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This thing is a chunk of 3/8" or 7/16" steel rod bent into the shape of a Shepherd's hook. What it's lacking is the fork that most Shepherd's hooks used in landscaping have at the bottom to aid in stability. Without this fork, the thing will tilt forward if you put any significant load on it. If you try to string anything along it (i.e. multiple hooks and a string decoration from hook to hook), the lack of stability will cause them to twist. You end up with a sloppy amateur looking mess.
I tried to use some of them to hang a lightweight string of C7 Christmas lights. These hooks turned out to be less than useless. They twisted, tilted, or flopped every which way. The decoration had to be abandoned and the hooks tossed in the attic for next year when I'll get out the welder and weld a fork onto the bottom of each one like the manufacturer should have done. | 0 | negative | [
"This thing is a chunk of 3/8\" or 7/16\" steel rod bent into the shape of a Shepherd's hook.",
"What it's lacking is the fork that most Shepherd's hooks used in landscaping have at the bottom to aid in stability.",
"Without this fork, the thing will tilt forward if you put any significant load on it.",
"If you try to string anything along it (i.",
"e. multiple hooks and a string decoration from hook to hook), the lack of stability will cause them to twist.",
"You end up with a sloppy amateur looking mess.",
"I tried to use some of them to hang a lightweight string of C7 Christmas lights.",
"These hooks turned out to be less than useless.",
"They twisted, tilted, or flopped every which way.",
"The decoration had to be abandoned and the hooks tossed in the attic for next year when I'll get out the welder and weld a fork onto the bottom of each one like the manufacturer should have done."
]
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The first time we ordered this piano, we waited until Christmas Eve to take it out of the box to assemble. The first thing I noticed was the bag of screws was already opened, so I'm pretty sure it was already returned. The next thing I noticed was the parts didn't match the manual that came with it. The major problem with this piano was the legs didn't match. Only 1 leg fit the piano, and the screws to the rear leg's base were missing.
Returned!
The 2nd piano we ordered was a bust too. The keys stuck together. When they finally would depress, they had to be manually be forced up into the rest position.
Returned!
Although this would have been a wonderful piano, I'm not going to take my chances with a 3rd order. | 0 | negative | [
"The first time we ordered this piano, we waited until Christmas Eve to take it out of the box to assemble.",
"The first thing I noticed was the bag of screws was already opened, so I'm pretty sure it was already returned.",
"The next thing I noticed was the parts didn't match the manual that came with it.",
"The major problem with this piano was the legs didn't match.",
"Only 1 leg fit the piano, and the screws to the rear leg's base were missing.",
"Returned!",
"The 2nd piano we ordered was a bust too.",
"The keys stuck together.",
"When they finally would depress, they had to be manually be forced up into the rest position.",
"Returned!",
"Although this would have been a wonderful piano, I'm not going to take my chances with a 3rd order."
]
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I picked this book up a day after reading Catch-22, perhaps the most drawn out, most asinine ridiculous over rated book ever written, and For Whom the Bell Tolls is the second.
I found this novel silly, a glorified, and tamed sex novel one might find at the grocery store. The love making scenes were ridiculous, what was this "thou, oh, oh thou oh oh oh" garbage? It took me a week to get through this book, which from reading other bad reviews is pretty quick work of this novel.
This novel wasn't all bad, which is more than I can say for Catch Number 2 (that was not an error). The three action packed scenes (The murder of the "fascists" at Pablo's town, Sordo's battle, and the blowing of the bridge) were actually pretty entertaining. These were the fastest chapters of the book though they were the longest. I did a little research on Hemingway and found that he had a minimalist style and liked verbs more than adjectives, and didn't like flowery language, I feel the man could have used an adjective or two to liven up this dull dead book.
Oh and watch out for that long drawn out paragraph that goes something like this "Now, all now, and now I say now all we have is now and then now this is now and now i what we have" that's pretty close to what he wrote and it continues with the "nows" Then there was the DIRECT translation of Spanish. What was that all about? "Less bad"? That's "menos mal", which means literally less bad, but in English it sounds STUPID. It's different when you read this book and are fluent in Spanish you see why the English is not less bad but all bad. And what of the Thees and thous? And Nays? I get it, they were speaking archaic Spanish, one sentence at the beginning telling us that would have been sufficient, now I have to feel like I'm reading a 15th century novel. The whole Robert Jordan thing was also annoying, just call him Bob or Robert or Jordan. Lastly, what's with te glorification of communists? The book is supposed to be about the death of idealism, but I saw none of that. | 0 | negative | [
"I picked this book up a day after reading Catch-22, perhaps the most drawn out, most asinine ridiculous over rated book ever written, and For Whom the Bell Tolls is the second.",
"I found this novel silly, a glorified, and tamed sex novel one might find at the grocery store.",
"The love making scenes were ridiculous, what was this \"thou, oh, oh thou oh oh oh\" garbage?",
"It took me a week to get through this book, which from reading other bad reviews is pretty quick work of this novel.",
"This novel wasn't all bad, which is more than I can say for Catch Number 2 (that was not an error).",
"The three action packed scenes (The murder of the \"fascists\" at Pablo's town, Sordo's battle, and the blowing of the bridge) were actually pretty entertaining.",
"These were the fastest chapters of the book though they were the longest.",
"I did a little research on Hemingway and found that he had a minimalist style and liked verbs more than adjectives, and didn't like flowery language, I feel the man could have used an adjective or two to liven up this dull dead book.",
"Oh and watch out for that long drawn out paragraph that goes something like this \"Now, all now, and now I say now all we have is now and then now this is now and now i what we have\" that's pretty close to what he wrote and it continues with the \"nows\" Then there was the DIRECT translation of Spanish.",
"What was that all about?",
"\"Less bad\"?",
"That's \"menos mal\", which means literally less bad, but in English it sounds STUPID.",
"It's different when you read this book and are fluent in Spanish you see why the English is not less bad but all bad.",
"And what of the Thees and thous?",
"And Nays?",
"I get it, they were speaking archaic Spanish, one sentence at the beginning telling us that would have been sufficient, now I have to feel like I'm reading a 15th century novel.",
"The whole Robert Jordan thing was also annoying, just call him Bob or Robert or Jordan.",
"Lastly, what's with te glorification of communists?",
"The book is supposed to be about the death of idealism, but I saw none of that."
]
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I am lukewarm to Allende. Personally I enjoyed this book and was never bored or frustrated, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it for others.
You know what it's like reading Isabel Allende? I'll tell you:
Suppose somebody ordered you to write a novel and lay it in some historical setting: imperial Russia, the antebellum South, northern England in the 1800's -- whatever.
And suppose there was an additional condition: that you can't do any research about that time or place. That you can't, while you're writing, read anything about your setting that would help to make your novel more convincing and lifelike.
Well, you'd still be able to write the book. But it wouldn't be very convincing, because you'd be reduced to rehashing stereotypes and common ideas of the time and period that you've heard. Kinda like me writing about imperial Russia and talking about the freezing cold, the poor people on the streets, the vast sky of Mother Russia, etc. It's all true, in a way; yet it's all fake: I haven't actually been there and it will show through.
Now granted, you might be able to craft a decent novel, especially if have, as does Allende, solid insights about the human heart and a sense of the wonderful pageant that is life. But you're book's never gonna be a classic because it's basically a passable story grafted onto phoniness.
And lo that is what is happening with this book.
This book has several settings: roaming around the American west during the Great Depression, a Hispanic barrio near L.A. in the fifties, and the radical campus of U.C. Berkeley in the 60's.
The problem was, Allende was never in any of these places -- and it shows. Her characterization is passable. Her plot -- what there is of it -- will do. But something definitely seems wrong because Allende was never in the places she describes at the time she describes them, so you get the feeling she's not doing a job any better than you or I could do if we sat down to think about it for a few moments.
This sense of strain runs through more than a few of Allende's works. In my judgment only "Paula" and "House of Spirits" escape it, because they are set in places that she definitely was.
Meanwhile, this book, largely about Vietnam (!) and Berkeley (!) in the 60s, reads like it was written by a woman who spent those years thousands of miles away, in Chile, in fact. And so it was. It's basically surmise as literature.
The thing that got me into this book was somebody having told me it was her "favorite book ever!" That's usually enough to get me to read something, but I should have been a bit suspicious since there's not, at least as of my writing, a Wikipedia page for it. I've since concluded that chick needs to read more books.
Allende's clunky attempts to get into the minds of men reminds me of an old internet joke, called "Her Diary, His Diary," which I reprint here. It's how the book reads, really. All of Allende's male characters think like women. Anyhow, here it is:
HER DIARY:
He was in an odd mood when I got to the bar to meet him, I thought it might have been because I was a bit late. He didn't say anything much about it. He seemed silent, distracted and his only eye contact seemed judgmental. I decided maybe I should never wear that dress again. Well, maybe it was the color. Maybe I should never wear this color again either.
The conversation was so slow going, so I thought maybe we should go off somewhere more intimate so we could talk more privately. He didn't really seem to agree, but we went off to this quiet, little restaurant, and he's STILL acting a bit funny and I'm trying to cheer him up, be witty and tell cute stories, but I start to wonder whether it's me or something else.
He doesn't smile much, so I ask him, but he says no. But you know I'm not really sure. I wonder and then I think about the 5 pounds I gained this past month. I bet he thinks I'm a fat hog now.
Anyway, in the cab back to his house, I say that I love him and he just puts his arm around me, but doesn't squeeze. I don't know what the hell this all means or what I should think because you know he doesn't say it back or do anything. We finally get back to his place and I'm wondering if he's going to dump me. So I try to ask him about it, but he just switches on the TV.
Reluctantly, I say I'm going to go to sleep. Then, after about 10 minutes or so, he joins me and we have sex. But, he still seems really, really distracted, so afterwards I just wanted to leave. I roll over and sniffle a little real quietly. He snores. I dunno, I just don't know what he thinks anymore. I mean, do you think he's met someone else?
HIS DIARY:
Bad day at work. Really tired. Got laid, though. | 0 | negative | [
"I am lukewarm to Allende.",
"Personally I enjoyed this book and was never bored or frustrated, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it for others.",
"You know what it's like reading Isabel Allende?",
"I'll tell you:\n\nSuppose somebody ordered you to write a novel and lay it in some historical setting: imperial Russia, the antebellum South, northern England in the 1800's -- whatever.",
"And suppose there was an additional condition: that you can't do any research about that time or place.",
"That you can't, while you're writing, read anything about your setting that would help to make your novel more convincing and lifelike.",
"Well, you'd still be able to write the book.",
"But it wouldn't be very convincing, because you'd be reduced to rehashing stereotypes and common ideas of the time and period that you've heard.",
"Kinda like me writing about imperial Russia and talking about the freezing cold, the poor people on the streets, the vast sky of Mother Russia, etc.",
"It's all true, in a way; yet it's all fake: I haven't actually been there and it will show through.",
"Now granted, you might be able to craft a decent novel, especially if have, as does Allende, solid insights about the human heart and a sense of the wonderful pageant that is life.",
"But you're book's never gonna be a classic because it's basically a passable story grafted onto phoniness.",
"And lo that is what is happening with this book.",
"This book has several settings: roaming around the American west during the Great Depression, a Hispanic barrio near L.",
"A. in the fifties, and the radical campus of U.",
"C. Berkeley in the 60's.",
"The problem was, Allende was never in any of these places -- and it shows.",
"Her characterization is passable.",
"Her plot -- what there is of it -- will do.",
"But something definitely seems wrong because Allende was never in the places she describes at the time she describes them, so you get the feeling she's not doing a job any better than you or I could do if we sat down to think about it for a few moments.",
"This sense of strain runs through more than a few of Allende's works.",
"In my judgment only \"Paula\" and \"House of Spirits\" escape it, because they are set in places that she definitely was.",
"Meanwhile, this book, largely about Vietnam (!",
") and Berkeley (!",
") in the 60s, reads like it was written by a woman who spent those years thousands of miles away, in Chile, in fact.",
"And so it was.",
"It's basically surmise as literature.",
"The thing that got me into this book was somebody having told me it was her \"favorite book ever!",
"\" That's usually enough to get me to read something, but I should have been a bit suspicious since there's not, at least as of my writing, a Wikipedia page for it.",
"I've since concluded that chick needs to read more books.",
"Allende's clunky attempts to get into the minds of men reminds me of an old internet joke, called \"Her Diary, His Diary,\" which I reprint here.",
"It's how the book reads, really.",
"All of Allende's male characters think like women.",
"Anyhow, here it is:\n\nHER DIARY:\n\nHe was in an odd mood when I got to the bar to meet him, I thought it might have been because I was a bit late.",
"He didn't say anything much about it.",
"He seemed silent, distracted and his only eye contact seemed judgmental.",
"I decided maybe I should never wear that dress again.",
"Well, maybe it was the color.",
"Maybe I should never wear this color again either.",
"The conversation was so slow going, so I thought maybe we should go off somewhere more intimate so we could talk more privately.",
"He didn't really seem to agree, but we went off to this quiet, little restaurant, and he's STILL acting a bit funny and I'm trying to cheer him up, be witty and tell cute stories, but I start to wonder whether it's me or something else.",
"He doesn't smile much, so I ask him, but he says no.",
"But you know I'm not really sure.",
"I wonder and then I think about the 5 pounds I gained this past month.",
"I bet he thinks I'm a fat hog now.",
"Anyway, in the cab back to his house, I say that I love him and he just puts his arm around me, but doesn't squeeze.",
"I don't know what the hell this all means or what I should think because you know he doesn't say it back or do anything.",
"We finally get back to his place and I'm wondering if he's going to dump me.",
"So I try to ask him about it, but he just switches on the TV.",
"Reluctantly, I say I'm going to go to sleep.",
"Then, after about 10 minutes or so, he joins me and we have sex.",
"But, he still seems really, really distracted, so afterwards I just wanted to leave.",
"I roll over and sniffle a little real quietly.",
"He snores.",
"I dunno, I just don't know what he thinks anymore.",
"I mean, do you think he's met someone else?",
"HIS DIARY:\n\nBad day at work.",
"Really tired.",
"Got laid, though."
]
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Meaningless National Holidays are the best, aren't they? We, Sid the Elf, certainly think so. They give us the chance to, among other things, watch a ton of B and consume a copious ammount of food. If there is a better combination, other than the trifecta, Sid has yet to find it. So, we decided to honor Christopher Columbus in the best way possible by double-dipping B and getting some unbelievable Italian take-out to honor the famous Italian explorer. The first selection was Leprechaun in the Hood. We can admit that we got suckered in by even the slightest possibility of seeing the leprechaaun(Sid's Irish cousin) chase Ice-T around with a pink turkey baster. Well, that didn't happen. So we were disappointed by that and by the film overall.
This film started with a scene set in the 70's. Ice-T's character Mack Daddy(lots of thought went into that one) and an equally fro'ed buddy went on a treasure hunt in the cave of the Irish elf. They take the necklace from around the leprechaun's neck which awakens him from his state of stone. The leprechaun procedes to stab Ice-T's buddy in the throat with a 'fro pick and he attempts to kill Ice-T, but honestly, who hasn't? Anyway, Ice manages to get the necklace back onto Irish Sid's neck and turn him back to stone after stealing the leprechaun's magical flute that mesmerizes anyone who hears it. Then we flash-forward to the present(2000) where Mack Daddy is a big-shot record producer, presumably due largely to his magical flute. One of the groups eager to catch Mack Daddy's eye and play his flute were three complete wackbags from Compton. Now, this flick took the early 90's Compton thing and tried to make it play in 2000. This probably wouldn't have worked even if the group in question here wasn't trying to convey a positive message using a "gangsta rap" style. Not surprisingly, Mack Daddy didn't sign the three cool cats. So, they decide to rob/trash Mack Daddy's house. In the course of the robbery, Mack Daddy takes a bullet and the leprechaun, who is in stone form sitting in a glass case in Mack Daddy's office is freed. Also, the rappers take Mack Daddy's flute. So these three now have Ice-T and the leprechaun chasing after them in order to get the flute back. The guys then decide to hide out with a drag queen, take a few pointers then cross-dress, themselves as Sid is quite sure they had previously done many times. They end up using the flute to proceed in the rap world and...ok we'll be honest, we started fast-forwarding at this point because even we couldn't take it anymore. We only stopped at two points in the rest of the movie. One was when we spotted Coolio(yep, he was available) and decided to throw some easy jokes his way. The other was undoubedly the highlight of this movie and probably all of the Leprechaun movies. The Leprechaun burned a unit. Really, just a holistic, watershed moment in Sid's B-watching life.
