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1 | Buyer Beware | Ionic Pro Turbo - Buyer beware. Unit worked OK for about one month, and then cleaning frequency increased until we were doing a Deep Cleaning daily, as the unit would just sit and squeal. Contacted Customer Service, which is really an oxymoron, because there was no "service" involved. After days of sitting on hold, leaving messages trying to get a hold of a Customer Service Rep, as they never returned calls, they authorize the return of my defective unit for exchange. Now for the warranty, it does not cover the cost to return the unit to CA, which I could accept under protest, but then upon receipt of the defective unit you need to call them and provide them with a credit card to cover their $39.95 processing fee ...excuse me ... I have to pay additional costs for a defective unit? Unit is made in China; the product probably costs less than $39.95. I'm cutting my losses and dumping my unit in the trash, I'll find a real company and a unit that actually works as advertised. | 987 | [
"Ionic Pro Turbo - Buyer beware.",
"Unit worked OK for about one month, and then cleaning frequency increased until we were doing a Deep Cleaning daily, as the unit would just sit and squeal.",
"Contacted Customer Service, which is really an oxymoron, because there was no \"service\" involved.",
"After days of sitting on hold, leaving messages trying to get a hold of a Customer Service Rep, as they never returned calls, they authorize the return of my defective unit for exchange.",
"Now for the warranty, it does not cover the cost to return the unit to CA, which I could accept under protest, but then upon receipt of the defective unit you need to call them and provide them with a credit card to cover their $39.95 processing fee ...excuse me ... I have to pay additional costs for a defective unit?",
"Unit is made in China; the product probably costs less than $39.95.",
"I'm cutting my losses and dumping my unit in the trash, I'll find a real company and a unit that actually works as advertised."
] |
1 | UNDERSTAND THIS! | There are two opposing forces in the spirit realm. The first is the kingdom of darkness, led by Satan. The second is the kingdom of God, led by the Lord Jesus Christ.When I was formerly a member of the kingdom of darkness, I really enjoyed this book. I ended up in the L.A. County Jail facing two felony charges and fifteen years incarceration. This book WILL help you to wield power... and FAST. This is true. The power that it will give you, HOWEVER, ends in DESTRUCTION.There is a far superior sort of power, which you can gain by becoming a child of God. You accomplish this by accepting JESUS CHRIST into your heart as your savior, and therefore becoming a joint heir with Him. This is the ONLY way to avoid HELL.The 48 Laws of Power is a SATANIC book. By reading it, you are choosing sides. By reading it, you are choosing your eternal destiny.If you would like to join the army of Light, buy yourself a Christian HOLY BIBLE, and trust in JESUS today!Hallelujah to the Lamb of God! | 987 | [
"There are two opposing forces in the spirit realm.",
"The first is the kingdom of darkness, led by Satan.",
"The second is the kingdom of God, led by the Lord Jesus Christ.When I was formerly a member of the kingdom of darkness, I really enjoyed this book.",
"I ended up in the L.A. County Jail facing two felony charges and fifteen years incarceration.",
"This book WILL help you to wield power... and FAST.",
"This is true.",
"The power that it will give you, HOWEVER, ends in DESTRUCTION.There is a far superior sort of power, which you can gain by becoming a child of God.",
"You accomplish this by accepting JESUS CHRIST into your heart as your savior, and therefore becoming a joint heir with Him.",
"This is the ONLY way to avoid HELL.The 48 Laws of Power is a SATANIC book.",
"By reading it, you are choosing sides.",
"By reading it, you are choosing your eternal destiny.If you would like to join the army of Light, buy yourself a Christian HOLY BIBLE, and trust in JESUS today!",
"Hallelujah to the Lamb of God!"
] |
1 | Goodness Gracious! | Dear John. John, John, John...where should I begin? I've been wondering why bookstores around Tupelo have been advertising extremely low prices for the hardback version of this book...now I know why. Could it be the obvious lack of editorial effort (has anyone else noticed the annoying typographical errors)? I thought your wife, et al, read your final copy before publishing? And between chapters, I promise you, no one has forgotten the characters of the novel, so it is not necessary to keep introducing them as if you knew we would put the book down for several days (in disgust) and finally pick it back up to read. I love you John - you're still good for Mississippi even though you left us - but please don't rush to write another novel for whatever reasons - you're too captivating for that kind of racket. Take as much time as you need on the next one, dear, we will all wait patiently. P.S., I loved The Testament and find it interesting that others did not...to each his own. | 987 | [
"Dear John.",
"John, John, John...where should I begin?",
"I've been wondering why bookstores around Tupelo have been advertising extremely low prices for the hardback version of this book...now I know why.",
"Could it be the obvious lack of editorial effort (has anyone else noticed the annoying typographical errors)?",
"I thought your wife, et al, read your final copy before publishing?",
"And between chapters, I promise you, no one has forgotten the characters of the novel, so it is not necessary to keep introducing them as if you knew we would put the book down for several days (in disgust) and finally pick it back up to read.",
"I love you John - you're still good for Mississippi even though you left us - but please don't rush to write another novel for whatever reasons - you're too captivating for that kind of racket.",
"Take as much time as you need on the next one, dear, we will all wait patiently.",
"P.S., I loved The Testament and find it interesting that others did not...to each his own."
] |
1 | Too complicated, Too long | I decided to try this book because this book came highly recommended, I battled my way through 300 pages, and at no time did I enjoy the book. Reading it became more like a chore than an enjoyment so I gave up.The book is full of obscure historical references, people, events and places. And to understand the significance of these events one would have to be an expert on the last one thousand years of European history. The language was too complicated and academic, and the book was about 200 pages too long. Just when I thought an ineteresting scene was developing, the main character goes off to Brazil, and wastes a couple of dozen pages undergoing some cultural experience, whose meaning was lost to me.I'm not saying this is a bad book, because I could see that for someone who can follow it and understand it they could get a lot out of it, but be warned potential readers THIS IS ONE TOUGH READ, if you feel up to it get the book, if you have your doubts don't waste the money. | 987 | [
"I decided to try this book because this book came highly recommended, I battled my way through 300 pages, and at no time did I enjoy the book.",
"Reading it became more like a chore than an enjoyment so I gave up.The book is full of obscure historical references, people, events and places.",
"And to understand the significance of these events one would have to be an expert on the last one thousand years of European history.",
"The language was too complicated and academic, and the book was about 200 pages too long.",
"Just when I thought an ineteresting scene was developing, the main character goes off to Brazil, and wastes a couple of dozen pages undergoing some cultural experience, whose meaning was lost to me.I'm not saying this is a bad book, because I could see that for someone who can follow it and understand it they could get a lot out of it, but be warned potential readers THIS IS ONE TOUGH READ, if you feel up to it get the book, if you have your doubts don't waste the money."
] |
1 | Very disappointing | I liked Jennifer Weiner's book and even followed her columns about standing on the set watching this movie get made. My daughter and I then went to see this movie and we were both disappointed. The first problem is the casting - it is just impossible to see Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette as sisters. Collette never had a smile on her face and it was impossible to believe that she was an intelligent lawyer. Diaz's acting ranges from a to b (as Dorothy Parker once said about Katherine Hepburn). Shirley MacLaine was also woefully miscast as the grandmother; she barely phoned in her performance and never took on the role. This viewer was always conscious of watching Shirley MacLaine. There was also a problem with Curtis Hanson as the director; the movie just did not have the light touch of a romantic comedy and it dragged. On the other hand, Mark Feuerstein was one bright spot, even if there was no chemistry on screen between him and Toni Collette.I'd suggest saving your money. | 987 | [
"I liked Jennifer Weiner's book and even followed her columns about standing on the set watching this movie get made.",
"My daughter and I then went to see this movie and we were both disappointed.",
"The first problem is the casting - it is just impossible to see Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette as sisters.",
"Collette never had a smile on her face and it was impossible to believe that she was an intelligent lawyer.",
"Diaz's acting ranges from a to b (as Dorothy Parker once said about Katherine Hepburn).",
"Shirley MacLaine was also woefully miscast as the grandmother; she barely phoned in her performance and never took on the role.",
"This viewer was always conscious of watching Shirley MacLaine.",
"There was also a problem with Curtis Hanson as the director; the movie just did not have the light touch of a romantic comedy and it dragged.",
"On the other hand, Mark Feuerstein was one bright spot, even if there was no chemistry on screen between him and Toni Collette.I'd suggest saving your money."
] |
1 | boring.... | THEY ARE NOT POSERS BECUZ IN ONE OF THERE SONGS IT SAYS I DON'T WANNA BE LIKE YOU AND THAT IS WHY THEY LOOK DIFFERENT. SOME OF THE OTHER SONGS TALK ABOUT THERE DAD AND HOW HE LEFT THEM.-some other reviewerThat is definitely one of the most ineffective arguments i've ever heard. People can say anything, but they don't have to mean it. I gave this album one star because I really don't like the music. FIrst of all, its quite repetitive. Most of the songs sound similar except a few of the softer ones. I listened to this album because I heard it was good and I thought that "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" was pretty good. But when I listened to the album, all I found were a bunch of boring songs with mundane whiny lyrics, simplistic song structures and bad musicianship. That is my opinion on this album. If you like Simple Plan and the like you would probably enjoy this album throughly. But if you consider yourself a true punk then this CD would quite possibly make you angry. | 987 | [
"THEY ARE NOT POSERS BECUZ IN ONE OF THERE SONGS IT SAYS I DON'T WANNA BE LIKE YOU AND THAT IS WHY THEY LOOK DIFFERENT.",
"SOME OF THE OTHER SONGS TALK ABOUT THERE DAD AND HOW HE LEFT THEM.-some other reviewerThat is definitely one of the most ineffective arguments i've ever heard.",
"People can say anything, but they don't have to mean it.",
"I gave this album one star because I really don't like the music.",
"FIrst of all, its quite repetitive.",
"Most of the songs sound similar except a few of the softer ones.",
"I listened to this album because I heard it was good and I thought that \"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous\" was pretty good.",
"But when I listened to the album, all I found were a bunch of boring songs with mundane whiny lyrics, simplistic song structures and bad musicianship.",
"That is my opinion on this album.",
"If you like Simple Plan and the like you would probably enjoy this album throughly.",
"But if you consider yourself a true punk then this CD would quite possibly make you angry."
] |
1 | Bitter Harvest Review | Bitter Harvest is about a man who gets accused of something he did out of self-defense. He goes though racism and torture. This man murdered three men out of self-defense. This book was all about how people are so prejudice that they cannot even look passed their feelings about others. Bitter Harvest was based on a true story.I enjoyed this book because it was a true story about the passed. About racism and how people hated each other. This is something that I really find interesting to read about. How people lived in America in the 60's or 70's. Bitter Harvest had tons of exciting adventures put in to the story. This is what people thought when they were apart of this story.He reason I chose this story is because it is about crime. It is also about trust and truth. Also I loved the cover. I thought it would be interesting. It was believed that it would be about World War 2. Even though it wasn't it was still okay. Anyways all of these events are true with plenty of depth. | 987 | [
"Bitter Harvest is about a man who gets accused of something he did out of self-defense.",
"He goes though racism and torture.",
"This man murdered three men out of self-defense.",
"This book was all about how people are so prejudice that they cannot even look passed their feelings about others.",
"Bitter Harvest was based on a true story.I enjoyed this book because it was a true story about the passed.",
"About racism and how people hated each other.",
"This is something that I really find interesting to read about.",
"How people lived in America in the 60's or 70's.",
"Bitter Harvest had tons of exciting adventures put in to the story.",
"This is what people thought when they were apart of this story.He reason I chose this story is because it is about crime.",
"It is also about trust and truth.",
"Also I loved the cover.",
"I thought it would be interesting.",
"It was believed that it would be about World War 2.",
"Even though it wasn't it was still okay.",
"Anyways all of these events are true with plenty of depth."
] |
1 | TRITE TRITE TRITE | I've gotta say that I was really looking forward to reading this book as a close friend of mine is really great friends with the author. I was horrified to find that this book I'd really looked forward to was just awful! Swearing, drinking, "almost got some" priests??? Sheesh. The main character is prickly to the point that you wish it was her, not her uncle, on her last legs. Yes, there were some touching moments in it toward the end if you could dredge that far through it... But I also slow down and check out car accidents while driving by... I do realize that this is the authors first novel, but could someone have at least had the courtesy to explain to her what run on sentences are, and more importantly how to avoid them?? If you don't believe me, just check out the back cover -- it's just one HUGE run on. To anyone that's actually finished this book like i did still hoping beyond hope it'd get better, stand up and cheer for yourself! You've accomplished a mighty feat. | 987 | [
"I've gotta say that I was really looking forward to reading this book as a close friend of mine is really great friends with the author.",
"I was horrified to find that this book I'd really looked forward to was just awful!",
"Swearing, drinking, \"almost got some\" priests???",
"Sheesh.",
"The main character is prickly to the point that you wish it was her, not her uncle, on her last legs.",
"Yes, there were some touching moments in it toward the end if you could dredge that far through it... But I also slow down and check out car accidents while driving by... I do realize that this is the authors first novel, but could someone have at least had the courtesy to explain to her what run on sentences are, and more importantly how to avoid them??",
"If you don't believe me, just check out the back cover -- it's just one HUGE run on.",
"To anyone that's actually finished this book like i did still hoping beyond hope it'd get better, stand up and cheer for yourself!",
"You've accomplished a mighty feat."
] |
1 | Treason | U.S. CodeTITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 37 > 794794. Gathering or delivering defense information to aid foreign government(b) Whoever, in time of war, with intent that the same shall be communicated to the enemy, collects, records, publishes, or communicates, or attempts to elicit any information with respect to the movement, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the Armed Forces, ships, aircraft, or war materials of the United States, or with respect to the plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct of any naval or military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification or defense of any place, or any other information relating to the public defense, which might be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.Arkin is a Trator. He, his publisher, and anyone distributing this book should suffer the above mentioned penalties. | 987 | [
"U.S. CodeTITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 37 > 794794.",
"Gathering or delivering defense information to aid foreign government(b) Whoever, in time of war, with intent that the same shall be communicated to the enemy, collects, records, publishes, or communicates, or attempts to elicit any information with respect to the movement, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the Armed Forces, ships, aircraft, or war materials of the United States, or with respect to the plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct of any naval or military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification or defense of any place, or any other information relating to the public defense, which might be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.Arkin is a Trator.",
"He, his publisher, and anyone distributing this book should suffer the above mentioned penalties."
] |
1 | What a piece of junk!! | I thought I was lucky when I purchased the last Xbox 360 core system three weeks ago from a local Walmart. It turns out to be a piece of junk.Not to mention the radiculously sized power adapter, the console itself was poorly designed and engineered. It is ugly, noisy and fagile. The console has to remain absolutely still when you playing games or DVDs. If you happen to touch it or move it just a little bit with your wired controller, it stops working instantly, and gives you an error message on the screen. Even without any motion, it overheats every 15-20 minutes. I had to shut the whole thing off and on to restart the game.I have an old HP desktop computer made in 2000 in my media room. I am telling you the cooling fan in the Xbox 360 is 10 times noisier than my old HP desktop.Well, I just returned the console back to Walmart yesterday. I will have to sell the wireless controller and 4 xbox360 games on e-bay.No wonder X-box has only less than 15% of market share in Japan. | 987 | [
"I thought I was lucky when I purchased the last Xbox 360 core system three weeks ago from a local Walmart.",
"It turns out to be a piece of junk.Not to mention the radiculously sized power adapter, the console itself was poorly designed and engineered.",
"It is ugly, noisy and fagile.",
"The console has to remain absolutely still when you playing games or DVDs.",
"If you happen to touch it or move it just a little bit with your wired controller, it stops working instantly, and gives you an error message on the screen.",
"Even without any motion, it overheats every 15-20 minutes.",
"I had to shut the whole thing off and on to restart the game.I have an old HP desktop computer made in 2000 in my media room.",
"I am telling you the cooling fan in the Xbox 360 is 10 times noisier than my old HP desktop.Well, I just returned the console back to Walmart yesterday.",
"I will have to sell the wireless controller and 4 xbox360 games on e-bay.No wonder X-box has only less than 15% of market share in Japan."
] |
1 | Horribly Insulting | I cannot begin to describe how much this movie sucked. It's insulting to think they could kill off Jamie Lee Curtis the way they did - she sets up an elaborate trap for Michael and catches him and then just stands there a foot away from his arms as if he's paralyzed or something - you'd think that she would have learned something through all these years of being chased by a psychotic serial killer. STUPID! The rest of the movie is a complete joke. The acting sucks, which is easy to get past sometimes but in this film you don't give a crap about anyone. The characters are stupid. Stupid stupid stupid! By the end of the movie if you're not cheering whenever Michael kills someone there's something wrong with you. I was especially disappointed when they brought Freddy (Busta) back - he is so annoying. They should have left him dead. The movie would have been scores better if Michael had succeeded in killing EVERYONE in the house. See this only if you're in the mood to laugh... | 987 | [
"I cannot begin to describe how much this movie sucked.",
"It's insulting to think they could kill off Jamie Lee Curtis the way they did - she sets up an elaborate trap for Michael and catches him and then just stands there a foot away from his arms as if he's paralyzed or something - you'd think that she would have learned something through all these years of being chased by a psychotic serial killer.",
"STUPID!",
"The rest of the movie is a complete joke.",
"The acting sucks, which is easy to get past sometimes but in this film you don't give a crap about anyone.",
"The characters are stupid.",
"Stupid stupid stupid!",
"By the end of the movie if you're not cheering whenever Michael kills someone there's something wrong with you.",
"I was especially disappointed when they brought Freddy (Busta) back - he is so annoying.",
"They should have left him dead.",
"The movie would have been scores better if Michael had succeeded in killing EVERYONE in the house.",
"See this only if you're in the mood to laugh..."
] |
1 | Sad be True | I went into the music store to listen to this album before buying it.....simply because I found it hard to believe Linda had acquired a musical gift all of a sudden. I'm sorry but why put herself in a position of making an album when she simply has no talent for it, What's wrong with just being a photographer and Paul's wife? Wouldn't it be nice if we all could get up one morming and say I think I'll make an album today even though I can't carry a note in a hand basket....and then have everyone go out and buy it just because my husband is Paul Mccartney. I'm really sick of hearing about this perfect marriage they had. I have learned from experience that anytime people go out of their way to tell everyone how perfect their relationship is, that its usually the opposiite. I think we all learn very quickly in life that there is no fantasy marriage or relationship. It's just not REALITY. It seems Paul is already seeing someone else so let's let him get on with it and be happy. | 987 | [
"I went into the music store to listen to this album before buying it.....simply because I found it hard to believe Linda had acquired a musical gift all of a sudden.",
"I'm sorry but why put herself in a position of making an album when she simply has no talent for it, What's wrong with just being a photographer and Paul's wife?",
"Wouldn't it be nice if we all could get up one morming and say I think I'll make an album today even though I can't carry a note in a hand basket....and then have everyone go out and buy it just because my husband is Paul Mccartney.",
"I'm really sick of hearing about this perfect marriage they had.",
"I have learned from experience that anytime people go out of their way to tell everyone how perfect their relationship is, that its usually the opposiite.",
"I think we all learn very quickly in life that there is no fantasy marriage or relationship.",
"It's just not REALITY.",
"It seems Paul is already seeing someone else so let's let him get on with it and be happy."
