and I called the company to ask if it should be running so much. They asked me to send it back, which cost almost $60 because it had to be specially packaged by UPS to be sure it didn't break. We got a new unit and it still runs the same way. I haven't been able to get the company to refund the money I spent to ship the first unit back and they keep giving me the run around, acting like it is something that I am doing to make the unit run constantly. Very disappointed in a company that I thought was high quality. | 979 | [
"As many of the other reviews say, this unit is not a quality unit.",
"Despite following all instructions the unit runs for 30sec, stops for 30sec and then repeats itself.",
"This is very annoying and I would assume a big drain on electriciy.",
"It has not mattered how cool the room is, where I position the unit, or even what setting I set it to.",
"Even in a 67deg room, the unit runs constantly to keep the internal temp at 57deg.",
"We got this as a gift from my parents, and I called the company to ask if it should be running so much.",
"They asked me to send it back, which cost almost $60 because it had to be specially packaged by UPS to be sure it didn't break.",
"We got a new unit and it still runs the same way.",
"I haven't been able to get the company to refund the money I spent to ship the first unit back and they keep giving me the run around, acting like it is something that I am doing to make the unit run constantly.",
"Very disappointed in a company that I thought was high quality."
] |
1 | HORRIBLE! | So after years of being told how great this book was, I finally borrowed it from a friend. Big mistake!!! This has to be one of, if not THE worst book I've ever read. When I was done, I scratched my head thinking, this cannot be the same book everyone raved about. I wanted to throw it down after just a few chapters but kept reading thinking it would get better... it didn't. There was no growth at all in Winter; she was the same dummy from beginning to the end. I made myself finish, thinking it would get better but it never did. I was left wondering if I actually read the wrong book. I even went back to 3 different people that told me this book was 'excellent' and asked what they thought was excellent about it... blank stares; no one really could answer. They had all read the book 10yrs ago and couldn't remember anything about it. I would suggest re-reading this book now that they're all over 30 and rate it again, but in my opinion, that would just be plain torture. | 979 | [
"So after years of being told how great this book was, I finally borrowed it from a friend.",
"Big mistake!!!",
"This has to be one of, if not THE worst book I've ever read.",
"When I was done, I scratched my head thinking, this cannot be the same book everyone raved about.",
"I wanted to throw it down after just a few chapters but kept reading thinking it would get better... it didn't.",
"There was no growth at all in Winter; she was the same dummy from beginning to the end.",
"I made myself finish, thinking it would get better but it never did.",
"I was left wondering if I actually read the wrong book.",
"I even went back to 3 different people that told me this book was 'excellent' and asked what they thought was excellent about it... blank stares; no one really could answer.",
"They had all read the book 10yrs ago and couldn't remember anything about it.",
"I would suggest re-reading this book now that they're all over 30 and rate it again, but in my opinion, that would just be plain torture."
] |
1 | Just another mess | This is not a solution but an expensive messy alternative to a cheap messy litter box. All cats, esp. older ones, have days when their poop is messy and the rake on this machine gets covered with the stuff. Cleaning the rake is worse than dumping any every day litter box. If the box itself needs to be cleaned, it is heavy and hard to handle. If a cat has bad aim, there are no sides (as in covered litter boxes) to keep it from scattering, spraying or missing the box. The custom litter and liners are much more expensive and have to be bought from only certain dealers. Also, if a cat has problems (as in older cats) with their urine being strong smelling, it does nothing to help that situation as only clumps are scooped into the bag. Nothing about cleaning cat litter is fun but cleaning a covered type litter box regularly is a easier, less expensive and less steps than this device. I see it as a gadget for gadget people not a solution for the cat litter disposal issue. | 979 | [
"This is not a solution but an expensive messy alternative to a cheap messy litter box.",
"All cats, esp.",
"older ones, have days when their poop is messy and the rake on this machine gets covered with the stuff.",
"Cleaning the rake is worse than dumping any every day litter box.",
"If the box itself needs to be cleaned, it is heavy and hard to handle.",
"If a cat has bad aim, there are no sides (as in covered litter boxes) to keep it from scattering, spraying or missing the box.",
"The custom litter and liners are much more expensive and have to be bought from only certain dealers.",
"Also, if a cat has problems (as in older cats) with their urine being strong smelling, it does nothing to help that situation as only clumps are scooped into the bag.",
"Nothing about cleaning cat litter is fun but cleaning a covered type litter box regularly is a easier, less expensive and less steps than this device.",
"I see it as a gadget for gadget people not a solution for the cat litter disposal issue."
] |
1 | This book is USELESS... | Don't waste your money and time on this book.I can't believe someone actually allowed this book to be published as "Step By Step". It seems the intention of writing this book was just to get something out or the author has no idea how to write a "Step By Step" book.The first three chapters are basically about the history of Web development and how ASP.Net is better. Then suddenly, in chapter four, he jumps into "Custom Rendered Controls". With a few short descriptions, he closes the chapter and the frustration begins. You begin to think, what is this chapter has anything to do with a "Step By Step" and do a project. Next he gets into "Composite Controls". He covers it in a hurry and it's to the next chapter. A very short overview of Validation, Treeview and MultiView.You keep reading and thinking that I'm eventally going to get something going to finish a project. But you'll be building frustration than an ASP project.This is by far the worst book I have ever read! | 979 | [
"Don't waste your money and time on this book.I can't believe someone actually allowed this book to be published as \"Step By Step\".",
"It seems the intention of writing this book was just to get something out or the author has no idea how to write a \"Step By Step\" book.The first three chapters are basically about the history of Web development and how ASP.Net is better.",
"Then suddenly, in chapter four, he jumps into \"Custom Rendered Controls\".",
"With a few short descriptions, he closes the chapter and the frustration begins.",
"You begin to think, what is this chapter has anything to do with a \"Step By Step\" and do a project.",
"Next he gets into \"Composite Controls\".",
"He covers it in a hurry and it's to the next chapter.",
"A very short overview of Validation, Treeview and MultiView.You keep reading and thinking that I'm eventally going to get something going to finish a project.",
"But you'll be building frustration than an ASP project.This is by far the worst book I have ever read!"
] |
1 | Useless brick | This textbook is the worst I have ever read, and it is so horrible that it inspired me at 4 AM to come and write this review. A key element in learning Statics, which makes heavy use of FBD's, is to see many examples of how forces act so that one can internalize how to determine how they act. This text, however, has the worst examples which are hardly related to the problems given later on. I find it funny how those who liked this book generally claim they had a good instructor: I have a theory that the textbook is utter garbage and those people learned the material well beforehand from their instructor before cracking open this book. If at all possible, this book is junk, so find something else to study from if your lecturer sucks. I have never encountered such an unreadable, unhelpful book in my science/engineering classes from high school to university (and I am at Berkeley; other students here have made their disgust with this book known...) Avoid at all costs! | 979 | [
"This textbook is the worst I have ever read, and it is so horrible that it inspired me at 4 AM to come and write this review.",
"A key element in learning Statics, which makes heavy use of FBD's, is to see many examples of how forces act so that one can internalize how to determine how they act.",
"This text, however, has the worst examples which are hardly related to the problems given later on.",
"I find it funny how those who liked this book generally claim they had a good instructor: I have a theory that the textbook is utter garbage and those people learned the material well beforehand from their instructor before cracking open this book.",
"If at all possible, this book is junk, so find something else to study from if your lecturer sucks.",
"I have never encountered such an unreadable, unhelpful book in my science/engineering classes from high school to university (and I am at Berkeley; other students here have made their disgust with this book known...) Avoid at all costs!"
] |
1 | I hated it. | I bought a new electric percolator (I got tired of the lousy coffee from drip coffeemakers) and because I needed a coarser grind than that readily available in grocery stores, I decided I would grind my own coffee beans to make coffee in it. I purchased the Mr. Coffee IDS77 from a local store. I hated it; it only had 3 grind settings, it was not easy to use, I had to stand there and hold the button till it stopped, the cord wrap was a royal pain, and worst of all some beans were ground to a fine powder but it also left big unground chunks of coffee bean at the completion of the coarse-grind cycle - - yuck! And it was difficult for me to disassemble, clean, and reassemble with arthritic hands (lots of twisting involved).After reading all the reviews here (thank you, fellow Amazon fans!) I ordered the Hamilton Beach 80374 Hands-Free for just a few more dollars and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! See my review at that product.Needless to say, I am returning the Mr. Coffee grinder. | 979 | [
"I bought a new electric percolator (I got tired of the lousy coffee from drip coffeemakers) and because I needed a coarser grind than that readily available in grocery stores, I decided I would grind my own coffee beans to make coffee in it.",
"I purchased the Mr.",
"Coffee IDS77 from a local store.",
"I hated it; it only had 3 grind settings, it was not easy to use, I had to stand there and hold the button till it stopped, the cord wrap was a royal pain, and worst of all some beans were ground to a fine powder but it also left big unground chunks of coffee bean at the completion of the coarse-grind cycle - - yuck!",
"And it was difficult for me to disassemble, clean, and reassemble with arthritic hands (lots of twisting involved).After reading all the reviews here (thank you, fellow Amazon fans!",
") I ordered the Hamilton Beach 80374 Hands-Free for just a few more dollars and WHAT A DIFFERENCE!",
"See my review at that product.Needless to say, I am returning the Mr.",
"Coffee grinder."
] |
1 | Very disappointed | I am a student at Calvary Theological Seminary, and needed to find a good concordance to use for word studies. I thought this would be it, but was severely disappointed when I received it. I was hoping it would be a single hard copy source for not only locating the different locations a word is used, but also a complete definition or use of the word. I should have read all of the reviews on it, because I still have to go online to do a thorough study. A one stop place that I have found online to accomplish what I want is at bible.org. Their NeXtBible learning environment provides all that is needed for one source study. I am still searching for that perfect hardcopy, however! If anyone could suggest one, that would be awesome! By the way, thanks to Amazon's awesome return policy, I will get my money back! Thanks Amazon, you have been a real blessing to me in my studies. I have purchased many books from Amazon, and they always deliver! Amazon is a top notch company! | 979 | [
"I am a student at Calvary Theological Seminary, and needed to find a good concordance to use for word studies.",
"I thought this would be it, but was severely disappointed when I received it.",
"I was hoping it would be a single hard copy source for not only locating the different locations a word is used, but also a complete definition or use of the word.",
"I should have read all of the reviews on it, because I still have to go online to do a thorough study.",
"A one stop place that I have found online to accomplish what I want is at bible.org.",
"Their NeXtBible learning environment provides all that is needed for one source study.",
"I am still searching for that perfect hardcopy, however!",
"If anyone could suggest one, that would be awesome!",
"By the way, thanks to Amazon's awesome return policy, I will get my money back!",
"Thanks Amazon, you have been a real blessing to me in my studies.",
"I have purchased many books from Amazon, and they always deliver!",
"Amazon is a top notch company!"