What we really don't understand is how this film went wrong. There was an elf as the main character with <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Surviving-the-Game/dp/B000031EG1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Surviving the Game</a> alum Ice-T as a major focal point. Coolio even made an apperance which led to a ton of good cracks. Running the risk of sounding inarticulate, this movie was just plain stupid. The rappers were unbelievably unlikable and they reeked of "If this isn't my big break, I have 50 years of Mickey D'd ahead of me" desperation. The plot was ridiculous with the inexplicable cross-dressing/drag queens. And there wasn't enough leprechaun. Irish Sid was only in about a half of the film. We needed to see a lot more of that little mainiac running around offing people with a potato or a magic bottle of Jameson's or something. We grew tired of the rapping and internal strife within the rap group aspect really quickly. Just a terrible film all around. Take our word for it, if we couldn't even make it through the entire film, it's utterly awful. Don't waste your time. Well, unless you'd get a kick out of seeing Irish Sid puff. That was a phenomonal 10 seconds. | 0 | negative | [
"Meaningless National Holidays are the best, aren't they?",
"We, Sid the Elf, certainly think so.",
"They give us the chance to, among other things, watch a ton of B and consume a copious ammount of food.",
"If there is a better combination, other than the trifecta, Sid has yet to find it.",
"So, we decided to honor Christopher Columbus in the best way possible by double-dipping B and getting some unbelievable Italian take-out to honor the famous Italian explorer.",
"The first selection was Leprechaun in the Hood.",
"We can admit that we got suckered in by even the slightest possibility of seeing the leprechaaun(Sid's Irish cousin) chase Ice-T around with a pink turkey baster.",
"Well, that didn't happen.",
"So we were disappointed by that and by the film overall.",
"This film started with a scene set in the 70's.",
"Ice-T's character Mack Daddy(lots of thought went into that one) and an equally fro'ed buddy went on a treasure hunt in the cave of the Irish elf.",
"They take the necklace from around the leprechaun's neck which awakens him from his state of stone.",
"The leprechaun procedes to stab Ice-T's buddy in the throat with a 'fro pick and he attempts to kill Ice-T, but honestly, who hasn't?",
"Anyway, Ice manages to get the necklace back onto Irish Sid's neck and turn him back to stone after stealing the leprechaun's magical flute that mesmerizes anyone who hears it.",
"Then we flash-forward to the present(2000) where Mack Daddy is a big-shot record producer, presumably due largely to his magical flute.",
"One of the groups eager to catch Mack Daddy's eye and play his flute were three complete wackbags from Compton.",
"Now, this flick took the early 90's Compton thing and tried to make it play in 2000.",
"This probably wouldn't have worked even if the group in question here wasn't trying to convey a positive message using a \"gangsta rap\" style.",
"Not surprisingly, Mack Daddy didn't sign the three cool cats.",
"So, they decide to rob/trash Mack Daddy's house.",
"In the course of the robbery, Mack Daddy takes a bullet and the leprechaun, who is in stone form sitting in a glass case in Mack Daddy's office is freed.",
"Also, the rappers take Mack Daddy's flute.",
"So these three now have Ice-T and the leprechaun chasing after them in order to get the flute back.",
"The guys then decide to hide out with a drag queen, take a few pointers then cross-dress, themselves as Sid is quite sure they had previously done many times.",
"They end up using the flute to proceed in the rap world and...",
"ok we'll be honest, we started fast-forwarding at this point because even we couldn't take it anymore.",
"We only stopped at two points in the rest of the movie.",
"One was when we spotted Coolio(yep, he was available) and decided to throw some easy jokes his way.",
"The other was undoubedly the highlight of this movie and probably all of the Leprechaun movies.",
"The Leprechaun burned a unit.",
"Really, just a holistic, watershed moment in Sid's B-watching life.",
"What we really don't understand is how this film went wrong.",
"There was an elf as the main character with <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Surviving-the-Game/dp/B000031EG1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Surviving the Game</a> alum Ice-T as a major focal point.",
"Coolio even made an apperance which led to a ton of good cracks.",
"Running the risk of sounding inarticulate, this movie was just plain stupid.",
"The rappers were unbelievably unlikable and they reeked of \"If this isn't my big break, I have 50 years of Mickey D'd ahead of me\" desperation.",
"The plot was ridiculous with the inexplicable cross-dressing/drag queens.",
"And there wasn't enough leprechaun.",
"Irish Sid was only in about a half of the film.",
"We needed to see a lot more of that little mainiac running around offing people with a potato or a magic bottle of Jameson's or something.",
"We grew tired of the rapping and internal strife within the rap group aspect really quickly.",
"Just a terrible film all around.",
"Take our word for it, if we couldn't even make it through the entire film, it's utterly awful.",
"Don't waste your time.",
"Well, unless you'd get a kick out of seeing Irish Sid puff.",
"That was a phenomonal 10 seconds."
]
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This review is for: Lasko 3733 20" Box Fan
How on earth do you choose a box fan? Well really they mostly choose us don't they, we choose the first box we see. The product descriptions aren't much help, they mostly all say they are quiet, powerful, low cost to operate, etc. Are they really all that different from each other?
When looking for a replacement fan I found 2 of our fans were recalled in 2005 for fire hazard, so now I am replacing 3 fans. I guess in-plug mini-fuses became universal for a reason. Let's get started...
The 20" box fans we'll compare are:
A - Aerospeed BX100
B - Holmes HBF2002A
C - Kenmore 32002
D - Lasko 3720
E - Lasko 3721
F - Lasko 3723
G - Lasko 3733
H - Lasko B20201
DESIGN AND DETAILS:
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All have white fans and grills, gray enclosures, 245-260 square inch areas the blades pass through, and 70"-73" cords.
A - Aerospeed BX100
- Wavy grill (BX200/BX400 have other grills).
- Fan speed dial is on TOP.
- Little smaller enclosure (you wouldn't notice unless side-by-side), though the blades pass through an area near to the highest square inches of the bunch.
- The in-plug mini-fuse is easily replaceable if it blows.
B - Holmes HBF2002A (Target)
- Simple grid grill, blades have circle connecting them.
- Fan speed dial and plug connection are on the MIDDLE OF THE BACK. This is not ideal if bringing air into the house from a window and not an attractive option when exhausting out.
- The in-plug mini-fuse is easily replaceable if it blows.
- Looks exactly like the Kenmore 32002.
- NEGATIVE: At top speed it vibrates like crazy, enough to move itself.
C - Kenmore 32002 (Sears/Kmart)
- Simple grid grill, blades have circle connecting them.
- Fan speed dial and plug connection are on the MIDDLE OF THE BACK. This is not ideal if bringing air into the house from a window and not an attractive option when exhausting out.
- The in-plug mini-fuse is easily replaceable if it blows.
- Looks exactly like Holmes HBF2002A.
D - Lasko 3720
- Circular grill, blue logo on the front, blue speed dial.
- Fan speed dial is on TOP.
- Lasko promotes this as their fan of choice to PUT IN A WINDOW because it is more RAIN RESISTANT (not weatherproof).
- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.
- This is a wider (4 3/4") and thus fairly STABLE fan enclosure compared to some of their models.
- Should be mostly the same as 3721, except this has the blue logo.
E - Lasko 3721
- Circular grill, blue speed dial.
- Fan speed dial is on TOP.
- Lasko promotes this as their fan of choice to PUT IN A WINDOW because it is more RAIN RESISTANT (not weatherproof).
- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.
- This is a wider (4 3/4") and thus fairly STABLE fan enclosure compared to some of their models.
- Should be mostly the same as 3720, except no blue logo.
F - Lasko 3723
- Circular grill, blue speed dial.
- Fan speed dial is on TOP.
- Although it physically LOOKS LIKE one, this is NOT one of the rain resistant ones like the 3270/3721 (larger size, blue dial, etc.).
- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.
- This is a wider (4 3/4") and thus fairly STABLE fan enclosure compared to some of their models.
- LOOKS just like the 3721, larger enclosure and no blue logo. But again not a rain resistant model.
- NEGATIVE: Rattles a little at all speeds
G - Lasko 3733
- Simple grid grill.
- Fan speed dial is on TOP.
- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.
- NEGATIVE: Shakes a lot at settings 2&3.
- NEGATIVE: Listeners thought the hum tone was more annoying than the others.
H - Lasko B20201
- Simple grid grill.
- Fan speed dial is on TOP.
- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.
- NEGATIVE: LOUD at highest setting, listeners thought annoyingly so.
- NEGATIVE: Little more of an airplane hum/whine sound.
"(yelling over a fan) THEY SAY THEY ARE ALL QUIET!"
aka NOISE:
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First some things that may help you get more out of this section on noise..
- It takes +10dBA to be perceived as a doubling in LOUDNESS.
- It takes just under +6dBA (5.85dBA) to be perceived as 50% (half-again) LOUDER.
- It takes just over +3dBA (3.22dBA) to be perceived as 25% (quarter-again) LOUDER.
(Note: When you read that +3dBA roughly doubles "sound pressure" that's different than perceived loudness)
Most sounds 50dbA on up have more of a potential to annoy, for example when while trying to talk, and especially starting at 55dbA (highly subjective, but gives you an idea).
Okay, now onto the comparison..
SUBJECTIVELY listeners liked the WHOOSH of air sound much more than that of the HUM of a rotating object. I noted next to the fan descriptions above which ones listeners felt had a sound they didn't like as much, regardless of loudness.
(A)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............48dBA.......45dBA.......43dBA
2.............55dBA.......52dBA.......49dBA
3.............64dBA.......60dBA.......57dBA
(B)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............59dBA.......55dBA.......52dBA
2.............63dBA.......60dBA.......57dBA
3.............66dBA.......63dBA.......60dBA
(C)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............58dBA.......54dBA.......51dBA
2.............62dBA.......60dBA.......56dBA
3.............66dBA.......63dBA.......60dBA
(D)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............55dBA.......51dBA.......48dBA
2.............62dBA.......58dBA.......55dBA
3.............66dBA.......63dBA.......60dBA
(E)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............55dBA.......51dBA.......48dBA
2.............62dBA.......59dBA.......56dBA
3.............68dBA.......65dBA.......62dBA
(F)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............56dBA.......51dBA.......49dBA
2.............62dBA.......58dBA.......56dBA
3.............67dBA.......63dBA.......61dBA
(G)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............60dBA.......55dBA.......52dBA
2.............66dBA.......62dBA.......59dBA
3.............70dBA.......66dBA.......63dBA
(H)
Setting.....2' away.....5' away....10' away
1.............63dBA.......59dBA.......57dBA
2.............68dBA.......64dBA.......61dBA
3.............71dBA.......67dBA.......65dBA
POWER USAGE:
--------------
We see below that the difference in yearly electrical cost is fairly small, and of course much less than air conditioning. If a little additional on-going expense for a fan makes this much less costly alternative to air conditioning more palatable, then that's probably a good investment.
However, being green is an important factor for some folks, so here below is a comparison in electricity usage I measured.
(A)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............45W......$4.90
2.............55W......$5.90
3.............68W......$7.30
(B)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............52W......$5.60
2.............61W......$6.60
3.............70W......$7.60
(C)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............49W......$5.30
2.............60W......$6.50
3.............68W......$7.30
(D)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............74W......$8.10
2.............92W......$9.90
3............110W.....$11.90
(E)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............74W......$8.10
2.............95W.....$10.30
3............111W.....$12.00
(F)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............71W......$7.70
2.............90W......$9.70
3............105W.....$11.30
(G)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............58W......$6.30
2.............67W......$7.20
3.............84W......$9.10
(H)
Setting.....Watts.....Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH
1.............60W......$6.50
2.............66W......$7.10
3.............83W......$9.00
AIR VELOCITY:
--------------
The 5' and 10' were measured straight ahead from fans. The fan surface measurement was done roughly 1/2 way up the fan blades right against the grill.
On fan surface air velocity half-way up a blade at one point is, of course, just a sample point, and air velocity at a distance can be greatly affected by the degree of focus/dispersal. Nevertheless, I hope this air velocity info helps us get a better sense for the differences between the fans.
(A)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................5.7mph......2.3mph......1.6mph
2................7.1mph......3.1mph......2.1mph
3...............10.6mph......4.6mph......2.6mph
(B)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................7.7mph......3.2mph......1.6mph
2................9.5mph......3.9mph......2.0mph
3...............11.2mph......4.2mph......2.1mph
(C)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................7.7mph......3.6mph......2.1mph
2................9.8mph......4.6mph......2.6mph
3...............10.4mph......5.2mph......2.9mph
(D)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................8.0mph......3.1mph......2.4mph
2...............10.6mph......4.6mph......2.7mph
3...............13.1mph......5.0mph......2.9mph
(E)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................7.8mph......3.6mph......2.0mph
2...............10.5mph......4.5mph......2.6mph
3...............13.2mph......6.2mph......3.0mph
(F)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................8.2mph......2.8mph......1.9mph
2...............10.6mph......4.1mph......2.6mph
3...............12.6mph......5.0mph......3.4mph
(G)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................6.8mph......3.0mph......1.6mph
2................8.9mph......3.7mph......2.0mph
3...............10.9mph......4.6mph......3.5mph
(H)
Setting.....Fan_Surface.....5' away....10' away
1................9.4mph......2.9mph......2.3mph
2...............11.6mph......4.6mph......3.2mph
3...............13.3mph......4.9mph......3.9mph
SELECTING A FAN:
------------------
I removed these fans for excessive shaking, rattling, noise, and/or hum/whine: (B)Holmes,(F)3723,(G)3733,(H)B20201.
I then removed one fan for the center placement of dial and plug connection due to non-ideal position for window placement: (C)Kenmore.
This leaves these to choose from:
(A) Aerospeed BX100
(D) Lasko 3720
(E) Lasko 3721
Some other little Aerospeed BX100 (Fan A) comparative details:
- Option of lowest air velocity and noise would be of interest if someone will be very near.
- Replaceable in-plug fuse in case it blows, the Lasko ones aren't replaceable.
- Classic all-white front if you prefer that (like 3721 but not like 3720 with its blue logo).
- The option of a little quieter at the very low end of the loudness range.
- Lower electricity usage.
Lasko 3720 and 3721 (Fans D&E) for their part give the option of a little more air velocity at the very high end of the velocity range.
The Lasko 3720 and 3721 also look a bit different than the Aerospeed BX100, so looks may be another deciding factor for you.
Note that for any given loudness or air velocity they overlap in, these models have very similar sound/velocity profiles. That is, when comparing points where air velocities are roughly equal for the fans (at the same distances), the loudness difference is so small I can hardly tell which is louder and the numbers support that.
So there it is, my favorite three and some ways to compare them.
SUMMARY:
----------
In the end these are just classic 20" box fans which are more similar than they are different. Hopefully whichever you choose won't be a lemon and will work for many years. Perhaps somewhere above you'll find information you can use to choose the best fan to meet your needs.
Whatever you get, if it rattles, shakes like crazy, makes an annoying hum, etc., try exchanging it for another, don't settle, there are less annoying fans out there and you'll be listening to them for many years to come.
I hope this helps someone :).
SHOPPING NOTE:
----------------
Millions of 20" box fans are sold in the U.S. every year. Review sites cannot get anywhere near a statistically valid user sample, so although we learn from comments about DEFECTS and EARLY FAILURE, I suggest not filtering out a model based entirely on them.
There are also old reviews that have already been acted on by manufacturers to improve the product or fix a description, thus the review may no longer be accurate.
