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1 | Identity Crisis | It is interesting that most, if not all, of the 5-star reviews below appear to be written by the author's? aliases. For instance, the Oct. 7, Oct, 20, both Oct 22 reviews, and the Nov. 4 review all currently originate from X Moore from "John Rasheed", although in the past they've all shown London or Cape Town origin as "John Rasheed" sought to cover his tracks."Mr. Gagan Singh" writes several negative reviews of other books, but positive reviews of Mr. Choudhry's books. "Mr. Gagan Singh" wrote negative reviews of Ms. Stigum's "The Money Market" and alternately hails from NY, the USA, Capetown or from wherever next this chameleon chooses to hail as the reviews change."Matthew Bartlett" is another alias used on two book reviews of Fabozzi's "Collateralized Debt Obligations" book. One of the "Matthew Bartlett" reviews is signed "Moorad Choudhry" and praises the book with 5-stars, but the other review is unsigned and gives the book a one-star review. This is a serious identity crisis. | 995 | [
"It is interesting that most, if not all, of the 5-star reviews below appear to be written by the author's?",
"aliases.",
"For instance, the Oct.",
"7, Oct, 20, both Oct 22 reviews, and the Nov.",
"4 review all currently originate from X Moore from \"John Rasheed\", although in the past they've all shown London or Cape Town origin as \"John Rasheed\" sought to cover his tracks.\"Mr.",
"Gagan Singh\" writes several negative reviews of other books, but positive reviews of Mr.",
"Choudhry's books.",
"\"Mr.",
"Gagan Singh\" wrote negative reviews of Ms.",
"Stigum's \"The Money Market\" and alternately hails from NY, the USA, Capetown or from wherever next this chameleon chooses to hail as the reviews change.\"Matthew Bartlett\" is another alias used on two book reviews of Fabozzi's \"Collateralized Debt Obligations\" book.",
"One of the \"Matthew Bartlett\" reviews is signed \"Moorad Choudhry\" and praises the book with 5-stars, but the other review is unsigned and gives the book a one-star review.",
"This is a serious identity crisis."
] |
1 | Very Disappointed | I saved for a year to purchase this system for my kids. They wanted one last year but I was a single parent. When Amazon notified me in November that one was available I bought it immediately and was very happy to have it under the tree for them. We enjoyed it immediately....played Rock Band 2 during Christmas weekend but when Monday came my youngest went to turn it on and NOTHING. Change the plug and try again and NOTHING. Tried all of the plugs in the house before boxing it up and sending it back to Amazon who doesn't have any replacements. For this type of money I would expect it to work longer than a weekend. I contacted Nintendo and got the whole "stuff happens" explaination but that doesn't replace my money nor does it help with the aggravation of recreating everything we did that weekend TOGETHER. I wouldn't suggest not buying it because when it worked it was great. But hold on to your receipt and don't expect the normally reliable Amazon to replace it when it doesn't work. | 995 | [
"I saved for a year to purchase this system for my kids.",
"They wanted one last year but I was a single parent.",
"When Amazon notified me in November that one was available I bought it immediately and was very happy to have it under the tree for them.",
"We enjoyed it immediately....played Rock Band 2 during Christmas weekend but when Monday came my youngest went to turn it on and NOTHING.",
"Change the plug and try again and NOTHING.",
"Tried all of the plugs in the house before boxing it up and sending it back to Amazon who doesn't have any replacements.",
"For this type of money I would expect it to work longer than a weekend.",
"I contacted Nintendo and got the whole \"stuff happens\" explaination but that doesn't replace my money nor does it help with the aggravation of recreating everything we did that weekend TOGETHER.",
"I wouldn't suggest not buying it because when it worked it was great.",
"But hold on to your receipt and don't expect the normally reliable Amazon to replace it when it doesn't work."
] |
1 | Don't bother! | I ordered these as a replacement for the Smitty Built bars I've had for ten years since they were starting to develop rust. I assumed that they would be an even swap out and I could use the existing holes. WRONG! They have been completely redesigned, and for no reason. Also now made in China. I always say that if it's not broke, don't fix it. Instead of frame mounts, they are now mounted to the body, requiring more drilling and cutting away of the plastic wheel well covers. Now for the fit and finish...they don't! I had to contact the techs at Smitty Built twice and got no good answer or fix. I had to drill new holes in the forward mount plates to get them to fit and when complete they don't fit straight or come out as far making them only a toe step. In hind sight, I should have sent them back. You'd be wise to find another brand. Funny thing is, I sold my old set on line and the buyer wanted them because they were frame mounted and he couldn't get his set of these to fit either. | 995 | [
"I ordered these as a replacement for the Smitty Built bars I've had for ten years since they were starting to develop rust.",
"I assumed that they would be an even swap out and I could use the existing holes.",
"WRONG!",
"They have been completely redesigned, and for no reason.",
"Also now made in China.",
"I always say that if it's not broke, don't fix it.",
"Instead of frame mounts, they are now mounted to the body, requiring more drilling and cutting away of the plastic wheel well covers.",
"Now for the fit and finish...they don't!",
"I had to contact the techs at Smitty Built twice and got no good answer or fix.",
"I had to drill new holes in the forward mount plates to get them to fit and when complete they don't fit straight or come out as far making them only a toe step.",
"In hind sight, I should have sent them back.",
"You'd be wise to find another brand.",
"Funny thing is, I sold my old set on line and the buyer wanted them because they were frame mounted and he couldn't get his set of these to fit either."
] |
1 | Dissappointing | The announcement states that the item is in "acceptable condition". But when I got it from the mail and opened the package, I was shocked to see a badly fixed up Bose earphones with electric and medical bandages that made the earphones unidentifiable and generally "unaccaeptable". I wish I could attach a photo of the item... I decided to just return the item and get refunded due to the bad shape of the item's appearance which I described with the seller as a "War Veteran Bose Earphones" that needed to retire from it's purpose. It's just so dissapointing how details of the for sale items not totally being disclosed on the website's announcements and I hope that Amazon can screen these better in the future. Though I'd like to mention that the vendor was propmt enough in responding to my emails and the refund on this transaction which I'm still currently monitoring on my accounts. Maybe it's a matter of a gamble each time you make a transaction online especially if it's used items... | 995 | [
"The announcement states that the item is in \"acceptable condition\".",
"But when I got it from the mail and opened the package, I was shocked to see a badly fixed up Bose earphones with electric and medical bandages that made the earphones unidentifiable and generally \"unaccaeptable\".",
"I wish I could attach a photo of the item... I decided to just return the item and get refunded due to the bad shape of the item's appearance which I described with the seller as a \"War Veteran Bose Earphones\" that needed to retire from it's purpose.",
"It's just so dissapointing how details of the for sale items not totally being disclosed on the website's announcements and I hope that Amazon can screen these better in the future.",
"Though I'd like to mention that the vendor was propmt enough in responding to my emails and the refund on this transaction which I'm still currently monitoring on my accounts.",
"Maybe it's a matter of a gamble each time you make a transaction online especially if it's used items..."
] |
1 | Disagree | Mr Ruiz says---"Take the example of Hitler: He sent out all those seeds of fear, and they grew very strong and beautifully achieved massive destruction. Seeing the awesome power of the word, we must understand what power comes out of our mouths. One fear or doubt planted in our mind can create an endless drama of events. One word is like a spell, and humans use the word like black magicians, thoughtlessly putting spells on each other."..beautifully achieved massive destruction...???This is in Mr. Ruiz's book!!This is the only self-help book I've ever read that hassaid that Hitler's destruction was "beautifully achieved" !!You said only what you mean (according to your belief system).I will now say only what I mean: Do not trust a self help book that says:"Take the example of Hitler: He sent out all those seeds of fear, and they grew very strong and beautifully achieved massive destruction."I see no beauty in what Hitler did. Only the massive destruction of many millions of people. | 995 | [
"Mr Ruiz says---\"Take the example of Hitler: He sent out all those seeds of fear, and they grew very strong and beautifully achieved massive destruction.",
"Seeing the awesome power of the word, we must understand what power comes out of our mouths.",
"One fear or doubt planted in our mind can create an endless drama of events.",
"One word is like a spell, and humans use the word like black magicians, thoughtlessly putting spells on each other.\"..beautifully achieved massive destruction...???",
"This is in Mr.",
"Ruiz's book!!",
"This is the only self-help book I've ever read that hassaid that Hitler's destruction was \"beautifully achieved\"!!",
"You said only what you mean (according to your belief system).I will now say only what I mean: Do not trust a self help book that says:\"Take the example of Hitler: He sent out all those seeds of fear, and they grew very strong and beautifully achieved massive destruction.\"I see no beauty in what Hitler did.",
"Only the massive destruction of many millions of people."
] |
1 | Big Mistake | Pre-ordered this product and got one before many people had reviewed it. What a mistake. Elegant design, easy to operate, paired easily with my phone. Except, it was virtually useless. Whether in a quiet environment or in my car, everyone on the other end complained about the quality. While I heard them fine, they complained that my voice cut-out, sounded like it was in a tunnel or was unintelligible. If it wasn't FULLY charged, the range dropped dramatically and the already poor sound quality deteriorated. After a month of complaints, I shelved it and bought a Plantronics 510 for half the price. It is everything that I thought the H605 was supposed to be. I can use the 510 doing 70 on the freeway and even with the roadnoise, everyone tells me the sound quality is just fine. I'm affraid Motorola seems to have put more into the physical design and not enough into testing before release. Maybe Motorola will come out with a H605a that fixes these problems; until then, avoid this one. | 995 | [
"Pre-ordered this product and got one before many people had reviewed it.",
"What a mistake.",
"Elegant design, easy to operate, paired easily with my phone.",
"Except, it was virtually useless.",
"Whether in a quiet environment or in my car, everyone on the other end complained about the quality.",
"While I heard them fine, they complained that my voice cut-out, sounded like it was in a tunnel or was unintelligible.",
"If it wasn't FULLY charged, the range dropped dramatically and the already poor sound quality deteriorated.",
"After a month of complaints, I shelved it and bought a Plantronics 510 for half the price.",
"It is everything that I thought the H605 was supposed to be.",
"I can use the 510 doing 70 on the freeway and even with the roadnoise, everyone tells me the sound quality is just fine.",
"I'm affraid Motorola seems to have put more into the physical design and not enough into testing before release.",
"Maybe Motorola will come out with a H605a that fixes these problems; until then, avoid this one."
] |
1 | Horrible Product | This is the worst stopwatch I have ever bought. If I could give the product a zero I would. The start and stop buttons are too sensitive and when I say sensitive I mean you press the button once and it will start and stop in the same instance. If you try and press it quickly it won't respond. I have had to try and start it several time before I can get it to work properly. I dealt with this problem but not even 6 months later I cannot get the reset button to work it will start and stop the split time but will not reset. I viewed the manual online hoping it was operator head space but when I tried what the manual said it still did not work. I just trashed this product. Now about the whistle that comes with it; It is cheap to say the least. It doesn't have the ball in the whistle so it sounds funny and hurts the ears when used and a normal volume. I would not recommend this product to anyone and because the issues I had with this stopwatch I will never buy a Sportline product again. | 995 | [
"This is the worst stopwatch I have ever bought.",
"If I could give the product a zero I would.",
"The start and stop buttons are too sensitive and when I say sensitive I mean you press the button once and it will start and stop in the same instance.",
"If you try and press it quickly it won't respond.",
"I have had to try and start it several time before I can get it to work properly.",
"I dealt with this problem but not even 6 months later I cannot get the reset button to work it will start and stop the split time but will not reset.",
"I viewed the manual online hoping it was operator head space but when I tried what the manual said it still did not work.",
"I just trashed this product.",
"Now about the whistle that comes with it; It is cheap to say the least.",
"It doesn't have the ball in the whistle so it sounds funny and hurts the ears when used and a normal volume.",
"I would not recommend this product to anyone and because the issues I had with this stopwatch I will never buy a Sportline product again."
] |
1 | Incoherent | I regret the time and money expended in acquiring the following information. In no way can I recommend this book to any reader.This work is incoherent and reflects the incoherence of the design of the MathLie Mathematica Package. The text is neither an adequate introduction to the package nor a suitable reference. Descriptions of functions are locally incomplete and globally scattered throughout the book. Only after considerable searching does one find that, in fact, there is little functionality for the solution of any but the most trivial systems.As a tool to learn applications of Lie Groups to Differential Equations, this text is useful only insofar as it represents the thinnest introduction to the material, suitable neither for the expert nor the novice.As a tool to expand the capabilities of Mathematica, it is a pointless exercise in using essentially undocumented encrypted code with no evident organizational principle. One may well do better to seek help from a divining rod. | 995 | [
"I regret the time and money expended in acquiring the following information.",
"In no way can I recommend this book to any reader.This work is incoherent and reflects the incoherence of the design of the MathLie Mathematica Package.",
"The text is neither an adequate introduction to the package nor a suitable reference.",
"Descriptions of functions are locally incomplete and globally scattered throughout the book.",
"Only after considerable searching does one find that, in fact, there is little functionality for the solution of any but the most trivial systems.As a tool to learn applications of Lie Groups to Differential Equations, this text is useful only insofar as it represents the thinnest introduction to the material, suitable neither for the expert nor the novice.As a tool to expand the capabilities of Mathematica, it is a pointless exercise in using essentially undocumented encrypted code with no evident organizational principle.",
"One may well do better to seek help from a divining rod."
] |
1 | Grrrrrr @ Elmo | This came for my daughter's 2nd birthday. First of all, we had no issues downloading the software onto my very slooooow 90's computer. We input all of her favorites and loaded the doll itself. Very cute the first time he said her name. But now it's like what's the point in having this doll?*He is totally off 'schedule'. There is no reason for setting the schedule if he is just going to go off at all times of the night. It scared the bejesus out of me at 2:30 one morning when I heard it through my daughter's monitor saying "Hey Makayla! Let's Play!". Then during the daytime, he sings his night time songs.*In the 3 weeks we've had it, he has never mentioned her favorites but only once. That's just not sufficient for a toy I thought was supposed to be so great.*He never mentions any people in her life like myself or my fiance as we had programmed.This doll never gets played with, so I wonder if any toy store would want to take it back out of package because of all the defect reports? | 995 | [
"This came for my daughter's 2nd birthday.",
"First of all, we had no issues downloading the software onto my very slooooow 90's computer.",
"We input all of her favorites and loaded the doll itself.",
"Very cute the first time he said her name.",
"But now it's like what's the point in having this doll?",
"*He is totally off 'schedule'.",
"There is no reason for setting the schedule if he is just going to go off at all times of the night.",
"It scared the bejesus out of me at 2:30 one morning when I heard it through my daughter's monitor saying \"Hey Makayla!",
"Let's Play!",
"\".",
"Then during the daytime, he sings his night time songs.*In the 3 weeks we've had it, he has never mentioned her favorites but only once.",
"That's just not sufficient for a toy I thought was supposed to be so great.*He never mentions any people in her life like myself or my fiance as we had programmed.This doll never gets played with, so I wonder if any toy store would want to take it back out of package because of all the defect reports?"
] |
1 | Absolutely Awful | I really don't need to say much more that the title for this review. Absolutely awful! The concepts weren't terrible, but the author obviously has no reverence for scripture. It would seem that his approach to the Word of God is assumption. He draws lines that simply do not exist and are not taught in the passages he references. For example: He claims that Moses was a good leader when he realized that he wasn't good and public speech and asked to take his brother Aaron along. Anyone can see by reading the Bible that it just didn't happen that way. God was calling Moses to go free his people from slavery in Egypt, and Moses was using every excuse in the book to get out of it. It was at that point that GOD told Moses that he would give him Aaron to convince Moses to obey. Scriptural inaccuracies abound throughout this book. Do not read it!I feel bad for this author. I would not want to be the one who stands before God and have him ask me why I treated his word with such disrespect. | 994 | [
"I really don't need to say much more that the title for this review.",
"Absolutely awful!",
"The concepts weren't terrible, but the author obviously has no reverence for scripture.",
"It would seem that his approach to the Word of God is assumption.",
"He draws lines that simply do not exist and are not taught in the passages he references.",
"For example: He claims that Moses was a good leader when he realized that he wasn't good and public speech and asked to take his brother Aaron along.",
"Anyone can see by reading the Bible that it just didn't happen that way.",
"God was calling Moses to go free his people from slavery in Egypt, and Moses was using every excuse in the book to get out of it.",
"It was at that point that GOD told Moses that he would give him Aaron to convince Moses to obey.",
"Scriptural inaccuracies abound throughout this book.",
"Do not read it!",
"I feel bad for this author.",
"I would not want to be the one who stands before God and have him ask me why I treated his word with such disrespect."
] |
1 | Car seat not good | We received this travel system as a gift from our registry. My husband was having trouble getting the base for the car seat to fit tightly in the car so we took it to a professional at the fire department. The lady there told my husband that this car seat has a design flaw that does not allow it to be used in all cars. The bottom fits tightly, but the top of the car seat moves all over and could easily tip over when turning a corner. The lady suggested that we use the car seat without the base, but that does not seem safe to me. I called Eddie Bauer and they do not have a recall on the item. Babies R Us agreed to take it back in exchange for a different travel system as long as we could get the receipt since we threw the box away already. Although I have not used the stroller yet, I do think that it's a great stroller, but the car seat is just not safe in our cars (Ford Contour 2000 and Ford Escape 2004). Unless you know for sure that it will work in your car, I would not buy it. | 994 | [
"We received this travel system as a gift from our registry.",
"My husband was having trouble getting the base for the car seat to fit tightly in the car so we took it to a professional at the fire department.",
"The lady there told my husband that this car seat has a design flaw that does not allow it to be used in all cars.",
"The bottom fits tightly, but the top of the car seat moves all over and could easily tip over when turning a corner.",
"The lady suggested that we use the car seat without the base, but that does not seem safe to me.",
"I called Eddie Bauer and they do not have a recall on the item.",
"Babies R Us agreed to take it back in exchange for a different travel system as long as we could get the receipt since we threw the box away already.",
"Although I have not used the stroller yet, I do think that it's a great stroller, but the car seat is just not safe in our cars (Ford Contour 2000 and Ford Escape 2004).",
"Unless you know for sure that it will work in your car, I would not buy it."
] |
1 | Devilishly bad... | The world may divide into two kinds of people. Those who like Alanis, and others who dislike her voice and choice of songs. Being one of the unlucky second group, I found this CD apalling. I follow on that the funny Amazon review by "solidoak".I understand Howard Shore has made great soundtracks remembered by all, but even soloists from the London Phil. can't make a corny score sound well. "Mooby", track 2 is particularly obnoxious. Don't get me wrong, I do like religious music, Fauré and Mozart's requiems, etc; I just don't like this pretence of the same genre. As "a customer" wrote: "if you love hearing children's choirs on drugs singing a song with lyrics on drugs".The CD itself is nice, the design on the disc, I mean. Track 6's "ondes Martenot" (I suppose it's an instrument) is of some interest.All in all I agree with Khaled Milad (Geneva)'s review: "if you are a Morissette fan then this soundtrack will defintely please you and if you are not it may not be the wisest choice". | 994 | [
"The world may divide into two kinds of people.",
"Those who like Alanis, and others who dislike her voice and choice of songs.",
"Being one of the unlucky second group, I found this CD apalling.",
"I follow on that the funny Amazon review by \"solidoak\".I understand Howard Shore has made great soundtracks remembered by all, but even soloists from the London Phil.",
"can't make a corny score sound well.",
"\"Mooby\", track 2 is particularly obnoxious.",
"Don't get me wrong, I do like religious music, Fauré and Mozart's requiems, etc; I just don't like this pretence of the same genre.",
"As \"a customer\" wrote: \"if you love hearing children's choirs on drugs singing a song with lyrics on drugs\".The CD itself is nice, the design on the disc, I mean.",
"Track 6's \"ondes Martenot\" (I suppose it's an instrument) is of some interest.All in all I agree with Khaled Milad (Geneva)'s review: \"if you are a Morissette fan then this soundtrack will defintely please you and if you are not it may not be the wisest choice\"."
] |
1 | *barfing noises* | I have never heard a cover as bad as Jessica Simpson's rendition of this song... granted, the original version isn't the best either, but still, it runs way farther ahead then the version that Jessica has released.Really, the song is just a total and complete s***fest. Jessica usually can sing way better than this, she has a much higher range. But in this song, all she does is purr quietly like an annoying little sex kitten. I can just imagine her wearing a sluttish outift (hmmm... super short-shorts and a belly-baring shirt, maybe?), while she tramps across stage "singing" this song. Britney Spears would do a better job trying to sing the way Jessica does; it just doesn't sound right when Jessica does it.In addition to her bad singing, the music itself is just annoying and will give you a headache by the time the song is over- or even before.Please, be smart and don't waste your money on this single. Even her cover of "Take My Breath Away" is better then this.Avoid at all costs. | 994 | [
"I have never heard a cover as bad as Jessica Simpson's rendition of this song... granted, the original version isn't the best either, but still, it runs way farther ahead then the version that Jessica has released.Really, the song is just a total and complete s***fest.",
"Jessica usually can sing way better than this, she has a much higher range.",
"But in this song, all she does is purr quietly like an annoying little sex kitten.",
"I can just imagine her wearing a sluttish outift (hmmm... super short-shorts and a belly-baring shirt, maybe?",
"), while she tramps across stage \"singing\" this song.",
"Britney Spears would do a better job trying to sing the way Jessica does; it just doesn't sound right when Jessica does it.In addition to her bad singing, the music itself is just annoying and will give you a headache by the time the song is over- or even before.Please, be smart and don't waste your money on this single.",
"Even her cover of \"Take My Breath Away\" is better then this.Avoid at all costs."