] |
1 | Poor Young Adult literature | This is a poorly written book for the targeted age group. This book is classified as 'young adult'. An adult is 18 and over so this is book is listed for readers 18-25 years old. The literary style is generally below that of that age group. However, the language and subject-matter is appropriate for that age group. Young adults should be able to appreciate and read Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens. When compared to those, this is a poorly written book. As a literary style, it is more appropriate to 10-15 year olds, but the subject matter, and mostly the choice of language is not appropriate. If you want to write in an immatrue literary style and target an adolescent or pre-adolescent reader then the subject matter and choice of language should be more carefully crafted. Some young adult readers may be at this reading level given the type of books that make the NY Times bestseller lists so it is a fine book for those readers as a remedial book in order to learn to read. | 979 | [
"This is a poorly written book for the targeted age group.",
"This book is classified as 'young adult'.",
"An adult is 18 and over so this is book is listed for readers 18-25 years old.",
"The literary style is generally below that of that age group.",
"However, the language and subject-matter is appropriate for that age group.",
"Young adults should be able to appreciate and read Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens.",
"When compared to those, this is a poorly written book.",
"As a literary style, it is more appropriate to 10-15 year olds, but the subject matter, and mostly the choice of language is not appropriate.",
"If you want to write in an immatrue literary style and target an adolescent or pre-adolescent reader then the subject matter and choice of language should be more carefully crafted.",
"Some young adult readers may be at this reading level given the type of books that make the NY Times bestseller lists so it is a fine book for those readers as a remedial book in order to learn to read."
] |
1 | Not as cool as it looks | Okay got this thing as to put in my play toy and well first thing was that the internal amp did not work. Called PA and they told me to send it in and they would fix it.. Oh yea and send us $15 for shipping it... What,, yea they sent me a POS and I had to pay to ship it. Then I get the second one and the face motor was messed up and it would not give me the CD back. Another $15 to them and $8 for shipping and I get one that works when installed. The CD has to run via the DVD and makes it so you can not read the track number. You have to switch it to radio to change any of the sould settings. and the card reader is in a real bad spot. Also you have to have the remote to do almost all functions. Now I have had it in for about a mouth and the face moves when it wants to. I thought that for the money it would be something cool.. but it does not look as cool in person as it does on here. Well thats what I get for buy'n off brand.. Save your money and get something real. | 979 | [
"Okay got this thing as to put in my play toy and well first thing was that the internal amp did not work.",
"Called PA and they told me to send it in and they would fix it..",
"Oh yea and send us $15 for shipping it... What,, yea they sent me a POS and I had to pay to ship it.",
"Then I get the second one and the face motor was messed up and it would not give me the CD back.",
"Another $15 to them and $8 for shipping and I get one that works when installed.",
"The CD has to run via the DVD and makes it so you can not read the track number.",
"You have to switch it to radio to change any of the sould settings.",
"and the card reader is in a real bad spot.",
"Also you have to have the remote to do almost all functions.",
"Now I have had it in for about a mouth and the face moves when it wants to.",
"I thought that for the money it would be something cool..",
"but it does not look as cool in person as it does on here.",
"Well thats what I get for buy'n off brand..",
"Save your money and get something real."
] |
1 | Beating the Business Cycle | I was extremely disappointed in the book, as I expected to read about how to analyse the business cycle. I found that this is an extermely pricy advertisement for the service that these authors run. The promise on the cover of the book is that they are going to show how to predict the turns in the economy, however the method is to buy their service. I think that they have done a great deal of research and have found many good indicators, however, they didn't tell us any. Also, they failed to define what they mean by the terms they explain (like what a recession is) nor did they isolate root causes for a recession, thus their conclusions are tainted. After so much research, one would think that they could at least give the reader a few good indicators to work with. On the other hand, they did illustrate well the practical uses for the advance information that such analysis provides. I cannot recommend this book to anyone who is serious about business cycle research. | 979 | [
"I was extremely disappointed in the book, as I expected to read about how to analyse the business cycle.",
"I found that this is an extermely pricy advertisement for the service that these authors run.",
"The promise on the cover of the book is that they are going to show how to predict the turns in the economy, however the method is to buy their service.",
"I think that they have done a great deal of research and have found many good indicators, however, they didn't tell us any.",
"Also, they failed to define what they mean by the terms they explain (like what a recession is) nor did they isolate root causes for a recession, thus their conclusions are tainted.",
"After so much research, one would think that they could at least give the reader a few good indicators to work with.",
"On the other hand, they did illustrate well the practical uses for the advance information that such analysis provides.",
"I cannot recommend this book to anyone who is serious about business cycle research."
] |
1 | Battery problem.... | I received this as a Christmas gift in December 2003. It worked flawlessly every day until last week. The battery just died and it would not even work when plugged in. After recharging, it works for less than 1 minute then goes dead again. After checking Amazon for reviews I'm shocked to see that so many people have had the same problem. I've always loved Norelco shavers and have used them for about 28 years and have never, ever had even a slight problem with them. When I first started using this model I thought I wasn't going to like it at all because it was shaving much worse than my previous model. To my amazement, after the approximate "two week" break in period it started shaving even closer than my previous model. If it weren't for the battery I would have given this 5 stars. Called customer service (800-243-3050) and they're sending a prepaid envelope for an exchange. Some people have said their replacement did the same thing. I'll keep my fingers crossed... | 979 | [
"I received this as a Christmas gift in December 2003.",
"It worked flawlessly every day until last week.",
"The battery just died and it would not even work when plugged in.",
"After recharging, it works for less than 1 minute then goes dead again.",
"After checking Amazon for reviews I'm shocked to see that so many people have had the same problem.",
"I've always loved Norelco shavers and have used them for about 28 years and have never, ever had even a slight problem with them.",
"When I first started using this model I thought I wasn't going to like it at all because it was shaving much worse than my previous model.",
"To my amazement, after the approximate \"two week\" break in period it started shaving even closer than my previous model.",
"If it weren't for the battery I would have given this 5 stars.",
"Called customer service (800-243-3050) and they're sending a prepaid envelope for an exchange.",
"Some people have said their replacement did the same thing.",
"I'll keep my fingers crossed..."
] |
1 | WORST MOVIE EVER ...TRY AGAIN VH1 | Was actually looking foward to this movie when it aired on VH1 ...but to my suprise it was HORRIBLE. WORST MOVIE EVER. 1st off the actors looked nothing like the real people. I mean Flex alxander as Michael. wow. the film skipped over a lot a years. What about the "bad" or "dangerous" eras ?? It just seem to focuse on the plastic surgerys , a little on his marriage to lisa marie and somewhat on neverland and the court cases. This film could have been done wayyyyyyyy better . Omg. AND VH1 did this? they should be embrassed. It also put michael in a bad light. The other movie " the jackson : an american dream" was a hurderd times better and told more of story .this film just kinda bounced around and didn't explian much of anything. I am hoping that now since Michael passed , that a new and better movie will come out that will explain the last few years of his life and show ALL of his solo carrer. Don't even waste your time with this film. It's not even worth renting. | 979 | [
"Was actually looking foward to this movie when it aired on VH1 ...but to my suprise it was HORRIBLE.",
"WORST MOVIE EVER.",
"1st off the actors looked nothing like the real people.",
"I mean Flex alxander as Michael.",
"wow.",
"the film skipped over a lot a years.",
"What about the \"bad\" or \"dangerous\" eras??",
"It just seem to focuse on the plastic surgerys , a little on his marriage to lisa marie and somewhat on neverland and the court cases.",
"This film could have been done wayyyyyyyy better.",
"Omg.",
"AND VH1 did this?",
"they should be embrassed.",
"It also put michael in a bad light.",
"The other movie \" the jackson : an american dream\" was a hurderd times better and told more of story .this film just kinda bounced around and didn't explian much of anything.",
"I am hoping that now since Michael passed , that a new and better movie will come out that will explain the last few years of his life and show ALL of his solo carrer.",
"Don't even waste your time with this film.",
"It's not even worth renting."
] |
1 | Dissapointing, very dissapointing | Little Men is my favorite book in the world. I was expecting this movie to be cute and sweet just like the book. But instead, I was very very very dissapointed. It was as if they said, "Let's make a movie based on the book 'Little Men'!" and then created their very own story, almost completely different from the book. First of all, they barely even introduced the kids. Second, Dan was supposed to be an orphan, not an adopted kid who was overly attached to his "father" and was sent to Plumfield because the "father" was being bugged to put him in a school. Most of the movie was about a plot that wasn't even in the book!!! How awful can you get? I think someone should completely remake the movie, and actually make it at least the tiniest bit like the book! Right when the movie started, I was dissapointed, but I gave it a fair chace and watched the rest of the movie, but it was TERRIBLE!!! It was hardly recognizable as 'Little Men' except for the names...that was it!!! | 979 | [
"Little Men is my favorite book in the world.",
"I was expecting this movie to be cute and sweet just like the book.",
"But instead, I was very very very dissapointed.",
"It was as if they said, \"Let's make a movie based on the book 'Little Men'!",
"\" and then created their very own story, almost completely different from the book.",
"First of all, they barely even introduced the kids.",
"Second, Dan was supposed to be an orphan, not an adopted kid who was overly attached to his \"father\" and was sent to Plumfield because the \"father\" was being bugged to put him in a school.",
"Most of the movie was about a plot that wasn't even in the book!!!",
"How awful can you get?",
"I think someone should completely remake the movie, and actually make it at least the tiniest bit like the book!",
"Right when the movie started, I was dissapointed, but I gave it a fair chace and watched the rest of the movie, but it was TERRIBLE!!!",
"It was hardly recognizable as 'Little Men' except for the names...that was it!!!"
] |
1 | Great, but need improving | I've searched extensively for a software like this one because it starts you off with the basics, but it is not user friendly. It continually hung up my system and flashed errors. I wish they would do something to improve it in these areas. I would certainly repurchase it if they did. I had to call in a computer tech to get my system back to operating properly. I loved the individual they had introducing the lessons. She made it so clear. This is the type of software I need. Please improve it and send notification. The exercises were exciting and challenging. It's good, but definitely needs improvement. I own other Spanish software, but compared to the way their lessons are set up, this one is best to me. I need to begin with basics, and this one does it; especially when she explains about verb conjugations. It also starts you off with greetings. The others I have don't. They throw you right into nouns and verbs. I like this one of all and pray that you improve it. | 979 | [
"I've searched extensively for a software like this one because it starts you off with the basics, but it is not user friendly.",
"It continually hung up my system and flashed errors.",
"I wish they would do something to improve it in these areas.",
"I would certainly repurchase it if they did.",
"I had to call in a computer tech to get my system back to operating properly.",
"I loved the individual they had introducing the lessons.",
"She made it so clear.",
"This is the type of software I need.",
"Please improve it and send notification.",
"The exercises were exciting and challenging.",
"It's good, but definitely needs improvement.",
"I own other Spanish software, but compared to the way their lessons are set up, this one is best to me.",
"I need to begin with basics, and this one does it; especially when she explains about verb conjugations.",
"It also starts you off with greetings.",
"The others I have don't.",
"They throw you right into nouns and verbs.",
"I like this one of all and pray that you improve it."