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"This review is for: Lasko 3733 20\" Box Fan\n\nHow on earth do you choose a box fan?",
"Well really they mostly choose us don't they, we choose the first box we see.",
"The product descriptions aren't much help, they mostly all say they are quiet, powerful, low cost to operate, etc.",
"Are they really all that different from each other?",
"When looking for a replacement fan I found 2 of our fans were recalled in 2005 for fire hazard, so now I am replacing 3 fans.",
"I guess in-plug mini-fuses became universal for a reason.",
"Let's get started...",
"The 20\" box fans we'll compare are:\nA - Aerospeed BX100\nB - Holmes HBF2002A\nC - Kenmore 32002\nD - Lasko 3720\nE - Lasko 3721\nF - Lasko 3723\nG - Lasko 3733\nH - Lasko B20201\n\nDESIGN AND DETAILS:\n---------------------\n\nAll have white fans and grills, gray enclosures, 245-260 square inch areas the blades pass through, and 70\"-73\" cords.",
"A - Aerospeed BX100\n- Wavy grill (BX200/BX400 have other grills).",
"- Fan speed dial is on TOP.",
"- Little smaller enclosure (you wouldn't notice unless side-by-side), though the blades pass through an area near to the highest square inches of the bunch.",
"- The in-plug mini-fuse is easily replaceable if it blows.",
"B - Holmes HBF2002A (Target)\n- Simple grid grill, blades have circle connecting them.",
"- Fan speed dial and plug connection are on the MIDDLE OF THE BACK.",
"This is not ideal if bringing air into the house from a window and not an attractive option when exhausting out.",
"- The in-plug mini-fuse is easily replaceable if it blows.",
"- Looks exactly like the Kenmore 32002.",
"- NEGATIVE: At top speed it vibrates like crazy, enough to move itself.",
"C - Kenmore 32002 (Sears/Kmart)\n- Simple grid grill, blades have circle connecting them.",
"- Fan speed dial and plug connection are on the MIDDLE OF THE BACK.",
"This is not ideal if bringing air into the house from a window and not an attractive option when exhausting out.",
"- The in-plug mini-fuse is easily replaceable if it blows.",
"- Looks exactly like Holmes HBF2002A.",
"D - Lasko 3720\n- Circular grill, blue logo on the front, blue speed dial.",
"- Fan speed dial is on TOP.",
"- Lasko promotes this as their fan of choice to PUT IN A WINDOW because it is more RAIN RESISTANT (not weatherproof).",
"- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.",
"- This is a wider (4 3/4\") and thus fairly STABLE fan enclosure compared to some of their models.",
"- Should be mostly the same as 3721, except this has the blue logo.",
"E - Lasko 3721\n- Circular grill, blue speed dial.",
"- Fan speed dial is on TOP.",
"- Lasko promotes this as their fan of choice to PUT IN A WINDOW because it is more RAIN RESISTANT (not weatherproof).",
"- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.",
"- This is a wider (4 3/4\") and thus fairly STABLE fan enclosure compared to some of their models.",
"- Should be mostly the same as 3720, except no blue logo.",
"F - Lasko 3723\n- Circular grill, blue speed dial.",
"- Fan speed dial is on TOP.",
"- Although it physically LOOKS LIKE one, this is NOT one of the rain resistant ones like the 3270/3721 (larger size, blue dial, etc.",
").",
"- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.",
"- This is a wider (4 3/4\") and thus fairly STABLE fan enclosure compared to some of their models.",
"- LOOKS just like the 3721, larger enclosure and no blue logo.",
"But again not a rain resistant model.",
"- NEGATIVE: Rattles a little at all speeds\n\nG - Lasko 3733\n- Simple grid grill.",
"- Fan speed dial is on TOP.",
"- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.",
"- NEGATIVE: Shakes a lot at settings 2&3.",
"- NEGATIVE: Listeners thought the hum tone was more annoying than the others.",
"H - Lasko B20201\n- Simple grid grill.",
"- Fan speed dial is on TOP.",
"- All Lasko in-plug mini-fuses are not replaceable.",
"- NEGATIVE: LOUD at highest setting, listeners thought annoyingly so.",
"- NEGATIVE: Little more of an airplane hum/whine sound.",
"\"(yelling over a fan) THEY SAY THEY ARE ALL QUIET!",
"\"\naka NOISE:\n-----------\n\nFirst some things that may help you get more out of this section on noise..",
"- It takes +10dBA to be perceived as a doubling in LOUDNESS.",
"- It takes just under +6dBA (5.",
"85dBA) to be perceived as 50% (half-again) LOUDER.",
"- It takes just over +3dBA (3.",
"22dBA) to be perceived as 25% (quarter-again) LOUDER.",
"(Note: When you read that +3dBA roughly doubles \"sound pressure\" that's different than perceived loudness)\n\nMost sounds 50dbA on up have more of a potential to annoy, for example when while trying to talk, and especially starting at 55dbA (highly subjective, but gives you an idea).",
"Okay, now onto the comparison..",
"SUBJECTIVELY listeners liked the WHOOSH of air sound much more than that of the HUM of a rotating object.",
"I noted next to the fan descriptions above which ones listeners felt had a sound they didn't like as much, regardless of loudness.",
"(A)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"48dBA....",
"...",
"45dBA....",
"...",
"43dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"55dBA....",
"...",
"52dBA....",
"...",
"49dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"64dBA....",
"...",
"60dBA....",
"...",
"57dBA\n\n(B)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"59dBA....",
"...",
"55dBA....",
"...",
"52dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"63dBA....",
"...",
"60dBA....",
"...",
"57dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"66dBA....",
"...",
"63dBA....",
"...",
"60dBA\n\n(C)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"58dBA....",
"...",
"54dBA....",
"...",
"51dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"62dBA....",
"...",
"60dBA....",
"...",
"56dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"66dBA....",
"...",
"63dBA....",
"...",
"60dBA\n\n(D)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"55dBA....",
"...",
"51dBA....",
"...",
"48dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"62dBA....",
"...",
"58dBA....",
"...",
"55dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"66dBA....",
"...",
"63dBA....",
"...",
"60dBA\n\n(E)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"55dBA....",
"...",
"51dBA....",
"...",
"48dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"62dBA....",
"...",
"59dBA....",
"...",
"56dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"68dBA....",
"...",
"65dBA....",
"...",
"62dBA\n\n(F)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"56dBA....",
"...",
"51dBA....",
"...",
"49dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"62dBA....",
"...",
"58dBA....",
"...",
"56dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"67dBA....",
"...",
"63dBA....",
"...",
"61dBA\n\n(G)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"60dBA....",
"...",
"55dBA....",
"...",
"52dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"66dBA....",
"...",
"62dBA....",
"...",
"59dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"70dBA....",
"...",
"66dBA....",
"...",
"63dBA\n\n(H)\nSetting....",
".",
"2' away....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"63dBA....",
"...",
"59dBA....",
"...",
"57dBA\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"68dBA....",
"...",
"64dBA....",
"...",
"61dBA\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"71dBA....",
"...",
"67dBA....",
"...",
"65dBA\n\nPOWER USAGE:\n--------------\n\nWe see below that the difference in yearly electrical cost is fairly small, and of course much less than air conditioning.",
"If a little additional on-going expense for a fan makes this much less costly alternative to air conditioning more palatable, then that's probably a good investment.",
"However, being green is an important factor for some folks, so here below is a comparison in electricity usage I measured.",
"(A)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"45W....",
"..",
"$4.",
"90\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"55W....",
"..",
"$5.",
"90\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"68W....",
"..",
"$7.",
"30\n\n(B)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"52W....",
"..",
"$5.",
"60\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"61W....",
"..",
"$6.",
"60\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"70W....",
"..",
"$7.",
"60\n\n(C)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"49W....",
"..",
"$5.",
"30\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"60W....",
"..",
"$6.",
"50\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"68W....",
"..",
"$7.",
"30\n\n(D)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"74W....",
"..",
"$8.",
"10\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"92W....",
"..",
"$9.",
"90\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"110W....",
".",
"$11.",
"90\n\n(E)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"74W....",
"..",
"$8.",
"10\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"95W....",
".",
"$10.",
"30\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"111W....",
".",
"$12.",
"00\n\n(F)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"71W....",
"..",
"$7.",
"70\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"90W....",
"..",
"$9.",
"70\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"105W....",
".",
"$11.",
"30\n\n(G)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"58W....",
"..",
"$6.",
"30\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"67W....",
"..",
"$7.",
"20\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"84W....",
"..",
"$9.",
"10\n\n(H)\nSetting....",
".",
"Watts....",
".",
"Annual Cost 12hrs/d 90d/yr 10cents/kWH\n1....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"60W....",
"..",
"$6.",
"50\n2....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"66W....",
"..",
"$7.",
"10\n3....",
"....",
"....",
".",
"83W....",
"..",
"$9.",
"00\n\nAIR VELOCITY:\n--------------\n\nThe 5' and 10' were measured straight ahead from fans.",
"The fan surface measurement was done roughly 1/2 way up the fan blades right against the grill.",
"On fan surface air velocity half-way up a blade at one point is, of course, just a sample point, and air velocity at a distance can be greatly affected by the degree of focus/dispersal.",
"Nevertheless, I hope this air velocity info helps us get a better sense for the differences between the fans.",
"(A)\nSetting....",
".",
"Fan_Surface....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"5.",
"7mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"3mph....",
"..",
"1.",
"6mph\n2....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"7.",
"1mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"1mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"1mph\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"10.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"4.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"6mph\n\n(B)\nSetting....",
".",
"Fan_Surface....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"7.",
"7mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"1.",
"6mph\n2....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"9.",
"5mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"9mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"0mph\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"11.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"4.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"1mph\n\n(C)\nSetting....",
".",
"Fan_Surface....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"7.",
"7mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"1mph\n2....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"9.",
"8mph....",
"..",
"4.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"6mph\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"10.",
"4mph....",
"..",
"5.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"9mph\n\n(D)\nSetting....",
".",
"Fan_Surface....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"8.",
"0mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"1mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"4mph\n2....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"10.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"4.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"7mph\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"13.",
"1mph....",
"..",
"5.",
"0mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"9mph\n\n(E)\nSetting....",
".",
"Fan_Surface....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"7.",
"8mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"6mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"0mph\n2....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"10.",
"5mph....",
"..",
"4.",
"5mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"6mph\n3....",
"....",
"....",
"...",
"13.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"6.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"3.",
"0mph\n\n(F)\nSetting....",
".",
"Fan_Surface....",
".",
"5' away....",
"10' away\n1....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"8.",
"2mph....",
"..",
"2.",
"8mph....",
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"9mph\n\nSELECTING A FAN:\n------------------\n\nI removed these fans for excessive shaking, rattling, noise, and/or hum/whine: (B)Holmes,(F)3723,(G)3733,(H)B20201.",
"I then removed one fan for the center placement of dial and plug connection due to non-ideal position for window placement: (C)Kenmore.",
"This leaves these to choose from:\n(A) Aerospeed BX100\n(D) Lasko 3720\n(E) Lasko 3721\n\nSome other little Aerospeed BX100 (Fan A) comparative details:\n- Option of lowest air velocity and noise would be of interest if someone will be very near.",
"- Replaceable in-plug fuse in case it blows, the Lasko ones aren't replaceable.",
"- Classic all-white front if you prefer that (like 3721 but not like 3720 with its blue logo).",
"- The option of a little quieter at the very low end of the loudness range.",
"- Lower electricity usage.",
"Lasko 3720 and 3721 (Fans D&E) for their part give the option of a little more air velocity at the very high end of the velocity range.",
"The Lasko 3720 and 3721 also look a bit different than the Aerospeed BX100, so looks may be another deciding factor for you.",
"Note that for any given loudness or air velocity they overlap in, these models have very similar sound/velocity profiles.",
"That is, when comparing points where air velocities are roughly equal for the fans (at the same distances), the loudness difference is so small I can hardly tell which is louder and the numbers support that.",
"So there it is, my favorite three and some ways to compare them.",
"SUMMARY:\n----------\n\nIn the end these are just classic 20\" box fans which are more similar than they are different.",
"Hopefully whichever you choose won't be a lemon and will work for many years.",
"Perhaps somewhere above you'll find information you can use to choose the best fan to meet your needs.",
"Whatever you get, if it rattles, shakes like crazy, makes an annoying hum, etc.",
", try exchanging it for another, don't settle, there are less annoying fans out there and you'll be listening to them for many years to come.",
"I hope this helps someone :).",
"SHOPPING NOTE:\n----------------\n\nMillions of 20\" box fans are sold in the U.",
"S. every year.",
"Review sites cannot get anywhere near a statistically valid user sample, so although we learn from comments about DEFECTS and EARLY FAILURE, I suggest not filtering out a model based entirely on them.",
"There are also old reviews that have already been acted on by manufacturers to improve the product or fix a description, thus the review may no longer be accurate.",
"That said, defect and early failure comments with details are great for FEEDBACK TO THE MANUFACTURER (or author) and to help us all much more quickly SPOT SIMILAR ISSUES and thus get an exchange while it is quick and easy to do.",
"Again though, I wouldn't use them to filter out a model entirely."
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It's hard to know where to begin.
Half of the missions are impossible to finish unless you figure out some sort of gimmick. Most missions force you to research them on the Internet.
There is no sense of reality at all. For instance, at one point you are shooting into a giant frame of steel girders, but you can only fire when the "doors" are open, even though it's just a giant, open framework. There is a submarine that your weapons can't damage, so you have to lure enemy aircraft into crashing into it. Again, use the Internet to understand how to finish the missions.
Most missions have a wingman, and while you are trying to do your task, you often have to keep an eye on the wingman symbol to keep reminding them to go and do something. It's so distracting that it really detracts from the game.
The game introduces too many random elements of play. Instead of flying and shooting, some of the first things you do include tail gunning, using a bomb sight, and intercepting a train at just the right spot so that you can hover over it for several seconds. These might make nice diversions after several missions, but they are some of the first things you do and just add to the random, haphazard feel of the game.
There are several "cheat codes" available, but if you use them they lock out the achievements. I presume the cheat codes were released to make up for how difficult the game can be. Frankly, people ought to be able to finish a game. Publishers can certainly add some harder modes for re-playability, but it's just ridiculous to make a game difficult to understand just to add hours of play. On the plus side, the game rates your performance in each mission so you could re-play them for a higher rating. Also, your rating earns "prestige points" that are used to buy upgrades. You might find it necessary to earn more points just to get the upgrades for later missions.
The game booklet is worthless for understanding how to play the game. It doesn't explain how to use some of the more obscure controls and it doesn't explain the map symbols. You just have to play and lose until you gradually figure it out.
The plot is ridiculous. So ridiculous that it's annoying. The plot is explained through voice acting (not stellar, but I've heard worse) and artwork. Fairly crude.
Some of the missions are fairly enjoyable, as they aren't all timed and don't all require completing a bizarre task. But far too many of the missions are simply repeating the same frustrating sequence until you figure out some gimmick that isn't explained anywhere except an Internet post by someone who also got stuck. | 0 | negative | [
"It's hard to know where to begin.",
"Half of the missions are impossible to finish unless you figure out some sort of gimmick.",
"Most missions force you to research them on the Internet.",
"There is no sense of reality at all.",
"For instance, at one point you are shooting into a giant frame of steel girders, but you can only fire when the \"doors\" are open, even though it's just a giant, open framework.",
"There is a submarine that your weapons can't damage, so you have to lure enemy aircraft into crashing into it.",
"Again, use the Internet to understand how to finish the missions.",
"Most missions have a wingman, and while you are trying to do your task, you often have to keep an eye on the wingman symbol to keep reminding them to go and do something.",
"It's so distracting that it really detracts from the game.",
"The game introduces too many random elements of play.",
"Instead of flying and shooting, some of the first things you do include tail gunning, using a bomb sight, and intercepting a train at just the right spot so that you can hover over it for several seconds.",
"These might make nice diversions after several missions, but they are some of the first things you do and just add to the random, haphazard feel of the game.",
"There are several \"cheat codes\" available, but if you use them they lock out the achievements.",
"I presume the cheat codes were released to make up for how difficult the game can be.",
"Frankly, people ought to be able to finish a game.",
"Publishers can certainly add some harder modes for re-playability, but it's just ridiculous to make a game difficult to understand just to add hours of play.",
"On the plus side, the game rates your performance in each mission so you could re-play them for a higher rating.",
"Also, your rating earns \"prestige points\" that are used to buy upgrades.",
"You might find it necessary to earn more points just to get the upgrades for later missions.",
"The game booklet is worthless for understanding how to play the game.",
"It doesn't explain how to use some of the more obscure controls and it doesn't explain the map symbols.",
"You just have to play and lose until you gradually figure it out.",
"The plot is ridiculous.",
"So ridiculous that it's annoying.",
"The plot is explained through voice acting (not stellar, but I've heard worse) and artwork.",
"Fairly crude.",
"Some of the missions are fairly enjoyable, as they aren't all timed and don't all require completing a bizarre task.",
"But far too many of the missions are simply repeating the same frustrating sequence until you figure out some gimmick that isn't explained anywhere except an Internet post by someone who also got stuck."
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i bought this game when it came out thrilled to see another star trek game since the last good ones were bridge commander and Klingon academy. I got the game and i was blown away how buggy it was right out of the box. the controls were crappy. menus were glitchy. even with patches the controls still sucked. the story line was pretty cool. i won't give any spoilers. the graphics were awesome. but i tried to play this game on a system in 2009 with windows 7 a quad core computer and patches would not apply. the only answer i got from bethesta was the game doesn't support multi core . yet 2 core prossesors were out at the time. load of crap. a typical response for a crappy game company that hangs on by their elder scrolls series and trashed out the star trek franchise with a release like this. stay away from this game. play bridge commander or klingon academy. | 0 | negative | [
"i bought this game when it came out thrilled to see another star trek game since the last good ones were bridge commander and Klingon academy.",
"I got the game and i was blown away how buggy it was right out of the box.",
"the controls were crappy.",
"menus were glitchy.",
"even with patches the controls still sucked.",
"the story line was pretty cool.",
"i won't give any spoilers.",
"the graphics were awesome.",
"but i tried to play this game on a system in 2009 with windows 7 a quad core computer and patches would not apply.",
"the only answer i got from bethesta was the game doesn't support multi core.",
"yet 2 core prossesors were out at the time.",
"load of crap.",
"a typical response for a crappy game company that hangs on by their elder scrolls series and trashed out the star trek franchise with a release like this.",
"stay away from this game.",
"play bridge commander or klingon academy."
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I am so disappointed in this blender. It's aesthetically lovely--great design, modern, cool looking. Great if you just want a blender to sit on your countertop.
I only ever used it to make occasional smoothies for my kids, and it couldn't handle that task. Soon enough, the motor gave out. There was a burnt smell and it never turned on again. I contacted Waring, but I was by that time outside of any warranty period, and they told me the blender was not meant to blend frozen fruit. Ice would be okay, but because fruit is fibrous, it is much harder on the blender, and I should thaw it out before blending it. This idea seemed ridiculous to me--that a blender couldn't handle blending frozen fruit.
Even though I love, love the look of this blender, I won't buy it again, and I don't recommend it if you need a functional blender. | 0 | negative | [
"I am so disappointed in this blender.",
"It's aesthetically lovely--great design, modern, cool looking.",
"Great if you just want a blender to sit on your countertop.",
"I only ever used it to make occasional smoothies for my kids, and it couldn't handle that task.",
"Soon enough, the motor gave out.",
"There was a burnt smell and it never turned on again.",
"I contacted Waring, but I was by that time outside of any warranty period, and they told me the blender was not meant to blend frozen fruit.",
"Ice would be okay, but because fruit is fibrous, it is much harder on the blender, and I should thaw it out before blending it.",
"This idea seemed ridiculous to me--that a blender couldn't handle blending frozen fruit.",
"Even though I love, love the look of this blender, I won't buy it again, and I don't recommend it if you need a functional blender."
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After making it to the end of book 5, I refuse to waste another dollar or minute of my time on this meandering miasma of meaninglessness.
Book 1 was of course a pretty good read. By books 2 and 3, I started reading just one sentence per page in some chapters to get through the endless and excessive descriptions. By books 4 and 5, in many chapters I was reading perhaps one sentence every five or ten pages because the story literally moves that slowly.
I really don't know what GRRM hoped to accomplish with the awful books 4 and 5. As countless other reviewers have pointed out, despite their 1,700 pages of text, pretty much nothing happens except that a character or two that might have been developed in some meaningful way was killed off.
There is so much that could have been done but wasn't. Sansa and Tyrion could actually have learned something from each other, and their marriage might have developed with a little time. Arya was on a roll for the first three books then hit the tar pits of books 4 and 5. And Jon ... what a waste.
My biggest gripe is GRRM's proclivity for doing lengthy character developments, then abruptly killing the character. I found almost as bad his undeviating use of cliffhanger chapter endings. Obviously, it is a pretty standard practice in popular entertainment novels, but he manages to make the trite device excruciatingly painful time after time by waiting five or ten chapters, or even an entire book, to again pick up the story for that character.
In short, GRRM has squandered in countless ways what could have been an exciting three or four books. Instead, he supersized it, filled it with bloat, and destroyed nearly all forward momentum with hundreds and hundreds of pages of meaningless writing.
So I'm done. I refuse to read any more. | 0 | negative | [
"After making it to the end of book 5, I refuse to waste another dollar or minute of my time on this meandering miasma of meaninglessness.",
"Book 1 was of course a pretty good read.",
"By books 2 and 3, I started reading just one sentence per page in some chapters to get through the endless and excessive descriptions.",
"By books 4 and 5, in many chapters I was reading perhaps one sentence every five or ten pages because the story literally moves that slowly.",
"I really don't know what GRRM hoped to accomplish with the awful books 4 and 5.",
"As countless other reviewers have pointed out, despite their 1,700 pages of text, pretty much nothing happens except that a character or two that might have been developed in some meaningful way was killed off.",
"There is so much that could have been done but wasn't.",
"Sansa and Tyrion could actually have learned something from each other, and their marriage might have developed with a little time.",
"Arya was on a roll for the first three books then hit the tar pits of books 4 and 5.",
"And Jon...",
"what a waste.",
"My biggest gripe is GRRM's proclivity for doing lengthy character developments, then abruptly killing the character.",
"I found almost as bad his undeviating use of cliffhanger chapter endings.",
"Obviously, it is a pretty standard practice in popular entertainment novels, but he manages to make the trite device excruciatingly painful time after time by waiting five or ten chapters, or even an entire book, to again pick up the story for that character.",
"In short, GRRM has squandered in countless ways what could have been an exciting three or four books.",
"Instead, he supersized it, filled it with bloat, and destroyed nearly all forward momentum with hundreds and hundreds of pages of meaningless writing.",
"So I'm done.",
"I refuse to read any more."
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I was extremely disappointed when I played this game. Save your money and buy SSX 3 because this is same game with a small graphical update, less characters, less slopes, less gear, less boards, less options exept a new type of tournament, and a higher price. They didn't even even add online play. Nintendo basically recycled and simplified and old game for more money. Shame on you Nintendo, you should know better. Please, don't let them get away with this! Buy SSX 3 instead, you'll save a lot of money.
I might get downed a lot for this but its all true. Anyone who owns or has played SSX 3 would know. I own SSX 3 and Blur, and played them both throughly, so I would know.