] |
1 | sellout | I can't believe Carlos Santana has to do this sort of stuff. This is a pure record company marketing ploy to sell him to a younger audience. There is nothing Shamanistic for starters about this album (listen to Soul Sacrifice and know what shamanistic is). And he has all these kids who were in Pampers when he was lighting up the stage, singing with him....I mean come ON!! Musically it is terrible. Carlos Santana you do NOT have to do this, your legacy is assured! I listen to everything, including pop and hiphop, but sorry, the few moments of decent redeeming Santana moments and maybe passable vocals on this album still do not make it worth it. It does NOT work. I live in Bangkok, Thailand. Santana is playing here on Nov 3 to promote Shaman. I would ordinarily have bought a ticket for a Santana concert without the hint of a second thought. But I am NOT going to this concert. Carlos you are selling out and you are losing the faithful. Supernatural was tolerable, but this is awful!! | 994 | [
"I can't believe Carlos Santana has to do this sort of stuff.",
"This is a pure record company marketing ploy to sell him to a younger audience.",
"There is nothing Shamanistic for starters about this album (listen to Soul Sacrifice and know what shamanistic is).",
"And he has all these kids who were in Pampers when he was lighting up the stage, singing with him....I mean come ON!!",
"Musically it is terrible.",
"Carlos Santana you do NOT have to do this, your legacy is assured!",
"I listen to everything, including pop and hiphop, but sorry, the few moments of decent redeeming Santana moments and maybe passable vocals on this album still do not make it worth it.",
"It does NOT work.",
"I live in Bangkok, Thailand.",
"Santana is playing here on Nov 3 to promote Shaman.",
"I would ordinarily have bought a ticket for a Santana concert without the hint of a second thought.",
"But I am NOT going to this concert.",
"Carlos you are selling out and you are losing the faithful.",
"Supernatural was tolerable, but this is awful!!"
] |
1 | I want a refund | I saw Corey and his band perform the entire album live at the Universal City Walk on Saturday night (6/27/09) - the concert was free - but I still want a refund. I want that hour of my life back. It was like watching, and listening to, a train wreck. What made it all the more awful is when we realized he was actually serious about this.The audience stood in stunned silence for the entire performance.While I am sure that the man must have talent that lies somewhere, it isn't here. The people giving this one a good review must be die hard Corey fans. There is no other explanation.We finally walked away and had dinner within earshot of the show. The only thing that indicated that it was over was not the applause and screaming from the audience, but the blessed silence of them leaving the stage.Go back to acting my man. Whoever told you, 'that track is a keeper' is a celebrity suck-up sycophant. Really dude... this could destroy the remnants of your career. Do you paint or something? | 994 | [
"I saw Corey and his band perform the entire album live at the Universal City Walk on Saturday night (6/27/09) - the concert was free - but I still want a refund.",
"I want that hour of my life back.",
"It was like watching, and listening to, a train wreck.",
"What made it all the more awful is when we realized he was actually serious about this.The audience stood in stunned silence for the entire performance.While I am sure that the man must have talent that lies somewhere, it isn't here.",
"The people giving this one a good review must be die hard Corey fans.",
"There is no other explanation.We finally walked away and had dinner within earshot of the show.",
"The only thing that indicated that it was over was not the applause and screaming from the audience, but the blessed silence of them leaving the stage.Go back to acting my man.",
"Whoever told you, 'that track is a keeper' is a celebrity suck-up sycophant.",
"Really dude... this could destroy the remnants of your career.",
"Do you paint or something?"
] |
1 | unbelievably poor | I almost wept when I heard this CD. I had enjoyed Bob's previous 2 CDs ("Bob Mould" 1996 & "The Last Dog & Pony Show" 1998) & was really looking forward to this CD. I am not stuck in the 80s & waiting for the next "New Day Rising" to appear. I thought this by an immense margin the worst release Bob Mould has ever attached his name to.There are no tunes, no hooks, no anything of interest to anyone who likes "rock" music (and yes I know it is most uncool these days to like "rock" & not be entranced by drum & bass or something especially if you're in the UK).I noted that a live "rock" CD was rush released not long after this, almost as if it was a "sorry" to his fans. Not good enough.If you like Bob, rock music & guitars then DO NOT buy this. You WILL be disappointed. I was distraught. Maybe partying will help (coded joke).I only hope that he turns this around & gets around to releasing his dark acoustic "body of song" sometime in the next decade.Come on, Bob, you can do it......... | 994 | [
"I almost wept when I heard this CD.",
"I had enjoyed Bob's previous 2 CDs (\"Bob Mould\" 1996 & \"The Last Dog & Pony Show\" 1998) & was really looking forward to this CD.",
"I am not stuck in the 80s & waiting for the next \"New Day Rising\" to appear.",
"I thought this by an immense margin the worst release Bob Mould has ever attached his name to.There are no tunes, no hooks, no anything of interest to anyone who likes \"rock\" music (and yes I know it is most uncool these days to like \"rock\" & not be entranced by drum & bass or something especially if you're in the UK).I noted that a live \"rock\" CD was rush released not long after this, almost as if it was a \"sorry\" to his fans.",
"Not good enough.If you like Bob, rock music & guitars then DO NOT buy this.",
"You WILL be disappointed.",
"I was distraught.",
"Maybe partying will help (coded joke).I only hope that he turns this around & gets around to releasing his dark acoustic \"body of song\" sometime in the next decade.Come on, Bob, you can do it........."
] |
1 | Totally Overated | Sorry to rain on everyone's happy NY Dolls parade but this band's music really demands some dissenting voices, and this album, being worse than their self-titled debut, makes a fitting place to voice that dissent. Other flattering reviews here mention comparisons with the Stones and Arrowsmith, along with Guns 'N Roses and Chuck Berry; add generous dollops of camp and parody and you start to get the trashy picture. On this album one can already see David Johanson trying on various annoying personas which will culminate in Buster Poindexter. The only redeming factor in this band is Johnny Thunders, and only then when the band is playing his infrequent songs.If you you like punk--more the British and L.A. type than the Ramones and Stooges (both superior to the Dolls) type--I recommend you avoid The NY Dolls. The other reviews on this album and their debut, however, are probably fair given other types of taste. But I still say this is one of the most overrated bands in rock history. | 994 | [
"Sorry to rain on everyone's happy NY Dolls parade but this band's music really demands some dissenting voices, and this album, being worse than their self-titled debut, makes a fitting place to voice that dissent.",
"Other flattering reviews here mention comparisons with the Stones and Arrowsmith, along with Guns 'N Roses and Chuck Berry; add generous dollops of camp and parody and you start to get the trashy picture.",
"On this album one can already see David Johanson trying on various annoying personas which will culminate in Buster Poindexter.",
"The only redeming factor in this band is Johnny Thunders, and only then when the band is playing his infrequent songs.If you you like punk--more the British and L.A. type than the Ramones and Stooges (both superior to the Dolls) type--I recommend you avoid The NY Dolls.",
"The other reviews on this album and their debut, however, are probably fair given other types of taste.",
"But I still say this is one of the most overrated bands in rock history."
] |
1 | Lousy Sequel | This is another one of those films that should've never been made. At the end of "Jeepers Creepers" we see the creeper looking out through Derry's eye sockets, his eyes no longer being there. What an excellent ending, both shocking and suspensful. The opening of this film shows potential and I briefly changed my mind as to whether it should've been made. After the creeper grabs the little farm kid it plumments, badly. As soon as the bus appears and you hear that annoying sound of a school pep song in the air, you just know that this is going to be, yet another, teen exploitation film. Who wants to see the creeper relentlessly picking teens and their teachers off one by one, and a grief stricken father going all out for revenge? We've seen it all before in a much better fashion. As well as being very predictable and lame, the acting sucks. When are they gonna learn that some people just can't act? All I can say in closing is thank god i didn't use my money to rent this rotten egg. | 994 | [
"This is another one of those films that should've never been made.",
"At the end of \"Jeepers Creepers\" we see the creeper looking out through Derry's eye sockets, his eyes no longer being there.",
"What an excellent ending, both shocking and suspensful.",
"The opening of this film shows potential and I briefly changed my mind as to whether it should've been made.",
"After the creeper grabs the little farm kid it plumments, badly.",
"As soon as the bus appears and you hear that annoying sound of a school pep song in the air, you just know that this is going to be, yet another, teen exploitation film.",
"Who wants to see the creeper relentlessly picking teens and their teachers off one by one, and a grief stricken father going all out for revenge?",
"We've seen it all before in a much better fashion.",
"As well as being very predictable and lame, the acting sucks.",
"When are they gonna learn that some people just can't act?",
"All I can say in closing is thank god i didn't use my money to rent this rotten egg."
] |
1 | Not the best | I will admit that John Case's books are a bit of a guilty pleasure. While I'm sure even the author(s) wouldn't argue them as life-altering literature, they are fairly well written and original novels within a genre (thrillers) that by and large seems to have run out of steam. That being said, I can only hope that pressing bills and/or a pressing publication deadline was the cause for the massively bad "Eighth Day". While I could wax on about this or that particular problem, the overall fault in this book is what can only be termed a terribly weak premise and a plot that just fails to engage on every level. Plot points make no sense, the writing is stilted and formulaic and so on. Do yourself a favour...if you want a good little "escapist" read by John Case pick up "Genesis Code" or "The First Horseman". Otherwise if you persist with the "Eighth Day", don't say say you weren't warned when, barely managing to digest the horribly cheesy ending, you wonder how to get your money back. | 994 | [
"I will admit that John Case's books are a bit of a guilty pleasure.",
"While I'm sure even the author(s) wouldn't argue them as life-altering literature, they are fairly well written and original novels within a genre (thrillers) that by and large seems to have run out of steam.",
"That being said, I can only hope that pressing bills and/or a pressing publication deadline was the cause for the massively bad \"Eighth Day\".",
"While I could wax on about this or that particular problem, the overall fault in this book is what can only be termed a terribly weak premise and a plot that just fails to engage on every level.",
"Plot points make no sense, the writing is stilted and formulaic and so on.",
"Do yourself a favour...if you want a good little \"escapist\" read by John Case pick up \"Genesis Code\" or \"The First Horseman\".",
"Otherwise if you persist with the \"Eighth Day\", don't say say you weren't warned when, barely managing to digest the horribly cheesy ending, you wonder how to get your money back."
] |
1 | Remission | Skinny Puppy's existence is now truly bound in remission. What is left behind is a collection of "nu-metal" material. People will automatically respond with either one or both of the following:a) You are stuck in the 80's and cannot appreciate musical evolutionorb) You are not a true puppy fan."Bites" was the first Puppy item I ever had the pleasure of listening to. Even to this day I am enthralled by its brilliance. With the addition of Dwayne the puppy landscape expanded beyond comprehension. I cannot say brilliant enough. Nivek and Cevin now find themselves back at the beginning--without Dwayne. Possibly.. Bill Leeb [William Schroeder] possessed a certain something to make "Bites" so tasty, but all that is needed to dissolve that option is one listen to "Brap." No where on this disc are the multiple layers, thrash, or synthetic treachery that would strike a continual smile on my face...To regain that smile I will stick to Puppy's back catalogue... untarnished.r.i.p. dwayne :*( | 994 | [
"Skinny Puppy's existence is now truly bound in remission.",
"What is left behind is a collection of \"nu-metal\" material.",
"People will automatically respond with either one or both of the following:a) You are stuck in the 80's and cannot appreciate musical evolutionorb) You are not a true puppy fan.\"Bites\" was the first Puppy item I ever had the pleasure of listening to.",
"Even to this day I am enthralled by its brilliance.",
"With the addition of Dwayne the puppy landscape expanded beyond comprehension.",
"I cannot say brilliant enough.",
"Nivek and Cevin now find themselves back at the beginning--without Dwayne.",
"Possibly..",
"Bill Leeb [William Schroeder] possessed a certain something to make \"Bites\" so tasty, but all that is needed to dissolve that option is one listen to \"Brap.\" No where on this disc are the multiple layers, thrash, or synthetic treachery that would strike a continual smile on my face...To regain that smile I will stick to Puppy's back catalogue... untarnished.r.i.p. dwayne :*("
] |
1 | Faulty history | Douglas has two characters living in Rome in the reign of Tiberius: a "Prince Gaius" and Caligula, the future emperor. At first I was puzzled as to who this Gaius was, or why Douglas felt the need to introduce such a fictional character - - until I realized that he obviously wasn't aware that they are the same person! Caligula ("little boot") was Gaius's nickname. My impression is that Douglas read the main ancient sources, Tacitus's "Annals" and Suetonius's "Lives of the Caesars". Tacitus refers to Caligula as "Gaius" throughout, but the the part of his work dealing with his reign is lost. So Douglas apparently did not realize that the "Gaius" playing a crucial role in the last years of Tiberius's reign was the same person as the later emperor Caligula.Sorry, but if Douglas can't get right something as basic as *that*, then I really can't take seriously any of his claims of having conducted a serious historical research.From this point of view, the movie is actually much better. | 994 | [
"Douglas has two characters living in Rome in the reign of Tiberius: a \"Prince Gaius\" and Caligula, the future emperor.",
"At first I was puzzled as to who this Gaius was, or why Douglas felt the need to introduce such a fictional character - - until I realized that he obviously wasn't aware that they are the same person!",
"Caligula (\"little boot\") was Gaius's nickname.",
"My impression is that Douglas read the main ancient sources, Tacitus's \"Annals\" and Suetonius's \"Lives of the Caesars\".",
"Tacitus refers to Caligula as \"Gaius\" throughout, but the the part of his work dealing with his reign is lost.",
"So Douglas apparently did not realize that the \"Gaius\" playing a crucial role in the last years of Tiberius's reign was the same person as the later emperor Caligula.Sorry, but if Douglas can't get right something as basic as *that*, then I really can't take seriously any of his claims of having conducted a serious historical research.From this point of view, the movie is actually much better."
] |
1 | CHANGED FORMULA | California Baby has changed its formula and now includes Sodium Benzoate.From Natural News:"Derived from a reaction of benzoic acid with sodium hydroxide, sodium benzoate is actually the sodium salt of benzoic acid. Sodium benzoate is a known carcinogenic additive which, when eaten or applied to the skin, gets transported to the liver, where it is supposed to be filtered, and expelled in urine, but the damage gets done before that process is completed.Sodium benzoate chokes out your body's nutrients at the DNA cellular level by depriving mitochondria cells of oxygen, sometimes completely shutting them down. Just as humans need oxygen to breathe, cells need oxygen to function properly and to fight off infection, including cancer."Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/033726_sodium_benzoate_cancer.html#ixzz1k3hUQkWZEven outside of that article there is great concern about the ingredient and cancer links. I will be returning my product and no longer purchasing from California Baby. | 994 | [
"California Baby has changed its formula and now includes Sodium Benzoate.From Natural News:\"Derived from a reaction of benzoic acid with sodium hydroxide, sodium benzoate is actually the sodium salt of benzoic acid.",
"Sodium benzoate is a known carcinogenic additive which, when eaten or applied to the skin, gets transported to the liver, where it is supposed to be filtered, and expelled in urine, but the damage gets done before that process is completed.Sodium benzoate chokes out your body's nutrients at the DNA cellular level by depriving mitochondria cells of oxygen, sometimes completely shutting them down.",
"Just as humans need oxygen to breathe, cells need oxygen to function properly and to fight off infection, including cancer.\"Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/033726_sodium_benzoate_cancer.html#ixzz1k3hUQkWZEven outside of that article there is great concern about the ingredient and cancer links.",
"I will be returning my product and no longer purchasing from California Baby."
] |
1 | Garbage | I bought this blender from Target less than 3 months ago and didn't check any reviews on it beforehand (major mistake). Had I seen these reviews I would've never wasted my money or time. The first thing wrong with it was that while making my morning and evening smoothies (fruit, ice, orange juice) I would wind up w/ a smoothie with ice chunks in it. No matter how much I blended, there were always ice chunks. And because the pouring lip is not angled, but straight---juice falls and slides down the front of the cup when pouring. The final and last straw came yesterday morning. Attempted to make my usual morning smoothie, pressed the blend button and walked away. Within seconds, I heard the loudest, chugging, sputtering & splittering noise. When I rushed to the kitchen I saw half crushed smoothie & juice all over the kitchen counter & walls along w/ black oil. The blender basically exploded and was toast. I pulled the plug on it and tossed it in the garbage. Do not waste your money. | 994 | [
"I bought this blender from Target less than 3 months ago and didn't check any reviews on it beforehand (major mistake).",
"Had I seen these reviews I would've never wasted my money or time.",
"The first thing wrong with it was that while making my morning and evening smoothies (fruit, ice, orange juice) I would wind up w/ a smoothie with ice chunks in it.",
"No matter how much I blended, there were always ice chunks.",
"And because the pouring lip is not angled, but straight---juice falls and slides down the front of the cup when pouring.",
"The final and last straw came yesterday morning.",
"Attempted to make my usual morning smoothie, pressed the blend button and walked away.",
"Within seconds, I heard the loudest, chugging, sputtering & splittering noise.",
"When I rushed to the kitchen I saw half crushed smoothie & juice all over the kitchen counter & walls along w/ black oil.",
"The blender basically exploded and was toast.",
"I pulled the plug on it and tossed it in the garbage.",
"Do not waste your money."
] |
1 | Comedy or Serious? | This tape was so absurd that I had to wonder whether the makers were trying to make a comedy or an actual conspiracy piece. The only thing scarier than the idea that there may actually be people paranoid and bizzare enough to make a film like this and mean it is the other reviews I see of it here--we have some strange and sad Americans among us, folks. Let's hope they stay in the backwoods and away from civilization and the rest of us.The tape is filled with nonsense insinuations and coincidence in an attempt to throw everything including the kitchen sink they remember from childhood story books at Clinton. It's clearly made by people who dislike the president and are convinced there must be *something* wrong and, doggonit, they're gonna find it. Or make it up if they have to. Save your money. Or if you're really dying for a bunch of outlandish conspiracy theories, get the JFK movie. At least it uses professional actors and has better cinematography. You'll be better entertained. | 994 | [
"This tape was so absurd that I had to wonder whether the makers were trying to make a comedy or an actual conspiracy piece.",
"The only thing scarier than the idea that there may actually be people paranoid and bizzare enough to make a film like this and mean it is the other reviews I see of it here--we have some strange and sad Americans among us, folks.",
"Let's hope they stay in the backwoods and away from civilization and the rest of us.The tape is filled with nonsense insinuations and coincidence in an attempt to throw everything including the kitchen sink they remember from childhood story books at Clinton.",
"It's clearly made by people who dislike the president and are convinced there must be *something* wrong and, doggonit, they're gonna find it.",
"Or make it up if they have to.",
"Save your money.",
"Or if you're really dying for a bunch of outlandish conspiracy theories, get the JFK movie.",
"At least it uses professional actors and has better cinematography.",
"You'll be better entertained."
] |
1 | Yeah, It Sucks | I got this at my local cd store. I knew it didn't have Bruce Dickenson on it. I thought, 'what the hell, it was only $9 and there has to be some good stuff on this'. Some of the riffs, song ideas are OK. Disc 2 has better songs and vocals I guess. The vocalists on this compilation just couldn't seem to pull the songs through, even Paul himself. Its too bad, cuz he's a good guitarist for this genre, despite a track on Disc 1 that has a lead intro that ends on a note bent way out of tune. The songwriting on this compilation is hit or miss between the two discs. The tracks in the middle of Disc 1 are horrible, as in if Peter Griffin were dashing through an 80's montage on Family Guy.Anyways, on my quest to find the uncharted or under-appreciated bands of the nwobhm era, or check out what happened to bands after whomever joined whomever-more-famous, I shouldn't have paid so much. If you are looking to get this for your collection sheerly for historical reasons, get the one for $1.50. | 994 | [
"I got this at my local cd store.",
"I knew it didn't have Bruce Dickenson on it.",
"I thought, 'what the hell, it was only $9 and there has to be some good stuff on this'.",
"Some of the riffs, song ideas are OK.",
"Disc 2 has better songs and vocals I guess.",
"The vocalists on this compilation just couldn't seem to pull the songs through, even Paul himself.",
"Its too bad, cuz he's a good guitarist for this genre, despite a track on Disc 1 that has a lead intro that ends on a note bent way out of tune.",
"The songwriting on this compilation is hit or miss between the two discs.",
"The tracks in the middle of Disc 1 are horrible, as in if Peter Griffin were dashing through an 80's montage on Family Guy.Anyways, on my quest to find the uncharted or under-appreciated bands of the nwobhm era, or check out what happened to bands after whomever joined whomever-more-famous, I shouldn't have paid so much.",
"If you are looking to get this for your collection sheerly for historical reasons, get the one for $1.50."
