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BEWARE SMALL DOG OWNERS!!
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I have to warn small dog owners about using this product without researching the ingredients. Yes, it is all natural but did you know that rosemary oil can be lethal to small dogs? It can cause seizures. Our mini dachshund had a full blown seizure within a week of starting this product. PLEASE, for your friends sake, do not use this product until you read the warnings on using herbal oils in dog treatments or food. I cannot prove that this product caused the seizure but the dog has had no such episodes in his four years of life. He is healthy and full of life. I will not continue using this product on my dogs after reading the effects and dangers of essential oils, specifically rosemary oil, in dog treatments and food. Essential oils are much too concentrated and are nothing like the whole plant. A drop of essential oil is 100 times stronger than a pinch of the herb plant. This product may work great but I will not risk my pet's well being for the sake of a quick fix.
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"I have to warn small dog owners about using this product without researching the ingredients.",
"Yes, it is all natural but did you know that rosemary oil can be lethal to small dogs?",
"It can cause seizures.",
"Our mini dachshund had a full blown seizure within a week of starting this product.",
"PLEASE, for your friends sake, do not use this product until you read the warnings on using herbal oils in dog treatments or food.",
"I cannot prove that this product caused the seizure but the dog has had no such episodes in his four years of life.",
"He is healthy and full of life.",
"I will not continue using this product on my dogs after reading the effects and dangers of essential oils, specifically rosemary oil, in dog treatments and food.",
"Essential oils are much too concentrated and are nothing like the whole plant.",
"A drop of essential oil is 100 times stronger than a pinch of the herb plant.",
"This product may work great but I will not risk my pet's well being for the sake of a quick fix."
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What's this about?
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God almighty, I had to read this fantasy scifi book for a book club, and I'm lucky I didn't strangle myself. To start, fantasy isn't my cup of tea, but I decided to give it a chance. Afterall, I'm a proponent of the "no contempt prior to investigation" movement. Halfway through, I realized I had no idea what the hell this thing was trying to tell me. Some six year old kid freezing computer bodies while adults explain to him in adult terms the reason he's so important. Wait a minute! Unless a hundred years from now preteens are a thousand times brighter than their counterparts today, no way this kid is going to understand anything the guy tells him. Hell, I didn't understand what the guy was talking about. It was excruciatingly painful from beginning to end. Frustrated, I called a friend in the club and she said "hang on to the end, there's a real surprise." So, good soldier that I am, I did. But I didn't find the surprise (...). Couldn't stand this read. Dreadful!!!!!
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"God almighty, I had to read this fantasy scifi book for a book club, and I'm lucky I didn't strangle myself.",
"To start, fantasy isn't my cup of tea, but I decided to give it a chance.",
"Afterall, I'm a proponent of the \"no contempt prior to investigation\" movement.",
"Halfway through, I realized I had no idea what the hell this thing was trying to tell me.",
"Some six year old kid freezing computer bodies while adults explain to him in adult terms the reason he's so important.",
"Wait a minute!",
"Unless a hundred years from now preteens are a thousand times brighter than their counterparts today, no way this kid is going to understand anything the guy tells him.",
"Hell, I didn't understand what the guy was talking about.",
"It was excruciatingly painful from beginning to end.",
"Frustrated, I called a friend in the club and she said \"hang on to the end, there's a real surprise.\" So, good soldier that I am, I did.",
"But I didn't find the surprise (...).",
"Couldn't stand this read.",
"Dreadful!!!",
"!!"
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BIGGEST CON GAME!!
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I just watched Cloverfield. I'm not saying it's the worst movie I have ever seen, but I can't remember when I hated one more.Why the film makers thought it was a innovation to film it with a hand held camcorder(BLAIR WITCH PROJECT) is beyond me.But, I guess my main objection is one of us isn't "getting it".In the "monster" movies of the past, there was a reason. Atomic bomb, bad experiments, etc. etc.. In this movie, there are no why's, from where(?) and how come.Also, is it a law that only stupid people can be in the modern horror movies. You know, the ones who go back for cat, or piece of jewelery or something insignificent worth risking your life for.One other final note. The movie is 83 mins.( way to long), but 11 mins are the credits.I wonder if people would flocked to the theaters or rent the movie if they're told the truth. "This movie was shot on a camcorder, you hardly ever see the monster, you get to watch a bunch of stupid people run around NY for 72 mins."
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"I just watched Cloverfield.",
"I'm not saying it's the worst movie I have ever seen, but I can't remember when I hated one more.Why the film makers thought it was a innovation to film it with a hand held camcorder(BLAIR WITCH PROJECT) is beyond me.But, I guess my main objection is one of us isn't \"getting it\".In the \"monster\" movies of the past, there was a reason.",
"Atomic bomb, bad experiments, etc.",
"etc..",
"In this movie, there are no why's, from where(?",
") and how come.Also, is it a law that only stupid people can be in the modern horror movies.",
"You know, the ones who go back for cat, or piece of jewelery or something insignificent worth risking your life for.One other final note.",
"The movie is 83 mins.( way to long), but 11 mins are the credits.I wonder if people would flocked to the theaters or rent the movie if they're told the truth.",
"\"This movie was shot on a camcorder, you hardly ever see the monster, you get to watch a bunch of stupid people run around NY for 72 mins.\""
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Boring
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I was not planning to review this book as I am still trying to make my way through it (I am approximately 3/4's of the way through it and am determined to finish) however, I was reading through the other reviews and saw several which said that the people who don't like this book only want "happy" books and don't enjoy good literature, etc. I feel compelled to say that while it is a dark and gloomy book, the real problem is that it is boring. It fails to hold your attention. I started this book in the middle of October and have had to force myself to read it. It is taking forever. This book is the story of a mean, dysfunctional mother who can't be nice to her own children (for their own good, of course) and yet seems to be blindingly trusting of the only con man in town. None of the characters are likeable, including most of the children. Do yourself a favor, don't read this book. While the story seems to have potential, it's just not worth the effort it takes to read.
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"I was not planning to review this book as I am still trying to make my way through it (I am approximately 3/4's of the way through it and am determined to finish) however, I was reading through the other reviews and saw several which said that the people who don't like this book only want \"happy\" books and don't enjoy good literature, etc.",
"I feel compelled to say that while it is a dark and gloomy book, the real problem is that it is boring.",
"It fails to hold your attention.",
"I started this book in the middle of October and have had to force myself to read it.",
"It is taking forever.",
"This book is the story of a mean, dysfunctional mother who can't be nice to her own children (for their own good, of course) and yet seems to be blindingly trusting of the only con man in town.",
"None of the characters are likeable, including most of the children.",
"Do yourself a favor, don't read this book.",
"While the story seems to have potential, it's just not worth the effort it takes to read."
] |
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blah pathetic
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Marred by heavy handed lyrics and a rediculously fake singing voice, Ani once again retells the same old cleche tales of gay love and self loathing. She's so good at picking the world around her apart, but what solutions does she offer? What poetic intuition beyond her own self obsession? This fatal conceit reaches heights dizzying enough to enduce vomiting when she starts her corney jokes. Suposedly a spokeswoman for the DIY ethos, Ani is no more then the co-opting of subculture to exploit a sellable image and hollow political posturing. If this is considered the poetry it's marketed as let me move to the Maine woods with a labrador and an inkwell. The album that turned your sweet thirteen year old sister bi in 95 and got her to dye and peirce something at the mall in the name of "difference"... you too can buy into it. Girls: this isn't anymore empowering then Jewel. Be careful what you feed yourself. I don't care if your a pheonix... this is some lame Stuff. beware
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"Marred by heavy handed lyrics and a rediculously fake singing voice, Ani once again retells the same old cleche tales of gay love and self loathing.",
"She's so good at picking the world around her apart, but what solutions does she offer?",
"What poetic intuition beyond her own self obsession?",
"This fatal conceit reaches heights dizzying enough to enduce vomiting when she starts her corney jokes.",
"Suposedly a spokeswoman for the DIY ethos, Ani is no more then the co-opting of subculture to exploit a sellable image and hollow political posturing.",
"If this is considered the poetry it's marketed as let me move to the Maine woods with a labrador and an inkwell.",
"The album that turned your sweet thirteen year old sister bi in 95 and got her to dye and peirce something at the mall in the name of \"difference\"... you too can buy into it.",
"Girls: this isn't anymore empowering then Jewel.",
"Be careful what you feed yourself.",
"I don't care if your a pheonix... this is some lame Stuff.",
"beware"
] |
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Not like the other Arco books
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I bought this book ... when I received word from my dad that GM was taking referals for Industrial Mechanics and he turned my name in. I needed to quickly brush up on my mathematical and mechanical skills before taking the pre-employment exam. This book really let me down.First - It didn't cover anything about how to do any of the shop mathematics until after you (the reader) had taken the practice exams. NO formulas, equations, NOTHING! And they DID explain it at the end of the exams, but not well enough to understand where you the reader screwed up.Second - There were so many errors I lost count and closed the book never to read it again. Several of their answers were wrong; there were many typos and miscalculations. I don't buy a preparation guide for errors all it will do is confuse you as to if you are correct or forgot how to do arithmetic. I checked several of their calculations with a TI-90 calculator and the answers I received were not the same as theirs. ...
| 982 |
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"I bought this book ... when I received word from my dad that GM was taking referals for Industrial Mechanics and he turned my name in.",
"I needed to quickly brush up on my mathematical and mechanical skills before taking the pre-employment exam.",
"This book really let me down.First - It didn't cover anything about how to do any of the shop mathematics until after you (the reader) had taken the practice exams.",
"NO formulas, equations, NOTHING!",
"And they DID explain it at the end of the exams, but not well enough to understand where you the reader screwed up.Second - There were so many errors I lost count and closed the book never to read it again.",
"Several of their answers were wrong; there were many typos and miscalculations.",
"I don't buy a preparation guide for errors all it will do is confuse you as to if you are correct or forgot how to do arithmetic.",
"I checked several of their calculations with a TI-90 calculator and the answers I received were not the same as theirs.",
"..."
] |
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Sheer demagoguery
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No, nobody ever found the dictionary that Rand used to define "selfishness" - because it never existed. She didn't redefine it at all; she meant by it exactly what everybody else means by it, and it's not a virtue.All she did in this series of "philosophical" essays was try to rationalize self-absorption by "proving" that it wasn't really harmful after all. But she couldn't even accomplish *that* task competently; if it's true, as she argues in the essay another reviewer cites, that there aren't any real conflicts of interest among rational people, then why bother to distinguish "selfish" from "unselfish"?No, Rand's "ethics" is just a thinly disguised rationalization of her own utter inability to care about anyone other than herself. She was exactly like her fictional "hero," Howard Roark: other people just weren't *real* to her, except as props for her own vastly overinflated and terminally unhealthy EGO. And this book is supposed to explain why that's okay.It isn't.
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"No, nobody ever found the dictionary that Rand used to define \"selfishness\" - because it never existed.",
"She didn't redefine it at all; she meant by it exactly what everybody else means by it, and it's not a virtue.All she did in this series of \"philosophical\" essays was try to rationalize self-absorption by \"proving\" that it wasn't really harmful after all.",
"But she couldn't even accomplish *that* task competently; if it's true, as she argues in the essay another reviewer cites, that there aren't any real conflicts of interest among rational people, then why bother to distinguish \"selfish\" from \"unselfish\"?",
"No, Rand's \"ethics\" is just a thinly disguised rationalization of her own utter inability to care about anyone other than herself.",
"She was exactly like her fictional \"hero,\" Howard Roark: other people just weren't *real* to her, except as props for her own vastly overinflated and terminally unhealthy EGO.",
"And this book is supposed to explain why that's okay.It isn't."
] |
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Injustice!!
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I have waited very patiently for an awesome box set of the HP series. But this is just bull$%#@! WB is just out to make a buck. Seriously, the 'Ultravoilet Copy' is like a cloud service. This IS NOT A COPY. And no extended versions of the last few movies. Sure there are some nice special features, but for me to shell out over $350 for a box set like this...I don't think so. Even the box that it comes in looks like my fiancee's sewing kit container!Come on WB, you can definitely do much better than this.I like most HP fans have all the regular DVD's already, so by bumping the disc count on this set is just ridiculous. I think all HP fans should unite and boycott this cheap and poor excuse of a 'Box Set' attempt by WB just to make more money. Trust me you have lost respect of a lot of hardcore HP fans like me and not to mention, you have gained nothing by putting out this crap.I hope you (WB) read all of our (true HP fans) displeasure on this soon to be release box set.
| 982 |
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"I have waited very patiently for an awesome box set of the HP series.",
"But this is just bull$%#@!",
"WB is just out to make a buck.",
"Seriously, the 'Ultravoilet Copy' is like a cloud service.",
"This IS NOT A COPY.",
"And no extended versions of the last few movies.",
"Sure there are some nice special features, but for me to shell out over $350 for a box set like this...I don't think so.",
"Even the box that it comes in looks like my fiancee's sewing kit container!",
"Come on WB, you can definitely do much better than this.I like most HP fans have all the regular DVD's already, so by bumping the disc count on this set is just ridiculous.",
"I think all HP fans should unite and boycott this cheap and poor excuse of a 'Box Set' attempt by WB just to make more money.",
"Trust me you have lost respect of a lot of hardcore HP fans like me and not to mention, you have gained nothing by putting out this crap.I hope you (WB) read all of our (true HP fans) displeasure on this soon to be release box set."
] |
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I hated it
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I have every Thoroughbred book, and I love them all, except for this one. I don't know what Allison Estes is doing, but she has ruined the whole Thoroughbred series. Eleven books were focused on Cindy and then, all of a sudden, poof! she disappears. In Cindy's Honor, Christina was still a toddler, not a 12 year old. Why did Samantha move to Ireland, and what happened to Tor. In Samantha's Journey, Tor had proposed to Samantha, and she was also a new trainer at Whitebrook. Why would people want to read about Melanie. And what happened to the Townsends. They would never let Christina sell Legacy, much less let Ashleigh him to her. Why is Wonder so old, and what happened to her foals Pride, Princess, Mr. Wonderful, and Champion. What about Max, Heather, and Honor. My suggestion is that you rewrite #24 and forget about The Horse of Her Dreams. Start off from Honor going to more races with Cindy. Joanna Campbell, Karen Bentley, please, please, please come back.___Mimi Park
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"I have every Thoroughbred book, and I love them all, except for this one.",
"I don't know what Allison Estes is doing, but she has ruined the whole Thoroughbred series.",
"Eleven books were focused on Cindy and then, all of a sudden, poof!",
"she disappears.",
"In Cindy's Honor, Christina was still a toddler, not a 12 year old.",
"Why did Samantha move to Ireland, and what happened to Tor.",
"In Samantha's Journey, Tor had proposed to Samantha, and she was also a new trainer at Whitebrook.",
"Why would people want to read about Melanie.",
"And what happened to the Townsends.",
"They would never let Christina sell Legacy, much less let Ashleigh him to her.",
"Why is Wonder so old, and what happened to her foals Pride, Princess, Mr.",
"Wonderful, and Champion.",
"What about Max, Heather, and Honor.",
"My suggestion is that you rewrite #24 and forget about The Horse of Her Dreams.",
"Start off from Honor going to more races with Cindy.",
"Joanna Campbell, Karen Bentley, please, please, please come back.___Mimi Park"
] |
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Let's be honest....pretty bad
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Maybe I am missing some subtlety, and I will admit I am not a big reader of the horror genre, but this was just pretty bad on a variety of levels. I would hate for horor fans to hold this up as a masterpiece of the genre as that would just be sad.This is horribly repetitive stuff.The repetition of some events designed to build suspense I would think in a failed attempt to make this exciting somehow. There are a few moments where the reader can see that the author was building to a big 'reveal' that just wasn't interesting or scary. It is a mishmash of borrowed plots (borrowed from pretty silly sources sadly) told in an indifferent narrative style that overshadowed by the plots ridiculousness.As it is essentially a B grade monster horror movie story (a la The Blob, or Tremors (remember that one?)) this will probably make a passable short (please God make it short) popcorn movie....I just pity the actor who has to try and make a character out of what's on the page here.
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"Maybe I am missing some subtlety, and I will admit I am not a big reader of the horror genre, but this was just pretty bad on a variety of levels.",
"I would hate for horor fans to hold this up as a masterpiece of the genre as that would just be sad.This is horribly repetitive stuff.The repetition of some events designed to build suspense I would think in a failed attempt to make this exciting somehow.",
"There are a few moments where the reader can see that the author was building to a big 'reveal' that just wasn't interesting or scary.",
"It is a mishmash of borrowed plots (borrowed from pretty silly sources sadly) told in an indifferent narrative style that overshadowed by the plots ridiculousness.As it is essentially a B grade monster horror movie story (a la The Blob, or Tremors (remember that one?",
")) this will probably make a passable short (please God make it short) popcorn movie....I just pity the actor who has to try and make a character out of what's on the page here."
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Torture
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I am sorry to ruin the high raiting but for me this book is a torture, I am not even sure I'll be able to finish reading it ... it's such a pain to read this book.And what's up with all the being Catholic thing .... there is too much religion in it, and I am not saying it because religion is a bad thing, but only because if I wanted to read about Jesus and the Church I would have bought a book about it ... this is supposed to be a fun novel but it is too concentrated on the girl's religion .... I would have probably appreciated it more if the writer added people from other religions and would have talked about it, instead ... she mentions that one guy is Catholic but his parents are not .... (how did that happen?!) and they are not happy that he is, but it doesn't mention what the parents are.Horrible, horrible book. Doesn't flow, I don't like the way the author writes, it's not funny at all, just a pain to get through with it!I won't buy other books from this author.
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"I am sorry to ruin the high raiting but for me this book is a torture, I am not even sure I'll be able to finish reading it ... it's such a pain to read this book.And what's up with all the being Catholic thing .... there is too much religion in it, and I am not saying it because religion is a bad thing, but only because if I wanted to read about Jesus and the Church I would have bought a book about it ... this is supposed to be a fun novel but it is too concentrated on the girl's religion .... I would have probably appreciated it more if the writer added people from other religions and would have talked about it, instead ... she mentions that one guy is Catholic but his parents are not .... (how did that happen?!",
") and they are not happy that he is, but it doesn't mention what the parents are.Horrible, horrible book.",
"Doesn't flow, I don't like the way the author writes, it's not funny at all, just a pain to get through with it!",
"I won't buy other books from this author."
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It pains me to listen to this
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I have to agree with girlpowernazi on this tour completely sucking and the Union Street CD sucking as well, minus a couple of moving tracks that don't remotely translate well live at all. I love all of erasure's music and disagree with their past couple albums being tripe, because I love their electronic music and even love some of their past acoustic renditions but with the fake country twang; it just sounds forced. I lived in the south for eight years and actually enjoy old school country, Tammy Wynette, Weyland Jennings, Conway Twitty, but this actually sounds like an offensive homage to that genre. It takes a true fan to be able to face the truth, and I have seen every tour since they toured with Duran Duran for the Circus Tour, and loved every tour, especially Swan, Tank, and Balloon live at the Beacon theatre....they sold out a good 13 shows in a row while I was going to Pratt back in the early 90's. Road to Nashville bites, it actually pains me to listen to it.
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"I have to agree with girlpowernazi on this tour completely sucking and the Union Street CD sucking as well, minus a couple of moving tracks that don't remotely translate well live at all.",
"I love all of erasure's music and disagree with their past couple albums being tripe, because I love their electronic music and even love some of their past acoustic renditions but with the fake country twang; it just sounds forced.",
"I lived in the south for eight years and actually enjoy old school country, Tammy Wynette, Weyland Jennings, Conway Twitty, but this actually sounds like an offensive homage to that genre.",
"It takes a true fan to be able to face the truth, and I have seen every tour since they toured with Duran Duran for the Circus Tour, and loved every tour, especially Swan, Tank, and Balloon live at the Beacon theatre....they sold out a good 13 shows in a row while I was going to Pratt back in the early 90's.",
"Road to Nashville bites, it actually pains me to listen to it."
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Ugh...
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Drosnin's agenda is as clear as crystal: liberals have tried to save the world based on his predictions and those evil conservatives have stepped in at every turn to thwart his noble efforts to continue mankind. Enough already. The logic of "the code" is at best vacuous and based on the stretches and winks that allow anyone to find exactly what they're looking for in "research."If you're a liberal, you'll find yourself pumping your fist in the air as affirmation that all conservatives want to end civilization on this planet. As hilarious as this may sound, it's what most of you believe.If you're a conservative, you won't get very far into this book before you decide to prop up a wobbly table with it, understanding it's just another agendized tome wrapped around a semi-interesting topic.Read it in the store and have a good laugh and then move on. Don't drop any hard-earned pennies on this book. They should sell it on a six-inch roll... at least then it would be useful.