] |
1 | Just plain awful | The network that has given us "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Deadwood" and so many other great shows bombs with "Bored to Death." Jason Schwartzman is by far the worst actor ever hired to star in an HBO series. It's supposed to be a comedy, but Schwartzman has no comedic timing. Perhaps it doesn't matter. His lines are lame, anyway.Here's a sample of "Bored to Death" humor: Upon bumbling across an AA meeting, Schwartzman asks one of the participants if she knows where he can get a drink to kill some time. Here's another: His agent, played by Ted Danson, comes down with a herpes blister on his lip. He has to give a big speech in a couple hours so he gets Schwartzman punch him in the mouth to "obscure" the blister. Hilarity is probably supposed to ensue, and if one of the characters getting kicked in the nuts is hilarity, then I guess it does.The show's premise seems like a great concept. Perhaps it is, but the people hired to carry it off are just plain inept. | 979 | [
"The network that has given us \"The Sopranos,\" \"Sex and the City,\" \"Deadwood\" and so many other great shows bombs with \"Bored to Death.\" Jason Schwartzman is by far the worst actor ever hired to star in an HBO series.",
"It's supposed to be a comedy, but Schwartzman has no comedic timing.",
"Perhaps it doesn't matter.",
"His lines are lame, anyway.Here's a sample of \"Bored to Death\" humor: Upon bumbling across an AA meeting, Schwartzman asks one of the participants if she knows where he can get a drink to kill some time.",
"Here's another: His agent, played by Ted Danson, comes down with a herpes blister on his lip.",
"He has to give a big speech in a couple hours so he gets Schwartzman punch him in the mouth to \"obscure\" the blister.",
"Hilarity is probably supposed to ensue, and if one of the characters getting kicked in the nuts is hilarity, then I guess it does.The show's premise seems like a great concept.",
"Perhaps it is, but the people hired to carry it off are just plain inept."
] |
1 | What a Dissapointment! | The blurb about this movie made it seem like something I wanted to see, even buy. I rented it yesterday. Thank goodness I did not buy it! It is bizarre' to say the least, and lousy, to say the truth! My husband is a former film maker and even he found nothing good to say about the technique, script, lighting, acting, et al. The whole thing has almost nothing to do with Jane Austen-a lost piece of her work sold at auction to the leader of misguided would-be actors in New York under his spell. He passes himself off as some sort of avant-garde coach, when he is actually creating some kind of cult in which he alone reaps any benefits. He takes everyone's money, practically holds them prisioner, and puts on ridiculous scenes in the name of creating genius. Only Anne Baxter added anything positive to this film as an actress who wants to put on a real production of the Jane Austen works, but even she can not pull this stinker out of the loo. Save your money and your time. | 979 | [
"The blurb about this movie made it seem like something I wanted to see, even buy.",
"I rented it yesterday.",
"Thank goodness I did not buy it!",
"It is bizarre' to say the least, and lousy, to say the truth!",
"My husband is a former film maker and even he found nothing good to say about the technique, script, lighting, acting, et al.",
"The whole thing has almost nothing to do with Jane Austen-a lost piece of her work sold at auction to the leader of misguided would-be actors in New York under his spell.",
"He passes himself off as some sort of avant-garde coach, when he is actually creating some kind of cult in which he alone reaps any benefits.",
"He takes everyone's money, practically holds them prisioner, and puts on ridiculous scenes in the name of creating genius.",
"Only Anne Baxter added anything positive to this film as an actress who wants to put on a real production of the Jane Austen works, but even she can not pull this stinker out of the loo.",
"Save your money and your time."
] |
1 | Very Disappointed With This | I just placed this unit in my network setup, simply because I have a Linksys cable modem and I wanted the units to be stackable with each other. It replaced a Netgear MR814v1, which worked flawlessly for over a year.After a frustrating weekend, I was not able to get my Linksys unit functioning at all for a consistent period. The wireless status kept flickering between available/not available. Checked the firmware version, it's up to date. Messed around with the all the settings, nothing worked. Ran a [ping -t] test for about 5 minutes to the gateway, 94% Loss!!!! And when it did get through the TTL was always over 150. On the Netgear MR814v2 TTL was a consistent 64.I've had many other Linksys products and have never had any trouble with them, I'm hoping that this is just an anomaly.But anyways, I went to store and purchased the Netgear MR814v2. After 10 hours of use, not one unavailable message popped up. Unfortunately, this is a Linksys product I cannot recommend. | 979 | [
"I just placed this unit in my network setup, simply because I have a Linksys cable modem and I wanted the units to be stackable with each other.",
"It replaced a Netgear MR814v1, which worked flawlessly for over a year.After a frustrating weekend, I was not able to get my Linksys unit functioning at all for a consistent period.",
"The wireless status kept flickering between available/not available.",
"Checked the firmware version, it's up to date.",
"Messed around with the all the settings, nothing worked.",
"Ran a [ping -t] test for about 5 minutes to the gateway, 94% Loss!!!",
"!",
"And when it did get through the TTL was always over 150.",
"On the Netgear MR814v2 TTL was a consistent 64.I've had many other Linksys products and have never had any trouble with them, I'm hoping that this is just an anomaly.But anyways, I went to store and purchased the Netgear MR814v2.",
"After 10 hours of use, not one unavailable message popped up.",
"Unfortunately, this is a Linksys product I cannot recommend."
] |
1 | Eeek | I confess I'm not a fan of American Idol. But I wanted to understand all the brouhaha garnered by these idols, so I decided to hear and judge for myself. What a mediocre recording...horror of horrors! I thought I was in disco night at the local bar. The only recording I found redeeming was Dead or Alive by Chris Daughtry. I loved this guy's voice. The rest were completely forgettable. So would I buy a CD for just one song?? NO. I'll wait till Chris Daughtry sign with a reputable recording label, hopefully with all that makes rock special and not a load of crappy, cheesy pop. I can only think that America made him a favor when they voted him off, saving him from this type of abysmal music, and thus failure. I think I'll pass on this one.I was intrigued also by Mandisa, but since I can't stand to hear "I'm Every Woman" once again, I couldn't validate her voice. Would like to hear her recording something contemporary and not something that has been done over and over. | 979 | [
"I confess I'm not a fan of American Idol.",
"But I wanted to understand all the brouhaha garnered by these idols, so I decided to hear and judge for myself.",
"What a mediocre recording...horror of horrors!",
"I thought I was in disco night at the local bar.",
"The only recording I found redeeming was Dead or Alive by Chris Daughtry.",
"I loved this guy's voice.",
"The rest were completely forgettable.",
"So would I buy a CD for just one song??",
"NO.",
"I'll wait till Chris Daughtry sign with a reputable recording label, hopefully with all that makes rock special and not a load of crappy, cheesy pop.",
"I can only think that America made him a favor when they voted him off, saving him from this type of abysmal music, and thus failure.",
"I think I'll pass on this one.I was intrigued also by Mandisa, but since I can't stand to hear \"I'm Every Woman\" once again, I couldn't validate her voice.",
"Would like to hear her recording something contemporary and not something that has been done over and over."
] |
1 | Not My Lucky Day | Received phone in fine condition and was anxious to set it up but ran into problems during testing, encountering two issues that I could not resolve. First, I set the answering machine to "on" but it seemed to automatically turn off whenever a call came in. Very strange. Tried it several times but no success. Second, the incoming Caller ID number would only seem to appear for a couple of seconds and then it just said "Incoming Call." I need a phone that displays the incoming ID during the entire time the phone is ringing. Also, the general layout of the phone and button labels (or symbols) were screwy in my opinion. I tried calling customer support thinking I might get lucky (Uniden is notorious for terrible customer service) and held the line for 55 minutes before hanging up. Returned the phone the same day. My colleague has the ATT E2562 which I think I'll try next, but not at Amazon's full price of $300. I think you can pick it up here from a 3rd party for $185. | 979 | [
"Received phone in fine condition and was anxious to set it up but ran into problems during testing, encountering two issues that I could not resolve.",
"First, I set the answering machine to \"on\" but it seemed to automatically turn off whenever a call came in.",
"Very strange.",
"Tried it several times but no success.",
"Second, the incoming Caller ID number would only seem to appear for a couple of seconds and then it just said \"Incoming Call.\" I need a phone that displays the incoming ID during the entire time the phone is ringing.",
"Also, the general layout of the phone and button labels (or symbols) were screwy in my opinion.",
"I tried calling customer support thinking I might get lucky (Uniden is notorious for terrible customer service) and held the line for 55 minutes before hanging up.",
"Returned the phone the same day.",
"My colleague has the ATT E2562 which I think I'll try next, but not at Amazon's full price of $300.",
"I think you can pick it up here from a 3rd party for $185."
] |
1 | You gotta be kidding... | This is just another sorta filipino based knife fighting book... and a bad one, by the way... no "brazilian knife fighting" here, folks. The title is just as amusing as the author's nicknames. They're really funny. They could call it "brazilian knife follies", that would be funny too. But that's not why the book was written.I wonder why so many people out there try to pass that kind of mishmash as a reality based system ($ perhaps...). You know, many "masters" and "black belts" NEVER got themselves involved in a real incident involving knives (even when they say the contrary...), as the majority of people who follow them in blind belief. The problem arises when the mud hits the propeller. By that time, it'd be too late to regret.Save your money. There's a few good titles on this subject that can really help you, and this is not one of them. And what you want is to learn a filipino system, look for the real ones, there are many in Amazon.This one is just... funny... | 979 | [
"This is just another sorta filipino based knife fighting book... and a bad one, by the way... no \"brazilian knife fighting\" here, folks.",
"The title is just as amusing as the author's nicknames.",
"They're really funny.",
"They could call it \"brazilian knife follies\", that would be funny too.",
"But that's not why the book was written.I wonder why so many people out there try to pass that kind of mishmash as a reality based system ($ perhaps...).",
"You know, many \"masters\" and \"black belts\" NEVER got themselves involved in a real incident involving knives (even when they say the contrary...), as the majority of people who follow them in blind belief.",
"The problem arises when the mud hits the propeller.",
"By that time, it'd be too late to regret.Save your money.",
"There's a few good titles on this subject that can really help you, and this is not one of them.",
"And what you want is to learn a filipino system, look for the real ones, there are many in Amazon.This one is just... funny..."
] |
1 | Quite a disappointment. | This review is primarily for folks who aren't already Jim Jarmusch devotees.I suppose it's cliché, but, "I really wanted to like this film!"A disappointment from start to finish. Too few meaningful moments separated by too much space and time. Little humor, charisma, even angst & edginess was in short supply. Sparse sets don't quite reach minimalist (minimalism would have been more forgivable). For example, why have customer background noises (but no other customers)? Running themes (e.g. cousins/siblings, self-conscious envy and nervous graciousness, vertical camera shots onto the tables) with no meaning.If you're hoping for an insightful film, a good bit of humor, or a few really shining moments for one or more of your favorite actors, I suspect you'll feel as let down as I did.Undoubtedly, hardcore Jim Jarmusch fans (and perhaps Cate Blanchett fans as well - hers is the one scene which shines a bit) will pick this one up, but I can't recommend it to anyone else. | 979 | [
"This review is primarily for folks who aren't already Jim Jarmusch devotees.I suppose it's cliché, but, \"I really wanted to like this film!",
"\"A disappointment from start to finish.",
"Too few meaningful moments separated by too much space and time.",
"Little humor, charisma, even angst & edginess was in short supply.",
"Sparse sets don't quite reach minimalist (minimalism would have been more forgivable).",
"For example, why have customer background noises (but no other customers)?",
"Running themes (e.g. cousins/siblings, self-conscious envy and nervous graciousness, vertical camera shots onto the tables) with no meaning.If you're hoping for an insightful film, a good bit of humor, or a few really shining moments for one or more of your favorite actors, I suspect you'll feel as let down as I did.Undoubtedly, hardcore Jim Jarmusch fans (and perhaps Cate Blanchett fans as well - hers is the one scene which shines a bit) will pick this one up, but I can't recommend it to anyone else."