] |
1 | THIS IS HORRIBLE | Unfortunatly I cannot give you a full view of the plot, because this movie was so incredibly [bad] I couldn't get to the plot. I can explain the few scenes I saw however. An epedemic is spreading and a group of warriors are trying avoid it. They are running through the woods when one man comes out and cuts them all in half. Yeah sounds awesome, but wait until you hear what comes next to judge the movie yet. The man takes a young girl back to a temple, and rapes her, that's right, rapes her. It is completly disgusting. I hoped that it was just one scene, there wouldn't be anything else like it. I fast forwarded to the next scene, yet another sex scene. This was the most disgusting anime i have ever seen in my life. Why it is so popular is beyond me, I cannot believe people are actually applauding a movie as shallow as this. The art may be good, there is no denying that, but it is how the art is used to carry along the action and plot that counts, not the quality of the art itslef. | 994 | [
"Unfortunatly I cannot give you a full view of the plot, because this movie was so incredibly [bad] I couldn't get to the plot.",
"I can explain the few scenes I saw however.",
"An epedemic is spreading and a group of warriors are trying avoid it.",
"They are running through the woods when one man comes out and cuts them all in half.",
"Yeah sounds awesome, but wait until you hear what comes next to judge the movie yet.",
"The man takes a young girl back to a temple, and rapes her, that's right, rapes her.",
"It is completly disgusting.",
"I hoped that it was just one scene, there wouldn't be anything else like it.",
"I fast forwarded to the next scene, yet another sex scene.",
"This was the most disgusting anime i have ever seen in my life.",
"Why it is so popular is beyond me, I cannot believe people are actually applauding a movie as shallow as this.",
"The art may be good, there is no denying that, but it is how the art is used to carry along the action and plot that counts, not the quality of the art itslef."
] |
1 | Not as described | After reading all of the reviews, I was so anxious and happy to hear the UPS truck pull up tonight, knowing that it would be my Circulon cookware being delivered. After unpacking the cookware, the 1st thing I noticed was the label on the frying pan, stating that the pans were coated with Dupont's Autograph Nonstick coating...Nowhere in the description of this product on Amazon's site did it say that there was a Dupont nonstick coating on this cookware!While researching the "anodizing" process, I was led to believe that the metal was hardened and "that" was what made it nonstick, not a chemical coating from Dupont's Teflon family.If Amazon had properly described this product as having the Dupont Autograph Coating, I would not have bought it in the first place. That is why I am returning it and the return shipping cost should be paid by Amazon as well as correcting the description of this product for others who are Teflon/chemically sensitive and save them this same disappointment! | 994 | [
"After reading all of the reviews, I was so anxious and happy to hear the UPS truck pull up tonight, knowing that it would be my Circulon cookware being delivered.",
"After unpacking the cookware, the 1st thing I noticed was the label on the frying pan, stating that the pans were coated with Dupont's Autograph Nonstick coating...Nowhere in the description of this product on Amazon's site did it say that there was a Dupont nonstick coating on this cookware!",
"While researching the \"anodizing\" process, I was led to believe that the metal was hardened and \"that\" was what made it nonstick, not a chemical coating from Dupont's Teflon family.If Amazon had properly described this product as having the Dupont Autograph Coating, I would not have bought it in the first place.",
"That is why I am returning it and the return shipping cost should be paid by Amazon as well as correcting the description of this product for others who are Teflon/chemically sensitive and save them this same disappointment!"
] |
1 | Annoying! | My husband and I watched this movie together as we are currently expecting. I made it further than my husband (almost to the end), but we still turned it off early because we were so frustrated and annoyed with the husband/filmmaker! We are opting to have our baby in a birthing center and definitely support a more natural approach to birth, but I agree with the other comments that say the filmmaker's attitude towards hospitals was ridiculous and over the top. He seemed so hell bent on making his point that by the end of the movie I was not sure I could even trust some of the information given. Even after the hospital staff saved his baby's life, all he could do was complain that the nurses wanted to hold her too much! Gimme a break! Yes, there are reasons to be informed and skeptical towards birthing in a hospital, but the way he portrayed hospitals and the people who work in them got to be pretty offensive. Do yourself a favor and skip this movie. The filmmaker is a dopey dumbo. | 994 | [
"My husband and I watched this movie together as we are currently expecting.",
"I made it further than my husband (almost to the end), but we still turned it off early because we were so frustrated and annoyed with the husband/filmmaker!",
"We are opting to have our baby in a birthing center and definitely support a more natural approach to birth, but I agree with the other comments that say the filmmaker's attitude towards hospitals was ridiculous and over the top.",
"He seemed so hell bent on making his point that by the end of the movie I was not sure I could even trust some of the information given.",
"Even after the hospital staff saved his baby's life, all he could do was complain that the nurses wanted to hold her too much!",
"Gimme a break!",
"Yes, there are reasons to be informed and skeptical towards birthing in a hospital, but the way he portrayed hospitals and the people who work in them got to be pretty offensive.",
"Do yourself a favor and skip this movie.",
"The filmmaker is a dopey dumbo."
] |
1 | Failed after 1 year | I bought this product in early 2007 and it became malfunctional after 1 year of use. It showed some signs of breaking down a couple of days before it completely went down - like failure to mount 1 out of three times, weird starting sound, etc. - and I regret that I should've backed up my data at that time. Anyway, I continued to use it ignoring the premonitions and all of a sudden it completely blacked out.I set it aside for a couple of months after its failure, and wondering if the hard disk itself was still alive, I took it apart - it's so hard to disassemble the unit that I had to use brutal force to crack open it - and took out the hard disk. Using a SATA-to-USB connector, I hooked it up to my desktop Windows machine and voila! it showed up alive and I was able to back up all my precious data.All in all, it was the enclosure problem, not the hard disk problem after all. I guess LaCie needs to make the controller board strong enough for this kind of repetitious stressful jobs. | 994 | [
"I bought this product in early 2007 and it became malfunctional after 1 year of use.",
"It showed some signs of breaking down a couple of days before it completely went down - like failure to mount 1 out of three times, weird starting sound, etc.",
"- and I regret that I should've backed up my data at that time.",
"Anyway, I continued to use it ignoring the premonitions and all of a sudden it completely blacked out.I set it aside for a couple of months after its failure, and wondering if the hard disk itself was still alive, I took it apart - it's so hard to disassemble the unit that I had to use brutal force to crack open it - and took out the hard disk.",
"Using a SATA-to-USB connector, I hooked it up to my desktop Windows machine and voila!",
"it showed up alive and I was able to back up all my precious data.All in all, it was the enclosure problem, not the hard disk problem after all.",
"I guess LaCie needs to make the controller board strong enough for this kind of repetitious stressful jobs."
] |
1 | very mediocre | I picked this up because it looked like it was a new angle for a fantasy novel. However, the first time I tried to read it I never got past chapter three because it lacked depth, and the continually changing viewpoint made it tedious to read. I picked it up again last week however, and slogged my way through the entire thing.I was unable to reach any rapport with the characters except possibly for Evayne, and her role mostly raises questions. All of the other characters are two-dimensional and indecipherable.The book raises lots of questions it doesn't answer, particularly with regard to the Hunter/Huntbrother relationship and the customs and conventions of their homeland. Another major question mark is Evayne and her role. She promises to bring interest and empathy into the novel, but doesn't live up to that promise.I do not recommend this book unless you want to fail to enjoy empathy with under-developed characters in a circular plot that goes nowhere and ends in a cliffhanger. | 994 | [
"I picked this up because it looked like it was a new angle for a fantasy novel.",
"However, the first time I tried to read it I never got past chapter three because it lacked depth, and the continually changing viewpoint made it tedious to read.",
"I picked it up again last week however, and slogged my way through the entire thing.I was unable to reach any rapport with the characters except possibly for Evayne, and her role mostly raises questions.",
"All of the other characters are two-dimensional and indecipherable.The book raises lots of questions it doesn't answer, particularly with regard to the Hunter/Huntbrother relationship and the customs and conventions of their homeland.",
"Another major question mark is Evayne and her role.",
"She promises to bring interest and empathy into the novel, but doesn't live up to that promise.I do not recommend this book unless you want to fail to enjoy empathy with under-developed characters in a circular plot that goes nowhere and ends in a cliffhanger."
] |
1 | Old Ideas. | I got my hands on a copy and the quality was very poor. The DVD is nothing more than a home video of her cat using the toilet. Youtube etc has her movie footage on it.The content of the DVD can be found for free, on the well-known Internet group forums offering Cats' T-Training etc. Search yahoo or google it in. Vendor offers no support or troubleshooting for problems where as the big forum groups do, also for free!Seller uses the turkey roaster for a litter pan. A pan is flimsy and the cat's body weight causes the aluminum to bend and snap. The cat is spooked and never goes near the toilet again. Sharp edges are a hazard to the cat's paws and small children. Her concept to tape the pan to the toilet seat means if you don't have a spare toilet, you have to un-tape the pan when humans want to use it. The method is as old as using the plastic wrap- also unsuccessful.Essentially, with a little browsing you could pick up a better way to train your cat and the cost would be FREE.NUNYA | 994 | [
"I got my hands on a copy and the quality was very poor.",
"The DVD is nothing more than a home video of her cat using the toilet.",
"Youtube etc has her movie footage on it.The content of the DVD can be found for free, on the well-known Internet group forums offering Cats' T-Training etc.",
"Search yahoo or google it in.",
"Vendor offers no support or troubleshooting for problems where as the big forum groups do, also for free!",
"Seller uses the turkey roaster for a litter pan.",
"A pan is flimsy and the cat's body weight causes the aluminum to bend and snap.",
"The cat is spooked and never goes near the toilet again.",
"Sharp edges are a hazard to the cat's paws and small children.",
"Her concept to tape the pan to the toilet seat means if you don't have a spare toilet, you have to un-tape the pan when humans want to use it.",
"The method is as old as using the plastic wrap- also unsuccessful.Essentially, with a little browsing you could pick up a better way to train your cat and the cost would be FREE.NUNYA"
] |
1 | Woo, Why ? | It is rather hard to accept an action director who admits to basing his action sequences on Hollywood Musicals of some decades ago.The story is fine, and both Travolta and Cage give masterly performances. However, Woo has no concept of moderation or excess. In one gun battle, that apparently took a sum total of 3 months to complete, Woo seems to be so aware that it is excessive that he cuts the audio, and we hear what the child bystander is hearing.Even the Marine Boat chase turns into a disaster, when the Stand-ins cannot even keep their wigs on straight. Did Woo skip the dailies, or does he like a little farce?It is utterly incomprehensible how such a good story was messed up by Woo's visual hyperbole.This story might actually might have worked in the hands of a better director, or even if the edit could be done by someone with a sense of how an action movie can work.The Highlights are definitely around Cage and Travolta, since they did such great work, but ... Woo ... WHY ???? | 994 | [
"It is rather hard to accept an action director who admits to basing his action sequences on Hollywood Musicals of some decades ago.The story is fine, and both Travolta and Cage give masterly performances.",
"However, Woo has no concept of moderation or excess.",
"In one gun battle, that apparently took a sum total of 3 months to complete, Woo seems to be so aware that it is excessive that he cuts the audio, and we hear what the child bystander is hearing.Even the Marine Boat chase turns into a disaster, when the Stand-ins cannot even keep their wigs on straight.",
"Did Woo skip the dailies, or does he like a little farce?",
"It is utterly incomprehensible how such a good story was messed up by Woo's visual hyperbole.This story might actually might have worked in the hands of a better director, or even if the edit could be done by someone with a sense of how an action movie can work.The Highlights are definitely around Cage and Travolta, since they did such great work, but ... Woo ... WHY???",
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] |
1 | This is the end | This is the greatest band of the last twenty years at its worst (which seems to be going around--Check out U2's 2000 release). I own and cherish virtually chunk of studio music the Cure has deigned to offer us, but this...this is intolerably bad, intolerably predictable. If this is indeed the last Cure effort, I can only say that the barn door was closed too late. This disc belongs where I have put it twice (thanks to my wife buying for me, too): in the cheap racks at your local trade-in store. For those new to the band, if this piques your interest (though there's no reason I would see it doing so), put your hard-earned dough down here at Amazon (a plug) and pick up, in order, Disintegration, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, The Head on the Door, and the tape of Standing on a Beach, which has a side full of B-sides that should have made it onto real albums. Stay away from the album that should have told me demise was imminent, Wild Mood Swings, as well as the live crap Show and Paris. | 994 | [
"This is the greatest band of the last twenty years at its worst (which seems to be going around--Check out U2's 2000 release).",
"I own and cherish virtually chunk of studio music the Cure has deigned to offer us, but this...this is intolerably bad, intolerably predictable.",
"If this is indeed the last Cure effort, I can only say that the barn door was closed too late.",
"This disc belongs where I have put it twice (thanks to my wife buying for me, too): in the cheap racks at your local trade-in store.",
"For those new to the band, if this piques your interest (though there's no reason I would see it doing so), put your hard-earned dough down here at Amazon (a plug) and pick up, in order, Disintegration, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, The Head on the Door, and the tape of Standing on a Beach, which has a side full of B-sides that should have made it onto real albums.",
"Stay away from the album that should have told me demise was imminent, Wild Mood Swings, as well as the live crap Show and Paris."
] |
1 | Very skewed film | This film was terribly boring. I thought I would be watching a documentary which would address solutions to poverty in the third world. Instead, I was watching a film which basically presented a rant on how colonialism was responsible for destroying native cultures and societies back in the 1600's (which is widely acknowledged in history books) and how western nations are still responsible for the shape and state of poverty in third-world countries (I am not convinced from the film).The film was very skewed in the way it presented information to make it points - mainly it seems to attribute capitalism and privatization as the cause of poverty in areas like Bolivia, Kenyva, and in other slums.Skip. This film is much too biased. Towards the end, the movie starts to target neoliberalism - without giving me a good idea of what that is. I also felt the film was too overreaching in terms of trying to attribute third-world poverty to a few western countries, the World Bank, and the IMF. | 994 | [
"This film was terribly boring.",
"I thought I would be watching a documentary which would address solutions to poverty in the third world.",
"Instead, I was watching a film which basically presented a rant on how colonialism was responsible for destroying native cultures and societies back in the 1600's (which is widely acknowledged in history books) and how western nations are still responsible for the shape and state of poverty in third-world countries (I am not convinced from the film).The film was very skewed in the way it presented information to make it points - mainly it seems to attribute capitalism and privatization as the cause of poverty in areas like Bolivia, Kenyva, and in other slums.Skip.",
"This film is much too biased.",
"Towards the end, the movie starts to target neoliberalism - without giving me a good idea of what that is.",
"I also felt the film was too overreaching in terms of trying to attribute third-world poverty to a few western countries, the World Bank, and the IMF."
] |
1 | Basically Garbage | This book irritated me so much that I'm going to just rant and abandon any hope of writing a 'helpful' review. I picked the book up on a remainder table for $1, and I clearly paid too much. Berlinski doesn't appear to know any more than a smattering of mathematical history (or math for that matter), but he dearly loves to hear himself talk as if he does. His flowery, grandiloquent delivery style accomplishes nothing remotely useful. An example from Chapter two: "Not until the twentieth century would mathematics and logic, having for so long exchanged their moist breath (sic), fuse ecstatically into the single subject of mathematical logic." Come on - "moist breath"?, "fuse ecstatically"? Nothing is being accomplished here except for the author going on a linguistic ego trip. Other reviewers have commented on the sloppy fact-checking and needlessly obscure presentation of the mathematics, and I agree with every one of those comments. Don't waste your time or money on this clunker. | 994 | [
"This book irritated me so much that I'm going to just rant and abandon any hope of writing a 'helpful' review.",
"I picked the book up on a remainder table for $1, and I clearly paid too much.",
"Berlinski doesn't appear to know any more than a smattering of mathematical history (or math for that matter), but he dearly loves to hear himself talk as if he does.",
"His flowery, grandiloquent delivery style accomplishes nothing remotely useful.",
"An example from Chapter two: \"Not until the twentieth century would mathematics and logic, having for so long exchanged their moist breath (sic), fuse ecstatically into the single subject of mathematical logic.\" Come on - \"moist breath\"?",
", \"fuse ecstatically\"?",
"Nothing is being accomplished here except for the author going on a linguistic ego trip.",
"Other reviewers have commented on the sloppy fact-checking and needlessly obscure presentation of the mathematics, and I agree with every one of those comments.",
"Don't waste your time or money on this clunker."
] |
1 | Style Vs Safety | I bought these sippy cups after I saw that my daughter's daycare used them and how much her daycare provider raved about them. I love that they are insulated, cute, and especially that they are actually spill proof.After and emergency room visit with my 18 month old this past week my opinion on these sippy cups have drastically changed. I no longer care if a sippy cup is cute, insulated or, spill proof. All I care about is that it is safe for an active toddler to use.My little girl while scooting off her seat (low height) fell catching herself with her hand that held the sippy. The sippy ended up breaking the skin under my daughter's jawline so bad that she needed 2 layers of stitches-a total of 15 stitches.I know the possibility of this happening again is probably slim to none but I felt the obligation as a mom to let otherr parents whose little ones use these sippies or are thinking of getting them are just aware of a possible safety issue with this sippy and an active toddler. | 994 | [
"I bought these sippy cups after I saw that my daughter's daycare used them and how much her daycare provider raved about them.",
"I love that they are insulated, cute, and especially that they are actually spill proof.After and emergency room visit with my 18 month old this past week my opinion on these sippy cups have drastically changed.",
"I no longer care if a sippy cup is cute, insulated or, spill proof.",
"All I care about is that it is safe for an active toddler to use.My little girl while scooting off her seat (low height) fell catching herself with her hand that held the sippy.",
"The sippy ended up breaking the skin under my daughter's jawline so bad that she needed 2 layers of stitches-a total of 15 stitches.I know the possibility of this happening again is probably slim to none but I felt the obligation as a mom to let otherr parents whose little ones use these sippies or are thinking of getting them are just aware of a possible safety issue with this sippy and an active toddler."
] |
1 | UGH! | I'd been wanting to read this book since I read Ms. Julavits' article in Poets & Writers about the criticism she received for this work and the importance of getting historical fiction right.So...I started reading and would agree that it began nicely--though, at some point I couldn't figure out where the story was going and then I realized: Jeez. Is there even a story? In searching, I could find no great conflict, drama, or even mild tension. Nothing propelled this drivel. And so, after 243 pages, I called it quits (and believe me, I HATE giving up on a novel).Julavits is a so-so author. Some of her sentences read very nicely. Still, I just have to wonder, what on Earth inspired her to write this? What was the inspiration? Was she writing genre fiction, keeping a frame around her story of "women's historical fiction" or did she actually think that this idea was unique?I'll read Julavits again, only if the story itself seems clever.Shame on her for publishing such a mindless bore. | 994 | [
"I'd been wanting to read this book since I read Ms.",
"Julavits' article in Poets & Writers about the criticism she received for this work and the importance of getting historical fiction right.So...I started reading and would agree that it began nicely--though, at some point I couldn't figure out where the story was going and then I realized: Jeez.",
"Is there even a story?",
"In searching, I could find no great conflict, drama, or even mild tension.",
"Nothing propelled this drivel.",
"And so, after 243 pages, I called it quits (and believe me, I HATE giving up on a novel).Julavits is a so-so author.",
"Some of her sentences read very nicely.",
"Still, I just have to wonder, what on Earth inspired her to write this?",
"What was the inspiration?",
"Was she writing genre fiction, keeping a frame around her story of \"women's historical fiction\" or did she actually think that this idea was unique?",
"I'll read Julavits again, only if the story itself seems clever.Shame on her for publishing such a mindless bore."