] |
1 | To be avoided... | I'm forwarding this review by Bob.I do not recommend Nu-teck airless tires they are very dangerous Nu-teck says that there tires are guaranteed to never go flat!! well that's a lie, mine went flat, that did not bother me to much. until I asked for a new tire. they said that it's my fault for using the breaks to hard. and I created soft spot. well I'm 67 years old I have a small folding bike 20 inch wheels I only use the bike to go back and forth to the store, I don't race or jam on the break. Nu-teck, just wants to get out of the guarantee. Nu-teck is a bad company to do business with, ricktig.dk is the same company, don't do business with them, if you could help me so other people don't get flim flamed tell your friend not to buy airless tires. and if you see Nu-teck ad please cut and paste let others know. this company is not honorable and does not stand behind it's guaranteed, I'm putting this company on ripoff.com and youtube, BBB and 7 on your side, plus, bob williams | 987 | [
"I'm forwarding this review by Bob.I do not recommend Nu-teck airless tires they are very dangerous Nu-teck says that there tires are guaranteed to never go flat!!",
"well that's a lie, mine went flat, that did not bother me to much.",
"until I asked for a new tire.",
"they said that it's my fault for using the breaks to hard.",
"and I created soft spot.",
"well I'm 67 years old I have a small folding bike 20 inch wheels I only use the bike to go back and forth to the store, I don't race or jam on the break.",
"Nu-teck, just wants to get out of the guarantee.",
"Nu-teck is a bad company to do business with, ricktig.dk is the same company, don't do business with them, if you could help me so other people don't get flim flamed tell your friend not to buy airless tires.",
"and if you see Nu-teck ad please cut and paste let others know.",
"this company is not honorable and does not stand behind it's guaranteed, I'm putting this company on ripoff.com and youtube, BBB and 7 on your side, plus, bob williams"
] |
1 | Disappointed! | The price obviously was fairly convincing, however, upon receipt, the display surface looked as though it were a very used product. It lead us to be believe that maybe we had received a refurbished unit. Additionally, the picture was distorted over half of the viewing area to the point where once you try to adust it, it equally distorts the other half of the picture. I also expected a much brighter picture with Plasma as I've seen with other units I've seen in stores, however, even with it brightness maxed out, it was only 50% as bright as those on display in stores. Tech support was of very little help to us to solve any of the problems we exprienced. However, the begged and pleaded with us not to return it as it that's all they've been dealing with-obviously a trend with this company. There was just too many serious issues with this product to accept and it has since been returned. We purchased a 30inch LCD-TV which draws a lot less power and has a much brighter picture. | 987 | [
"The price obviously was fairly convincing, however, upon receipt, the display surface looked as though it were a very used product.",
"It lead us to be believe that maybe we had received a refurbished unit.",
"Additionally, the picture was distorted over half of the viewing area to the point where once you try to adust it, it equally distorts the other half of the picture.",
"I also expected a much brighter picture with Plasma as I've seen with other units I've seen in stores, however, even with it brightness maxed out, it was only 50% as bright as those on display in stores.",
"Tech support was of very little help to us to solve any of the problems we exprienced.",
"However, the begged and pleaded with us not to return it as it that's all they've been dealing with-obviously a trend with this company.",
"There was just too many serious issues with this product to accept and it has since been returned.",
"We purchased a 30inch LCD-TV which draws a lot less power and has a much brighter picture."
] |
1 | Don't Waste Your Money | I was so disappointed with the DVD version of this wonderful novela. They edited a 96-episode novela down to 1 double-sided disc. The second disc is basically Carla Estrada congratulating herself and the crew. They actually filmed the crewmembers being thanked for their work on the novela and ones who spoke, of course, thanked Carla Estrada. They showed bloopers and talked about the costumes. This is something that should have been a special feature on part on a disc. They should not have wasted two sides of a double DVD for this boring pat on the back for Carla Estrada. I don't understand why they couldn't have released the entire novela. Even if they had used both the double-sided discs for the novela the story wouldn't have been so chopping and confusing-even for someone who saw the novela on TV. I feel so cheated.Disc 1 chopped up novelaDisc 2 celebration of Carla Estrada/a few minutes of bloopersThe subtitles are only in English. Why not English and Spanish? ¿Por qué? | 987 | [
"I was so disappointed with the DVD version of this wonderful novela.",
"They edited a 96-episode novela down to 1 double-sided disc.",
"The second disc is basically Carla Estrada congratulating herself and the crew.",
"They actually filmed the crewmembers being thanked for their work on the novela and ones who spoke, of course, thanked Carla Estrada.",
"They showed bloopers and talked about the costumes.",
"This is something that should have been a special feature on part on a disc.",
"They should not have wasted two sides of a double DVD for this boring pat on the back for Carla Estrada.",
"I don't understand why they couldn't have released the entire novela.",
"Even if they had used both the double-sided discs for the novela the story wouldn't have been so chopping and confusing-even for someone who saw the novela on TV.",
"I feel so cheated.Disc 1 chopped up novelaDisc 2 celebration of Carla Estrada/a few minutes of bloopersThe subtitles are only in English.",
"Why not English and Spanish?",
"¿Por qué?"
] |
1 | Timex Men's T41101 | Watch movement is Made in the Philippines, band is Made in China. Product fits small! I.am not a large person (5 ft 8 inches, 195lbs.) and even at the max expansion of the bracelet, it JUST fits. Watch seemed like a good buy for an everyday watch. FIgured that at this price it wouldn't be a pain if the watch got banged up. NO SUCH LUCK! The watc,h began malfunctioning 15 minutes after setting it up! Noticed that the digital display seconds stopped working, stuck at 12 seconds showing. Then the date function reset/reverted to original factory default (1995, 08, 15). Went through set up process again, and noticed that digital clock still works and keeps time, but seconds on digital display are stuck at 12. I was born in the Philippines, and I know the crappy stuff produced there! 38 years after leaving, it's still the same crappy stuff! Save yourself the trouble and stay away from this watch. It's going back tomorrow! I'm going to spend a few more bucks and just get a Seiko! | 987 | [
"Watch movement is Made in the Philippines, band is Made in China.",
"Product fits small!",
"I.am not a large person (5 ft 8 inches, 195lbs.) and even at the max expansion of the bracelet, it JUST fits.",
"Watch seemed like a good buy for an everyday watch.",
"FIgured that at this price it wouldn't be a pain if the watch got banged up.",
"NO SUCH LUCK!",
"The watc,h began malfunctioning 15 minutes after setting it up!",
"Noticed that the digital display seconds stopped working, stuck at 12 seconds showing.",
"Then the date function reset/reverted to original factory default (1995, 08, 15).",
"Went through set up process again, and noticed that digital clock still works and keeps time, but seconds on digital display are stuck at 12.",
"I was born in the Philippines, and I know the crappy stuff produced there!",
"38 years after leaving, it's still the same crappy stuff!",
"Save yourself the trouble and stay away from this watch.",
"It's going back tomorrow!",
"I'm going to spend a few more bucks and just get a Seiko!"
] |
1 | inconvenient indeed | the only thing inconvenient to Gore is how we all have access to the web, which disproves all of his "facts". Yes dozens of scientists back him....and hundreds of scientists don't. Yet it's just the dozens that get the attention of the "unbiased" media, and Gore.I was not able to finish this book, so maybe I shouldn't reviewbut just the few "chapters" I read, and the rest I scanned, I knew for a FACT to be highly exagerated or just wrong outright.Investigate things yourself, not on blogs where the blind lead the blind but real scientific sites with FACTS. Al Gore is embarrassing and clearly has the same starving ego/need for attention that Clinton has. Did Bush Sr and Quayle hang around for YEARS like these two? No not even months but I digress. Oh and FYI Gore has made millions from various oil company stocks - another easily found fact via public record etc. Anyway who wants a free book? haha do yourself a favor and be intellectually honest and read science, not opinion. | 987 | [
"the only thing inconvenient to Gore is how we all have access to the web, which disproves all of his \"facts\".",
"Yes dozens of scientists back him....and hundreds of scientists don't.",
"Yet it's just the dozens that get the attention of the \"unbiased\" media, and Gore.I was not able to finish this book, so maybe I shouldn't reviewbut just the few \"chapters\" I read, and the rest I scanned, I knew for a FACT to be highly exagerated or just wrong outright.Investigate things yourself, not on blogs where the blind lead the blind but real scientific sites with FACTS.",
"Al Gore is embarrassing and clearly has the same starving ego/need for attention that Clinton has.",
"Did Bush Sr and Quayle hang around for YEARS like these two?",
"No not even months but I digress.",
"Oh and FYI Gore has made millions from various oil company stocks - another easily found fact via public record etc.",
"Anyway who wants a free book?",
"haha do yourself a favor and be intellectually honest and read science, not opinion."
] |
1 | Piece of Junk | Please save your money and do not buy this.Like others, I also fell for the advertising hype and went out and bought this thing. I have a newborn, a toddler and a new puppy at home, which doesn't exactly leave me a lot of time to clean. So needless to say I had high hopes for this product.Well, to start with my shower was not exactly sparkling clean but not very dirty either...this product did NOT clean the shower and certainly did not prevent it from getting dirtier. It does not clean the wall on which it hangs, it does not reach above face level, and it does not even reach the far wall of my shower, making it pretty much useless. The refills are ridiculously expensive and the cleaner has a strong, offensive odor when combined with the steam from the shower. I can't even finish getting dressed in the bathroom without opening the door to get a breath of fresh air.Anyhow, I would rate it zero stars if that rating existed....guess it's back to cleaning the old-fashioned way. | 987 | [
"Please save your money and do not buy this.Like others, I also fell for the advertising hype and went out and bought this thing.",
"I have a newborn, a toddler and a new puppy at home, which doesn't exactly leave me a lot of time to clean.",
"So needless to say I had high hopes for this product.Well, to start with my shower was not exactly sparkling clean but not very dirty either...this product did NOT clean the shower and certainly did not prevent it from getting dirtier.",
"It does not clean the wall on which it hangs, it does not reach above face level, and it does not even reach the far wall of my shower, making it pretty much useless.",
"The refills are ridiculously expensive and the cleaner has a strong, offensive odor when combined with the steam from the shower.",
"I can't even finish getting dressed in the bathroom without opening the door to get a breath of fresh air.Anyhow, I would rate it zero stars if that rating existed....guess it's back to cleaning the old-fashioned way."
] |
1 | King reaches new low... | And I thought SK had reached a low spot with "Song for Susanna" Lisey's story was the biggest piece of literary feces I have ever sifted through. I was actually embarrassed for SK for writing such nonsense. All the goo-goo ga-ga baby talk made it almost impossible to read and comprehend what the plot development was, which by the way NEVER occured. I remember the Stephen King days where if you read the book your hair stood up on your neck...the suspense in Liseys Story made me P.O'd to even be wasting my time reading it. Has SK been reduced to can-openers as his weapon of choice?The only reason(s) I finished this 500 page paperweight is it was a Xmas gift from my wife and she had already seen me start reading it and for pure curiosity of seeing how pathetic the story was going to get by the end.SK needs to stick with what works, good gut wrenching horror. I am just hoping that the last couple books are not an indication of the demise of a great suspense / horror writer.BTB | 987 | [
"And I thought SK had reached a low spot with \"Song for Susanna\" Lisey's story was the biggest piece of literary feces I have ever sifted through.",
"I was actually embarrassed for SK for writing such nonsense.",
"All the goo-goo ga-ga baby talk made it almost impossible to read and comprehend what the plot development was, which by the way NEVER occured.",
"I remember the Stephen King days where if you read the book your hair stood up on your neck...the suspense in Liseys Story made me P.O'd to even be wasting my time reading it.",
"Has SK been reduced to can-openers as his weapon of choice?",
"The only reason(s) I finished this 500 page paperweight is it was a Xmas gift from my wife and she had already seen me start reading it and for pure curiosity of seeing how pathetic the story was going to get by the end.SK needs to stick with what works, good gut wrenching horror.",
"I am just hoping that the last couple books are not an indication of the demise of a great suspense / horror writer.BTB"
] |
1 | Shorter is a Pyscho | Thus man is truly a psycho. He portrays himself as a doctor, and all he is is a medical historian covering up biowarfare experimentation that has affected thousands of citizens and the military, and denying them the medical help they need. Fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalitis, Gulf War Syndrome, etc. A truly arrogant sexist who has no authority to write about diseases, much less about women's diseases or difficulties such as menopause etc he knows nothing about and should not be allowed to write about as if he were some authority on the subject. And seeing as he is not a gynecologist, and knows nothing about woman he needs brain castration among other things. He said GWS (Gulf War Syndrome) didn't exist, and um he's wrong about that as well. He should be ousted, but then and again, follow the money trail...from medical schools Big Pharma, health insurance companies, NIH, CDC, congressmen... He is not a doctor of medicine, therefore he has not sworn to the oath, "DO NO HARM." | 987 | [
"Thus man is truly a psycho.",
"He portrays himself as a doctor, and all he is is a medical historian covering up biowarfare experimentation that has affected thousands of citizens and the military, and denying them the medical help they need.",
"Fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalitis, Gulf War Syndrome, etc.",
"A truly arrogant sexist who has no authority to write about diseases, much less about women's diseases or difficulties such as menopause etc he knows nothing about and should not be allowed to write about as if he were some authority on the subject.",
"And seeing as he is not a gynecologist, and knows nothing about woman he needs brain castration among other things.",
"He said GWS (Gulf War Syndrome) didn't exist, and um he's wrong about that as well.",
"He should be ousted, but then and again, follow the money trail...from medical schools Big Pharma, health insurance companies, NIH, CDC, congressmen... He is not a doctor of medicine, therefore he has not sworn to the oath, \"DO NO HARM.\""
] |
1 | useless | I got this useless junk as a gift. I should start this off by saying that I am a decent cook, and am accustomed to making brown rice on the stovetop. The first time I used this, I noticed it was quite slow to come up to temperature (at least 10 minutes to a boil with only 2 cups of liquid). Midway, it seemed to be going OK, smelled good, but then the thing turned off before the rice was cooked. This was about 50 minutes into the process, but the rice was still too hard. Then, you are left guessing if the thing is still heating or not, because there is very little indication of what it is doing on the panel. The cook light was on, but there was no steam and the rice was still moist, so it seemed to be only warming and not cooking. In the end, it took about 1.5 hrs, where on the stovetop it would have been done in 50 minutes. Maybe if you only made white rice this would be OK, but if you have any skill as a real cook don't waste your time with this. Mine's going to the dump. | 987 | [
"I got this useless junk as a gift.",
"I should start this off by saying that I am a decent cook, and am accustomed to making brown rice on the stovetop.",
"The first time I used this, I noticed it was quite slow to come up to temperature (at least 10 minutes to a boil with only 2 cups of liquid).",
"Midway, it seemed to be going OK, smelled good, but then the thing turned off before the rice was cooked.",
"This was about 50 minutes into the process, but the rice was still too hard.",
"Then, you are left guessing if the thing is still heating or not, because there is very little indication of what it is doing on the panel.",
"The cook light was on, but there was no steam and the rice was still moist, so it seemed to be only warming and not cooking.",
"In the end, it took about 1.5 hrs, where on the stovetop it would have been done in 50 minutes.",
"Maybe if you only made white rice this would be OK, but if you have any skill as a real cook don't waste your time with this.",
"Mine's going to the dump."
] |
1 | Ridiculous | I have been experiencing increasing wrist pain over the past couple of months, and decided that I needed to do something to head off carpal tunnel or some such thing at the pass. So I ordered this product thinking that it would offer some support and, perhaps, alleviate some of the pain in my wrist. Ha! This "glove" couldn't do any of that. I bought the smallest glove possible and to say it was "form fitting" would be a joke. There was no "compression" and no "support" offered by this product. I had the same amount of movement in my wrist whether I wore it or not. Also, the heating and massage element of this product is practically nonexistent. I was very disappointed in the Handeze glove and felt that it claimed to help with more symptoms then it could ever hope to and that it grossly exaggerated the beneficial aspects of the product. I ended up going out buying another support to help. Overall, it is my opinion that if you buy this product you will be wasting your money. | 987 | [
"I have been experiencing increasing wrist pain over the past couple of months, and decided that I needed to do something to head off carpal tunnel or some such thing at the pass.",
"So I ordered this product thinking that it would offer some support and, perhaps, alleviate some of the pain in my wrist.",
"Ha!",
"This \"glove\" couldn't do any of that.",
"I bought the smallest glove possible and to say it was \"form fitting\" would be a joke.",
"There was no \"compression\" and no \"support\" offered by this product.",
"I had the same amount of movement in my wrist whether I wore it or not.",
"Also, the heating and massage element of this product is practically nonexistent.",
"I was very disappointed in the Handeze glove and felt that it claimed to help with more symptoms then it could ever hope to and that it grossly exaggerated the beneficial aspects of the product.",
"I ended up going out buying another support to help.",
"Overall, it is my opinion that if you buy this product you will be wasting your money."
] |
1 | Totally awful | The main problem with this movie is that it's basically just a colorized version of the 1960 original, with a different cast. And that's where it really doesn't work. The dialogue has not been updated to the 1990s, and sounds ridiculous. Also, the situation between marion and sam is also way outdated. In 1960, it was feasible that a proper young woman would not bring a man to the home she shares with a conservative sister. Sam lives in his store, so a hotel in the afternoon is their only choice. But in this day and age, do they need to "sneak" around during lunchtime? Give me a break. Also, Sam can't marry her because he can't afford to support her, he's paying alimony, etc. That is also very outdated and totally stupid.If a real remake had been attempted, complete with an updated dialogue and story changes to suit a more modern era, it might have worked. But to shoot frame for frame of a film that is 40 years old is idiotic. What was the point? Just to say it's been done? | 987 | [
"The main problem with this movie is that it's basically just a colorized version of the 1960 original, with a different cast.",
"And that's where it really doesn't work.",
"The dialogue has not been updated to the 1990s, and sounds ridiculous.",
"Also, the situation between marion and sam is also way outdated.",
"In 1960, it was feasible that a proper young woman would not bring a man to the home she shares with a conservative sister.",
"Sam lives in his store, so a hotel in the afternoon is their only choice.",
"But in this day and age, do they need to \"sneak\" around during lunchtime?",
"Give me a break.",
"Also, Sam can't marry her because he can't afford to support her, he's paying alimony, etc.",
"That is also very outdated and totally stupid.If a real remake had been attempted, complete with an updated dialogue and story changes to suit a more modern era, it might have worked.",
"But to shoot frame for frame of a film that is 40 years old is idiotic.",
"What was the point?",
"Just to say it's been done?"
] |
1 | Ok but...Expected More | I received this book, after anxiously waiting to receive what I thought would be a seemingly new treasure of Afro Cuban herbalism. After Lydia Cabrera's EL Monte, there has not really been any good serious books on Afro Cuban herbalism out there...especially in English. I must say despite the effort, I found the book dissapointing for a couple of reasons. 1. The information is extremely sparse and general when it comes to the spiritual use of the Afro Cuban herbs. 2. One or two vague uses of the herbs are given with no information on what parts of the plant is used and how. 3. With such a big book, I was suprised to see so little information on the herbs and no pictures. There was so much white space on the page that I felt bad for the poor trees who were cut down and used for this book. A person who has no knowledge of herbalism would probably have more questions than answers after reading this book. I applaude the authors' efforts but a lot of more work needs to be done. | 987 | [
"I received this book, after anxiously waiting to receive what I thought would be a seemingly new treasure of Afro Cuban herbalism.",
"After Lydia Cabrera's EL Monte, there has not really been any good serious books on Afro Cuban herbalism out there...especially in English.",
"I must say despite the effort, I found the book dissapointing for a couple of reasons.",
"1.",
"The information is extremely sparse and general when it comes to the spiritual use of the Afro Cuban herbs.",
"2.",
"One or two vague uses of the herbs are given with no information on what parts of the plant is used and how.",
"3.",
"With such a big book, I was suprised to see so little information on the herbs and no pictures.",
"There was so much white space on the page that I felt bad for the poor trees who were cut down and used for this book.",
"A person who has no knowledge of herbalism would probably have more questions than answers after reading this book.",
"I applaude the authors' efforts but a lot of more work needs to be done."
] |
1 | They don't get much worse | I bought this game, hoping that it would provide me with something fun to do whenever I had free time. Yes, the prospect of engaging enemies in major battles for control of numerous spaceports and bases on 4 different theatres of combat appealed to me. So, between this and spending $39.95 on Joint Operations, I chose this.What was I thinking?This game freezes often, and I can't even find the "Quit" option. Apparently, the developers wanted to make it a puzzle just trying to figure out how to move your ship or fire your guns. You can't do anything in this game, it crashes, freezes, you can't control it, and in the campaign you dont even know what to do. The best part is that you can't even save or load or go to an options screen. This waste of a CD should be taken out of every store in the world. Trust me, I enjoy all sorts of games from Hearts of Iron to Raven Shield to Battlefield 1942 and Starfleet Command III - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME OR ANY OTHER GAME MADE BY DEREK SMART. | 987 | [
"I bought this game, hoping that it would provide me with something fun to do whenever I had free time.",
"Yes, the prospect of engaging enemies in major battles for control of numerous spaceports and bases on 4 different theatres of combat appealed to me.",
"So, between this and spending $39.95 on Joint Operations, I chose this.What was I thinking?",
"This game freezes often, and I can't even find the \"Quit\" option.",
"Apparently, the developers wanted to make it a puzzle just trying to figure out how to move your ship or fire your guns.",
"You can't do anything in this game, it crashes, freezes, you can't control it, and in the campaign you dont even know what to do.",
"The best part is that you can't even save or load or go to an options screen.",
"This waste of a CD should be taken out of every store in the world.",
"Trust me, I enjoy all sorts of games from Hearts of Iron to Raven Shield to Battlefield 1942 and Starfleet Command III - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME OR ANY OTHER GAME MADE BY DEREK SMART."