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/SSX-3/dp/B00009X3VB/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">SSX 3</a><a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/SSX-3/dp/7543450933/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">SSX 3</a><a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/SSX-3/dp/B00009WAVI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">SSX 3</a> | 0 | negative | [
"I was extremely disappointed when I played this game.",
"Save your money and buy SSX 3 because this is same game with a small graphical update, less characters, less slopes, less gear, less boards, less options exept a new type of tournament, and a higher price.",
"They didn't even even add online play.",
"Nintendo basically recycled and simplified and old game for more money.",
"Shame on you Nintendo, you should know better.",
"Please, don't let them get away with this!",
"Buy SSX 3 instead, you'll save a lot of money.",
"I might get downed a lot for this but its all true.",
"Anyone who owns or has played SSX 3 would know.",
"I own SSX 3 and Blur, and played them both throughly, so I would know.",
"<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/SSX-3/dp/B00009X3VB/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">SSX 3</a><a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/SSX-3/dp/7543450933/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">SSX 3</a><a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/SSX-3/dp/B00009WAVI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">SSX 3</a>"
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DO NOT BUY ANY BODUM COFFEE OR TEA PRESS THAT CONTAINS GLASS. BODUM USES A SPECIAL GLASS THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRAGILE AND BREAKS FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
I love Bodum Coffee Presses. But I would NEVER recommend anyone buy one with a glass beaker. You will need to replace the beaker frequently, since the special glass Bodum uses is extremely fragile, and breaks repeatedly for no apparent reason at all. I replaced four beakers, two glass tea presses, and several beakers from milk frothers in short order before giving up. Make no mistake, you do not have to bang the glass against anything for it to break. It simply cracks spontaneously for no apparent reason
Bodum has come out with some presses with a LEXAN clear plastic beaker.
These do not break. I assume they came out with the LEXAN product because of problems with the glass. Be warned. <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bodum-Chambord-8-Cup-Coffee-Press/dp/B00005LM0S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bodum Chambord 8-Cup Coffee Press</a><a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bodum-Chambord-12-Ounce-Coffee-Press/dp/B00005LM0R/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bodum Chambord 12-Ounce Coffee Press</a> | 0 | negative | [
"DO NOT BUY ANY BODUM COFFEE OR TEA PRESS THAT CONTAINS GLASS.",
"BODUM USES A SPECIAL GLASS THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY FRAGILE AND BREAKS FOR NO APPARENT REASON.",
"I love Bodum Coffee Presses.",
"But I would NEVER recommend anyone buy one with a glass beaker.",
"You will need to replace the beaker frequently, since the special glass Bodum uses is extremely fragile, and breaks repeatedly for no apparent reason at all.",
"I replaced four beakers, two glass tea presses, and several beakers from milk frothers in short order before giving up.",
"Make no mistake, you do not have to bang the glass against anything for it to break.",
"It simply cracks spontaneously for no apparent reason\n\nBodum has come out with some presses with a LEXAN clear plastic beaker.",
"These do not break.",
"I assume they came out with the LEXAN product because of problems with the glass.",
"Be warned.",
" <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Bodum-Chambord-8-Cup-Coffee-Press/dp/B00005LM0S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Bodum Chambord 8-Cup Coffee Press</a><a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Bodum-Chambord-12-Ounce-Coffee-Press/dp/B00005LM0R/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Bodum Chambord 12-Ounce Coffee Press</a>"
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Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you a tale. It is the tale of the green, Black and Decker 1.5HP electric edger, circa 1994. I get a little misty-eyed just thinking about it. Oh, the times we had, merrily edging our way through the glorious summers, manicuring our lawn with edging so sharp I feared someone would cut their tire on it. Yes, you were under-powered, but I knew you were just right for me. What a team we were.
So when you irreparably broke this summer after a triumphant life of service, I brushed back a tear and went seeking your replacement. Certainly, through the power and wonder of Chinese manufacturing and modern engineering, I should be able to acquire a simple, better-powered electric edger in the neighborhood of $40. Forward!
But imagine my shock and dismay when I discovered there really is no such thing as a simple "electric edger" anymore. Nope. They have to be combination edger/trenchers! And heavy! And expensive! $100+!!! But you will love it! It will do everything for everyone!
And now? Now my simple wonderful edger has been replaced by this behemoth, over-priced, complex creation that is miserable to use when edging. Oh, it will edge a straight line in a passable fashion. But the minute you need to navigate curves and sloping curbs with this albatross...well. You too may mourn the loss of your old comrade.
Is it a good trencher? Who the hell knows? I wanted an edger and I paid $100+ for one that is not half as good as the one I bought 20 years ago. | 0 | negative | [
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you a tale.",
"It is the tale of the green, Black and Decker 1.",
"5HP electric edger, circa 1994.",
"I get a little misty-eyed just thinking about it.",
"Oh, the times we had, merrily edging our way through the glorious summers, manicuring our lawn with edging so sharp I feared someone would cut their tire on it.",
"Yes, you were under-powered, but I knew you were just right for me.",
"What a team we were.",
"So when you irreparably broke this summer after a triumphant life of service, I brushed back a tear and went seeking your replacement.",
"Certainly, through the power and wonder of Chinese manufacturing and modern engineering, I should be able to acquire a simple, better-powered electric edger in the neighborhood of $40.",
"Forward!",
"But imagine my shock and dismay when I discovered there really is no such thing as a simple \"electric edger\" anymore.",
"Nope.",
"They have to be combination edger/trenchers!",
"And heavy!",
"And expensive!",
"$100+!!!",
"But you will love it!",
"It will do everything for everyone!",
"And now?",
"Now my simple wonderful edger has been replaced by this behemoth, over-priced, complex creation that is miserable to use when edging.",
"Oh, it will edge a straight line in a passable fashion.",
"But the minute you need to navigate curves and sloping curbs with this albatross...",
"well.",
"You too may mourn the loss of your old comrade.",
"Is it a good trencher?",
"Who the hell knows?",
"I wanted an edger and I paid $100+ for one that is not half as good as the one I bought 20 years ago."
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So, you need a Kiss "greatest hits" package and figured you'd take a look at this, their first such effort. Okay, then, but be warned: like most hits records, this one was prompted by the COMPANY and not the band itself, which makes its worth dubious at best. Anyway. If you like the classic-era Kiss material to the exclusion of all else, this set will make you happy. I wore the grooves off of my original Double Platinum albums from so much heavy listening, so it's obviously quite an enjoyable mix. It was only later that I really questioned what was going on with some of the tunes. "Strutter '78" was cool at the time, but it became painfully obvious it was remixed/re-recorded to achieve a more disco sound. Many of the other tunes featured this kind of unnecessary twiddling: "Detroit Rock City," "Calling Dr. Love" and "Black Diamond" among them. Then there's the inevitable problem of trying to get the non-Ezrin produced stuff to sound right with the Destroyer material. Ezrin always recorded all his effects right onto the master tape, so making his stuff match the Kerner/Wise and Kramer material is only mildly successful. Again: if you ONLY like the original quartet, go ahead with Double Platinum. If you want a wider range of years, without the odd remixed tunes, better go with the newest hits package, or splurge on the Box Set. | 0 | negative | [
"So, you need a Kiss \"greatest hits\" package and figured you'd take a look at this, their first such effort.",
"Okay, then, but be warned: like most hits records, this one was prompted by the COMPANY and not the band itself, which makes its worth dubious at best.",
"Anyway.",
"If you like the classic-era Kiss material to the exclusion of all else, this set will make you happy.",
"I wore the grooves off of my original Double Platinum albums from so much heavy listening, so it's obviously quite an enjoyable mix.",
"It was only later that I really questioned what was going on with some of the tunes.",
"\"Strutter '78\" was cool at the time, but it became painfully obvious it was remixed/re-recorded to achieve a more disco sound.",
"Many of the other tunes featured this kind of unnecessary twiddling: \"Detroit Rock City,\" \"Calling Dr.",
"Love\" and \"Black Diamond\" among them.",
"Then there's the inevitable problem of trying to get the non-Ezrin produced stuff to sound right with the Destroyer material.",
"Ezrin always recorded all his effects right onto the master tape, so making his stuff match the Kerner/Wise and Kramer material is only mildly successful.",
"Again: if you ONLY like the original quartet, go ahead with Double Platinum.",
"If you want a wider range of years, without the odd remixed tunes, better go with the newest hits package, or splurge on the Box Set."
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To see how ripped off Nintendo is, let's do a simple conversion math.
The goal is to find a 59 Blocks card has how many Mega Byte or Kilo Byte?
Let us do some calculation
8 Bit = 1 Byte
1 Mega Bit or Byte = 1024 Kilo Bit or Byte
Memory Card 59 Blocks = 4 Mbit = 4096 Kbit = 512 KByte
512 KByte / 59 blocks = 8.678 KByte
How much is nintendo charging? $9.00
How large is Playstation 2 card?
8 Mega Byte = 64 Mbit = 59 blocks *64/4 = 944 Blocks
How much are we paying for 512 MByte SD, Compact Flash, or Memory Stick?
Around $8.00 or even Free.
And who wants 512MB cards these days?
Not a lot of people.
Lets use the $8.00 = 512MB = 60416 Blocks as of today's standard. That means 59 blocks should be only $1.32415e-4 = $0.0001324
Wow so Nintendo is actually making 755101% profit by charging at $1.00. | 0 | negative | [
"To see how ripped off Nintendo is, let's do a simple conversion math.",
"The goal is to find a 59 Blocks card has how many Mega Byte or Kilo Byte?",
"Let us do some calculation\n\n8 Bit = 1 Byte\n\n1 Mega Bit or Byte = 1024 Kilo Bit or Byte\n\nMemory Card 59 Blocks = 4 Mbit = 4096 Kbit = 512 KByte\n\n512 KByte / 59 blocks = 8.",
"678 KByte\n\nHow much is nintendo charging?",
"$9.",
"00\n\nHow large is Playstation 2 card?",
"8 Mega Byte = 64 Mbit = 59 blocks *64/4 = 944 Blocks\n\nHow much are we paying for 512 MByte SD, Compact Flash, or Memory Stick?",
"Around $8.",
"00 or even Free.",
"And who wants 512MB cards these days?",
"Not a lot of people.",
"Lets use the $8.",
"00 = 512MB = 60416 Blocks as of today's standard.",
"That means 59 blocks should be only $1.",
"32415e-4 = $0.",
"0001324\n\nWow so Nintendo is actually making 755101% profit by charging at $1.",
"00."
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This gazebo lasted us 30 days before wind claimed it. This gazebo is not a solid structure which you can tell by price so we expected it to be okay. We didn't expect it to collapse a month later with signs of rust at elbows. I submitted a claim with the manufacturer for a refund and that's where things got interesting. For a while a representative was staying in touch with me collecting needed information for the claim with the 2-3 days expectation for review. Four weeks later I reached out for an update and received no response. Soon after that new representative contacted me and started collecting the same intake information again. At this point I am talking to two individuals claiming to be employed by Sunjoy. One finally responded that my refund has been issued and all they need is my home address. The other continues to reach out for more and more information. Rest assured, 7 weeks later I have not received any refunds or clarity as to what is going on to this day. $300 went to waste:-\ | 0 | negative | [
"This gazebo lasted us 30 days before wind claimed it.",
"This gazebo is not a solid structure which you can tell by price so we expected it to be okay.",
"We didn't expect it to collapse a month later with signs of rust at elbows.",
"I submitted a claim with the manufacturer for a refund and that's where things got interesting.",
"For a while a representative was staying in touch with me collecting needed information for the claim with the 2-3 days expectation for review.",
"Four weeks later I reached out for an update and received no response.",
"Soon after that new representative contacted me and started collecting the same intake information again.",
"At this point I am talking to two individuals claiming to be employed by Sunjoy.",
"One finally responded that my refund has been issued and all they need is my home address.",
"The other continues to reach out for more and more information.",
"Rest assured, 7 weeks later I have not received any refunds or clarity as to what is going on to this day.",
"$300 went to waste:-\\"
]
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I can't say I wasn't warned by the other reviewers. And I'm not blaming the seller. I believe the card I received would have worked in an older phone. I was able to register the sim card with T-mobile. However it would not work in my phone even when I cut the cardboard down to make it fit in the slot. If you have a newer t-mobile phone. Or maybe even if you have an older t-mobile phone that you need a sim card for just go to a local t-mobile. They'll give you a new one for free, put it in, and activate it for you. I guess where I got confused was that last time I ordered a t-mobile sim card from T-mobile it cost me about $7.00 with shipping, so I thought I was getting a deal here. | 0 | negative | [
"I can't say I wasn't warned by the other reviewers.",
"And I'm not blaming the seller.",
"I believe the card I received would have worked in an older phone.",
"I was able to register the sim card with T-mobile.",
"However it would not work in my phone even when I cut the cardboard down to make it fit in the slot.",
"If you have a newer t-mobile phone.",
"Or maybe even if you have an older t-mobile phone that you need a sim card for just go to a local t-mobile.",
"They'll give you a new one for free, put it in, and activate it for you.",
"I guess where I got confused was that last time I ordered a t-mobile sim card from T-mobile it cost me about $7.",
"00 with shipping, so I thought I was getting a deal here."
]
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If I type romance in the search box, I WANT ROMANCE
Spoilers.
Not even 20 pages of the story was of them together. Never a dinner, I think they went out two times. She was always with others or shopping. The last page is the only romance. The kissed twice, once on last page and other is when she thought he was some one else.
The whole other women was a joke. I hate her writing, over 80 percent is telling and skipping, what some one is thinking.
I want be in the moment with conversations. Not a sentence that says, weeks or months go by.
These people were all to stupid live. I'm so tired of hearing, it isn't his fault that he gambles, it's in the blood. I lose all this money, it's not my fault, it's in my blood. Stop the stupid.
I hate how the story jumps to different people thoughts and places from one paragraph to the next. Got confusing And didn't make sense. | 0 | negative | [
"If I type romance in the search box, I WANT ROMANCE\n\nSpoilers.",
"Not even 20 pages of the story was of them together.",
"Never a dinner, I think they went out two times.",
"She was always with others or shopping.",
"The last page is the only romance.",
"The kissed twice, once on last page and other is when she thought he was some one else.",
"The whole other women was a joke.",
"I hate her writing, over 80 percent is telling and skipping, what some one is thinking.",
"I want be in the moment with conversations.",
"Not a sentence that says, weeks or months go by.",
"These people were all to stupid live.",
"I'm so tired of hearing, it isn't his fault that he gambles, it's in the blood.",
"I lose all this money, it's not my fault, it's in my blood.",
"Stop the stupid.",
"I hate how the story jumps to different people thoughts and places from one paragraph to the next.",
"Got confusing And didn't make sense."
]
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Quality control is horrible. My smoker box arrived badly scratched. One of the coal grate lifters had two fingers broken off. I ordered two replacements, since I saw how poorly they were made and thought they'd break easily. The two they sent didn't even have the fingers set at the same spacing. Therefore, the coal grate sits crooked at any level. One of the lifters didn't even have the fingers aligned properly on the same piece. The grill isn't any where close to air tight. Without considerable modifications, it is useless as a smoker. Passable as a grill if you remove the smoker box, but barely passable. To do so, you would need to cover the hole where the box mounts. They will sell the part for that. If you go that route, be aware that it won't come with mounting hardware. Neither does the warming rack, which this grill does not come with.
Spend a few more dollars and get a good one. This one is not worth it's value in scrap metal. | 0 | negative | [
"Quality control is horrible.",
"My smoker box arrived badly scratched.",
"One of the coal grate lifters had two fingers broken off.",
"I ordered two replacements, since I saw how poorly they were made and thought they'd break easily.",
"The two they sent didn't even have the fingers set at the same spacing.",
"Therefore, the coal grate sits crooked at any level.",
"One of the lifters didn't even have the fingers aligned properly on the same piece.",
"The grill isn't any where close to air tight.",
"Without considerable modifications, it is useless as a smoker.",
"Passable as a grill if you remove the smoker box, but barely passable.",
"To do so, you would need to cover the hole where the box mounts.",
"They will sell the part for that.",
"If you go that route, be aware that it won't come with mounting hardware.",
"Neither does the warming rack, which this grill does not come with.",
"Spend a few more dollars and get a good one.",
"This one is not worth it's value in scrap metal."
]
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A bit confused on something. The reviewers make this seem like the greatest shovel ever... gotta admit, i've seen a lot better quality in local stores and everywhere else. I took this out of the box and almost cut my hand. The rivet used to hold the shovel portion to the pole isn't seated all the way in (poor quality). There are sharp pieces of the rivet sticking out that can grab you (i did scratch myself a few times). Very dangerous as it's very sharp. Another thing is one corner of the shovel where you put your foot has a very fine point and can scratch/cut you if not careful. The shovel has scratches on it but I don't care about that, it's a shovel afterall. But the portion where you may grab, having very sharp metal fragments from the rivet? That's just bad bad bad. I wonder if people got a free shovel for raving reviews or got a lot of money back in exchange for a big review. I sell on amazon and get companies who do just that so ya never know. But this is an honest persons review. It's a shovel, it's a good size, has a good feel but has a bunch of dangerous points where you can really hurt yourself. Debating sending it back although I don't want the hassle BUT at the same time why should I have to pay good money for something that can hurt me. | 0 | negative | [
"A bit confused on something.",
"The reviewers make this seem like the greatest shovel ever...",
"gotta admit, i've seen a lot better quality in local stores and everywhere else.",
"I took this out of the box and almost cut my hand.",
"The rivet used to hold the shovel portion to the pole isn't seated all the way in (poor quality).",
"There are sharp pieces of the rivet sticking out that can grab you (i did scratch myself a few times).",
"Very dangerous as it's very sharp.",
"Another thing is one corner of the shovel where you put your foot has a very fine point and can scratch/cut you if not careful.",
"The shovel has scratches on it but I don't care about that, it's a shovel afterall.",
"But the portion where you may grab, having very sharp metal fragments from the rivet?",
"That's just bad bad bad.",
"I wonder if people got a free shovel for raving reviews or got a lot of money back in exchange for a big review.",
"I sell on amazon and get companies who do just that so ya never know.",
"But this is an honest persons review.",
"It's a shovel, it's a good size, has a good feel but has a bunch of dangerous points where you can really hurt yourself.",
"Debating sending it back although I don't want the hassle BUT at the same time why should I have to pay good money for something that can hurt me."