] |
1 | Kiosk Rating <1 | Negatives in order:(1.) You know it's bad when the writers have to resort to the time worn and redundant storyline of corporate pollution for profits backfiring which leaves some pollution eating creatures a bit upset and revengeful.(2.) Tiresome overuse of animal carcasses.(3.) Over reliance upon night/darkness for cheap effects.(4.) Over reliance by special effects crew dragging a sled (or whatever) through the underbrush to create cheap critter moving effect. That really got to be a yawner.(5.) Over reliance by special effects crew to loop the same animal noise grunting sound for the entire movie. Became as endearing as elevator/grocery store background music.(6.) Best of all was the use of the same fake boar's head through out the entire movie although relative to moving brush and grunting sound the actual seeing of a wild piggy was only 1% of the movie anyway. How do I know it was the same piggy head because it had a tattoo of a human's head on it's rear end. Dead give-away. | 994 | [
"Negatives in order:(1.) You know it's bad when the writers have to resort to the time worn and redundant storyline of corporate pollution for profits backfiring which leaves some pollution eating creatures a bit upset and revengeful.(2.) Tiresome overuse of animal carcasses.(3.) Over reliance upon night/darkness for cheap effects.(4.) Over reliance by special effects crew dragging a sled (or whatever) through the underbrush to create cheap critter moving effect.",
"That really got to be a yawner.(5.) Over reliance by special effects crew to loop the same animal noise grunting sound for the entire movie.",
"Became as endearing as elevator/grocery store background music.(6.) Best of all was the use of the same fake boar's head through out the entire movie although relative to moving brush and grunting sound the actual seeing of a wild piggy was only 1% of the movie anyway.",
"How do I know it was the same piggy head because it had a tattoo of a human's head on it's rear end.",
"Dead give-away."
] |
1 | The Secret | Both my husband & I have read "The Secret" the book has inspired us in how we look at situations in our lives; yes, it is what we already know but we often loose sight of the positive ways to live our lives...We also purchased the DVD and enjoyed watching it, after reading the book....the DVD was the frosting ont he cake, so to speak, with listening to each person tell their story in person, being a visual person as I am it really clicked for me, both of us could identify with stories....We were so inspired with the book & DVD that we purchased 10 books and sent them to family and friends, they too enjoyed the book, we all have adopted the philosphy of "The Secret" and look at life in a whole other way.....we have passed One DVD on to all and once they view it they pass it on to the next couple...also other friends we spoke about the secret to have gone out to purchase the book and they too enjoyed it...We need more positive approaches in our lives and world...thank you,M.E. Cain | 994 | [
"Both my husband & I have read \"The Secret\" the book has inspired us in how we look at situations in our lives; yes, it is what we already know but we often loose sight of the positive ways to live our lives...We also purchased the DVD and enjoyed watching it, after reading the book....the DVD was the frosting ont he cake, so to speak, with listening to each person tell their story in person, being a visual person as I am it really clicked for me, both of us could identify with stories....We were so inspired with the book & DVD that we purchased 10 books and sent them to family and friends, they too enjoyed the book, we all have adopted the philosphy of \"The Secret\" and look at life in a whole other way.....we have passed One DVD on to all and once they view it they pass it on to the next couple...also other friends we spoke about the secret to have gone out to purchase the book and they too enjoyed it...We need more positive approaches in our lives and world...thank you,M.E. Cain"
] |
1 | Doldrums | Sorry to say this, I was looking forward to a wonderful read. Instead I found a badly formed narrative, loose ends, bad writing, a dire lack of wit and style. This guy can make any place look boring and dumpy. He doesn't give any insight into Cook or the South Pacific and ultimately the book reads like an early chronicle. Also Horowitz needs to learn what a reader wants to see focused on. We don't need a three page diary of his friend's drinking spree. His original week on a ship from Seattle is never brought up again, nor is what he learned applicable (in his mind it seems) to the either the other boat trips he took or the ship captained by Cook. If he had a rollicking story we might forgive him (as we do Grisham) but instead this is dull plodding, a sea of doldrums. Had he submitted this to New Yorker, it would have been rejected, and if not rejected edited considerably. It needs it. I had to tap into a Cookian mania for finishing a project just to get through it. Don't bother. | 994 | [
"Sorry to say this, I was looking forward to a wonderful read.",
"Instead I found a badly formed narrative, loose ends, bad writing, a dire lack of wit and style.",
"This guy can make any place look boring and dumpy.",
"He doesn't give any insight into Cook or the South Pacific and ultimately the book reads like an early chronicle.",
"Also Horowitz needs to learn what a reader wants to see focused on.",
"We don't need a three page diary of his friend's drinking spree.",
"His original week on a ship from Seattle is never brought up again, nor is what he learned applicable (in his mind it seems) to the either the other boat trips he took or the ship captained by Cook.",
"If he had a rollicking story we might forgive him (as we do Grisham) but instead this is dull plodding, a sea of doldrums.",
"Had he submitted this to New Yorker, it would have been rejected, and if not rejected edited considerably.",
"It needs it.",
"I had to tap into a Cookian mania for finishing a project just to get through it.",
"Don't bother."
] |
1 | Beware AppleCare | Simply put, Apple is contemptuous of it's customers.I brought my 11 month old $2500 MacBook Pro to the Apple Store in for a broken enter key and was told that the dent in the butter-rigid aluminum case from a slight drop that happened 10 months ago voided my AppleCare THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED USING YET (AppleCare covers from month 13 thru 36.) They offered to "recertify" my AppleCare for $600-$1200 dollars (HELLO!!! I can get a NEW Dell with equivalent specs for $500!!!) The computer has no problems other than a failing battery and a broken enter key (OBVIOUSLY those issues were not caused by the dent.)Rather than support their customer their looked for a way to limit their liability. Apple SUX. Don't enable their contemptuous behavior towards their customers by continuing to buy their products. Maybe if more people stop acting like they had Stockholm Syndrome Apple would start acting like a company than understands how to support it's customers.Hello Mr. Dell! I'm back again. | 994 | [
"Simply put, Apple is contemptuous of it's customers.I brought my 11 month old $2500 MacBook Pro to the Apple Store in for a broken enter key and was told that the dent in the butter-rigid aluminum case from a slight drop that happened 10 months ago voided my AppleCare THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED USING YET (AppleCare covers from month 13 thru 36.) They offered to \"recertify\" my AppleCare for $600-$1200 dollars (HELLO!!!",
"I can get a NEW Dell with equivalent specs for $500!!!",
") The computer has no problems other than a failing battery and a broken enter key (OBVIOUSLY those issues were not caused by the dent.)Rather than support their customer their looked for a way to limit their liability.",
"Apple SUX.",
"Don't enable their contemptuous behavior towards their customers by continuing to buy their products.",
"Maybe if more people stop acting like they had Stockholm Syndrome Apple would start acting like a company than understands how to support it's customers.Hello Mr.",
"Dell!",
"I'm back again."
] |
1 | Criminals Unite!!! | Finally, a book where all of Kern County's criminals can gather around and bemoan "unique" tales of "injustice." Everyone knows that the State prisons are full of "innocent" men and women. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard how convicted felons were "wrongfully" accused and/or prosecuted. However, just because people do not want to accept the consequences of their criminal conduct does not mean this book is either true or accurate. Just because one of the leading characters, Patrick Dunn, a convicted murderer, would rather get out of prison, does not make this book true or accurate. I, for one, like it when convicted criminals are behind bars; it makes me feel safe. This book does an injustice to the community of Bakersfield by creating a false sense of hysteria where none exists. It just seems ironic, though not at all surprising, that this book would find support from Kern County's convicted and admitted criminals; dare I say only the "innocent" convicted crimiunals? | 994 | [
"Finally, a book where all of Kern County's criminals can gather around and bemoan \"unique\" tales of \"injustice.\" Everyone knows that the State prisons are full of \"innocent\" men and women.",
"I cannot tell you how many times I have heard how convicted felons were \"wrongfully\" accused and/or prosecuted.",
"However, just because people do not want to accept the consequences of their criminal conduct does not mean this book is either true or accurate.",
"Just because one of the leading characters, Patrick Dunn, a convicted murderer, would rather get out of prison, does not make this book true or accurate.",
"I, for one, like it when convicted criminals are behind bars; it makes me feel safe.",
"This book does an injustice to the community of Bakersfield by creating a false sense of hysteria where none exists.",
"It just seems ironic, though not at all surprising, that this book would find support from Kern County's convicted and admitted criminals; dare I say only the \"innocent\" convicted crimiunals?"
] |
1 | Trouble with design | My family purchased this machine as a gift since I was baking so much bread in the old machine I had found from our wedding. The first thing you will notice with this machine is it is VERY LOUD! I got used to that and was enjoying the bread it produced. Then the bread pan kept popping up during kneading; you have to pause the machine and put the pan back in, so you have to stand in front of the loud thing for ages. Next the motor started to seize; you have to manually un-stick the motor! I called customer service and they sent me a replacement. The new one worked fine for a while but the bread pan started popping out again. I called customer service and they sent a new bread pan. That lasted for a couple of cycles, but has now started popping up again!!! I will call them one more time to let them know that this machine has serious design flaws. My husband thinks it is because I use it way more than the average customer, but I feel if it is made well, there should not be problems! | 994 | [
"My family purchased this machine as a gift since I was baking so much bread in the old machine I had found from our wedding.",
"The first thing you will notice with this machine is it is VERY LOUD!",
"I got used to that and was enjoying the bread it produced.",
"Then the bread pan kept popping up during kneading; you have to pause the machine and put the pan back in, so you have to stand in front of the loud thing for ages.",
"Next the motor started to seize; you have to manually un-stick the motor!",
"I called customer service and they sent me a replacement.",
"The new one worked fine for a while but the bread pan started popping out again.",
"I called customer service and they sent a new bread pan.",
"That lasted for a couple of cycles, but has now started popping up again!!!",
"I will call them one more time to let them know that this machine has serious design flaws.",
"My husband thinks it is because I use it way more than the average customer, but I feel if it is made well, there should not be problems!"
] |
1 | Oh Dear | Let's get this on the table: I'm a huge fan of the Cocteau Twins. The crazy kind that will bid for Cocteau Twins items on e-Bay. It was the first Violet Indiana CD I had ever bought and all I wanted to do was like it. I didn't have to love it and I certainly wasn't expecting Cocteau Twins quality. I knew it wasn't the Twins but I was willing to be open minded and give it a shot.This CD is abysmal. It's more abysmal and even cloying after several listens. Siobhan de Mare's voice is pretty enough but had literally no dynamic quality to it. Awful, simply awful. I had purchased an iPod and was burning CDs to my library and could not bring myself to burn this one. Robin Guthrie writes arrangements in such interesting and dynamic ways and Siobhan's voice simply doesn't fit. She is in way over her head here showing little ability or artistry whatsoever. Who knows what Mr. Guthrie was thinking when he decided to collaborate with Siobhan. Her voice and his music simply do not go together. | 994 | [
"Let's get this on the table: I'm a huge fan of the Cocteau Twins.",
"The crazy kind that will bid for Cocteau Twins items on e-Bay.",
"It was the first Violet Indiana CD I had ever bought and all I wanted to do was like it.",
"I didn't have to love it and I certainly wasn't expecting Cocteau Twins quality.",
"I knew it wasn't the Twins but I was willing to be open minded and give it a shot.This CD is abysmal.",
"It's more abysmal and even cloying after several listens.",
"Siobhan de Mare's voice is pretty enough but had literally no dynamic quality to it.",
"Awful, simply awful.",
"I had purchased an iPod and was burning CDs to my library and could not bring myself to burn this one.",
"Robin Guthrie writes arrangements in such interesting and dynamic ways and Siobhan's voice simply doesn't fit.",
"She is in way over her head here showing little ability or artistry whatsoever.",
"Who knows what Mr.",
"Guthrie was thinking when he decided to collaborate with Siobhan.",
"Her voice and his music simply do not go together."
] |
1 | NOT SO WONDERFUL:( | Reading the rave reviews on this little machine makes you want one now! So, I got me one at Gaiam at a great price.However I was very dissapointed with the performance of it.It comes with batteries included (2 AA), disc for on/off and volume, and a tiny toggle button. Its speaker is small.This little "radio" has 9 different music loops ranging from 5 to 40 seconds each, which are supposed to play randomly.The problem is you have a five second loop playing over and over and over... until you hit the toggle button. And for a unit made to create an ambiance of relaxation, that's a huge flaw. You cannot relax and enjoy if you have to think about going to "change the channel" continually, unless you want to hear the same five second sound 120 times in a ten minute period.If you are really interested in the machine, go to fm3 website and download the loops, listen and decide if you want to have one of those loops playing over and over. If you like what you hear, then it's good for you. | 994 | [
"Reading the rave reviews on this little machine makes you want one now!",
"So, I got me one at Gaiam at a great price.However I was very dissapointed with the performance of it.It comes with batteries included (2 AA), disc for on/off and volume, and a tiny toggle button.",
"Its speaker is small.This little \"radio\" has 9 different music loops ranging from 5 to 40 seconds each, which are supposed to play randomly.The problem is you have a five second loop playing over and over and over... until you hit the toggle button.",
"And for a unit made to create an ambiance of relaxation, that's a huge flaw.",
"You cannot relax and enjoy if you have to think about going to \"change the channel\" continually, unless you want to hear the same five second sound 120 times in a ten minute period.If you are really interested in the machine, go to fm3 website and download the loops, listen and decide if you want to have one of those loops playing over and over.",
"If you like what you hear, then it's good for you."
] |
1 | Try again | This book was required reading for a religion class at my school. It had a good intent and a fairly bright outlook on life however as a teen i found it patronizing. You will be presented with an idea and it will be defended to some success however in the next chapter it will very often contradict it's own ideas as if they had never been stated. It's outlook on life is flowery like you would tell a child but lacks the real world as it's defece. This is a book for troubled youth, for someone overcoming an assult and needs something overly simplistic and nice on the rebound. My belief is that the world doesn't fit in the box presented by this book. I also didn't like the little bells and whistles through this book it's like a web sight with to many sponsers, anamated pictures with little comments through the entire book which do nothing but distract the reader. Under no circumstances should this be required reading. Also i have never seen so many lists outside of death row in texas. | 994 | [
"This book was required reading for a religion class at my school.",
"It had a good intent and a fairly bright outlook on life however as a teen i found it patronizing.",
"You will be presented with an idea and it will be defended to some success however in the next chapter it will very often contradict it's own ideas as if they had never been stated.",
"It's outlook on life is flowery like you would tell a child but lacks the real world as it's defece.",
"This is a book for troubled youth, for someone overcoming an assult and needs something overly simplistic and nice on the rebound.",
"My belief is that the world doesn't fit in the box presented by this book.",
"I also didn't like the little bells and whistles through this book it's like a web sight with to many sponsers, anamated pictures with little comments through the entire book which do nothing but distract the reader.",
"Under no circumstances should this be required reading.",
"Also i have never seen so many lists outside of death row in texas."
] |
1 | Thin gruel | This book is thin gruel indeed. It is double spaced and large type presumably to make it thicker. Illustrations are of poor printed quality and too small. The author covers little if any new ground and is given to much conjecture with little documentation or footnoting. Particularly thin are the Mormon Batallion and California periods given the ample documentation that exists on these periods. I have read everything serious that is published on Baptiste, and this adds nothing to what is already out there. The fact is, little historical material exists on Baptiste, not even a photograph, although his contemporaries (like Beckwourth) were photographed. I waited longer than normal for the book and finished with it in one sitting disappointed. The most honest and best documented appraisal of Charbonneau's life is the 2001 Journal of Oregon History article, "Sacajawea's Son: by Albert Furtwangler reprinted in 2004 by Oregon Historical Society Press and the 1933 Anne W Hafen biography. | 994 | [
"This book is thin gruel indeed.",
"It is double spaced and large type presumably to make it thicker.",
"Illustrations are of poor printed quality and too small.",
"The author covers little if any new ground and is given to much conjecture with little documentation or footnoting.",
"Particularly thin are the Mormon Batallion and California periods given the ample documentation that exists on these periods.",
"I have read everything serious that is published on Baptiste, and this adds nothing to what is already out there.",
"The fact is, little historical material exists on Baptiste, not even a photograph, although his contemporaries (like Beckwourth) were photographed.",
"I waited longer than normal for the book and finished with it in one sitting disappointed.",
"The most honest and best documented appraisal of Charbonneau's life is the 2001 Journal of Oregon History article, \"Sacajawea's Son: by Albert Furtwangler reprinted in 2004 by Oregon Historical Society Press and the 1933 Anne W Hafen biography."
] |
1 | Bottom Line | This new "30th Anniversary Edition" of Blazing Saddles adds nothing new to from the previous DVD edition which you can still purchase through Amazon for as low as $6.95. A lot has been said about the additional scenes. Scenes that were added to the TV version but not in the original movie. If they had added those scenes into this version of the DVD movie, the DVD would have been called the 30th Anniversary "Extended" Edition. This is how the major movie distributors rape the consumers. They will keep releasing Blazing Saddles in a multitude of different formats until, finally, when people are completely exasperated, they will release an edition that has both the theatrical release and the "extended" version. Why did they not do this from the start ? Greed. Do not buy this version of the DVD if you have any other incarnation of this movie (on DVD, VHS or Laser Disc). The so called "extra features" stink and are not worthy of a compilation included in the 30th Anniversary Edition ! | 994 | [
"This new \"30th Anniversary Edition\" of Blazing Saddles adds nothing new to from the previous DVD edition which you can still purchase through Amazon for as low as $6.95.",
"A lot has been said about the additional scenes.",
"Scenes that were added to the TV version but not in the original movie.",
"If they had added those scenes into this version of the DVD movie, the DVD would have been called the 30th Anniversary \"Extended\" Edition.",
"This is how the major movie distributors rape the consumers.",
"They will keep releasing Blazing Saddles in a multitude of different formats until, finally, when people are completely exasperated, they will release an edition that has both the theatrical release and the \"extended\" version.",
"Why did they not do this from the start?",
"Greed.",
"Do not buy this version of the DVD if you have any other incarnation of this movie (on DVD, VHS or Laser Disc).",
"The so called \"extra features\" stink and are not worthy of a compilation included in the 30th Anniversary Edition!"
] |
1 | just plain dumb | Some have called The Da Vinci Code blasphemous. I would suggest that in order to qualify for such an accusation the book would have to achieve some level of credibility. It does not. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the book is just plain dumb. Indeed it is moronic, puesdo-history, pop culture crapola.If you thought the half-time show during the superbowl had artistic value, this low-level junk might appeal to you. Indeed, I believe that the intellectual vaccuum that is the Da Vinci Code, could actually make you dumber having read it. Especially if you are gullible enough to buy into it. Regrettably it seems many readers are.Dan Brown is a hack and worse dishonest. Unfortunately it remains possible to make lots of money feeding junk food to the suckers amongst us. Wake up people. Just say no to the Oreo, Big Mac, revisionist history pushing fiends. Yes, wake up and smell the clean fresh aroma of nourishment for the body, soul and spirit. Seek the truth and you will find it. | 994 | [
"Some have called The Da Vinci Code blasphemous.",
"I would suggest that in order to qualify for such an accusation the book would have to achieve some level of credibility.",
"It does not.",
"Not to put too fine a point on it, but the book is just plain dumb.",
"Indeed it is moronic, puesdo-history, pop culture crapola.If you thought the half-time show during the superbowl had artistic value, this low-level junk might appeal to you.",
"Indeed, I believe that the intellectual vaccuum that is the Da Vinci Code, could actually make you dumber having read it.",
"Especially if you are gullible enough to buy into it.",
"Regrettably it seems many readers are.Dan Brown is a hack and worse dishonest.",
"Unfortunately it remains possible to make lots of money feeding junk food to the suckers amongst us.",
"Wake up people.",
"Just say no to the Oreo, Big Mac, revisionist history pushing fiends.",
"Yes, wake up and smell the clean fresh aroma of nourishment for the body, soul and spirit.",
"Seek the truth and you will find it."
] |
1 | Gutter trash. | Well, this would certainly expand your vocabulary.Normally, one would associate the idea of increasing your vocabulary with lifting yourself to a higher level and communication on a level that is a bit more dignified.If never want to associate with successful people of the world but you want to know what they are taking about then this is probably a CD for you. Or if you are in high school with run away hormones and want to impress your friends in the bathroom go for it.In the first few minutes you'll learn about the word abash by association with phrases like "if your fly is open and people can see your private parts." After that you'll have other examples to help you learn words where the examples are things like a woman "posting nude photos of her over weight husband on the internet."That's all in the first 5 minutes.The slang that is used in all the examples just further supports the idea that the CD's are for someone who's vocabularly is "like totally cool."Buy a dictionary. | 994 | [
"Well, this would certainly expand your vocabulary.Normally, one would associate the idea of increasing your vocabulary with lifting yourself to a higher level and communication on a level that is a bit more dignified.If never want to associate with successful people of the world but you want to know what they are taking about then this is probably a CD for you.",
"Or if you are in high school with run away hormones and want to impress your friends in the bathroom go for it.In the first few minutes you'll learn about the word abash by association with phrases like \"if your fly is open and people can see your private parts.\" After that you'll have other examples to help you learn words where the examples are things like a woman \"posting nude photos of her over weight husband on the internet.\"That's all in the first 5 minutes.The slang that is used in all the examples just further supports the idea that the CD's are for someone who's vocabularly is \"like totally cool.\"Buy a dictionary."