] |
1 | garbage gey hate it | okay im so pissed off that people are saying this is a masterpiece its garbage its not a masterpiece if a two year old can play all the song on this album. this is ridiculous i ahte people that say this is metallicas last of the best cause its not ...and justice for all is okay this is gay stuff and this album is junk for all new metal heads do not buy this album it is a comercial gey album with no musical talent what so ever listein to real metallica like kill 'em all ride the lightning master of the puppets ...and justice for all do not waste youre time with this plain old garbage and i cant bealive all the posers that are giving this album five stars you are probably the same people who give great albuyms like hell awaits and kill 'em all and killing is my business...and business is good bad review you all are posers do not try to act like youre real metal heads and do not try to make people follow in youre direction by telling them albums like this one are masterpieces | 987 | [
"okay im so pissed off that people are saying this is a masterpiece its garbage its not a masterpiece if a two year old can play all the song on this album.",
"this is ridiculous i ahte people that say this is metallicas last of the best cause its not ...and justice for all is okay this is gay stuff and this album is junk for all new metal heads do not buy this album it is a comercial gey album with no musical talent what so ever listein to real metallica like kill 'em all ride the lightning master of the puppets ...and justice for all do not waste youre time with this plain old garbage and i cant bealive all the posers that are giving this album five stars you are probably the same people who give great albuyms like hell awaits and kill 'em all and killing is my business...and business is good bad review you all are posers do not try to act like youre real metal heads and do not try to make people follow in youre direction by telling them albums like this one are masterpieces"
] |
1 | Lame Deer Seeker of Wisdom | I bought this book because the copy I started reading was a friend's and it was starting to fall apart. I didn't want to damage it anymore than it already was so I ordered a copy from Amazon's list of used book providers. I don't remember which company it was that I ordered from, but what I received was in such bad condition when I got it, I had to start paper clipping it together ONE day after I got it in the mail! What a mess it's been to try to read! The creepy thing is, when I opened the package, the book looked like it was in good shape, together, in one piece with no pages falling out. I don't know how they did it, but the company must have had it on their shelf for YEARS while the glue disintegrated and the cover separated from the pages and then not examined it before they sent it to me. One reason I ordered from this company, was the fact they are located in Reno, Nevada, where I live. I thought, because of that, I would get the book faster. I won't do that again. | 987 | [
"I bought this book because the copy I started reading was a friend's and it was starting to fall apart.",
"I didn't want to damage it anymore than it already was so I ordered a copy from Amazon's list of used book providers.",
"I don't remember which company it was that I ordered from, but what I received was in such bad condition when I got it, I had to start paper clipping it together ONE day after I got it in the mail!",
"What a mess it's been to try to read!",
"The creepy thing is, when I opened the package, the book looked like it was in good shape, together, in one piece with no pages falling out.",
"I don't know how they did it, but the company must have had it on their shelf for YEARS while the glue disintegrated and the cover separated from the pages and then not examined it before they sent it to me.",
"One reason I ordered from this company, was the fact they are located in Reno, Nevada, where I live.",
"I thought, because of that, I would get the book faster.",
"I won't do that again."
] |
1 | bad copy | Great introduction to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. But QUICKSAND has some audio problems...I returned the original copy I purchased ...exhanging if for another. The problem still exists....kind of hard to describe but during one part of the song the speakers in my car sound like they are going to pop. It's not as noticeable when played on my home stereo but it's still there. Also the version found here is not mixed properly.Although HEATWAVE is played over and over again on the radio and included in so many compilation discs...the version found on this disc includes one with a longer instrumental break during the middle of the song. I've only heard this on the radio ...I assume it was a "radio cut" sent to DJ's. However, by adding the longer instrumental break the producer of this disc sacrifices the classic ending to the song. Bummer. The collection also features the alternate version to JIMMY MACK without the forceful drum intro. Not my favorite but still a good cut. | 987 | [
"Great introduction to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.",
"But QUICKSAND has some audio problems...I returned the original copy I purchased ...exhanging if for another.",
"The problem still exists....kind of hard to describe but during one part of the song the speakers in my car sound like they are going to pop.",
"It's not as noticeable when played on my home stereo but it's still there.",
"Also the version found here is not mixed properly.Although HEATWAVE is played over and over again on the radio and included in so many compilation discs...the version found on this disc includes one with a longer instrumental break during the middle of the song.",
"I've only heard this on the radio ...I assume it was a \"radio cut\" sent to DJ's.",
"However, by adding the longer instrumental break the producer of this disc sacrifices the classic ending to the song.",
"Bummer.",
"The collection also features the alternate version to JIMMY MACK without the forceful drum intro.",
"Not my favorite but still a good cut."
] |
1 | Excellent camera, but..... | I bought this camera because it was recommended by Consumer's Reports as being the top of the line in its class. I used it a number of years and it was indeed an excellent camera until it developed what is known as problem code E18. The problem is a break-down in the lens mechanism: In the beginning the lens will go out with difficulty and will retract with even more difficulty. Eventually the lens will not retract at all; it stays out permanently and the camera becomes unusable. The cost of repair is prohibitive and there is no assurance that the problem will not recur after the camera is repaired. Canon will not acknowledge that there is such a problem as code E18 but I went to Google and found out that, despite Canon's denials, the problem is prevalent on quite a few of their camera models and there are too many complaints on file to ignore them.For the time being it is best to refrain from buying any Canon camera until they admit that there is a problem and correct it. | 987 | [
"I bought this camera because it was recommended by Consumer's Reports as being the top of the line in its class.",
"I used it a number of years and it was indeed an excellent camera until it developed what is known as problem code E18.",
"The problem is a break-down in the lens mechanism: In the beginning the lens will go out with difficulty and will retract with even more difficulty.",
"Eventually the lens will not retract at all; it stays out permanently and the camera becomes unusable.",
"The cost of repair is prohibitive and there is no assurance that the problem will not recur after the camera is repaired.",
"Canon will not acknowledge that there is such a problem as code E18 but I went to Google and found out that, despite Canon's denials, the problem is prevalent on quite a few of their camera models and there are too many complaints on file to ignore them.For the time being it is best to refrain from buying any Canon camera until they admit that there is a problem and correct it."
] |
1 | Poor software and display | I used this device almost daily for 2 months, then sold it for the following reasons. First, the SonicStage software never worked properly. I installed about 100 symphonies at one time without any difficulty, but on several different occasions, whenever I tried to add a single new symphony to the unit, the software could not find the 100 already installed even though they were all present according to the unit and any could be played. Each time this happened I was forced to re-initialize the hard drive, erasing the symphonies already on the unit and requiring that they all be added again. Second, the display has no backlight, making it almost impossible to see the display in daylight. I often had to cover the screen with my hand to see it. Another complaint (admittedly minor) is that, if I turned the unit off while it was playing a particular work and later turned it back on, the unit would resume playing that work. I regretted buying the unit and got an Ipod Nano instead. | 987 | [
"I used this device almost daily for 2 months, then sold it for the following reasons.",
"First, the SonicStage software never worked properly.",
"I installed about 100 symphonies at one time without any difficulty, but on several different occasions, whenever I tried to add a single new symphony to the unit, the software could not find the 100 already installed even though they were all present according to the unit and any could be played.",
"Each time this happened I was forced to re-initialize the hard drive, erasing the symphonies already on the unit and requiring that they all be added again.",
"Second, the display has no backlight, making it almost impossible to see the display in daylight.",
"I often had to cover the screen with my hand to see it.",
"Another complaint (admittedly minor) is that, if I turned the unit off while it was playing a particular work and later turned it back on, the unit would resume playing that work.",
"I regretted buying the unit and got an Ipod Nano instead."
] |
1 | Don't like Cheaters | After reading seeing how everybody rated this book so high, I couldn't wait to read this book. Unfortunately, the rating was misleading because I didn't like this book at all. One of the main reason was because in the middle of the book, the hero cheats on the heroin after that I just couldn't forgive the hero for that therefore couldn't enjoy the book. I don't want to read about a cheating spouse and the hero's reason was so stupid too. What piss me off was that he excepted her to forgive him easily but yet in the end when the hero thinks heroin cheated on him towards the end of the book, he banishes her from their home; furthermore her hits the heroin for betraying/cheating him, which made me hated him even more. I also felt the ending was too rushed. I mean the conflict with that one guy (can't recall his name) was finished too fast and easily. The only reason I give this book even a one star was because I like Martin's style of writing and I think she is very talented. | 987 | [
"After reading seeing how everybody rated this book so high, I couldn't wait to read this book.",
"Unfortunately, the rating was misleading because I didn't like this book at all.",
"One of the main reason was because in the middle of the book, the hero cheats on the heroin after that I just couldn't forgive the hero for that therefore couldn't enjoy the book.",
"I don't want to read about a cheating spouse and the hero's reason was so stupid too.",
"What piss me off was that he excepted her to forgive him easily but yet in the end when the hero thinks heroin cheated on him towards the end of the book, he banishes her from their home; furthermore her hits the heroin for betraying/cheating him, which made me hated him even more.",
"I also felt the ending was too rushed.",
"I mean the conflict with that one guy (can't recall his name) was finished too fast and easily.",
"The only reason I give this book even a one star was because I like Martin's style of writing and I think she is very talented."
] |
1 | Screen Breaks and it will. | All the good reviews are from people that have just purchased this item. Wait till the screen breaks by its self.I have owned 5 ipaqs, starting with the Aero and going all the way to 4155.One day I looked at my ipaq and it had a crack on the screen about 1 inch long. I knew immediately that the crack will grow and it did.The unit has never been dropped or mishandeled. Its does not even have a scratch on it. I am a person that uses a super fine tip fiber tip for my regular writing and never exert any pressure on the pen, letalone the stylus.The crack came by its self and now the repair costs are in excess of 180 $.After reading all the people that have broken their ipaq screens I am thinking of filing a class action law suit against HP. They should provide free screen replacements to their customers. (something similar to what compaq had to do to replace all floppy drives for their customers)I will try to setup a blog page where we can get together and sue the company.[...] | 987 | [
"All the good reviews are from people that have just purchased this item.",
"Wait till the screen breaks by its self.I have owned 5 ipaqs, starting with the Aero and going all the way to 4155.One day I looked at my ipaq and it had a crack on the screen about 1 inch long.",
"I knew immediately that the crack will grow and it did.The unit has never been dropped or mishandeled.",
"Its does not even have a scratch on it.",
"I am a person that uses a super fine tip fiber tip for my regular writing and never exert any pressure on the pen, letalone the stylus.The crack came by its self and now the repair costs are in excess of 180 $.After reading all the people that have broken their ipaq screens I am thinking of filing a class action law suit against HP.",
"They should provide free screen replacements to their customers.",
"(something similar to what compaq had to do to replace all floppy drives for their customers)I will try to setup a blog page where we can get together and sue the company.[...]"
] |
1 | Waste of money! | I decided to save myself $200 by buying the Zen 2.0 rather than an iPod. What a mistake. I received it in mid-October. By mid-December the display screen no longer worked. Because I had memorized the menu system by that point I was still able to use the product. I went on vacation right after this happened and didn't have time to deal with getting this fixed under warranty. (So I'm not sure how helpful they are.) I continued to use the player until yesterday when it just completely died on me. That's why I decided to write this review. It's not worth the $200 I saved. It's too bulky. The software that it came with never worked properly either. It would never connect to the CDDB database to name the files so I had to do it manually until I finally got iTunes and started ripping CD's in that. What a pain in the butt! Take a guess what I'll be buying next. I had read other reviews talking about the screen display not working but decided to take my chances. I gambled and lost! | 987 | [
"I decided to save myself $200 by buying the Zen 2.0 rather than an iPod.",
"What a mistake.",
"I received it in mid-October.",
"By mid-December the display screen no longer worked.",
"Because I had memorized the menu system by that point I was still able to use the product.",
"I went on vacation right after this happened and didn't have time to deal with getting this fixed under warranty.",
"(So I'm not sure how helpful they are.) I continued to use the player until yesterday when it just completely died on me.",
"That's why I decided to write this review.",
"It's not worth the $200 I saved.",
"It's too bulky.",
"The software that it came with never worked properly either.",
"It would never connect to the CDDB database to name the files so I had to do it manually until I finally got iTunes and started ripping CD's in that.",
"What a pain in the butt!",
"Take a guess what I'll be buying next.",
"I had read other reviews talking about the screen display not working but decided to take my chances.",
"I gambled and lost!"
] |
1 | Buyer Beware! | This review simply serves to assist anyone who may be looking for more of the awesome, cutting-edge hard rock music that Vandenberg put out in the '80's. I recently purchased this CD-hoping for more great Vandenberg hard rock, or maybe a new twist. The musicianship is excellent, as all of the band are talented and prodigious in the hard rock genre. The letdown is that although the production is A-1, the musical compositions are trite, dull, "been there, done that" stuff that really is not imaginative or interesting. These guys are capable of so much more! The guitar work is more like Kings X, with definite Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn influence-moments of brilliance, but mostly musical themes you have heard before. The music is OK; it is just not great. And for any fans of Adrian Vandenberg's artwork, the cover art is substandard as well-my kids could do better with a box of crayons. Proceed with caution...I have a copy I will let go of very cheap! Thanks for reading-John | 987 | [
"This review simply serves to assist anyone who may be looking for more of the awesome, cutting-edge hard rock music that Vandenberg put out in the '80's.",
"I recently purchased this CD-hoping for more great Vandenberg hard rock, or maybe a new twist.",
"The musicianship is excellent, as all of the band are talented and prodigious in the hard rock genre.",
"The letdown is that although the production is A-1, the musical compositions are trite, dull, \"been there, done that\" stuff that really is not imaginative or interesting.",
"These guys are capable of so much more!",
"The guitar work is more like Kings X, with definite Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn influence-moments of brilliance, but mostly musical themes you have heard before.",
"The music is OK; it is just not great.",
"And for any fans of Adrian Vandenberg's artwork, the cover art is substandard as well-my kids could do better with a box of crayons.",
"Proceed with caution...I have a copy I will let go of very cheap!",
"Thanks for reading-John"
] |
1 | No Support | This may be a good product. I can't say because my system operates the same with it as it did without it. I can connect to the internet with it, but then again I could already do that. I can't get my second computer to connect to the internet using this router so far. Went through all of the instructions and the main problem seems that the gateway IP Address I have is outside of the range that this router requires. Emailing U'S' Robotics has not resulted in any response from them. I bought this unit because of the 3COM name, since I have had 3COM products in the past and they are reliable and support was always there whenever I needed it. I have not had anything from U.S. Robotics and so I didn't know they were so unresponsive to customer support requests.Right now all I can say is if the unit works without need for customer support from U.S. Robotics, then buy it. If you are not sure if it will work out of the box, then think twice before ordering U.S. Robotics equipment. | 987 | [
"This may be a good product.",
"I can't say because my system operates the same with it as it did without it.",
"I can connect to the internet with it, but then again I could already do that.",
"I can't get my second computer to connect to the internet using this router so far.",
"Went through all of the instructions and the main problem seems that the gateway IP Address I have is outside of the range that this router requires.",
"Emailing U'S' Robotics has not resulted in any response from them.",
"I bought this unit because of the 3COM name, since I have had 3COM products in the past and they are reliable and support was always there whenever I needed it.",
"I have not had anything from U.S. Robotics and so I didn't know they were so unresponsive to customer support requests.Right now all I can say is if the unit works without need for customer support from U.S. Robotics, then buy it.",
"If you are not sure if it will work out of the box, then think twice before ordering U.S. Robotics equipment."
] |
1 | Historically Incorrect | I watched this movie for all of five minutes. I purchased this title because I have a better than passing interest in and knowledge of the Salem Witch trials. One of my ancestors was hanged after confessing to witchcraft and another was on the jury that sentenced him to death by hanging. I'll guarantee that when he was accused of being a witch my ancestor's eyes did not develop a evil glow that afflicted his accusers. The accused witches that I saw in the short portion of the movie I watched all appeared (at least the special effects suggested) to be casting a malevolent spell. So much for historical accuracy. If you are in to Halloween special effects scary type movies, this is probably for you. If however, you are looking for dramatization that has a reasonable degree of historical accuracy, you best look elsewhere. Frankly, if I was an active witch, I would consider suing the authors of this piece for slander given their special effect misrepresentations of the accused. | 987 | [
"I watched this movie for all of five minutes.",
"I purchased this title because I have a better than passing interest in and knowledge of the Salem Witch trials.",
"One of my ancestors was hanged after confessing to witchcraft and another was on the jury that sentenced him to death by hanging.",
"I'll guarantee that when he was accused of being a witch my ancestor's eyes did not develop a evil glow that afflicted his accusers.",
"The accused witches that I saw in the short portion of the movie I watched all appeared (at least the special effects suggested) to be casting a malevolent spell.",
"So much for historical accuracy.",
"If you are in to Halloween special effects scary type movies, this is probably for you.",
"If however, you are looking for dramatization that has a reasonable degree of historical accuracy, you best look elsewhere.",
"Frankly, if I was an active witch, I would consider suing the authors of this piece for slander given their special effect misrepresentations of the accused."
] |
1 | I don't get it | I cannot believe the hype this book has received. Utterly boring and unreadable. Undoubtedly one must be religious to enjoy this silly, seemingly un-ending piece of supernatural tripe. America is not so different from its Muslim counterparts in embracing all this other-worldliness - whether "heaven" or "martyrism" with 72 virgins - it's all the same ridiculous superstition. May reason someday prevail, and only then will there be a chance of peace amongst nations.Another gripe - soooo PC. The dark-skinned Indians were so much more beautiful than the whites - plus she could bake the vastly better pie. Ray was angelic. His mother was superior in all ways. When will silly white writers stop genuflecting to the darker-colored? A look at racial crime might be in order. As in 99% of inter-racial crime is black/hispanic on white. Do your research you silly white liberals! Research crime stats! You then just might - maybe - find that the victims in this nation are white, not black. | 987 | [
"I cannot believe the hype this book has received.",
"Utterly boring and unreadable.",
"Undoubtedly one must be religious to enjoy this silly, seemingly un-ending piece of supernatural tripe.",
"America is not so different from its Muslim counterparts in embracing all this other-worldliness - whether \"heaven\" or \"martyrism\" with 72 virgins - it's all the same ridiculous superstition.",
"May reason someday prevail, and only then will there be a chance of peace amongst nations.Another gripe - soooo PC.",
"The dark-skinned Indians were so much more beautiful than the whites - plus she could bake the vastly better pie.",
"Ray was angelic.",
"His mother was superior in all ways.",
"When will silly white writers stop genuflecting to the darker-colored?",
"A look at racial crime might be in order.",
"As in 99% of inter-racial crime is black/hispanic on white.",
"Do your research you silly white liberals!",
"Research crime stats!",
"You then just might - maybe - find that the victims in this nation are white, not black."
] |
1 | Do Not Be Fooled | I know it sounds great, folding, noise canceling,and everything, yet it doesn't do a good job of any of the things it boasts about.Couple of things why you shouldn't buy this.1. The Noise canceling doesn't work very well. One of the worst I've seen. It's not very well made because the noise canceling is suppose to only send out a certain amount of radio waves to block the ones coming in, and yet they made the noise canceling too loud and you can here the radio waves all too loudly.2. Very cheap material, it looks good in the picture, but the actual product doesn't look all that good.3. The ear part is the weirdest size. It doesn't go over the year and it just kind of squeezes your ears to stay on. It doesn't cover your ears very well.4. The head band is not round, it's square because of the folding option. You look goofy when you wear it, only wear it inside the house.5. You can't wear it for a very long time. It's not comfortable.Please do not buy this. For your own good. | 987 | [
"I know it sounds great, folding, noise canceling,and everything, yet it doesn't do a good job of any of the things it boasts about.Couple of things why you shouldn't buy this.1. The Noise canceling doesn't work very well.",
"One of the worst I've seen.",
"It's not very well made because the noise canceling is suppose to only send out a certain amount of radio waves to block the ones coming in, and yet they made the noise canceling too loud and you can here the radio waves all too loudly.2. Very cheap material, it looks good in the picture, but the actual product doesn't look all that good.3. The ear part is the weirdest size.",
"It doesn't go over the year and it just kind of squeezes your ears to stay on.",
"It doesn't cover your ears very well.4. The head band is not round, it's square because of the folding option.",
"You look goofy when you wear it, only wear it inside the house.5. You can't wear it for a very long time.",
"It's not comfortable.Please do not buy this.",
"For your own good."