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"Drosnin's agenda is as clear as crystal: liberals have tried to save the world based on his predictions and those evil conservatives have stepped in at every turn to thwart his noble efforts to continue mankind.",
"Enough already.",
"The logic of \"the code\" is at best vacuous and based on the stretches and winks that allow anyone to find exactly what they're looking for in \"research.\"If you're a liberal, you'll find yourself pumping your fist in the air as affirmation that all conservatives want to end civilization on this planet.",
"As hilarious as this may sound, it's what most of you believe.If you're a conservative, you won't get very far into this book before you decide to prop up a wobbly table with it, understanding it's just another agendized tome wrapped around a semi-interesting topic.Read it in the store and have a good laugh and then move on.",
"Don't drop any hard-earned pennies on this book.",
"They should sell it on a six-inch roll... at least then it would be useful."
] |
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Buyer Beware!
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Yes, the graphics are good. Yes, the AI is amazing. But no, the game is not worth the money. Why? Because the game is filled with bugs of varying degrees of severity. Some mearly slow game time down, causing you to repeat things in order to make them work. Others are disabling, such as the "creature curse bug," and cause gameplay to stop altogether.I can see how this was "a labor of love," as it is a very ambitious product. However, like many ambitious goals, this game falls far short of its ideal.These bugs would not be as much of a problem if the manufacturers were more supportive of their customers. At this date, more than two months after release, there are no downloadable patches to fix ANY of these bugs, even the major ones. Also, several items described in the users manual are not present yet... no, your villiagers cannot play soccer, despite what the box says. Miracle dispensers do not yet work...I could go on and on, but the basic message is this:Buyer Beware
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"Yes, the graphics are good.",
"Yes, the AI is amazing.",
"But no, the game is not worth the money.",
"Why?",
"Because the game is filled with bugs of varying degrees of severity.",
"Some mearly slow game time down, causing you to repeat things in order to make them work.",
"Others are disabling, such as the \"creature curse bug,\" and cause gameplay to stop altogether.I can see how this was \"a labor of love,\" as it is a very ambitious product.",
"However, like many ambitious goals, this game falls far short of its ideal.These bugs would not be as much of a problem if the manufacturers were more supportive of their customers.",
"At this date, more than two months after release, there are no downloadable patches to fix ANY of these bugs, even the major ones.",
"Also, several items described in the users manual are not present yet... no, your villiagers cannot play soccer, despite what the box says.",
"Miracle dispensers do not yet work...I could go on and on, but the basic message is this:Buyer Beware"
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Poor performance, no warranty
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I have purchased 10 of these drives, all at once. What a mistake. They are very flakey and will 'disappear' while copying data to them by usb. You have to turn the drive off and back on for windows to find it again. I do not have this problem with any other usb drive only Lacie drives. You cannot use one as a backup for this very reason, copying large amounts of data will fail and you have to start over or copy in chunks.One drive failed after 8 months, only at the 10 month mark did I realize it was still under warranty. It had a 1 year warranty so 2 months left, I contacted lacie and after asking for a copy of the original invoice which clearly listed the purchase date they began ignoring my email and would not honor their warranty, no RMA after requesting one 5 times, no more email responses since they could not come up with a reason to refuse service. Do not buy one of these, there are many drives with longer warranties that are more reliable from better companies.
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[
"I have purchased 10 of these drives, all at once.",
"What a mistake.",
"They are very flakey and will 'disappear' while copying data to them by usb.",
"You have to turn the drive off and back on for windows to find it again.",
"I do not have this problem with any other usb drive only Lacie drives.",
"You cannot use one as a backup for this very reason, copying large amounts of data will fail and you have to start over or copy in chunks.One drive failed after 8 months, only at the 10 month mark did I realize it was still under warranty.",
"It had a 1 year warranty so 2 months left, I contacted lacie and after asking for a copy of the original invoice which clearly listed the purchase date they began ignoring my email and would not honor their warranty, no RMA after requesting one 5 times, no more email responses since they could not come up with a reason to refuse service.",
"Do not buy one of these, there are many drives with longer warranties that are more reliable from better companies."
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CLP-510 is a big piece of junk
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I bought this printer from Costco yesterday, brought it home and set it up:- the size of this printer is comparable to heavy duty HP models: it is big and very heavy- software installation/uninstallation is done professionally: it creates a restore point and then removes all entries- driver is not good: text at the bottom of Win XP test page is cut-off- noise level is acceptable only in sleeping mode (same as from 4 fans inside my PC). When starting up it could wake up the entire house; printing is loud as well- print speed is slow: OkiData B4250 with 16MB is 3 times faster than this junk with 64MB- print quality: text is ok, graphics - not acceptable at all - this printer cannot print solid background, it comes out as shades. It also leaves white stripes where part of the image should go- it generates enough heat to warm up a room :-)This printer goes back to Costco in few minutes :-) I am getting another B4250 (monochrome) because color is not that important for me.
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"I bought this printer from Costco yesterday, brought it home and set it up:- the size of this printer is comparable to heavy duty HP models: it is big and very heavy- software installation/uninstallation is done professionally: it creates a restore point and then removes all entries- driver is not good: text at the bottom of Win XP test page is cut-off- noise level is acceptable only in sleeping mode (same as from 4 fans inside my PC).",
"When starting up it could wake up the entire house; printing is loud as well- print speed is slow: OkiData B4250 with 16MB is 3 times faster than this junk with 64MB- print quality: text is ok, graphics - not acceptable at all - this printer cannot print solid background, it comes out as shades.",
"It also leaves white stripes where part of the image should go- it generates enough heat to warm up a room :-)This printer goes back to Costco in few minutes :-) I am getting another B4250 (monochrome) because color is not that important for me."
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utter and complete drivel
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The automatic rating system forces me to give this awful film a rating of one star when, in truth, it deserves a minus five..... ....Shot with what would appear to be cheap hand-helds and suffering from some of the worst lighting imaginable and not aided in any way by make-up,hair,wardrobe or art direction,it is proof positive that film cameras should never be given to amateurs.The only person in the entire film who can actually act is amusingly enough the "straight character" Otherwise to a man there is not a professional actor in the bunch.Their only instruction from the director seems to have been not to look directly into the camera.There is not a single arresting or even engaging moment in this thin and superficial story of one man's inability to discover who it is that he is actually in love with.The problems with the trite and angst driven script are further mitigated by the odd editing which left us thinking at one point that our DVD player was malfunctioning.
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[
"The automatic rating system forces me to give this awful film a rating of one star when, in truth, it deserves a minus five..... ....Shot with what would appear to be cheap hand-helds and suffering from some of the worst lighting imaginable and not aided in any way by make-up,hair,wardrobe or art direction,it is proof positive that film cameras should never be given to amateurs.The only person in the entire film who can actually act is amusingly enough the \"straight character\" Otherwise to a man there is not a professional actor in the bunch.Their only instruction from the director seems to have been not to look directly into the camera.There is not a single arresting or even engaging moment in this thin and superficial story of one man's inability to discover who it is that he is actually in love with.The problems with the trite and angst driven script are further mitigated by the odd editing which left us thinking at one point that our DVD player was malfunctioning."
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Very boring
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After reading a couple of Kim's poems I became so board that I almost fell asleep. The poetry was so dull and failed to inspire me at all.Kim seemed rather confused at times as the idea he tries to put across changes mid-way through the poem. I found a few of the poems didn't make sense; perhaps Kim had just learned English so he found it difficult to translate them from his native language. Kim presents a rather extreme Evangelical view of the Christian faith as mainstream; some Christians may find this offensive. Kim seems to promote violence and intolerance in these poems, which I feel is not in keeping with the Christian ideology.As a first attempt at writing poetry in a second language, this wasn't a bad attempt. The reason why I give the book such a low mark is that the author claims he studied for degrees in America and Israel. If this is true, his English should be flawless and this collection of poems would represent a very poor attempt at writing literature.
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[
"After reading a couple of Kim's poems I became so board that I almost fell asleep.",
"The poetry was so dull and failed to inspire me at all.Kim seemed rather confused at times as the idea he tries to put across changes mid-way through the poem.",
"I found a few of the poems didn't make sense; perhaps Kim had just learned English so he found it difficult to translate them from his native language.",
"Kim presents a rather extreme Evangelical view of the Christian faith as mainstream; some Christians may find this offensive.",
"Kim seems to promote violence and intolerance in these poems, which I feel is not in keeping with the Christian ideology.As a first attempt at writing poetry in a second language, this wasn't a bad attempt.",
"The reason why I give the book such a low mark is that the author claims he studied for degrees in America and Israel.",
"If this is true, his English should be flawless and this collection of poems would represent a very poor attempt at writing literature."
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Pathetically biased
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I suppose it's too much to ask that any book dealing with J. Edgar Hoover could even pretend to be objective (and still get published), but one might hope for a little effort on the part of the author in disguising the personal defamation. The author's first attack on Hoover related to his investigation of several individuals during WWI for seditious, anti-war comments and his getting them sent to jail (in violation of their 1st Amendment rights). Well, this was Hoover ENFORCING THE LAW! The Espionage Act pushed through by Woodrow Wilson and a Democratic Congress made it a crime to publish or state anything derogatory of the current administration. Also, as a mid-level FBI officer, Hoover couldn't put anyone in jail anyway, they had to be tried in court and convicted by a jury. Yet the author doesn't even hint that this was anything but Hoover's own personal crusade. Based on that (within the first 10 pages), how could one take anything else the author says seriously?
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[
"I suppose it's too much to ask that any book dealing with J.",
"Edgar Hoover could even pretend to be objective (and still get published), but one might hope for a little effort on the part of the author in disguising the personal defamation.",
"The author's first attack on Hoover related to his investigation of several individuals during WWI for seditious, anti-war comments and his getting them sent to jail (in violation of their 1st Amendment rights).",
"Well, this was Hoover ENFORCING THE LAW!",
"The Espionage Act pushed through by Woodrow Wilson and a Democratic Congress made it a crime to publish or state anything derogatory of the current administration.",
"Also, as a mid-level FBI officer, Hoover couldn't put anyone in jail anyway, they had to be tried in court and convicted by a jury.",
"Yet the author doesn't even hint that this was anything but Hoover's own personal crusade.",
"Based on that (within the first 10 pages), how could one take anything else the author says seriously?"
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Do NOT Read this book
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Having read Presumption (another sequel to Pride and Prejudice), by Julia Barret, I started this book with high hopes. I was sorely disappointed. This book is a poor imitation of Presumption with some of the same story ideas (the relationship between Darcy and Elizabetand its effect on Georgianna, the close proximity of Mrs. Bingley, the daunting first party to be held at Pemberley, and Darcy's fond regard for the Gardiners, for example.) It takes off in wild directions however, when it allows Jane Austin's well-crafted characters to act in decidedly anti-Austin ways. This book puts Elizabeth, in particular, in situtions with which Austin would hardly be happy. (See page 79 and the gypsy caravan for the most exasperating example.) The ending is decidedly awkward considering the timeframe of the story. All in all, I do not recommend this book. If you MUST HAVE another Jane Austin and/or find out what happened after the wedding, read Presumption. It is 100 times better.
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[
"Having read Presumption (another sequel to Pride and Prejudice), by Julia Barret, I started this book with high hopes.",
"I was sorely disappointed.",
"This book is a poor imitation of Presumption with some of the same story ideas (the relationship between Darcy and Elizabetand its effect on Georgianna, the close proximity of Mrs.",
"Bingley, the daunting first party to be held at Pemberley, and Darcy's fond regard for the Gardiners, for example.) It takes off in wild directions however, when it allows Jane Austin's well-crafted characters to act in decidedly anti-Austin ways.",
"This book puts Elizabeth, in particular, in situtions with which Austin would hardly be happy.",
"(See page 79 and the gypsy caravan for the most exasperating example.) The ending is decidedly awkward considering the timeframe of the story.",
"All in all, I do not recommend this book.",
"If you MUST HAVE another Jane Austin and/or find out what happened after the wedding, read Presumption.",
"It is 100 times better."
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Lasted a few minutes!
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I wanted to buy the Thermoworks (new and improved) thermometer, but amazon offered it through an outside vendor which charged a shipping fee... and this Tru Temp one seemed to have gotten okay reviews, so i went with the cheaper option.i received it this past week and used it last night on our steaks. it started off okay -- i took it out of the packaging, removed the tab that the factory put in to keep the battery from being used, and proceeded to use it. i was able to set the correct temperature on the display and saw that the temperature reading was going down once the probe went from the counter to the meat. i thought it was going to be "set it and forget it" but when i looked over about 5 minutes later, the display was blank. i tried the power button but to no avail. i then thought it may be the battery, but even with a fresh one, the power wouldn't turn back on!so unless you need a disposable thermometer that lasts only for a few minutes, move onto another brand!
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[
"I wanted to buy the Thermoworks (new and improved) thermometer, but amazon offered it through an outside vendor which charged a shipping fee... and this Tru Temp one seemed to have gotten okay reviews, so i went with the cheaper option.i received it this past week and used it last night on our steaks.",
"it started off okay -- i took it out of the packaging, removed the tab that the factory put in to keep the battery from being used, and proceeded to use it.",
"i was able to set the correct temperature on the display and saw that the temperature reading was going down once the probe went from the counter to the meat.",
"i thought it was going to be \"set it and forget it\" but when i looked over about 5 minutes later, the display was blank.",
"i tried the power button but to no avail.",
"i then thought it may be the battery, but even with a fresh one, the power wouldn't turn back on!",
"so unless you need a disposable thermometer that lasts only for a few minutes, move onto another brand!"
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Ridiculous book
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Why is this popular??? I don't understand why people read it.The theme of good vs. evil played a part that would have been important, if it had been developed. Sadly, it wasn't.The ending is so far from reality that it's not something that anyone can identify with or will experience. We can't use it to mentor friends or even to grow as people ourselves. It's simply so ridiculous that it wasn't worth writing about.When it came to writing conversation (especially when the characters were looking back to their childhood), Dekker presented it in an awkward fashion. Maybe he hasn't spent time with ten- or eleven-year-olds lately, but they simply don't talk or think like that.The book dragged on and on, focusing on details that were not only unnecessary but also dragged out the tale needlessly. The only, only, ONLY reason that I finished the book was that I kept waiting for something to happen. I was disappointed. Now, I'm angry that I wasted my evening reading such drivel.
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[
"Why is this popular???",
"I don't understand why people read it.The theme of good vs.",
"evil played a part that would have been important, if it had been developed.",
"Sadly, it wasn't.The ending is so far from reality that it's not something that anyone can identify with or will experience.",
"We can't use it to mentor friends or even to grow as people ourselves.",
"It's simply so ridiculous that it wasn't worth writing about.When it came to writing conversation (especially when the characters were looking back to their childhood), Dekker presented it in an awkward fashion.",
"Maybe he hasn't spent time with ten- or eleven-year-olds lately, but they simply don't talk or think like that.The book dragged on and on, focusing on details that were not only unnecessary but also dragged out the tale needlessly.",
"The only, only, ONLY reason that I finished the book was that I kept waiting for something to happen.",
"I was disappointed.",
"Now, I'm angry that I wasted my evening reading such drivel."
] |
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Response to gary Kessler
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This is a response to Mr. Kessler's review. First, he needs to state that he has a biased interest in his review, that he used to work with Walter at Hill & Associates before he went to work for Juniper. Second, I was the reviewer for the first edition of the book and Walter had a lot of misconceptions about SONET in the original draft. So much so that my name is menitioned in the acknoweldgements in the first edition. Since I worked as a manager dealing with SONET at both AT&T as well as Cisco Systems,the book leaves a lot to be desired. He is very verbose in his writing style and has never worked in the field to give the reader a real understanding of the issues that come with understanding SONET - both services and equipment. There are other books in the field that do a better job - Andy Reid is a good one from the technical side for example - but this author needs to change his writing style and tone it down for this book to be considered for readership seriously.
| 982 |
[
"This is a response to Mr.",
"Kessler's review.",
"First, he needs to state that he has a biased interest in his review, that he used to work with Walter at Hill & Associates before he went to work for Juniper.",
"Second, I was the reviewer for the first edition of the book and Walter had a lot of misconceptions about SONET in the original draft.",
"So much so that my name is menitioned in the acknoweldgements in the first edition.",
"Since I worked as a manager dealing with SONET at both AT&T as well as Cisco Systems,the book leaves a lot to be desired.",
"He is very verbose in his writing style and has never worked in the field to give the reader a real understanding of the issues that come with understanding SONET - both services and equipment.",
"There are other books in the field that do a better job - Andy Reid is a good one from the technical side for example - but this author needs to change his writing style and tone it down for this book to be considered for readership seriously."
] |
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Major design flaw!
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After 6 months of normal use, the chopper attachment has ceased to function and the blender stick has begun to fail intermittently. I don't know how much longer it will be before the whole setup becomes useless. The problem is, as other reviewers have noted, the stripped plastic teeth on the part that connects the motor to the attachments. I don't understand why anyone would make a product with a great motor, metal body, and well-designed attachments only to make the most important part of the whole setup out of cheap plastic. Once the teeth on this part are stripped, the machine is rendered useless. It was great while it lasted, though. When fully functional, the blender attachment was capable of making thick hummus as quickly as effectively as a food processor and reducing rock hard frozen bananas to delicious smoothies in minutes. If the connector piece was more durable this blender would be perfect, but unfortunately the design flaw makes it useless within months.
| 982 |
[
"After 6 months of normal use, the chopper attachment has ceased to function and the blender stick has begun to fail intermittently.",
"I don't know how much longer it will be before the whole setup becomes useless.",
"The problem is, as other reviewers have noted, the stripped plastic teeth on the part that connects the motor to the attachments.",
"I don't understand why anyone would make a product with a great motor, metal body, and well-designed attachments only to make the most important part of the whole setup out of cheap plastic.",
"Once the teeth on this part are stripped, the machine is rendered useless.",
"It was great while it lasted, though.",
"When fully functional, the blender attachment was capable of making thick hummus as quickly as effectively as a food processor and reducing rock hard frozen bananas to delicious smoothies in minutes.",
"If the connector piece was more durable this blender would be perfect, but unfortunately the design flaw makes it useless within months."
] |
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Popstars ?
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Being a French myself, I heard, of course, of the tv show that made those 5 girls famous, and even watched the program a few times. To my surprise, I found that the girls were quite nice and that at least two of them had a pretty voice. As to their first album (made all in a rush after they won the show), I didn't buy it but, well, it could have been much worse. So when their second release Retiens-moi came out, I gave it a try. And I was REALLY disappointed. The music is so bad, I can't even describe it. I am not even sure I would call it music, actually. It's all beats and nothing more. Their voices are most irritating and do not fit with the musical surrounding at all. I listened to the songs a few times and cannot even remember any of them. They said they took their time to release this one, but I think that's a waste. I wouldn't even recommand it to your teenage kids. If they do not change direction for their next release, that'll be the end of the group I think.
| 982 |
[
"Being a French myself, I heard, of course, of the tv show that made those 5 girls famous, and even watched the program a few times.",
"To my surprise, I found that the girls were quite nice and that at least two of them had a pretty voice.",
"As to their first album (made all in a rush after they won the show), I didn't buy it but, well, it could have been much worse.",
"So when their second release Retiens-moi came out, I gave it a try.",
"And I was REALLY disappointed.",
"The music is so bad, I can't even describe it.",
"I am not even sure I would call it music, actually.",
"It's all beats and nothing more.",
"Their voices are most irritating and do not fit with the musical surrounding at all.",
"I listened to the songs a few times and cannot even remember any of them.",
"They said they took their time to release this one, but I think that's a waste.",
"I wouldn't even recommand it to your teenage kids.",
"If they do not change direction for their next release, that'll be the end of the group I think."
] |
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SHOCKING MARKETING!
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Universal Studios clearly has no shame OR executives with common sense and decency.The release of this movie on Blu-ray on September 6, 2011 - to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 - is such an incredible insult and offense it truly leaves me at a loss for words.This vulgar profiteering is even more offensive since the movie - which is excellent - was deftly able to avoid causing offense when it was made and released.Corporate America truly is bereft of any soul.UPDATE - 3.6.12.I find it interesting to see that so many people have so little sensitivity. No wonder we live in a country where a corporation now is considered a "person". Well, not in my world.There are so many other days of the year this movie could have been released, so clearly this was a well-thought out marketing decision.To the person who called me "ignorant" for my opinion - I'm neither ignorant in general nor ignorant about the topic of 9/11 having lost a son in the second tower to collapse.