] |
1 | Doesn't Work! | Even after reading all the negative reviews, I decided to purchase the unit hoping I wouldn't have the same problems. Well I didn't have the same problem (at least I didn't find one similar to my own). I prepped the unit as the directions described however my machine made a horrible noise. I don't know what it was doing but it was making a buzzing noise that was really loud but continued to pour water into my mug. After the cycle finished I tried the unit with a coffee pod. Nothing. Nothing happens. I've unplugged the unit and replugged it in. I have removed and reinserted the water container. I have unlocked and relocked the pod unit. When I press any of the buttons, nothing happens. It's like it's dead. I called their customer service number and he basically told me to do everything I've already tried. So I guess I will be returning it today and will give it another try. If I have issues with that one I'll just get my money back and wait until a new and improved unit comes out. | 994 | [
"Even after reading all the negative reviews, I decided to purchase the unit hoping I wouldn't have the same problems.",
"Well I didn't have the same problem (at least I didn't find one similar to my own).",
"I prepped the unit as the directions described however my machine made a horrible noise.",
"I don't know what it was doing but it was making a buzzing noise that was really loud but continued to pour water into my mug.",
"After the cycle finished I tried the unit with a coffee pod.",
"Nothing.",
"Nothing happens.",
"I've unplugged the unit and replugged it in.",
"I have removed and reinserted the water container.",
"I have unlocked and relocked the pod unit.",
"When I press any of the buttons, nothing happens.",
"It's like it's dead.",
"I called their customer service number and he basically told me to do everything I've already tried.",
"So I guess I will be returning it today and will give it another try.",
"If I have issues with that one I'll just get my money back and wait until a new and improved unit comes out."
] |
1 | Waste of paper | In my opinion, the "reviewers" are right to rant. First of all, the novel is utterly bad! Anyway you look it. From a novel perspective, it is downright horrible. And there are more than enough accurate reviews here for me to have to re-review anything about this... well, I would say "novel", but that would be stretching it. Second, the "scientific arguments" are so one-sided that they themselves become dull and boring, making for an even worse read. If Crichton (and that's Crichton with an "r", Leonard) wanted to to make us, the public, think about Global Warming, there are plenty of forums in the popular science literature for that: and there his comments would have got the proper place, and proper review, and proper forum for rebuttal. Like a bad scientist, Crichton presented biased, over-inflated arguments to a naieve audience. This action borders on criminal, and flies in the face of peer-review, something of value to the responsible scientists amongst us. This IS a bad book. | 994 | [
"In my opinion, the \"reviewers\" are right to rant.",
"First of all, the novel is utterly bad!",
"Anyway you look it.",
"From a novel perspective, it is downright horrible.",
"And there are more than enough accurate reviews here for me to have to re-review anything about this... well, I would say \"novel\", but that would be stretching it.",
"Second, the \"scientific arguments\" are so one-sided that they themselves become dull and boring, making for an even worse read.",
"If Crichton (and that's Crichton with an \"r\", Leonard) wanted to to make us, the public, think about Global Warming, there are plenty of forums in the popular science literature for that: and there his comments would have got the proper place, and proper review, and proper forum for rebuttal.",
"Like a bad scientist, Crichton presented biased, over-inflated arguments to a naieve audience.",
"This action borders on criminal, and flies in the face of peer-review, something of value to the responsible scientists amongst us.",
"This IS a bad book."
] |
1 | Awful Seller | I have owned Lampe Berger's for several years and have learned that they need to be "cleansed" with the Neutral scent (which does not have a scent and can also be mixed with other fragrances to tone them down). Touch of Europe had sent me the product and I immediately realized that the product had sat on the shelf too long and now smelled of rubbing alcohol. I requested a return but learned that because I had opened the product that it could not be returned due to its flammable content. I then requested that they send me another product, and since I already ordered Neutral from another provider (not a part of the Amazon "family.") that I would like them to send me Patchouli. Once again, they told me that I couldn't return it because of its flammable contents. I've gone round and round on this issue and have not received an acceptable product.Unfortunately, I will never do business with Touch of Europe again. I'm hoping that Amazon will step up to the plate and do the right thing. | 994 | [
"I have owned Lampe Berger's for several years and have learned that they need to be \"cleansed\" with the Neutral scent (which does not have a scent and can also be mixed with other fragrances to tone them down).",
"Touch of Europe had sent me the product and I immediately realized that the product had sat on the shelf too long and now smelled of rubbing alcohol.",
"I requested a return but learned that because I had opened the product that it could not be returned due to its flammable content.",
"I then requested that they send me another product, and since I already ordered Neutral from another provider (not a part of the Amazon \"family.\") that I would like them to send me Patchouli.",
"Once again, they told me that I couldn't return it because of its flammable contents.",
"I've gone round and round on this issue and have not received an acceptable product.Unfortunately, I will never do business with Touch of Europe again.",
"I'm hoping that Amazon will step up to the plate and do the right thing."
] |
1 | Reader beware | Beware of this book. Loftus is not a trauma expert. If she were, she would acknowledge that normal memory and traumatic memory are different creatures; they work differently and involve different areas of the brain. As a fellow lawyer, I am disquieted by the one-sided, misguided, and truly heavy-handed application of information from the irrelevant fields of ordinary memory and eyewitness testimony. The capacity is too great to hurt people already hurt and to harm the causes of law, jurisprudence, and justice.Every lawyer must be skeptical about all evidence, and one must be on guard for therapeutic contamination. (Victims want to be secure in their memories, too. They don't want inept therapists misleading them.) Loftus is right to point out obvious dangers. This book, however, verges on zealotry in not factoring in the venerable body of reliable study on post-traumatic amnesias. One wonders why. Don't read this book without reading work by acknowledged traumatic memory experts. | 994 | [
"Beware of this book.",
"Loftus is not a trauma expert.",
"If she were, she would acknowledge that normal memory and traumatic memory are different creatures; they work differently and involve different areas of the brain.",
"As a fellow lawyer, I am disquieted by the one-sided, misguided, and truly heavy-handed application of information from the irrelevant fields of ordinary memory and eyewitness testimony.",
"The capacity is too great to hurt people already hurt and to harm the causes of law, jurisprudence, and justice.Every lawyer must be skeptical about all evidence, and one must be on guard for therapeutic contamination.",
"(Victims want to be secure in their memories, too.",
"They don't want inept therapists misleading them.) Loftus is right to point out obvious dangers.",
"This book, however, verges on zealotry in not factoring in the venerable body of reliable study on post-traumatic amnesias.",
"One wonders why.",
"Don't read this book without reading work by acknowledged traumatic memory experts."
] |
1 | Are you kidding? | Poor poor Pris and Dillon - they are bogged down by the weight of their own extraordinary beauty and their "wild and reckless" -- someone should actually count just how many times that phrase appears in the book -- natures. The entire population of England AND Ireland wants them and they are excessively bored by it all...until they meet each other, that is. At last, they've each found something stimulating, but the trade-off is that WE are the ones who have to be bored for the rest of the novel. There's a convoluted and stupid subplot about horse racing featuring a mysterious supervillain who doesn't actually make an appearance until the last fifty pages, just in time for him to threaten the well-being of our dramatically alluring heroine so our hero can save her. And, not to give it away or anything, but save her he does, although by that point you'll probably be wishing he'd been a fraction too late in your haste to be rid of these characters and their cliche psychoses.Skip it. | 994 | [
"Poor poor Pris and Dillon - they are bogged down by the weight of their own extraordinary beauty and their \"wild and reckless\" -- someone should actually count just how many times that phrase appears in the book -- natures.",
"The entire population of England AND Ireland wants them and they are excessively bored by it all...until they meet each other, that is.",
"At last, they've each found something stimulating, but the trade-off is that WE are the ones who have to be bored for the rest of the novel.",
"There's a convoluted and stupid subplot about horse racing featuring a mysterious supervillain who doesn't actually make an appearance until the last fifty pages, just in time for him to threaten the well-being of our dramatically alluring heroine so our hero can save her.",
"And, not to give it away or anything, but save her he does, although by that point you'll probably be wishing he'd been a fraction too late in your haste to be rid of these characters and their cliche psychoses.Skip it."
] |
1 | Not useful | This book reads more like a seminar summary than a real book, which isn't surprising, because that's what it is.What was surprising, to me (given the excellent reviews on this site) was the almost total lack of concrete, useful, practical information of the sort found in Ruben's "Win At Poker" (a much better--and cheaper--book). Caro tells you that when faced with a marginal decision, you need to incorporate more information--but he doesn't tell you what a marginal decision might be, and what sort of extra information you should look for.Maybe there are people this book will be useful for, but I wasn't one of them. If you don't already know how to calculate pot odds, what the odds against improving are for each given hand, how to calculate when you call or raise, then I'd strongly recommend that you get the Rubens book instead. Maybe I'll come back to this book later and get something out of it, but as a player who knew the rules and little of strategy, I found it almost useless. | 994 | [
"This book reads more like a seminar summary than a real book, which isn't surprising, because that's what it is.What was surprising, to me (given the excellent reviews on this site) was the almost total lack of concrete, useful, practical information of the sort found in Ruben's \"Win At Poker\" (a much better--and cheaper--book).",
"Caro tells you that when faced with a marginal decision, you need to incorporate more information--but he doesn't tell you what a marginal decision might be, and what sort of extra information you should look for.Maybe there are people this book will be useful for, but I wasn't one of them.",
"If you don't already know how to calculate pot odds, what the odds against improving are for each given hand, how to calculate when you call or raise, then I'd strongly recommend that you get the Rubens book instead.",
"Maybe I'll come back to this book later and get something out of it, but as a player who knew the rules and little of strategy, I found it almost useless."
] |
1 | A hoot | Hard to review this, really, but since it packages itself as "history" then I'm forced to give it one star.Churchward was a classic crackpot of the late Victorian age. He often signed himself "Colonel" Churchward even though he never saw military service. His books on the "lost continent" of Mu are reportedly based on the "Naacal tablets" which nobody other than himself ever saw, and after he died no trace of them was found. It's generally accepted that the Naacal tablets existed only in his imagination and that all his information on Mu was made up.The big question is whether this was a deliberate hoax or the ramblings and fantasizings of a mentally unstable man. It's hard to tell.Churchward's books are NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, yet some people do seem to take them at face value. Please, folks, don't do that. They do have some entertainment value as classic examples of kook lit, though, and for that I might give them three stars.PLEASE, DO NOT TAKE CHURCHWARD'S BOOKS SERIOUSLY! | 994 | [
"Hard to review this, really, but since it packages itself as \"history\" then I'm forced to give it one star.Churchward was a classic crackpot of the late Victorian age.",
"He often signed himself \"Colonel\" Churchward even though he never saw military service.",
"His books on the \"lost continent\" of Mu are reportedly based on the \"Naacal tablets\" which nobody other than himself ever saw, and after he died no trace of them was found.",
"It's generally accepted that the Naacal tablets existed only in his imagination and that all his information on Mu was made up.The big question is whether this was a deliberate hoax or the ramblings and fantasizings of a mentally unstable man.",
"It's hard to tell.Churchward's books are NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, yet some people do seem to take them at face value.",
"Please, folks, don't do that.",
"They do have some entertainment value as classic examples of kook lit, though, and for that I might give them three stars.PLEASE, DO NOT TAKE CHURCHWARD'S BOOKS SERIOUSLY!"
] |
1 | A cultic view. | West is a devotee of Straussianism, that anti-historical school of Founders-worship whose influence is so slight among historians while its voice, thanks to wealthy right-wingers' subsidies (such as through the Heritage Foundation), is so loud. Thus, for example, he assumes throughout that the Constitution somehow is related to the Declaration. Just read Madison's notes on the debates in the Philadelphia Convention and see how often the Framers (note: not the same as the Founders, _pace_ West) mentioned living up to the Declaration. The Ratifiers, the Founders whose views count on this score, cared about this idea even less. This is a lame book: the few men whose works West has combed are unrepresentative of their times (he ignores Clinton, Henry, R.H. Lee, _et al._), yet even their own lives don't verify his arguments. If you want to learn something about the origins of the U.S. constitution, start with Bernard Bailyn or Gordon Wood -- who don't get by on right-wing subventions. | 994 | [
"West is a devotee of Straussianism, that anti-historical school of Founders-worship whose influence is so slight among historians while its voice, thanks to wealthy right-wingers' subsidies (such as through the Heritage Foundation), is so loud.",
"Thus, for example, he assumes throughout that the Constitution somehow is related to the Declaration.",
"Just read Madison's notes on the debates in the Philadelphia Convention and see how often the Framers (note: not the same as the Founders, _pace_ West) mentioned living up to the Declaration.",
"The Ratifiers, the Founders whose views count on this score, cared about this idea even less.",
"This is a lame book: the few men whose works West has combed are unrepresentative of their times (he ignores Clinton, Henry, R.H. Lee, _et al._), yet even their own lives don't verify his arguments.",
"If you want to learn something about the origins of the U.S. constitution, start with Bernard Bailyn or Gordon Wood -- who don't get by on right-wing subventions."
] |
1 | Way off the mark! | This book misses the mark almost completely! The south's culture and origins rests more in the Anglo-protestant tradition. The patriarchs of the south were mostly of English descent. Their plantations were mini-recreations of what they remembered the British Aristocracy to possess. Granted, there was a large Scottish influx in the south, especially in Virginia and North Carolina, the majority of Celtic Scots, Irishmen and Welsh settled in the North. It doesn't account for why more Irishmen, Scots and Welsh fought for the North and yet there was so much more hostility. Those Irishmen and Scots who fought in the North came from an Ireland and Scotland that was subject to the English and viewed the south, with its slavery, as a re-creation of what they'd left behind. They wanted no man to be subjected to such ways. The northern anglos referred to in this book came from the line of those who split with the crown. Cracker ways indeed! I wished I hadn't bought this one. It was a waste. | 994 | [
"This book misses the mark almost completely!",
"The south's culture and origins rests more in the Anglo-protestant tradition.",
"The patriarchs of the south were mostly of English descent.",
"Their plantations were mini-recreations of what they remembered the British Aristocracy to possess.",
"Granted, there was a large Scottish influx in the south, especially in Virginia and North Carolina, the majority of Celtic Scots, Irishmen and Welsh settled in the North.",
"It doesn't account for why more Irishmen, Scots and Welsh fought for the North and yet there was so much more hostility.",
"Those Irishmen and Scots who fought in the North came from an Ireland and Scotland that was subject to the English and viewed the south, with its slavery, as a re-creation of what they'd left behind.",
"They wanted no man to be subjected to such ways.",
"The northern anglos referred to in this book came from the line of those who split with the crown.",
"Cracker ways indeed!",
"I wished I hadn't bought this one.",
"It was a waste."
] |
1 | Terrible story! | The first time I read this to our son, I thought it was cute, and the more I thought about it I came to the opinion that this book is in fact garbage! The premise is that if you are a deep thinker and can tell a good story, you don't have to work as hard as everyone else.Frederick doesn't pull his weight in work, because he's watching the sun so he can tell his "comrades" all about it in the cold of winter, and that's just as good as hard work. The heck with a good work ethic, it's for those other guys not Frederick!This is progressive political indoctrination at it's worst! Why? Because it's aimed squarely at our children!!The fact is if you are a "deep thinker" and you want that to be your "job", then you've got to do the hard work as well as the brain work to succeed. Thinking outside of the box is a critical skill important to progress, but so is working harder than the other guys.Read this to your kid as long as you think they might have a great future "saving the Princess". | 994 | [
"The first time I read this to our son, I thought it was cute, and the more I thought about it I came to the opinion that this book is in fact garbage!",
"The premise is that if you are a deep thinker and can tell a good story, you don't have to work as hard as everyone else.Frederick doesn't pull his weight in work, because he's watching the sun so he can tell his \"comrades\" all about it in the cold of winter, and that's just as good as hard work.",
"The heck with a good work ethic, it's for those other guys not Frederick!",
"This is progressive political indoctrination at it's worst!",
"Why?",
"Because it's aimed squarely at our children!!",
"The fact is if you are a \"deep thinker\" and you want that to be your \"job\", then you've got to do the hard work as well as the brain work to succeed.",
"Thinking outside of the box is a critical skill important to progress, but so is working harder than the other guys.Read this to your kid as long as you think they might have a great future \"saving the Princess\"."
] |
1 | Junk | First of all this is really only good to grate the very hardest of cheeses into fine dust. The surface is better suited to hard spice grinding (ex. nutmeg). I'm actually not sure how well it would handle the task considering the handle separated from the grating surface the first time I used it; granted it can be shoved back together and used with caution.I just examined the picture of the "Pedrini Black & Satin Steele Cheese Grater" that I have been asked to review and upon closer inspection see that it is not the same exact grater that they sent me. The holes on the one in the picture look like those of a "fine" slot cheese grater and would probably work fine, that is if the handle stays on. Perhaps I am the only one who received the wrong one.... Let's hope so. I picked up something exactly like the "RSVP Endurance Cheese Graters, Set of 2" at Whole foods (probably the same product packaged up w/ WF label" and they work perfectly well for a myriad of tasks and are very sturdy. | 994 | [
"First of all this is really only good to grate the very hardest of cheeses into fine dust.",
"The surface is better suited to hard spice grinding (ex.",
"nutmeg).",
"I'm actually not sure how well it would handle the task considering the handle separated from the grating surface the first time I used it; granted it can be shoved back together and used with caution.I just examined the picture of the \"Pedrini Black & Satin Steele Cheese Grater\" that I have been asked to review and upon closer inspection see that it is not the same exact grater that they sent me.",
"The holes on the one in the picture look like those of a \"fine\" slot cheese grater and would probably work fine, that is if the handle stays on.",
"Perhaps I am the only one who received the wrong one.... Let's hope so.",
"I picked up something exactly like the \"RSVP Endurance Cheese Graters, Set of 2\" at Whole foods (probably the same product packaged up w/ WF label\" and they work perfectly well for a myriad of tasks and are very sturdy."
] |
1 | Disappointed | I have a Magellan Sportrak Pro and I like it a lot for its practical design and accuracy. Naturally I was keen to move up to the Sportrak Color and improve performance. Instead I have found the Sportrak Color has what appears to be a design flaw so serious the unit is almost unuseable.The problem is that the screen is so dim it can't be seen in normal daylight. I'm used to my Sportrak Pro's screen and I've never had problems in any environment, day or night. This unit is very nice at night only, I mean ONLY. In the daylight, you can't see any detail on the screen at all - Period. The screen is so dark, you just can't make out any details.I tried contacting Magellan and they were unresponisve, saying only that the contrast control would adjust brightness - It Doesn't - and nothing else.It appears to me that Magellan did not do its homework on this one and I am disappointed, both with the unit and with Magellan's response, which is basically zero.I am now back to looking at Garmin. | 994 | [
"I have a Magellan Sportrak Pro and I like it a lot for its practical design and accuracy.",
"Naturally I was keen to move up to the Sportrak Color and improve performance.",
"Instead I have found the Sportrak Color has what appears to be a design flaw so serious the unit is almost unuseable.The problem is that the screen is so dim it can't be seen in normal daylight.",
"I'm used to my Sportrak Pro's screen and I've never had problems in any environment, day or night.",
"This unit is very nice at night only, I mean ONLY.",
"In the daylight, you can't see any detail on the screen at all - Period.",
"The screen is so dark, you just can't make out any details.I tried contacting Magellan and they were unresponisve, saying only that the contrast control would adjust brightness - It Doesn't - and nothing else.It appears to me that Magellan did not do its homework on this one and I am disappointed, both with the unit and with Magellan's response, which is basically zero.I am now back to looking at Garmin."
] |
1 | Not Much Truth | Why the right wing media is so intent on covering up their own slanted views of the world and blame everybody else, I'll never understand. Coulter, a David Duke in drag look-alike, doesn't bother to attempt at truth. She is perfectly happy doing the ususal right wing thing of attack, attack and attack, without any regard to keeping her facts straight.If you enjoy the right wing dominated media, you'll love this pack of one liners built around the concept that everyone who disagrees with any aspect of the right's view of life, is anti-American, a traitor and mis-informed. I have to wonder, did any of these types ever spend any time in their American History classes actually paying attention. We are a nation built from dissent, yet dissent is never tolerated in Ann Coulter's world. You disagree - you're a traitor. Trash this book. In another fews years, it will be looked at for what it is, a right-wing attack on America and true American values of honesty, diversity, and fair play. | 994 | [
"Why the right wing media is so intent on covering up their own slanted views of the world and blame everybody else, I'll never understand.",
"Coulter, a David Duke in drag look-alike, doesn't bother to attempt at truth.",
"She is perfectly happy doing the ususal right wing thing of attack, attack and attack, without any regard to keeping her facts straight.If you enjoy the right wing dominated media, you'll love this pack of one liners built around the concept that everyone who disagrees with any aspect of the right's view of life, is anti-American, a traitor and mis-informed.",
"I have to wonder, did any of these types ever spend any time in their American History classes actually paying attention.",
"We are a nation built from dissent, yet dissent is never tolerated in Ann Coulter's world.",
"You disagree - you're a traitor.",
"Trash this book.",
"In another fews years, it will be looked at for what it is, a right-wing attack on America and true American values of honesty, diversity, and fair play."