]
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Was excited to try a new wax. Yeah! Tried it-- applies very smooth, seems to hold well. So I pull it out of the box, (very nice box, btw) and open it up. It has a very pleasant smell. I hop out of the shower with my mind on my beard, moisturize my face, then get to combing. A few fingernails later, my moustache is nicely held, beard hairs in place. All good, so far. I can smell it on my 'stache. Dinnertime. I go to have a sip of beer. I smell my beer, but get a whiff of beer/wax cologne smell. Huh. Dinner comes. Steak with cologne smell. Green beans with cologne. Wiping at 'stache with napkin at this point. Dessert. (smell still pretty strong--I'm annoyed but impressed at the staying power) Bathroom to wash face/hands. Still there. NEXT MORNING. Wake up to friendly cologne smell. Coffee with cologne. Cereal...with...cologne. Shower with lots of soap. Finally faded. Going back to my old one. Summary? Works GREAT, if you can stand the smell...not a bad smell, very nice...but impressively persistent. | 0 | negative | [
"Was excited to try a new wax.",
"Yeah!",
"Tried it-- applies very smooth, seems to hold well.",
"So I pull it out of the box, (very nice box, btw) and open it up.",
"It has a very pleasant smell.",
"I hop out of the shower with my mind on my beard, moisturize my face, then get to combing.",
"A few fingernails later, my moustache is nicely held, beard hairs in place.",
"All good, so far.",
"I can smell it on my 'stache.",
"Dinnertime.",
"I go to have a sip of beer.",
"I smell my beer, but get a whiff of beer/wax cologne smell.",
"Huh.",
"Dinner comes.",
"Steak with cologne smell.",
"Green beans with cologne.",
"Wiping at 'stache with napkin at this point.",
"Dessert.",
"(smell still pretty strong--I'm annoyed but impressed at the staying power) Bathroom to wash face/hands.",
"Still there.",
"NEXT MORNING.",
"Wake up to friendly cologne smell.",
"Coffee with cologne.",
"Cereal...",
"with...",
"cologne.",
"Shower with lots of soap.",
"Finally faded.",
"Going back to my old one.",
"Summary?",
"Works GREAT, if you can stand the smell...",
"not a bad smell, very nice...",
"but impressively persistent."
]
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I have an older HP (Office jet G55Xi). It worked sort of ok for a year or so (each print job did crash the network), but when I upgraded my network well it quit working. I have the Jet direct server, which can be upgraded, and presumably that would help, but it requires a PC (I have macs) to do the upgrade. Soft PC does not seem to work. SOOO I figured I can just use the USB port. No such luck. My mac cannot find the printer when I hook it to the USB port. However, the HP installer does crash my computer. So, I call them. Its out of warranty. Please have your credit card ready to pay for support. NO F'N way buddies. I will never buy another HP product, and (especially if you are a mac user) I urge you to consider companies that actually make usable products. It makes a pretty good copier at least. Other than that its a rather expensive paper weight. | 0 | negative | [
"I have an older HP (Office jet G55Xi).",
"It worked sort of ok for a year or so (each print job did crash the network), but when I upgraded my network well it quit working.",
"I have the Jet direct server, which can be upgraded, and presumably that would help, but it requires a PC (I have macs) to do the upgrade.",
"Soft PC does not seem to work.",
"SOOO I figured I can just use the USB port.",
"No such luck.",
"My mac cannot find the printer when I hook it to the USB port.",
"However, the HP installer does crash my computer.",
"So, I call them.",
"Its out of warranty.",
"Please have your credit card ready to pay for support.",
"NO F'N way buddies.",
"I will never buy another HP product, and (especially if you are a mac user) I urge you to consider companies that actually make usable products.",
"It makes a pretty good copier at least.",
"Other than that its a rather expensive paper weight."
]
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I'm with Michelle... Due to all the hype though, I recently bought Kerrygold butter and I'm not impressed in the least, nor is anyone in my family. I think a lot of people are convinced; if it cost more, and comes from Europe, it has to be better. I say GREAT advertising Kerrygold!
Personally I don't care for the taste. I'll use it up in my baking, but will never buy it again. In spite of the use by date being 11/2014 (it is now 4/2014) the butter tastes old to me. And how can butter last that long anyway, and still be good? If it were Land O Lakes I'd think it WAS old and toss it.
And before all you Kerrygold defenders out there pounce on me, as you did on Michelle; you have a right to your opinion and we have a right to our opinion... at 71 I know what butter used to taste like on the farm, and I'm just as pleased with Land O Lakes. In fact, America's Test Kitchen says Land o Lakes is a better choice. | 0 | negative | [
"I'm with Michelle...",
"Due to all the hype though, I recently bought Kerrygold butter and I'm not impressed in the least, nor is anyone in my family.",
"I think a lot of people are convinced; if it cost more, and comes from Europe, it has to be better.",
"I say GREAT advertising Kerrygold!",
"Personally I don't care for the taste.",
"I'll use it up in my baking, but will never buy it again.",
"In spite of the use by date being 11/2014 (it is now 4/2014) the butter tastes old to me.",
"And how can butter last that long anyway, and still be good?",
"If it were Land O Lakes I'd think it WAS old and toss it.",
"And before all you Kerrygold defenders out there pounce on me, as you did on Michelle; you have a right to your opinion and we have a right to our opinion...",
"at 71 I know what butter used to taste like on the farm, and I'm just as pleased with Land O Lakes.",
"In fact, America's Test Kitchen says Land o Lakes is a better choice."
]
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For fans of ALIAS. This is one hell of a mediocre game. It's one of those games where you can get shot literally hundreds of times and not die... For dummies (gives you arrows on where to go if you get lost). The graphics and style are a bit cartoonish (there are windows media player visualizations in some parts). The music is lame. The story is lame. I have no emotional investment in the characters and don't care where the story is going. AI is basic. Weapons are very basic, other items lame (there is a door-opening scrambling device - could never figure the thing out). I don't see anything ingenuitive or original in the game whatsoever. And once again, as in many next-gen titles, it uses GRAB COVER. Not much positive to say about the thing. The hard case for the LE was very nice...I don't give it a 1, because there are far worse things out there. But I cannot for the life of me understand why this is a franchise. Not really impressed by it's production company either (RARE). Maybe this next-gen release is an upgrade visually from its predecessor in the franchise, but even compared to last-gen games like Halo, Half-Life2 or Doom3 produced years ago, it just doesn't measure up. It might make for a basic introduction into an FPS for a very young person that has never played one before. | 0 | negative | [
"For fans of ALIAS.",
"This is one hell of a mediocre game.",
"It's one of those games where you can get shot literally hundreds of times and not die...",
"For dummies (gives you arrows on where to go if you get lost).",
"The graphics and style are a bit cartoonish (there are windows media player visualizations in some parts).",
"The music is lame.",
"The story is lame.",
"I have no emotional investment in the characters and don't care where the story is going.",
"AI is basic.",
"Weapons are very basic, other items lame (there is a door-opening scrambling device - could never figure the thing out).",
"I don't see anything ingenuitive or original in the game whatsoever.",
"And once again, as in many next-gen titles, it uses GRAB COVER.",
"Not much positive to say about the thing.",
"The hard case for the LE was very nice...",
"I don't give it a 1, because there are far worse things out there.",
"But I cannot for the life of me understand why this is a franchise.",
"Not really impressed by it's production company either (RARE).",
"Maybe this next-gen release is an upgrade visually from its predecessor in the franchise, but even compared to last-gen games like Halo, Half-Life2 or Doom3 produced years ago, it just doesn't measure up.",
"It might make for a basic introduction into an FPS for a very young person that has never played one before."
]
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An unusual movie, but ultimately an embarassing failure. Beautiful cinematography and costuming cannot rescue this false, bloated, at times ridiculous, reprise of the story of Jeanne d'Arc. The problems can be stated precisely: 1) Luc Besson. 2) Milla Jovovich.
Besson's Jeanne is a bellowing lunatic and latter day feminist with a wicked right cross. She lounges in bed until midday then furiously berates her commanders for starting the battle without her. Similarly, her knights can be found sleeping late (in full armour!) on the battlefield with the English Army directly to their front. The English in their turn are mercilessly pilloried as a race of brutal proto nazis, well...OK. These are just a few of the film's more besetting problems. Besson's Jeanne comes across as not a maid, but a madwoman worthy of institutionalization, if not the stake.
Likewise, Milla Jovovich's Jeanne is an insult to her memory. Alternately screaming, squeaking, pouting and hallucinating... It is difficult to imagine teenage boys following such a girl around a swimming pool, let alone hardened campaigners following her into battle. One finds one's self looking forward to her execution.
Jeanne's story deserves much better treatment than she gets in this deplorable film. | 0 | negative | [
"An unusual movie, but ultimately an embarassing failure.",
"Beautiful cinematography and costuming cannot rescue this false, bloated, at times ridiculous, reprise of the story of Jeanne d'Arc.",
"The problems can be stated precisely: 1) Luc Besson.",
"2) Milla Jovovich.",
"Besson's Jeanne is a bellowing lunatic and latter day feminist with a wicked right cross.",
"She lounges in bed until midday then furiously berates her commanders for starting the battle without her.",
"Similarly, her knights can be found sleeping late (in full armour!",
") on the battlefield with the English Army directly to their front.",
"The English in their turn are mercilessly pilloried as a race of brutal proto nazis, well...",
"OK.",
"These are just a few of the film's more besetting problems.",
"Besson's Jeanne comes across as not a maid, but a madwoman worthy of institutionalization, if not the stake.",
"Likewise, Milla Jovovich's Jeanne is an insult to her memory.",
"Alternately screaming, squeaking, pouting and hallucinating...",
"It is difficult to imagine teenage boys following such a girl around a swimming pool, let alone hardened campaigners following her into battle.",
"One finds one's self looking forward to her execution.",
"Jeanne's story deserves much better treatment than she gets in this deplorable film."
]
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What were Lucas and Spielberg thinking? This movie is extremely violent and contributes little to nothing to film history. I felt like I was watching two hours of violence just for violence' sake. And much of the violence and torture is directed towards children. One wonders if the makers of this film would subject their own children or teens to a viewing. I hope not.
The film also has no real story line other than a dark religious cult's need to torture and kill people, and the main character's need to retrieve a stone for a village, all while superficially romancing someone who appears not to want to be romanced. The woman's role offers little more than screaming and being ineffective, as she continuously waits to be saved by what is supposed to be a hero (but is a much darker character who is just as violent as his captors).
This is really a poor film. Although it's technically well done (regarding special effects, lighting, and props), most of the film is based on finding violent ways to hurt and test human beings. It's as though the gory, violent special effects were far more important than the story or acting.
I don't usually write a bad review but this was such a visually draining film (I felt sick at times and fast-forwarded through yet more scenes of violence) that I wanted to warn customers not to waste their money or time on this. This really is a sad statement on what passed (and passes) for acceptable movie experience in America. Definitely don't expose your children to such a violent film unless you want them to see how little regard the filmmakers had for human life, evidenced in most scenes throughout this movie. (How ironic that this came from someone who went on to make a movie about the Holocaust.)
I am truly sorry that I wasted almost two hours of my life watching this film. | 0 | negative | [
"What were Lucas and Spielberg thinking?",
"This movie is extremely violent and contributes little to nothing to film history.",
"I felt like I was watching two hours of violence just for violence' sake.",
"And much of the violence and torture is directed towards children.",
"One wonders if the makers of this film would subject their own children or teens to a viewing.",
"I hope not.",
"The film also has no real story line other than a dark religious cult's need to torture and kill people, and the main character's need to retrieve a stone for a village, all while superficially romancing someone who appears not to want to be romanced.",
"The woman's role offers little more than screaming and being ineffective, as she continuously waits to be saved by what is supposed to be a hero (but is a much darker character who is just as violent as his captors).",
"This is really a poor film.",
"Although it's technically well done (regarding special effects, lighting, and props), most of the film is based on finding violent ways to hurt and test human beings.",
"It's as though the gory, violent special effects were far more important than the story or acting.",
"I don't usually write a bad review but this was such a visually draining film (I felt sick at times and fast-forwarded through yet more scenes of violence) that I wanted to warn customers not to waste their money or time on this.",
"This really is a sad statement on what passed (and passes) for acceptable movie experience in America.",
"Definitely don't expose your children to such a violent film unless you want them to see how little regard the filmmakers had for human life, evidenced in most scenes throughout this movie.",
"(How ironic that this came from someone who went on to make a movie about the Holocaust.",
")\n\nI am truly sorry that I wasted almost two hours of my life watching this film."
]
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Item arrived with 1) parts missing 2) set screw "rattling around inside" 3) no instructions or documentation. The missing part is what is needed to secure the ends of the light to the ceiling. I assume that a hanger bolt would work and with no instructions or documentation, it is quite difficult to tell how they recommend mounting this thing. It does flex, so you must affix the mounts to the ceiling or it will sag. I contacted manufacturer about the missing parts and they asked me to take a picture of the missing parts, which I find to be both disturbing and humorous. I replied with further detail about the set screw inside one of the channels and lack of mounting hardware. It is now day 3 and I have not heard from them with the exception of an offer to have professional installation for $120. I don't need a pro installer. I need two, 3-inch hangar bolts with an M4 thread. Update: I was able to pop off the channel and retrieve the threaded set screw. I will go to a hardware store and purchase two 4M hangar bolts and hope for the best. One picture will show one side where the mount was attached correctly One picture shows where the set screw should go (it is inside the unit) One picture shows where the set screw should be and the mounting screw that needs the set screw | 0 | negative | [
"Item arrived with 1) parts missing 2) set screw \"rattling around inside\" 3) no instructions or documentation.",
"The missing part is what is needed to secure the ends of the light to the ceiling.",
"I assume that a hanger bolt would work and with no instructions or documentation, it is quite difficult to tell how they recommend mounting this thing.",
"It does flex, so you must affix the mounts to the ceiling or it will sag.",
"I contacted manufacturer about the missing parts and they asked me to take a picture of the missing parts, which I find to be both disturbing and humorous.",
"I replied with further detail about the set screw inside one of the channels and lack of mounting hardware.",
"It is now day 3 and I have not heard from them with the exception of an offer to have professional installation for $120.",
"I don't need a pro installer.",
"I need two, 3-inch hangar bolts with an M4 thread.",
"Update: I was able to pop off the channel and retrieve the threaded set screw.",
"I will go to a hardware store and purchase two 4M hangar bolts and hope for the best.",
"One picture will show one side where the mount was attached correctly One picture shows where the set screw should go (it is inside the unit) One picture shows where the set screw should be and the mounting screw that needs the set screw"
]
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Def Jam Icon is one of the shallowest games I've played in years and is highly repetitive and boring.
You get to create what your character looks like but you have to be male and you must be some shade of black/mixed. This character then goes through the trials and tribulations of becoming a big-shot music producer and you fight your way through all the confrontations in between.
Sounds like it might make a good game but it's VERY linear and pretty much every decision you make in the management half of the game has little or no effect on anything. How good would it be to download your own tunes onto the PS3 and mix them into new tracks for the game? Tough, you can't.
There are about 10 different environments to fight in but they all get rather tiresome after the millionth battle and there are never any really cool moments when you interact with the crumbling area. Def Jam Icon is all flash and no substance I'm afraid, I actually liked <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Def-Jam-Fight-for-NY/dp/B00020V5AM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Def Jam Fight for NY</a> a lot better.
Graphics B
Sound B
Gameplay C
Lasting Appeal D- | 0 | negative | [
"Def Jam Icon is one of the shallowest games I've played in years and is highly repetitive and boring.",
"You get to create what your character looks like but you have to be male and you must be some shade of black/mixed.",
"This character then goes through the trials and tribulations of becoming a big-shot music producer and you fight your way through all the confrontations in between.",
"Sounds like it might make a good game but it's VERY linear and pretty much every decision you make in the management half of the game has little or no effect on anything.",
"How good would it be to download your own tunes onto the PS3 and mix them into new tracks for the game?",
"Tough, you can't.",
"There are about 10 different environments to fight in but they all get rather tiresome after the millionth battle and there are never any really cool moments when you interact with the crumbling area.",
"Def Jam Icon is all flash and no substance I'm afraid, I actually liked <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Def-Jam-Fight-for-NY/dp/B00020V5AM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Def Jam Fight for NY</a> a lot better.",
"Graphics B\nSound B\nGameplay C\nLasting Appeal D-"
]
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The wig is pretty. The "hair" itself doesn't look fake. But if you are new to wigs, this wig is NOT the one. If you are used to thin hair, this wig may be too much for you. It is soooo thick. I have plucked it so much and it still looks ridiculous. I took it to a wig shop and paid the girl to pluck it and cut it for me, and it still needs more. I'm donating it and will buy another some where else. The wig cap is so big and bulky. I was so hoping it would look as good for me as it did other reviewers. | 0 | negative | [
"The wig is pretty.",
"The \"hair\" itself doesn't look fake.",
"But if you are new to wigs, this wig is NOT the one.",
"If you are used to thin hair, this wig may be too much for you.",
"It is soooo thick.",
"I have plucked it so much and it still looks ridiculous.",
"I took it to a wig shop and paid the girl to pluck it and cut it for me, and it still needs more.",
"I'm donating it and will buy another some where else.",
"The wig cap is so big and bulky.",
"I was so hoping it would look as good for me as it did other reviewers."
]
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I usually don't have any qualms with this genre of snacks. I can tolerate Cliff Bars, Slim Fast bars, Luna, you name it (these Chia Bars http://www.amazon.com/Health-Warrior-Chia-Banana-13-2oz/dp/B00DF0T8VO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1420231866&sr=8-6&keywords=chia+bars are usually my favorite). So as you can imagine, I don't expect the world from a protein bar. I simply expect it to be tolerable.
In terms of the Cookies and Creme flavor: I absolutely hated this one. I remember reading reviews before purchasing thinking "Oh, they can't be that bad." Specifically the reviews stating the taste was like eating protein powder out of the can or a bad wafer cookie. Those reviewers are EXACTLY right. My husband and I both thought they were awful. The texture is great, there's just no getting over the taste and even the after taste that lingers. I would recommend staying away from this bar. | 0 | negative | [
"I usually don't have any qualms with this genre of snacks.",
"I can tolerate Cliff Bars, Slim Fast bars, Luna, you name it (these Chia Bars http://www.",
"amazon.",
"com/Health-Warrior-Chia-Banana-13-2oz/dp/B00DF0T8VO/ref=sr_1_6?",
"ie=UTF8&qid=1420231866&sr=8-6&keywords=chia+bars are usually my favorite).",
"So as you can imagine, I don't expect the world from a protein bar.",
"I simply expect it to be tolerable.",
"In terms of the Cookies and Creme flavor: I absolutely hated this one.",
"I remember reading reviews before purchasing thinking \"Oh, they can't be that bad.",
"\" Specifically the reviews stating the taste was like eating protein powder out of the can or a bad wafer cookie.",
"Those reviewers are EXACTLY right.",
"My husband and I both thought they were awful.",
"The texture is great, there's just no getting over the taste and even the after taste that lingers.",
"I would recommend staying away from this bar."