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[
"Universal Studios clearly has no shame OR executives with common sense and decency.The release of this movie on Blu-ray on September 6, 2011 - to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 - is such an incredible insult and offense it truly leaves me at a loss for words.This vulgar profiteering is even more offensive since the movie - which is excellent - was deftly able to avoid causing offense when it was made and released.Corporate America truly is bereft of any soul.UPDATE - 3.6.12.I find it interesting to see that so many people have so little sensitivity.",
"No wonder we live in a country where a corporation now is considered a \"person\".",
"Well, not in my world.There are so many other days of the year this movie could have been released, so clearly this was a well-thought out marketing decision.To the person who called me \"ignorant\" for my opinion - I'm neither ignorant in general nor ignorant about the topic of 9/11 having lost a son in the second tower to collapse."
] |
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Serger for beginners--not!
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I specifically chose this serger because it was advertised for beginners. I didn't want a machine with all the bells and whistles, I had some industrial-type sewing to do, and chose this serger because it was basic and fast. Okay, so it's fast. However, I highly recommend that if you are a beginner, you DON'T buy this machine. I was having so many problems that I attempted to contact customer service/technical support. Haha! Three or four days later I got a response that began, "Dear Ms Kerr." I'm not Ms. Kerr. If she's reading this, the answer to her problems is that they're all her fault. The response I got did not address the questions I asked, and merely repeated what was in the rather inadequate manual. Oh, and I discovered the solution to one of the problems was to IGNORE one of the instructions in the "instructional" video (which was also very poorly produced). In short, unless you have serger experience and like threading and rethreading don't buy this serger.
| 982 |
[
"I specifically chose this serger because it was advertised for beginners.",
"I didn't want a machine with all the bells and whistles, I had some industrial-type sewing to do, and chose this serger because it was basic and fast.",
"Okay, so it's fast.",
"However, I highly recommend that if you are a beginner, you DON'T buy this machine.",
"I was having so many problems that I attempted to contact customer service/technical support.",
"Haha!",
"Three or four days later I got a response that began, \"Dear Ms Kerr.\" I'm not Ms.",
"Kerr.",
"If she's reading this, the answer to her problems is that they're all her fault.",
"The response I got did not address the questions I asked, and merely repeated what was in the rather inadequate manual.",
"Oh, and I discovered the solution to one of the problems was to IGNORE one of the instructions in the \"instructional\" video (which was also very poorly produced).",
"In short, unless you have serger experience and like threading and rethreading don't buy this serger."
] |
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THE SOUND IS HORRIBLE!!!!!
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I Think!My friends of the others commentary about this dvd don'tunderstanding of sound ,because i agree the performances in allmusics are cool but the sound is horrible,i don't known man, i think the principal engineer sound of virgin was busy with lenny kravitz.I have a vcd of bercy show and the sound is better than Hollywood Bowl;the bootlegs of pleasure and pain is better than Hollywood Bowl,i have a audio show of Bowery Ballroom is muchbetter than Hollywood Bowl,so i don't entering in sound details.This show is not good unfortunately.I don't read in dvd the names of engineer sounds ,but i will read,because in the next dvd or live cd audio the enginner sounds are the same of this dvd i will see and lesson before buy,I wrote this with deep sorrow in my heart ,i'm huge fan of Ben Harper and The Innocent Crimnals; but sorry, this dvd is not good.I Love the musics of Ben Harper and The Innocent Crimnals ,buti appreciate excellent sounds too.Rodrigo Assinger. 22/11/2003
| 982 |
[
"I Think!",
"My friends of the others commentary about this dvd don'tunderstanding of sound ,because i agree the performances in allmusics are cool but the sound is horrible,i don't known man, i think the principal engineer sound of virgin was busy with lenny kravitz.I have a vcd of bercy show and the sound is better than Hollywood Bowl;the bootlegs of pleasure and pain is better than Hollywood Bowl,i have a audio show of Bowery Ballroom is muchbetter than Hollywood Bowl,so i don't entering in sound details.This show is not good unfortunately.I don't read in dvd the names of engineer sounds ,but i will read,because in the next dvd or live cd audio the enginner sounds are the same of this dvd i will see and lesson before buy,I wrote this with deep sorrow in my heart ,i'm huge fan of Ben Harper and The Innocent Crimnals; but sorry, this dvd is not good.I Love the musics of Ben Harper and The Innocent Crimnals ,buti appreciate excellent sounds too.Rodrigo Assinger.",
"22/11/2003"
] |
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Awful
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"Hidden" was pretty disappointing. The characters were all unlikeable, most especially the main character. It was a real chore getting through this work, mostly because the characters were so stereotypical and bland.By page 14, we figure out that Maggie, the main character, has no idea who attacked her, even though she positively identified her husband in court. And then, on for the rest of the novel, this is never again explored. I was expecting some self-inspection here, but instead the characters are flat and boring.I picked this book up hoping for something that would really get us into the mind of this woman, whose story could have been an interesting one. Instead, we get this uninspired story that fails to actually tell any kind of story. The only thing remotely interesting about this book is that the male author tells a woman's story from the first person (and that's been done before, by much more talented writers). Save your money and buy a book worth reading.
| 982 |
[
"\"Hidden\" was pretty disappointing.",
"The characters were all unlikeable, most especially the main character.",
"It was a real chore getting through this work, mostly because the characters were so stereotypical and bland.By page 14, we figure out that Maggie, the main character, has no idea who attacked her, even though she positively identified her husband in court.",
"And then, on for the rest of the novel, this is never again explored.",
"I was expecting some self-inspection here, but instead the characters are flat and boring.I picked this book up hoping for something that would really get us into the mind of this woman, whose story could have been an interesting one.",
"Instead, we get this uninspired story that fails to actually tell any kind of story.",
"The only thing remotely interesting about this book is that the male author tells a woman's story from the first person (and that's been done before, by much more talented writers).",
"Save your money and buy a book worth reading."
] |
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Flawed Revisionist Biography
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This book does give the most complete information yet available on Waffen SS panzer hero Jochen Peiper. Unfortunately, it is also a severely unbalanced account. No where is the version of the Malmedy massacre survivors given any credence. Peiper's witness of some of the first gassing experiments doesn't appear anywhere and his superior, Heinrich Himmler, is described as "a misunderstood figure in history..." Get the picture? SS expurgation. Yes, this is a good account of Peiper's career, but to get at least a little perspective, take a look at Richard Breitman's book on Himmler: Architect of Genocide. The references to Peiper will give you a clue about the side of Peiper not described... And for a balanced description of the massacre proper, see John Bauserman's detailed book on the incident. Mike Reynold's "The Devil's Adjutant" also strikes a better balance... Of course if you are interested in unvarnished Waffen SS hero worship with great pictures, look no further.
| 982 |
[
"This book does give the most complete information yet available on Waffen SS panzer hero Jochen Peiper.",
"Unfortunately, it is also a severely unbalanced account.",
"No where is the version of the Malmedy massacre survivors given any credence.",
"Peiper's witness of some of the first gassing experiments doesn't appear anywhere and his superior, Heinrich Himmler, is described as \"a misunderstood figure in history...\" Get the picture?",
"SS expurgation.",
"Yes, this is a good account of Peiper's career, but to get at least a little perspective, take a look at Richard Breitman's book on Himmler: Architect of Genocide.",
"The references to Peiper will give you a clue about the side of Peiper not described... And for a balanced description of the massacre proper, see John Bauserman's detailed book on the incident.",
"Mike Reynold's \"The Devil's Adjutant\" also strikes a better balance... Of course if you are interested in unvarnished Waffen SS hero worship with great pictures, look no further."
] |
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The Pinto of Printers
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What's the difference between a Pinto and a Minolta QMS 2300 DL? The Pinto will last ten times longer than the Minolta. If you buy this printer, you need to hope that it breaks down before the warranty is up or you will be stuck with a pice of junk. Mine was perfect for one year but is on it's last legs after a year and a half. Minolta refuses to fix a known issue with the paper feed because it is out of warranty. Unfortunately the known issue didn't start until the warranty expired. If I print once it has gone into sleep mode, the first page starts 1" or so too far down the page. Then for every page after that, I have to take the paper out of the tray, turn it over and put it back in before the printer recognizes that there is paper in the tray. Print quality has taken a nose dive as well. I am still on my second toner cartridge for cyan and my third for magenta, yellow and black. Judge for yourself. If you want a printer to last longer than this, buy something else.
| 982 |
[
"What's the difference between a Pinto and a Minolta QMS 2300 DL?",
"The Pinto will last ten times longer than the Minolta.",
"If you buy this printer, you need to hope that it breaks down before the warranty is up or you will be stuck with a pice of junk.",
"Mine was perfect for one year but is on it's last legs after a year and a half.",
"Minolta refuses to fix a known issue with the paper feed because it is out of warranty.",
"Unfortunately the known issue didn't start until the warranty expired.",
"If I print once it has gone into sleep mode, the first page starts 1\" or so too far down the page.",
"Then for every page after that, I have to take the paper out of the tray, turn it over and put it back in before the printer recognizes that there is paper in the tray.",
"Print quality has taken a nose dive as well.",
"I am still on my second toner cartridge for cyan and my third for magenta, yellow and black.",
"Judge for yourself.",
"If you want a printer to last longer than this, buy something else."
] |
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SAVE YOUR MONEY!!
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It's a good read, but I really hate to think I [had to purchase] not one, not TWO, but THREE of this guy's books to find out what happens ... This guy is a MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER! This is how he makes a living! The books are fairly good, but full of inconsistencies. The title book, A Child Called It..... is a good example. Only once does his mother call him, "IT"....but if you buy his last book in the series the phrase is peppered throughout... Another example I found was in the profound memories this 4-year-old child has. Nobody thinks that way as a kid.....who remembers details so vividly at the age of 4!?!... I know this guy suffered some form of abuse, it is recorded in the county records, but as the episodes morph into more bizzare forms of punishment as you buy each installment, I think there is a bit of exaggeration going on here. One point in the last book he writes that his own wife doesn't believe him. Well, no wonder. The story just keeps e x p a n d i n g...
| 982 |
[
"It's a good read, but I really hate to think I [had to purchase] not one, not TWO, but THREE of this guy's books to find out what happens ... This guy is a MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER!",
"This is how he makes a living!",
"The books are fairly good, but full of inconsistencies.",
"The title book, A Child Called It..... is a good example.",
"Only once does his mother call him, \"IT\"....but if you buy his last book in the series the phrase is peppered throughout... Another example I found was in the profound memories this 4-year-old child has.",
"Nobody thinks that way as a kid.....who remembers details so vividly at the age of 4!?!",
"... I know this guy suffered some form of abuse, it is recorded in the county records, but as the episodes morph into more bizzare forms of punishment as you buy each installment, I think there is a bit of exaggeration going on here.",
"One point in the last book he writes that his own wife doesn't believe him.",
"Well, no wonder.",
"The story just keeps e x p a n d i n g..."
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Great Premise, Weak Delivery
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The premise sounds interesting. A film crew following a would-be serial killer preparing for his first kill. Unfortunately, the director couldn't keep a straight face and ruined such a great setup almost immediately. First of all, why is there another camera filming the film crew if there's only one cameraman in the movie? If they had followed the example of Blair Witch and at least pretend that the whole thing was real, this could have been a little gem.Another advice to the director: If this movie is pretend to be a documentary, don't hire actor that's well known in the genre. Once he shows his face, everyone know that the whole thing is a fake. As much as it might have been the director's wet dream to work with such legend, his presence destroyed the entire movie.Overall, the movie isn't scary and I wonder if it would have been better as comedy. No, I guess it wouldn't. They borrowed great deal from many films and there was hardly anything original about the movie.
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[
"The premise sounds interesting.",
"A film crew following a would-be serial killer preparing for his first kill.",
"Unfortunately, the director couldn't keep a straight face and ruined such a great setup almost immediately.",
"First of all, why is there another camera filming the film crew if there's only one cameraman in the movie?",
"If they had followed the example of Blair Witch and at least pretend that the whole thing was real, this could have been a little gem.Another advice to the director: If this movie is pretend to be a documentary, don't hire actor that's well known in the genre.",
"Once he shows his face, everyone know that the whole thing is a fake.",
"As much as it might have been the director's wet dream to work with such legend, his presence destroyed the entire movie.Overall, the movie isn't scary and I wonder if it would have been better as comedy.",
"No, I guess it wouldn't.",
"They borrowed great deal from many films and there was hardly anything original about the movie."
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IF I could give 0 STARS I would
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This one is a total waste of plastic. I used it once a day and it lasted 7. I hate evenflo products but went against my better judgement anyway. The motor weakened by the day. IT IS LOUD!!! ALL NOISE NO WORK! I had to squeeze with the motor at the HIGHEST setting to get just a little.I would get about a total of 4-5oz after 30-45 min. When I called the company(which has the worst hours), they just sent me a bag of parts and said you figure it out. It took 2 wks for them to arrive. Parts made no difference. First they said no return. I said like hell you wont. Then they said only half the MSRP with me paying shipping. I still have the damn thing. Not even worth going to the PO for half the price minus shipping. I ended up with a free brand new medela hand pump from WIC(if I had only asked from the get go). With that one, I got a total of 10oz in 5-10 min. Next time around, I will fork out the money for the electric medelas. Cost more but they know what they are making.
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"This one is a total waste of plastic.",
"I used it once a day and it lasted 7.",
"I hate evenflo products but went against my better judgement anyway.",
"The motor weakened by the day.",
"IT IS LOUD!!!",
"ALL NOISE NO WORK!",
"I had to squeeze with the motor at the HIGHEST setting to get just a little.I would get about a total of 4-5oz after 30-45 min.",
"When I called the company(which has the worst hours), they just sent me a bag of parts and said you figure it out.",
"It took 2 wks for them to arrive.",
"Parts made no difference.",
"First they said no return.",
"I said like hell you wont.",
"Then they said only half the MSRP with me paying shipping.",
"I still have the damn thing.",
"Not even worth going to the PO for half the price minus shipping.",
"I ended up with a free brand new medela hand pump from WIC(if I had only asked from the get go).",
"With that one, I got a total of 10oz in 5-10 min.",
"Next time around, I will fork out the money for the electric medelas.",
"Cost more but they know what they are making."
] |
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Mediocrity and hypocrisy
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I approached this book as a (former) Matthiessen fan and came away disappointed by the mediocre prose. This was basic, boring descriptive travelogue, repetitious at times, with absolutely no noteworthy or novel insights. But the final telling failure of this book was an element of momentous liberal hypocrisy. Matthiessen chastises the Bush administration for its stance on global warming and places the blame for the impending global destruction at the feet of W, but chooses to ignore his own contributions. Pray tell, how does he justify the carbon emmissions he contributed to the atmosphere to drag his sorry carcass from the Northern hemisphere to Antarctica not just once, but twice? What would he think if the first carbon-reduction agreement was to ban all recreational travel to Antarctica as has been proposed by the Obama administration? (And don't tell me he planted a tree somewhere as a carbon-offset balm for the guilty consciences of the jet-setting liberal elite)
| 982 |
[
"I approached this book as a (former) Matthiessen fan and came away disappointed by the mediocre prose.",
"This was basic, boring descriptive travelogue, repetitious at times, with absolutely no noteworthy or novel insights.",
"But the final telling failure of this book was an element of momentous liberal hypocrisy.",
"Matthiessen chastises the Bush administration for its stance on global warming and places the blame for the impending global destruction at the feet of W, but chooses to ignore his own contributions.",
"Pray tell, how does he justify the carbon emmissions he contributed to the atmosphere to drag his sorry carcass from the Northern hemisphere to Antarctica not just once, but twice?",
"What would he think if the first carbon-reduction agreement was to ban all recreational travel to Antarctica as has been proposed by the Obama administration?",
"(And don't tell me he planted a tree somewhere as a carbon-offset balm for the guilty consciences of the jet-setting liberal elite)"
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Worse and worse
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The US needs to get a life and balance; at one time any book mentioning a Native American just about had to contain the idea of "bloodthirsty" or "sneaky", even if the Native American was an old Navajo woman weaving blankets. Then there is this superficial mess, which extolls Quanah Parker to the point where you wonder if the man ever burped.Yes, it has a long and hairy index quoting sources, so you can be impressed (not). Yes, it gives an account of the man's life in the same superficial way as a history text from high school, mentions only Adobe Walls as any real confrontation, and more than half of the thing is devoted to the 'statesman' portrait Neeley attempts to draw of a man who had to sell out -- whether to save his people or for his own advantage is something you have to judge for yourself, as Neeley keeps trying to make him out as a 'statesman'. This book is insulting to the intelligence of almost anyone, never mind the Native American Indian.pat chapin[...]
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[
"The US needs to get a life and balance; at one time any book mentioning a Native American just about had to contain the idea of \"bloodthirsty\" or \"sneaky\", even if the Native American was an old Navajo woman weaving blankets.",
"Then there is this superficial mess, which extolls Quanah Parker to the point where you wonder if the man ever burped.Yes, it has a long and hairy index quoting sources, so you can be impressed (not).",
"Yes, it gives an account of the man's life in the same superficial way as a history text from high school, mentions only Adobe Walls as any real confrontation, and more than half of the thing is devoted to the 'statesman' portrait Neeley attempts to draw of a man who had to sell out -- whether to save his people or for his own advantage is something you have to judge for yourself, as Neeley keeps trying to make him out as a 'statesman'.",
"This book is insulting to the intelligence of almost anyone, never mind the Native American Indian.pat chapin[...]"
] |
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You get what you pay for
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There *IS* a difference between these and Monster cables. I had a pair of these first before upgrading to Monsters and boy I'm glad I spent the extra $$$. I have a Samsung 46" 4671 120hz LCD HDTV and you can definitely see the difference between high-end cables and cheap ones like these. Everyone on here that says there isn't a difference is full of it. That's probably because they didn't have their TVs on the highest settings, or have a lower end HDTV. I tested this by pausing a picture on the Blu-ray disc of the movie "Cars" and switched between the two cables. WOW. The cheaps ones showed more pixelation around the edges of characters and the colors were NOT as vibrant. I then tried the Monster 1000HD cable and immediately was taken back by how much better the picture was. The same goes for HD Cable channels.I then tested video games on my Sony PS3. Again, the cheap cables showed more square edges around characters and items.So buyer beware. you get what you pay for
| 982 |
[
"There *IS* a difference between these and Monster cables.",
"I had a pair of these first before upgrading to Monsters and boy I'm glad I spent the extra $$$.",
"I have a Samsung 46\" 4671 120hz LCD HDTV and you can definitely see the difference between high-end cables and cheap ones like these.",
"Everyone on here that says there isn't a difference is full of it.",
"That's probably because they didn't have their TVs on the highest settings, or have a lower end HDTV.",
"I tested this by pausing a picture on the Blu-ray disc of the movie \"Cars\" and switched between the two cables.",
"WOW.",
"The cheaps ones showed more pixelation around the edges of characters and the colors were NOT as vibrant.",
"I then tried the Monster 1000HD cable and immediately was taken back by how much better the picture was.",
"The same goes for HD Cable channels.I then tested video games on my Sony PS3.",
"Again, the cheap cables showed more square edges around characters and items.So buyer beware.",
"you get what you pay for"
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International fees are a ripoff
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We purchased a new Kindle for our daughter, who is living abroad, specifically because of the advertised ability for international users to download content wirelessly. When Amazon ballyhooed the international features of the new Kindle, we immediately purchased one as a gift for her. Instead of a great gift, we unintentionally saddled her with download fees every time she buys a book or wants to read a newspaper. In the fine print, Amazon tells you about all these extra charges, which can amount to hundreds of extra dollars a year for someone living abroad who is an avid reader. So, we wasted our money buying the new global Kindle because she has had to revert to using the cumbersome USB method of downloading. Amazon should make the extra fees crystal clear to potential buyers. Instead, the marketing for this product says no fees for downloading, and then they hide the fees for international users in the fine print. We couldn't be more disappointed with this product.
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[
"We purchased a new Kindle for our daughter, who is living abroad, specifically because of the advertised ability for international users to download content wirelessly.",
"When Amazon ballyhooed the international features of the new Kindle, we immediately purchased one as a gift for her.",
"Instead of a great gift, we unintentionally saddled her with download fees every time she buys a book or wants to read a newspaper.",
"In the fine print, Amazon tells you about all these extra charges, which can amount to hundreds of extra dollars a year for someone living abroad who is an avid reader.",
"So, we wasted our money buying the new global Kindle because she has had to revert to using the cumbersome USB method of downloading.",
"Amazon should make the extra fees crystal clear to potential buyers.",
"Instead, the marketing for this product says no fees for downloading, and then they hide the fees for international users in the fine print.",
"We couldn't be more disappointed with this product."