] |
1 | I Hate This Timer | I bought this timer because of the rave reviews and low price. I guess you can't expect a lot for under $10.00. Well, I got what I paid for!Not a lot. This timer is extremely small and light weight. I can completely cover it in my hand. Once you have set the timer, you have to be extremely careful how you handle or carry it. The start/stop button is the same button and if you accidentially just barely touch it, it will stop the timer and you might not even be aware you did it. You also have to change the setting on the back of it if you want to set it for one hour or more, or chage it if you want it set in minutes only. If you forget to make this change, you will mess up the time. This is very easy to do as it's hard to tell how it's set just looking at the front of it. Also, it doesn't show the time counting down so you can't tell how much time is left before it buzzes. I now realize that just because a product gets good reviews it can be completely wrong for me. Live and learn! | 994 | [
"I bought this timer because of the rave reviews and low price.",
"I guess you can't expect a lot for under $10.00.",
"Well, I got what I paid for!",
"Not a lot.",
"This timer is extremely small and light weight.",
"I can completely cover it in my hand.",
"Once you have set the timer, you have to be extremely careful how you handle or carry it.",
"The start/stop button is the same button and if you accidentially just barely touch it, it will stop the timer and you might not even be aware you did it.",
"You also have to change the setting on the back of it if you want to set it for one hour or more, or chage it if you want it set in minutes only.",
"If you forget to make this change, you will mess up the time.",
"This is very easy to do as it's hard to tell how it's set just looking at the front of it.",
"Also, it doesn't show the time counting down so you can't tell how much time is left before it buzzes.",
"I now realize that just because a product gets good reviews it can be completely wrong for me.",
"Live and learn!"
] |
1 | Stargirl | `Stargirl' by Jerry Spinelli, was about how you can lose your reputation in five easy seconds. Stargirl was homed-schooled for most of her life, but then she went to Mica High. When she came to Mica High, everyone thought she was crazy. They thought she belong to an asylum. Rumors spread about her, but she kept on being herself, playing the ukulele, singing `Happy Birthday', and caring about others. There were two guys named Leo and Kevin. They had a school TV show called `Hot Seat'. Kevin thought it was a great idea to have Stargirl on the show. But after awhile of everything going great, karma struck. The TV show went all wrong. Find out what happen to Stargirl.In my opinion, this book was utterly stupid. It is a waste of time. The only reason I read it was because I was forced to, for a school-wide activity. If you like to read books about a very judgmental high school, this is a book for you. I would give it a half star. Just for the vivid details the author puts in the book. | 994 | [
"`Stargirl' by Jerry Spinelli, was about how you can lose your reputation in five easy seconds.",
"Stargirl was homed-schooled for most of her life, but then she went to Mica High.",
"When she came to Mica High, everyone thought she was crazy.",
"They thought she belong to an asylum.",
"Rumors spread about her, but she kept on being herself, playing the ukulele, singing `Happy Birthday', and caring about others.",
"There were two guys named Leo and Kevin.",
"They had a school TV show called `Hot Seat'.",
"Kevin thought it was a great idea to have Stargirl on the show.",
"But after awhile of everything going great, karma struck.",
"The TV show went all wrong.",
"Find out what happen to Stargirl.In my opinion, this book was utterly stupid.",
"It is a waste of time.",
"The only reason I read it was because I was forced to, for a school-wide activity.",
"If you like to read books about a very judgmental high school, this is a book for you.",
"I would give it a half star.",
"Just for the vivid details the author puts in the book."
] |
1 | Quickly Break | Recon lights are pretty cool, but I wish I'd paid more attention to the warranty when I bought one of these. 90 days. Yes, three months. So while most of industry is using LEDs for longevity and better energy consumption, RECON can promise theirs will last no more than a quarter of a year. Mine was great for a little while, and then seems to have lost a seal. For whatever reason, condensation built up slowly on the inside, and continued through the entire bar until the LEDs started dying. I think about 5 still work in the entire thing. It's just like Wal-Mart I suppose. Everything is shiny and looks good until you get it home and try to use it. Do yourself a favor and try a different manufacturer."Any RECON products that are found to be defective in either material or craftsmanship will be covered under our Limited Lifetime Warranty. Lighting items that require electrical 12-volt power during operation are covered for a period of 90 days following the original purchase date. ..." | 994 | [
"Recon lights are pretty cool, but I wish I'd paid more attention to the warranty when I bought one of these.",
"90 days.",
"Yes, three months.",
"So while most of industry is using LEDs for longevity and better energy consumption, RECON can promise theirs will last no more than a quarter of a year.",
"Mine was great for a little while, and then seems to have lost a seal.",
"For whatever reason, condensation built up slowly on the inside, and continued through the entire bar until the LEDs started dying.",
"I think about 5 still work in the entire thing.",
"It's just like Wal-Mart I suppose.",
"Everything is shiny and looks good until you get it home and try to use it.",
"Do yourself a favor and try a different manufacturer.\"Any RECON products that are found to be defective in either material or craftsmanship will be covered under our Limited Lifetime Warranty.",
"Lighting items that require electrical 12-volt power during operation are covered for a period of 90 days following the original purchase date.",
"...\""
] |
1 | Ready to toss mine | We bought this phone about a year ago. I didn't want to buy it them but the wife really liked this one over the others that we were looking at. From day one it has been a disappointment. The moajority of the time when I try tu use the phone, it will not complete the call, and lately it has gotten worse. From 10 ft. away even though you can hear the beep of each button being pressed, the base doesn't seem to recognize all of the beeps. Multiple dialings of the same phone number finally results in a successful connection.It is cheap (price as well as quality)It does feel comfortable in the handGood for target practiceVery aggravating to deal withCallerID doesn't always workProblems arise within the first month of useOverall I would not purchase this phone again even for someone I didn't like. My recommendation is to skip this phone and pay a little more and get a better one or if you want a really good phone, purchase one of the Panasonic 2.4GHz portables, you will be very pleased. | 994 | [
"We bought this phone about a year ago.",
"I didn't want to buy it them but the wife really liked this one over the others that we were looking at.",
"From day one it has been a disappointment.",
"The moajority of the time when I try tu use the phone, it will not complete the call, and lately it has gotten worse.",
"From 10 ft.",
"away even though you can hear the beep of each button being pressed, the base doesn't seem to recognize all of the beeps.",
"Multiple dialings of the same phone number finally results in a successful connection.It is cheap (price as well as quality)It does feel comfortable in the handGood for target practiceVery aggravating to deal withCallerID doesn't always workProblems arise within the first month of useOverall I would not purchase this phone again even for someone I didn't like.",
"My recommendation is to skip this phone and pay a little more and get a better one or if you want a really good phone, purchase one of the Panasonic 2.4GHz portables, you will be very pleased."
] |
1 | Pseudoscience | The author's main problem isn't that he bases his entire theory on SLA Martials combat firing ratios, a bit of Pseudoresearch that has been Thoroughly debunked. It is that he makes the logical jump from that bogus research that the reason for it is that man has some inherent quality that makes him reticent to kill other men. A cursory reading of history will show that this is not the case. Massacres are as common in history as they could be. It is a much more logical position that xenophobia is a natural human survival mechanism and that by seeing our enemies as "The other" we not only insure the survival of our genes but inoculate ourselves from the horror of war.I would suggest to any potential reader of Grossman's books that they look at some of the research that has proven his theories on violence and video games to be wrong before they take anything he writes seriously. He is one of the kings of pseudoscience and his work has not done the world of combat training any favors. | 994 | [
"The author's main problem isn't that he bases his entire theory on SLA Martials combat firing ratios, a bit of Pseudoresearch that has been Thoroughly debunked.",
"It is that he makes the logical jump from that bogus research that the reason for it is that man has some inherent quality that makes him reticent to kill other men.",
"A cursory reading of history will show that this is not the case.",
"Massacres are as common in history as they could be.",
"It is a much more logical position that xenophobia is a natural human survival mechanism and that by seeing our enemies as \"The other\" we not only insure the survival of our genes but inoculate ourselves from the horror of war.I would suggest to any potential reader of Grossman's books that they look at some of the research that has proven his theories on violence and video games to be wrong before they take anything he writes seriously.",
"He is one of the kings of pseudoscience and his work has not done the world of combat training any favors."
] |
1 | Blue Screen Problem | I encountered a blue screen within 24 hours after I installed the newest version of Registry Mechanic. When I rebooted after the bluescreen, windows came up, but both the mouse and the keyboard were not functioning. I tried rebooting again with the same result. Then I booted in safe mode with networking and was able to backup recent files, and do a restore using a restore file earlier that day. I also did an uninstall of registry mechanic. That was the only change that had been made to the system in the past 24 hours. After coming up on the prior restore file, I have not had any problems. I bought the product 3 months ago. I was starting to have some concerns about many registry errors found by other programs that it was not correcting. They recommended to upgrade to the latest version. This is when I got the blue screen. I asked for a refund but they responded that their refund has to be within 30 days from the original purchase date. Apparently there is no warranty on upgrades. | 994 | [
"I encountered a blue screen within 24 hours after I installed the newest version of Registry Mechanic.",
"When I rebooted after the bluescreen, windows came up, but both the mouse and the keyboard were not functioning.",
"I tried rebooting again with the same result.",
"Then I booted in safe mode with networking and was able to backup recent files, and do a restore using a restore file earlier that day.",
"I also did an uninstall of registry mechanic.",
"That was the only change that had been made to the system in the past 24 hours.",
"After coming up on the prior restore file, I have not had any problems.",
"I bought the product 3 months ago.",
"I was starting to have some concerns about many registry errors found by other programs that it was not correcting.",
"They recommended to upgrade to the latest version.",
"This is when I got the blue screen.",
"I asked for a refund but they responded that their refund has to be within 30 days from the original purchase date.",
"Apparently there is no warranty on upgrades."
] |
1 | I am amazed. | How can people like this book. [...] Anyway, the lessons in this book make me sick. They make me feel like I am doing school work and don't tell you how this type of question will appear on the sat. The practice is the worst I have ever seen. I am not exagerating, I mean it!!! The math is interestingly hard, not because is tests the hard type of questions, but because it test questions that don't appear on the real test. Their math sections also have 20 grid-ins. The critical reading is just plain wierd and the writing is way to easy and contains to little questions. Ugh!!! The college hill method is supposed to get you the right answer. However, one of the steps is to think logically or, rephrasing it, use your reasoning skills. Great. They don't teach you how to develope those skills and have no examples using this method. The practice is a waste of time and some of the lessons did more harm than good. I get stressed out every time I think of this book. I TRUELY hate this book! | 994 | [
"How can people like this book.",
"[...] Anyway, the lessons in this book make me sick.",
"They make me feel like I am doing school work and don't tell you how this type of question will appear on the sat.",
"The practice is the worst I have ever seen.",
"I am not exagerating, I mean it!!!",
"The math is interestingly hard, not because is tests the hard type of questions, but because it test questions that don't appear on the real test.",
"Their math sections also have 20 grid-ins.",
"The critical reading is just plain wierd and the writing is way to easy and contains to little questions.",
"Ugh!!!",
"The college hill method is supposed to get you the right answer.",
"However, one of the steps is to think logically or, rephrasing it, use your reasoning skills.",
"Great.",
"They don't teach you how to develope those skills and have no examples using this method.",
"The practice is a waste of time and some of the lessons did more harm than good.",
"I get stressed out every time I think of this book.",
"I TRUELY hate this book!"
] |
1 | Very dissatisfied | I should have been tipped off when one store tried to sell me one of several RETURNED iPod 15gb's. I had to hunt down a USB connector, which is NOT widely available. I was pressured into buying a card to convert my USB1 port to a USB2. THAT wasn't cheap, and it was on top of the exorbitant price of this little piece of junk! Go ahead and laugh, the adaptor worked just fine in my USB1 port and I learned my lesson, although I let the store know I wasn't happy about being swindled when I returned the whole mess.Yes, after all that scrambling and downloading the right conversion software (which took hours), I was ready to return it for the time-wasted factor alone. I managed to get a CD put on and it sounded awful! It crackled, and nothing could fix it. It wasn't the CD - we checked. Then it SCRATCHED just by passing around the house a few times! I returned it with only a mild fight with the store I bought it from. People, save your money for a company that produces quality products. | 994 | [
"I should have been tipped off when one store tried to sell me one of several RETURNED iPod 15gb's.",
"I had to hunt down a USB connector, which is NOT widely available.",
"I was pressured into buying a card to convert my USB1 port to a USB2.",
"THAT wasn't cheap, and it was on top of the exorbitant price of this little piece of junk!",
"Go ahead and laugh, the adaptor worked just fine in my USB1 port and I learned my lesson, although I let the store know I wasn't happy about being swindled when I returned the whole mess.Yes, after all that scrambling and downloading the right conversion software (which took hours), I was ready to return it for the time-wasted factor alone.",
"I managed to get a CD put on and it sounded awful!",
"It crackled, and nothing could fix it.",
"It wasn't the CD - we checked.",
"Then it SCRATCHED just by passing around the house a few times!",
"I returned it with only a mild fight with the store I bought it from.",
"People, save your money for a company that produces quality products."
] |
1 | I do not like this | It's simple: I do not like this because it's too dark. After half a season we still don't know much about the characters. With their ability to go home every once in a while, too much soap opera drama ensues as well as a lack of sense that they are stranded millions of light-years away from our solar system. I don't care that some corporation is trying to take over the project. What are they going to do so far away? I don't care that so-and-so is having an affair with someone's wife. These people need to focus on the task at hand - like getting back to earth. hello?Sci Fi is supposed to be about hope and examine the human condition. This show is depressing and it just shows how selfish &/or disturbed everyone can be. After a while I started to wonder who let these people in the stargate program anyway? I understand trying to appeal to adults but please, adults do have brains. Give us something that is more interesting and challenging other than the dark-lit soap that it's become. | 994 | [
"It's simple: I do not like this because it's too dark.",
"After half a season we still don't know much about the characters.",
"With their ability to go home every once in a while, too much soap opera drama ensues as well as a lack of sense that they are stranded millions of light-years away from our solar system.",
"I don't care that some corporation is trying to take over the project.",
"What are they going to do so far away?",
"I don't care that so-and-so is having an affair with someone's wife.",
"These people need to focus on the task at hand - like getting back to earth.",
"hello?",
"Sci Fi is supposed to be about hope and examine the human condition.",
"This show is depressing and it just shows how selfish &/or disturbed everyone can be.",
"After a while I started to wonder who let these people in the stargate program anyway?",
"I understand trying to appeal to adults but please, adults do have brains.",
"Give us something that is more interesting and challenging other than the dark-lit soap that it's become."
] |
1 | DO NOT BUY! | Unfortunately I've already bought the book. But I totally agree with R.Reichard. Stay away from this book.I finally managed to install the database, but only after writing my own sql scripts. But the application script is full of mistakes too! I gave up after i received this error message:"Server Error in '/Community' Application....Requested Url: /Community/notRegsitered.aspx"Well, notRegsitered.aspx doesn't exist (nor does notRegistered.aspx).To install the database you're told that there is a SQL script in the Starting_Point folder. Wrong, there are three SQL scripts and nothing tells you in which order to execute them. Although it's fairly simple to determine that once you read the scripts, it really doesn't help. Because they don't work.Later you're told to copy the webctrl_client folder from the Startig_point folder on the CD. But there is no webctrl_client folder. It's called aspnet_client, of course.I could go on - but there's really no point. Just don't by the d... book. | 994 | [
"Unfortunately I've already bought the book.",
"But I totally agree with R.Reichard.",
"Stay away from this book.I finally managed to install the database, but only after writing my own sql scripts.",
"But the application script is full of mistakes too!",
"I gave up after i received this error message:\"Server Error in '/Community' Application....Requested Url: /Community/notRegsitered.aspx\"Well, notRegsitered.aspx doesn't exist (nor does notRegistered.aspx).To install the database you're told that there is a SQL script in the Starting_Point folder.",
"Wrong, there are three SQL scripts and nothing tells you in which order to execute them.",
"Although it's fairly simple to determine that once you read the scripts, it really doesn't help.",
"Because they don't work.Later you're told to copy the webctrl_client folder from the Startig_point folder on the CD.",
"But there is no webctrl_client folder.",
"It's called aspnet_client, of course.I could go on - but there's really no point.",
"Just don't by the d... book."
] |
1 | BARF! | This band sucks; I've said it before. WHATS THE POINT AT LOOKING AT THESE REVIEWS ANYMORE? I'm probably one of a few minority that rates bad music as well as good; what the hell do people look at this for: the only morons that review this crap are 13 year old boys and girls who think because this band pulls off a couple of chords does the scream-sing thing they're god. The icing on the cake would have to be the tight shirts *snicker-giggle*; because "WHO would want to listen to guys with LONG hair? THAT IS LIKE... SOOOO 90'S! EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT FROM THE 90'S." I'm sick of these freaking poser bands working off a genre, and saying: "We don't like to categorize ourselves." YOU JUST DID! Every band like this I know says that! The only good band on Drive-Thru was The Movielife, and some of the stuff Finch did. This is just another one of those bands that has the "deep" but shallow lyrics that every other billion type of these bands have with the long, but not "too long" hair. Whack. | 994 | [
"This band sucks; I've said it before.",
"WHATS THE POINT AT LOOKING AT THESE REVIEWS ANYMORE?",
"I'm probably one of a few minority that rates bad music as well as good; what the hell do people look at this for: the only morons that review this crap are 13 year old boys and girls who think because this band pulls off a couple of chords does the scream-sing thing they're god.",
"The icing on the cake would have to be the tight shirts *snicker-giggle*; because \"WHO would want to listen to guys with LONG hair?",
"THAT IS LIKE... SOOOO 90'S!",
"EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT FROM THE 90'S.\" I'm sick of these freaking poser bands working off a genre, and saying: \"We don't like to categorize ourselves.\" YOU JUST DID!",
"Every band like this I know says that!",
"The only good band on Drive-Thru was The Movielife, and some of the stuff Finch did.",
"This is just another one of those bands that has the \"deep\" but shallow lyrics that every other billion type of these bands have with the long, but not \"too long\" hair.",
"Whack."
] |
1 | obnoxious | What should have been a quick, breezy read -- cover looks cute, story seems fun and lighthearted -- is instead sluggish and cliched, with the author desperately trying to interest readers in her exasperatingly dull personal life and even duller work (it's like being a P.I., only not as cool, apparently).So much of this book is obviously not true that Ms. Gray may as well have just written a novel and been done with it. All the characters are stereotypes that are just ludicrous when not also offensive and borderline racist. The exception is the narrator, of course, the Carrie Bradshaw wannabe who always has a bon mot for every occasion and even though she's clearly a pampered, snotty rich kid to the ends of her fingers, tries to pass herself off as truly unique and not a caricature like the rest of the unfortunates depicted here. Maybe some heart was revealed somewhere, but I have to admit to skimming about a third of this one.Boring and trite, a poor start to a career in writing. | 994 | [
"What should have been a quick, breezy read -- cover looks cute, story seems fun and lighthearted -- is instead sluggish and cliched, with the author desperately trying to interest readers in her exasperatingly dull personal life and even duller work (it's like being a P.I., only not as cool, apparently).So much of this book is obviously not true that Ms.",
"Gray may as well have just written a novel and been done with it.",
"All the characters are stereotypes that are just ludicrous when not also offensive and borderline racist.",
"The exception is the narrator, of course, the Carrie Bradshaw wannabe who always has a bon mot for every occasion and even though she's clearly a pampered, snotty rich kid to the ends of her fingers, tries to pass herself off as truly unique and not a caricature like the rest of the unfortunates depicted here.",
"Maybe some heart was revealed somewhere, but I have to admit to skimming about a third of this one.Boring and trite, a poor start to a career in writing."
] |
1 | Do not buy this! | I had problems out of the box because the included driver was not compatible with Windows Vista. After finally tracking down a Vista compatible driver from their website I was able to get the connection working. The wireless is less than reliable. The connection continually drops and then you have to manually reconnect the connection from an icon in your task tray to get it working again - sometimes you have to unplug the WMB54G to get it to reconnect. (My wireless router was only about 10 feet away by the way). After Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Vista, the WMB54G was no longer compatible again - Linksys has yet to release a new driver to fix this. You can get around it by setting compatibility mode to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (on the WMB54G program in the start menu) - but the connection dropping problem seemed even worse after doing this. Avoid this product if you are a Vista user, or if you want to use it with a wireless connection (so basically, avoid this product). | 994 | [
"I had problems out of the box because the included driver was not compatible with Windows Vista.",
"After finally tracking down a Vista compatible driver from their website I was able to get the connection working.",
"The wireless is less than reliable.",
"The connection continually drops and then you have to manually reconnect the connection from an icon in your task tray to get it working again - sometimes you have to unplug the WMB54G to get it to reconnect.",
"(My wireless router was only about 10 feet away by the way).",
"After Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Vista, the WMB54G was no longer compatible again - Linksys has yet to release a new driver to fix this.",
"You can get around it by setting compatibility mode to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (on the WMB54G program in the start menu) - but the connection dropping problem seemed even worse after doing this.",
"Avoid this product if you are a Vista user, or if you want to use it with a wireless connection (so basically, avoid this product)."