] |
1 | Worthless. | I am a research entomologist, specializing in urban pests, particularly cockroaches and termites. I ordered this title, thinking that it might be a reference that I had overlooked. I shouldn't have bothered. This looks like the barely formatted output from a literature search from one of the scientific databases with some primitive indexing on authors and key words. It includes 138 references published from 1991-1995, a small fraction of the relevant literature published during that period. Abstracts are not included. The indexes cover pages 21-106, the actual references pages 107-157. The only "text" has nothing to do with the alleged subject. The whole thing appears to be photocopied, single-sided, and mounted in a cheap plastic report binder. The length of this item is grossly inflated since it was printed in large type with wide margins.I would actually argue that this is not a book in the sense that most people would understand the term. Don't waste your time. | 979 | [
"I am a research entomologist, specializing in urban pests, particularly cockroaches and termites.",
"I ordered this title, thinking that it might be a reference that I had overlooked.",
"I shouldn't have bothered.",
"This looks like the barely formatted output from a literature search from one of the scientific databases with some primitive indexing on authors and key words.",
"It includes 138 references published from 1991-1995, a small fraction of the relevant literature published during that period.",
"Abstracts are not included.",
"The indexes cover pages 21-106, the actual references pages 107-157.",
"The only \"text\" has nothing to do with the alleged subject.",
"The whole thing appears to be photocopied, single-sided, and mounted in a cheap plastic report binder.",
"The length of this item is grossly inflated since it was printed in large type with wide margins.I would actually argue that this is not a book in the sense that most people would understand the term.",
"Don't waste your time."
] |
1 | Gerber 07500 MP600 Blunt Nose | I have always like Gerber and their one hand opening multi-tools but this tool disappointing in every way.The build quality is a joke, final finish on the plier head is bad because the edges are not straight, wire cutters are a total joke because they can barely cut the wire, the plastic lock sits crooked, and one hand opening is not smooth, in fact you have to hold only one handle and flick it in a just right angle very fast so it would come out from the first try. The plier jaws are also too stiff and need oiling before use and you need to work them a lot to make them smooth.The screwdriver heads are too tick and the small screwdriver is too small and not as precise to be a small precision screwdriver. The only thing I liked is the way tools lock and unlock, that part is very smooth and when you pull the individual tool out they actually come out one at the time. I think that people from Gerber should actually read these reviews and try to improve on their tools. | 979 | [
"I have always like Gerber and their one hand opening multi-tools but this tool disappointing in every way.The build quality is a joke, final finish on the plier head is bad because the edges are not straight, wire cutters are a total joke because they can barely cut the wire, the plastic lock sits crooked, and one hand opening is not smooth, in fact you have to hold only one handle and flick it in a just right angle very fast so it would come out from the first try.",
"The plier jaws are also too stiff and need oiling before use and you need to work them a lot to make them smooth.The screwdriver heads are too tick and the small screwdriver is too small and not as precise to be a small precision screwdriver.",
"The only thing I liked is the way tools lock and unlock, that part is very smooth and when you pull the individual tool out they actually come out one at the time.",
"I think that people from Gerber should actually read these reviews and try to improve on their tools."
] |
1 | ... | Patterson is one of the few authors around that can make the entire story interesting, not because you want to find out how it ends, but because you want to find out more about the characters. Each page brings you more into the lives of the characters. This book is no different. It has murders and sex and lawyers and secrets from the past.I enjoy Patterson's flashbacks into a character's past that usually in some indirect way have a bearing on the outcome of the story.But I have on problem with this book. THIS BOOK IS CALLED THE FINAL JUDGEMENT, NOT CAROLINE MASTERS. THIS IS NOT A NEW BOOK. IF YOU ARE A PATTERSON FAN, YOU PROBABLY READ THIS BOOK A FEW YEARS AGO. IT CAME OUT IN HARDCOVER AND PAPERBACK UNDER A DIFFERENT TITLE. WHY MUST PATTERSON RESORT TO TRICKERY AND A HORRIBLE NEW TITLE IN ORDER TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO BUY A BOOK THEY ALREADY READ. I CAN GUESS WHY. CAROLINE MASTERS WAS IN PROTECT AND DEFEND AND HE WANTED FANS OF THAT BOOK TO READ THE FINAL JUDGEMENT... | 979 | [
"Patterson is one of the few authors around that can make the entire story interesting, not because you want to find out how it ends, but because you want to find out more about the characters.",
"Each page brings you more into the lives of the characters.",
"This book is no different.",
"It has murders and sex and lawyers and secrets from the past.I enjoy Patterson's flashbacks into a character's past that usually in some indirect way have a bearing on the outcome of the story.But I have on problem with this book.",
"THIS BOOK IS CALLED THE FINAL JUDGEMENT, NOT CAROLINE MASTERS.",
"THIS IS NOT A NEW BOOK.",
"IF YOU ARE A PATTERSON FAN, YOU PROBABLY READ THIS BOOK A FEW YEARS AGO.",
"IT CAME OUT IN HARDCOVER AND PAPERBACK UNDER A DIFFERENT TITLE.",
"WHY MUST PATTERSON RESORT TO TRICKERY AND A HORRIBLE NEW TITLE IN ORDER TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO BUY A BOOK THEY ALREADY READ.",
"I CAN GUESS WHY.",
"CAROLINE MASTERS WAS IN PROTECT AND DEFEND AND HE WANTED FANS OF THAT BOOK TO READ THE FINAL JUDGEMENT..."
] |
1 | Complete Waste of Time and Money | First off I am a 25 year old male that works in the infomation technology field. I don't know very much about cars, but I do what I can to maintain my truck. I was interested in this software because I figured it would give me some ideas on maintanance and would allow me to be better informed when taking my truck to a mechanic. Well... I was very dissapointed in this software to say the least. I truly believe they put more resources into the packaging than the software. Since I had already opened the package and therefore could not return the software, I tried to find anything in the program that was worthwhile. I soon realized that this junk was not only a waste of my money, but also my time. I have never written a review for anything, but I was so disgusted with this software that I felt I had to keep others from making the same mistake as I did. Honestly people, don't waste your time and money on this product. I rated it one star because I couldn't give it zero. | 979 | [
"First off I am a 25 year old male that works in the infomation technology field.",
"I don't know very much about cars, but I do what I can to maintain my truck.",
"I was interested in this software because I figured it would give me some ideas on maintanance and would allow me to be better informed when taking my truck to a mechanic.",
"Well... I was very dissapointed in this software to say the least.",
"I truly believe they put more resources into the packaging than the software.",
"Since I had already opened the package and therefore could not return the software, I tried to find anything in the program that was worthwhile.",
"I soon realized that this junk was not only a waste of my money, but also my time.",
"I have never written a review for anything, but I was so disgusted with this software that I felt I had to keep others from making the same mistake as I did.",
"Honestly people, don't waste your time and money on this product.",
"I rated it one star because I couldn't give it zero."
] |
1 | I'll never get those hours back. | If it wasn't for the glowing reviews others have heaped upon this book, I wouldn't have gotten past the first 50 pages. The characters, plot, and molasses-slow pace did not capture me at all, and the writing, while poetic to some, struck me as merely pretentious and turgid. _Hexes_ reminded me strongly of Anne Rice's Vampire books, which for me is not positive; consequently, it's taken me three times as long to read this as it's taken me to read books of similar size. Some books you can't put down, but this one, I hard a hard time picking back up.Lying-back-cover-blurb alert: The "unspeakable crimes" are absolutely UNshocking, not even deserving of an "ew" let alone surprise, disgust, or terror. As a matter of fact, nothing in here frightened me in the slighest.Verdict: If you are a fan of the occult, or enjoy heavily atmospheric, dramatic writing, you may enjoy this book. If you prefer more ACTION and dialogue, and less flowery language, don't bother with _Hexes_. | 979 | [
"If it wasn't for the glowing reviews others have heaped upon this book, I wouldn't have gotten past the first 50 pages.",
"The characters, plot, and molasses-slow pace did not capture me at all, and the writing, while poetic to some, struck me as merely pretentious and turgid.",
"_Hexes_ reminded me strongly of Anne Rice's Vampire books, which for me is not positive; consequently, it's taken me three times as long to read this as it's taken me to read books of similar size.",
"Some books you can't put down, but this one, I hard a hard time picking back up.Lying-back-cover-blurb alert: The \"unspeakable crimes\" are absolutely UNshocking, not even deserving of an \"ew\" let alone surprise, disgust, or terror.",
"As a matter of fact, nothing in here frightened me in the slighest.Verdict: If you are a fan of the occult, or enjoy heavily atmospheric, dramatic writing, you may enjoy this book.",
"If you prefer more ACTION and dialogue, and less flowery language, don't bother with _Hexes_."
] |
1 | Waste of time - don't bother | I read the first 30 or so pages on my Kindle for free and enjoyed the story. Thinking the story would expand a bit on the Space Opera bit and also provide some character depth, I bought the book. Mistake. No character depth. I didn't care about any of the characters. The author's descriptions of settings and action sequences leaves much to be desired. I ended up caring for the antagonist more than any other character and I think that was only out of boredom. There is a relationship that develops between two characters which is not compelling or interesting in the least.It seems as though the author was trying to define a future human culture, but make it alien. Which would be great and a lot of authors are able to pull that off, but not in this case. There was no relation back to contemporary human society.I only finished this book hoping I had not made a mistake in the purchase and Mr. Banks would avail himself in the end. I was wrong.I do not recommend this book. | 979 | [
"I read the first 30 or so pages on my Kindle for free and enjoyed the story.",
"Thinking the story would expand a bit on the Space Opera bit and also provide some character depth, I bought the book.",
"Mistake.",
"No character depth.",
"I didn't care about any of the characters.",
"The author's descriptions of settings and action sequences leaves much to be desired.",
"I ended up caring for the antagonist more than any other character and I think that was only out of boredom.",
"There is a relationship that develops between two characters which is not compelling or interesting in the least.It seems as though the author was trying to define a future human culture, but make it alien.",
"Which would be great and a lot of authors are able to pull that off, but not in this case.",
"There was no relation back to contemporary human society.I only finished this book hoping I had not made a mistake in the purchase and Mr.",
"Banks would avail himself in the end.",
"I was wrong.I do not recommend this book."
] |
1 | 100 Ugly Hats | What an amazing array of ugly hats! The black and white hat on the cover pretty much sums up what you'll find inside this book. 99 hats you couldn't be paid to wear, let alone waste time making.The models smile as though they're suppressing stomach pains - and who's doing their make-up anyway? Did we hire our sister-in-law or something?This book is so strange. Dime store modeling, ugly yarn color combinations, really seriously bad designs - Nobody would wear these hats. Most of the hats are crochet - which of course is not a good place to start - but they didn't get anywhere with any of the designs. Nothing new, nothing great, and lots to simply gawp incredulously at.Fortunately, I like to check pattern/cook books out of the library before buying. With the library having online reserving, it's pretty simple to check out the book prior to ordering.Save your money, unless you need photos of 1970's Ugly Hats made by Grandmothers who shopped thrift store Yarn sections. | 979 | [
"What an amazing array of ugly hats!",
"The black and white hat on the cover pretty much sums up what you'll find inside this book.",
"99 hats you couldn't be paid to wear, let alone waste time making.The models smile as though they're suppressing stomach pains - and who's doing their make-up anyway?",
"Did we hire our sister-in-law or something?",
"This book is so strange.",
"Dime store modeling, ugly yarn color combinations, really seriously bad designs - Nobody would wear these hats.",
"Most of the hats are crochet - which of course is not a good place to start - but they didn't get anywhere with any of the designs.",
"Nothing new, nothing great, and lots to simply gawp incredulously at.Fortunately, I like to check pattern/cook books out of the library before buying.",
"With the library having online reserving, it's pretty simple to check out the book prior to ordering.Save your money, unless you need photos of 1970's Ugly Hats made by Grandmothers who shopped thrift store Yarn sections."