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Crappy set
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Really, this isn't worth your money at all and I regret spending my money on it. The bad: 1) The color of pieces are too alike to be able to distinguish with any ease. I have to hold it up to the light to see who is what. 2) Paint on pieces comes off easily. Now there is paint all over on the inside of the plastic compartment. Now it looks really crappy. 3) Paint on board comes off easily. 4) Perhaps this should be number one; the board is turned the wrong way. I had to peel it off and turn it the correct way.The good? Not much. It is a small sized peg chess set, which is what I wanted, but I've had to rebuild/repaint the set to make it usable, and even then I just gave it away because I was so mad about it. Not a good buy for your money. Get the Chess- by Family Games peg set instead. It's about the same size and price and so far has great reviews. Or better yet, get the Drueke magnetic travel set in a box. Slightly larger and about twice the cost, but well worth it.
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"Really, this isn't worth your money at all and I regret spending my money on it.",
"The bad: 1) The color of pieces are too alike to be able to distinguish with any ease.",
"I have to hold it up to the light to see who is what.",
"2) Paint on pieces comes off easily.",
"Now there is paint all over on the inside of the plastic compartment.",
"Now it looks really crappy.",
"3) Paint on board comes off easily.",
"4) Perhaps this should be number one; the board is turned the wrong way.",
"I had to peel it off and turn it the correct way.The good?",
"Not much.",
"It is a small sized peg chess set, which is what I wanted, but I've had to rebuild/repaint the set to make it usable, and even then I just gave it away because I was so mad about it.",
"Not a good buy for your money.",
"Get the Chess- by Family Games peg set instead.",
"It's about the same size and price and so far has great reviews.",
"Or better yet, get the Drueke magnetic travel set in a box.",
"Slightly larger and about twice the cost, but well worth it."
] |
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A Disturbing Portayal of Women
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I am a graduate student preparing to become an elementary school teacher and found myself very disturbed by the portrayal of women in "Walk Two Moons", as well as the constant trauma that permeates this book. The main character's mother leaves her family behind after a miscarriage, followed by a deep depression which is glossed over in the book. The main character's best friend's mother also deserts her family as she goes to deal with the appearance of a son she had put up for adoption before her current marriage. And to add insult to injury, we find that the main character's grandmother went off on a three day affair with the "egg man" because the main character's grandfather was cursing too much. To finish off the list, another friend's mother is in a mental instution. There are no positive female role models in the book - something disturbing in itself. Add to that the never-ending stream of death and desertion and I can find little positive to recommend this book.
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[
"I am a graduate student preparing to become an elementary school teacher and found myself very disturbed by the portrayal of women in \"Walk Two Moons\", as well as the constant trauma that permeates this book.",
"The main character's mother leaves her family behind after a miscarriage, followed by a deep depression which is glossed over in the book.",
"The main character's best friend's mother also deserts her family as she goes to deal with the appearance of a son she had put up for adoption before her current marriage.",
"And to add insult to injury, we find that the main character's grandmother went off on a three day affair with the \"egg man\" because the main character's grandfather was cursing too much.",
"To finish off the list, another friend's mother is in a mental instution.",
"There are no positive female role models in the book - something disturbing in itself.",
"Add to that the never-ending stream of death and desertion and I can find little positive to recommend this book."
] |
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Poorly organized and incomplete
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For some time, "Learning the Korn Shell" was the only source I had for k-shell programming. That was a bad idea. O'Reilly books are usually first-rate, but I guess they can't knock every pitch out of the park. I cannot recommend this book either as an introductory tutorial or as a reference. The first problem is that topics seem to be jumbled together, so that things are hard to find and to follow. Secondly, many subjects are either not covered at all, or are given the proverbial lick and a prayer. Even worse, the indexing is terrible. I find too many cases in which important things (like dot scripts, for instance) are simply not in the index, if they are covered at all in the text. Fortunately, there are alternatives to this book which I find much more satisfactory. By far the best is "The Korn Shell User and Programming Manual", by Anatole Olczak, an Addison-Wesley publication. It's pricey (about $50), but it's well-organized, complete, and very competently indexed.
| 982 |
[
"For some time, \"Learning the Korn Shell\" was the only source I had for k-shell programming.",
"That was a bad idea.",
"O'Reilly books are usually first-rate, but I guess they can't knock every pitch out of the park.",
"I cannot recommend this book either as an introductory tutorial or as a reference.",
"The first problem is that topics seem to be jumbled together, so that things are hard to find and to follow.",
"Secondly, many subjects are either not covered at all, or are given the proverbial lick and a prayer.",
"Even worse, the indexing is terrible.",
"I find too many cases in which important things (like dot scripts, for instance) are simply not in the index, if they are covered at all in the text.",
"Fortunately, there are alternatives to this book which I find much more satisfactory.",
"By far the best is \"The Korn Shell User and Programming Manual\", by Anatole Olczak, an Addison-Wesley publication.",
"It's pricey (about $50), but it's well-organized, complete, and very competently indexed."
] |
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JUNK JUNK JUNK !!!
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I didn't expect great things from this machine, considering the price.But I did expect at least the very minimum. I bought 2 because I knew I was hostessing 3 baby showers this year & thought it would be really nice to have 1 machine flowing milk chocolate & a 2nd flowing white, with a nice tiered arrangment filled with fresh strawberrys & assorted fruit. Maybe a tier of nice cookies...WOW I was so dissapointed the 1st time I used them, what a nightmare! They don't flow smoothly at all,one of them malfunctions badly & the 2nd is not much better! I even tried them at the 2nd baby shower thinking maybe I was being unfair or had done something wrong??? Nope exact same horror! Clean-up is not a good or easy thing either! I have packed them up & they are going back! For that 3rd shower I will dip my own strawberries & make a pretty arrangment, stress & clean-up on that will be much much less! I am so frustrated over the machines I hate that I even have to give them 1 star.
| 982 |
[
"I didn't expect great things from this machine, considering the price.But I did expect at least the very minimum.",
"I bought 2 because I knew I was hostessing 3 baby showers this year & thought it would be really nice to have 1 machine flowing milk chocolate & a 2nd flowing white, with a nice tiered arrangment filled with fresh strawberrys & assorted fruit.",
"Maybe a tier of nice cookies...WOW I was so dissapointed the 1st time I used them, what a nightmare!",
"They don't flow smoothly at all,one of them malfunctions badly & the 2nd is not much better!",
"I even tried them at the 2nd baby shower thinking maybe I was being unfair or had done something wrong???",
"Nope exact same horror!",
"Clean-up is not a good or easy thing either!",
"I have packed them up & they are going back!",
"For that 3rd shower I will dip my own strawberries & make a pretty arrangment, stress & clean-up on that will be much much less!",
"I am so frustrated over the machines I hate that I even have to give them 1 star."
] |
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Nice looking piece of junk...
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I adore my showers and I've been looking for a way to put music and NPR in there with me. This looked like a great, inexpensive way to do that. Oh, so wrong was I. The thing is very "cute" -- looks like a little water skeeter with suction cups legs and an antenna tail. Looks great in the shower and clings well to the tile.But it doesn't work worth a damn. Finding a station is a chore of hitting the "Scan" button over and over again, which doesn't always work. There is no display so you can't tell what station you're on. And when you finally do find something, the reception is horrible. The sound is tinny but I expected that.The worst part? After spending all that agonizing effort to get station tuned in, as soon as you turn it off, it resets. Guh! It would have been so much better (and probably cheaper to make) if they had just made it with an analog dial rather than this fancy-but-doesn't-work digital tuner.Final recommendation: DO NOT BUY THIS! You have been warned.
| 982 |
[
"I adore my showers and I've been looking for a way to put music and NPR in there with me.",
"This looked like a great, inexpensive way to do that.",
"Oh, so wrong was I.",
"The thing is very \"cute\" -- looks like a little water skeeter with suction cups legs and an antenna tail.",
"Looks great in the shower and clings well to the tile.But it doesn't work worth a damn.",
"Finding a station is a chore of hitting the \"Scan\" button over and over again, which doesn't always work.",
"There is no display so you can't tell what station you're on.",
"And when you finally do find something, the reception is horrible.",
"The sound is tinny but I expected that.The worst part?",
"After spending all that agonizing effort to get station tuned in, as soon as you turn it off, it resets.",
"Guh!",
"It would have been so much better (and probably cheaper to make) if they had just made it with an analog dial rather than this fancy-but-doesn't-work digital tuner.Final recommendation: DO NOT BUY THIS!",
"You have been warned."
] |
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DVD DUD
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Great poster art does not a great movie make. Neither does a stellar cast (Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close) and director (Frank Oz).It's rumored THE STEPFORD WIVES (Paramount) had lots of problems during production that resulted in rewrites and reshoots. But the biggest problem was that producer Scott Rudin and writer Paul Rudnick couldn't get a handle on how to update the savage and chilling satire on feminism that drove the Ira Levin novel and the terrific 1975 film of which this is a hopelessly garbled remake.It's hard to do a movie about "the battle of the sexes" when there's no viable gender perspective from the producer and writer. This movie not only has no balls -- it makes no sense, is not scary and barely funny.Remember, time wasted on a bad movie is gone forever.Too bad duped and conned viewers can't unite in a class action lawsuit againt the producer (Scott Rudin here) for "movie malpractice and time stolen."
| 982 |
[
"Great poster art does not a great movie make.",
"Neither does a stellar cast (Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close) and director (Frank Oz).It's rumored THE STEPFORD WIVES (Paramount) had lots of problems during production that resulted in rewrites and reshoots.",
"But the biggest problem was that producer Scott Rudin and writer Paul Rudnick couldn't get a handle on how to update the savage and chilling satire on feminism that drove the Ira Levin novel and the terrific 1975 film of which this is a hopelessly garbled remake.It's hard to do a movie about \"the battle of the sexes\" when there's no viable gender perspective from the producer and writer.",
"This movie not only has no balls -- it makes no sense, is not scary and barely funny.Remember, time wasted on a bad movie is gone forever.Too bad duped and conned viewers can't unite in a class action lawsuit againt the producer (Scott Rudin here) for \"movie malpractice and time stolen.\""
] |
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yikes!!
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as a Christian mom, i have heard alot about dr. dobson, and know that he is well respected in the Christian community as an expert on family issues. i thought his book would be an excellent resource on raising children in a Godly way. however, i felt this book had WAY too much emphasis on corporal punishment. it seemed to be the author's first suggestion rather than a last resort. i know there are differing views on corporal punishment within the Christian community and in society at large, but this book advocates it too strongly. it is hard to enforce a "no hitting" rule with your child when your first reaction to his misbehavior is to hit him yourself. it is a mixed signal that is very confusing to a small child. i know alot of people believe strongly in this book as a "biblical" approach to child rearing, but i truly hated this book and would not recommend it to anyone. if you want a Biblical resource for child rearing, read the Bible, and seek out other resources.
| 982 |
[
"as a Christian mom, i have heard alot about dr.",
"dobson, and know that he is well respected in the Christian community as an expert on family issues.",
"i thought his book would be an excellent resource on raising children in a Godly way.",
"however, i felt this book had WAY too much emphasis on corporal punishment.",
"it seemed to be the author's first suggestion rather than a last resort.",
"i know there are differing views on corporal punishment within the Christian community and in society at large, but this book advocates it too strongly.",
"it is hard to enforce a \"no hitting\" rule with your child when your first reaction to his misbehavior is to hit him yourself.",
"it is a mixed signal that is very confusing to a small child.",
"i know alot of people believe strongly in this book as a \"biblical\" approach to child rearing, but i truly hated this book and would not recommend it to anyone.",
"if you want a Biblical resource for child rearing, read the Bible, and seek out other resources."
] |
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Great Idea, Big Disappointment
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I was so excited when I discovered this toaster. I thought that it would solve the usual problems that most toasters have: (1) Toasting items getting caught, and (2) Crumbs that leak through the bottom. However, it did not live up to my expectations whatsoever. The 20 or so times that my family and I made toast in this, at least 15 times the toast got stuck, and would not slide through. Heavier items, like breakfast pastries would fall through when you put them, therefore you couldn't toast them at all. The clean up of crumbs was not as "care-free" as I thought it would be. There are a lot of crevices for crumbs to get caught in on the front door, making clean up difficult. Maybe I received a 'lemon' model, but I am not willing to try another one. I went out yesterday and purchased a $25 electronic toaster from a local department store, and am much more satisfied with its performance compared to this expensive model. In short, don't waste your money with this toaster!
| 982 |
[
"I was so excited when I discovered this toaster.",
"I thought that it would solve the usual problems that most toasters have: (1) Toasting items getting caught, and (2) Crumbs that leak through the bottom.",
"However, it did not live up to my expectations whatsoever.",
"The 20 or so times that my family and I made toast in this, at least 15 times the toast got stuck, and would not slide through.",
"Heavier items, like breakfast pastries would fall through when you put them, therefore you couldn't toast them at all.",
"The clean up of crumbs was not as \"care-free\" as I thought it would be.",
"There are a lot of crevices for crumbs to get caught in on the front door, making clean up difficult.",
"Maybe I received a 'lemon' model, but I am not willing to try another one.",
"I went out yesterday and purchased a $25 electronic toaster from a local department store, and am much more satisfied with its performance compared to this expensive model.",
"In short, don't waste your money with this toaster!"
] |
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A book with very flawed Sources
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I don't want to say too much about this publication other then that it has very flawed sources. Many of the quotations and facts the author states about the practice of Falun Dafa are taken from Chinese Communist Party propaganda Articles.When a publication is using seriously flawed and false sources, I personally see no value in it. It basically becomes a book of false information which is of no use to anyone except maybe the Chinese Communist Party who have been using propaganda to persecute people for the past 55 years.I cannot recommend this book at all. If you want a proper commentary on the situation of Falun Gong and the History of the Chinese Communist Party I highly recommend you Read "The 9 Commentaries on Communist Party"In fact if you really want a clear picture on the situation in China and on major issues like the persecution of Falun Gong, the Epoch Times is a very worthy News source and currently the most respected source on China news available today.
| 982 |
[
"I don't want to say too much about this publication other then that it has very flawed sources.",
"Many of the quotations and facts the author states about the practice of Falun Dafa are taken from Chinese Communist Party propaganda Articles.When a publication is using seriously flawed and false sources, I personally see no value in it.",
"It basically becomes a book of false information which is of no use to anyone except maybe the Chinese Communist Party who have been using propaganda to persecute people for the past 55 years.I cannot recommend this book at all.",
"If you want a proper commentary on the situation of Falun Gong and the History of the Chinese Communist Party I highly recommend you Read \"The 9 Commentaries on Communist Party\"In fact if you really want a clear picture on the situation in China and on major issues like the persecution of Falun Gong, the Epoch Times is a very worthy News source and currently the most respected source on China news available today."
] |
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Sorry - I didn't like it
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I had hopes that I could watch this movie with my 7 yr old son.When I saw Tim Burton directed it, I had my doubts. My hopes for a feel-good movie were quickly dashed. Tim Burton continues to be a director I will avoid, yet this was probabibly his lightest work.The plot was simple and transparent. 10 minutes into the movie, the ending was obvious. None of the characters were very overly likable.I tell my son better stories than those in the movie.I would qualify this movie as a "'B-' rated theme movie of the 80's" if I could. The "Brat Pack" made better ones. It was better than Highlander II, Mortal Combat, Street Fighter, and The Avengers. They got a "0" star rating.It would be a good movie to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon if there the best thing on TV was an old Tarzan movie.On second though, I'd watch the old Tarzan movie.Secondhand Lions was far superior and I should have watched it for the 15 time instead of watching this movie.Sorry, but this is my opinion.
| 982 |
[
"I had hopes that I could watch this movie with my 7 yr old son.When I saw Tim Burton directed it, I had my doubts.",
"My hopes for a feel-good movie were quickly dashed.",
"Tim Burton continues to be a director I will avoid, yet this was probabibly his lightest work.The plot was simple and transparent.",
"10 minutes into the movie, the ending was obvious.",
"None of the characters were very overly likable.I tell my son better stories than those in the movie.I would qualify this movie as a \"'B-' rated theme movie of the 80's\" if I could.",
"The \"Brat Pack\" made better ones.",
"It was better than Highlander II, Mortal Combat, Street Fighter, and The Avengers.",
"They got a \"0\" star rating.It would be a good movie to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon if there the best thing on TV was an old Tarzan movie.On second though, I'd watch the old Tarzan movie.Secondhand Lions was far superior and I should have watched it for the 15 time instead of watching this movie.Sorry, but this is my opinion."
] |
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Cheating
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I don't think there is any absolute true either in chess or in life. Consequently, the method that the author suggests can work for some people and can't for somebody else. Personally, I think some ideas like the tactical drill are useful and they can actually help a beginner to improve. Basically I think the ideas in the book should deserve something like three starts. So, why I gave to the book only one star? The fact is that the ideas deserve three stars but the book itself it is an attempt to cheat the reader/buyer. De la Maza wrote in 2000 an article in two parts published on line `400 Points in 400 Days' The book, which was published a year later, give the same information of the articles. It's just inflated with big pictures a couple of exercises/examples and some bla-bla-bla but if you have read the articles, you won't learn anything new from it.So, my advice is: go to chesscafe.com, download the two parts of the article and save your money for something else.
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[
"I don't think there is any absolute true either in chess or in life.",
"Consequently, the method that the author suggests can work for some people and can't for somebody else.",
"Personally, I think some ideas like the tactical drill are useful and they can actually help a beginner to improve.",
"Basically I think the ideas in the book should deserve something like three starts.",
"So, why I gave to the book only one star?",
"The fact is that the ideas deserve three stars but the book itself it is an attempt to cheat the reader/buyer.",
"De la Maza wrote in 2000 an article in two parts published on line `400 Points in 400 Days' The book, which was published a year later, give the same information of the articles.",
"It's just inflated with big pictures a couple of exercises/examples and some bla-bla-bla but if you have read the articles, you won't learn anything new from it.So, my advice is: go to chesscafe.com, download the two parts of the article and save your money for something else."
] |
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Indentity Crisis...
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When I was watching this film, I was recalling my own dilemma I experienced being friends with someone in high school who cheated on every girlfriend he had. The girls were nice enough, and thankfully the day never came when they jammed me in a corner to ask the important questions.After the film was done, it took a while for that old feeling to go away. My stomach was churning, and I wondered what I would have done in a similar situation.I thought I signed up to watch a comedy, but instead I viewed something that was mean-spirited and made me feel uncomfortable. Don't let the previews lead you to believe this is the Vaughn from SWINGERS or James from KING OF QUEENS. Everyone involved, from Queen Latifah to Ron Howard, are underutilized.The infrequent times when it tries to be funny are actually mildly amusing, but such as FUNNY PEOPLE, it doesn't know what it wants to accomplish.If the goal was to confuse and aggravate the viewing audience, then mission accomplished.
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[
"When I was watching this film, I was recalling my own dilemma I experienced being friends with someone in high school who cheated on every girlfriend he had.",
"The girls were nice enough, and thankfully the day never came when they jammed me in a corner to ask the important questions.After the film was done, it took a while for that old feeling to go away.",
"My stomach was churning, and I wondered what I would have done in a similar situation.I thought I signed up to watch a comedy, but instead I viewed something that was mean-spirited and made me feel uncomfortable.",
"Don't let the previews lead you to believe this is the Vaughn from SWINGERS or James from KING OF QUEENS.",
"Everyone involved, from Queen Latifah to Ron Howard, are underutilized.The infrequent times when it tries to be funny are actually mildly amusing, but such as FUNNY PEOPLE, it doesn't know what it wants to accomplish.If the goal was to confuse and aggravate the viewing audience, then mission accomplished."
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Reasoning With Catholics
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I think one of the major problems that people like Rhodes are going to be running into is that there are so many well-read converts to the Catholic faith in the United States. We've not only read Hahn, Keating, Cavins, Howard, Madrid et al, we've also read the writings of the Early Church Fathers and the saints and the history of Christianity and......and,oh yes. The Bible. Yes, that very same Bible that Rhodes proposes to "reason" with us from.One of the biggest problems for people like informed Catholics reading books like this one is that the writers have a tendency to only want to consider verses from Scripture that support their own pet beliefs, while conveniently ignoring the entire breadth of the Holy Scripture. This is always a big mistake and Rhodes makes it here, over and over again. It really tries the patience of Catholics who know their Bibles to be put in the position of having to convince evangelicals and fundamentalists that the Bible is actually true.