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They are focused for close up stuff like basketball games, not for astronomy. And the view is no where near 393 ft at 1000 yards. I'm a binocular enthusiast and know many eyepieces and angles by name. These have an apparent field of view of at most 320ft at 1000 yards.
I was at an astronomy star party and exchanged binoculars with someone in the dark. Having window shopped for these before on Amazon, I recognized them by the rounded backs of their rear prisms. Their owner said they are great because he does not have to focus them. I looked through them and noted that I could not focus them. Stars were far from pin points. My Nikon Aculons were much sharper.
I'm 35, have 20/20 vision and can focus my eyes at infinity and 8 inches. I could not focus these on the stars. I'm sure they are great for looking at the squirrel in the tree.
I also noted that they are very light weight. They weighed maybe half what my Nikon's weigh. I have nothing against light weight plastic, since it is easier to hold steady. But I will not buy a pair of these. I'm glad I got to try before I buy. | 0 | negative | [
"They are focused for close up stuff like basketball games, not for astronomy.",
"And the view is no where near 393 ft at 1000 yards.",
"I'm a binocular enthusiast and know many eyepieces and angles by name.",
"These have an apparent field of view of at most 320ft at 1000 yards.",
"I was at an astronomy star party and exchanged binoculars with someone in the dark.",
"Having window shopped for these before on Amazon, I recognized them by the rounded backs of their rear prisms.",
"Their owner said they are great because he does not have to focus them.",
"I looked through them and noted that I could not focus them.",
"Stars were far from pin points.",
"My Nikon Aculons were much sharper.",
"I'm 35, have 20/20 vision and can focus my eyes at infinity and 8 inches.",
"I could not focus these on the stars.",
"I'm sure they are great for looking at the squirrel in the tree.",
"I also noted that they are very light weight.",
"They weighed maybe half what my Nikon's weigh.",
"I have nothing against light weight plastic, since it is easier to hold steady.",
"But I will not buy a pair of these.",
"I'm glad I got to try before I buy."
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I lost count years ago of how many of these I have been through. Good ones only last a year and a half at most. Every time I purchase a new one I have to return at least the first purchase. The quality control on these sending units is as bad as any product I have ever owned. I like the gauges but am sick of having to replace the oil pressure sending units. The last couple have failed just beyond the warranty. I've had no problems with the Auto Meter water temperature sending unit.
The application is a 1994 Cummins 12 valve diesel. I have tried what others suggested to run an external ground wire and replace the teflon tape but these modifications made no difference. I have followed tech support's instructions to check all of the wiring and have even replaced it. The sending still provides a signal when the oil pressure is over roughly 70 psi but quits below 60 psi. This is what they all eventually do whether brand new out of the box, a month old, or over a year old.
If anyone can suggest a higher quality replacement from a different brand I am looking to avoid Auto Meter for any future oil pressure sending unit needs. | 0 | negative | [
"I lost count years ago of how many of these I have been through.",
"Good ones only last a year and a half at most.",
"Every time I purchase a new one I have to return at least the first purchase.",
"The quality control on these sending units is as bad as any product I have ever owned.",
"I like the gauges but am sick of having to replace the oil pressure sending units.",
"The last couple have failed just beyond the warranty.",
"I've had no problems with the Auto Meter water temperature sending unit.",
"The application is a 1994 Cummins 12 valve diesel.",
"I have tried what others suggested to run an external ground wire and replace the teflon tape but these modifications made no difference.",
"I have followed tech support's instructions to check all of the wiring and have even replaced it.",
"The sending still provides a signal when the oil pressure is over roughly 70 psi but quits below 60 psi.",
"This is what they all eventually do whether brand new out of the box, a month old, or over a year old.",
"If anyone can suggest a higher quality replacement from a different brand I am looking to avoid Auto Meter for any future oil pressure sending unit needs."
]
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I'm a sucker for new ideas and innovation, so when i saw these come up i figured why not. Plus it was cheap. I was dumb to buy this from Hong Kong. It took so long to arrive I had forgotten about it. i'm assuming there are other vendors offering higher quality versions, but this one was total junk. No disrespect to the seller, they were courteous and refunded without issue. I would say if this concept appeals to you, use it for your iPad or mini - but get a higher-quality version (the tip fell off mine after a couple days).
I also found it to be very awkward on the phone - visually and spatially. And unless you have very small hands, it's difficult to hold effectively. Basically the form factor needs work. Since it's hollow, the tip could easily have been made to telescope. I'd pay more for that. Maybe someone's already done it. If not, maybe i'll take out a patent. :) | 0 | negative | [
"I'm a sucker for new ideas and innovation, so when i saw these come up i figured why not.",
"Plus it was cheap.",
"I was dumb to buy this from Hong Kong.",
"It took so long to arrive I had forgotten about it.",
"i'm assuming there are other vendors offering higher quality versions, but this one was total junk.",
"No disrespect to the seller, they were courteous and refunded without issue.",
"I would say if this concept appeals to you, use it for your iPad or mini - but get a higher-quality version (the tip fell off mine after a couple days).",
"I also found it to be very awkward on the phone - visually and spatially.",
"And unless you have very small hands, it's difficult to hold effectively.",
"Basically the form factor needs work.",
"Since it's hollow, the tip could easily have been made to telescope.",
"I'd pay more for that.",
"Maybe someone's already done it.",
"If not, maybe i'll take out a patent.",
":)"
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Before I start Desire, Angel of Harlem, & All I want are excellent songs, and if you have most of their albums & are big U2 fans and haven't brought this yet then why not as these are better to have on this album than to buy them on the best of 80's package that already mostly has songs you own, & there are some excellent live performances too Bullet in the blue sky, Pride (in the name of love) & the gospel version of Still haven't found what I'm looking for is very interesting!!!
But...please read on if you're new to U2!!!
There are very big bad moves...For example, well it's mainly this, the choice of cover songs, Helter Skelter & All along the watch tower, very bad moves, maybe this is a personal issue for me as Helter Skelter is one of my favourite Beatles songs and it's performed too slow, whilst Dylan's All along the watchtower was done miles better by Hendrix!!!
Add this too the iffy performance of Silver & Gold, and the ill fated When love comes to town, along with iffy tunes such as Love Rescue me & God part II, then one soon realises that although Hattle & Hum came only a year after the 1987 master class The Joshua Tree it is hardly an essential U2 album release, but there are ways you could forgive this!!!
U2 were on a crest of a wave, the unexpected popularity of The Joshua Tree not only a big US hit album but also worldwide. From being a respected Irish rock band (probably the best Irish rock band) they were suddenly the biggest thing on Earth. So one can safely say that Rattle & Hum was more a tribute to the fans & U2's influences or more simply put, the things that had helped them become famous!!!!
U2 were obviously saving themselves after The Joshua Tree, and in hindsight thank God for that because it would actually be 4 years before their next official album release, the 1991 album Actung Baby. But unlike their more recent 2000 releases that was actually four years that really really were well worth the wait. So I suppose one should really forgive them 100% then, I mean it is U2!!!!
Worlds biggest band 1987-200?
Worlds best band 1987-1997 | 0 | negative | [
"Before I start Desire, Angel of Harlem, & All I want are excellent songs, and if you have most of their albums & are big U2 fans and haven't brought this yet then why not as these are better to have on this album than to buy them on the best of 80's package that already mostly has songs you own, & there are some excellent live performances too Bullet in the blue sky, Pride (in the name of love) & the gospel version of Still haven't found what I'm looking for is very interesting!!!",
"But...",
"please read on if you're new to U2!!!",
"There are very big bad moves...",
"For example, well it's mainly this, the choice of cover songs, Helter Skelter & All along the watch tower, very bad moves, maybe this is a personal issue for me as Helter Skelter is one of my favourite Beatles songs and it's performed too slow, whilst Dylan's All along the watchtower was done miles better by Hendrix!!!",
"Add this too the iffy performance of Silver & Gold, and the ill fated When love comes to town, along with iffy tunes such as Love Rescue me & God part II, then one soon realises that although Hattle & Hum came only a year after the 1987 master class The Joshua Tree it is hardly an essential U2 album release, but there are ways you could forgive this!!!",
"U2 were on a crest of a wave, the unexpected popularity of The Joshua Tree not only a big US hit album but also worldwide.",
"From being a respected Irish rock band (probably the best Irish rock band) they were suddenly the biggest thing on Earth.",
"So one can safely say that Rattle & Hum was more a tribute to the fans & U2's influences or more simply put, the things that had helped them become famous!!!!",
"U2 were obviously saving themselves after The Joshua Tree, and in hindsight thank God for that because it would actually be 4 years before their next official album release, the 1991 album Actung Baby.",
"But unlike their more recent 2000 releases that was actually four years that really really were well worth the wait.",
"So I suppose one should really forgive them 100% then, I mean it is U2!!!!",
"Worlds biggest band 1987-200?",
"Worlds best band 1987-1997"
]
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Its a nice bag if you don't have larger lenses. Its rated to hold 1-2 bodies and 7-10 lenses. I currently have a 40D/grip, 580EX II, 70-200 f/2.8L, 28-135IS, and then tamrons 28-70 2.8 and 17-35 lenses. thats full to the max. I contacted Canon to find out what lenses it was rated for, they considered the 17-35 lens even to be larger than what it was designed for. They designed it and rated it for two bodies, no grips, no external flashes, and the lenses are all small prime lenses like the 28, 24, and 50mm's. They couldn't list 10 different focal length lenses that would fit in the bag...so why do they say that? I had to special order this bag from my shop, so there are no returns, and Canon is sticking to their word that it holds what they say so they are doing anything about it either.
If you can live with the camera/grip, flash and 4 lenses, then its a great bag, but if you are getting it to hold anywhere near the gear its rated for, go with something else. If anyone wants mine, just email me...im selling it on here for cheap now. | 0 | negative | [
"Its a nice bag if you don't have larger lenses.",
"Its rated to hold 1-2 bodies and 7-10 lenses.",
"I currently have a 40D/grip, 580EX II, 70-200 f/2.",
"8L, 28-135IS, and then tamrons 28-70 2.",
"8 and 17-35 lenses.",
"thats full to the max.",
"I contacted Canon to find out what lenses it was rated for, they considered the 17-35 lens even to be larger than what it was designed for.",
"They designed it and rated it for two bodies, no grips, no external flashes, and the lenses are all small prime lenses like the 28, 24, and 50mm's.",
"They couldn't list 10 different focal length lenses that would fit in the bag...",
"so why do they say that?",
"I had to special order this bag from my shop, so there are no returns, and Canon is sticking to their word that it holds what they say so they are doing anything about it either.",
"If you can live with the camera/grip, flash and 4 lenses, then its a great bag, but if you are getting it to hold anywhere near the gear its rated for, go with something else.",
"If anyone wants mine, just email me...",
"im selling it on here for cheap now."
]
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This game is ok the first playthrough & never again.
The adventure part is fun but everything is a damn tedious very long chore.
Youll be going back & forth, back & forth again & again so many times youll end up shutting the game off. No thought was put into this.
Cause going back & forth from a chapter you completed, down the sewers & up again. Repeat 10000 more times. Why did they think this was fun?
Its not. Its such a drag. A drag through a disgusting sticking mud road. Thats how slow it is.
Whether it be preparing for the next chapter or helping some guy get food or items in other chapters thus having to, you gussed it. Travel back & forth.
The chapters are not fun either
The first chapter involved a dragon & a castle but before that you must go to the village, find some stones, fight some enemies. Near the end of your search youl find enemies you cant beat & are forced to buy the pow block to defeat them. Lame
Youll also encounter fuzzy balls that eat your hp & multiply. You get to the castle & while small its still a pain to get in, go through everything & fight the boss.
Chapter 2.
You must endure a long path in a forest of man eatting plants & rock enemies who you cant damage much early in the game.
So your better off running but the game cheaps you out by forcing you to smash the A button & you loose coins. You make it to the tree but you now need to get a fat ghost to help you advanced.
The tree is a confusing mess. Find the little pests
And find your way to the boss.
Chapter 3.
Before you can even start this one your supposed to know to go the bandits house. Pay the jerk to give you a clue to go pay for two items to meet the mafia dude to give you blimp tickets. That out of the way you can finaly get to the chapter.
Your in a wwe event and you most join & fight your way to the top. Neat but the mystery sucks.
Your given a cake for your hard work but don't eat it cause its poison. But here is were the game cheats. If you ignore it, someone else eats it but they are ok. 2nd cake comes but again don't eat it.
I had to fight the same guys numerous times. Why? Idk :/
Chapter 4
Before you can start this, you must talk to some guy who just happend to leave hes village unharmed. And gusse what. Its one of those back & forth montages again. Yay.... NO
NO NINTENDO. Bad
Seriously you end up going from the village & mansion about 10 times. Part of that is chasing duplous. And getting the letter p
How marios friends didn't question how he broke the sky or went back to the mansion is unexplained.
This chapter is so dull
Chapter 5
Before this one you gotta go get the bomb guy who is stubborn at first & not easy to find. Question. If mario gets the cursed powers
How does everyone else fit into tight spaces & cracks or play the mini games?
Yea bs
You get the boat ready & make it to the island.
And it as well is tedious. Poison plants & fuzzis hunt you down as you start the left & right marathon again. Wow so fun going in the same locations endlessly.
Having to avoid enemies & do platforming is not fun. Especaily when falling in water which resets you miles away from were you died at & takes 10 whole seconds. Was short but the boss is cheap.
Can attack the player FIVE flipping times. With hes blades, poison hook & hes skull. What a cheater.
Chapter 6
Possibly the most boring one
Having to solve a train mystery.
Chapter 7.
Time for the 2nd worst chapter in the game
Remember all those times you traved back & forth 1000 times? Well here is a whole chapter of going through past chapters finding some jerk who cant be in one place to get you to the moon.
You get to the moon & try to beat it.
Final chapter.
Sigh & facepalm
This chapter can be considered to be its own boss
Due to its length & difficult puzzles & rooms & traps.
Its waaay too long
To much to do before meeting the queen.
Several bosses
1. The chapter itself
2. Bloomtail
3. Shadow sirens
4. Grodius
5. Bowser & kamek
6. Dark queen
Why nintendo. Why did you make this so long?
And complicated?
She is also pretty darn tough too.
Other huge problems
Your item menu is waay to small
Only 10 items? Mega lame
The badges
You can only upgrade 3 points each while hp & fp get 5+ points
But the worse this is
Badges that demand 5 - 8 slots of space but only give you 1 point stat boost. wow what a rip
that is total crap
5 or more slots for 1 wimpy point
Mega lame
Enemies get hyper to boost thier attack by 6x or 8x
You can only do 2x
Again mega lame
Ally badges also take up lots of space too
Some of them are hard to use
Ie: the fire hammer
One swing only
Better make it count
Timing the star moves is no easy task
The stage or viewers might help or harm you
Pray it doesnt screw with you because it will
The cooking toad
This is just evil
You cant move cause the toad is missing a contact lens. You move. You step on it...
Now you must pay for a new one.
Cruel joke nintendo
You cant even be creative once you found the cook book. You can fail at cooking and get a mistake. why?
Two things
This is both the mushroom kingdom world while in a video game where anything is possible yet i cant just make anything i want without it turning into a mistake & thus a waste of items.
Luigi has hes own adventure & partners who all grow to hate him
Id love to see that game | 0 | negative | [
"This game is ok the first playthrough & never again.",
"The adventure part is fun but everything is a damn tedious very long chore.",
"Youll be going back & forth, back & forth again & again so many times youll end up shutting the game off.",
"No thought was put into this.",
"Cause going back & forth from a chapter you completed, down the sewers & up again.",
"Repeat 10000 more times.",
"Why did they think this was fun?",
"Its not.",
"Its such a drag.",
"A drag through a disgusting sticking mud road.",
"Thats how slow it is.",
"Whether it be preparing for the next chapter or helping some guy get food or items in other chapters thus having to, you gussed it.",
"Travel back & forth.",
"The chapters are not fun either\nThe first chapter involved a dragon & a castle but before that you must go to the village, find some stones, fight some enemies.",
"Near the end of your search youl find enemies you cant beat & are forced to buy the pow block to defeat them.",
"Lame\nYoull also encounter fuzzy balls that eat your hp & multiply.",
"You get to the castle & while small its still a pain to get in, go through everything & fight the boss.",
"Chapter 2.",
"You must endure a long path in a forest of man eatting plants & rock enemies who you cant damage much early in the game.",
"So your better off running but the game cheaps you out by forcing you to smash the A button & you loose coins.",
"You make it to the tree but you now need to get a fat ghost to help you advanced.",
"The tree is a confusing mess.",
"Find the little pests\nAnd find your way to the boss.",
"Chapter 3.",
"Before you can even start this one your supposed to know to go the bandits house.",
"Pay the jerk to give you a clue to go pay for two items to meet the mafia dude to give you blimp tickets.",
"That out of the way you can finaly get to the chapter.",
"Your in a wwe event and you most join & fight your way to the top.",
"Neat but the mystery sucks.",
"Your given a cake for your hard work but don't eat it cause its poison.",
"But here is were the game cheats.",
"If you ignore it, someone else eats it but they are ok.",
"2nd cake comes but again don't eat it.",
"I had to fight the same guys numerous times.",
"Why?",
"Idk :/\n Chapter 4\nBefore you can start this, you must talk to some guy who just happend to leave hes village unharmed.",
"And gusse what.",
"Its one of those back & forth montages again.",
"Yay....",
"NO\nNO NINTENDO.",
"Bad\nSeriously you end up going from the village & mansion about 10 times.",
"Part of that is chasing duplous.",
"And getting the letter p\nHow marios friends didn't question how he broke the sky or went back to the mansion is unexplained.",
"This chapter is so dull\nChapter 5\nBefore this one you gotta go get the bomb guy who is stubborn at first & not easy to find.",
"Question.",
"If mario gets the cursed powers\nHow does everyone else fit into tight spaces & cracks or play the mini games?",
"Yea bs\nYou get the boat ready & make it to the island.",
"And it as well is tedious.",
"Poison plants & fuzzis hunt you down as you start the left & right marathon again.",
"Wow so fun going in the same locations endlessly.",
"Having to avoid enemies & do platforming is not fun.",
"Especaily when falling in water which resets you miles away from were you died at & takes 10 whole seconds.",
"Was short but the boss is cheap.",
"Can attack the player FIVE flipping times.",
"With hes blades, poison hook & hes skull.",
"What a cheater.",
"Chapter 6\nPossibly the most boring one\nHaving to solve a train mystery.",
"Chapter 7.",
"Time for the 2nd worst chapter in the game\nRemember all those times you traved back & forth 1000 times?",
"Well here is a whole chapter of going through past chapters finding some jerk who cant be in one place to get you to the moon.",
"You get to the moon & try to beat it.",
"Final chapter.",
"Sigh & facepalm\nThis chapter can be considered to be its own boss\nDue to its length & difficult puzzles & rooms & traps.",
"Its waaay too long\nTo much to do before meeting the queen.",
"Several bosses\n1.",
"The chapter itself\n2.",
"Bloomtail\n3.",
"Shadow sirens\n4.",
"Grodius\n5.",
"Bowser & kamek\n6.",
"Dark queen\nWhy nintendo.",
"Why did you make this so long?",
"And complicated?",
"She is also pretty darn tough too.",
"Other huge problems\nYour item menu is waay to small\nOnly 10 items?",
"Mega lame\n\nThe badges\nYou can only upgrade 3 points each while hp & fp get 5+ points\nBut the worse this is\nBadges that demand 5 - 8 slots of space but only give you 1 point stat boost.",
"wow what a rip\nthat is total crap\n5 or more slots for 1 wimpy point\nMega lame\n\nEnemies get hyper to boost thier attack by 6x or 8x\nYou can only do 2x\nAgain mega lame\n\nAlly badges also take up lots of space too\n\nSome of them are hard to use\nIe: the fire hammer\nOne swing only\nBetter make it count\n\nTiming the star moves is no easy task\n\nThe stage or viewers might help or harm you\nPray it doesnt screw with you because it will\n\nThe cooking toad\nThis is just evil\nYou cant move cause the toad is missing a contact lens.",
"You move.",
"You step on it...",
"Now you must pay for a new one.",
"Cruel joke nintendo\n\nYou cant even be creative once you found the cook book.",
"You can fail at cooking and get a mistake.",
"why?",
"Two things\nThis is both the mushroom kingdom world while in a video game where anything is possible yet i cant just make anything i want without it turning into a mistake & thus a waste of items.",
"Luigi has hes own adventure & partners who all grow to hate him\nId love to see that game"
]
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I'm on pins and needles writing this review. I don't want to write a crappy review only to discover that the series gets better, but I also don't want to steer you wrong by saying this is a great book when it's not. Many people who I respect a lot think that the sun rises and sets on this series, so I do want to read it and find out why. So far with book one, I'm unenthusiastic.