] |
1 | This has to be a best of? | Forty licks has marvellous songs (like `Gimme shelter', `You can't always get what you want', `Sympathy for the devil', `Mother's little helper'...), but also really bad ones (like `Emotional rescue', `Mixed emotions', `Undercover of the night', `Shattered', `Don't stop').The first disc is fantastic, missing some classics like `We love you', `Lady Jane' or `As tears go by', but on the whole, it is all right. Disc two, on the other hand, has disgraceful songs from the eighties and nineties. These songs have nothing to do with their earlier work from the sixties, when Mick Jagger used to be a rebel. I really can't believe that there is a song like `Mixed emotions' on a compilation album. Of course there are also great songs on disc 2 like `Start me up', `Brown sugar', `Miss you', `Angie' and `It's only rock 'n' roll', but that's it.The Stones made their best songs in the seventies and sixties... But in the eighties and nineties their game is over... You just have to face it. | 987 | [
"Forty licks has marvellous songs (like `Gimme shelter', `You can't always get what you want', `Sympathy for the devil', `Mother's little helper'...), but also really bad ones (like `Emotional rescue', `Mixed emotions', `Undercover of the night', `Shattered', `Don't stop').The first disc is fantastic, missing some classics like `We love you', `Lady Jane' or `As tears go by', but on the whole, it is all right.",
"Disc two, on the other hand, has disgraceful songs from the eighties and nineties.",
"These songs have nothing to do with their earlier work from the sixties, when Mick Jagger used to be a rebel.",
"I really can't believe that there is a song like `Mixed emotions' on a compilation album.",
"Of course there are also great songs on disc 2 like `Start me up', `Brown sugar', `Miss you', `Angie' and `It's only rock 'n' roll', but that's it.The Stones made their best songs in the seventies and sixties... But in the eighties and nineties their game is over... You just have to face it."
] |
1 | Buyer Beware | I am writing a review because this product is just horrible. I read the other reviews and bought one because some of the people had good experiences with it. I can not urge you enough to avoid this cleaner!!!! TRUST ME! You will SAVE money going with a better brand. The guy at the repair shop I had to take mine to because it never worked told me to send it back rather than repair it. He took me in the back and showed me at least 30 of the same model that had all been brought to him for repair. He told me that Bissell and Hover are both bankrupt and these products are always breaking down. He told me to go with a Dirt Devil model that runs around $250.00 if I didn't want to go high end with my purchase. Please trust me!! I gave it a chance but after mine didn't work and I saw ROWS and ROWS of them at the repair shop, I felt I had to leave a review to warn other potential buyers. DON'T BUY THIS!!!!!!! I had to give it one star in order to post this but it doesn't deserve it! | 987 | [
"I am writing a review because this product is just horrible.",
"I read the other reviews and bought one because some of the people had good experiences with it.",
"I can not urge you enough to avoid this cleaner!!!",
"!",
"TRUST ME!",
"You will SAVE money going with a better brand.",
"The guy at the repair shop I had to take mine to because it never worked told me to send it back rather than repair it.",
"He took me in the back and showed me at least 30 of the same model that had all been brought to him for repair.",
"He told me that Bissell and Hover are both bankrupt and these products are always breaking down.",
"He told me to go with a Dirt Devil model that runs around $250.00 if I didn't want to go high end with my purchase.",
"Please trust me!!",
"I gave it a chance but after mine didn't work and I saw ROWS and ROWS of them at the repair shop, I felt I had to leave a review to warn other potential buyers.",
"DON'T BUY THIS!!!",
"!!!",
"!",
"I had to give it one star in order to post this but it doesn't deserve it!"
] |
1 | A GOOD EFFORT BUT..... | Like most books written by a non-addict/alcoholic, Happy Hours has a lot of good information but really doesn't help someone who is struggling with recovery. Doctors, therapists, anyone who studies alcoholism but is not suffering from the disease themselves can only understand alcoholism in theory; they will never have a true grasp on the disease itself, no matter how close they are to someone who does. I believe the author has done her homework and indeed her statistics bear this out but unfortunately, to truly understand the terrible grip of addiction, one must be suffering from it. This is an illiness that is most successfully treated by counselors and therapists who are in recovery because they have been in the trenches and know the path we walk and the struggles we face. I do not recommend this book to anyone who is new in recovery and is looking for a guide to follow. A good addition to your collection if you already have a head start with some basic beginngers books | 987 | [
"Like most books written by a non-addict/alcoholic, Happy Hours has a lot of good information but really doesn't help someone who is struggling with recovery.",
"Doctors, therapists, anyone who studies alcoholism but is not suffering from the disease themselves can only understand alcoholism in theory; they will never have a true grasp on the disease itself, no matter how close they are to someone who does.",
"I believe the author has done her homework and indeed her statistics bear this out but unfortunately, to truly understand the terrible grip of addiction, one must be suffering from it.",
"This is an illiness that is most successfully treated by counselors and therapists who are in recovery because they have been in the trenches and know the path we walk and the struggles we face.",
"I do not recommend this book to anyone who is new in recovery and is looking for a guide to follow.",
"A good addition to your collection if you already have a head start with some basic beginngers books"
] |
1 | THIS PRODUCT IS HOT! | I rarely ever write customer reviews, but this one seemed to warrant it. Here goes:If you want a hair dryer that BURNS OFF YOUR HAIR AND CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE YOU BALD, this hair dryer is for you! For a waste of $18-$21 American, YOU TOO CAN BE A 21 YEAR-OLD FEMALE WITH SYMPTOMS OF FEMALE PATTERN BALDNESS!!!! WOW!This little hottie also turns healthy, beautiful hair into crispy, damaged sh&*--EVEN WHEN YOU HOLD THE DAMNED THING 6 INCHES AWAY FROM YOUR HEAD!But wait, there's more!Wait just a few years until this baby shoots out sparks from both ends of the body AT 6 A.M. one fine Monday morning (like it did for me this morning), and RISK BOTH BURNING OFF MASSIVE CHUNKS OF YOUR HAIR *AND* SEVERELY BURNING YOUR RIGHT HAND/CAUSING A FACIAL DEFORMITY VIA AN ELECTICAL SPARK! YES!The lesson of the day is: DO NOT BUY THIS HAIR DRYER/PIECE OF SH&^ OR ANY HELEN OF TROY PRODUCT IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO KEEP A NORMAL-LOOKING HAIR/VISAGE/SELF. THEIR PRODUCTS ARE D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S C-R-A-P. | 987 | [
"I rarely ever write customer reviews, but this one seemed to warrant it.",
"Here goes:If you want a hair dryer that BURNS OFF YOUR HAIR AND CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE YOU BALD, this hair dryer is for you!",
"For a waste of $18-$21 American, YOU TOO CAN BE A 21 YEAR-OLD FEMALE WITH SYMPTOMS OF FEMALE PATTERN BALDNESS!!!",
"!",
"WOW!",
"This little hottie also turns healthy, beautiful hair into crispy, damaged sh&*--EVEN WHEN YOU HOLD THE DAMNED THING 6 INCHES AWAY FROM YOUR HEAD!",
"But wait, there's more!",
"Wait just a few years until this baby shoots out sparks from both ends of the body AT 6 A.M. one fine Monday morning (like it did for me this morning), and RISK BOTH BURNING OFF MASSIVE CHUNKS OF YOUR HAIR *AND* SEVERELY BURNING YOUR RIGHT HAND/CAUSING A FACIAL DEFORMITY VIA AN ELECTICAL SPARK!",
"YES!",
"The lesson of the day is: DO NOT BUY THIS HAIR DRYER/PIECE OF SH&^ OR ANY HELEN OF TROY PRODUCT IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO KEEP A NORMAL-LOOKING HAIR/VISAGE/SELF.",
"THEIR PRODUCTS ARE D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S C-R-A-P."
] |
1 | Author is out of touch | I'm sorry to report that Alan Cooper appears to be years out of touch with the software industry. He lobbies for a new 'interaction design' class of professionals working toward designing how the user sees the system - but the industry started doing these things a good 15-20 years ago. Also, he assertions that "in software, typically nothing is visible until it is done" is just plain wrong today; 20 years ago that was true but the software industry today uses storyboards, paper usability reviews, UI mockups, prototypes, etc all with the intent of designing a user friendly interface before the first line of code is written. He starts off with flawed assumptions and ignorance and goes downhill from there.For simple entertainment value and getting to vent frustration about bad systems I give the book 1 star, but if you're actually serious about understanding and improving software development, you're much better off reading any of a handful of books about "use case analysis". | 987 | [
"I'm sorry to report that Alan Cooper appears to be years out of touch with the software industry.",
"He lobbies for a new 'interaction design' class of professionals working toward designing how the user sees the system - but the industry started doing these things a good 15-20 years ago.",
"Also, he assertions that \"in software, typically nothing is visible until it is done\" is just plain wrong today; 20 years ago that was true but the software industry today uses storyboards, paper usability reviews, UI mockups, prototypes, etc all with the intent of designing a user friendly interface before the first line of code is written.",
"He starts off with flawed assumptions and ignorance and goes downhill from there.For simple entertainment value and getting to vent frustration about bad systems I give the book 1 star, but if you're actually serious about understanding and improving software development, you're much better off reading any of a handful of books about \"use case analysis\"."
] |
1 | unbelievable | bought this battery in Jan 2011. used it minimally. completely died last week. wont even take a charge. no life at all. so had the battery for 16 months total, 4 months after manufacturer warranty expired. emailed them explaining that is must be a flook, that theres no way they sell crap batteries such as this and they said sorry a years up.heres the emailMe:bought battery last year and it just quite on me this week...after minimal use. I realize theres probably only a one year manufacturers warranty on it but these batteries last alot longer than a little over a year. was wondering if i could return battery for a new one as i suspect this particular one that i received was a defective one and a flook and doesnt represent all the batteries you carry. please let me know what steps to take to get this battery replaced.thank you.The Battery Geeks response:I am sorry for the inconvenience of the battery. We do only warranty the battery for 1 year free replacement.Thank you!TBG | 987 | [
"bought this battery in Jan 2011.",
"used it minimally.",
"completely died last week.",
"wont even take a charge.",
"no life at all.",
"so had the battery for 16 months total, 4 months after manufacturer warranty expired.",
"emailed them explaining that is must be a flook, that theres no way they sell crap batteries such as this and they said sorry a years up.heres the emailMe:bought battery last year and it just quite on me this week...after minimal use.",
"I realize theres probably only a one year manufacturers warranty on it but these batteries last alot longer than a little over a year.",
"was wondering if i could return battery for a new one as i suspect this particular one that i received was a defective one and a flook and doesnt represent all the batteries you carry.",
"please let me know what steps to take to get this battery replaced.thank you.The Battery Geeks response:I am sorry for the inconvenience of the battery.",
"We do only warranty the battery for 1 year free replacement.Thank you!",
"TBG"
] |
1 | Hero is SO dim | This is by far my least favorite of the Mary Balogh's books. I'm glad that it is a reprint of an older edition or I'd be wondering if she's losing her touch. The hero is truly dim, and the words he say to the heroine are always hurtful and appallingly repetitve, "You are a good girl... You have pleased me..." over and over again. The problem I have with the book is not simply that the hero is weak, but that there is nothing convincing me whatsoever of why the heroine would fall in love with him. He has almost no redeeming quality. He is not bright, nor handsome, nor good in bed. And when the heroine decides to leave him, it is not really clear why she did not tell him the real reason behind her leaving. I expect more of Mary Balogh's books, more from a heroine who could have so much more but settled for so much less. The whole story of her turning to prostitution is sordid and not a good excuse at all. So unlike all the other MB books, I don't think I'll be rereading this. | 987 | [
"This is by far my least favorite of the Mary Balogh's books.",
"I'm glad that it is a reprint of an older edition or I'd be wondering if she's losing her touch.",
"The hero is truly dim, and the words he say to the heroine are always hurtful and appallingly repetitve, \"You are a good girl... You have pleased me...\" over and over again.",
"The problem I have with the book is not simply that the hero is weak, but that there is nothing convincing me whatsoever of why the heroine would fall in love with him.",
"He has almost no redeeming quality.",
"He is not bright, nor handsome, nor good in bed.",
"And when the heroine decides to leave him, it is not really clear why she did not tell him the real reason behind her leaving.",
"I expect more of Mary Balogh's books, more from a heroine who could have so much more but settled for so much less.",
"The whole story of her turning to prostitution is sordid and not a good excuse at all.",
"So unlike all the other MB books, I don't think I'll be rereading this."
] |
1 | Ugly | I bought this fountian and I was very exited about having it. When I took it out of the box and had all of the peices it was obvious that it was cheaply made because one of the pieces was already broken. I finally glued it together and put it together and turned it on when I realized how loud the motor was. I left and came back about and hour later and there was water everywhere! The bottom level/slate thing splashes water out and there is a big puddle when it is done. Becuse of it constanly splashing water out, it runs out of water very quickly and needs to be refilled often. Another thing is that the light in the fountian dosn't have a seperate switch so if you want to go to bed with it on you have to have the light on while you are trying to go to sleep. I ended up completly taking the light out (which was a hassle) and with all of the other problems on top of that, I finally threw it out. I would strongly recomend finding a different product to buy instead of this one. | 987 | [
"I bought this fountian and I was very exited about having it.",
"When I took it out of the box and had all of the peices it was obvious that it was cheaply made because one of the pieces was already broken.",
"I finally glued it together and put it together and turned it on when I realized how loud the motor was.",
"I left and came back about and hour later and there was water everywhere!",
"The bottom level/slate thing splashes water out and there is a big puddle when it is done.",
"Becuse of it constanly splashing water out, it runs out of water very quickly and needs to be refilled often.",
"Another thing is that the light in the fountian dosn't have a seperate switch so if you want to go to bed with it on you have to have the light on while you are trying to go to sleep.",
"I ended up completly taking the light out (which was a hassle) and with all of the other problems on top of that, I finally threw it out.",
"I would strongly recomend finding a different product to buy instead of this one."
] |
1 | Caution! | Beware of these books. If you are looking for supplemental reading for your Nancy Drew lover, beware. These books are highly inappropriate for the typical Nancy Drew lover. Content is not only "inappropriate" for the pre-teen crowd, but the vocabulary and content is flooded with sexual undertones intermixed with poor values. I was floored to find that these books were being marketed to the Nancy Drew reader. Many naive parents who purchase this series would be quite surprised at their content. Do you really want your child to be reading how Nancy Drew "sexily smiled" at a stranger? Parents who fondly remember days snuggled up under the cover with a good Nancy Drew book will randomly pick up this series expecting the same good mystery and wholesome read. It causes me to pause and ponder what other deceptions publishers are using to exploit our children. Read one yourself and decide if you are not being fooled into thinking your children are just reading another "good book." | 987 | [
"Beware of these books.",
"If you are looking for supplemental reading for your Nancy Drew lover, beware.",
"These books are highly inappropriate for the typical Nancy Drew lover.",
"Content is not only \"inappropriate\" for the pre-teen crowd, but the vocabulary and content is flooded with sexual undertones intermixed with poor values.",
"I was floored to find that these books were being marketed to the Nancy Drew reader.",
"Many naive parents who purchase this series would be quite surprised at their content.",
"Do you really want your child to be reading how Nancy Drew \"sexily smiled\" at a stranger?",
"Parents who fondly remember days snuggled up under the cover with a good Nancy Drew book will randomly pick up this series expecting the same good mystery and wholesome read.",
"It causes me to pause and ponder what other deceptions publishers are using to exploit our children.",
"Read one yourself and decide if you are not being fooled into thinking your children are just reading another \"good book.\""
] |
1 | Crashes everyday | I bought a WGR614 at the beginning of November. Everyday I have to reboot the device by cycling its power. The symptoms are:No routing;No wireless, or slow wireless;No response to ICMP pings;No response to web configuration;Status lights do not indicate a problem;No DHCP server.These symptoms sometimes appear in different combinations. I switched the DHCP service to a conventional server so that I would not lose TCP/IP services on Ethernet.I have called NetGear's India support line four times. Everytime I call they suggest the same troubleshooting steps (push the reset button). They apparently do not have the capability of tracking customer issues--they just read from a script. I am attempting to get an advance exchange for a replacement unit. If NetGear will not exchange the unit, I will try the distributor.While reading these reviews, I notice that the negative reviews are frequently rated less than helpful, while the positive reviews are generally rated helpful. Hmm.... | 987 | [
"I bought a WGR614 at the beginning of November.",
"Everyday I have to reboot the device by cycling its power.",
"The symptoms are:No routing;No wireless, or slow wireless;No response to ICMP pings;No response to web configuration;Status lights do not indicate a problem;No DHCP server.These symptoms sometimes appear in different combinations.",
"I switched the DHCP service to a conventional server so that I would not lose TCP/IP services on Ethernet.I have called NetGear's India support line four times.",
"Everytime I call they suggest the same troubleshooting steps (push the reset button).",
"They apparently do not have the capability of tracking customer issues--they just read from a script.",
"I am attempting to get an advance exchange for a replacement unit.",
"If NetGear will not exchange the unit, I will try the distributor.While reading these reviews, I notice that the negative reviews are frequently rated less than helpful, while the positive reviews are generally rated helpful.",
"Hmm...."
] |
1 | Great, while it works... | Purchased a MM Pro in the summer of 2000. Worked great for two years, then in July of 2002, it wouldn`t stay on. Called customer service a few times, did everything they told me to, but eventually they sent me a new power unit under warranty. That lasted a little more than one year; in 2003, we started having problems with it again. Called customer service today (July 5, 2004 -- no wait for service rep). Did what they asked. Appears that the muffin fan is dead. Asked about replacing it -- they don`t have any parts information. Not under warranty, must replace head for $350 (and get 6 months warranty on it) or "upgrade" to Pro 2004 for $600 (and get 2 years). I asked them about reliability -- they said the new Pro is more reliable; don`t know if I want to spend $600 to find out.While it runs, it does catch a lot of mosquitoes, but when it breaks, it's an expensive lawn ornament. These guys need to admit they have/had problems with their units and replace the defective ones. | 987 | [
"Purchased a MM Pro in the summer of 2000.",
"Worked great for two years, then in July of 2002, it wouldn`t stay on.",
"Called customer service a few times, did everything they told me to, but eventually they sent me a new power unit under warranty.",
"That lasted a little more than one year; in 2003, we started having problems with it again.",
"Called customer service today (July 5, 2004 -- no wait for service rep).",
"Did what they asked.",
"Appears that the muffin fan is dead.",
"Asked about replacing it -- they don`t have any parts information.",
"Not under warranty, must replace head for $350 (and get 6 months warranty on it) or \"upgrade\" to Pro 2004 for $600 (and get 2 years).",
"I asked them about reliability -- they said the new Pro is more reliable; don`t know if I want to spend $600 to find out.While it runs, it does catch a lot of mosquitoes, but when it breaks, it's an expensive lawn ornament.",
"These guys need to admit they have/had problems with their units and replace the defective ones."
] |
1 | Mutabaruka Rules. | Dub poetry is the business of original thinkers. If you're not passionate about what you're talking about, don't even worry yourself, you're no poet. (Clear themes, clarity of verbal delivery, a message that is deep and useful to the whole of the world. As a dub poet, your goal is definitely not money or girls, on the contrary, its to make the world a better place for every one. To become a dub poet you need to have thought deeply about life, and the human story. If you cannot do this and you stil want to record your stuff on CD, you bette find someone to help you compose some useful lyrics. However the verbal delivery will still be flat, because the message won't be yours!So I'd say on my list of REAL dub poets I have1. Mutabaruka (the topmost universal revolutionary poet)2. Linton Kwesi Johnson (the originator/urban UK poet)3. Oku Onuora (Yardy Communistlike poet, man of the poor)4. The late Mickey Smith5. And last but not the least a (USA/UK based) guy called MC Ras Tee | 987 | [
"Dub poetry is the business of original thinkers.",
"If you're not passionate about what you're talking about, don't even worry yourself, you're no poet.",
"(Clear themes, clarity of verbal delivery, a message that is deep and useful to the whole of the world.",
"As a dub poet, your goal is definitely not money or girls, on the contrary, its to make the world a better place for every one.",
"To become a dub poet you need to have thought deeply about life, and the human story.",
"If you cannot do this and you stil want to record your stuff on CD, you bette find someone to help you compose some useful lyrics.",
"However the verbal delivery will still be flat, because the message won't be yours!",
"So I'd say on my list of REAL dub poets I have1.",
"Mutabaruka (the topmost universal revolutionary poet)2.",
"Linton Kwesi Johnson (the originator/urban UK poet)3.",
"Oku Onuora (Yardy Communistlike poet, man of the poor)4.",
"The late Mickey Smith5.",
"And last but not the least a (USA/UK based) guy called MC Ras Tee"
] |
1 | Absolutely AWFUL! | You would think a Championship special for a basketball obsessed fan base and program like Kentucky, would put together a stellar DVD. That is not even close to what this piece of garbage is. The editing is choppy and the narration is incorrect and all over the place. Its as if this was put together by an amateur high school media student. You would have the narrator saying one thing while something completely different was on the screen. Then the highly anticipated rematch with Indiana in the Sweet 16 is only given TWO PLAYS! A foul by Davis in the first half and a rebound in the final seconds of the game. Then the national title game gets maybe 3 plays worth of highlites and then it cuts to the team driving into Rupp Arena for the celebration and then abruptly ends.DO NOT BUY THIS DVD! Cross your fingers and hope CBS puts together an official DVD because this is absolutely a waste of money. There are better youtube videos out there of the 2012 Kentucky Basketball season. | 987 | [
"You would think a Championship special for a basketball obsessed fan base and program like Kentucky, would put together a stellar DVD.",
"That is not even close to what this piece of garbage is.",
"The editing is choppy and the narration is incorrect and all over the place.",
"Its as if this was put together by an amateur high school media student.",
"You would have the narrator saying one thing while something completely different was on the screen.",
"Then the highly anticipated rematch with Indiana in the Sweet 16 is only given TWO PLAYS!",
"A foul by Davis in the first half and a rebound in the final seconds of the game.",
"Then the national title game gets maybe 3 plays worth of highlites and then it cuts to the team driving into Rupp Arena for the celebration and then abruptly ends.DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!",
"Cross your fingers and hope CBS puts together an official DVD because this is absolutely a waste of money.",
"There are better youtube videos out there of the 2012 Kentucky Basketball season."