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[
"I think one of the major problems that people like Rhodes are going to be running into is that there are so many well-read converts to the Catholic faith in the United States.",
"We've not only read Hahn, Keating, Cavins, Howard, Madrid et al, we've also read the writings of the Early Church Fathers and the saints and the history of Christianity and......and,oh yes.",
"The Bible.",
"Yes, that very same Bible that Rhodes proposes to \"reason\" with us from.One of the biggest problems for people like informed Catholics reading books like this one is that the writers have a tendency to only want to consider verses from Scripture that support their own pet beliefs, while conveniently ignoring the entire breadth of the Holy Scripture.",
"This is always a big mistake and Rhodes makes it here, over and over again.",
"It really tries the patience of Catholics who know their Bibles to be put in the position of having to convince evangelicals and fundamentalists that the Bible is actually true."
] |
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Product burns.
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I hate traditional sunscreen that tends to be oily and heavy. I liked the idea of sheer light feel of Neutrogena. So I tried both Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF 30 and 45. As soon as I applied the product, I felt a strong burning sensation throughout my entire face. Not some tingly sensation that is associated with some products. It felt like my face was on fire. I immediately washed it off. It still hurt. I had to cool it with cold water to numb the pain. Next day, my face was pink throughout and my skin still hurt. I have tried variety of products, Cetaphil, Purpose, Alba, Lancome, Estee Lauder, Clarines, Chanel, Clinique, and many over the counter products typically found in any drug store. I have never had such reaction. Note, I don't have a sensative skin. My skin tends to be normal with a little shine to T zone. My mom, who has dry skin, tried the products. She also complained that it hurt to use either SPF 30 or 45. I had to throw them away. Don't waste your money.
| 982 |
[
"I hate traditional sunscreen that tends to be oily and heavy.",
"I liked the idea of sheer light feel of Neutrogena.",
"So I tried both Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF 30 and 45.",
"As soon as I applied the product, I felt a strong burning sensation throughout my entire face.",
"Not some tingly sensation that is associated with some products.",
"It felt like my face was on fire.",
"I immediately washed it off.",
"It still hurt.",
"I had to cool it with cold water to numb the pain.",
"Next day, my face was pink throughout and my skin still hurt.",
"I have tried variety of products, Cetaphil, Purpose, Alba, Lancome, Estee Lauder, Clarines, Chanel, Clinique, and many over the counter products typically found in any drug store.",
"I have never had such reaction.",
"Note, I don't have a sensative skin.",
"My skin tends to be normal with a little shine to T zone.",
"My mom, who has dry skin, tried the products.",
"She also complained that it hurt to use either SPF 30 or 45.",
"I had to throw them away.",
"Don't waste your money."
] |
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Terrible!
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I wanted to confirm that I had the same experience as the other dissatisfied reviewers. The Everlast Bar comes with nuts that don't fit the screws. The nuts are laced with a hard inner plastic lining that requires you to use powertools to force the screw to chisel through. I returned it for a new one, thinking that surely this was a mistake, but the replacement had the same pieces. Horrible!However, I was determined to make my purchase work, so I put it together with force. Once I had everything assembled, I found that the bar does not keep together by design; even with the screws pretty secured, the outer loops on the bar (they are supposed to serve as multi-purpose handles) can unhinge and detach from the bar, because their connection to the bar on one side is not secured by screws. That's absolutely ridiculous when this is clearly supposed to be keep you safely suspended in mid-air.Thoroughly dissatisfied. I've used the Door Gym and it's much more secure than this.
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[
"I wanted to confirm that I had the same experience as the other dissatisfied reviewers.",
"The Everlast Bar comes with nuts that don't fit the screws.",
"The nuts are laced with a hard inner plastic lining that requires you to use powertools to force the screw to chisel through.",
"I returned it for a new one, thinking that surely this was a mistake, but the replacement had the same pieces.",
"Horrible!",
"However, I was determined to make my purchase work, so I put it together with force.",
"Once I had everything assembled, I found that the bar does not keep together by design; even with the screws pretty secured, the outer loops on the bar (they are supposed to serve as multi-purpose handles) can unhinge and detach from the bar, because their connection to the bar on one side is not secured by screws.",
"That's absolutely ridiculous when this is clearly supposed to be keep you safely suspended in mid-air.Thoroughly dissatisfied.",
"I've used the Door Gym and it's much more secure than this."
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What happened?!
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Ok, I'll start by saying I'm quite a big fan of AFI. This is their 7th album release. I have all the 6 previous albums. I think the sound they made was quite unique - anthem-type hardcore punk. I respect hardcore punk, not new modern pop-punk like Good Charlotte and Angels and Airwaves for example. AFI's new album though, have dissolved into a branch of modern pop-punk junk. Emo kids will eat this up. With the poppy choruses, and the intelligent lyrics (that was sarcasm), old fans will be disappointed. If you want lyrics like "DON'T SPEAK MY NAME!", and 6 choruses of "Under the summer rain, I burned away" (in Summer Shudder) look no further. AFI has indeed, burned away.AFI have weakened into a radio friendly band. Banal and predictable. Gone are the anthem days of "Now The World", "Silver and Cold" and "Days Of The Phoenix" to name a few. However, if you're a 13 year old emo kid who appreciates the 'profound' talent of Fall Out Boy then you'll love this generic album.
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[
"Ok, I'll start by saying I'm quite a big fan of AFI.",
"This is their 7th album release.",
"I have all the 6 previous albums.",
"I think the sound they made was quite unique - anthem-type hardcore punk.",
"I respect hardcore punk, not new modern pop-punk like Good Charlotte and Angels and Airwaves for example.",
"AFI's new album though, have dissolved into a branch of modern pop-punk junk.",
"Emo kids will eat this up.",
"With the poppy choruses, and the intelligent lyrics (that was sarcasm), old fans will be disappointed.",
"If you want lyrics like \"DON'T SPEAK MY NAME!",
"\", and 6 choruses of \"Under the summer rain, I burned away\" (in Summer Shudder) look no further.",
"AFI has indeed, burned away.AFI have weakened into a radio friendly band.",
"Banal and predictable.",
"Gone are the anthem days of \"Now The World\", \"Silver and Cold\" and \"Days Of The Phoenix\" to name a few.",
"However, if you're a 13 year old emo kid who appreciates the 'profound' talent of Fall Out Boy then you'll love this generic album."
] |
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Horrible for the beginner
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I have used this book at a college level and do not recommend it. The book is not clearly written and does not seem to follow a logical order. Unreferenced symbols are used in formulas throughout the book. Often, out of the blue, a statement such as a=xyz is made. In order to find out what a is, the user has to has to turn backward several chapters. All too frequently in derivations, a formula is referenced that is ahead in the text, or in a future chapter. Notation is also confusing in terms of symbol choice. For example, 'r' with a dot on top of it is used to denote the radial component of a position vector change. The reader is admonished to not confuse this with the velocity when a simple subscript could have sufficed.I think this book is useful as a reference for someone who is already very familiar with the subject and does not need to understand how any of the equations are derived (because he/she already does.) And who perhaps needs algorithms for calculation.
| 982 |
[
"I have used this book at a college level and do not recommend it.",
"The book is not clearly written and does not seem to follow a logical order.",
"Unreferenced symbols are used in formulas throughout the book.",
"Often, out of the blue, a statement such as a=xyz is made.",
"In order to find out what a is, the user has to has to turn backward several chapters.",
"All too frequently in derivations, a formula is referenced that is ahead in the text, or in a future chapter.",
"Notation is also confusing in terms of symbol choice.",
"For example, 'r' with a dot on top of it is used to denote the radial component of a position vector change.",
"The reader is admonished to not confuse this with the velocity when a simple subscript could have sufficed.I think this book is useful as a reference for someone who is already very familiar with the subject and does not need to understand how any of the equations are derived (because he/she already does.) And who perhaps needs algorithms for calculation."
] |
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Couldn't Even Begin
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I stopped at the back jacket. Today, I was at the local monstrosity of book store, and was caught by the title. The concept seemed interesting, I supposed, but in the end I tend to believe that it's being is rather fundementally -wrong-. One of the more interesting aspects of Nabokov's original masterpeice is Humbert's delusions, Lo's inaccessability, the secrets and sorrow of the situation they'd both brought themselves into. I found the very honey drips of her personality that leaked through only once or twice in Nabokov's work added so much to the tragedy of the book. This sense of quiet tragedy, the secret life of a little girl and a man with a sick mind wasm I gather, unfortunately twisted for the sake of feminist retrospect. I found what quotes I could pull from 'Lo's Diary' were dull or written in a fashion that smacked of a short feature from the glossy pages of Cosmo. 'Lolita' was a shining example of literary brilliance, and this book never needed to happen.
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[
"I stopped at the back jacket.",
"Today, I was at the local monstrosity of book store, and was caught by the title.",
"The concept seemed interesting, I supposed, but in the end I tend to believe that it's being is rather fundementally -wrong-.",
"One of the more interesting aspects of Nabokov's original masterpeice is Humbert's delusions, Lo's inaccessability, the secrets and sorrow of the situation they'd both brought themselves into.",
"I found the very honey drips of her personality that leaked through only once or twice in Nabokov's work added so much to the tragedy of the book.",
"This sense of quiet tragedy, the secret life of a little girl and a man with a sick mind wasm I gather, unfortunately twisted for the sake of feminist retrospect.",
"I found what quotes I could pull from 'Lo's Diary' were dull or written in a fashion that smacked of a short feature from the glossy pages of Cosmo.",
"'Lolita' was a shining example of literary brilliance, and this book never needed to happen."
] |
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A HACK , RACIST, AND LOSER
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HOW MANY BOOKS IS THIS GUY GOING TO WRITE ABOUT SAME SUBJECT? I guess it's not plagerism if you site your sources. This guy has a Ranger tab, he is not a RANGER. I saw, heard, and met this guy (at the time a Major) as a young ROTC Cadet at Fort Lewis, WA, Advance Camp 1995...he was talking about the same crap then stabing his bayonet into the ground like he new how to use the thing trying to impress a bunch of green ROTC Cadets. This guy is what is wrong with the US Army...He is a RACIST. Just because he can't explain why East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans...etc)don't fit into his so called profile, he dismisses the cultures as "robotons or bunch or robots". what kind of flawed thinking and explanation is this? I can't believe this guys served in the US Army for so long and corrupted so many young officers minds with this trash...raising another generation of RACIST and proliferating this ideology. Save your self some money and time READ KEGAN AND MARSHALLS WORK.
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"HOW MANY BOOKS IS THIS GUY GOING TO WRITE ABOUT SAME SUBJECT?",
"I guess it's not plagerism if you site your sources.",
"This guy has a Ranger tab, he is not a RANGER.",
"I saw, heard, and met this guy (at the time a Major) as a young ROTC Cadet at Fort Lewis, WA, Advance Camp 1995...he was talking about the same crap then stabing his bayonet into the ground like he new how to use the thing trying to impress a bunch of green ROTC Cadets.",
"This guy is what is wrong with the US Army...He is a RACIST.",
"Just because he can't explain why East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans...etc)don't fit into his so called profile, he dismisses the cultures as \"robotons or bunch or robots\".",
"what kind of flawed thinking and explanation is this?",
"I can't believe this guys served in the US Army for so long and corrupted so many young officers minds with this trash...raising another generation of RACIST and proliferating this ideology.",
"Save your self some money and time READ KEGAN AND MARSHALLS WORK."
] |
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complete crap
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I previously had some cheap Sylvanias that I bought off the shelf in autozone and they lasted almost two years. After replacing them with these Eurodezigns, I noticed that the light output was much dimmer, but they were slightly more blue. I supposed I could have lived with that but...They both died in LESS THAN A WEEK. The filament on one of them is OK, but the glass underneath it cracked. I can't say what happened to the filament on the other because the glass is cracked and the interior is filled with a smokey residue that obscures the filament. My guess is that the temperature was hotter than the glass could handle. I'm 100% positive that they are the same voltage and wattage as required by my vehicle.They're under "warranty" but you have to spend $7 plus shipping just to have them replaced, so you'll probably spend $12 to get a new set of $20 bulbs that won't last more than a few weeks.The moral of the story... stay far far away from anything made by Eurodezigns!
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[
"I previously had some cheap Sylvanias that I bought off the shelf in autozone and they lasted almost two years.",
"After replacing them with these Eurodezigns, I noticed that the light output was much dimmer, but they were slightly more blue.",
"I supposed I could have lived with that but...They both died in LESS THAN A WEEK.",
"The filament on one of them is OK, but the glass underneath it cracked.",
"I can't say what happened to the filament on the other because the glass is cracked and the interior is filled with a smokey residue that obscures the filament.",
"My guess is that the temperature was hotter than the glass could handle.",
"I'm 100% positive that they are the same voltage and wattage as required by my vehicle.They're under \"warranty\" but you have to spend $7 plus shipping just to have them replaced, so you'll probably spend $12 to get a new set of $20 bulbs that won't last more than a few weeks.The moral of the story... stay far far away from anything made by Eurodezigns!"
] |
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Hated It!
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I absolutely hated this book. I took it with me on a cruise because it was a selection of our Book Club. My poor husband had to hear me say "I hate this book! I hate these characters!" over and over. I hated Emily for walking out on her husband and baby and just driving, driving, driving away one night. I was more sympathetic to Nicholas because he, at least, showed great promise in his field and was pursuing a career that would benefit the whole family. Emily's walking out on her father and leaving a note "I won't be coming back" ----- what the heck is that all about? How do you do that to your father? I hated that the book started out with a dramatic scene at the house but flashes back for most of the book and you are trying to figure out why the opening drama has taken place. I read this book as fast as I could, just to get it over with. I cannot recall ever detesting a character as much as I did Emily. This was my first Picoult book and will definitely be my last.
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[
"I absolutely hated this book.",
"I took it with me on a cruise because it was a selection of our Book Club.",
"My poor husband had to hear me say \"I hate this book!",
"I hate these characters!",
"\" over and over.",
"I hated Emily for walking out on her husband and baby and just driving, driving, driving away one night.",
"I was more sympathetic to Nicholas because he, at least, showed great promise in his field and was pursuing a career that would benefit the whole family.",
"Emily's walking out on her father and leaving a note \"I won't be coming back\" ----- what the heck is that all about?",
"How do you do that to your father?",
"I hated that the book started out with a dramatic scene at the house but flashes back for most of the book and you are trying to figure out why the opening drama has taken place.",
"I read this book as fast as I could, just to get it over with.",
"I cannot recall ever detesting a character as much as I did Emily.",
"This was my first Picoult book and will definitely be my last."
] |
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Trailers are deceiving!
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I loved the original. It was hilarious and the story was great. With the sequel, the plot became ridiculous. I know it's different writers this time but I didn't imagine they would create a story this bad. The entire Bruiser situation and Delta Nu things was way too much silliness. Reese does a great job as Elle. She's still the same upbeat, strong and positive girl but the story....I can't explain how dissapointed I was. Also, even though Elle pretty much does everything she wants, Emmett (Luke Wilson) doesn't even try to convince Elle how ridiculous it is to find Bruiser's mom. It just doesn't seem real. The trailer is funny. It makes it as though it's going to have the same elements as the original but it lacks just that really bad. PLEASE consider hard about whether you should watch this. I don't even reccommend people renting it because that's still a waste of money. Stick w/ the original. And I'm hoping that the crew will realize that a third should not be made.
| 982 |
[
"I loved the original.",
"It was hilarious and the story was great.",
"With the sequel, the plot became ridiculous.",
"I know it's different writers this time but I didn't imagine they would create a story this bad.",
"The entire Bruiser situation and Delta Nu things was way too much silliness.",
"Reese does a great job as Elle.",
"She's still the same upbeat, strong and positive girl but the story....I can't explain how dissapointed I was.",
"Also, even though Elle pretty much does everything she wants, Emmett (Luke Wilson) doesn't even try to convince Elle how ridiculous it is to find Bruiser's mom.",
"It just doesn't seem real.",
"The trailer is funny.",
"It makes it as though it's going to have the same elements as the original but it lacks just that really bad.",
"PLEASE consider hard about whether you should watch this.",
"I don't even reccommend people renting it because that's still a waste of money.",
"Stick w/ the original.",
"And I'm hoping that the crew will realize that a third should not be made."
] |
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Author
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do not get to the point. He actually provides no explanation on how homeopathy might work. And it is not a big surprise - he is not a specialist in CAM, and he did not conducted thoroughly investigation.To say that homeopathy is placebo is equal to say nothing, because up to date no theory exists which explains all phenomena observed during placebo investigations.One who really want to understand how homeopathy might work should read articles and monographs by Harald Walach -professor for Research Methodology in Complementary Medicine at Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder.I reccomend to read his two articles :1) "The Efficacy Paradox in Randomized Controlled Trialsof CAM and Elsewhere: Beware of the Placebo Trap."2) "Magic of Signs: A Nonlocal Interpretation of Homeopathy"Both these articles are freely available on the web.Homeopathy is a big scientific mystery, but due to dogmatism and pressure from Big Pharma and allopaths science mostly ignores homeopathy.
| 982 |
[
"do not get to the point.",
"He actually provides no explanation on how homeopathy might work.",
"And it is not a big surprise - he is not a specialist in CAM, and he did not conducted thoroughly investigation.To say that homeopathy is placebo is equal to say nothing, because up to date no theory exists which explains all phenomena observed during placebo investigations.One who really want to understand how homeopathy might work should read articles and monographs by Harald Walach -professor for Research Methodology in Complementary Medicine at Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder.I reccomend to read his two articles :1) \"The Efficacy Paradox in Randomized Controlled Trialsof CAM and Elsewhere: Beware of the Placebo Trap.\"2) \"Magic of Signs: A Nonlocal Interpretation of Homeopathy\"Both these articles are freely available on the web.Homeopathy is a big scientific mystery, but due to dogmatism and pressure from Big Pharma and allopaths science mostly ignores homeopathy."
] |
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SteamVac on hardfloors
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My house primarily contains wood and tile floors. I have only two small rooms with carpet. I found the SteamVac out of the box came with two bottles of carpet cleaner and NO hardfloor cleaner. This annoyed me as I primarily wanted to use the SteamVac on my kitchen floor which is terrocota tile and the carpet cleaner states not to use on hard floors. I used the Steamvac first on my kitchen tiles. The brushes worked OK however my machine left pools of water on my floor. I had to let my floor dry overnight since there was so much water the machine was unable to suck up. My floor then had dirty water marks since the machine could not suck up most of the water. I was very disappointed with this result and will be going back to my mop and bucket to clean my kitchen floor. I then used the SteamVac on my carpeted rooms and the results were fine. It got rid of most stains. However I purchased this product to replace my mop and bucket. All in all not worth the $299 price tag!!!
| 982 |
[
"My house primarily contains wood and tile floors.",
"I have only two small rooms with carpet.",
"I found the SteamVac out of the box came with two bottles of carpet cleaner and NO hardfloor cleaner.",
"This annoyed me as I primarily wanted to use the SteamVac on my kitchen floor which is terrocota tile and the carpet cleaner states not to use on hard floors.",
"I used the Steamvac first on my kitchen tiles.",
"The brushes worked OK however my machine left pools of water on my floor.",
"I had to let my floor dry overnight since there was so much water the machine was unable to suck up.",
"My floor then had dirty water marks since the machine could not suck up most of the water.",
"I was very disappointed with this result and will be going back to my mop and bucket to clean my kitchen floor.",
"I then used the SteamVac on my carpeted rooms and the results were fine.",
"It got rid of most stains.",
"However I purchased this product to replace my mop and bucket.",
"All in all not worth the $299 price tag!!!"
] |
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PIECE OF CRAP!!!!! DON'T BUY IT
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Well like may Graphic Artist I wanted to produce layout s in largeformat. I have always heard how good HP was and how easy it was to use so I figured that me next printer should be the king of printers.I can't tell you how upsetting this piece of crap is.It is so picky that you need to load the paper just the right way for it to grip it and if you don't it will keep kicking it back out to you over and over again. I must have done this 8 times before I just wanted to beat the living hell out of it. Oh but it gets better, this thing is so stupid that it does NOT calibrate the colors on its own. It takes you to a website and you have to have HP do it for you. It still didn't print sharp. And get this I try to call their customer service for support and they charge .69 min. Where do these jerks selling crappy printers get off charging for customer service????My god save your money and just print your stuff at Kinko's or a small needing printing company.HP is a crap brand!