] |
1 | It thinks its all that... | This game sucks!!! I mean i could have better space combat in the spaceshuttle Endeavor! It has its wingtips cut off, machenery scrapped, engines dismanled, sitting on display at the smithsonian and has NO WEAPONS!!! There is no real concept, no reall action, no reall combat, and NO REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY PLAYING IT!!!. EVEN THE STARBASES ARE DISAPOINTING!! THEY LOOK LIKE BASCET BALL STAIDIUMS EVEN ON THE INSIDE!!! Also the space shuttle has better responiveness. I have to wait about 2 minets between the point of moving the mouse and the point of ship movement!!! Its like buying incurance but in space combat form!!! IN reall time!!! It has good eyecandy, and cool looking spaceships, but thats all! I hate every single aspect of this game!!! Spacewar is much more fun than that horrible game and i really like to play it!! I don't know how anyone can enjoy EVE! I mean, i really would shut down the game studio that brought us this monstrosity if i had corpreat power. | 979 | [
"This game sucks!!!",
"I mean i could have better space combat in the spaceshuttle Endeavor!",
"It has its wingtips cut off, machenery scrapped, engines dismanled, sitting on display at the smithsonian and has NO WEAPONS!!!",
"There is no real concept, no reall action, no reall combat, and NO REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY PLAYING IT!!!",
".",
"EVEN THE STARBASES ARE DISAPOINTING!!",
"THEY LOOK LIKE BASCET BALL STAIDIUMS EVEN ON THE INSIDE!!!",
"Also the space shuttle has better responiveness.",
"I have to wait about 2 minets between the point of moving the mouse and the point of ship movement!!!",
"Its like buying incurance but in space combat form!!!",
"IN reall time!!!",
"It has good eyecandy, and cool looking spaceships, but thats all!",
"I hate every single aspect of this game!!!",
"Spacewar is much more fun than that horrible game and i really like to play it!!",
"I don't know how anyone can enjoy EVE!",
"I mean, i really would shut down the game studio that brought us this monstrosity if i had corpreat power."
] |
1 | DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! | Buckland was bucking for a paycheck on this one. The sigils are cheated out by using two start circles or two end lines on them, some of them are even SIDWAYS.Frankly, it seems as if he had contemplated plagiarism before publishing the book, then someone told him he'll get sued, so he decided to add his resources last minute & screw the corrections on all of the images he changed by 10 percent!I had to give this book one star because the drop down menu wouldn't allow for NO STARS.Buckland knows better than to publish a complete pile of poop for the Magickal Community without getting a firm correction from his peers.Do not waste your money on this book. Take your time and *research* what symbols you are in need of. Buckland's got his bibliography down, but he does NOT COPY THE INFORMATION properly.Honestly, sticking to Magickal Tables, the Goetia, (etc.) would have been a smarter move on my part. I had given him the benefit of the doubt and I was sadly disappointed. | 979 | [
"Buckland was bucking for a paycheck on this one.",
"The sigils are cheated out by using two start circles or two end lines on them, some of them are even SIDWAYS.Frankly, it seems as if he had contemplated plagiarism before publishing the book, then someone told him he'll get sued, so he decided to add his resources last minute & screw the corrections on all of the images he changed by 10 percent!",
"I had to give this book one star because the drop down menu wouldn't allow for NO STARS.Buckland knows better than to publish a complete pile of poop for the Magickal Community without getting a firm correction from his peers.Do not waste your money on this book.",
"Take your time and *research* what symbols you are in need of.",
"Buckland's got his bibliography down, but he does NOT COPY THE INFORMATION properly.Honestly, sticking to Magickal Tables, the Goetia, (etc.) would have been a smarter move on my part.",
"I had given him the benefit of the doubt and I was sadly disappointed."
] |
1 | The worst game ever... | I received this game for Christmas, and I was very disappointed in the graphics and the game play. It's the worst tycoon game ever. I can't my family payed full price for this tycoon reject. Roller coaster Tycoon, Airline Tycoon, Sim city, Zoo Tycoon, etc, all have great game play and is very addictive, unlike this game.On the box it says, "A completely 3D world." That is total false, it's basically has 8-bit graphics (the type of graphics that were on the super Nintendo video game consoles.)Another problem I have faced was that the game crashed a lot! You have to save frequently, and it takes forever to save. It's just like The Sims, it take 2 minutes to save! I loaded this game on my Windows 2000 and would crash when you got to the preloader. Then I bought a Windows XP and it would crash every 30 to 60 minutes.I hope I made an impact on your decision not to buy this game it's not worth the money and it has many flaws. If you want to just try the game buy it used. | 979 | [
"I received this game for Christmas, and I was very disappointed in the graphics and the game play.",
"It's the worst tycoon game ever.",
"I can't my family payed full price for this tycoon reject.",
"Roller coaster Tycoon, Airline Tycoon, Sim city, Zoo Tycoon, etc, all have great game play and is very addictive, unlike this game.On the box it says, \"A completely 3D world.\" That is total false, it's basically has 8-bit graphics (the type of graphics that were on the super Nintendo video game consoles.)Another problem I have faced was that the game crashed a lot!",
"You have to save frequently, and it takes forever to save.",
"It's just like The Sims, it take 2 minutes to save!",
"I loaded this game on my Windows 2000 and would crash when you got to the preloader.",
"Then I bought a Windows XP and it would crash every 30 to 60 minutes.I hope I made an impact on your decision not to buy this game it's not worth the money and it has many flaws.",
"If you want to just try the game buy it used."
] |
1 | Major piece of junk! | I bought this phone because it had all the features I wanted, such as caller ID on both the handset and the base, digital answering machine, etc. It has proven to be a piece of junk. When answering calls on the handset we get funny noises during which the caller can not hear you. Finally when the noise goes away you might be able to talk. More often than not though, it starts to ring again and then you are disconnected. The handset has proven to be almost worthless for receiving calls. Lately when calling out on the handset, you might get two beeps instead of one when you push a button. The phone is not intuitive at all and you have to keep referring to the manual to use some of the features. I would like to return this phone, but I have to box it up at my own expense and return it. In the meantime I will have to go buy a new phone to replace this one while it is being repaired, so what's the use of sending it back? My advice: Buy something other than a GE product! | 979 | [
"I bought this phone because it had all the features I wanted, such as caller ID on both the handset and the base, digital answering machine, etc.",
"It has proven to be a piece of junk.",
"When answering calls on the handset we get funny noises during which the caller can not hear you.",
"Finally when the noise goes away you might be able to talk.",
"More often than not though, it starts to ring again and then you are disconnected.",
"The handset has proven to be almost worthless for receiving calls.",
"Lately when calling out on the handset, you might get two beeps instead of one when you push a button.",
"The phone is not intuitive at all and you have to keep referring to the manual to use some of the features.",
"I would like to return this phone, but I have to box it up at my own expense and return it.",
"In the meantime I will have to go buy a new phone to replace this one while it is being repaired, so what's the use of sending it back?",
"My advice: Buy something other than a GE product!"
] |
1 | come on now... | I too am an avid reader of Diana's books, but enough is enough. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers below that it is boring to read about the same old, same old plotlines. Diana was great in her glory days, but it appears that with each new book she writes the characters seem the same as in previous ones. I was very reluctant to pay hardcover price for this book but read some of the previews and thought I would take the chance. I was really hoping this new novel would be different, but lo and behold we have another rewrite of her previous books. I wished I had listened to my misgivings and saved myself twenty one dollars. I don't want to down Diana, but she really needs to give her fans something more than this. Her females need to be updated badly and the men need to tone down the gorilla act and written in a more believable manner. Save yourself some time and money by just getting this one at the used bookstore if you really feel the need to read it. | 979 | [
"I too am an avid reader of Diana's books, but enough is enough.",
"I have to agree with some of the other reviewers below that it is boring to read about the same old, same old plotlines.",
"Diana was great in her glory days, but it appears that with each new book she writes the characters seem the same as in previous ones.",
"I was very reluctant to pay hardcover price for this book but read some of the previews and thought I would take the chance.",
"I was really hoping this new novel would be different, but lo and behold we have another rewrite of her previous books.",
"I wished I had listened to my misgivings and saved myself twenty one dollars.",
"I don't want to down Diana, but she really needs to give her fans something more than this.",
"Her females need to be updated badly and the men need to tone down the gorilla act and written in a more believable manner.",
"Save yourself some time and money by just getting this one at the used bookstore if you really feel the need to read it."
] |
1 | Worst Printer Ever | My family has been a huge HP printer fans, not so much on their computers (poor hardware esp. in the hard drives). Anyways, I received this printer as a college gift for starting in on engineering. I have had nothing but issues with this printer from the get go. I just assumed that it would get better and that I would get used to it's loud noises and it's slow thinking and spooling. There is something always going wrong, it can't connect to the pc or it thinks there is no ink in the cartridges but there is. When I replace the cartridges it says they are only half full. This was an expensive printer and for it to give me this many problems is frustrating. Apparently HP thinks they can get by with poor quality. It's pretty bad when engineers, multiple engineers can't figure out what is going wrong with it. On a final note, I looked up online help for these issues, and it's pretty common for these issues to arise. So keep that in mind before you purchase this printer. | 979 | [
"My family has been a huge HP printer fans, not so much on their computers (poor hardware esp.",
"in the hard drives).",
"Anyways, I received this printer as a college gift for starting in on engineering.",
"I have had nothing but issues with this printer from the get go.",
"I just assumed that it would get better and that I would get used to it's loud noises and it's slow thinking and spooling.",
"There is something always going wrong, it can't connect to the pc or it thinks there is no ink in the cartridges but there is.",
"When I replace the cartridges it says they are only half full.",
"This was an expensive printer and for it to give me this many problems is frustrating.",
"Apparently HP thinks they can get by with poor quality.",
"It's pretty bad when engineers, multiple engineers can't figure out what is going wrong with it.",
"On a final note, I looked up online help for these issues, and it's pretty common for these issues to arise.",
"So keep that in mind before you purchase this printer."
] |
1 | Don't even bother! | I LOVE Christian Chic Lit, & I even adored the prequel to this book, "The Whitney Chronicles", but Million Dollar Dilemma, was just ridiculous. I felt the plot was very contrived, and there was not a lot of character development. The pacing seemed off, and the storyline was just too bizarre. Now, sometimes it's fun to indulge in fantasy-reading, but as a reader, I sure couldn't "just go along" with it..... I love books that enrich my devotional life, but the scripture spouting seemed very forced, like the author said, "Well, think I'll throw a scripture reference on this page."I really did not connect at all to this character, Cassia. She was very flat, unseemingly naive, weak & had no personality.In fairness to Ms. Baer -I KNOW she is a good author, as mentioned above with her "Whitney Chronicles". I have heard from friends that other novels that she has written are equally as good. This was just not up to par.I recommend reading the Yada Yada Prayer Group Series. | 979 | [
"I LOVE Christian Chic Lit, & I even adored the prequel to this book, \"The Whitney Chronicles\", but Million Dollar Dilemma, was just ridiculous.",
"I felt the plot was very contrived, and there was not a lot of character development.",
"The pacing seemed off, and the storyline was just too bizarre.",
"Now, sometimes it's fun to indulge in fantasy-reading, but as a reader, I sure couldn't \"just go along\" with it..... I love books that enrich my devotional life, but the scripture spouting seemed very forced, like the author said, \"Well, think I'll throw a scripture reference on this page.\"I really did not connect at all to this character, Cassia.",
"She was very flat, unseemingly naive, weak & had no personality.In fairness to Ms.",
"Baer -I KNOW she is a good author, as mentioned above with her \"Whitney Chronicles\".",
"I have heard from friends that other novels that she has written are equally as good.",
"This was just not up to par.I recommend reading the Yada Yada Prayer Group Series."