Why didn't I like it? There are a lot of reasons. The style of writing makes it hard to read, and the immense level of detail makes it hard to keep reading. The book uses an old style of writing where paragraphs are haphazardly used and it's very hard to find the `lede'. Couple this with technical jargon (about sailing ships and the navy) and historic accuracy, you get a book that is dangerously close to bringing death by boredom. Fortunately, it's a compelling story, and I found myself wanting to continue reading, despite all the obstacles that the author put in the way.
So far I have only read this book, which is the first of around 20 in the series. People have asked how it compare to other books in the same time period like Horatio Hornblower (by C.S. Forester)or Richard and Adam Bolitho (by Alexander Kent) or Richard Delancey (by C. Northcote Parkinson) or Isaac Biddlecomb*** (by James L Nelson). I think it's far closer to the Richard Delancey series in that it has gotten off to a rough start because it's too technical and spends a lot of time on historical detail. As it turns out, the Richard Delancey series became much better with each book, and I'm hoping that is the case for this series.
NOTE: all these characters are British with the exception of Biddlecomb who is an American.
I would urge you to start with the Hornblower or Bolitho or Biddlecomb series first as they are more readable.
Triggers: It's a book about naval warfare in the 18th century; the bodies stack up like cordwood. It's all violence, no sex. There is some "off camera" `sex' which results in the execution of one man and a goat and a separate act results in an STD to a main character. There is a reason people think that sailors and marines have colorful language, and in this book the language is colorful. (The author does tone some of the language down, it's not the worst I have ever read.)
The story telling is good, the characters interesting and I did care about what happened. I just wish it was easier to read. Hopefully the series gets better.
EDIT: The second book is much better than the first. | 0 | negative | [
"I'm on pins and needles writing this review.",
"I don't want to write a crappy review only to discover that the series gets better, but I also don't want to steer you wrong by saying this is a great book when it's not.",
"Many people who I respect a lot think that the sun rises and sets on this series, so I do want to read it and find out why.",
"So far with book one, I'm unenthusiastic.",
"Why didn't I like it?",
"There are a lot of reasons.",
"The style of writing makes it hard to read, and the immense level of detail makes it hard to keep reading.",
"The book uses an old style of writing where paragraphs are haphazardly used and it's very hard to find the `lede'.",
"Couple this with technical jargon (about sailing ships and the navy) and historic accuracy, you get a book that is dangerously close to bringing death by boredom.",
"Fortunately, it's a compelling story, and I found myself wanting to continue reading, despite all the obstacles that the author put in the way.",
"So far I have only read this book, which is the first of around 20 in the series.",
"People have asked how it compare to other books in the same time period like Horatio Hornblower (by C.",
"S. Forester)or Richard and Adam Bolitho (by Alexander Kent) or Richard Delancey (by C.",
"Northcote Parkinson) or Isaac Biddlecomb*** (by James L Nelson).",
"I think it's far closer to the Richard Delancey series in that it has gotten off to a rough start because it's too technical and spends a lot of time on historical detail.",
"As it turns out, the Richard Delancey series became much better with each book, and I'm hoping that is the case for this series.",
"NOTE: all these characters are British with the exception of Biddlecomb who is an American.",
"I would urge you to start with the Hornblower or Bolitho or Biddlecomb series first as they are more readable.",
"Triggers: It's a book about naval warfare in the 18th century; the bodies stack up like cordwood.",
"It's all violence, no sex.",
"There is some \"off camera\" `sex' which results in the execution of one man and a goat and a separate act results in an STD to a main character.",
"There is a reason people think that sailors and marines have colorful language, and in this book the language is colorful.",
"(The author does tone some of the language down, it's not the worst I have ever read.",
")\n\nThe story telling is good, the characters interesting and I did care about what happened.",
"I just wish it was easier to read.",
"Hopefully the series gets better.",
"EDIT: The second book is much better than the first."
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I have had over 20 merrell mocs. These have some kind of high arch that is around the heel area. Just wore them Friday and Saturday I had big time pain in my inside of my heels. Feels swollen and bruised. Too late to send back. Never had this problem before. Now feet hurt to put in my other merrells. Something is just not right with shoe. I thought they were knock offs but then I went to a shoe store and low and behold even those have the arches starting in the heel area. Thought maybe I just had a wierd foot all of a sudden. Nope - had others try it and they all mentioned that it felt lumpy. I emailed merrell and all they did was sent me a general form about returning to the merchant or to them if it was defective. No remedy for the change to the poor design. | 0 | negative | [
"I have had over 20 merrell mocs.",
"These have some kind of high arch that is around the heel area.",
"Just wore them Friday and Saturday I had big time pain in my inside of my heels.",
"Feels swollen and bruised.",
"Too late to send back.",
"Never had this problem before.",
"Now feet hurt to put in my other merrells.",
"Something is just not right with shoe.",
"I thought they were knock offs but then I went to a shoe store and low and behold even those have the arches starting in the heel area.",
"Thought maybe I just had a wierd foot all of a sudden.",
"Nope - had others try it and they all mentioned that it felt lumpy.",
"I emailed merrell and all they did was sent me a general form about returning to the merchant or to them if it was defective.",
"No remedy for the change to the poor design."
]
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Didn't this company used to make quality receptacles? They install fine and look good but the party's over when you actually try to use the them. Insertion of plugs is a project and can run the gamut from too easy to using all my strength to insert the plug. Most times, the Insertion literally snags twice on the way in and ends up using too much force to insert the plug.
There was a question here about the gauge of you can insert in the back of these. My electrician told me to never, ever, EVER use the wire insert method to hook these up as it creates a serious fire hazard.
BTW, the matching cover plates by Leviton are so cheap they bend if you even slightly overtighten the screws.
Always remember "black-to-brass".... the hot wires connect to the brass screws.
Honestly... try to find something better! | 0 | negative | [
"Didn't this company used to make quality receptacles?",
"They install fine and look good but the party's over when you actually try to use the them.",
"Insertion of plugs is a project and can run the gamut from too easy to using all my strength to insert the plug.",
"Most times, the Insertion literally snags twice on the way in and ends up using too much force to insert the plug.",
"There was a question here about the gauge of you can insert in the back of these.",
"My electrician told me to never, ever, EVER use the wire insert method to hook these up as it creates a serious fire hazard.",
"BTW, the matching cover plates by Leviton are so cheap they bend if you even slightly overtighten the screws.",
"Always remember \"black-to-brass\"....",
"the hot wires connect to the brass screws.",
"Honestly...",
"try to find something better!"
]
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Ok. THis is Maiden. THis is Steve Harris and DAve Murray and Nicko McBrain. So, of course the playing here has its moments. But the trouble here is the production. It made the band sound weak and uninspired. The compositions are also very irregular. LOOK FOR THE TRUTH and FORTUNES OF WAR are the same song, they begin with the same chords at the same order!!!!!!
But gone are the harmony solos, so great in the times of Murray / Smith. Gone are Dickinson's powerful vocals, strong and clear. (Blaze is great - it's just that Bruce is much better). Also, Maiden always wrote great albums when they recorded eight or nine songs per album. Now, we have twelve. So, quality drops.
If you're a completist, you must own this album. If not, and if you have the Best of The Beast compilation, you're well served, because it contains THE X-FACTOR only memorable Maiden song, SIGN OF THE CROSS. | 0 | negative | [
"Ok.",
"THis is Maiden.",
"THis is Steve Harris and DAve Murray and Nicko McBrain.",
"So, of course the playing here has its moments.",
"But the trouble here is the production.",
"It made the band sound weak and uninspired.",
"The compositions are also very irregular.",
"LOOK FOR THE TRUTH and FORTUNES OF WAR are the same song, they begin with the same chords at the same order!!!!",
"!!",
"But gone are the harmony solos, so great in the times of Murray / Smith.",
"Gone are Dickinson's powerful vocals, strong and clear.",
"(Blaze is great - it's just that Bruce is much better).",
"Also, Maiden always wrote great albums when they recorded eight or nine songs per album.",
"Now, we have twelve.",
"So, quality drops.",
"If you're a completist, you must own this album.",
"If not, and if you have the Best of The Beast compilation, you're well served, because it contains THE X-FACTOR only memorable Maiden song, SIGN OF THE CROSS."
]
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Jawbone 2
This is one of the worst headphones I have ever had, three of them had the back touch button fail, one just died and the last one answers the call but you cannot hear the caller. I have had 5 of these in less than a year, the first one lasted about 5 months. The rest have been about a month. Verizon will not refund my money but they are glad to give me a new one to replace the ones that die. The headpieces are junk and break so I just wear the thing in my ear till it dies, go to Verizon and get a new one with new headsets. They tell me our military uses these, scary thought. the only good thing is the small size, noise canceling, and the led off feature. I have tried 10 different models of headsets from various companies, the absolute best quality sound and reliability I have had were the Plantronics 330 to 550 models. They are a little bigger but fit better and do not die.so I will be going back to them. | 0 | negative | [
"Jawbone 2\nThis is one of the worst headphones I have ever had, three of them had the back touch button fail, one just died and the last one answers the call but you cannot hear the caller.",
"I have had 5 of these in less than a year, the first one lasted about 5 months.",
"The rest have been about a month.",
"Verizon will not refund my money but they are glad to give me a new one to replace the ones that die.",
"The headpieces are junk and break so I just wear the thing in my ear till it dies, go to Verizon and get a new one with new headsets.",
"They tell me our military uses these, scary thought.",
"the only good thing is the small size, noise canceling, and the led off feature.",
"I have tried 10 different models of headsets from various companies, the absolute best quality sound and reliability I have had were the Plantronics 330 to 550 models.",
"They are a little bigger but fit better and do not die.",
"so I will be going back to them."
]
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Was going to buy until i read the reviews. 1st. ? is if all or most all report teflon pealing off so fast, why is it still available? 2nd. ? is why the sizes are not listed ? The product in which i'm refering to is the 3 pcs. Nordic Ware Toaster Oven Baking set.. Sorry about putting cart before the horse... Smoothbore00.... | 0 | negative | [
"Was going to buy until i read the reviews.",
"1st.",
"?",
"is if all or most all report teflon pealing off so fast, why is it still available?",
"2nd.",
"?",
"is why the sizes are not listed?",
"The product in which i'm refering to is the 3 pcs.",
"Nordic Ware Toaster Oven Baking set..",
"Sorry about putting cart before the horse...",
"Smoothbore00...."
]
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The frame of these headphones is a terrible design. The ear pieces are solid in a fixed (thick, long) shape with no give and little bend. They are cheap, very hard plastic and uncomfortable. You can slide them around, but unless your head matches the curve of the frame exactly, you will have difficulty finding a comfortable fit. The sound quality is tinny and mediocre. The cord and plug are made of the thinnest, cheapest, flimsiest materials, and will easily break. The plug is not L-shaped which means it is vulnerable to breaking at the point of connection.
Additional warning: there are a couple of different listings for HP-200s on Amazon, and depending on the one you are looking at, the photos of the product might be deceptive in that you can't see how inflexible (and thick) the frames are, and in some cases, the photo doesn't match the product you wind up buying.
Be particularly wary of the photo showing the "cans" flipped around, suggesting a flexible swivel design. This is not the same item I unfortunately bought. | 0 | negative | [
"The frame of these headphones is a terrible design.",
"The ear pieces are solid in a fixed (thick, long) shape with no give and little bend.",
"They are cheap, very hard plastic and uncomfortable.",
"You can slide them around, but unless your head matches the curve of the frame exactly, you will have difficulty finding a comfortable fit.",
"The sound quality is tinny and mediocre.",
"The cord and plug are made of the thinnest, cheapest, flimsiest materials, and will easily break.",
"The plug is not L-shaped which means it is vulnerable to breaking at the point of connection.",
"Additional warning: there are a couple of different listings for HP-200s on Amazon, and depending on the one you are looking at, the photos of the product might be deceptive in that you can't see how inflexible (and thick) the frames are, and in some cases, the photo doesn't match the product you wind up buying.",
"Be particularly wary of the photo showing the \"cans\" flipped around, suggesting a flexible swivel design.",
"This is not the same item I unfortunately bought."
]
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This game has 5 great titles of classic games! They are Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug and Pole Postion. This sounds pretty decent, but really, no fun is coming out of this. Here's the reviews on the games
Ms. Pac Man: 2.5/5
I love Ms. Pac Man, but it's impossible to play on this. You play tiny, or huge, kinda like that one world in SM64. When you play tiny, it's too dificult to see where the ghosts are and such. The huge screen is useful, untill your scrolling down and run into a ghost you couldn't see.
Galaga: 3/5
It's fine, but it's boring. No value is brought to you when your playing.
Galaxian: 3/5
It's the same with Galaga, no replay value at all. I don't know why that's happening, but something dosn't feel right playing Galaga or Galaxian on the GBA.
Dig Dug: 4/5
This is very fun on this, one of the only games I play (I'm gonna sell this game soon). But the controls can be funky.
Pole Postion: 0/5
Oh my god, what happend here!?!?!? When the women's suppose to say: "Prepare to be qualified" all I hear is MMMMMMMMMEEEMMMM!!! It like mumbles. When your turning on this, you are complety messed up, dosn't work at all.
Overall: 1/5
If your an absoulte Dig Dug fan, get this, if your not, don't bother thinking about it. | 0 | negative | [
"This game has 5 great titles of classic games!",
"They are Ms.",
"Pac Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug and Pole Postion.",
"This sounds pretty decent, but really, no fun is coming out of this.",
"Here's the reviews on the games\n\nMs.",
"Pac Man: 2.",
"5/5\n\nI love Ms.",
"Pac Man, but it's impossible to play on this.",
"You play tiny, or huge, kinda like that one world in SM64.",
"When you play tiny, it's too dificult to see where the ghosts are and such.",
"The huge screen is useful, untill your scrolling down and run into a ghost you couldn't see.",
"Galaga: 3/5\n\nIt's fine, but it's boring.",
"No value is brought to you when your playing.",
"Galaxian: 3/5\n\nIt's the same with Galaga, no replay value at all.",
"I don't know why that's happening, but something dosn't feel right playing Galaga or Galaxian on the GBA.",
"Dig Dug: 4/5\n\nThis is very fun on this, one of the only games I play (I'm gonna sell this game soon).",
"But the controls can be funky.",
"Pole Postion: 0/5\n\nOh my god, what happend here!?",
"!?",
"!?",
"When the women's suppose to say: \"Prepare to be qualified\" all I hear is MMMMMMMMMEEEMMMM!!!",
"It like mumbles.",
"When your turning on this, you are complety messed up, dosn't work at all.",
"Overall: 1/5\n\nIf your an absoulte Dig Dug fan, get this, if your not, don't bother thinking about it."
]
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I purchased 2 aero gardens 6 or 7 years ago from Aero Garden. They were so easy to set up and are still working perfectly. I just purchased 4 more within the last 6 months from Aero Garden directly. Two were Aero Garden 7 unites and both have failed within a week of each other. The company was more than generous in replacing the first unit to go bad with an upgrade. I thought it was a fluke so I didn't think much about it. Within a week the second Aero Garden 7 hood failed. Exactly the same problem, no working lights in the hood. Two days later two of the lights in the Extra failed. Even after replacing the lights, unplugging everything, making sure everything was tight, nothing. Obviously the wiring is a serious problem. Out of 4 unites only one is still working and they are all less than 6 months old. Because I had been so thrilled with my two older models, an Aero Garden 7 and a corner unit, I did not hesitate to purchase 4 more within a month. I am in shock at the amount of money I wasted. These new units are not even close to the same quality as my original units. I doubt this company will be in business much longer. This junk is made in China. Right after posting this review the final light stopped working on the Extra. Now I have huge producing tomato plants and no light. So I had to repost to warn others. | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased 2 aero gardens 6 or 7 years ago from Aero Garden.",
"They were so easy to set up and are still working perfectly.",
"I just purchased 4 more within the last 6 months from Aero Garden directly.",
"Two were Aero Garden 7 unites and both have failed within a week of each other.",
"The company was more than generous in replacing the first unit to go bad with an upgrade.",
"I thought it was a fluke so I didn't think much about it.",
"Within a week the second Aero Garden 7 hood failed.",
"Exactly the same problem, no working lights in the hood.",
"Two days later two of the lights in the Extra failed.",
"Even after replacing the lights, unplugging everything, making sure everything was tight, nothing.",
"Obviously the wiring is a serious problem.",
"Out of 4 unites only one is still working and they are all less than 6 months old.",
"Because I had been so thrilled with my two older models, an Aero Garden 7 and a corner unit, I did not hesitate to purchase 4 more within a month.",
"I am in shock at the amount of money I wasted.",
"These new units are not even close to the same quality as my original units.",
"I doubt this company will be in business much longer.",
"This junk is made in China.",
"Right after posting this review the final light stopped working on the Extra.",
"Now I have huge producing tomato plants and no light.",
"So I had to repost to warn others."