] |
1 | Terrible | Having read - and absolutely loved - Ms. Gilman's hilarious memoir, "Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress", I naturally expected this book to be a great read as well. I was sorely disappointed. Ms. Gilman's sassy style gets lost in a sea of trite "you-go-girl" cliches. As the pages turn, Gilman's voice just gets angrier and angrier. Every other sentence is prefaced with "Yeah, well..." The writing is terrible, the editing is sloppy...I could go on forever. Grandmother's quotes were wonderful, but otherwise, this book was difficult to take. Gilman makes it abundantly clear that only as long as you share her extremely liberal views - this coming from someone who considers herself moderately liberal - can you make it into the Goddess Club. After the first twenty or so pages it began to irritate me. This is not a manifesto on how to cultivate some "girl power" and exercise it, but rather an excuse for Ms. Gilman to hop on her soapbox and rant. I would suggest skipping this shallow read. | 994 | [
"Having read - and absolutely loved - Ms.",
"Gilman's hilarious memoir, \"Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress\", I naturally expected this book to be a great read as well.",
"I was sorely disappointed.",
"Ms.",
"Gilman's sassy style gets lost in a sea of trite \"you-go-girl\" cliches.",
"As the pages turn, Gilman's voice just gets angrier and angrier.",
"Every other sentence is prefaced with \"Yeah, well...\" The writing is terrible, the editing is sloppy...I could go on forever.",
"Grandmother's quotes were wonderful, but otherwise, this book was difficult to take.",
"Gilman makes it abundantly clear that only as long as you share her extremely liberal views - this coming from someone who considers herself moderately liberal - can you make it into the Goddess Club.",
"After the first twenty or so pages it began to irritate me.",
"This is not a manifesto on how to cultivate some \"girl power\" and exercise it, but rather an excuse for Ms.",
"Gilman to hop on her soapbox and rant.",
"I would suggest skipping this shallow read."
] |
1 | Not for everyone | Kiyosaki warns you stright away that this book will not suit 9/10 people. Still I proceeded to read the book and found the information presented to lack substance and detail.Some of the infromation contained in this book is indeed useful but it is very hard to asborb what is useful when the book has been written in a non consise and repetitive manner. Kiyosaki mentions the stock market bear run of 00-03 and investors losing 7-9 trillion dollars in detail so many times that you begin to look for any other information this book has to offer. No mention is given to the stock market rally after this time and the gains that followed.For someone that does not seem to like the idea of mutual funds and the stock market in general, Kiyosaki loves to quote Buffet. He seems to understand the market better then people such as Graham and Buffet in the way he can predict market cycles and is able to time his investments.Based on Kioysaki's own statement, this book will not suit 9/10 investors. | 994 | [
"Kiyosaki warns you stright away that this book will not suit 9/10 people.",
"Still I proceeded to read the book and found the information presented to lack substance and detail.Some of the infromation contained in this book is indeed useful but it is very hard to asborb what is useful when the book has been written in a non consise and repetitive manner.",
"Kiyosaki mentions the stock market bear run of 00-03 and investors losing 7-9 trillion dollars in detail so many times that you begin to look for any other information this book has to offer.",
"No mention is given to the stock market rally after this time and the gains that followed.For someone that does not seem to like the idea of mutual funds and the stock market in general, Kiyosaki loves to quote Buffet.",
"He seems to understand the market better then people such as Graham and Buffet in the way he can predict market cycles and is able to time his investments.Based on Kioysaki's own statement, this book will not suit 9/10 investors."
] |
1 | Bad Soles | I bought these on August 15, 2012. In November, one lace broke and I replaced it. As of Fe. 4, 2013, The rubber on the soles of both shoes has worn down enough that it has gone through to the foam cushioning. I've put on Shoe Goo, but these will b in the trash very soon. I'm very disappointed that I only got 5 months use out of these. I wear them approx. 3 days a week, and walk to work 2 or sometimes 3 days a week in them, which is about 1 mile away. I find it hard to believe that a company would make boots this shoddy and give them to our soldiers. I've probably walked less than 120 miles in these, and the soles on the heels are gone. I've worn Jungle boots since 2001 or so. A few years back, they started being made in China, and the soles did not last. I was hoping that Ripple Sole Jungle Boots would not have this problem, but they are equally shoddy. Do NOT buy these, and if you find GOOD hot-weather combat boots that last more than 5 months with light use, please let me know. | 994 | [
"I bought these on August 15, 2012.",
"In November, one lace broke and I replaced it.",
"As of Fe.",
"4, 2013, The rubber on the soles of both shoes has worn down enough that it has gone through to the foam cushioning.",
"I've put on Shoe Goo, but these will b in the trash very soon.",
"I'm very disappointed that I only got 5 months use out of these.",
"I wear them approx.",
"3 days a week, and walk to work 2 or sometimes 3 days a week in them, which is about 1 mile away.",
"I find it hard to believe that a company would make boots this shoddy and give them to our soldiers.",
"I've probably walked less than 120 miles in these, and the soles on the heels are gone.",
"I've worn Jungle boots since 2001 or so.",
"A few years back, they started being made in China, and the soles did not last.",
"I was hoping that Ripple Sole Jungle Boots would not have this problem, but they are equally shoddy.",
"Do NOT buy these, and if you find GOOD hot-weather combat boots that last more than 5 months with light use, please let me know."
] |
1 | Extremely buggy | I use & love many Adobe products, especially Photoshop. But Encore 1.01 is by far the worst quality Adobe software I've ever seen. I find it almost impossible to finish a project, at some point it will eventually hang opening the project file and my work is lost. Also there are many obvious & "dumb" bugs which are really annoying, problems with transcoding & video import etc. It's as if nobody even tried to build a few DVDs with this before they released it.To give you an idea, I had a dollar for every time this has hung and I've had to kill it from Task Manager, I'd have paid for the software by now (i.e. hundreds of times).The nice feature is integration with photoshop, but that is not enough to compensate for the terrible software quality. For a product at this price point it's criminal, and very unlike Adobe.I completed one project with this and then gave up using it. I'm hoping 1.5 is better quality, I don't care if they add ANY new features I just want them to fix the bugs! | 994 | [
"I use & love many Adobe products, especially Photoshop.",
"But Encore 1.01 is by far the worst quality Adobe software I've ever seen.",
"I find it almost impossible to finish a project, at some point it will eventually hang opening the project file and my work is lost.",
"Also there are many obvious & \"dumb\" bugs which are really annoying, problems with transcoding & video import etc.",
"It's as if nobody even tried to build a few DVDs with this before they released it.To give you an idea, I had a dollar for every time this has hung and I've had to kill it from Task Manager, I'd have paid for the software by now (i.e. hundreds of times).The nice feature is integration with photoshop, but that is not enough to compensate for the terrible software quality.",
"For a product at this price point it's criminal, and very unlike Adobe.I completed one project with this and then gave up using it.",
"I'm hoping 1.5 is better quality, I don't care if they add ANY new features I just want them to fix the bugs!"
] |
1 | Fools | Oh yeah. Title IX is that statute that governs women in sports, right? And one (ok, not Gavora, but someone) may make an arguable case that Title IX creates some marginal anomalies in connection with that jugular issue to Western Civilization - collegiate sports. Hence, Title IX is a failed experiment in public policy and must go. Of course you believe this because it says so right hear in this book by a Bush administration amateur flack, and this is what your read, or sort of read or heard about, which is more than sufficient to start you marching ever rightward with little mezmerized spirals revolving in your eyes. One problem. Title IX deals with equal opportunity in EDUCATION. College sports at best is a pimple on the butt of Title IX. So if we clear up that pimple Gavora would no longer be excessively vexed? Well, not exactly. All of Title IX has to be ashcanned, of course. You have to be a real piece of Samsonite not to recognize what this toiletworthy book is really about. | 994 | [
"Oh yeah.",
"Title IX is that statute that governs women in sports, right?",
"And one (ok, not Gavora, but someone) may make an arguable case that Title IX creates some marginal anomalies in connection with that jugular issue to Western Civilization - collegiate sports.",
"Hence, Title IX is a failed experiment in public policy and must go.",
"Of course you believe this because it says so right hear in this book by a Bush administration amateur flack, and this is what your read, or sort of read or heard about, which is more than sufficient to start you marching ever rightward with little mezmerized spirals revolving in your eyes.",
"One problem.",
"Title IX deals with equal opportunity in EDUCATION.",
"College sports at best is a pimple on the butt of Title IX.",
"So if we clear up that pimple Gavora would no longer be excessively vexed?",
"Well, not exactly.",
"All of Title IX has to be ashcanned, of course.",
"You have to be a real piece of Samsonite not to recognize what this toiletworthy book is really about."
] |
1 | Is This A Movie? | I didn't too sure about this. It was on special movie channel so I gave it a listen. All that happened were people in not many clothes (was the movie at the Beach??) looking sad most times. Also there was a hat. While I watched all I kept thinking was about other things like drinking water that were more exciting. I notice near the ending that the man in the movie was the angry man from the gangrene movie - I almost lost him because he was so different! In the other movie he was mean; here he was just bored or looked like he was looking at something very far aways. He didn't talk much but was a doctor so I guess he is smart. There is a car crash in the snow near the end, but I don't think that was a learning part. The movie is like watching the home films from vacations when you are at boring cousin house, or shows on the public channels. Drink water for more fun - or watch with pillows!!! One sleepy star this time! (wait: there are pretty girls in here, so be careful watching!) | 993 | [
"I didn't too sure about this.",
"It was on special movie channel so I gave it a listen.",
"All that happened were people in not many clothes (was the movie at the Beach??",
") looking sad most times.",
"Also there was a hat.",
"While I watched all I kept thinking was about other things like drinking water that were more exciting.",
"I notice near the ending that the man in the movie was the angry man from the gangrene movie - I almost lost him because he was so different!",
"In the other movie he was mean; here he was just bored or looked like he was looking at something very far aways.",
"He didn't talk much but was a doctor so I guess he is smart.",
"There is a car crash in the snow near the end, but I don't think that was a learning part.",
"The movie is like watching the home films from vacations when you are at boring cousin house, or shows on the public channels.",
"Drink water for more fun - or watch with pillows!!!",
"One sleepy star this time!",
"(wait: there are pretty girls in here, so be careful watching!",
")"
] |
1 | Very poor book | This book lost all credibility when I read the authors' attack on fundamentalism. I am a former fundamentalist, so I might be expected to have an apostate's bias against fundamentalism, but these authors are not only inaccurate but almost comically biased. The authors claim that the fundamentalists' belief in the truth of the Bible is "borders on idolatry," that fundamentalists are "often parasitic" and define themselves not by belief in their scriptures or truth, but by their opposition to "other approaches." Instead of examining the mainstream Christian fundamentalist beliefs, the authors simply define all fundamentists as having "a totally closed world view," and damn all fundamentalists by guilt through supposed association with the Ayatollah Khomeini, David Koresh and the Taliban.Lastly, the title is misleading, especially when sold in secular stores, as mine was. The title would more accurately be, _A Liberal Christian Response to Philosophy_, instead of the current title. | 993 | [
"This book lost all credibility when I read the authors' attack on fundamentalism.",
"I am a former fundamentalist, so I might be expected to have an apostate's bias against fundamentalism, but these authors are not only inaccurate but almost comically biased.",
"The authors claim that the fundamentalists' belief in the truth of the Bible is \"borders on idolatry,\" that fundamentalists are \"often parasitic\" and define themselves not by belief in their scriptures or truth, but by their opposition to \"other approaches.\" Instead of examining the mainstream Christian fundamentalist beliefs, the authors simply define all fundamentists as having \"a totally closed world view,\" and damn all fundamentalists by guilt through supposed association with the Ayatollah Khomeini, David Koresh and the Taliban.Lastly, the title is misleading, especially when sold in secular stores, as mine was.",
"The title would more accurately be, _A Liberal Christian Response to Philosophy_, instead of the current title."
] |
1 | terrible movie | This movie is absaloutley awful, the acting was so bad, it made me cringe in my seat. This is one example where they should have completely recasted. It was also upsetting when it decided that it wanted to be "Lord of the Rings" with all the screenshots and battles. I love the books, the Chronicles of Narnia are one of my favorite series, and the previous adaptation of "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" I loved, but this strayed much too far from the book. The reason the four children slipped by with no acting ability in the first one was because their roles were not so serious. I mean, here they are killing other human beings without even flinching! Susan just whips out her bow and shoots trained soldiers off their horses with the nonchalance of getting out of bed! I tend to be very hard on movies. If you can sit through terrible unconvincing acting that makes Vin Diesels "Fast and the Furious" look like "There Will be Blood", than it's a mildly enjoyable time at the cinema. | 993 | [
"This movie is absaloutley awful, the acting was so bad, it made me cringe in my seat.",
"This is one example where they should have completely recasted.",
"It was also upsetting when it decided that it wanted to be \"Lord of the Rings\" with all the screenshots and battles.",
"I love the books, the Chronicles of Narnia are one of my favorite series, and the previous adaptation of \"The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe\" I loved, but this strayed much too far from the book.",
"The reason the four children slipped by with no acting ability in the first one was because their roles were not so serious.",
"I mean, here they are killing other human beings without even flinching!",
"Susan just whips out her bow and shoots trained soldiers off their horses with the nonchalance of getting out of bed!",
"I tend to be very hard on movies.",
"If you can sit through terrible unconvincing acting that makes Vin Diesels \"Fast and the Furious\" look like \"There Will be Blood\", than it's a mildly enjoyable time at the cinema."
] |
1 | Movie Butchered! | This DVD of Rankin-Bass's "The Hobbit" has picture quality too dark to view, portions missing, parts repeated, cheesy transitions added, overly saturated colors, pixelation, jerky camera panning that I don't see on my VHS copy, and many sound effects missing. The company who did this, Movies on Parade, should be ashamed. I love this film and don't know why they tampered with it so much they made it unwatchable. This butchered version should not be sold or given away! This wonderful feature was ruined by an idiot ( or team of idiots ) that didn't know how to color correct or export, which is bad enough, but the spinning screen and page peel transitions were like an ungifted child doodling on a Picasso. The Warner Bros. distributed version looks a million times better but sound effects with the spiders, Smaug, and Battle of The Five Armies are missing; leaving long annoying gaps of silence. Maybe Warner Bros. will re-issue "The Exorcist" for kids without those scary sound effects. | 993 | [
"This DVD of Rankin-Bass's \"The Hobbit\" has picture quality too dark to view, portions missing, parts repeated, cheesy transitions added, overly saturated colors, pixelation, jerky camera panning that I don't see on my VHS copy, and many sound effects missing.",
"The company who did this, Movies on Parade, should be ashamed.",
"I love this film and don't know why they tampered with it so much they made it unwatchable.",
"This butchered version should not be sold or given away!",
"This wonderful feature was ruined by an idiot ( or team of idiots ) that didn't know how to color correct or export, which is bad enough, but the spinning screen and page peel transitions were like an ungifted child doodling on a Picasso.",
"The Warner Bros.",
"distributed version looks a million times better but sound effects with the spiders, Smaug, and Battle of The Five Armies are missing; leaving long annoying gaps of silence.",
"Maybe Warner Bros.",
"will re-issue \"The Exorcist\" for kids without those scary sound effects."
] |
1 | White Mountain Scam! | Since White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers are well-known as the Cadillac of ice cream makers, I failed to read reviews before placing my order. BIG MISTAKE! We followed the preparation directions explicitly and were very disappointed with the results. As soon as we plugged in the motor, we had to quickly insert earplugs to protect our hearing. The motor screeched off and on for over 42 minutes and the ice cream never hardened. We noticed the sticker on the motor said "Made in China" so that explains the problem. After digging a little further, I found out that Rival owns White Mountain. I have been making soft home-made ice cream for years with my Rival Ice Cream Freezer, so I'm returning the White Mountain a.s.a.p. for a full refund. What a disappointment! Don't buy a White Mountain. Save your money! If you have an old White Mountain that was made in the USA, count yourself lucky! The only good thing about this purchase was the ease of return with Amazon's great customer service. | 993 | [
"Since White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers are well-known as the Cadillac of ice cream makers, I failed to read reviews before placing my order.",
"BIG MISTAKE!",
"We followed the preparation directions explicitly and were very disappointed with the results.",
"As soon as we plugged in the motor, we had to quickly insert earplugs to protect our hearing.",
"The motor screeched off and on for over 42 minutes and the ice cream never hardened.",
"We noticed the sticker on the motor said \"Made in China\" so that explains the problem.",
"After digging a little further, I found out that Rival owns White Mountain.",
"I have been making soft home-made ice cream for years with my Rival Ice Cream Freezer, so I'm returning the White Mountain a.s.a.p. for a full refund.",
"What a disappointment!",
"Don't buy a White Mountain.",
"Save your money!",
"If you have an old White Mountain that was made in the USA, count yourself lucky!",
"The only good thing about this purchase was the ease of return with Amazon's great customer service."
] |
1 | Stinks on ice | Can't believe this movie has so many average and high reviews. Sorry to say, there's just nothing to it, including scares. the first hour or so treats the viewer to interminable dialog between characters you don't even care to learn anything about followed by a bunch of hackneyed spookum drivel. Blech. I usually can find something to like about almost any movie, and enjoy many "so bad it's good" kind of films. But Wind Chill stole two hours of my life and gave me less than nothing in return. It's not scary, it's not interesting, it has nothing to hold it together and it's like scores of other faceless "horror" movies we've all seen. It COULD have been a decent 15-20 minute short, possibly, but stretched out to feature length? The emperor has no clothes...also no plot and no chills. I generally only review things that I find enjoyable. I'm going out of my way to review something I disliked a great deal to try to save you the time, money and energy you'd waste on this flop. Avoid. | 993 | [
"Can't believe this movie has so many average and high reviews.",
"Sorry to say, there's just nothing to it, including scares.",
"the first hour or so treats the viewer to interminable dialog between characters you don't even care to learn anything about followed by a bunch of hackneyed spookum drivel.",
"Blech.",
"I usually can find something to like about almost any movie, and enjoy many \"so bad it's good\" kind of films.",
"But Wind Chill stole two hours of my life and gave me less than nothing in return.",
"It's not scary, it's not interesting, it has nothing to hold it together and it's like scores of other faceless \"horror\" movies we've all seen.",
"It COULD have been a decent 15-20 minute short, possibly, but stretched out to feature length?",
"The emperor has no clothes...also no plot and no chills.",
"I generally only review things that I find enjoyable.",
"I'm going out of my way to review something I disliked a great deal to try to save you the time, money and energy you'd waste on this flop.",
"Avoid."
] |
1 | Worst Album Ever... | This CD ladies & gents is a masterpiece of crap.. Paul Van Dyk manages to pull of a junk CD YET AGAIN. full of bad remixes and horrible songs, the few highlights of this ablum include Purple Haze - Adrenaline, Calmec - Tangerine, Kyau vs. Albert - Falling Anywhere.. that is all, it also includes a crappy remix of Marco v's 'more than a life away', Perasma's 'swing to harmony' and Paul van Dyk even managed to rape my favorite song of all time by spinning it way too fast.. this track is Holden & Thompson - Nothing ('93 Returning Mix)...All i all, this album is a waste of money, which could be used to buy one of the following "infinitly better" albums : 1. Above & Beyond Present Anjunabeats Vol.1, 2 or 3 all are really great albums. 2. Ferry Corsten - Passport Kingdom of the Netherlands. 3. armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2005 or A State of Trance Yearmix. 4. Vadim Zhukov - Evolution 5. Solarstone - Destinations vol.1 6. Deep Dish - George is On 7. Blank & Jones - In the mix 3 | 993 | [
"This CD ladies & gents is a masterpiece of crap..",
"Paul Van Dyk manages to pull of a junk CD YET AGAIN.",
"full of bad remixes and horrible songs, the few highlights of this ablum include Purple Haze - Adrenaline, Calmec - Tangerine, Kyau vs.",
"Albert - Falling Anywhere..",
"that is all, it also includes a crappy remix of Marco v's 'more than a life away', Perasma's 'swing to harmony' and Paul van Dyk even managed to rape my favorite song of all time by spinning it way too fast..",
"this track is Holden & Thompson - Nothing ('93 Returning Mix)...All i all, this album is a waste of money, which could be used to buy one of the following \"infinitly better\" albums : 1.",
"Above & Beyond Present Anjunabeats Vol.1, 2 or 3 all are really great albums.",
"2.",
"Ferry Corsten - Passport Kingdom of the Netherlands.",
"3.",
"armin van Buuren - A State of Trance 2005 or A State of Trance Yearmix.",
"4.",
"Vadim Zhukov - Evolution 5.",
"Solarstone - Destinations vol.1 6.",
"Deep Dish - George is On 7.",
"Blank & Jones - In the mix 3"
] |
1 | WRONG WRONG WRONG | I couldn't even finish this novel because of the incredible inaccuracies to the true Biblical account. I enjoy novels which use actual biblical stories as a backdrop and expand on actual accounts and characters, suggesting what "could have happened," as long as they keep the facts straight, but the author of this novel changed so many of the facts that I could not enjoy the novel and finally got rid of it. The Biblical truth is so much more interesting that what she came up with anyway. I read the book because a friend of mine who does not know the Bible asked me to read it and tell her if it was true, because she assumed the author wouldn't have changed the actual story thus she believed everything the author wrote. After reading as much as I could endure, I told my friend the true story and pointed her to the actual account in the Bible, but I'm afraid she will always get the story wrong now that she has The Red Tent stuck in her head. The author had a chance, but she blew it! | 993 | [
"I couldn't even finish this novel because of the incredible inaccuracies to the true Biblical account.",
"I enjoy novels which use actual biblical stories as a backdrop and expand on actual accounts and characters, suggesting what \"could have happened,\" as long as they keep the facts straight, but the author of this novel changed so many of the facts that I could not enjoy the novel and finally got rid of it.",
"The Biblical truth is so much more interesting that what she came up with anyway.",
"I read the book because a friend of mine who does not know the Bible asked me to read it and tell her if it was true, because she assumed the author wouldn't have changed the actual story thus she believed everything the author wrote.",
"After reading as much as I could endure, I told my friend the true story and pointed her to the actual account in the Bible, but I'm afraid she will always get the story wrong now that she has The Red Tent stuck in her head.",
"The author had a chance, but she blew it!"