] |
1 | Leave It Alone | I love this opera and own it in many incarnations: the wonderful French version with tenor Leopold Simeneau; Italian with mezzos Podles, Larrmore, Horne and baritone Fischer-Dieskau. All of them offer something special. This performance, however, is a resounding dud. The sound isn't bad by live performance (l971) standards, but Ozawa offers the slowest, dullest conducting I have ever heard. Since the accompanying leaflet offers absolutely no information beyond a plot summary, it's impossible to tell which of the several alternate versions of the opera this is, but in any case much familiar music is deleted, and the singers offer no embellishments to balance the funereal pace. The soloists have their moments, but Verrett is much better experienced on her commercial recording with Fasano and the Virtuosi de Roma (?). I purchased this recording for the unusual pairing of Verrett and the wonderful Stella, but they, as well as the listener, are fighting a losing battle. | 979 | [
"I love this opera and own it in many incarnations: the wonderful French version with tenor Leopold Simeneau; Italian with mezzos Podles, Larrmore, Horne and baritone Fischer-Dieskau.",
"All of them offer something special.",
"This performance, however, is a resounding dud.",
"The sound isn't bad by live performance (l971) standards, but Ozawa offers the slowest, dullest conducting I have ever heard.",
"Since the accompanying leaflet offers absolutely no information beyond a plot summary, it's impossible to tell which of the several alternate versions of the opera this is, but in any case much familiar music is deleted, and the singers offer no embellishments to balance the funereal pace.",
"The soloists have their moments, but Verrett is much better experienced on her commercial recording with Fasano and the Virtuosi de Roma (?",
").",
"I purchased this recording for the unusual pairing of Verrett and the wonderful Stella, but they, as well as the listener, are fighting a losing battle."
] |
1 | Bon Jovi = bad joke | I used to think Korn was the destroyer of metal, boy was I wrong...after hearing this I knew it was Bon Jovi. I really think that this is the worst music of the 80's, even worse than Modanna or Paula Abdul. Even hairmetal fans dont like this! Hairmetal fans listen to Twisted Sister and Skid Row, and avoid pop like this, White Snake, Poison, Warrant, and Europe. This bad joke here made it so other pansies like Cinderella had a chance to make it, when all they were were talentless hacks who ripped off Van Halens 1984. I couldn't imagine anyone listening to this without having their ears bleed, this makes disco look like Led Zeppelin! Well, at least its better than Good Charlotte and Linkin Park (although not by much).Anyone who hates Jon Bon Blowme and Bad Joke is commendable, because they (Socialist Metal Head, Cotton Hell for example) are smart enough to realize how p**sified this is. I feel bad for anyone who doesn't see through Bad Jokes haze.DIE JON BON BLOWME! | 978 | [
"I used to think Korn was the destroyer of metal, boy was I wrong...after hearing this I knew it was Bon Jovi.",
"I really think that this is the worst music of the 80's, even worse than Modanna or Paula Abdul.",
"Even hairmetal fans dont like this!",
"Hairmetal fans listen to Twisted Sister and Skid Row, and avoid pop like this, White Snake, Poison, Warrant, and Europe.",
"This bad joke here made it so other pansies like Cinderella had a chance to make it, when all they were were talentless hacks who ripped off Van Halens 1984.",
"I couldn't imagine anyone listening to this without having their ears bleed, this makes disco look like Led Zeppelin!",
"Well, at least its better than Good Charlotte and Linkin Park (although not by much).Anyone who hates Jon Bon Blowme and Bad Joke is commendable, because they (Socialist Metal Head, Cotton Hell for example) are smart enough to realize how p**sified this is.",
"I feel bad for anyone who doesn't see through Bad Jokes haze.DIE JON BON BLOWME!"
] |
1 | The Skeptical Environmentalist | This book is a sorry excuse for science or criticism based on science. While being skeptical about environmental issues is probably a good idea, this is not the book where you will find reasonable arguments on both sides. Lomborg picks his data to support predetermined conclusions, not the other way around. He often chooses to cite studies or reports that are over 30 years old while ignoring or downplaying more current information. The data he presents are often superficial and misleading. He makes no attempt to help the reader see the data in context - yet that is what rational skepticism is all about. In each chapter he concludes by saying nothing serious is really wrong. So if you want a book that says, "Don't worry - be happy," lull yourself to sleep with this one. But if you want to take a look at why you might be skeptical about the claims of some environmentalists, then find a book by someone who can differentiate between being critical and being Pollyanna. | 978 | [
"This book is a sorry excuse for science or criticism based on science.",
"While being skeptical about environmental issues is probably a good idea, this is not the book where you will find reasonable arguments on both sides.",
"Lomborg picks his data to support predetermined conclusions, not the other way around.",
"He often chooses to cite studies or reports that are over 30 years old while ignoring or downplaying more current information.",
"The data he presents are often superficial and misleading.",
"He makes no attempt to help the reader see the data in context - yet that is what rational skepticism is all about.",
"In each chapter he concludes by saying nothing serious is really wrong.",
"So if you want a book that says, \"Don't worry - be happy,\" lull yourself to sleep with this one.",
"But if you want to take a look at why you might be skeptical about the claims of some environmentalists, then find a book by someone who can differentiate between being critical and being Pollyanna."
] |
1 | This book and $6.06... | ...might get me a cup of coffee at Starbuck's. Read one of the reviews that raved about the Urdu script in this book as being such a useful tool. Perhaps it is, but that was not my need. I purchased it to translate written. romanized Urdu, as well as learn the written language.My first 38 words to translate, were not even in the book. I'm not speaking of obscure dialog or anything of the sort. Merely common terms used by Pakistani's everywhere.After that disappointment, I thought I'd be clever and write something to my Pakistani friend, in Urdu. Her response was: "Huh?! What r u trying to say." after hashing it out for thirty minutes, my friend, (who teaches English and translates to Urdu) made the corrections that ranged from, words she's never heard of, to words not spelled this way etc.I will be searching for a comprehensible Urdu dictionary, hoping to find one soon so I can give this one to my two Boxer dogs for a toy!A major disappointment and waste of money! | 978 | [
"...might get me a cup of coffee at Starbuck's.",
"Read one of the reviews that raved about the Urdu script in this book as being such a useful tool.",
"Perhaps it is, but that was not my need.",
"I purchased it to translate written.",
"romanized Urdu, as well as learn the written language.My first 38 words to translate, were not even in the book.",
"I'm not speaking of obscure dialog or anything of the sort.",
"Merely common terms used by Pakistani's everywhere.After that disappointment, I thought I'd be clever and write something to my Pakistani friend, in Urdu.",
"Her response was: \"Huh?!",
"What r u trying to say.\" after hashing it out for thirty minutes, my friend, (who teaches English and translates to Urdu) made the corrections that ranged from, words she's never heard of, to words not spelled this way etc.I will be searching for a comprehensible Urdu dictionary, hoping to find one soon so I can give this one to my two Boxer dogs for a toy!",
"A major disappointment and waste of money!"
] |
1 | An outsider's look at Japan | I'm afraid this book disappointed me. Far from being a comprehensive work on Japanese weapons, the weapons covered are extremely limited. Cunningham seems to have only covered weapons contained in 'the author's personal collection'. There's a few lines about this and that, but no detail at all about anything.I found this book very much an 'outsider's' look at Japan, giving small pieces of information on Japanese history and culture. As a long-time resident of Japan and martial arts practitioner, however, I found the book rather shallow and lacking insider's insight. I had trouble understanding why some of the sections, such as the recounting of the well-known story of the 47 Ronin had anything to do with 'secret weapons of jujutsu'. Some of the illustrations also puzzled me, not seeming relevant to the text.My conclusion; If you know nothing about Japan and its martial history, maybe it's an interesting read. If you know a little already, there's nothing new here. | 978 | [
"I'm afraid this book disappointed me.",
"Far from being a comprehensive work on Japanese weapons, the weapons covered are extremely limited.",
"Cunningham seems to have only covered weapons contained in 'the author's personal collection'.",
"There's a few lines about this and that, but no detail at all about anything.I found this book very much an 'outsider's' look at Japan, giving small pieces of information on Japanese history and culture.",
"As a long-time resident of Japan and martial arts practitioner, however, I found the book rather shallow and lacking insider's insight.",
"I had trouble understanding why some of the sections, such as the recounting of the well-known story of the 47 Ronin had anything to do with 'secret weapons of jujutsu'.",
"Some of the illustrations also puzzled me, not seeming relevant to the text.My conclusion; If you know nothing about Japan and its martial history, maybe it's an interesting read.",
"If you know a little already, there's nothing new here."
] |
1 | You gotta be kidding! | Okay, I'm at a loss. How did this book ever find a publisher? This story didn't make sense. I cannot believe a novelist cum screen writer would be picked to star in a major Hollywood picture just because her and the male lead have a heavy make out session during the screen test. Hollywood does not work that way. If Smith wanted us to believe this unbelievable series of events then she should have addressed it more.The plot was trifling and the couple doesn't make love until the last few pages of the book. Before that we are led on this tired cat and mouse game between Brian and Alexandra. What was up with the epilogue taking place decades from 1995? It was ludicrous. I should have listen to another reviewer who warned readers not to pick up this book. When I found out my library doesn't carry the book I thought it wouldn't hurt to take a chance and buy it. Oh lord, was I wrong! I will donate this to my library. Please take DO NOT buy, you'll just waste your money. | 978 | [
"Okay, I'm at a loss.",
"How did this book ever find a publisher?",
"This story didn't make sense.",
"I cannot believe a novelist cum screen writer would be picked to star in a major Hollywood picture just because her and the male lead have a heavy make out session during the screen test.",
"Hollywood does not work that way.",
"If Smith wanted us to believe this unbelievable series of events then she should have addressed it more.The plot was trifling and the couple doesn't make love until the last few pages of the book.",
"Before that we are led on this tired cat and mouse game between Brian and Alexandra.",
"What was up with the epilogue taking place decades from 1995?",
"It was ludicrous.",
"I should have listen to another reviewer who warned readers not to pick up this book.",
"When I found out my library doesn't carry the book I thought it wouldn't hurt to take a chance and buy it.",
"Oh lord, was I wrong!",
"I will donate this to my library.",
"Please take DO NOT buy, you'll just waste your money."