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[
"Well like may Graphic Artist I wanted to produce layout s in largeformat.",
"I have always heard how good HP was and how easy it was to use so I figured that me next printer should be the king of printers.I can't tell you how upsetting this piece of crap is.It is so picky that you need to load the paper just the right way for it to grip it and if you don't it will keep kicking it back out to you over and over again.",
"I must have done this 8 times before I just wanted to beat the living hell out of it.",
"Oh but it gets better, this thing is so stupid that it does NOT calibrate the colors on its own.",
"It takes you to a website and you have to have HP do it for you.",
"It still didn't print sharp.",
"And get this I try to call their customer service for support and they charge .69 min.",
"Where do these jerks selling crappy printers get off charging for customer service???",
"?",
"My god save your money and just print your stuff at Kinko's or a small needing printing company.HP is a crap brand!"
] |
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Big problem not yet mentioned
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One large problem that I have yet to see mentioned is the following.You will probably be adding your discs in the wallet by Genre, and then alphabetically sorting either by artist or titleAs you fill the book, every time you want to add a new disc, (ie Carly Simon), but all the spaces between "R" and "T" are taken, you have to remove all the pages to fit one in where the "S" are to accomodate your new disc.In a normal binder where the rings split in the middle, you can flip past the last "S" page and add a new page there. However since these rings force you to add a page in the front, you have to remove them all every time you add a page. The second problem is that because these pages have "slits" for holes and not "circular" holes, replacing the pages in the binder is a real pain.Be forwarned. this is not a problem if your collection is not growing. But if it is, it will likely quickly grow disorganized due to the difficulty in adding new pages where they need to be!
| 982 |
[
"One large problem that I have yet to see mentioned is the following.You will probably be adding your discs in the wallet by Genre, and then alphabetically sorting either by artist or titleAs you fill the book, every time you want to add a new disc, (ie Carly Simon), but all the spaces between \"R\" and \"T\" are taken, you have to remove all the pages to fit one in where the \"S\" are to accomodate your new disc.In a normal binder where the rings split in the middle, you can flip past the last \"S\" page and add a new page there.",
"However since these rings force you to add a page in the front, you have to remove them all every time you add a page.",
"The second problem is that because these pages have \"slits\" for holes and not \"circular\" holes, replacing the pages in the binder is a real pain.Be forwarned.",
"this is not a problem if your collection is not growing.",
"But if it is, it will likely quickly grow disorganized due to the difficulty in adding new pages where they need to be!"
] |
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Shadow Snore
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Following in the footsteps of his previous work, Miniter continues his assault on our senses with his turgid prose in Shadow War. The actual writing barely takes up 160 pages of wide spaced type with nearly half the book consisting of appendices, notes, bibliography, index and an absurdly smug 6 pages of acknowledgements. Other than being between two covers, the six chapters have little to do with each other and look like a collection of standalone articles the author could not manage to get printed in a periodical when they might have been relevant. While Miniter claims these so-called blockbusters have been ignored by the media, it becomes clear in reading them why this is the case. Unfortunately for Miniter, news events in Iraq and elsewhere have overtaken the stale theses he presents in this book. It is beyond me who is buying this outside the conservative foundation bulk purchasers. I have read papers from my community college students that outshine Shadow Snore.
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"Following in the footsteps of his previous work, Miniter continues his assault on our senses with his turgid prose in Shadow War.",
"The actual writing barely takes up 160 pages of wide spaced type with nearly half the book consisting of appendices, notes, bibliography, index and an absurdly smug 6 pages of acknowledgements.",
"Other than being between two covers, the six chapters have little to do with each other and look like a collection of standalone articles the author could not manage to get printed in a periodical when they might have been relevant.",
"While Miniter claims these so-called blockbusters have been ignored by the media, it becomes clear in reading them why this is the case.",
"Unfortunately for Miniter, news events in Iraq and elsewhere have overtaken the stale theses he presents in this book.",
"It is beyond me who is buying this outside the conservative foundation bulk purchasers.",
"I have read papers from my community college students that outshine Shadow Snore."
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Does not work with Zone Alarm
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The program itself is quite a disapointment. It's interface was so simplistic you couldn't do anything but "allow" or "stop" access.I spent an hour working on this until I found on the Nintendo WiFi site the following:Software Firewalls Identified as Being "Incompatible" with the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB ConnectorWe have identified the following software firewall(s) as being incompatible with the use of the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector. We suggest using another firewall product, if possible:Zone Alarm Internet Security SuiteImportant Note: In order to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, Zone Alarm Internet Security Suit must be completely uninstalled from your computer. Simply disabling (turning off) this program will still not allow a successful connection.------How can this thing not work with the industry's most popular software firewall is beyond me.Unless I can find a 3rd party adapter that like Zone Alarm, it looks like I'm going to have to build a wireless network.
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[
"The program itself is quite a disapointment.",
"It's interface was so simplistic you couldn't do anything but \"allow\" or \"stop\" access.I spent an hour working on this until I found on the Nintendo WiFi site the following:Software Firewalls Identified as Being \"Incompatible\" with the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB ConnectorWe have identified the following software firewall(s) as being incompatible with the use of the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector.",
"We suggest using another firewall product, if possible:Zone Alarm Internet Security SuiteImportant Note: In order to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, Zone Alarm Internet Security Suit must be completely uninstalled from your computer.",
"Simply disabling (turning off) this program will still not allow a successful connection.------How can this thing not work with the industry's most popular software firewall is beyond me.Unless I can find a 3rd party adapter that like Zone Alarm, it looks like I'm going to have to build a wireless network."
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Too basic to be useful
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The author covers a variety of subjects but too lightly to be useful. Too much effort is spent on things that are useless. For example, Testing of Loudspeakers - part of the book's title - is barely 13 pages and is so basic as to not allow tuning of cabinet design. Rather this section focuses on determining specifications that speakers already come with. Suggestion of using PVC piping for ducts and asphalt paper for damping really remove any credibility for a successful high fidelity outcome using these techniques. Pictures of a hammer over a brad and a ruler on a woofer kind of tells it all. Many pages taken up with basic programming print outs - stuff that's available in Windows format free on the internet now. Horn designs are not covered and the project section only has a couple of basic designs. That said, the author does a great job telling you how to make inductors for cross-over networks.I was done with this 200 page book in about 1 hour. Rather dissapointing.
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[
"The author covers a variety of subjects but too lightly to be useful.",
"Too much effort is spent on things that are useless.",
"For example, Testing of Loudspeakers - part of the book's title - is barely 13 pages and is so basic as to not allow tuning of cabinet design.",
"Rather this section focuses on determining specifications that speakers already come with.",
"Suggestion of using PVC piping for ducts and asphalt paper for damping really remove any credibility for a successful high fidelity outcome using these techniques.",
"Pictures of a hammer over a brad and a ruler on a woofer kind of tells it all.",
"Many pages taken up with basic programming print outs - stuff that's available in Windows format free on the internet now.",
"Horn designs are not covered and the project section only has a couple of basic designs.",
"That said, the author does a great job telling you how to make inductors for cross-over networks.I was done with this 200 page book in about 1 hour.",
"Rather dissapointing."
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ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.
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First let me say that I love to see anything about space and I was excited to see a dvd devoted to views of the earth from the space shuttle. Too bad it didn't live up to my expectations. I was hoping for more of the type of views like the shots that you see on the cover of the dvd. What I got was mainly shots looking straight down at the ground so that much of the time you have a screen filled up with varying shades of brown with occasional views of a lake, river, or ocean. A few brief moments were good like the views of hurricanes from space but the good moments were very brief and very few in number. It just isn't that interesting.I was also hoping for some night shots because all the lights shining up from the big cities would look kinda cool. Unfortunately there are NO night shots.One good idea they had was that there are 4 different sound tracks to listen to with the video. That's the only good thing I can say about the dvd.I was very disappointed with this dvd.
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"First let me say that I love to see anything about space and I was excited to see a dvd devoted to views of the earth from the space shuttle.",
"Too bad it didn't live up to my expectations.",
"I was hoping for more of the type of views like the shots that you see on the cover of the dvd.",
"What I got was mainly shots looking straight down at the ground so that much of the time you have a screen filled up with varying shades of brown with occasional views of a lake, river, or ocean.",
"A few brief moments were good like the views of hurricanes from space but the good moments were very brief and very few in number.",
"It just isn't that interesting.I was also hoping for some night shots because all the lights shining up from the big cities would look kinda cool.",
"Unfortunately there are NO night shots.One good idea they had was that there are 4 different sound tracks to listen to with the video.",
"That's the only good thing I can say about the dvd.I was very disappointed with this dvd."
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Untrustworthy Biography
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David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) was a distinguished ichthyologist, a successful teacher, a forceful public speaker, and an influential advocate of both environmentalism and world peace. Perhaps because he rose to be president of two different leading research universities (first Indiana, then Stanford) his published observations on a variety of subjects about which he had no competence at all continue to receive respect they do not deserve.The only topic which engaged him that I can speak about with any authority is the life of the naturalist C. S. Rafinesque. In this book, Jordan frequently mentions Latin and Greek scientific names of fishes first described and named by Rafinesque. Jordan should have stopped with that. But rather, he essayed to tell us something about the immigrant naturalist's life as well. I have written elsewhere that nobody made more mistakes about Rafinesque's life in fewer pages than did David Starr Jordan. He still holds that unenviable record.
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"David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) was a distinguished ichthyologist, a successful teacher, a forceful public speaker, and an influential advocate of both environmentalism and world peace.",
"Perhaps because he rose to be president of two different leading research universities (first Indiana, then Stanford) his published observations on a variety of subjects about which he had no competence at all continue to receive respect they do not deserve.The only topic which engaged him that I can speak about with any authority is the life of the naturalist C.",
"S.",
"Rafinesque.",
"In this book, Jordan frequently mentions Latin and Greek scientific names of fishes first described and named by Rafinesque.",
"Jordan should have stopped with that.",
"But rather, he essayed to tell us something about the immigrant naturalist's life as well.",
"I have written elsewhere that nobody made more mistakes about Rafinesque's life in fewer pages than did David Starr Jordan.",
"He still holds that unenviable record."
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Should be NO STARS
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I only cook in All Clad pots and pans and LOVE them. Super quality, beautiful to look at and made in America. I was given an this Crock pot as a gift. When I pulled it out last time to cook in it, it was covered with "spider-like" lines, inside and out. The ceramic surface of the crock was crazed and covered with what looked like mold. I cleaned it with chlorine, soap and water and then put it in the oven, and heated the crock to 200 degrees to sterilize it. To my surprize, the "spider-webs" were back in less than 10 minutes, inside and out. Something is seriously wrong with this product. It wasn't mold, but something leaching out of the crock through the crazes in the surface! DON'T buy this product, I've thrown the crock away and will never buy anything cermaic made in China again. Come on All Clad makers, I am willing to pay for quality, but I want quality not crap. I am very disappointed. Anybody know a place I can get a replacement crock that ISN'T made in China?
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"I only cook in All Clad pots and pans and LOVE them.",
"Super quality, beautiful to look at and made in America.",
"I was given an this Crock pot as a gift.",
"When I pulled it out last time to cook in it, it was covered with \"spider-like\" lines, inside and out.",
"The ceramic surface of the crock was crazed and covered with what looked like mold.",
"I cleaned it with chlorine, soap and water and then put it in the oven, and heated the crock to 200 degrees to sterilize it.",
"To my surprize, the \"spider-webs\" were back in less than 10 minutes, inside and out.",
"Something is seriously wrong with this product.",
"It wasn't mold, but something leaching out of the crock through the crazes in the surface!",
"DON'T buy this product, I've thrown the crock away and will never buy anything cermaic made in China again.",
"Come on All Clad makers, I am willing to pay for quality, but I want quality not crap.",
"I am very disappointed.",
"Anybody know a place I can get a replacement crock that ISN'T made in China?"
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Utter Garbage
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Some of the scenery was nice.That's it. That's a far as I can go to find anything positive about this film.This film did not entertain, inform, provoke thought, or move me in any way. I could close my eyes, throw a dart at a listing of movies and have no worries that I would find one better than this.The trailer tricks you into thinking there may be some sort of story to be told. Even the first 10 minutes would lead you to believe this. Nope...don't bother waiting because nothing ever develops. The scene on the boat? Could that 30 minutes be any more mind numbingly boring? Yes, they're on a boat for a long time...we get it...let's wrap that bit up in 5 minutes vs 30 minutes of these guys staring at each other.Wait, once they get off the boat the story will get better...right? Nope. More nice scenery and that's it.Just utter garbage. I can't adequately put into words just how terrible I still feel after wasting my time watching this film. I expected better from Amazon.
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"Some of the scenery was nice.That's it.",
"That's a far as I can go to find anything positive about this film.This film did not entertain, inform, provoke thought, or move me in any way.",
"I could close my eyes, throw a dart at a listing of movies and have no worries that I would find one better than this.The trailer tricks you into thinking there may be some sort of story to be told.",
"Even the first 10 minutes would lead you to believe this.",
"Nope...don't bother waiting because nothing ever develops.",
"The scene on the boat?",
"Could that 30 minutes be any more mind numbingly boring?",
"Yes, they're on a boat for a long time...we get it...let's wrap that bit up in 5 minutes vs 30 minutes of these guys staring at each other.Wait, once they get off the boat the story will get better...right?",
"Nope.",
"More nice scenery and that's it.Just utter garbage.",
"I can't adequately put into words just how terrible I still feel after wasting my time watching this film.",
"I expected better from Amazon."
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Unbelievable!
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Unbelievably bad. So, I'll admit, the Rom-Com genre really isnt my thing, but hey, my wife gets half the Netflix, so we settled down to watch, and unfortunately waste our time on, this movie. I can't get that hour and a half back folks, and I'm pretty mad about it.Its as if the creators of the Not Another Teen Movie/Scary Movie films got together and decided to make Not Another Romantic Comedy. Every single bad romantic comedy cliche is in there:You've got the solo-singing. You've got the angry, throwing-objects mood swings. You've got the too-good-to-be-true swinging single-dad bachelor. The cheating boyfriend. The "crazy" supportive friends. I've seen this movie before, just not all at once, as it is truly a formulamatic representation of all that is bad in this type of movie....and we are supposed to suspend reality and believe Jack Black is a mild, tame, abused romantic? Who are you, and what have you done with the insane half of Tenacious D?Avoid like the plague.
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"Unbelievably bad.",
"So, I'll admit, the Rom-Com genre really isnt my thing, but hey, my wife gets half the Netflix, so we settled down to watch, and unfortunately waste our time on, this movie.",
"I can't get that hour and a half back folks, and I'm pretty mad about it.Its as if the creators of the Not Another Teen Movie/Scary Movie films got together and decided to make Not Another Romantic Comedy.",
"Every single bad romantic comedy cliche is in there:You've got the solo-singing.",
"You've got the angry, throwing-objects mood swings.",
"You've got the too-good-to-be-true swinging single-dad bachelor.",
"The cheating boyfriend.",
"The \"crazy\" supportive friends.",
"I've seen this movie before, just not all at once, as it is truly a formulamatic representation of all that is bad in this type of movie....and we are supposed to suspend reality and believe Jack Black is a mild, tame, abused romantic?",
"Who are you, and what have you done with the insane half of Tenacious D?",
"Avoid like the plague."
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Weigh is unbalanced.
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Mr Burton's book is a poorly written polemic on the newer English translations of the Bible. His book, in trying to advocate for the King James Bible, in fact does serious damage to his cause. His book is neither well written nor honest in it criticism of the newer translations. His errors are so onerous that one must believe that the writer was trying to deceive and not interested in honestly exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the different translation.Three examples that come to mind:1. KJV was never copyrighted. Half-truth. The word copyright did not exist in 1611 but the concept did and the writers of the KJV used it.2. The writer uses scripture as if it was speaking of the KJV. This is an outright misuse of scripture.3. The writer talks extensively of the removal of the word Lord or Christ in the new versions but never mentions where it was added let alone why these change happened. Oops. The best he can muster is that Satan is trying to corrupt our Bible.
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[
"Mr Burton's book is a poorly written polemic on the newer English translations of the Bible.",
"His book, in trying to advocate for the King James Bible, in fact does serious damage to his cause.",
"His book is neither well written nor honest in it criticism of the newer translations.",
"His errors are so onerous that one must believe that the writer was trying to deceive and not interested in honestly exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the different translation.Three examples that come to mind:1.",
"KJV was never copyrighted.",
"Half-truth.",
"The word copyright did not exist in 1611 but the concept did and the writers of the KJV used it.2. The writer uses scripture as if it was speaking of the KJV.",
"This is an outright misuse of scripture.3. The writer talks extensively of the removal of the word Lord or Christ in the new versions but never mentions where it was added let alone why these change happened.",
"Oops.",
"The best he can muster is that Satan is trying to corrupt our Bible."
] |
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Good Changer While It Lasted
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We ordered this changer last December and it arrived in perfect condition - so far, so good. It worked great for eight months.But then it totally froze up in mid play with five CDs locked inside. Since we live in Hawaii and would have to ship the unit to Honolulu for service, we were concerned about the condition of the trapped CDs (and their eventual return). Trying to contact JVC for "customer service" is a total joke. They have an 800 number with the usual menus but it is impossible to talk to a real person. The only option was to e-mail them which they said they would answer in five days. Customer service? Well, ten days later we get a standard form e-mail telling us to ship the unit to Honolulu (which we already knew) with no mention of the concerns expressed in our e-mail about the trapped CDs.Our search of the internet turned up enough horror stories of JVC "service" that we've decided to heed the first rule of those who find themselves in a hole: stop digging.
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[
"We ordered this changer last December and it arrived in perfect condition - so far, so good.",
"It worked great for eight months.But then it totally froze up in mid play with five CDs locked inside.",
"Since we live in Hawaii and would have to ship the unit to Honolulu for service, we were concerned about the condition of the trapped CDs (and their eventual return).",
"Trying to contact JVC for \"customer service\" is a total joke.",
"They have an 800 number with the usual menus but it is impossible to talk to a real person.",
"The only option was to e-mail them which they said they would answer in five days.",
"Customer service?",
"Well, ten days later we get a standard form e-mail telling us to ship the unit to Honolulu (which we already knew) with no mention of the concerns expressed in our e-mail about the trapped CDs.Our search of the internet turned up enough horror stories of JVC \"service\" that we've decided to heed the first rule of those who find themselves in a hole: stop digging."
] |
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Very disappointed
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I was really looking forward to reading the newest book, I even read the excerpt from Wendy Wax's website. It sounded cute and had some great possibility. I should have just read the excerpt and saved myself some money and time.Shelley is your typical spoiled princess, daddy gave her a job and apparently one with very good money attached to it. She doesn't take anything serious until her father decides to hand over running the agency to her nemisis Ross. They have history, we don't really know why, there is no explanation about the "supply closet sex." They really don't interact,I would think in order to have some type of romance the couple should actually be in the same room together. There are so many characters in this book I would think you would need a program to keep them straight. There were just too many stories going on to really make this a good book. I will have to see if her next book is better. The other two reviews must be talking about a different book.
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[
"I was really looking forward to reading the newest book, I even read the excerpt from Wendy Wax's website.",
"It sounded cute and had some great possibility.",
"I should have just read the excerpt and saved myself some money and time.Shelley is your typical spoiled princess, daddy gave her a job and apparently one with very good money attached to it.",
"She doesn't take anything serious until her father decides to hand over running the agency to her nemisis Ross.",
"They have history, we don't really know why, there is no explanation about the \"supply closet sex.\" They really don't interact,I would think in order to have some type of romance the couple should actually be in the same room together.",
"There are so many characters in this book I would think you would need a program to keep them straight.",
"There were just too many stories going on to really make this a good book.",
"I will have to see if her next book is better.",
"The other two reviews must be talking about a different book."
] |
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File under Trash, not Thrash
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Worst Megadeth album. End of story. Don't waste your money. Get the remastered MD.45-The Craving(with Dave on vocals!) instead. I bought Risk when it first came out and I wanted to cry. If this was the direction they were headed, I would see what Metallica was doing at that time then. Luckily, they got over that creative goof and started putting out the slammin' music again. If you are new to the band, here is your mission:Peace Sells, But Who's BuyingRust in PeaceCryptic WritingsThe World Needs a HeroKilling is my Business and Business is GoodBuy these first and listen to them until they are worn out. Then:The System has FailedYouthanasiaCountdown to ExtinctionAnd:So Far, So Good, So WhatThis last one was when they were all pretty blasted on drugs and basically made the record to support the habit. It shows in the music and the new drummer and guitarist are lousy.Avoid Risk at all costs. Even if it's offered to you for free or given to you by Aunt Fanny at Christmas.