] |
1 | Eli Writes Review | Only reason this movie would ever get above 1 star rating is if you have never ever read the book or intend to.This is perfect example of how to butcher a good story and have someone make 'creative changes' that just don't work. This is the example I base all terrible versions of movies based on books on. Worse movie based on a book ever! Someone pretty much went "Oh hey that sounds cool, let's take the idea and change everything."The setting (not even in the right country), the ages, the entire story to the point of ENDING differently. The ONLY thing the same is the characters names, the characters themselves are completely unrecognizable.Blood and Chocolate is one of my favourite books. I didn't see this movie until years after it came out and I'm so happy I didn't. This movie is bad, I mean it puts bad movies to shame. Down-right don't waste your time. If you're a fan of the book I'm sure you would have heard of it by now, and if you haven't: There is a reason for that! | 987 | [
"Only reason this movie would ever get above 1 star rating is if you have never ever read the book or intend to.This is perfect example of how to butcher a good story and have someone make 'creative changes' that just don't work.",
"This is the example I base all terrible versions of movies based on books on.",
"Worse movie based on a book ever!",
"Someone pretty much went \"Oh hey that sounds cool, let's take the idea and change everything.\"The setting (not even in the right country), the ages, the entire story to the point of ENDING differently.",
"The ONLY thing the same is the characters names, the characters themselves are completely unrecognizable.Blood and Chocolate is one of my favourite books.",
"I didn't see this movie until years after it came out and I'm so happy I didn't.",
"This movie is bad, I mean it puts bad movies to shame.",
"Down-right don't waste your time.",
"If you're a fan of the book I'm sure you would have heard of it by now, and if you haven't: There is a reason for that!"
] |
1 | Beating around the bush? | I was required to read this text for a Computer Design Class, and must say it was anything but an easy read. The book could be commended for being very comprehensive and thorough, but don't expect to speed-read through this one. The author for some reason decided that it would be a good idea to teach you the concepts presented in the book backwards, tell you "oops, just kidding", then explain how you really do it. This can lead to hours of confusion and frustration, trust me. Also, my instructor (thank god for him), often times told the class to skip over relatively large sections of the book on a normal basis, because true to form, it tends to be entirely thorough with information that is not entirely pertinent. Often times even when very clear about what was presented in the chapter, you'll find yourself confused after reading 15 pages, in which a simple idea was presented. If you can avoid this book, you'd be well advised to do so. I'd like to burn my copy. Oh, only if. | 987 | [
"I was required to read this text for a Computer Design Class, and must say it was anything but an easy read.",
"The book could be commended for being very comprehensive and thorough, but don't expect to speed-read through this one.",
"The author for some reason decided that it would be a good idea to teach you the concepts presented in the book backwards, tell you \"oops, just kidding\", then explain how you really do it.",
"This can lead to hours of confusion and frustration, trust me.",
"Also, my instructor (thank god for him), often times told the class to skip over relatively large sections of the book on a normal basis, because true to form, it tends to be entirely thorough with information that is not entirely pertinent.",
"Often times even when very clear about what was presented in the chapter, you'll find yourself confused after reading 15 pages, in which a simple idea was presented.",
"If you can avoid this book, you'd be well advised to do so.",
"I'd like to burn my copy.",
"Oh, only if."
] |
1 | What if it were true? | Since this film was released, it has been shown that virtually nothing that Menchu has written about is true. When asked about why she misled so many, she blamed her editor. Fortunately her editor had the tapes of Rigoberta dictating her book. Silence followed.She ran for President of Guatemala last year. The country is more than 60 percent indigenous. She got less than 5 percent of the vote. Only the Noble Peace prize committee, Susan Sarandon and gullible gringos give her any credibility.The movie shows the beauty of the Guatemalan mountains and the people who live there but the movie fails to say why Rios Monte, the notorious killer of indigenous people in the movie, received more votes for President from the indigenous population than Rigoberta.It is a good myth but if you want to understand Guatemala you will have to do your homework. The complicated story of Guatemala and the war will never get the press that the myth has received. Check out the books by David Stoll. | 987 | [
"Since this film was released, it has been shown that virtually nothing that Menchu has written about is true.",
"When asked about why she misled so many, she blamed her editor.",
"Fortunately her editor had the tapes of Rigoberta dictating her book.",
"Silence followed.She ran for President of Guatemala last year.",
"The country is more than 60 percent indigenous.",
"She got less than 5 percent of the vote.",
"Only the Noble Peace prize committee, Susan Sarandon and gullible gringos give her any credibility.The movie shows the beauty of the Guatemalan mountains and the people who live there but the movie fails to say why Rios Monte, the notorious killer of indigenous people in the movie, received more votes for President from the indigenous population than Rigoberta.It is a good myth but if you want to understand Guatemala you will have to do your homework.",
"The complicated story of Guatemala and the war will never get the press that the myth has received.",
"Check out the books by David Stoll."
] |
1 | Doesn't work, no support | I bought this and installed it, along with the drivers (which I had to download from the AVerMedia site; no CD was supplied). No go. I called AVermedia and was dumped into voicemail, and never got a call back. I then called the vendor, Newegg, and they refused to help me outside of RMA'ing the product.So, in short, it doesn't work, and no one I've spoken to or tried to speak to seems to both not know what's wrong, or willing to investigate. My system is Vista "Ultimate," on an Nvidia motherboard; I suspect this card isn't supported on either Vista or a non-Intel board. It would have been nice if the documentation on the site noted either.I have an old AVerMedia card, maybe 6 years back, and I was happy with it. But I'm disappointed in their support, or lack there-of, and with the vendor from whom I purchased it. I'll RMA the board. In a nutshell, this is probably a good card, but you have to have the right combination of OS and motherboard for it to be recognized and work. | 987 | [
"I bought this and installed it, along with the drivers (which I had to download from the AVerMedia site; no CD was supplied).",
"No go.",
"I called AVermedia and was dumped into voicemail, and never got a call back.",
"I then called the vendor, Newegg, and they refused to help me outside of RMA'ing the product.So, in short, it doesn't work, and no one I've spoken to or tried to speak to seems to both not know what's wrong, or willing to investigate.",
"My system is Vista \"Ultimate,\" on an Nvidia motherboard; I suspect this card isn't supported on either Vista or a non-Intel board.",
"It would have been nice if the documentation on the site noted either.I have an old AVerMedia card, maybe 6 years back, and I was happy with it.",
"But I'm disappointed in their support, or lack there-of, and with the vendor from whom I purchased it.",
"I'll RMA the board.",
"In a nutshell, this is probably a good card, but you have to have the right combination of OS and motherboard for it to be recognized and work."
] |
1 | Decidedly Below-Par | I wasn't too thrilled when Placebo traded their raw, punky energy for the predictable indie/metal dirge designed to appeal to The Average Goth. Without You I'm Nothing had it's high points, but t'was nothing compared to their fresh, non-pretentious debut. With this single however, Placebo appear to have lost the plot entirely. Taste in Men was decidedly average, and this continues the theme with its watered down minimalist approach.These tracks sound shallow, lacking the density and power that make rock music great. Placebo sound as if they're disowning their roots to establish themselves as a unique band; but instead of creating something new and innovative, they trade their talent for a lack of melody, sloppy songwriting, and lyrics that make you cringe.While Black Market Music exceeded (low) expectations, Slave to the Wage remains one of the weakest tracks on the album, and even earlier, pointless B-side remixes were better quality than the two dire songs featured here. | 987 | [
"I wasn't too thrilled when Placebo traded their raw, punky energy for the predictable indie/metal dirge designed to appeal to The Average Goth.",
"Without You I'm Nothing had it's high points, but t'was nothing compared to their fresh, non-pretentious debut.",
"With this single however, Placebo appear to have lost the plot entirely.",
"Taste in Men was decidedly average, and this continues the theme with its watered down minimalist approach.These tracks sound shallow, lacking the density and power that make rock music great.",
"Placebo sound as if they're disowning their roots to establish themselves as a unique band; but instead of creating something new and innovative, they trade their talent for a lack of melody, sloppy songwriting, and lyrics that make you cringe.While Black Market Music exceeded (low) expectations, Slave to the Wage remains one of the weakest tracks on the album, and even earlier, pointless B-side remixes were better quality than the two dire songs featured here."
] |
1 | disappointing | Sigh. I loved Secret Life of Bees and was really looking forward to this book but it falls flat, in my humble opinion. I am not done with it yet (am on page 205--can anyone tell me it gets better?) but the writing and characters, and the setting and plot do not measure up with the drama of Secret Life. So far in the book, the main protagonists, Jessie and Whit, are so shallow and cliche, their arguments for breaking their respective vows are not convincing. Jessie separates from her husband in a conversation that took about two paragraphs and he went running back to the mainland....that just seemed weird to me. There are some "sort of" interesting characters, Kat and Hepzibah for example, but they are not enough to save the book. I am going to soldier on to see how it ends, but it is painful. The author had a real problem here in that Secret Life was a tough act to follow. Ms. Kidd should stick with chronological adolescents, not middle aged people acting like adolescents. | 987 | [
"Sigh.",
"I loved Secret Life of Bees and was really looking forward to this book but it falls flat, in my humble opinion.",
"I am not done with it yet (am on page 205--can anyone tell me it gets better?",
") but the writing and characters, and the setting and plot do not measure up with the drama of Secret Life.",
"So far in the book, the main protagonists, Jessie and Whit, are so shallow and cliche, their arguments for breaking their respective vows are not convincing.",
"Jessie separates from her husband in a conversation that took about two paragraphs and he went running back to the mainland....that just seemed weird to me.",
"There are some \"sort of\" interesting characters, Kat and Hepzibah for example, but they are not enough to save the book.",
"I am going to soldier on to see how it ends, but it is painful.",
"The author had a real problem here in that Secret Life was a tough act to follow.",
"Ms.",
"Kidd should stick with chronological adolescents, not middle aged people acting like adolescents."
] |
1 | what the #%^#$^ | After all the hub bub of great reviews. I've played just about every fantasy game out there and this one bites big time. It's slow, ponderous boring unimaginative. Played for an hour and was hoping that the store would take it back. For fifty bucks I think I'd rather have someone give me a flogging. Anyway, the graphics are okay, they slide all over the place and are really inaccurate. Very blocky looking, its a 3D game of the genre of 3D games from 5 years ago. If you want fantasy or roleplaying stick with Ice Wind Dale or the like, or Everquest or something. Save your money and get a game that you will enjoy and have fun with. If you buy this game well you'll want your money back and since the game cd is fine there is no refund. Sorry you're out fifty bucks. I can't say enough negatives of the game, I've seen and played alot better before and all the "great reviews" are from the company not from consumers. Belief me no-one I know that has played the game likes it at all. | 987 | [
"After all the hub bub of great reviews.",
"I've played just about every fantasy game out there and this one bites big time.",
"It's slow, ponderous boring unimaginative.",
"Played for an hour and was hoping that the store would take it back.",
"For fifty bucks I think I'd rather have someone give me a flogging.",
"Anyway, the graphics are okay, they slide all over the place and are really inaccurate.",
"Very blocky looking, its a 3D game of the genre of 3D games from 5 years ago.",
"If you want fantasy or roleplaying stick with Ice Wind Dale or the like, or Everquest or something.",
"Save your money and get a game that you will enjoy and have fun with.",
"If you buy this game well you'll want your money back and since the game cd is fine there is no refund.",
"Sorry you're out fifty bucks.",
"I can't say enough negatives of the game, I've seen and played alot better before and all the \"great reviews\" are from the company not from consumers.",
"Belief me no-one I know that has played the game likes it at all."
] |
1 | Harassment Anyone? | I made the mistake of ordering Robert Allen's book over the Internet, through an unsolicited email. BIG MISTAKE. The book was nothing more than a rah-rah, you too can make a fortune being an aggressive, harassing pain in the neck and walking into people's homes and saying "Hey, I own your house!" And, if I had no morals, no ethics, no scrupples and wanted money at all cost I'd follow along, especially the chapter where he talks about getting a good deal selling his grandmother. Actually, you could knock over a bank which is quicker. Yes, Robert Allen makes millions of dollars thanks to his pushy aggressive, annoying sales team who call constantly even after you've asked to be taken off of their list. They pester millions of people worldwide until they buy his products. Someday someone, perhaps the IRS, will catch up with Allen but until then he will make money at everyone's expense. Steer clear... I imagine cult leaders make a lot of money too, and Allen isn't far removed. | 987 | [
"I made the mistake of ordering Robert Allen's book over the Internet, through an unsolicited email.",
"BIG MISTAKE.",
"The book was nothing more than a rah-rah, you too can make a fortune being an aggressive, harassing pain in the neck and walking into people's homes and saying \"Hey, I own your house!",
"\" And, if I had no morals, no ethics, no scrupples and wanted money at all cost I'd follow along, especially the chapter where he talks about getting a good deal selling his grandmother.",
"Actually, you could knock over a bank which is quicker.",
"Yes, Robert Allen makes millions of dollars thanks to his pushy aggressive, annoying sales team who call constantly even after you've asked to be taken off of their list.",
"They pester millions of people worldwide until they buy his products.",
"Someday someone, perhaps the IRS, will catch up with Allen but until then he will make money at everyone's expense.",
"Steer clear... I imagine cult leaders make a lot of money too, and Allen isn't far removed."
] |
1 | Atkins Wannabe | This book is a poor attempt to use the good Atkins name to appear to be related with a true diet genius. I was surprised when I read that Markham was not only NOT affiliated with Atkins, but Markham had no academic credentials to write this book.Chiropractors, who I don't trust, believe that they are experts at everything while they don't even like to mention that they are only chiropractors. Real doctors have MDs after their names and aren't ashamed to use those initials. Markham, like most chiropractors must be really insecure. Since they are trained to straighten backs, for whatever that is worth, it makes sense.Markham lists a bunch of brands that he says he likes. Paid endoresements are not very useful.Aurora said that Markham's bungee was cheap enough when better and more versatile units are sold at Big 5 and other stores for much less. Is Aurora really Markham like Persnickety is?If Atkins wasn't the real thing then Markham would not have used his name in the title! | 987 | [
"This book is a poor attempt to use the good Atkins name to appear to be related with a true diet genius.",
"I was surprised when I read that Markham was not only NOT affiliated with Atkins, but Markham had no academic credentials to write this book.Chiropractors, who I don't trust, believe that they are experts at everything while they don't even like to mention that they are only chiropractors.",
"Real doctors have MDs after their names and aren't ashamed to use those initials.",
"Markham, like most chiropractors must be really insecure.",
"Since they are trained to straighten backs, for whatever that is worth, it makes sense.Markham lists a bunch of brands that he says he likes.",
"Paid endoresements are not very useful.Aurora said that Markham's bungee was cheap enough when better and more versatile units are sold at Big 5 and other stores for much less.",
"Is Aurora really Markham like Persnickety is?",
"If Atkins wasn't the real thing then Markham would not have used his name in the title!"
] |
1 | Ramtha vs Godzilla | I thought Ramtha wouldn't stand a chance against Godzilla, boy was I wrong. It was close for awhile and the mighty lizard fought marvelously, even setting her wig alight. Ramtha's mouth then yawned wide and let loose a blast of pestilence so foul it took Godzilla's head clean off!Then, the terrible sound of flexing muscle, tearing sinew, and popping cartelidge echoed over downtown tokyo, as Ramtha dislocated her jaw, and proceeded to swallow Godzilla's smoking torso in three spastic grunts!I can't tell you what happens next, but be sure you will see the return of the sinister Dr. Emoto and his minions of ice.Ramtha kicked so much butt I was a little disappointed that she retired to the volcanorama... The rest of the movie was mostly scientists speculating on what if Ramtha and Godzilla were to breed, and if a tree crapped in the woods would it make a sound?More Ramtha next time, less blah blah blah. I gotta bail through the Mobius strip now, and try not to get nuttedLaters | 987 | [
"I thought Ramtha wouldn't stand a chance against Godzilla, boy was I wrong.",
"It was close for awhile and the mighty lizard fought marvelously, even setting her wig alight.",
"Ramtha's mouth then yawned wide and let loose a blast of pestilence so foul it took Godzilla's head clean off!",
"Then, the terrible sound of flexing muscle, tearing sinew, and popping cartelidge echoed over downtown tokyo, as Ramtha dislocated her jaw, and proceeded to swallow Godzilla's smoking torso in three spastic grunts!",
"I can't tell you what happens next, but be sure you will see the return of the sinister Dr.",
"Emoto and his minions of ice.Ramtha kicked so much butt I was a little disappointed that she retired to the volcanorama... The rest of the movie was mostly scientists speculating on what if Ramtha and Godzilla were to breed, and if a tree crapped in the woods would it make a sound?",
"More Ramtha next time, less blah blah blah.",
"I gotta bail through the Mobius strip now, and try not to get nuttedLaters"
] |
1 | Waste of money and time | I am sorry to say this but this book is total waste of time and money.First, as other reviews state if you wish to use the book for listening, speaking, writing and other tests provided you need to buy additional CD which is more expensive than book itself. The CD you originally get with book is just a set of additional exercises you don't really need.Secondly, which is also the most important, book claims to provide effective strategies to master TOEFL exam. Unfortunately, you just get a bunch of copy&paste; instructions. Moreover, presented examples are outdated and easier than on the real exam and do not reflect realistic picture.Fortunately, this book was not my only source of learning. If you are looking for effective TOEFL strategies, you will find a plentiful of them on youtube.com Just type for example TOEFL iBT Speaking question 1 - and for free!! My favorite contributors were NoteFulldotcom and RebeccaESL.I wish I had read others reviews before making a purchase! | 987 | [
"I am sorry to say this but this book is total waste of time and money.First, as other reviews state if you wish to use the book for listening, speaking, writing and other tests provided you need to buy additional CD which is more expensive than book itself.",
"The CD you originally get with book is just a set of additional exercises you don't really need.Secondly, which is also the most important, book claims to provide effective strategies to master TOEFL exam.",
"Unfortunately, you just get a bunch of copy&paste; instructions.",
"Moreover, presented examples are outdated and easier than on the real exam and do not reflect realistic picture.Fortunately, this book was not my only source of learning.",
"If you are looking for effective TOEFL strategies, you will find a plentiful of them on youtube.com Just type for example TOEFL iBT Speaking question 1 - and for free!!",
"My favorite contributors were NoteFulldotcom and RebeccaESL.I wish I had read others reviews before making a purchase!"
] |
1 | Don't buy Casio | Three days after warranty expired my Casio EXS600 stopped working. The lens would not open. I called the support number hoping they could offer advice on repair. They offered no advice except to mail it in to them. I questioned three days out of warranty would they do the right thing and service under the warranty. They said mail it in and they would review. They want $126.95 to repair and no mention of my question of honoring the warranty. From reading other reviews it looks as if Casio never honors the warranty. Now I have to pay them to ship it back to me still broken. I am going to pay it because otherwise they will we sell it for $125.00. Yes that is what they are doing. The repair estimate comes with an offer to buy a refurbished model for $125.00. So any of you that send in your camera for repair beware, not only does Casio rip us off not honoring the warranty they resale them if we don't pay them to ship back the broken camera. I'll never buy a Casio product again. | 987 | [
"Three days after warranty expired my Casio EXS600 stopped working.",
"The lens would not open.",
"I called the support number hoping they could offer advice on repair.",
"They offered no advice except to mail it in to them.",
"I questioned three days out of warranty would they do the right thing and service under the warranty.",
"They said mail it in and they would review.",
"They want $126.95 to repair and no mention of my question of honoring the warranty.",
"From reading other reviews it looks as if Casio never honors the warranty.",
"Now I have to pay them to ship it back to me still broken.",
"I am going to pay it because otherwise they will we sell it for $125.00.",
"Yes that is what they are doing.",
"The repair estimate comes with an offer to buy a refurbished model for $125.00.",
"So any of you that send in your camera for repair beware, not only does Casio rip us off not honoring the warranty they resale them if we don't pay them to ship back the broken camera.",
"I'll never buy a Casio product again."