] |
1 | An Absurd Ripoff. | I am shocked at the good reviews posted about this travesty. To even suggest this lame knock-off of The Real Ghostbusters was better than He-Man and She-Ra is sacriledge of the highest order.I remember watching this terrible, terrible show and literally laughing out loud at its poor animation and lame plots. I would tape episodes to show my friends, so we could all get a good chuckle out of the depths to which a once-proud company had sunk.The jokes were unfunny, the voice acting mediocre and mailed-in, and the plotlines moronic. Truly one of the worst animated series of all time, Filmation's Ghostbusters demands to be relegated to the dustbin of history, not preserved on DVD.Avoid this tripe, and order DVDs of The Real Ghostbusters instead. Though Filmation's Ghostbusters existed since the 1970s, they had more than worn out their welcome by the time 1986 rolled around. Watching these pathetic animated ripoffs with their second-rate production values is an exercise in masochism. | 993 | [
"I am shocked at the good reviews posted about this travesty.",
"To even suggest this lame knock-off of The Real Ghostbusters was better than He-Man and She-Ra is sacriledge of the highest order.I remember watching this terrible, terrible show and literally laughing out loud at its poor animation and lame plots.",
"I would tape episodes to show my friends, so we could all get a good chuckle out of the depths to which a once-proud company had sunk.The jokes were unfunny, the voice acting mediocre and mailed-in, and the plotlines moronic.",
"Truly one of the worst animated series of all time, Filmation's Ghostbusters demands to be relegated to the dustbin of history, not preserved on DVD.Avoid this tripe, and order DVDs of The Real Ghostbusters instead.",
"Though Filmation's Ghostbusters existed since the 1970s, they had more than worn out their welcome by the time 1986 rolled around.",
"Watching these pathetic animated ripoffs with their second-rate production values is an exercise in masochism."
] |
1 | Ummmm.....no. | CAN'T TAKE ME HOME was really good....M!SSUNDAZSTOOD was fair....but TRY THIS is absolutely horrible! I am an avid music collector/listener, and I tend to buy all of an artist's albums once I discover them...but this time I just can't do it. I decided to listen to the sound snippets before I bought this one, and I am glad I did! This is terrible. Pink was really good in the beginning....a nice deep voice which went well with the r&b style of music she was promoting. GET THE PARTY STARTED was a really good club anthem...but where do you put TROUBLE? In the trash! I feel very alienated by Pink's 360 degree change in image. Granted, I like rock music....but I do have a problem with an artist who does a complete turnaround. Obviously, I am not the only one....just look at the rank of the album on the Amazon list...and look at all of those CDs still sitting in the stores. Pink has made a grave mistake with this CD. She had better get it right soon....or her star just might be fading. | 993 | [
"CAN'T TAKE ME HOME was really good....M!",
"SSUNDAZSTOOD was fair....but TRY THIS is absolutely horrible!",
"I am an avid music collector/listener, and I tend to buy all of an artist's albums once I discover them...but this time I just can't do it.",
"I decided to listen to the sound snippets before I bought this one, and I am glad I did!",
"This is terrible.",
"Pink was really good in the beginning....a nice deep voice which went well with the r&b style of music she was promoting.",
"GET THE PARTY STARTED was a really good club anthem...but where do you put TROUBLE?",
"In the trash!",
"I feel very alienated by Pink's 360 degree change in image.",
"Granted, I like rock music....but I do have a problem with an artist who does a complete turnaround.",
"Obviously, I am not the only one....just look at the rank of the album on the Amazon list...and look at all of those CDs still sitting in the stores.",
"Pink has made a grave mistake with this CD.",
"She had better get it right soon....or her star just might be fading."
] |
1 | Mischaracterization | It's hard to imagine a worse portrayal of the Britt Reid/Green Hornet character than is portrayed in this film. Nobody expects realism in a Green Hornet film, but the portrayal of the great hero of the dark in this movie was so absurd that it wasn't even funny. Britt was a total waste with no redeeming qualities. The film didn't adequately explain why Kato would follow such a selfish clumsy bungling loser. The producers want us to accept that Kato, who could beat up 20 professional thugs with guns all in one fell swoop, couldn't beat Britt, who had never done any fighting. Somehow, miraculously, Britt became an expert martial arts expert at the very end of the film simply by thinking like Kato. As the film ended and credits came up, my wife said, "You couldn't pay me to watch this film a second time." It just goes to show that better filmic technology does not make up for a lousy script and and extremely poor character development. The TV series from decades ago was much better. | 993 | [
"It's hard to imagine a worse portrayal of the Britt Reid/Green Hornet character than is portrayed in this film.",
"Nobody expects realism in a Green Hornet film, but the portrayal of the great hero of the dark in this movie was so absurd that it wasn't even funny.",
"Britt was a total waste with no redeeming qualities.",
"The film didn't adequately explain why Kato would follow such a selfish clumsy bungling loser.",
"The producers want us to accept that Kato, who could beat up 20 professional thugs with guns all in one fell swoop, couldn't beat Britt, who had never done any fighting.",
"Somehow, miraculously, Britt became an expert martial arts expert at the very end of the film simply by thinking like Kato.",
"As the film ended and credits came up, my wife said, \"You couldn't pay me to watch this film a second time.\" It just goes to show that better filmic technology does not make up for a lousy script and and extremely poor character development.",
"The TV series from decades ago was much better."
] |
1 | Its not MVP baseball | This was my first year purchasing the MLB 2k series. I am hugely disapointed with my purchase. Yes the graphics are better, Yes the computer A.I. is smarter, and yes I love the new trading block system. But this game is one of the least user friendly games I have ever played.In order to save while in franchise mode you must save your profile, franchise settings(if modified), Lineup, and season. It takes forever. It extremely difficult to create a player and add him to your team. As for the game mode: there no radar gun for pitchers so you have no idea how hard your pitcher is throwing. The fielding controls are a joke. The batting is the one aspect that's not bad, but once you reach base its a pain in the but to steal a base. Everytime I tried the runner left to early and was picked off by the pitcher. I have always played the EA sports MVP series and this is a huge downgrade from that series. I'm 24 years old and feel like a [...]trying to figure out the controls for this game. | 993 | [
"This was my first year purchasing the MLB 2k series.",
"I am hugely disapointed with my purchase.",
"Yes the graphics are better, Yes the computer A.I. is smarter, and yes I love the new trading block system.",
"But this game is one of the least user friendly games I have ever played.In order to save while in franchise mode you must save your profile, franchise settings(if modified), Lineup, and season.",
"It takes forever.",
"It extremely difficult to create a player and add him to your team.",
"As for the game mode: there no radar gun for pitchers so you have no idea how hard your pitcher is throwing.",
"The fielding controls are a joke.",
"The batting is the one aspect that's not bad, but once you reach base its a pain in the but to steal a base.",
"Everytime I tried the runner left to early and was picked off by the pitcher.",
"I have always played the EA sports MVP series and this is a huge downgrade from that series.",
"I'm 24 years old and feel like a [...]trying to figure out the controls for this game."
] |
1 | I had to stop | What utter tripe! I'm afraid I just can't read this. I've tried but I can't get past the inanity of the first few pages. Firstly Murphy's fighting for his life in an underground river and he stops to help 2 little puppies Awwwww. Whay a guy. Next he's using his enormous lung capacity (over 2 minutes we're told he can hold his breath) to enter the freezing water to save the drowning puppies. Awwww. What a guy. Of course he saves them. Just. He's nearly out of breath and he's in the first stages of hypothermia. But what are we told the puppies are doing at this stage? Happily playing! Not drowned or hypothermic themselves. They are happily playing. Finally in total darkness his hand brushes a piece of wood. Most of us would think 'it's piece of wood' Not Murphy... he just knows it's an historical treasure! Back to the lab where test show it's 5,000 years old. Murphy says with infectious enthusiasm "it must be a piece of Noah's Ark" everybody agrees and I throw the book in the bin. | 993 | [
"What utter tripe!",
"I'm afraid I just can't read this.",
"I've tried but I can't get past the inanity of the first few pages.",
"Firstly Murphy's fighting for his life in an underground river and he stops to help 2 little puppies Awwwww.",
"Whay a guy.",
"Next he's using his enormous lung capacity (over 2 minutes we're told he can hold his breath) to enter the freezing water to save the drowning puppies.",
"Awwww.",
"What a guy.",
"Of course he saves them.",
"Just.",
"He's nearly out of breath and he's in the first stages of hypothermia.",
"But what are we told the puppies are doing at this stage?",
"Happily playing!",
"Not drowned or hypothermic themselves.",
"They are happily playing.",
"Finally in total darkness his hand brushes a piece of wood.",
"Most of us would think 'it's piece of wood' Not Murphy... he just knows it's an historical treasure!",
"Back to the lab where test show it's 5,000 years old.",
"Murphy says with infectious enthusiasm \"it must be a piece of Noah's Ark\" everybody agrees and I throw the book in the bin."
] |
1 | NOISY! | We just got this today hoping it would help our male cat drink more due to a recent urinary issue (we switched his food 8 months ago to cans of Wellness, Core, Weruva, and Tiki Cat). He really doesn't drink much from what we've noticed. The vet suggested this unit, and also gave us Science Diet food which is over-priced garbage. So, we put the fountain together real quick and easy, filled it to the top with distilled water, plugged it in, and it sounds like an electric can opener. We can hear it in the other room! We tried putting it on carpet vs the wood floor but it is still noisy. The cat won't go near it. We tried to figure out a way to cushion the motor from rattling against the plastic, but that didn't work. We are so disappointed because this is a great design and so many people have written good reviews. Maybe we just got a "lemon". We are going to call the toll-free customer service number for Drinkwell tomorrow for any tips, otherwise it's going to have to be returned. | 993 | [
"We just got this today hoping it would help our male cat drink more due to a recent urinary issue (we switched his food 8 months ago to cans of Wellness, Core, Weruva, and Tiki Cat).",
"He really doesn't drink much from what we've noticed.",
"The vet suggested this unit, and also gave us Science Diet food which is over-priced garbage.",
"So, we put the fountain together real quick and easy, filled it to the top with distilled water, plugged it in, and it sounds like an electric can opener.",
"We can hear it in the other room!",
"We tried putting it on carpet vs the wood floor but it is still noisy.",
"The cat won't go near it.",
"We tried to figure out a way to cushion the motor from rattling against the plastic, but that didn't work.",
"We are so disappointed because this is a great design and so many people have written good reviews.",
"Maybe we just got a \"lemon\".",
"We are going to call the toll-free customer service number for Drinkwell tomorrow for any tips, otherwise it's going to have to be returned."
] |
1 | service/scam | SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, THIEFS....I ordered "The Fighting Grasshoppers: US Liaison Aircraft Operations in Erope". Paid for quicker service as I teach Aerospace Technologies at the high school level in Florida. This book was an important piece needed.I NEVER RECEIVED IT... however, the delivery party said it was delivered to my address (which is a mail box), but the personnel at the UPS store said that it was never delivered. So what could have happened... SOMEONE SCAMMED ME AND STOLED MY BOOK.They told me there were no other books available, this was a lie. I checked online and saw that their was, however, the price has increased. I went throught the motion to ordered and it did confirm my suspension that the book was still available. But I would have to pay more. WHAT A SCAM...Myself and my students were looking forward to reveiwing this book as we were building a replica of this airplane, but now we cannot. DO NOT DO BUINESS WITH AMAZON.COM. THEY WILL LIE TO YOU TO GET MORE MONEY... | 993 | [
"SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, THIEFS....I ordered \"The Fighting Grasshoppers: US Liaison Aircraft Operations in Erope\".",
"Paid for quicker service as I teach Aerospace Technologies at the high school level in Florida.",
"This book was an important piece needed.I NEVER RECEIVED IT... however, the delivery party said it was delivered to my address (which is a mail box), but the personnel at the UPS store said that it was never delivered.",
"So what could have happened... SOMEONE SCAMMED ME AND STOLED MY BOOK.They told me there were no other books available, this was a lie.",
"I checked online and saw that their was, however, the price has increased.",
"I went throught the motion to ordered and it did confirm my suspension that the book was still available.",
"But I would have to pay more.",
"WHAT A SCAM...Myself and my students were looking forward to reveiwing this book as we were building a replica of this airplane, but now we cannot.",
"DO NOT DO BUINESS WITH AMAZON.COM.",
"THEY WILL LIE TO YOU TO GET MORE MONEY..."
] |
1 | Poor design | I expected more when I shelled out the extra dollars for the 895pk. There is a lot of backlash in the fixed base. The above table height adjustment lock is very poor. It consists of a 3/16" hex shaft going through a cast aluminum locking lever to operate it. The small shaft easily breaks the locking lever. When I get my new locking lever, I will not use the above table adjustments (a prime selling point as I use my 895pk in a router table 95% of the time). Also when in a table, the motor jams in the base and is very hard to unjam. When I bought my 895pk, the spindle lock actuator on one of the bases was missing. I called PC and they said they no longer use or support this feature, and no longer even sells it as a repair part. When I was ordering the replacement locking lever, guess what I found in the replacement parts listing, the spindle lock actuator. Someone was either misinformed or lied. I wish I had kept the Bosch 1617 I had before this and put up with its switch problem. | 993 | [
"I expected more when I shelled out the extra dollars for the 895pk.",
"There is a lot of backlash in the fixed base.",
"The above table height adjustment lock is very poor.",
"It consists of a 3/16\" hex shaft going through a cast aluminum locking lever to operate it.",
"The small shaft easily breaks the locking lever.",
"When I get my new locking lever, I will not use the above table adjustments (a prime selling point as I use my 895pk in a router table 95% of the time).",
"Also when in a table, the motor jams in the base and is very hard to unjam.",
"When I bought my 895pk, the spindle lock actuator on one of the bases was missing.",
"I called PC and they said they no longer use or support this feature, and no longer even sells it as a repair part.",
"When I was ordering the replacement locking lever, guess what I found in the replacement parts listing, the spindle lock actuator.",
"Someone was either misinformed or lied.",
"I wish I had kept the Bosch 1617 I had before this and put up with its switch problem."
] |
1 | Hypocritical | I question the fact that the author calls herself a lifelong cat lover, since, in the introduction, she readily admits to having given away more than ten felines in her household because she was moving across the country. This made me seriously doubt the integrity of the author, as any true cat lover would NEVER do such a thing. It made me wonder whether she saw them as living beings and members of the family, as my cats are to me, or just ornaments that can be cast aside if they become inconvenient. Perhaps I'm cynical, but the book just smacked of a means to make money for an author whose work is fairly pedestrian. In regards to the content, it covered such mundane matters as history, naming your cat and the like. If you want books written by apparently genuine cat lovers, I would suggest Patricia Telesco's book Cat Magic and Daisy Pepper's Spells For Cats. They cover pretty much the same content and seem to come from a place of genuine care and concern for our feline friends. | 993 | [
"I question the fact that the author calls herself a lifelong cat lover, since, in the introduction, she readily admits to having given away more than ten felines in her household because she was moving across the country.",
"This made me seriously doubt the integrity of the author, as any true cat lover would NEVER do such a thing.",
"It made me wonder whether she saw them as living beings and members of the family, as my cats are to me, or just ornaments that can be cast aside if they become inconvenient.",
"Perhaps I'm cynical, but the book just smacked of a means to make money for an author whose work is fairly pedestrian.",
"In regards to the content, it covered such mundane matters as history, naming your cat and the like.",
"If you want books written by apparently genuine cat lovers, I would suggest Patricia Telesco's book Cat Magic and Daisy Pepper's Spells For Cats.",
"They cover pretty much the same content and seem to come from a place of genuine care and concern for our feline friends."
] |
1 | Big disappiontment | This product didn't work at all for me. I had a small chip on my windshield, less than half an inch in size, and I thought this one should be easily repairable using the DIY kits. After reading the reviews, I chose Fix-a-Flat product (had lots of good reviews, and was priced reasonably). It was delivered promptly, everything was included in the package, and it came with detailed instructions, which I followed carefully. Unfortunately, it didn't make the chip any less visible (not to mention disappear). Again, I did read and follow the instructions: cleaned the surfaces thoroughly, centered the applicator, allowed the resin to penetrate and dry as prescribed, got rid of the air bubbles, applied the finishing coat and moved it to direct sun, etc. - no visible improvements at the end. And then I repeated the whole procedure - still to no success. This was not my first DIY project, I've done lots of repairs to my cars - both mechanical and cosmetic, but this one was a total failure. | 993 | [
"This product didn't work at all for me.",
"I had a small chip on my windshield, less than half an inch in size, and I thought this one should be easily repairable using the DIY kits.",
"After reading the reviews, I chose Fix-a-Flat product (had lots of good reviews, and was priced reasonably).",
"It was delivered promptly, everything was included in the package, and it came with detailed instructions, which I followed carefully.",
"Unfortunately, it didn't make the chip any less visible (not to mention disappear).",
"Again, I did read and follow the instructions: cleaned the surfaces thoroughly, centered the applicator, allowed the resin to penetrate and dry as prescribed, got rid of the air bubbles, applied the finishing coat and moved it to direct sun, etc.",
"- no visible improvements at the end.",
"And then I repeated the whole procedure - still to no success.",
"This was not my first DIY project, I've done lots of repairs to my cars - both mechanical and cosmetic, but this one was a total failure."
] |
1 | The Journey is Over | ARRIVAL This new release from the new Journey line-up suffers greatly from mediocre songwriting and from the lack of a strong lead vocalist.The new singer, Steve Augeri, tries his best to fill Perry's shoes but falls short. Augeri's vocals are a thin imitation of Steve Perry's, with only half the range Perry had. The songwriting is uninspiring. Aside from some enjoyable guitar licks from Neil, the songs are pretty unmemorable and do not have the emotional punch and melodic interest that past Journey music had.On Arrival, you really start to miss Perry's great songwriting abilities that were present on every other Journey album from 1978 up until 1996.This is NOT the Journey sound that we all know and love so much.On Journey's reunion 1996 album, Trial By Fire, Steve Perry proved that he still has The Voice...and then some!!! Its a real shame that he is no longer with Journey.I was hoping I'd enjoy this new album. But this new 'Journey' sounds, at best, like a Journey cover band. | 993 | [
"ARRIVAL This new release from the new Journey line-up suffers greatly from mediocre songwriting and from the lack of a strong lead vocalist.The new singer, Steve Augeri, tries his best to fill Perry's shoes but falls short.",
"Augeri's vocals are a thin imitation of Steve Perry's, with only half the range Perry had.",
"The songwriting is uninspiring.",
"Aside from some enjoyable guitar licks from Neil, the songs are pretty unmemorable and do not have the emotional punch and melodic interest that past Journey music had.On Arrival, you really start to miss Perry's great songwriting abilities that were present on every other Journey album from 1978 up until 1996.This is NOT the Journey sound that we all know and love so much.On Journey's reunion 1996 album, Trial By Fire, Steve Perry proved that he still has The Voice...and then some!!!",
"Its a real shame that he is no longer with Journey.I was hoping I'd enjoy this new album.",
"But this new 'Journey' sounds, at best, like a Journey cover band."
] |
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