] |
1 | Horrible | After reading this book I understand why right wing loons like Rand Paul love it so much. In Ayn Rands fictional narrative there are only hard working industrialists and lazy parasites who attempt to cripple the noble efforts of the working capitalists. It's a libertarians wet dream. A magical place where all of their deluded pet theories actually work. In the universe Rand has created there are no people dying of cancer from having ingested water polluted with industrial waste such as cadmium and mercury. There are no thalidomide babies or stupid, greedy investors or bankers causing market crashes. Oh and greedy energy companies who ignore safety recommendations from consultants and cause enormous oil spills? Nowhere to be found in Rands world. All of the complex problems that must be dealt with in a modern civilization are nonexistant in Ayn Rand make believe. To add insult to injury, Rand is a horrible writer who couldn't even make this fairy tale entertaining. | 978 | [
"After reading this book I understand why right wing loons like Rand Paul love it so much.",
"In Ayn Rands fictional narrative there are only hard working industrialists and lazy parasites who attempt to cripple the noble efforts of the working capitalists.",
"It's a libertarians wet dream.",
"A magical place where all of their deluded pet theories actually work.",
"In the universe Rand has created there are no people dying of cancer from having ingested water polluted with industrial waste such as cadmium and mercury.",
"There are no thalidomide babies or stupid, greedy investors or bankers causing market crashes.",
"Oh and greedy energy companies who ignore safety recommendations from consultants and cause enormous oil spills?",
"Nowhere to be found in Rands world.",
"All of the complex problems that must be dealt with in a modern civilization are nonexistant in Ayn Rand make believe.",
"To add insult to injury, Rand is a horrible writer who couldn't even make this fairy tale entertaining."
] |
1 | The Night Stalker | I had become very interrested in Richard as I grew up in California and lived there durring the time these crimes happened and was all scared all over California so I had to know why. I also felt compelled to know him, to know why, and to understand why. After reading this book, though I felt the author had him already guilty from the beginning of the book. He tells about all the horrible crimes as he says Richard explains them to him, then goe's into the family history, they the capture and court preceedings. I thought in the US one was innocent until proven guilty. It's not what happened here all though there is overwhelming evidence here, the fact remains, that this man's rights were violated.......... The author had to be in it for the money, otherwise he would've started from the life of the Ramirez family or the court proceedings then the life and then the crimes he claims Richard confessed to him. Another great injustice in our so called freedom of the USA. | 978 | [
"I had become very interrested in Richard as I grew up in California and lived there durring the time these crimes happened and was all scared all over California so I had to know why.",
"I also felt compelled to know him, to know why, and to understand why.",
"After reading this book, though I felt the author had him already guilty from the beginning of the book.",
"He tells about all the horrible crimes as he says Richard explains them to him, then goe's into the family history, they the capture and court preceedings.",
"I thought in the US one was innocent until proven guilty.",
"It's not what happened here all though there is overwhelming evidence here, the fact remains, that this man's rights were violated.......... The author had to be in it for the money, otherwise he would've started from the life of the Ramirez family or the court proceedings then the life and then the crimes he claims Richard confessed to him.",
"Another great injustice in our so called freedom of the USA."
] |
1 | This book is a guilt trip! | Unless you are willing to follow the very strict diet and exercise guidelines in this book, you shouldn't buy it. Even if you are willing to follow it, the advice is so unrealistic that most women who are pregnant will not be able to follow it because they will just feel too lousy. It really will just make you feel guilty and frustrated, which pregnant women really don't need. The medical information is very general, and was of little help to me during my pregnancy. Anything that I really wanted information on, I had to look up on the Internet. The only really valuable part of the book is the information on fetal development each month, and some of the information on how chemicals and certain foods affect the baby, which you could probably find on-line too. "What to Expect the First Year" is similarly strict and frustrating, and in some ways even insulting as to the advice it gives. Fortunately, I received both books as gifts and didn't waste my own money on them. | 978 | [
"Unless you are willing to follow the very strict diet and exercise guidelines in this book, you shouldn't buy it.",
"Even if you are willing to follow it, the advice is so unrealistic that most women who are pregnant will not be able to follow it because they will just feel too lousy.",
"It really will just make you feel guilty and frustrated, which pregnant women really don't need.",
"The medical information is very general, and was of little help to me during my pregnancy.",
"Anything that I really wanted information on, I had to look up on the Internet.",
"The only really valuable part of the book is the information on fetal development each month, and some of the information on how chemicals and certain foods affect the baby, which you could probably find on-line too.",
"\"What to Expect the First Year\" is similarly strict and frustrating, and in some ways even insulting as to the advice it gives.",
"Fortunately, I received both books as gifts and didn't waste my own money on them."
] |
1 | pop music for posers | this album is pure pop with songs that make the beach boys seem heavythey are certanly not goth. they admited themselvs that they are not gothand how could anyone possibly label them metal? what kind of metal would you think they are hmmm lets see... NONE people who listen to evanescence dont even know what kinds of metal are out ther, like death metal, hardcore, black metal, grindcore, speed metal, classic black metal, thrash metal, norweigen black metal, classic thrash metal, satanic black metal, and more...but if you like pop music then i would recoment this album to all you pop fansbut if you start buying your clothes at hot topic to be like all the other posers than go listen to some real music like napalm death, gorgoroth, god dethroned, cannibal corpse, hatebreed, burzum, immortal, ulver, mayhem, slayer, arch enemy, cradle of filth, dimmu borgir, sepultura, devildriver, mastodon, and Zyklonso please to all you posers, eather stop or get into some real music | 978 | [
"this album is pure pop with songs that make the beach boys seem heavythey are certanly not goth.",
"they admited themselvs that they are not gothand how could anyone possibly label them metal?",
"what kind of metal would you think they are hmmm lets see... NONE people who listen to evanescence dont even know what kinds of metal are out ther, like death metal, hardcore, black metal, grindcore, speed metal, classic black metal, thrash metal, norweigen black metal, classic thrash metal, satanic black metal, and more...but if you like pop music then i would recoment this album to all you pop fansbut if you start buying your clothes at hot topic to be like all the other posers than go listen to some real music like napalm death, gorgoroth, god dethroned, cannibal corpse, hatebreed, burzum, immortal, ulver, mayhem, slayer, arch enemy, cradle of filth, dimmu borgir, sepultura, devildriver, mastodon, and Zyklonso please to all you posers, eather stop or get into some real music"
] |
1 | Cheap and flimsy | This toaster oven is the result of careful engineering to make it absolutely the cheapest possible toaster oven ever built. It is ridiculously flimsy. The power cord is 24" (2 feet long). I measured it. Unless you are positioning the oven literally right in front of an outlet you will need an extension cord. Seriously, that is how cheap this thing is: they saved money by making the power cord too short.Also, the power cord is UNGROUNDED so the oven is actually dangerous. With no grounding it means the metal case of the oven could potentially be a shock hazard. I strongly advise against buying ungrounded appliances. If a short develops inside the unit, you could electrocute yourself by touching the outside of the oven.I am using the oven a little but in all honesty I expect to break soon it is so cheap. Oster used to make the best toaster ovens, but obviously they are in revenue collection mode now and making a quality product is the farthest thing from their mind. | 978 | [
"This toaster oven is the result of careful engineering to make it absolutely the cheapest possible toaster oven ever built.",
"It is ridiculously flimsy.",
"The power cord is 24\" (2 feet long).",
"I measured it.",
"Unless you are positioning the oven literally right in front of an outlet you will need an extension cord.",
"Seriously, that is how cheap this thing is: they saved money by making the power cord too short.Also, the power cord is UNGROUNDED so the oven is actually dangerous.",
"With no grounding it means the metal case of the oven could potentially be a shock hazard.",
"I strongly advise against buying ungrounded appliances.",
"If a short develops inside the unit, you could electrocute yourself by touching the outside of the oven.I am using the oven a little but in all honesty I expect to break soon it is so cheap.",
"Oster used to make the best toaster ovens, but obviously they are in revenue collection mode now and making a quality product is the farthest thing from their mind."
] |
1 | This is crap | Lets see...here it goes1. coffee is weak..undrinkable...tastes like crap2. water sprays all over...what a mess..3. grounds come up over the fiter and get into your coffee4. Brews way less than the K-cup mainly because the rest of the water is all over your counter and coffee maker5. Can't do a second cup quickly...too hot to handle the filter to clean it out...and messy.I totally wasted $15 on this item. What a waste of money.Hint to mfgs....the Keurig system works with HIGH PRESSURE forcing water through the coffee grounds quickly producing a GREAT cup of full bodied coffee...hence the slight foam on the top. This lid has no seal at the top....first time I used it I noticed it and wondered how it would work without a seal. It doesn't. My belief is that if a seal was put on the lid it would work fine. If you open a K-cup after use the coffee is smashed against the lid...but the sealed cup keeps the water and grounds from coming out the top. Bad design...good idea. | 978 | [
"Lets see...here it goes1.",
"coffee is weak..undrinkable...tastes like crap2.",
"water sprays all over...what a mess..3.",
"grounds come up over the fiter and get into your coffee4.",
"Brews way less than the K-cup mainly because the rest of the water is all over your counter and coffee maker5.",
"Can't do a second cup quickly...too hot to handle the filter to clean it out...and messy.I totally wasted $15 on this item.",
"What a waste of money.Hint to mfgs....the Keurig system works with HIGH PRESSURE forcing water through the coffee grounds quickly producing a GREAT cup of full bodied coffee...hence the slight foam on the top.",
"This lid has no seal at the top....first time I used it I noticed it and wondered how it would work without a seal.",
"It doesn't.",
"My belief is that if a seal was put on the lid it would work fine.",
"If you open a K-cup after use the coffee is smashed against the lid...but the sealed cup keeps the water and grounds from coming out the top.",
"Bad design...good idea."
] |
1 | Regurgitated Self-loathing Diatribe | This book was a disappointment not only in its poor writing style, but all in the fact that it does not break any new ground. It is little more than a string of regurgitated self-loathing diatribes written to target an already pre-defined and well-established group of readers who scoop books up like this so that they can cite secondary sources to justify their world view. Rather than taking a balanced approach with each of the topics they addressed, these authors rush to a conclusion unsubstantiated either in fact or analysis and little true "discovery" is ever made.I have much more respect for authors who seek to do some spade work in uncovering a new point of view, balanced and justified with deductive reasoning, not recitations of pre-packaged pabulum already in circulation in dog eared white papers written by disenfranchised college professors.Fortunately, I bought this book used and my personal loss, other than the time I spent reading it, was minimized.Bytes | 978 | [
"This book was a disappointment not only in its poor writing style, but all in the fact that it does not break any new ground.",
"It is little more than a string of regurgitated self-loathing diatribes written to target an already pre-defined and well-established group of readers who scoop books up like this so that they can cite secondary sources to justify their world view.",
"Rather than taking a balanced approach with each of the topics they addressed, these authors rush to a conclusion unsubstantiated either in fact or analysis and little true \"discovery\" is ever made.I have much more respect for authors who seek to do some spade work in uncovering a new point of view, balanced and justified with deductive reasoning, not recitations of pre-packaged pabulum already in circulation in dog eared white papers written by disenfranchised college professors.Fortunately, I bought this book used and my personal loss, other than the time I spent reading it, was minimized.Bytes"
] |
1 | A big dud | If you want to see a clever, action-packed and truly witty sci-fi classic then watch "Total Recall". In its action, its scripting and its philosophic sophistication, "Total Recall" easily dwarfs this pretentious and self-regarding piece of idiocy. The acting is indifferent. The action is barely solid. The "philosophical" treatment of the Cartesian apperance/reality problem is elementary. Even the effects are nothing special, in spite of the massive budget. And why does the chief villain have to mince every sentence like a constipated Nazi? The awful dialogue contains such lines as this -- "Do you believe in fate?" -- "No...Because I don't like the thought of being controlled." The immense popularity of this mindless and overlong bore is mystifying, but then again, what can one say considering that the majority is always wrong? It seems to be aimed at the core audience of cybernerds and computer geeks, upon which it has numerous enthusiastic fanatics. To be missed. | 978 | [
"If you want to see a clever, action-packed and truly witty sci-fi classic then watch \"Total Recall\".",
"In its action, its scripting and its philosophic sophistication, \"Total Recall\" easily dwarfs this pretentious and self-regarding piece of idiocy.",
"The acting is indifferent.",
"The action is barely solid.",
"The \"philosophical\" treatment of the Cartesian apperance/reality problem is elementary.",
"Even the effects are nothing special, in spite of the massive budget.",
"And why does the chief villain have to mince every sentence like a constipated Nazi?",
"The awful dialogue contains such lines as this -- \"Do you believe in fate?",
"\" -- \"No...Because I don't like the thought of being controlled.\" The immense popularity of this mindless and overlong bore is mystifying, but then again, what can one say considering that the majority is always wrong?",
"It seems to be aimed at the core audience of cybernerds and computer geeks, upon which it has numerous enthusiastic fanatics.",
"To be missed."