] |
1 | Very disappointing | I'm generally a fan of the Special Edition volumes. They are usually well written and edited, though the indices are usually mediocre. Mr. Jennings' book is, however, a disappointment. The knowledge is certainly there. Unfortunately most of it can be found in the Microsoft Access 2000 Help file. If this volume were better organized and indexed than the Microsoft help file, that would be a benefit of small not inconsiderable importance. Unfortunately, the organization of this book strikes me as worse than the MS Access help file.Important topics are reduced to cryptic index entries - if they are to be found at all. Inter-related information on topics are widely and often illogically separated. Examples are often very sparse and, ultimately, unenlightening.Overall, this volume is a disappointment. The information may very well be contained somewhere in the book, but you can find it faster in other tomes on the subject, in the MS Access help file or the MS KnowledgeBase.Jerry | 987 | [
"I'm generally a fan of the Special Edition volumes.",
"They are usually well written and edited, though the indices are usually mediocre.",
"Mr.",
"Jennings' book is, however, a disappointment.",
"The knowledge is certainly there.",
"Unfortunately most of it can be found in the Microsoft Access 2000 Help file.",
"If this volume were better organized and indexed than the Microsoft help file, that would be a benefit of small not inconsiderable importance.",
"Unfortunately, the organization of this book strikes me as worse than the MS Access help file.Important topics are reduced to cryptic index entries - if they are to be found at all.",
"Inter-related information on topics are widely and often illogically separated.",
"Examples are often very sparse and, ultimately, unenlightening.Overall, this volume is a disappointment.",
"The information may very well be contained somewhere in the book, but you can find it faster in other tomes on the subject, in the MS Access help file or the MS KnowledgeBase.Jerry"
] |
1 | another poor attempt. | i was looking forward to this handheld, until i found out it's using catridges again. it looks like nintendo is digging their grave by holding on to cartridges for so long. sega and nintendo made poor handhelds over the years using cartridges which couldn't accomodate the best games back then. and the ones that did get ported heavy stuff had to be cropped out ** cough Tekken advance cough**. cough ** Mortal kombat 2 Game Gear cough**. i was looking forward to this thinking it would be using CD's like the PSP, and it's not. just another poor handheld again on the market with cheesy games. Oh yes and to the guy who said that nintendo games are for gamers 12-21 years you couldn't be more wrong. nintendo games are for gamers 12 years and under. no teens and adults wants to play kiddie games. anyway since this will be another handheld using cartridges, i'm going with the PSP we got PS2 graphics, using CD's which will be able to accomodate the best games out today. No thanks DS. | 987 | [
"i was looking forward to this handheld, until i found out it's using catridges again.",
"it looks like nintendo is digging their grave by holding on to cartridges for so long.",
"sega and nintendo made poor handhelds over the years using cartridges which couldn't accomodate the best games back then.",
"and the ones that did get ported heavy stuff had to be cropped out ** cough Tekken advance cough**.",
"cough ** Mortal kombat 2 Game Gear cough**.",
"i was looking forward to this thinking it would be using CD's like the PSP, and it's not.",
"just another poor handheld again on the market with cheesy games.",
"Oh yes and to the guy who said that nintendo games are for gamers 12-21 years you couldn't be more wrong.",
"nintendo games are for gamers 12 years and under.",
"no teens and adults wants to play kiddie games.",
"anyway since this will be another handheld using cartridges, i'm going with the PSP we got PS2 graphics, using CD's which will be able to accomodate the best games out today.",
"No thanks DS."
] |
1 | Don't waste your money | I work hard for my money, most people do. And nothing ticks me off more than feeling completely ripped off. This router is a piece of junk, and its not just the wireless function that is a joke--connecting directly to the ports via cat5 cable won't help either. If you are a casual web surfer going here and there, then you might get away with this product. If you download anything more than 1 MB of data at any given moment then walk away. Don't look back. Buy something else. Trust me. It keeps timing out every minute. Looses the connection completely and your downloading software (or streaming media player) can't restart the connection automatically so you have to do it over and over again. I ran a diagnostic broadband speed test and comparing being jacked directly into my cable modem vs. using the wireless or wired function from the router, I get 1/3 the bandwidth if it works at all. READ ALL THE OTHER BAD REVIEWS, I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM. Buy something else. | 987 | [
"I work hard for my money, most people do.",
"And nothing ticks me off more than feeling completely ripped off.",
"This router is a piece of junk, and its not just the wireless function that is a joke--connecting directly to the ports via cat5 cable won't help either.",
"If you are a casual web surfer going here and there, then you might get away with this product.",
"If you download anything more than 1 MB of data at any given moment then walk away.",
"Don't look back.",
"Buy something else.",
"Trust me.",
"It keeps timing out every minute.",
"Looses the connection completely and your downloading software (or streaming media player) can't restart the connection automatically so you have to do it over and over again.",
"I ran a diagnostic broadband speed test and comparing being jacked directly into my cable modem vs.",
"using the wireless or wired function from the router, I get 1/3 the bandwidth if it works at all.",
"READ ALL THE OTHER BAD REVIEWS, I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM.",
"Buy something else."
] |
1 | many mistakes | there are many mistakes... and this book is really confusing...it will talk about a detail diagram or graph.. that isn't even on the same page.... it will just say Fig. 5.6....for a book written so recently.. it has no colour watsoever.. it's like reading a novel.... with equations all over the place...the book doesn't even derive the equations (like the one to solve series RLC networks.. it just gives it)AND THE PROBLEMS.. at the end of the chapters.. are so badly designed.. it would have circuits.. and it would have the values in the circuits themselves.. instead it will say R1, V1, etc. etc.... not a single value.. and in the body of the question it will say... solve blah blah of Fig 5.6 (u ahve to find the figure) and it will also include the vlaues in the body of the question... like "solve blah blah of 5.6, when V1= 6v, R1= 5ohms) etc.... this would be understandable if they used the same diagrams for different questions.. but they dont!!!what is the point of that??? | 987 | [
"there are many mistakes... and this book is really confusing...it will talk about a detail diagram or graph..",
"that isn't even on the same page.... it will just say Fig.",
"5.6....for a book written so recently..",
"it has no colour watsoever..",
"it's like reading a novel.... with equations all over the place...the book doesn't even derive the equations (like the one to solve series RLC networks..",
"it just gives it)AND THE PROBLEMS..",
"at the end of the chapters..",
"are so badly designed..",
"it would have circuits..",
"and it would have the values in the circuits themselves..",
"instead it will say R1, V1, etc.",
"etc.... not a single value..",
"and in the body of the question it will say... solve blah blah of Fig 5.6 (u ahve to find the figure) and it will also include the vlaues in the body of the question... like \"solve blah blah of 5.6, when V1= 6v, R1= 5ohms) etc.... this would be understandable if they used the same diagrams for different questions..",
"but they dont!!!",
"what is the point of that???"
] |
1 | Worst Movie I've Ever Seen | That's right, this movie beats Plan 9 from Outer Space for the worst movie I've ever seen. Sorry cruelty is not funny, not even "smart" cruelty - the first part of the movie focuses on the degradation of the overweight Rebel Wilson, who is marrying a cute guy. Two of the stars try to get in her large wedding dress and rip it, thereby driving the plot as the three main actors try to fix it. Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan spend most of the movie acting like two high very unfunny people. I guess the writer was trying to out-raunch Bridesmaids and therefore be cutting edge but it doesn't work at all. Bridesmaids was a great movie and this one has jokes that are too cruel and too obvious and the gifted Caplan is completely wasted in this film. She and Adam Scott were great in Party Down, which was funny and intelligent. Both Caplan and Scott are mired in this terrible script and the cliched performances demanded of it. If this is where our culture is headed, I want no part of it. | 987 | [
"That's right, this movie beats Plan 9 from Outer Space for the worst movie I've ever seen.",
"Sorry cruelty is not funny, not even \"smart\" cruelty - the first part of the movie focuses on the degradation of the overweight Rebel Wilson, who is marrying a cute guy.",
"Two of the stars try to get in her large wedding dress and rip it, thereby driving the plot as the three main actors try to fix it.",
"Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan spend most of the movie acting like two high very unfunny people.",
"I guess the writer was trying to out-raunch Bridesmaids and therefore be cutting edge but it doesn't work at all.",
"Bridesmaids was a great movie and this one has jokes that are too cruel and too obvious and the gifted Caplan is completely wasted in this film.",
"She and Adam Scott were great in Party Down, which was funny and intelligent.",
"Both Caplan and Scott are mired in this terrible script and the cliched performances demanded of it.",
"If this is where our culture is headed, I want no part of it."
] |
1 | Rate it an "F" | This was a horrible movie. The name "cop out" says it all it is a cop out for Bruce Willis.. He must be scraping the bottom for movies because this was way below his standards. Tracy Morgan is a horrible actor. The stupid remarks and the lame acting really makes this a bomb. The writer of this story or who ever cast the actors should quit the buisness. I have seen some bad movies but this takes the cake. Thank god I rented it first because this would have gone in the trash. I read the reviews and they were bad, but seeing Bruce Willis was in it I gave it a chance. I WAS SO WRONG INTO SEEING IT-SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE REVIEWS. Sorry Bruce but you need to choose your scripts and you co-actors more wisley. This was not a good movie and Tracy Morgan a not a good actor. Thank god you had all your other blockbusters because this movie could have hurt your career.Had to give it one star but if I had my choice it would not even make it to a minus star. Definite "F" rated movie | 987 | [
"This was a horrible movie.",
"The name \"cop out\" says it all it is a cop out for Bruce Willis..",
"He must be scraping the bottom for movies because this was way below his standards.",
"Tracy Morgan is a horrible actor.",
"The stupid remarks and the lame acting really makes this a bomb.",
"The writer of this story or who ever cast the actors should quit the buisness.",
"I have seen some bad movies but this takes the cake.",
"Thank god I rented it first because this would have gone in the trash.",
"I read the reviews and they were bad, but seeing Bruce Willis was in it I gave it a chance.",
"I WAS SO WRONG INTO SEEING IT-SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE REVIEWS.",
"Sorry Bruce but you need to choose your scripts and you co-actors more wisley.",
"This was not a good movie and Tracy Morgan a not a good actor.",
"Thank god you had all your other blockbusters because this movie could have hurt your career.Had to give it one star but if I had my choice it would not even make it to a minus star.",
"Definite \"F\" rated movie"
] |
1 | Warped after 1 year! | I used to love this pan because it's size and the matching lid are so practical. But after about a year I have experienced the downsides of Kitchenaid cookware design.First of all, like all anodized cookware this cookware is not dishwasher safe and after a while I really started hating my pots and pans for that. Who still has the time to scrub their cookware by hand every single day? Further, the metal handle on this specific pan gets pretty hot and you have to use a towel to hold it if you want to mess with the food inside - bad design! Finally, after about one year the bottom of my pan warped and it has now only contact with the cooktop in the center and wobbles horribly. I did not heat an empty pan, which is what Kitchenaid warns of, but come on, you have to be able to set it on high when trying to sear sth or bring the pan up to the correct temperature without the bottom giving up on you!I guess I'll have to invest in some real cookware that you can actually cook with! | 987 | [
"I used to love this pan because it's size and the matching lid are so practical.",
"But after about a year I have experienced the downsides of Kitchenaid cookware design.First of all, like all anodized cookware this cookware is not dishwasher safe and after a while I really started hating my pots and pans for that.",
"Who still has the time to scrub their cookware by hand every single day?",
"Further, the metal handle on this specific pan gets pretty hot and you have to use a towel to hold it if you want to mess with the food inside - bad design!",
"Finally, after about one year the bottom of my pan warped and it has now only contact with the cooktop in the center and wobbles horribly.",
"I did not heat an empty pan, which is what Kitchenaid warns of, but come on, you have to be able to set it on high when trying to sear sth or bring the pan up to the correct temperature without the bottom giving up on you!",
"I guess I'll have to invest in some real cookware that you can actually cook with!"
] |
1 | Smells like toxic chemical | The product is a neat idea, but the inside of the can smells like a toxic chemical. It's probably the foam padding. Don't get this if you don't want your jewelry or money or whatever else to smell like a toxic chemical. For me this item is unusable. I tried leaving it open for several days to air it out, but that was no help.More and more of the things we buy smell terrible, and I just wonder whether it has to do with fact that nearly everything we get now is made in China, and China is one of the largest consumers of recyclable material, and in some cases the process to retrieve usable materials is extremely toxic. I believe this product was assembled in the USA, but I don't know where the foam padding came from.Regardless of where this particular item was made, and regardless of whether the material is literally toxic, the fact is that it smells terrible and anything you store in it will smell the same. I really wish manufacturers would stop using foul smelling material. | 987 | [
"The product is a neat idea, but the inside of the can smells like a toxic chemical.",
"It's probably the foam padding.",
"Don't get this if you don't want your jewelry or money or whatever else to smell like a toxic chemical.",
"For me this item is unusable.",
"I tried leaving it open for several days to air it out, but that was no help.More and more of the things we buy smell terrible, and I just wonder whether it has to do with fact that nearly everything we get now is made in China, and China is one of the largest consumers of recyclable material, and in some cases the process to retrieve usable materials is extremely toxic.",
"I believe this product was assembled in the USA, but I don't know where the foam padding came from.Regardless of where this particular item was made, and regardless of whether the material is literally toxic, the fact is that it smells terrible and anything you store in it will smell the same.",
"I really wish manufacturers would stop using foul smelling material."
] |
1 | MacAfiasco 2006 V8 | I thought I was alone with having trouble with MacAfee . I have just tried MacAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 V8 which I assumed would have removed the previous problems. Oh how wrong can you be. After installation I rebooted and Generic Host failed, resulting in all sorts of things going wrong including inability to access webpages and email. So, to get MacAfee's help I had to uninstall.I spent 13 hours and 11 long-winded sessions with tech Chat resulting in back to square one i.e. uninstall. Even their two promised e-mailed resolutions never turned up. And every tech help session required me to reboot resulting in being chopped off , so there was no continuity.I concluded that if 11 MacAfee trained Techies couldn't sort it out in 11 hours, then fat chance that I could.But, perhaps on some PCs it will sail through and work perfectly, perhaps you'll be lucky. And if you are, you'll read this and say 'what are you on about - its great'.Suggestion: Look for an alternative. | 987 | [
"I thought I was alone with having trouble with MacAfee.",
"I have just tried MacAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 V8 which I assumed would have removed the previous problems.",
"Oh how wrong can you be.",
"After installation I rebooted and Generic Host failed, resulting in all sorts of things going wrong including inability to access webpages and email.",
"So, to get MacAfee's help I had to uninstall.I spent 13 hours and 11 long-winded sessions with tech Chat resulting in back to square one i.e. uninstall.",
"Even their two promised e-mailed resolutions never turned up.",
"And every tech help session required me to reboot resulting in being chopped off , so there was no continuity.I concluded that if 11 MacAfee trained Techies couldn't sort it out in 11 hours, then fat chance that I could.But, perhaps on some PCs it will sail through and work perfectly, perhaps you'll be lucky.",
"And if you are, you'll read this and say 'what are you on about - its great'.Suggestion: Look for an alternative."
] |
1 | Vonage Yes - VTech No! | I've had vonage for a couple of years and it works great! I live in a suburban area with great utility wiring and maintenance and we have Comcast - this makes a difference in how well Vonage works. In our old house Comcast took over from Jones cable and we had more problems until Comcast invested in replacing old Jones wiring and equipment since then it has worked great.VTech Broadband Phone -When we moved I thought I would just get this instead of altering the phone lines to use our linksis router - big mistake! This turkey did not even cluck. Vonage customer service did their best but nothing ever happened.I returned this, had vonage register my phone with my old device again got a friend to set up the phone lines to work for us and have been happy ever since.If it is supposed to be easy to set up and use then a company should ensure that is the case before they send out a product marketed as easy that actually requires a membership card to the techie club to figure out. | 987 | [
"I've had vonage for a couple of years and it works great!",
"I live in a suburban area with great utility wiring and maintenance and we have Comcast - this makes a difference in how well Vonage works.",
"In our old house Comcast took over from Jones cable and we had more problems until Comcast invested in replacing old Jones wiring and equipment since then it has worked great.VTech Broadband Phone -When we moved I thought I would just get this instead of altering the phone lines to use our linksis router - big mistake!",
"This turkey did not even cluck.",
"Vonage customer service did their best but nothing ever happened.I returned this, had vonage register my phone with my old device again got a friend to set up the phone lines to work for us and have been happy ever since.If it is supposed to be easy to set up and use then a company should ensure that is the case before they send out a product marketed as easy that actually requires a membership card to the techie club to figure out."
] |
1 | Lame! | I agree with the reviewer who said "avoid at all costs". Melanie Griffith's limited acting skills aside, the script is pathetic. This type of film about the 'hooker with the heart of gold' has already been done (and better) in "Pretty Woman". If the boys in the story had been a bit older, this might have worked as a teen-sex comedy (a la "Risky Business"), but the result is just plain dumb! The scene in the classroom where Frank (the main kid)gives a sex education presentation using Griffith as a visual aid was downright offensive - did he think he'd get an 'A' on that? Frank is supposed to be the hero of the movie; do 'good' kids (how old is he, 11 or 12?) go propositioning strange women on the streets of Pittsburgh with money they've obtained through selling porn magazines? Meanwhile, the scenes of his best friend's father seeking out Griffith for a tryst were not funny at all and just added yet more sleaze to this already repugnant flick. To sum it up in one word: Pass! | 987 | [
"I agree with the reviewer who said \"avoid at all costs\".",
"Melanie Griffith's limited acting skills aside, the script is pathetic.",
"This type of film about the 'hooker with the heart of gold' has already been done (and better) in \"Pretty Woman\".",
"If the boys in the story had been a bit older, this might have worked as a teen-sex comedy (a la \"Risky Business\"), but the result is just plain dumb!",
"The scene in the classroom where Frank (the main kid)gives a sex education presentation using Griffith as a visual aid was downright offensive - did he think he'd get an 'A' on that?",
"Frank is supposed to be the hero of the movie; do 'good' kids (how old is he, 11 or 12?",
") go propositioning strange women on the streets of Pittsburgh with money they've obtained through selling porn magazines?",
"Meanwhile, the scenes of his best friend's father seeking out Griffith for a tryst were not funny at all and just added yet more sleaze to this already repugnant flick.",
"To sum it up in one word: Pass!"
] |
1 | Did not work for me | I bought this steering wheel remote interface because it was made by the same people that made the CAN interface (PAC C2R-CHY4) that I used. I figured that they would work together and there would be less wires to tap into. I couldn't get this thing to work at all. I went through the programming procedure at least 10 different times and could never get the thing to work. I could see the light on it blinking whenever I pressed the steering wheel control buttons but it never controlled my head unit. I was following the instructions from their website that were specific to my Dodge Challenger. It could be that my head unit is too new and is not supported (Alpine INE-S920HD). I don't know. After spending a couple of hours trying to make this thing work, I gave up and bought aMetra Axxess ASWC Universal Steering Wheel Control Interface (Black). The Metra worked right away with no programming. It's only drawback was that I had to cut into the CAN bus wires from the PAC C2R-CHY4. | 987 | [
"I bought this steering wheel remote interface because it was made by the same people that made the CAN interface (PAC C2R-CHY4) that I used.",
"I figured that they would work together and there would be less wires to tap into.",
"I couldn't get this thing to work at all.",
"I went through the programming procedure at least 10 different times and could never get the thing to work.",
"I could see the light on it blinking whenever I pressed the steering wheel control buttons but it never controlled my head unit.",
"I was following the instructions from their website that were specific to my Dodge Challenger.",
"It could be that my head unit is too new and is not supported (Alpine INE-S920HD).",
"I don't know.",
"After spending a couple of hours trying to make this thing work, I gave up and bought aMetra Axxess ASWC Universal Steering Wheel Control Interface (Black).",
"The Metra worked right away with no programming.",
"It's only drawback was that I had to cut into the CAN bus wires from the PAC C2R-CHY4."