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[
"Worst Megadeth album.",
"End of story.",
"Don't waste your money.",
"Get the remastered MD.45-The Craving(with Dave on vocals!",
") instead.",
"I bought Risk when it first came out and I wanted to cry.",
"If this was the direction they were headed, I would see what Metallica was doing at that time then.",
"Luckily, they got over that creative goof and started putting out the slammin' music again.",
"If you are new to the band, here is your mission:Peace Sells, But Who's BuyingRust in PeaceCryptic WritingsThe World Needs a HeroKilling is my Business and Business is GoodBuy these first and listen to them until they are worn out.",
"Then:The System has FailedYouthanasiaCountdown to ExtinctionAnd:So Far, So Good, So WhatThis last one was when they were all pretty blasted on drugs and basically made the record to support the habit.",
"It shows in the music and the new drummer and guitarist are lousy.Avoid Risk at all costs.",
"Even if it's offered to you for free or given to you by Aunt Fanny at Christmas."
] |
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Holding off, defective product
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So I had to wonder why the selling price was basically half off and I now know why. One of the films was obviously messed up before being transferred to disc. The problem is a green tint to the movie so everything, teeth, snow, sky look green.Some have said this was the Directors intentions, other say adjust your TV set. I say BS to those idiots. The other versions didn't have the problem and I've watched stuff from the 1940's to the present without ever having to adjust the TV. Your TV is NOT the problem!And to the trolls saying this isn't the right place to give a 1 star to the product because it's a blah blah this issue (shipping, amazon customer service, or whatever); go take a hike. No one cares!If you were unfortunate enough to have purchased this set and your copy has a problem then return it or do a credit card chargeback dispute. And where the heck is Amazon in all this?!? They should be emailing everyone and returning this junk to the manufacturing facility!
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[
"So I had to wonder why the selling price was basically half off and I now know why.",
"One of the films was obviously messed up before being transferred to disc.",
"The problem is a green tint to the movie so everything, teeth, snow, sky look green.Some have said this was the Directors intentions, other say adjust your TV set.",
"I say BS to those idiots.",
"The other versions didn't have the problem and I've watched stuff from the 1940's to the present without ever having to adjust the TV.",
"Your TV is NOT the problem!",
"And to the trolls saying this isn't the right place to give a 1 star to the product because it's a blah blah this issue (shipping, amazon customer service, or whatever); go take a hike.",
"No one cares!",
"If you were unfortunate enough to have purchased this set and your copy has a problem then return it or do a credit card chargeback dispute.",
"And where the heck is Amazon in all this?!?",
"They should be emailing everyone and returning this junk to the manufacturing facility!"
] |
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Fake reviews, buyers beware!
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I read through all 4 reviews and found all of them were written in the same style with an ending sentence "I *** recommend it." Though they carefully chose different words in front of "recommend", it's still kind of obvious!When you look to buy a bento box, first you need to find out if the containers are microwavable. If not, the price should be well below $25. As for this one, they didn't even mention it, so I assume it is NOT microwavable.All the bento boxes are pretty much the same size. This one is definitely not a "large" one! When you plus shipping, this bento box is a lot over-priced compared to others that ship free from Amazon.com!One reviewer states that she uses the bento boxes to carry lunch for her BF and her! I hope they are not sharing one. If so, either her BF must have an ant-sized appetite or their food is inflatable once taken out of the box. This bento box is good for a size 0/1 girl who is on a diet, and I can't recommend it to my friends at all!
| 982 |
[
"I read through all 4 reviews and found all of them were written in the same style with an ending sentence \"I *** recommend it.\" Though they carefully chose different words in front of \"recommend\", it's still kind of obvious!",
"When you look to buy a bento box, first you need to find out if the containers are microwavable.",
"If not, the price should be well below $25.",
"As for this one, they didn't even mention it, so I assume it is NOT microwavable.All the bento boxes are pretty much the same size.",
"This one is definitely not a \"large\" one!",
"When you plus shipping, this bento box is a lot over-priced compared to others that ship free from Amazon.com!",
"One reviewer states that she uses the bento boxes to carry lunch for her BF and her!",
"I hope they are not sharing one.",
"If so, either her BF must have an ant-sized appetite or their food is inflatable once taken out of the box.",
"This bento box is good for a size 0/1 girl who is on a diet, and I can't recommend it to my friends at all!"
] |
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WARNING: DO NOT BUY ZENITH !!!
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Prior to buying the TV we had a 27" CRT TV that lasted 19 years. So we decided to buy a new TV since it was getting old. So in 1/17/2004 we bought a 40" Projection TV (R40W46) with a 2 years extended warranty. The TV has been performing great and we have been very happy with it until just last week when we noticed "blue shadows" all over the screen.After looking over the manual and adjusting the convergence, no success.To fix this TV outside of its warranty will cost over $1,000 dollars, and with prices on TV's dropping it makes no sense to send it in for repair. It has basically become a disposable TV. We are very disappointed that our TV has only lasted 3 years. I'm sending it to Goodwill.I'm very disappointed that Zenith will not stand behind their products. My only mistake was not researching Zenith TVs prior to buying since I had full faith in the brand.I found other people on the internet with the same exact problem !!I'm sorry to say this was my last Zenith TV.
| 982 |
[
"Prior to buying the TV we had a 27\" CRT TV that lasted 19 years.",
"So we decided to buy a new TV since it was getting old.",
"So in 1/17/2004 we bought a 40\" Projection TV (R40W46) with a 2 years extended warranty.",
"The TV has been performing great and we have been very happy with it until just last week when we noticed \"blue shadows\" all over the screen.After looking over the manual and adjusting the convergence, no success.To fix this TV outside of its warranty will cost over $1,000 dollars, and with prices on TV's dropping it makes no sense to send it in for repair.",
"It has basically become a disposable TV.",
"We are very disappointed that our TV has only lasted 3 years.",
"I'm sending it to Goodwill.I'm very disappointed that Zenith will not stand behind their products.",
"My only mistake was not researching Zenith TVs prior to buying since I had full faith in the brand.I found other people on the internet with the same exact problem!!",
"I'm sorry to say this was my last Zenith TV."
] |
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Don't Buy Me
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I was extremely disappointed with this slow cooker because the crock cracked on the third use. I wasn't able to get my money back because I'd had it longer than 90 days, which was the warranty at that time. I understand that if you go directly to Kitchen Aid, they'll consider refunding your money for up to a year after purchase. Realize that this slow cooker is enormous and weighs 22 pounds. Picture yourself finding a place to store it because a high cabinet won't work and you'll get tired of hauling it from the basement or garage. The crockery part is dangerously slippery in the sink and takes up the entire bottom of the dishwasher. This thing is a monster and unless you have a huge family and will use it all the time, it's not worth it. I paid $19.95 for a different brand at Kohl's or Target and could've bought 5 of those for what I paid for this Kitchen Aid. The cheap one has been working great for over a year. Normally, I'm a fan of Kitchen Aid, but not this time.
| 982 |
[
"I was extremely disappointed with this slow cooker because the crock cracked on the third use.",
"I wasn't able to get my money back because I'd had it longer than 90 days, which was the warranty at that time.",
"I understand that if you go directly to Kitchen Aid, they'll consider refunding your money for up to a year after purchase.",
"Realize that this slow cooker is enormous and weighs 22 pounds.",
"Picture yourself finding a place to store it because a high cabinet won't work and you'll get tired of hauling it from the basement or garage.",
"The crockery part is dangerously slippery in the sink and takes up the entire bottom of the dishwasher.",
"This thing is a monster and unless you have a huge family and will use it all the time, it's not worth it.",
"I paid $19.95 for a different brand at Kohl's or Target and could've bought 5 of those for what I paid for this Kitchen Aid.",
"The cheap one has been working great for over a year.",
"Normally, I'm a fan of Kitchen Aid, but not this time."
] |
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A waste of your time
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Considered such a masterpiece - I HAD to read it. What a waste of time...First - the language: extremely difficult and archaic. Even for English speaking people. Can one enjoy a book if one needs a dictionary every couple of lines ?Then the allegedly 'cultural' riddles Joyce planted in the book for the sole purpose of torturing generations of English literature students and their teachers. Ask yourself - are you going to enjoy a book that neccesitates your literature teacher lie next to you and explain its 'sophistication' to you ? Every other page ?Then the foreign languages quotes in latin, german, irish, italian and who knows what else...Did Joyce expect his readers to be THAT fluent in other dialects ?Personally - I think Joyce wrote the book being completely drunk. Or worse.Last but not least - the story, the time frame and the main characters - boring, boring and then boring again.Your reading time could be used on much more pleasant, interesting books. Really.
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"Considered such a masterpiece - I HAD to read it.",
"What a waste of time...First - the language: extremely difficult and archaic.",
"Even for English speaking people.",
"Can one enjoy a book if one needs a dictionary every couple of lines?",
"Then the allegedly 'cultural' riddles Joyce planted in the book for the sole purpose of torturing generations of English literature students and their teachers.",
"Ask yourself - are you going to enjoy a book that neccesitates your literature teacher lie next to you and explain its 'sophistication' to you?",
"Every other page?",
"Then the foreign languages quotes in latin, german, irish, italian and who knows what else...Did Joyce expect his readers to be THAT fluent in other dialects?",
"Personally - I think Joyce wrote the book being completely drunk.",
"Or worse.Last but not least - the story, the time frame and the main characters - boring, boring and then boring again.Your reading time could be used on much more pleasant, interesting books.",
"Really."
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Stinks
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I bought this product for the conveninece of not having to open my desktop and for the mobility- being able to transfer it from desktop to laptop. Worked great for about 2 months and then it started causing my computer to reboot byself. At first this happened with my desktop- i was convinced my computer was broken- i spent $100 on repairs (I know I got ripped off here). Until I started using it with 2 laptops and the same thing started happening. I took it to another techy who told me that this is a frequent problemt with these usb deviced and that I would have to do something to my "bio" - i said screw it- and bought a built in card. I know other people who have the same problem and it could be very costly- when you are in the middle of working on a file and it reboots. Neygear CS sucks too- they outsources and I ended up speking to some girl in India who did not understand my question and just kept reading the same script over and over again- DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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"I bought this product for the conveninece of not having to open my desktop and for the mobility- being able to transfer it from desktop to laptop.",
"Worked great for about 2 months and then it started causing my computer to reboot byself.",
"At first this happened with my desktop- i was convinced my computer was broken- i spent $100 on repairs (I know I got ripped off here).",
"Until I started using it with 2 laptops and the same thing started happening.",
"I took it to another techy who told me that this is a frequent problemt with these usb deviced and that I would have to do something to my \"bio\" - i said screw it- and bought a built in card.",
"I know other people who have the same problem and it could be very costly- when you are in the middle of working on a file and it reboots.",
"Neygear CS sucks too- they outsources and I ended up speking to some girl in India who did not understand my question and just kept reading the same script over and over again- DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!"
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Terrible Writing!
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Well, I may not be qualified to write a review, since I could not read this thing past the first chapter. And so, of course, I really don't know about the plagiarism, but I can tell you it was bad writing. Odd grammar, awkward flow (or rather, no flow), glaring holes in logic, some pretense at being descriptive, childish narration (not the good kind as told through a child's eyes, but something like 'The orange and brown cat drank some white milk and then went to happily to sleep'), and the list goes on. I don't see how anyone could've withstood this to the end.There are times when I don't like a book; I'll put the book down and never touch it again. And for these books, I'll even admit they have some merits and I can see how others could like them. But I don't think I ever threw one in the trash like this one.For this book to even be compared to the works of Tolkien makes my heart bleed. And to think that this shall be recommended to future generations of readers...
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"Well, I may not be qualified to write a review, since I could not read this thing past the first chapter.",
"And so, of course, I really don't know about the plagiarism, but I can tell you it was bad writing.",
"Odd grammar, awkward flow (or rather, no flow), glaring holes in logic, some pretense at being descriptive, childish narration (not the good kind as told through a child's eyes, but something like 'The orange and brown cat drank some white milk and then went to happily to sleep'), and the list goes on.",
"I don't see how anyone could've withstood this to the end.There are times when I don't like a book; I'll put the book down and never touch it again.",
"And for these books, I'll even admit they have some merits and I can see how others could like them.",
"But I don't think I ever threw one in the trash like this one.For this book to even be compared to the works of Tolkien makes my heart bleed.",
"And to think that this shall be recommended to future generations of readers..."
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Poor Quality
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Did a minor bathroom upgrade & purchased this to match the rest of the bathroom hardware & fixtures and found this Delta 75060-RB toilet tank lever to be very poorly made. The handle screws into the back plate...big design flaw there. It was stripped within 3 days of installation. There were only about 3 threads total on the shank so not much leverage. Purchased another exactly like this at Home Depot and got the exact same result. Finally ended up buying a close look-alike that cost less than half what the Delta brand did at Home Depot and it's been in and working perfectly for months now. It too screws into the back plate but the threaded shank is longer, heavier and therefore stronger than the lightweight pot metal Delta used for their handle. Save your money unless you have welding skills and like to fix what you've just bought. This is one time "made in Taiwan" was better than Delta's "made in China". Tsk, tsk Delta! Your name used to be synonymous with quality.
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"Did a minor bathroom upgrade & purchased this to match the rest of the bathroom hardware & fixtures and found this Delta 75060-RB toilet tank lever to be very poorly made.",
"The handle screws into the back plate...big design flaw there.",
"It was stripped within 3 days of installation.",
"There were only about 3 threads total on the shank so not much leverage.",
"Purchased another exactly like this at Home Depot and got the exact same result.",
"Finally ended up buying a close look-alike that cost less than half what the Delta brand did at Home Depot and it's been in and working perfectly for months now.",
"It too screws into the back plate but the threaded shank is longer, heavier and therefore stronger than the lightweight pot metal Delta used for their handle.",
"Save your money unless you have welding skills and like to fix what you've just bought.",
"This is one time \"made in Taiwan\" was better than Delta's \"made in China\".",
"Tsk, tsk Delta!",
"Your name used to be synonymous with quality."
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A Review On Silas Marner
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"Silas Marner", the main character of the book, began as a normal person in society. Silas enjoyed being very religious. A friend wanted to be with Silas's wife and he framed Silas for doing something he really didn't do. The town basically outcasts Silas and he finds a new community and is very quiet and unsociable. Silas weaves and collects gold coins in his new community. I read the book of "Silas Marner" and personally to me the book was not that great. It is supposed to be a classic, but I don't have a taste for this type of book. The story didn't seem to have much adventure or anything in it. When I think of a good book I should like the plot. I feel that the author in places went off describing the details and the scene to much that it made the book frankly boring and it didn't need to be told. Silas's lifesaving's in gold is stolen; he found a girl that ends up in his house, raised her and much more. Find out about the story in "Silas Marner" by George Eliot.
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"\"Silas Marner\", the main character of the book, began as a normal person in society.",
"Silas enjoyed being very religious.",
"A friend wanted to be with Silas's wife and he framed Silas for doing something he really didn't do.",
"The town basically outcasts Silas and he finds a new community and is very quiet and unsociable.",
"Silas weaves and collects gold coins in his new community.",
"I read the book of \"Silas Marner\" and personally to me the book was not that great.",
"It is supposed to be a classic, but I don't have a taste for this type of book.",
"The story didn't seem to have much adventure or anything in it.",
"When I think of a good book I should like the plot.",
"I feel that the author in places went off describing the details and the scene to much that it made the book frankly boring and it didn't need to be told.",
"Silas's lifesaving's in gold is stolen; he found a girl that ends up in his house, raised her and much more.",
"Find out about the story in \"Silas Marner\" by George Eliot."
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How can I put this delicately?
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I really wanted to read this book. I saw it while grocery shopping and was intrigued by the cover; I really love stories involving creepy kids and the cat looked cute in an evil way, of course. When I got home with my purchase, I started reading it and soon discovered I just couldn't continue. Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you - Johnstone's writing style is atrocious and I just couldn't bring myself to feign interest in it. He writes in small, simple, annoyingly terse sentences, making it very hard for me to get involved in the story. I enjoy rich imagery and his style does absolutely nothing for me in this regard. I almost feel bad writing such a harsh review for a book I didn't fully read, and any other time I might *briefly* consider trying again if I didn't think it'd be too painful. Maybe I'll pass this book on to my little brother if he can even stand it. I'd advise anyone NOT to buy this book until you actually get a look at it because the style is that awful.
| 981 |
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"I really wanted to read this book.",
"I saw it while grocery shopping and was intrigued by the cover; I really love stories involving creepy kids and the cat looked cute in an evil way, of course.",
"When I got home with my purchase, I started reading it and soon discovered I just couldn't continue.",
"Why, you ask?",
"Well, I'll tell you - Johnstone's writing style is atrocious and I just couldn't bring myself to feign interest in it.",
"He writes in small, simple, annoyingly terse sentences, making it very hard for me to get involved in the story.",
"I enjoy rich imagery and his style does absolutely nothing for me in this regard.",
"I almost feel bad writing such a harsh review for a book I didn't fully read, and any other time I might *briefly* consider trying again if I didn't think it'd be too painful.",
"Maybe I'll pass this book on to my little brother if he can even stand it.",
"I'd advise anyone NOT to buy this book until you actually get a look at it because the style is that awful."
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Not a "Tuesdays with Morrie"
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"Tuesdays with Morrie" was a wonderful book. Even the TV version was enjoyable (Jack Lemmon - how could you go wrong)! This book is different; this fable is not believable and draws some strange conclusions (especially in regards to the father) to come to the predictable ending. For me, this book was a major disappointment. The reviews on Amazon are not indicative of how I believe most will feel upon completion of this book.My sister, who anxiously wanted to read this book after some talk show endorsement, was sadly disappointed as well. She has not read "Tuesdays" and is not eager to do so after reading this book. That is too bad.I suggest going to the store and trying to read a few chapters before buying it. I kept saying that is has to get better than this. Unfortunately it did not. My suggestion is to read "Tuesdays with Morrie" instead and pretend that this book does not exist. The idea of the book was a good one, but the execution of this idea is another story.
| 981 |
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"\"Tuesdays with Morrie\" was a wonderful book.",
"Even the TV version was enjoyable (Jack Lemmon - how could you go wrong)!",
"This book is different; this fable is not believable and draws some strange conclusions (especially in regards to the father) to come to the predictable ending.",
"For me, this book was a major disappointment.",
"The reviews on Amazon are not indicative of how I believe most will feel upon completion of this book.My sister, who anxiously wanted to read this book after some talk show endorsement, was sadly disappointed as well.",
"She has not read \"Tuesdays\" and is not eager to do so after reading this book.",
"That is too bad.I suggest going to the store and trying to read a few chapters before buying it.",
"I kept saying that is has to get better than this.",
"Unfortunately it did not.",
"My suggestion is to read \"Tuesdays with Morrie\" instead and pretend that this book does not exist.",
"The idea of the book was a good one, but the execution of this idea is another story."
] |
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ouch
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By the end of Chapter Five, the author had flogged me with the phrase 'Texas Ranger' more than thirty times, with far too many of them attached to the heroine's husband's full name, i.e.'Jack Galway, TEXAS RANGER.' (my caps.) The cast, who supposedly already knew the heroine, spoke in awkward, expositional sentences like, "Hello, Susanna Dunning Galway, stubborn, willful, separated wife of Jack Galway, TEXAS RANGER. How is that ten million dollars you have that you haven't told your Texas Ranger husband about yet and oh, have you told him about Beau Garrity, your secret stalker of one year ago who might have murdered his wife and the reason you separated from your husband Jack Galway, Texas Ranger?" The villains are limp spaghetti and their motivations ridiculous. Iris Dunning, the supposed grand dame is no more memorable than the Galway daughters. I kept hoping for an avalanche but I couldn't read past page 200 because I simply didn't care if they all lived or died.
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"By the end of Chapter Five, the author had flogged me with the phrase 'Texas Ranger' more than thirty times, with far too many of them attached to the heroine's husband's full name, i.e.'Jack Galway, TEXAS RANGER.' (my caps.) The cast, who supposedly already knew the heroine, spoke in awkward, expositional sentences like, \"Hello, Susanna Dunning Galway, stubborn, willful, separated wife of Jack Galway, TEXAS RANGER.",
"How is that ten million dollars you have that you haven't told your Texas Ranger husband about yet and oh, have you told him about Beau Garrity, your secret stalker of one year ago who might have murdered his wife and the reason you separated from your husband Jack Galway, Texas Ranger?",
"\" The villains are limp spaghetti and their motivations ridiculous.",
"Iris Dunning, the supposed grand dame is no more memorable than the Galway daughters.",
"I kept hoping for an avalanche but I couldn't read past page 200 because I simply didn't care if they all lived or died."