] |
1 | Waste of Time | If you are familiar with Infovest21, a hedge fund news service that's really just a lot of fluff articles about old friends of Peltz, then you are familiar with Lois Peltz's writing style. Basically, she talks a lot about personalities, very little about the news and almost nothing practical concerning strategies or markets. Her writing style is boring and usually outsourced to employees and there's nothing in it that you can't find in a thousand other news services.This book might have some of the same "virtues" were it not also hopelessly out of date. Most of these "superstars" are out of the investment business and a couple of them are in jail for ponzi schemes. THat might provide a little ironic shaudenfreud but it really doesn't. The writing style is so hideous that you really can't read it for very long without wanting to throw it in a fire somewhere.Don't waste your time on this book or the news service by this woman. Just buy something intelligent instead. | 978 | [
"If you are familiar with Infovest21, a hedge fund news service that's really just a lot of fluff articles about old friends of Peltz, then you are familiar with Lois Peltz's writing style.",
"Basically, she talks a lot about personalities, very little about the news and almost nothing practical concerning strategies or markets.",
"Her writing style is boring and usually outsourced to employees and there's nothing in it that you can't find in a thousand other news services.This book might have some of the same \"virtues\" were it not also hopelessly out of date.",
"Most of these \"superstars\" are out of the investment business and a couple of them are in jail for ponzi schemes.",
"THat might provide a little ironic shaudenfreud but it really doesn't.",
"The writing style is so hideous that you really can't read it for very long without wanting to throw it in a fire somewhere.Don't waste your time on this book or the news service by this woman.",
"Just buy something intelligent instead."
] |
1 | Not even a B film | This movie was VERY, VERY, VERY bad. Not even worth one star but I had no choice. The acting, the sets, the story, the action and the flow of the movie is just awful. Seriously....anyone who says that this is a decent film does not know movies at all. This is an abomination of the whole franchise. I've watched better episodes from the TV series than this crap. The sets were so corny and fake looking. The budget must of been 3 million because that's what it looked like. This movie was cheaply done and it shows in every aspect. They should be ashamed of themselves for sending this rubbish to fans. I don't get it...it's 2008. The old story is so outdated. Here is a idea, REBOOT the character/franchise. Start over and do an epic movie with good writers and a good budget. Please, please do the first one over and start from there. WITH CONNER MACLEOD.Update: A new Highlander reboot is in pre-production. Conner MaCleod will be the character featured. ALRIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 978 | [
"This movie was VERY, VERY, VERY bad.",
"Not even worth one star but I had no choice.",
"The acting, the sets, the story, the action and the flow of the movie is just awful.",
"Seriously....anyone who says that this is a decent film does not know movies at all.",
"This is an abomination of the whole franchise.",
"I've watched better episodes from the TV series than this crap.",
"The sets were so corny and fake looking.",
"The budget must of been 3 million because that's what it looked like.",
"This movie was cheaply done and it shows in every aspect.",
"They should be ashamed of themselves for sending this rubbish to fans.",
"I don't get it...it's 2008.",
"The old story is so outdated.",
"Here is a idea, REBOOT the character/franchise.",
"Start over and do an epic movie with good writers and a good budget.",
"Please, please do the first one over and start from there.",
"WITH CONNER MACLEOD.Update: A new Highlander reboot is in pre-production.",
"Conner MaCleod will be the character featured.",
"ALRIGHT!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!"
] |
1 | Epicene Dandy Strikes A Pose | People dump on Kris ever since his transformation into epicene pop sensation Michael Jackson, but you gotta give him props for being versatile. The vagaries of the market and the stress of spaning widely divergent genres have forced him/her into some very awkward positions, to say the least. First, he/she is derided as a sell-out after the runaway worldwide success of her Thriller album two decades ago. Then, to restore his street cred, he resumes the bad@ss macho posturing to give a shout out to his homeboy Osama, thus giving a delicious frisson of aging enfant terrible to his already schizophrenic image. But all those years of groping little boys and slicing up his face to look like Diana Ross have rendered the carefully crafted image permanently bogus. Castrati can never become gangstas again, no matter how many hormone injections they take at Swedish transgender clinics. Miss Swish should have stayed in her closet and faded into well-deserved obscurity. Peace. | 978 | [
"People dump on Kris ever since his transformation into epicene pop sensation Michael Jackson, but you gotta give him props for being versatile.",
"The vagaries of the market and the stress of spaning widely divergent genres have forced him/her into some very awkward positions, to say the least.",
"First, he/she is derided as a sell-out after the runaway worldwide success of her Thriller album two decades ago.",
"Then, to restore his street cred, he resumes the bad@ss macho posturing to give a shout out to his homeboy Osama, thus giving a delicious frisson of aging enfant terrible to his already schizophrenic image.",
"But all those years of groping little boys and slicing up his face to look like Diana Ross have rendered the carefully crafted image permanently bogus.",
"Castrati can never become gangstas again, no matter how many hormone injections they take at Swedish transgender clinics.",
"Miss Swish should have stayed in her closet and faded into well-deserved obscurity.",
"Peace."
] |
1 | 2 Corinthians 11:2-4, 12-15 | 2I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough."12And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. 13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds." | 978 | [
"2I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.",
"3But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.",
"4For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.\"12And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.",
"13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.",
"14And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.",
"15So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.",
"Their end will correspond to their deeds.\""
] |
1 | Libertarian or Libertine? | In many ways this is a good SF story with a libertarian utopian society. The author pokes fun at himself and the utopia when one character says it is not a utopia, there are man-eating animals way out in the woods. OK, so it is not a utopia. And the utopia is more of a sexual fantasy than a political ideal. Some of the politics of the tiny "government" are not clear; there seems to be some sort of democratic influence on the placement of roads. There seem to be some good libertarian ideas and some good commentary on priorities, but most of that is lost in the noise. Eventually I realized this book was more libertine than libertarian, more about license than liberty; I stopped at a little past a third in and put the book down.You should note that this review is written by somebody who did not read to the end and so did not see any redeeming features near the end. Completely unfair, I know. The tiny gems I did see did not tip the scale enough to get out of one star. | 978 | [
"In many ways this is a good SF story with a libertarian utopian society.",
"The author pokes fun at himself and the utopia when one character says it is not a utopia, there are man-eating animals way out in the woods.",
"OK, so it is not a utopia.",
"And the utopia is more of a sexual fantasy than a political ideal.",
"Some of the politics of the tiny \"government\" are not clear; there seems to be some sort of democratic influence on the placement of roads.",
"There seem to be some good libertarian ideas and some good commentary on priorities, but most of that is lost in the noise.",
"Eventually I realized this book was more libertine than libertarian, more about license than liberty; I stopped at a little past a third in and put the book down.You should note that this review is written by somebody who did not read to the end and so did not see any redeeming features near the end.",
"Completely unfair, I know.",
"The tiny gems I did see did not tip the scale enough to get out of one star."
] |
1 | Not an Indy movie! | I have to echo the same sentiments as others here. I have been a lifelong fan of both Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford, but this movie made my insides hurt.I think Harrison did GREAT as Indy - his age didn't bother me one bit. Shia did a good job as well. Everything else, though, was awful. Aside from the acting, plot and CGI garbage that was all too prominent, the number one issue for me was that Indy never saves the day.In every other movie Indy met and overcame insurmountable odds. It is what makes Indiana Jones... well.. Indiana Jones! Whether fist fighting a camp of Nazis, a mine full of Thuggee cultists or fighting a tank on horseback, Indy always managed to beat the odds with wit or grit or being just plain too stubborn to quit.In Crystal Skull this just never happens. In fact, Indy is saved by others more than he rescues them! Indy is supposed to be an adventure *hero* - what happened to that???Shame on Lucas and Spielberg both for tarnishing the Indy name! | 978 | [
"I have to echo the same sentiments as others here.",
"I have been a lifelong fan of both Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford, but this movie made my insides hurt.I think Harrison did GREAT as Indy - his age didn't bother me one bit.",
"Shia did a good job as well.",
"Everything else, though, was awful.",
"Aside from the acting, plot and CGI garbage that was all too prominent, the number one issue for me was that Indy never saves the day.In every other movie Indy met and overcame insurmountable odds.",
"It is what makes Indiana Jones... well..",
"Indiana Jones!",
"Whether fist fighting a camp of Nazis, a mine full of Thuggee cultists or fighting a tank on horseback, Indy always managed to beat the odds with wit or grit or being just plain too stubborn to quit.In Crystal Skull this just never happens.",
"In fact, Indy is saved by others more than he rescues them!",
"Indy is supposed to be an adventure *hero* - what happened to that???",
"Shame on Lucas and Spielberg both for tarnishing the Indy name!"
] |
1 | Dreary and just plain boring | This movie wants to give you a message, it really wants to give you a message. The only problem is the message is not even worth getting. I personally think it would be a great thing if women became infertile for 20 years. Our population is out of control, why is it a bad thing exactly? Why are they so concerned about immigration and getting the illegals out of each country? They never explain the need to rid each country of illegal immigrants. Why would you be concerned w/ immigrants in 2027 when we do nothing about them now? They never explain why this is especially a problem. The violence is completely unnecessary. Why would the world turn increasingly more violent if women were infertile? The movie never explains this. In fact, this movie never explains anything and you're left thinking why did I even bother watching this nonsense for 2 hours?? It's not even the type of thing that makes you think, wow this could happen. It's just bleak and poorly done overall. | 978 | [
"This movie wants to give you a message, it really wants to give you a message.",
"The only problem is the message is not even worth getting.",
"I personally think it would be a great thing if women became infertile for 20 years.",
"Our population is out of control, why is it a bad thing exactly?",
"Why are they so concerned about immigration and getting the illegals out of each country?",
"They never explain the need to rid each country of illegal immigrants.",
"Why would you be concerned w/ immigrants in 2027 when we do nothing about them now?",
"They never explain why this is especially a problem.",
"The violence is completely unnecessary.",
"Why would the world turn increasingly more violent if women were infertile?",
"The movie never explains this.",
"In fact, this movie never explains anything and you're left thinking why did I even bother watching this nonsense for 2 hours??",
"It's not even the type of thing that makes you think, wow this could happen.",
"It's just bleak and poorly done overall."
] |
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