] |
1 | Pretentious waste of time | ... This book is aimed at graphic designers, marketing agencies and the like who put together nice marketing oriented sites, whose sole job is marketing the company. For people such as myself who implement lage scale ebusiness websites, intranets, corporate portals etc there is nothing. The concept of dynakic database driven sites isn't even mentioned.These projects are a cross between an IT project (with all the traditional skills and techniques that implies) and a maketing project (such as a TV campaign). There are multiple wildly different and largely incompatibel skillsets at work and these have to be welded together to promoite efficiency, while not destroying the motivation and qualities of the diverse people involved.Traditional IT managemnt skills have to blend with the world of the graphic designer and the business analyst. This book doesn't even start to cover that. An utter waste of time.Added to this I personally find david siegel's designs immensely overrated. | 987 | [
"... This book is aimed at graphic designers, marketing agencies and the like who put together nice marketing oriented sites, whose sole job is marketing the company.",
"For people such as myself who implement lage scale ebusiness websites, intranets, corporate portals etc there is nothing.",
"The concept of dynakic database driven sites isn't even mentioned.These projects are a cross between an IT project (with all the traditional skills and techniques that implies) and a maketing project (such as a TV campaign).",
"There are multiple wildly different and largely incompatibel skillsets at work and these have to be welded together to promoite efficiency, while not destroying the motivation and qualities of the diverse people involved.Traditional IT managemnt skills have to blend with the world of the graphic designer and the business analyst.",
"This book doesn't even start to cover that.",
"An utter waste of time.Added to this I personally find david siegel's designs immensely overrated."
] |
1 | Can I give half a star? | In order to respond to this book and this review, I need to first stop shaking my head and stop sighing. I just spent 40 minutes up at the bookstore reading this book just for the mental exercise. What a bunch of absolute baloney. The mere fact that he calls it the "truth" is funny as well. I could sit here and poke holes in what I read for hours on end. But after reading the other "review" here I didn't even feel like wasting my time. So Bush did all this to impress Jesus! HAhah. Now c'mon ! You can't possibly believe yourself. Has pot really become that bad for your brain cells? It's a shame that wacky professors (mr. Nash anyone) can peddle this joke as a book and with a straight face. I noticed the last time he got an award was 1982, that must have been before Reagan and the borg attempted to have him assimilated. If you buy it, make sure to put tin foil on your head so the bush administration can't read your mind from their secret HQ on the planet Ridiculon. Pathetic. | 987 | [
"In order to respond to this book and this review, I need to first stop shaking my head and stop sighing.",
"I just spent 40 minutes up at the bookstore reading this book just for the mental exercise.",
"What a bunch of absolute baloney.",
"The mere fact that he calls it the \"truth\" is funny as well.",
"I could sit here and poke holes in what I read for hours on end.",
"But after reading the other \"review\" here I didn't even feel like wasting my time.",
"So Bush did all this to impress Jesus!",
"HAhah.",
"Now c'mon!",
"You can't possibly believe yourself.",
"Has pot really become that bad for your brain cells?",
"It's a shame that wacky professors (mr.",
"Nash anyone) can peddle this joke as a book and with a straight face.",
"I noticed the last time he got an award was 1982, that must have been before Reagan and the borg attempted to have him assimilated.",
"If you buy it, make sure to put tin foil on your head so the bush administration can't read your mind from their secret HQ on the planet Ridiculon.",
"Pathetic."
] |
1 | not so good | we bought this mobile for our 2 month old after reading the reviews, but returned it next day. ONE it is FAR MORE then 10-12" away from his face! And even though the mobile does pause for a baby to focuse, there is really no point to it since he can't really see it and looses interest in it in about 30 sec. We tried to adjust the mobile lower, but IT DOESN"T FIT into standart cribs, like it says on the box. SECOND the music was o'k. It will not put the baby to sleep and it will not entertain him either. Just make him bored. The white noise, however, is nothing like ocean waves, it is more like modem connecting. If you want to get ocean waves -- get fisher-price. THIRD WE HAD TO GO THROUGH 5 MOBILES BEFORE WE FOUND THE ONE THAT BATTERIES WOULD FIT IN. In the other ones the batteries would stick out not letting you fasten the cover. THAT IS A MAJOR DEFECT. ADVICE -- BUY FISHER-PRICE if you want your baby to sleep, TINY LOVE -- if you want him to DEVELOP. DON"T BY THIS ONE!!! | 987 | [
"we bought this mobile for our 2 month old after reading the reviews, but returned it next day.",
"ONE it is FAR MORE then 10-12\" away from his face!",
"And even though the mobile does pause for a baby to focuse, there is really no point to it since he can't really see it and looses interest in it in about 30 sec.",
"We tried to adjust the mobile lower, but IT DOESN\"T FIT into standart cribs, like it says on the box.",
"SECOND the music was o'k.",
"It will not put the baby to sleep and it will not entertain him either.",
"Just make him bored.",
"The white noise, however, is nothing like ocean waves, it is more like modem connecting.",
"If you want to get ocean waves -- get fisher-price.",
"THIRD WE HAD TO GO THROUGH 5 MOBILES BEFORE WE FOUND THE ONE THAT BATTERIES WOULD FIT IN.",
"In the other ones the batteries would stick out not letting you fasten the cover.",
"THAT IS A MAJOR DEFECT.",
"ADVICE -- BUY FISHER-PRICE if you want your baby to sleep, TINY LOVE -- if you want him to DEVELOP.",
"DON\"T BY THIS ONE!!!"
] |
1 | It spooks my laptop! | This thing works fine at first. I stored a video clip, a few photos, and some MicrosoftWord documents on it. Then I started to archive my music tracks from MusicMatch program on it... Things went fine at first, then it started not really accepting the mp3 files.And then it did a really spooky thing... After I've transfered mp3 files to it and moved on to use the Internet or MicrosoftWord program with this thing still on the USB port, the cursor'd take on a life of its own. It gets draggy and seems to be stuck on left-clicking (so if I drag it across links, all the links get clicked on, opening a cascade of windows!). The only way out is to cut the power and restart the computer.... which is to say very annoying (and alarming... it's almost like being hacked in real time and the hacker hi-jacks the cursor from ya').Don't know what the heck is with it, but not using it anymore. Maybe I just got (un)lucky and drew a really rotten apple of a specimen... But then maybe not, ay? | 987 | [
"This thing works fine at first.",
"I stored a video clip, a few photos, and some MicrosoftWord documents on it.",
"Then I started to archive my music tracks from MusicMatch program on it... Things went fine at first, then it started not really accepting the mp3 files.And then it did a really spooky thing... After I've transfered mp3 files to it and moved on to use the Internet or MicrosoftWord program with this thing still on the USB port, the cursor'd take on a life of its own.",
"It gets draggy and seems to be stuck on left-clicking (so if I drag it across links, all the links get clicked on, opening a cascade of windows!",
").",
"The only way out is to cut the power and restart the computer.... which is to say very annoying (and alarming... it's almost like being hacked in real time and the hacker hi-jacks the cursor from ya').Don't know what the heck is with it, but not using it anymore.",
"Maybe I just got (un)lucky and drew a really rotten apple of a specimen... But then maybe not, ay?"
] |
1 | WWE Original piece of Crap | I love to watch wrestling especially when the story lines are good but I'm not going to defend this piece of trash just because Im a fan . Lilian Garcia is a wonderful singer and her song is the best on the cd but her song sounds like it belongs in an 80's Van Dam Movie (Jean Claude not Rob).StoneCold has 5 annoying talking tracks and not 1 where he actually sings, which he might as well have because he couldnt have been as bad as Booker T or Rikishi . Stacey keibler may have the absolute worst track on the album which is completly synthesized to cover her entire voice . Jericho and Cena were both tremendous disappointments especially Jericho who I thought because of his band experience would have a cooler song . Most every other track is just wrestlers yelling with a back beat. Watch American Idol and record all of the reject auditions because most of them are better than what you'll hear on this cd. I give it a D-, I would give it an F but it's just so darn entertaining. | 987 | [
"I love to watch wrestling especially when the story lines are good but I'm not going to defend this piece of trash just because Im a fan.",
"Lilian Garcia is a wonderful singer and her song is the best on the cd but her song sounds like it belongs in an 80's Van Dam Movie (Jean Claude not Rob).StoneCold has 5 annoying talking tracks and not 1 where he actually sings, which he might as well have because he couldnt have been as bad as Booker T or Rikishi.",
"Stacey keibler may have the absolute worst track on the album which is completly synthesized to cover her entire voice.",
"Jericho and Cena were both tremendous disappointments especially Jericho who I thought because of his band experience would have a cooler song.",
"Most every other track is just wrestlers yelling with a back beat.",
"Watch American Idol and record all of the reject auditions because most of them are better than what you'll hear on this cd.",
"I give it a D-, I would give it an F but it's just so darn entertaining."
] |
1 | No more dignity | There was a time when Ozzy Osbourne represented the undying and never quitting attitude of the metal genre. That time has passed, with Ozzy's wife Sharon making money off of him any chance she can. Whether that be with a reality show on MTV, lame OzzFest lineups, or new compilations containing songs which long time Ozzy fans have heard a thousand plus times before whether it be from the previous albums, or Ozzy's other best of, "Ozzman Cometh". This "Essential" set is basically all the Ozzy songs that radio ate up, singles from Ozzy's last album, the incredibly lame "Down to Earth", and, of course, "Paranoid". Anyone knows the best material Ozzy ever had a hand in came in his Sabbath days, and this is nothing but the previously released (and re-released) material that we've heard before and already own. If you're a casual or new fan to Ozzy and you don't own any other material by him, then this may be worth picking up, but for the rest of us, we already know to avoid this. | 987 | [
"There was a time when Ozzy Osbourne represented the undying and never quitting attitude of the metal genre.",
"That time has passed, with Ozzy's wife Sharon making money off of him any chance she can.",
"Whether that be with a reality show on MTV, lame OzzFest lineups, or new compilations containing songs which long time Ozzy fans have heard a thousand plus times before whether it be from the previous albums, or Ozzy's other best of, \"Ozzman Cometh\".",
"This \"Essential\" set is basically all the Ozzy songs that radio ate up, singles from Ozzy's last album, the incredibly lame \"Down to Earth\", and, of course, \"Paranoid\".",
"Anyone knows the best material Ozzy ever had a hand in came in his Sabbath days, and this is nothing but the previously released (and re-released) material that we've heard before and already own.",
"If you're a casual or new fan to Ozzy and you don't own any other material by him, then this may be worth picking up, but for the rest of us, we already know to avoid this."
] |
1 | ANNOYING | The teacher (well...pretty much all the teachers on these Lotte Berk method dvd's) is annoying. The way she speaks....grrrrrrrr!!!!! 10 minutes and I basically stopped the dvd and decided to give it to charity! Stephanie has a serious problem when it comes to communicating - her ability to talk to an audience in a relaxed manner is zero to none. Sounding all staged, artificial, cold and extremely intimidating!There's way too much talking on all the Lotte Berk Method dvd's and hardly any exercises, and the dvd's are too short!You are better off buying a callanetics dvd or core fusion or Bar Method - especially if you're an experienced 'exerciser' like me. Luckily I'm able to attend Lotte Berk classes at the original Lotte Berk studio here in London.As for the Lotte Berk Method dvd's - they're nothing special, all the teachers (except the one with with the short hair) are annoying to listen to. I wouldn't waste a single penny on these dvd's - mainly because of the teachers!! | 987 | [
"The teacher (well...pretty much all the teachers on these Lotte Berk method dvd's) is annoying.",
"The way she speaks....grrrrrrrr!!!",
"!!",
"10 minutes and I basically stopped the dvd and decided to give it to charity!",
"Stephanie has a serious problem when it comes to communicating - her ability to talk to an audience in a relaxed manner is zero to none.",
"Sounding all staged, artificial, cold and extremely intimidating!",
"There's way too much talking on all the Lotte Berk Method dvd's and hardly any exercises, and the dvd's are too short!",
"You are better off buying a callanetics dvd or core fusion or Bar Method - especially if you're an experienced 'exerciser' like me.",
"Luckily I'm able to attend Lotte Berk classes at the original Lotte Berk studio here in London.As for the Lotte Berk Method dvd's - they're nothing special, all the teachers (except the one with with the short hair) are annoying to listen to.",
"I wouldn't waste a single penny on these dvd's - mainly because of the teachers!!"
] |
1 | dull and insulting | Mumford is a film about a "psychologist" who lives in a small idyllic town, and deals with his patients in a way that seems to annoy them but keeps them coming back. Could it be that Loren Dean happens to look like a model? He also has the charm and acting abilities of a model, which is to say none.Hope Davis steals the show here, although what she was doing in this film is beyond explanation.The film does not let the viewer get deep inside any of the characters, certainly what should be paramount in a film that deals with human nature, love, and anxiety. Instead we are offered a script that is so obvious I imagined a five year old with a crayon scribbling it down during recess before submitting it to the studio.Before you settle down with this film expecting a cozy little vignette about relationships be warned, it is chock full of unnecessary swearing and breast flashing. The review I read likened it to a Frank Capra film; well, you're much better off with the real thing. | 987 | [
"Mumford is a film about a \"psychologist\" who lives in a small idyllic town, and deals with his patients in a way that seems to annoy them but keeps them coming back.",
"Could it be that Loren Dean happens to look like a model?",
"He also has the charm and acting abilities of a model, which is to say none.Hope Davis steals the show here, although what she was doing in this film is beyond explanation.The film does not let the viewer get deep inside any of the characters, certainly what should be paramount in a film that deals with human nature, love, and anxiety.",
"Instead we are offered a script that is so obvious I imagined a five year old with a crayon scribbling it down during recess before submitting it to the studio.Before you settle down with this film expecting a cozy little vignette about relationships be warned, it is chock full of unnecessary swearing and breast flashing.",
"The review I read likened it to a Frank Capra film; well, you're much better off with the real thing."
] |
1 | Ew! | This is the worst game. I guess the first Galaxy Force game was so good it warrented a sequel. I'm not kidding when I say I made games better than this in 10 minutes on my old Commodore 64.I just unearthed this rubbish today after doing a little spring cleaning. I remembered it being trash but just needed to play it a little to jog my memory as to why. Basically, all you do in this game is fly thru a '3-dimensional' generic space level shooting things. You never miss. Even if you are in the top right or bottom left firing in the wrong direction, whatever boring weapon you have will eventually kill the non-threatening baddies. There's no story, just shooting.And the graphics are horrible. On the first level when you 'penetrate the enemy fortress' the worst graphics ever make an appearance. Ugh! It was horrid. To think that the RRP of this game was 39.99 when it was first released. I'm glad I never bought it. It just sort of appeared in my house. Trust me, it really is rank! | 987 | [
"This is the worst game.",
"I guess the first Galaxy Force game was so good it warrented a sequel.",
"I'm not kidding when I say I made games better than this in 10 minutes on my old Commodore 64.I just unearthed this rubbish today after doing a little spring cleaning.",
"I remembered it being trash but just needed to play it a little to jog my memory as to why.",
"Basically, all you do in this game is fly thru a '3-dimensional' generic space level shooting things.",
"You never miss.",
"Even if you are in the top right or bottom left firing in the wrong direction, whatever boring weapon you have will eventually kill the non-threatening baddies.",
"There's no story, just shooting.And the graphics are horrible.",
"On the first level when you 'penetrate the enemy fortress' the worst graphics ever make an appearance.",
"Ugh!",
"It was horrid.",
"To think that the RRP of this game was 39.99 when it was first released.",
"I'm glad I never bought it.",
"It just sort of appeared in my house.",
"Trust me, it really is rank!"
] |
1 | What a shameful letdown | Shameful attempt at a hybrid of horror, action and suspends that cast Keanu Reeves as occult detective John Constantine in an adaptation of the vertigo comic book that loses it's edge and goes for the gusto in flat out stupidly with a boring acting turn by Keanu Reeves who just does not come across well in the role. The story just makes no sense at all and feels like it needed a good rewrite for everything to truly come together and the direction just does help move things along. Other than the great scene in which Rachel Weisz get torn out of a building, most of the special effects are not very good and could have been improved during post production. As for the rest of the actors, only Rachel Weisz manages to give a compelling performance despite the bad script in which she had to work with and Peter Stormare does a great five minute walk on as prince of darkness. Nether of them however can save this runaway train that should have been checked before it left the tracks. | 986 | [
"Shameful attempt at a hybrid of horror, action and suspends that cast Keanu Reeves as occult detective John Constantine in an adaptation of the vertigo comic book that loses it's edge and goes for the gusto in flat out stupidly with a boring acting turn by Keanu Reeves who just does not come across well in the role.",
"The story just makes no sense at all and feels like it needed a good rewrite for everything to truly come together and the direction just does help move things along.",
"Other than the great scene in which Rachel Weisz get torn out of a building, most of the special effects are not very good and could have been improved during post production.",
"As for the rest of the actors, only Rachel Weisz manages to give a compelling performance despite the bad script in which she had to work with and Peter Stormare does a great five minute walk on as prince of darkness.",
"Nether of them however can save this runaway train that should have been checked before it left the tracks."
] |
1 | What a letdown. | Shameful attempt at a hybrid of horror, action and suspends that cast Keanu Reeves as occult detective John Constantine in an adaptation of the vertigo comic book that loses it's edge and goes for the gusto in flat out stupidly with a boring acting turn by Keanu Reeves who just does not come across well in the role. The story just makes no sense at all and feels like it needed a good rewrite for everything to truly come together and the direction just does help move things along. Other than the great scene in which Rachel Weisz get torn out of a building, most of the special effects are not very good and could have been improved during post production. As for the rest of the actors, only Rachel Weisz manages to give a compelling performance despite the bad script in which she had to work with and Peter Stormare does a great five minute walk on as prince of darkness. Nether of them however can save this runaway train that should have been checked before it left the tracks. | 986 | [
"Shameful attempt at a hybrid of horror, action and suspends that cast Keanu Reeves as occult detective John Constantine in an adaptation of the vertigo comic book that loses it's edge and goes for the gusto in flat out stupidly with a boring acting turn by Keanu Reeves who just does not come across well in the role.",
"The story just makes no sense at all and feels like it needed a good rewrite for everything to truly come together and the direction just does help move things along.",
"Other than the great scene in which Rachel Weisz get torn out of a building, most of the special effects are not very good and could have been improved during post production.",
"As for the rest of the actors, only Rachel Weisz manages to give a compelling performance despite the bad script in which she had to work with and Peter Stormare does a great five minute walk on as prince of darkness.",
"Nether of them however can save this runaway train that should have been checked before it left the tracks."
] |
1 | An exercise... | Richard Ellman in his biography of the famous Dublin-born sponge, points out that Joyce was once asked why he was taking 12 years to write what would become Ulysses. Joyce was living in Europe, hitting up friends, relatives, and would be patrons for money as he masturbated away his talent right in front of the poor, half-wit woman he married. "Because," he answered, "I can't think of anything else to do." That about sums up why this book in truth is an eruption of verbal flatulence, a screech in the literary void by a man who was not capable of doing what lesser writers could: compose a plot. There are scenes, passages and conversations from Ulysses that are truly brilliant--but that's all one can say about it. The tragedy is that a man of such talent, who would have secured a place in literary history if he had never written another word after "The Dead", felt obliged to labor his way through this doorstop of a novel, when he could have produced something so much better. | 986 | [
"Richard Ellman in his biography of the famous Dublin-born sponge, points out that Joyce was once asked why he was taking 12 years to write what would become Ulysses.",
"Joyce was living in Europe, hitting up friends, relatives, and would be patrons for money as he masturbated away his talent right in front of the poor, half-wit woman he married.",
"\"Because,\" he answered, \"I can't think of anything else to do.\" That about sums up why this book in truth is an eruption of verbal flatulence, a screech in the literary void by a man who was not capable of doing what lesser writers could: compose a plot.",
"There are scenes, passages and conversations from Ulysses that are truly brilliant--but that's all one can say about it.",
"The tragedy is that a man of such talent, who would have secured a place in literary history if he had never written another word after \"The Dead\", felt obliged to labor his way through this doorstop of a novel, when he could have produced something so much better."