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this is clearly the "other" book
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I just finished reading this book (as well as Unlocking the Meaning of LOST), and I tend to agree with the other reviewer who gave this book one star. This book has a lot of humorous and entertaining facts about the show, but it doesn't really make you think about the show in new ways. One of the great things about LOST is the way it invites viewers to create meanings of their own as they watch. From visiting a couple of the fan sites for the show, I know that most of the fans for LOST are incredibly intelligent, creative people who want a read that will stimulate their thinking about the characters in the show, the meanings of the "ancestor texts" in the show, etc. And for me, this book here just didn't cut it. I think it's pretty cool that the show is generating so much interest now in books about the show, but if I had to choose only one book, I'd pick Porter and Lavery's book. In my opinion, it is the better read, while this book here is clearly the "other" book.
| 981 |
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"I just finished reading this book (as well as Unlocking the Meaning of LOST), and I tend to agree with the other reviewer who gave this book one star.",
"This book has a lot of humorous and entertaining facts about the show, but it doesn't really make you think about the show in new ways.",
"One of the great things about LOST is the way it invites viewers to create meanings of their own as they watch.",
"From visiting a couple of the fan sites for the show, I know that most of the fans for LOST are incredibly intelligent, creative people who want a read that will stimulate their thinking about the characters in the show, the meanings of the \"ancestor texts\" in the show, etc.",
"And for me, this book here just didn't cut it.",
"I think it's pretty cool that the show is generating so much interest now in books about the show, but if I had to choose only one book, I'd pick Porter and Lavery's book.",
"In my opinion, it is the better read, while this book here is clearly the \"other\" book."
] |
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Dullsville
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When I read the first five pages I knew I was in trouble. The writing throughout the book was very flat. Keeping track of all the characters was a monumental feat that left you wondering WHY they were actually written into this novel. About the only completely "fleshed" out character was Scott - The main character's lover who happened to be a Baseball athlete. Sprinkled adorations of this character created many stalls to the story line that I began to NOT care for Tom or Scott. I also found myself cringing at all the location descriptions given to the reader about Chicago. Again, this intricate location detail created a stall to my reading. Hasn't this writer figured out that less is more? Yet, I continued through the 182 pages HOPING to get some real writing style that would drive me to the entertainment value I get when reading a Joseph Hansen novel. How sad I was to see this book finish flat. Time to cleanse my brain with a Dave Brandstetter detective read. Oy....
| 981 |
[
"When I read the first five pages I knew I was in trouble.",
"The writing throughout the book was very flat.",
"Keeping track of all the characters was a monumental feat that left you wondering WHY they were actually written into this novel.",
"About the only completely \"fleshed\" out character was Scott - The main character's lover who happened to be a Baseball athlete.",
"Sprinkled adorations of this character created many stalls to the story line that I began to NOT care for Tom or Scott.",
"I also found myself cringing at all the location descriptions given to the reader about Chicago.",
"Again, this intricate location detail created a stall to my reading.",
"Hasn't this writer figured out that less is more?",
"Yet, I continued through the 182 pages HOPING to get some real writing style that would drive me to the entertainment value I get when reading a Joseph Hansen novel.",
"How sad I was to see this book finish flat.",
"Time to cleanse my brain with a Dave Brandstetter detective read.",
"Oy...."
] |
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Misleading default product image
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I admit that I was fooled by the default image, thinking it can clip a large size chip bag or cereal bag. I wanted to get clips where it was less strain to open and release. After I skimmed through some 5-star reviews versus the lower ratings, I thought that I'd be able to make Twixits work for me. I was surprised at how short the longest one was (product image uploaded) and the not-so-thick width that each clip is capable of enclosing. Thick bags like cereals, whole bean coffee packages, and chips were difficult or at times impossible to clip over after strategically folding the bag to a point to avoid any bulging of the bag. Bags as thin as bread packaging is ideal for these clips because it would fit the length of it too but I would not recommend it for bags that are any thicker. I'll be sticking to spring clips for the thick bags still. And if you must try these or physically get a hold of them to see, I saw them at IKEA the other day for a cheaper price as well.
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"I admit that I was fooled by the default image, thinking it can clip a large size chip bag or cereal bag.",
"I wanted to get clips where it was less strain to open and release.",
"After I skimmed through some 5-star reviews versus the lower ratings, I thought that I'd be able to make Twixits work for me.",
"I was surprised at how short the longest one was (product image uploaded) and the not-so-thick width that each clip is capable of enclosing.",
"Thick bags like cereals, whole bean coffee packages, and chips were difficult or at times impossible to clip over after strategically folding the bag to a point to avoid any bulging of the bag.",
"Bags as thin as bread packaging is ideal for these clips because it would fit the length of it too but I would not recommend it for bags that are any thicker.",
"I'll be sticking to spring clips for the thick bags still.",
"And if you must try these or physically get a hold of them to see, I saw them at IKEA the other day for a cheaper price as well."
] |
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No Discernible Point
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Let me start by saying two things: First, I am fascinated by America's car obsession and associated land use; and second, I could not finish this book.I have really enjoyed several books on this subject, but "Lots of Parking" seems to be just a list of statistics about how many parking spaces were available in one particular city over the 20th century. If you flip through the diagrams of this city (which are legion), you get the idea that the downtown core has been given over to parking garages. Okay. That should take something like five to ten pages. The rest is all a weird assortment of anecdotes and statistics; the authors are just showing off how much research they did with no overarching narrative of what is happening to our cities and the people who are parking the cars in all those parking spaces.It seems like if you're looking for some statistics, you could bypass the book and do the research yourself; the source materials probably aren't as dry as this book.
| 981 |
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"Let me start by saying two things: First, I am fascinated by America's car obsession and associated land use; and second, I could not finish this book.I have really enjoyed several books on this subject, but \"Lots of Parking\" seems to be just a list of statistics about how many parking spaces were available in one particular city over the 20th century.",
"If you flip through the diagrams of this city (which are legion), you get the idea that the downtown core has been given over to parking garages.",
"Okay.",
"That should take something like five to ten pages.",
"The rest is all a weird assortment of anecdotes and statistics; the authors are just showing off how much research they did with no overarching narrative of what is happening to our cities and the people who are parking the cars in all those parking spaces.It seems like if you're looking for some statistics, you could bypass the book and do the research yourself; the source materials probably aren't as dry as this book."
] |
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Does NOT work with PS2two!
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Do not be fooled by the packaging! The packaging has a sticker on it which clearly states "Now Compatible with: PS2two". However, I bought this item and took it home only to find out otherwise. Yes, the multitap does succesfully read all four controllers and the memory card; it does act and do its function perfectly... However, at the same time, it completely degrades the audio quality; audio is at a low volume is full of static. Even more so, I can not even turn on my PS2two with this multitap plugged in, the PS2two will turn on and then immediately turn itself off within a second. I have never been happy with any Pelican products, but I was forced to buy this one since Gamestop refuses to carry the official Sony line of adaptors. It is my feeling that Pelican did not test this product for PS2twos, they simply changed the design a bit so that it fit into the PS2two controller/memory port and called it a day. Do not buy this product if you have a new Slimline PS2two.
| 981 |
[
"Do not be fooled by the packaging!",
"The packaging has a sticker on it which clearly states \"Now Compatible with: PS2two\".",
"However, I bought this item and took it home only to find out otherwise.",
"Yes, the multitap does succesfully read all four controllers and the memory card; it does act and do its function perfectly... However, at the same time, it completely degrades the audio quality; audio is at a low volume is full of static.",
"Even more so, I can not even turn on my PS2two with this multitap plugged in, the PS2two will turn on and then immediately turn itself off within a second.",
"I have never been happy with any Pelican products, but I was forced to buy this one since Gamestop refuses to carry the official Sony line of adaptors.",
"It is my feeling that Pelican did not test this product for PS2twos, they simply changed the design a bit so that it fit into the PS2two controller/memory port and called it a day.",
"Do not buy this product if you have a new Slimline PS2two."
] |
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Too Heavey Too Cumbersome.
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I bought this when my son was 18 months old. It was so heavy that he could not balance it well at all. Also it is simply too tall for him that his feet could not touch the ground even when we lowered the seat to the bottom at 18 months old even though my son is 95% on weight and height of his age and he was quite strong. I immediately sold it and bought the "Chicco Red Bullet". What a difference. My son immediately got it without any couching. He was able to manipulate the Chico Red Bullet" without any problem. He is now 3 year and 3 months old and still going strong with his little "Red Bullet". The price of the "Red Bullet" is also $30 cheaper than the Skuut. My son now is 42 lb. and 44 inches 95% of a 3-year old. The "Chico Red Bullet" definately was the best toy I've purchased for him. He has had so many good times in the skate board park with his little bullet, almost every weekend when the weather permits. Oh, save your money don't buy that over priced Strider.
| 981 |
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"I bought this when my son was 18 months old.",
"It was so heavy that he could not balance it well at all.",
"Also it is simply too tall for him that his feet could not touch the ground even when we lowered the seat to the bottom at 18 months old even though my son is 95% on weight and height of his age and he was quite strong.",
"I immediately sold it and bought the \"Chicco Red Bullet\".",
"What a difference.",
"My son immediately got it without any couching.",
"He was able to manipulate the Chico Red Bullet\" without any problem.",
"He is now 3 year and 3 months old and still going strong with his little \"Red Bullet\".",
"The price of the \"Red Bullet\" is also $30 cheaper than the Skuut.",
"My son now is 42 lb.",
"and 44 inches 95% of a 3-year old.",
"The \"Chico Red Bullet\" definately was the best toy I've purchased for him.",
"He has had so many good times in the skate board park with his little bullet, almost every weekend when the weather permits.",
"Oh, save your money don't buy that over priced Strider."
] |
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Garbage
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If I could have given this item zero stars, I would have. This is the worst piece of crap I have ever owned. I bought this at my local Walmart and was super excited to finally get one for my 30gb video iPod. What a piece of junk! First of all, there is a constant buzzing/squeaking sound going on the whole time whenever music is playing. As if that wasn't bad enough, after about a week, it wouldn't turn off anymore! The thing was constantly on all the time and the only way to shut it off is to unplug it.I read all the instructions that came with this lemon and I tried all their troubleshooting tips...none of them worked. I wish I had read the reviews here on Amazon before purchasing. I learned a great lesson about impulse buying!I have since purchased and iHome iPod dock/clock radio for $50 at Walmart ($44 here on Amazon!) and it is fantastic. Not as good as my Bose, mind you, but it's really great. Go with iHome instead and avoid this Emerson garbage like the plague!
| 981 |
[
"If I could have given this item zero stars, I would have.",
"This is the worst piece of crap I have ever owned.",
"I bought this at my local Walmart and was super excited to finally get one for my 30gb video iPod.",
"What a piece of junk!",
"First of all, there is a constant buzzing/squeaking sound going on the whole time whenever music is playing.",
"As if that wasn't bad enough, after about a week, it wouldn't turn off anymore!",
"The thing was constantly on all the time and the only way to shut it off is to unplug it.I read all the instructions that came with this lemon and I tried all their troubleshooting tips...none of them worked.",
"I wish I had read the reviews here on Amazon before purchasing.",
"I learned a great lesson about impulse buying!",
"I have since purchased and iHome iPod dock/clock radio for $50 at Walmart ($44 here on Amazon!",
") and it is fantastic.",
"Not as good as my Bose, mind you, but it's really great.",
"Go with iHome instead and avoid this Emerson garbage like the plague!"
] |
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Get over yourself!
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Really? I mean really? She was born into a rich Chinese family with a maid, a home, a place to sleep, and given home cooked meals. The entire book is about how everything in life is not fair and has a huge undertone of self-entitlement. At no point was she "unwanted"...there may have been typical Chinese family favoritism, but really, her life was not that bad. Her whiny narration and constant "poor me" attitude had me rolling my eyes and annoyed throughout the book.There is no development of any of the characters. Her chronological story telling is all over the place and very choppy. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone...there is really no takeaway from her memoir, besides, "shut the heck up you spoiled brat." I'm sure some of her siblings have passed away and I'm sure there has to be some revenge behind her authoring this book and painting everyone around her as villians.Yes, her step mother was a witch, but quit your whining and stop trying to change people.
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"Really?",
"I mean really?",
"She was born into a rich Chinese family with a maid, a home, a place to sleep, and given home cooked meals.",
"The entire book is about how everything in life is not fair and has a huge undertone of self-entitlement.",
"At no point was she \"unwanted\"...there may have been typical Chinese family favoritism, but really, her life was not that bad.",
"Her whiny narration and constant \"poor me\" attitude had me rolling my eyes and annoyed throughout the book.There is no development of any of the characters.",
"Her chronological story telling is all over the place and very choppy.",
"I would NOT recommend this book to anyone...there is really no takeaway from her memoir, besides, \"shut the heck up you spoiled brat.\" I'm sure some of her siblings have passed away and I'm sure there has to be some revenge behind her authoring this book and painting everyone around her as villians.Yes, her step mother was a witch, but quit your whining and stop trying to change people."
] |
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Preachy, Unrealistic,
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This book describes the harrowing ordeal of Debi, a compulsive overeater. She enters a clinic that offers a strict, 12-step approach to compulsive eating. It works well for Debi and she loses weight, becomes happy, and marries her sponsor's son.I felt uncomfortable with the approach she described in the clinic. "Tough" counselors yelling, screaming sessions where Debi vomits afterward, and one patient forced to wear a dress because she was uncomfortable being 'feminine'. It all seemed to be a preachy, Christian approach to a complex problem. Debi herself was forced to admit that she had had an abortion to her father. Why? Why was she forced to discuss this with her father? How did the counselors know that Debi would be physically and emotionally safe after this disclosure? (Debi describes this as "killing" her baby. Another preachy, Christian comment.)All in all, Debi comes across as a "sinner" who has "converted" and is now judging everyone who has not been "saved".
| 981 |
[
"This book describes the harrowing ordeal of Debi, a compulsive overeater.",
"She enters a clinic that offers a strict, 12-step approach to compulsive eating.",
"It works well for Debi and she loses weight, becomes happy, and marries her sponsor's son.I felt uncomfortable with the approach she described in the clinic.",
"\"Tough\" counselors yelling, screaming sessions where Debi vomits afterward, and one patient forced to wear a dress because she was uncomfortable being 'feminine'.",
"It all seemed to be a preachy, Christian approach to a complex problem.",
"Debi herself was forced to admit that she had had an abortion to her father.",
"Why?",
"Why was she forced to discuss this with her father?",
"How did the counselors know that Debi would be physically and emotionally safe after this disclosure?",
"(Debi describes this as \"killing\" her baby.",
"Another preachy, Christian comment.)All in all, Debi comes across as a \"sinner\" who has \"converted\" and is now judging everyone who has not been \"saved\"."
] |
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I was expecting a good movie
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This movie blows. if you are expecting chucky in all his glory forget it! Child's Play's franchise is gone! Forever! This movie is even worse than the last installsment! COME ON! Whats wrong with people? They made this cheap "sequel" because they wanted to make money. its so offensive!There isnt even a plot. Chucky and his silly bride are in hollywood somehow. The "humor" fact is st*pid. If you find the scene funny where Chucky is masturbat*ng, im sorry but you are sick. thats not even laughable. there is no gore in this movie. Now then there comes the boy. remember chucky's kid that was born at the end of Bride of Chucky? he is here in this movie. but guess what? no sharp teeth, is not even scary! and to top it all the boy doesnt know if he is a female or a male. bad scripted, bad acting! waste of money.I dont think ill be seeing chucky for awhile. is not an horror movie anymore, is just the cheapest "comedy" out there. avoid this at all cost! dont waste your money.
| 981 |
[
"This movie blows.",
"if you are expecting chucky in all his glory forget it!",
"Child's Play's franchise is gone!",
"Forever!",
"This movie is even worse than the last installsment!",
"COME ON!",
"Whats wrong with people?",
"They made this cheap \"sequel\" because they wanted to make money.",
"its so offensive!",
"There isnt even a plot.",
"Chucky and his silly bride are in hollywood somehow.",
"The \"humor\" fact is st*pid.",
"If you find the scene funny where Chucky is masturbat*ng, im sorry but you are sick.",
"thats not even laughable.",
"there is no gore in this movie.",
"Now then there comes the boy.",
"remember chucky's kid that was born at the end of Bride of Chucky?",
"he is here in this movie.",
"but guess what?",
"no sharp teeth, is not even scary!",
"and to top it all the boy doesnt know if he is a female or a male.",
"bad scripted, bad acting!",
"waste of money.I dont think ill be seeing chucky for awhile.",
"is not an horror movie anymore, is just the cheapest \"comedy\" out there.",
"avoid this at all cost!",
"dont waste your money."
] |
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Worst Alice Hoffman
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So, anyone who has read The Dovekeepers or The Story Sisters knows Alice Hoffman is an incredible author. At first I was reluctant to try her b/c she has so many books I thought it would be too syndicated and just follow a formula. But after reading The Story Sisters I realized how amazing Alice Hoffman is! Angel Landing, however, is painfully bad. Perhaps some people can relate to this very strange female main character, but I could not. I can't even remember the character's name, she's so forgettable. This book drags on and on and it was a sheer force of will to finish it. I should've given up. The premise is stupid, and the only good theme in the whole book is the "disturbed aura" surrounding her client/lover, but even that drags on and on to the point the character is basically unreachable. If you want a jumbled up mess of a book, buy it. Otherwise, try one of Hoffman's better known novels. Ultimately this book seemed scribbled down to fulfill a publishing quota.
| 981 |
[
"So, anyone who has read The Dovekeepers or The Story Sisters knows Alice Hoffman is an incredible author.",
"At first I was reluctant to try her b/c she has so many books I thought it would be too syndicated and just follow a formula.",
"But after reading The Story Sisters I realized how amazing Alice Hoffman is!",
"Angel Landing, however, is painfully bad.",
"Perhaps some people can relate to this very strange female main character, but I could not.",
"I can't even remember the character's name, she's so forgettable.",
"This book drags on and on and it was a sheer force of will to finish it.",
"I should've given up.",
"The premise is stupid, and the only good theme in the whole book is the \"disturbed aura\" surrounding her client/lover, but even that drags on and on to the point the character is basically unreachable.",
"If you want a jumbled up mess of a book, buy it.",
"Otherwise, try one of Hoffman's better known novels.",
"Ultimately this book seemed scribbled down to fulfill a publishing quota."
] |
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A new standard of awfulness
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I bought this DVD knowing it was bad, but I was interested in the psychedelic aspects of it. I thought maybe it would have a campy "Batman" feel to it, being made in the same great year of '66. I was not prepared for how terrible it really is. It's so abysmal that I couldn't finish it. The acting is nauseatingly bad, the script is pathetic, and the actor's voices appear to have been dubbed (badly). I found no kitsch or camp value in it whatsoever - it's just plain awful. In fact, the back cover of the DVD pretty much admits that: the only positive thing they can say is that the movie has "psychedelic wallpaper". Yes, it sure does, some very groovy designs indeed, but I need more than wallpaper in a movie to keep me interested. This is one of the worst movies I ever tried to watch. It was put on DVD purely because of the then-current Austin Powers/60's fad. Although I love the sixties, I think all copies of this movie should be burned, and the DVDs made into coasters.
| 981 |
[
"I bought this DVD knowing it was bad, but I was interested in the psychedelic aspects of it.",
"I thought maybe it would have a campy \"Batman\" feel to it, being made in the same great year of '66.",
"I was not prepared for how terrible it really is.",
"It's so abysmal that I couldn't finish it.",
"The acting is nauseatingly bad, the script is pathetic, and the actor's voices appear to have been dubbed (badly).",
"I found no kitsch or camp value in it whatsoever - it's just plain awful.",
"In fact, the back cover of the DVD pretty much admits that: the only positive thing they can say is that the movie has \"psychedelic wallpaper\".",
"Yes, it sure does, some very groovy designs indeed, but I need more than wallpaper in a movie to keep me interested.",
"This is one of the worst movies I ever tried to watch.",
"It was put on DVD purely because of the then-current Austin Powers/60's fad.",
"Although I love the sixties, I think all copies of this movie should be burned, and the DVDs made into coasters."
] |
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