] |
1 | What's all the fuss about? | I don't get why Chinatown is such a well respected movie. It is slooooow. Jack Nicholson plays Jack Nicholson. Every scene is long and drawn out often with no dialogue to keep it interesting. Half an hour could have been shaved off this with no real loss. I mean do we really have to watch him climbing over a chainlink fence for 5 minutes. No! But the biggest beef I have is with the direction. The filming of the ending scene which everyone always says is so great is all jumbly and amateur looking.I never really got to form an attachment to any of the main characters, they seemed more like modern actors self-consciously trying to embody certain film noir types.If you really want film noir go to the true source-- forties and fifties films like Panic in the Streets, the Asphalt Jungle, An Ace in the Hole or Laura.The only true heir to the film noir mantle in modern cinema is "The Usual Suspects." (Damn I wish Bryan Singer would make another movie like that one, but I digress) | 986 | [
"I don't get why Chinatown is such a well respected movie.",
"It is slooooow.",
"Jack Nicholson plays Jack Nicholson.",
"Every scene is long and drawn out often with no dialogue to keep it interesting.",
"Half an hour could have been shaved off this with no real loss.",
"I mean do we really have to watch him climbing over a chainlink fence for 5 minutes.",
"No!",
"But the biggest beef I have is with the direction.",
"The filming of the ending scene which everyone always says is so great is all jumbly and amateur looking.I never really got to form an attachment to any of the main characters, they seemed more like modern actors self-consciously trying to embody certain film noir types.If you really want film noir go to the true source-- forties and fifties films like Panic in the Streets, the Asphalt Jungle, An Ace in the Hole or Laura.The only true heir to the film noir mantle in modern cinema is \"The Usual Suspects.\" (Damn I wish Bryan Singer would make another movie like that one, but I digress)"
] |
1 | Morbid and depressing | Man. What the hell was going on in Herbert's head before he croaked? I'm a big fan of the Dune series (despite Herbert's tendency to covertly glorify islamofascism), but this final volume was HORRIBLE. Not only was it boring, tedious and, quite frankly, poorly written, but none of the protagonists had any shred of decency or redeeming qualities whatsoever. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but Herbert holds these characters up as if they were paragons of virtue.....as if this type of person was the logical and appropriate evolution of the human species. In a word...ick. Toward the end of the book, I started hoping that humanity (his version of humanity) would be wiped out by some cataclysm. Herbert's final book dehumanizes people to the point where life isn't worth living. The whole book goes out of its way to portray wickedness and inhumanity as the way of the superior person, ignoring any attempt to be interesting, entertaining, or even have a plot that makes sense.F- | 986 | [
"Man.",
"What the hell was going on in Herbert's head before he croaked?",
"I'm a big fan of the Dune series (despite Herbert's tendency to covertly glorify islamofascism), but this final volume was HORRIBLE.",
"Not only was it boring, tedious and, quite frankly, poorly written, but none of the protagonists had any shred of decency or redeeming qualities whatsoever.",
"That's not necessarily a bad thing, but Herbert holds these characters up as if they were paragons of virtue.....as if this type of person was the logical and appropriate evolution of the human species.",
"In a word...ick.",
"Toward the end of the book, I started hoping that humanity (his version of humanity) would be wiped out by some cataclysm.",
"Herbert's final book dehumanizes people to the point where life isn't worth living.",
"The whole book goes out of its way to portray wickedness and inhumanity as the way of the superior person, ignoring any attempt to be interesting, entertaining, or even have a plot that makes sense.F-"
] |
1 | bizarre | This is one one the strangest movies I've ever seen. The narrator/main character is obsessed with defecation, urination, and copulation related to dogs and humans and graphically depicts them over and over throughout the movie. The animated characters that reside in the narrator's imagination are sometimes human, sometimes canine, and sometimes a part human-part dog creature which all engage in multiple failed copulation attempts, all graphically depicted. The author's fascination with the dog's failed attempts at copulation is only surpassed by his interest in the many places and ways in which the dog empties her bowels, also animated with great attention to detail. He throws in some very gloomy, self-obsessed, narcissistic comments about life in between his descriptions and depictions of the bodily functions of his beloved pet. There is not one likable character in the whole thing, including perpetually barking, ill-mannered dog. Very strange movie from start to finish. | 986 | [
"This is one one the strangest movies I've ever seen.",
"The narrator/main character is obsessed with defecation, urination, and copulation related to dogs and humans and graphically depicts them over and over throughout the movie.",
"The animated characters that reside in the narrator's imagination are sometimes human, sometimes canine, and sometimes a part human-part dog creature which all engage in multiple failed copulation attempts, all graphically depicted.",
"The author's fascination with the dog's failed attempts at copulation is only surpassed by his interest in the many places and ways in which the dog empties her bowels, also animated with great attention to detail.",
"He throws in some very gloomy, self-obsessed, narcissistic comments about life in between his descriptions and depictions of the bodily functions of his beloved pet.",
"There is not one likable character in the whole thing, including perpetually barking, ill-mannered dog.",
"Very strange movie from start to finish."
] |
1 | Embarrassing | Sherrilyn Kenyon is a new author to me, and, as with all new authors, i took a risk in purchasing this book. This book was not a winner. everything seemed so, so, predictable, even the romance. The whole story is based on Arikos, a demi-god cursed by Zeus to feel no emotions, who makes a selfish decision to trade one women's life for two brief weeks of pleasure. early on in his alloted time, he, predictably, falls for the woman whose soul is promised in the bargain, and realizes his mistake. the book seems amateur in that none of the characters seem real. The humans are constantly shifting on their deepest held beliefs/quests/morals, and the gods seem shallow and cant settle on a distinct speech pattern (ancient and powerful god, Whiny 21st century teen) .I couldn't decide if the characters were supposed to be comical, or were just poorly written. The plot seemed as if it was there to provide a background for the unrealistic sex. This book was a waste of a good ten bucks. | 986 | [
"Sherrilyn Kenyon is a new author to me, and, as with all new authors, i took a risk in purchasing this book.",
"This book was not a winner.",
"everything seemed so, so, predictable, even the romance.",
"The whole story is based on Arikos, a demi-god cursed by Zeus to feel no emotions, who makes a selfish decision to trade one women's life for two brief weeks of pleasure.",
"early on in his alloted time, he, predictably, falls for the woman whose soul is promised in the bargain, and realizes his mistake.",
"the book seems amateur in that none of the characters seem real.",
"The humans are constantly shifting on their deepest held beliefs/quests/morals, and the gods seem shallow and cant settle on a distinct speech pattern (ancient and powerful god, Whiny 21st century teen) .I couldn't decide if the characters were supposed to be comical, or were just poorly written.",
"The plot seemed as if it was there to provide a background for the unrealistic sex.",
"This book was a waste of a good ten bucks."
] |
1 | extremely disturbing | I suppose one is supposed to find something artful to say about an art film; I can't say anything but to plainly advise everyone to avoid it-unless you take some perverse pleasure in having profoundly disturbing imagery injected into your brain without local anesthesia.The Movie "Brazil" was also disturbing, but at least the cinemetography was a rich visual tapestry. What can one say about a nightmarish film noir which vividly portrays one's most nauseating, nerve fraying fears in relentless stabbing strokes of black and white? This is what the truly "lost" would find amusing and stimulating...."lost" meaning all those wretched souls who will one day descend, permanently, into a reality much like this one. If it was supposed to save us from moral and cultural decline, it failed miserably. Life is too short , brutish and nasty to spend one's time wallowing in the interminably brutish and nasty. Move on...don't waste your time. A mind is too precious a commodity to putrify. | 986 | [
"I suppose one is supposed to find something artful to say about an art film; I can't say anything but to plainly advise everyone to avoid it-unless you take some perverse pleasure in having profoundly disturbing imagery injected into your brain without local anesthesia.The Movie \"Brazil\" was also disturbing, but at least the cinemetography was a rich visual tapestry.",
"What can one say about a nightmarish film noir which vividly portrays one's most nauseating, nerve fraying fears in relentless stabbing strokes of black and white?",
"This is what the truly \"lost\" would find amusing and stimulating....\"lost\" meaning all those wretched souls who will one day descend, permanently, into a reality much like this one.",
"If it was supposed to save us from moral and cultural decline, it failed miserably.",
"Life is too short , brutish and nasty to spend one's time wallowing in the interminably brutish and nasty.",
"Move on...don't waste your time.",
"A mind is too precious a commodity to putrify."
] |
1 | Avoid VOD at all costs | I've never had so much as a single issue with anything I've ever ordered from Amazon (whether it was real-world product sent to my P.O. box, or videos/music downloaded directly to my PC), but my purchase of this VOD was utterly abhorrent: the video quality is detestable (even considering the 1995 release date of the film), and I have absolutely no control whatsoever over the aspect ratio on my screen. Even though I watch on a wide-screen monitor, it evidentally isn't wide enough; the frame view (along the horizontal, even with a 1920 x 1080 resolution) is all crammed together, making the film (along the verticle) appear stretched and drawn.I'm angry that I spent the money on this download, and if it were possible for me to rate it anywhere below one-star, I certainly would. Save your money, folks, from this abortion of a VOD, and spend it elsewhere. If you absolutely MUST have this movie, go to a retailer for the DVD or BluRay ... someplace like Target, Walmart, etc, etc. | 986 | [
"I've never had so much as a single issue with anything I've ever ordered from Amazon (whether it was real-world product sent to my P.O. box, or videos/music downloaded directly to my PC), but my purchase of this VOD was utterly abhorrent: the video quality is detestable (even considering the 1995 release date of the film), and I have absolutely no control whatsoever over the aspect ratio on my screen.",
"Even though I watch on a wide-screen monitor, it evidentally isn't wide enough; the frame view (along the horizontal, even with a 1920 x 1080 resolution) is all crammed together, making the film (along the verticle) appear stretched and drawn.I'm angry that I spent the money on this download, and if it were possible for me to rate it anywhere below one-star, I certainly would.",
"Save your money, folks, from this abortion of a VOD, and spend it elsewhere.",
"If you absolutely MUST have this movie, go to a retailer for the DVD or BluRay ... someplace like Target, Walmart, etc, etc."
] |
1 | I hate spiders | No, really, I absolutely hate spiders, all species, and think they should all be killed immediately with flamethrowers.Based on that, you'd wonder why I sat up late one night and watched this film. I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess. The film stars William Shatner and Tiffany Bolling as well as approximately 5,000 assorted spiders including tarantulas, wolf spiders, bola spiders, and a few others I won't bother to look up on Wikipedia.The plot is essentially a ripoff of "Jaws" with some science fiction thrown in for good measure: a town is threatened with mutant spiders who've somehow developed higher than usual levels of toxicity due to illegal waste dumping near their desert homes. The spiders, somehow realizing that humans are to blame, attack the town, its residents, and all of the town's livestock and pets.The acting is passable and the special effects aren't totally bad. It's the sight of hundreds of spiders everywhere that will make you sleep with the lights on. | 986 | [
"No, really, I absolutely hate spiders, all species, and think they should all be killed immediately with flamethrowers.Based on that, you'd wonder why I sat up late one night and watched this film.",
"I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess.",
"The film stars William Shatner and Tiffany Bolling as well as approximately 5,000 assorted spiders including tarantulas, wolf spiders, bola spiders, and a few others I won't bother to look up on Wikipedia.The plot is essentially a ripoff of \"Jaws\" with some science fiction thrown in for good measure: a town is threatened with mutant spiders who've somehow developed higher than usual levels of toxicity due to illegal waste dumping near their desert homes.",
"The spiders, somehow realizing that humans are to blame, attack the town, its residents, and all of the town's livestock and pets.The acting is passable and the special effects aren't totally bad.",
"It's the sight of hundreds of spiders everywhere that will make you sleep with the lights on."
] |
1 | My Own Fault | Alas, it's my own fault for buying a cookbook it turns out I'll probably never use. Seduced by a review in a major publication, I broke my two self-imposed rules about buying cookbooks. Never buy one by a chef and/or restaurant owner and never buy without looking first. But the review was so warm and enthusiastic, I went straight to my computer and ordered it. Would that I had read both the reviewers' and readers' comments first. Then I would have known I would not be at all interested in the first 52 pages. Having cooked simple but good food for almost half a century, there's not much I don't know about kitchen tools and basic techniques. Judy Rodgers is, indeed, a good writer, but if I want to read about one's formative years in the cooking field, I'll look for a memoir. Then, too, there's the early salting recommendation which informs many of the recipes. I strive to reduce sodium in my cooking, not increase it. Perhaps I shall give it to a daughter or daughter-in-law. | 986 | [
"Alas, it's my own fault for buying a cookbook it turns out I'll probably never use.",
"Seduced by a review in a major publication, I broke my two self-imposed rules about buying cookbooks.",
"Never buy one by a chef and/or restaurant owner and never buy without looking first.",
"But the review was so warm and enthusiastic, I went straight to my computer and ordered it.",
"Would that I had read both the reviewers' and readers' comments first.",
"Then I would have known I would not be at all interested in the first 52 pages.",
"Having cooked simple but good food for almost half a century, there's not much I don't know about kitchen tools and basic techniques.",
"Judy Rodgers is, indeed, a good writer, but if I want to read about one's formative years in the cooking field, I'll look for a memoir.",
"Then, too, there's the early salting recommendation which informs many of the recipes.",
"I strive to reduce sodium in my cooking, not increase it.",
"Perhaps I shall give it to a daughter or daughter-in-law."
] |
1 | Disgusting | Typically I enjoy James Ellroy. I have read several of his novels and two volumes of short stories (and essays). I was introduced to his work through The Blue Dahlia which I found so absorbing, I read it in one day. Therefore, I approached this volume with anticipation, knowing it would also be dark, thickly plotted, and possibly disturbing. While Ellroy isn't someone I'd care to read everyday, I do enjoy the time I have spent exploring the underbelly of 1950s LA. Until I read (or tried to read) Killer on the Road. This book is a disgusting exploration into the mind of a serial killer. I felt no empathy toward the protagonist and just kept asking myself why I was reading this and what was the point. I got through 90 pages and finally threw the book away--the first book I left unfinished since A Tale of Two Cities in high school nearly thirty years ago. (And I have probably averaged reading two books a week since that time.) My short, one word synopsis for this work: ugly. | 986 | [
"Typically I enjoy James Ellroy.",
"I have read several of his novels and two volumes of short stories (and essays).",
"I was introduced to his work through The Blue Dahlia which I found so absorbing, I read it in one day.",
"Therefore, I approached this volume with anticipation, knowing it would also be dark, thickly plotted, and possibly disturbing.",
"While Ellroy isn't someone I'd care to read everyday, I do enjoy the time I have spent exploring the underbelly of 1950s LA.",
"Until I read (or tried to read) Killer on the Road.",
"This book is a disgusting exploration into the mind of a serial killer.",
"I felt no empathy toward the protagonist and just kept asking myself why I was reading this and what was the point.",
"I got through 90 pages and finally threw the book away--the first book I left unfinished since A Tale of Two Cities in high school nearly thirty years ago.",
"(And I have probably averaged reading two books a week since that time.) My short, one word synopsis for this work: ugly."
] |
1 | a terrible western | my opinion on this movie is that it was hard to beleive that none of the "heroes" were fatally shot or killed. They must have been shot at 50000 times for each of them and they were not even killed. They should rename this movie ,"The Invincible Four". I really find it hard to beleive that the wild west was like that. I look for a movie to stick to the boundaries it was given for ex. if this movie was set on boundaries like the Matrix .. where you can fly, dodge bullets, jump on horses, jump in the air and shoot people.. then it would have made more sense but it was not set on those boundaries making it a stupid , hollywood film that really was just .. terrible. Also you all know that Jake screws around too much and would have been shot.. Mal with his stupid two shotguns fighting 6 people in a bar and winning was absurd.. Emmet getting trampled on by horses and not seeming to break any ribs.. Paden messing around with all the females and not getting hiv.. it was very bad. | 986 | [
"my opinion on this movie is that it was hard to beleive that none of the \"heroes\" were fatally shot or killed.",
"They must have been shot at 50000 times for each of them and they were not even killed.",
"They should rename this movie ,\"The Invincible Four\".",
"I really find it hard to beleive that the wild west was like that.",
"I look for a movie to stick to the boundaries it was given for ex.",
"if this movie was set on boundaries like the Matrix ..",
"where you can fly, dodge bullets, jump on horses, jump in the air and shoot people..",
"then it would have made more sense but it was not set on those boundaries making it a stupid , hollywood film that really was just ..",
"terrible.",
"Also you all know that Jake screws around too much and would have been shot..",
"Mal with his stupid two shotguns fighting 6 people in a bar and winning was absurd..",
"Emmet getting trampled on by horses and not seeming to break any ribs..",
"Paden messing around with all the females and not getting hiv..",
"it was very bad."
] |
1 | The Return of the Flubber | This Seagal flick is a little bit tighter than his other straight to DVD shows. Just a little. He still spends more than half of the film in shadow to hide his weight, and mumbles his lines as if he just wanted to finish the scene and go home. The fight scenes are not as sloppy as others I've seen (though I love the "15 shots to the crotch" scene), but the shootouts go way over the top. Lots of wild shooting, no aimed shots, and ridiculous amounts of blood. Speaking of that, how Eddie Griffin got conned into playing a sterotypical gangbanger beats me. Wait a minute--it must've been one thing; PAYCHECK! He throws the clock back 10,000 years for African Americans in this film with his moronic portrayal of a sleazy, filthy mouthed gangbanging dope dealer. And what's up with the raccoon on Seagal's head??? We all know you're losing your hair Steve--give it up and show us the bald spot in the next film. One star from me, just for Seagal showing up (and more than likely, late). | 986 | [
"This Seagal flick is a little bit tighter than his other straight to DVD shows.",
"Just a little.",
"He still spends more than half of the film in shadow to hide his weight, and mumbles his lines as if he just wanted to finish the scene and go home.",
"The fight scenes are not as sloppy as others I've seen (though I love the \"15 shots to the crotch\" scene), but the shootouts go way over the top.",
"Lots of wild shooting, no aimed shots, and ridiculous amounts of blood.",
"Speaking of that, how Eddie Griffin got conned into playing a sterotypical gangbanger beats me.",
"Wait a minute--it must've been one thing; PAYCHECK!",
"He throws the clock back 10,000 years for African Americans in this film with his moronic portrayal of a sleazy, filthy mouthed gangbanging dope dealer.",
"And what's up with the raccoon on Seagal's head???",
"We all know you're losing your hair Steve--give it up and show us the bald spot in the next film.",
"One star from me, just for Seagal showing up (and more than likely, late)."
] |
1 | 13 is an unlucky number | The boys spring into action when crooked bigshot boss Willie Banks (Al Pacino) cheats Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) out of his share of a new casino. While Rueben recovers from a heart attack, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and company (Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, ad nauseum) implement a far-fetched and ill-defined plan to sink the big opening.I really enjoyed the first movie and found something to appreciate in the second, as well, but this third installment is just awful from beginning to end. They use the drill that dug the Chunnel to burrow under the casino so they can simulate an earthquake? Really? Are you kidding me? And nobody notices? By the way, when the first one breaks down, they manage to come up with a second one. This is only one element of a plan that would require unlimited resources and the omnipotence of the Almighty himself to pull off. I think it was just made as an excuse for Clooney and his cool posse to pal around in Vegas for a few months. What a life! | 986 | [
"The boys spring into action when crooked bigshot boss Willie Banks (Al Pacino) cheats Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) out of his share of a new casino.",
"While Rueben recovers from a heart attack, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and company (Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, ad nauseum) implement a far-fetched and ill-defined plan to sink the big opening.I really enjoyed the first movie and found something to appreciate in the second, as well, but this third installment is just awful from beginning to end.",
"They use the drill that dug the Chunnel to burrow under the casino so they can simulate an earthquake?",
"Really?",
"Are you kidding me?",
"And nobody notices?",
"By the way, when the first one breaks down, they manage to come up with a second one.",
"This is only one element of a plan that would require unlimited resources and the omnipotence of the Almighty himself to pull off.",
"I think it was just made as an excuse for Clooney and his cool posse to pal around in Vegas for a few months.",
"What a life!"
] |
1 | Don't Waist Your Time | Don't do it. If you are running 98,2k or even ME keep them on your pc. XP has been touted as the 'new wonder from MS'. Not so. If you know nothing about computers you won't even know what you are missing. But for those of you who do know your pc stay away. I would think that in a few years they might actually have it fully debugged, might...I was in the marked for a new lap top and ended up buying a Mac. There were many factors but the main factor was the operating system. After spending much time working in XP I just couldn't stand it any more. I use win2k at work and it's great, stable, fast, a good extension to 98, one of the best OS out there. When I heard Mac released a unix based OS, I jumped for joy and bought the Mac. You can't beat the stability, ability and control. It's time for the MS marketing department to lay off of trying to control the entire pc world and let the user have a choice in what the user wants to run on their pc and not what will make MS money. | 986 | [
"Don't do it.",
"If you are running 98,2k or even ME keep them on your pc.",
"XP has been touted as the 'new wonder from MS'.",
"Not so.",
"If you know nothing about computers you won't even know what you are missing.",
"But for those of you who do know your pc stay away.",
"I would think that in a few years they might actually have it fully debugged, might...I was in the marked for a new lap top and ended up buying a Mac.",
"There were many factors but the main factor was the operating system.",
"After spending much time working in XP I just couldn't stand it any more.",
"I use win2k at work and it's great, stable, fast, a good extension to 98, one of the best OS out there.",
"When I heard Mac released a unix based OS, I jumped for joy and bought the Mac.",
"You can't beat the stability, ability and control.",
"It's time for the MS marketing department to lay off of trying to control the entire pc world and let the user have a choice in what the user wants to run on their pc and not what will make MS money."
] |
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