]
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This recording is pretty hideous. It brings the New York at its egotistcal worst and Sinopoli's hideous view on the music in question.
The Ravel sounds terrible as he twist and pulls the music out of shape...making it sound deformed and ugly.
Pictures at an Exhibition brings more of the same and the New York ensemble in full ego. Just listen to baba yaga and here the brass and tuba blasting away as if on a football field. In many parts of pictures it seems the brass...1st horn, tuba and trombones in particular...are there to massage their own egos and show off rather than present the music for us to enjoy.
A disgusting display of ego and showman ship by conductor and orchestra.
...and the New York Philharmonic wonder why they aren't highly regarded in many circles?
It is very clear here.
I would advise you to stay away from this disc. | 0 | negative | [
"This recording is pretty hideous.",
"It brings the New York at its egotistcal worst and Sinopoli's hideous view on the music in question.",
"The Ravel sounds terrible as he twist and pulls the music out of shape...",
"making it sound deformed and ugly.",
"Pictures at an Exhibition brings more of the same and the New York ensemble in full ego.",
"Just listen to baba yaga and here the brass and tuba blasting away as if on a football field.",
"In many parts of pictures it seems the brass...",
"1st horn, tuba and trombones in particular...",
"are there to massage their own egos and show off rather than present the music for us to enjoy.",
"A disgusting display of ego and showman ship by conductor and orchestra.",
"...",
"and the New York Philharmonic wonder why they aren't highly regarded in many circles?",
"It is very clear here.",
"I would advise you to stay away from this disc."
]
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...I watched it at school, and everyone in my class was either sleeping or scratching their heads in confusion. I just don't understand why Spielberg made this movie...along the way, people started talking in random languages (pardon me for being vague, I don't remember WHICH languages) and, well...it was just weird. Why did they? I have no idea. The ending just baffled me...*spoiler* why did he walk onto the spaceship? HUH? Maybe I was just having a bad day, but it really made no sense to me. I was alternating between bored and frustrated at not understanding the 'plotline'.
Quite a poor effort, conclusively...this movie was weak. | 0 | negative | [
"...",
"I watched it at school, and everyone in my class was either sleeping or scratching their heads in confusion.",
"I just don't understand why Spielberg made this movie...",
"along the way, people started talking in random languages (pardon me for being vague, I don't remember WHICH languages) and, well...",
"it was just weird.",
"Why did they?",
"I have no idea.",
"The ending just baffled me...",
"*spoiler* why did he walk onto the spaceship?",
"HUH?",
"Maybe I was just having a bad day, but it really made no sense to me.",
"I was alternating between bored and frustrated at not understanding the 'plotline'.",
"Quite a poor effort, conclusively...",
"this movie was weak."
]
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Buyer Beware Please! This sweetener is not for everybody. Maltitol is an alcohol sugar and can be undigestible in the body. You will know a short time after consuming it if you are one of the unsuspecting many who cannot digest it by the extreme intestinal bloating and cramping and massive amounts of gas a person can experience. Nausea, diarrhea & headaches can also be experienced. I learned my lesson the hard way years ago when I fell in love with the sugar-free chocolates suzanne sommers used to sell. I thought I'd found sugar-free chocolate nirvana at first taste but the bliss was short lived when the terrible side effects of maltitol kicked in. The discomfort was unlike anything I had ever felt before. I blew up like a balloon and had very painful abdominal cramping. As the symptoms passed, this too was very unpleasant. Though hard for me to believe a low calorie sweetener could be the culprit, all symptoms were gone when I stopped eating the chocolate. My hunch it had something to do with the maltitol were unfortunately confirmed for me about a year later when I purchased some delicious sugar-free popcorn at my local market. The taste was amazing and while I was looking at the label wondering what could possibly make this yummy, new sugarfree treat taste so good, my heart sank when I followed the little asterisk next to sugarfree sweetener* down to the very bottom of the label and read "maltitol" in tiny little letters! Thank goodness I'd eaten only a little. I still ended up with all the same side-effects but for a much shorter duration. Some people can use maltitol to their heart's content but others, like me, can have a bad reaction to it. In case you're like me, ... it's not you ...it's the maltitol! | 0 | negative | [
"Buyer Beware Please!",
"This sweetener is not for everybody.",
"Maltitol is an alcohol sugar and can be undigestible in the body.",
"You will know a short time after consuming it if you are one of the unsuspecting many who cannot digest it by the extreme intestinal bloating and cramping and massive amounts of gas a person can experience.",
"Nausea, diarrhea & headaches can also be experienced.",
"I learned my lesson the hard way years ago when I fell in love with the sugar-free chocolates suzanne sommers used to sell.",
"I thought I'd found sugar-free chocolate nirvana at first taste but the bliss was short lived when the terrible side effects of maltitol kicked in.",
"The discomfort was unlike anything I had ever felt before.",
"I blew up like a balloon and had very painful abdominal cramping.",
"As the symptoms passed, this too was very unpleasant.",
"Though hard for me to believe a low calorie sweetener could be the culprit, all symptoms were gone when I stopped eating the chocolate.",
"My hunch it had something to do with the maltitol were unfortunately confirmed for me about a year later when I purchased some delicious sugar-free popcorn at my local market.",
"The taste was amazing and while I was looking at the label wondering what could possibly make this yummy, new sugarfree treat taste so good, my heart sank when I followed the little asterisk next to sugarfree sweetener* down to the very bottom of the label and read \"maltitol\" in tiny little letters!",
"Thank goodness I'd eaten only a little.",
"I still ended up with all the same side-effects but for a much shorter duration.",
"Some people can use maltitol to their heart's content but others, like me, can have a bad reaction to it.",
"In case you're like me,...",
"it's not you...",
"it's the maltitol!"
]
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Meaningless National Holidays are the best, aren't they? We, Sid the Elf, certainly think so. They give us the chance to, among other things, watch a ton of B and consume a copious ammount of food. If there is a better combination, other than the trifecta, Sid has yet to find it. So, we decided to honor Christopher Columbus in the best way possible by double-dipping B and getting some unbelievable Italian take-out to honor the famous Italian explorer. The first selection was Leprechaun in the Hood. We can admit that we got suckered in by even the slightest possibility of seeing the leprechaaun(Sid's Irish cousin) chase Ice-T around with a pink turkey baster. Well, that didn't happen. So we were disappointed by that and by the film overall.
This film started with a scene set in the 70's. Ice-T's character Mack Daddy(lots of thought went into that one) and an equally fro'ed buddy went on a treasure hunt in the cave of the Irish elf. They take the necklace from around the leprechaun's neck which awakens him from his state of stone. The leprechaun procedes to stab Ice-T's buddy in the throat with a 'fro pick and he attempts to kill Ice-T, but honestly, who hasn't? Anyway, Ice manages to get the necklace back onto Irish Sid's neck and turn him back to stone after stealing the leprechaun's magical flute that mesmerizes anyone who hears it. Then we flash-forward to the present(2000) where Mack Daddy is a big-shot record producer, presumably due largely to his magical flute. One of the groups eager to catch Mack Daddy's eye and play his flute were three complete wackbags from Compton. Now, this flick took the early 90's Compton thing and tried to make it play in 2000. This probably wouldn't have worked even if the group in question here wasn't trying to convey a positive message using a "gangsta rap" style. Not surprisingly, Mack Daddy didn't sign the three cool cats. So, they decide to rob/trash Mack Daddy's house. In the course of the robbery, Mack Daddy takes a bullet and the leprechaun, who is in stone form sitting in a glass case in Mack Daddy's office is freed. Also, the rappers take Mack Daddy's flute. So these three now have Ice-T and the leprechaun chasing after them in order to get the flute back. The guys then decide to hide out with a drag queen, take a few pointers then cross-dress, themselves as Sid is quite sure they had previously done many times. They end up using the flute to proceed in the rap world and...ok we'll be honest, we started fast-forwarding at this point because even we couldn't take it anymore. We only stopped at two points in the rest of the movie. One was when we spotted Coolio(yep, he was available) and decided to throw some easy jokes his way. The other was undoubedly the highlight of this movie and probably all of the Leprechaun movies. The Leprechaun burned a unit. Really, just a holistic, watershed moment in Sid's B-watching life.
What we really don't understand is how this film went wrong. There was an elf as the main character with <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Surviving-the-Game/dp/B000031EG1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Surviving the Game</a> alum Ice-T as a major focal point. Coolio even made an apperance which led to a ton of good cracks. Running the risk of sounding inarticulate, this movie was just plain stupid. The rappers were unbelievably unlikable and they reeked of "If this isn't my big break, I have 50 years of Mickey D'd ahead of me" desperation. The plot was ridiculous with the inexplicable cross-dressing/drag queens. And there wasn't enough leprechaun. Irish Sid was only in about a half of the film. We needed to see a lot more of that little mainiac running around offing people with a potato or a magic bottle of Jameson's or something. We grew tired of the rapping and internal strife within the rap group aspect really quickly. Just a terrible film all around. Take our word for it, if we couldn't even make it through the entire film, it's utterly awful. Don't waste your time. Well, unless you'd get a kick out of seeing Irish Sid puff. That was a phenomonal 10 seconds. | 0 | negative | [
"Meaningless National Holidays are the best, aren't they?",
"We, Sid the Elf, certainly think so.",
"They give us the chance to, among other things, watch a ton of B and consume a copious ammount of food.",
"If there is a better combination, other than the trifecta, Sid has yet to find it.",
"So, we decided to honor Christopher Columbus in the best way possible by double-dipping B and getting some unbelievable Italian take-out to honor the famous Italian explorer.",
"The first selection was Leprechaun in the Hood.",
"We can admit that we got suckered in by even the slightest possibility of seeing the leprechaaun(Sid's Irish cousin) chase Ice-T around with a pink turkey baster.",
"Well, that didn't happen.",
"So we were disappointed by that and by the film overall.",
"This film started with a scene set in the 70's.",
"Ice-T's character Mack Daddy(lots of thought went into that one) and an equally fro'ed buddy went on a treasure hunt in the cave of the Irish elf.",
"They take the necklace from around the leprechaun's neck which awakens him from his state of stone.",
"The leprechaun procedes to stab Ice-T's buddy in the throat with a 'fro pick and he attempts to kill Ice-T, but honestly, who hasn't?",
"Anyway, Ice manages to get the necklace back onto Irish Sid's neck and turn him back to stone after stealing the leprechaun's magical flute that mesmerizes anyone who hears it.",
"Then we flash-forward to the present(2000) where Mack Daddy is a big-shot record producer, presumably due largely to his magical flute.",
"One of the groups eager to catch Mack Daddy's eye and play his flute were three complete wackbags from Compton.",
"Now, this flick took the early 90's Compton thing and tried to make it play in 2000.",
"This probably wouldn't have worked even if the group in question here wasn't trying to convey a positive message using a \"gangsta rap\" style.",
"Not surprisingly, Mack Daddy didn't sign the three cool cats.",
"So, they decide to rob/trash Mack Daddy's house.",
"In the course of the robbery, Mack Daddy takes a bullet and the leprechaun, who is in stone form sitting in a glass case in Mack Daddy's office is freed.",
"Also, the rappers take Mack Daddy's flute.",
"So these three now have Ice-T and the leprechaun chasing after them in order to get the flute back.",
"The guys then decide to hide out with a drag queen, take a few pointers then cross-dress, themselves as Sid is quite sure they had previously done many times.",
"They end up using the flute to proceed in the rap world and...",
"ok we'll be honest, we started fast-forwarding at this point because even we couldn't take it anymore.",
"We only stopped at two points in the rest of the movie.",
"One was when we spotted Coolio(yep, he was available) and decided to throw some easy jokes his way.",
"The other was undoubedly the highlight of this movie and probably all of the Leprechaun movies.",
"The Leprechaun burned a unit.",
"Really, just a holistic, watershed moment in Sid's B-watching life.",
"What we really don't understand is how this film went wrong.",
"There was an elf as the main character with <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Surviving-the-Game/dp/B000031EG1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Surviving the Game</a> alum Ice-T as a major focal point.",
"Coolio even made an apperance which led to a ton of good cracks.",
"Running the risk of sounding inarticulate, this movie was just plain stupid.",
"The rappers were unbelievably unlikable and they reeked of \"If this isn't my big break, I have 50 years of Mickey D'd ahead of me\" desperation.",
"The plot was ridiculous with the inexplicable cross-dressing/drag queens.",
"And there wasn't enough leprechaun.",
"Irish Sid was only in about a half of the film.",
"We needed to see a lot more of that little mainiac running around offing people with a potato or a magic bottle of Jameson's or something.",
"We grew tired of the rapping and internal strife within the rap group aspect really quickly.",
"Just a terrible film all around.",
"Take our word for it, if we couldn't even make it through the entire film, it's utterly awful.",
"Don't waste your time.",
"Well, unless you'd get a kick out of seeing Irish Sid puff.",
"That was a phenomonal 10 seconds."
]
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I rented this one and I'm glad I did. You might enjoy a rental, as well. If you absolutely love The Simpsons (like me) and think there's no way you wouldn't enjoy anything Simpsons related (come on, you've got the first season on DVD, don't you?), you will still be disappointed. If you aren't convinced, I still say rent it, just so you are sure.
It is not as horrible as Simpsons Wrestling. This game is at least playable. Still, it never feels like you are driving a car, however, or any of the other vehicles you supposedly drive. It's more like you are just pivoting an arrow on its axis and pushing a button to move forward and backward. No I'm not expecting a sim experience like Project Gotham, but at least a driving experience, like Crazy Taxi.
After you unlock a few levels, you'll get bored. It becomes even more repetitive than Crazy Taxi ever did. The most ardent Simpsons fanatic might insist on unlocking the relatively large cast of characters, and who doesn't want to drive Homer as Mr. Plow?
But the fun wears off. In a short time, you'll have heard all the banter of every character and gotten over the fun of driving around a very sparsely detailed Springfield. Not that all the Springfield landmakrs aren't there, they just look terrible. Once you've played Halo, you expect a little more than buildings that are nearly flat shaded boxes. I hear this looks better on Xbox than PS2, but that's not saying much.
I think the development team also made a major mistake trying to make the Simpsons a 3D world. It looks funny. Your Simpsons heroes don't look right. If you have the First Season DVD you've heard (in the commentary) that the show producers realized early that the 2D side perspective of faces were so much more expressive than the other views they tried in that first season. A similar view holds for this game. The Simpsons Road Rage would have looked beautiful if done in the style of Cel Damage. Cel Damage's engine does 3D but it looks flat, like you are watching a cartoon. It is absolutely stunning in that perspective (gameplay problems in that title aside). The Simpsons Road Rage would have benefitted greatly just by using a similar engine and graphical feel.
When you finish a level you'll be irritated that they couldn't have the real Krusty voice give you your rating. Instead, you get a horrible imitation. You'll also wonder why you have to view a loading screen (on the Xbox no less!) to go from the game to your summary screen. Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast didn't even do this!
You'll also realize that the key to unlocking items has nothing to do with your ability to play the game. You just play long enough and you'll eventually unlock it all. But it won't matter if you get better at the game.
This is a game unworthy of the Xbox. However, the Simpsons tie-in is not too bad. I would suggest renting it for a week and getting your fill of Simpsons laughs. Hence the two stars. | 0 | negative | [
"I rented this one and I'm glad I did.",
"You might enjoy a rental, as well.",
"If you absolutely love The Simpsons (like me) and think there's no way you wouldn't enjoy anything Simpsons related (come on, you've got the first season on DVD, don't you?",
"), you will still be disappointed.",
"If you aren't convinced, I still say rent it, just so you are sure.",
"It is not as horrible as Simpsons Wrestling.",
"This game is at least playable.",
"Still, it never feels like you are driving a car, however, or any of the other vehicles you supposedly drive.",
"It's more like you are just pivoting an arrow on its axis and pushing a button to move forward and backward.",
"No I'm not expecting a sim experience like Project Gotham, but at least a driving experience, like Crazy Taxi.",
"After you unlock a few levels, you'll get bored.",
"It becomes even more repetitive than Crazy Taxi ever did.",
"The most ardent Simpsons fanatic might insist on unlocking the relatively large cast of characters, and who doesn't want to drive Homer as Mr.",
"Plow?",
"But the fun wears off.",
"In a short time, you'll have heard all the banter of every character and gotten over the fun of driving around a very sparsely detailed Springfield.",
"Not that all the Springfield landmakrs aren't there, they just look terrible.",
"Once you've played Halo, you expect a little more than buildings that are nearly flat shaded boxes.",
"I hear this looks better on Xbox than PS2, but that's not saying much.",
"I think the development team also made a major mistake trying to make the Simpsons a 3D world.",
"It looks funny.",
"Your Simpsons heroes don't look right.",
"If you have the First Season DVD you've heard (in the commentary) that the show producers realized early that the 2D side perspective of faces were so much more expressive than the other views they tried in that first season.",
"A similar view holds for this game.",
"The Simpsons Road Rage would have looked beautiful if done in the style of Cel Damage.",
"Cel Damage's engine does 3D but it looks flat, like you are watching a cartoon.",
"It is absolutely stunning in that perspective (gameplay problems in that title aside).",
"The Simpsons Road Rage would have benefitted greatly just by using a similar engine and graphical feel.",
"When you finish a level you'll be irritated that they couldn't have the real Krusty voice give you your rating.",
"Instead, you get a horrible imitation.",
"You'll also wonder why you have to view a loading screen (on the Xbox no less!",
") to go from the game to your summary screen.",
"Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast didn't even do this!",
"You'll also realize that the key to unlocking items has nothing to do with your ability to play the game.",
"You just play long enough and you'll eventually unlock it all.",
"But it won't matter if you get better at the game.",
"This is a game unworthy of the Xbox.",
"However, the Simpsons tie-in is not too bad.",
"I would suggest renting it for a week and getting your fill of Simpsons laughs.",
"Hence the two stars."
]
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I love the feel of the phone. The slide is a great feel and numbers are nice and large.
But the Apps on the phone are not that great.
The calendar is poor, an all day appointment will carry over to the next day.
The contacts will always default to the mobile number and don't store a address.
The CallerID with picture is a nice touch, but it doesn't fill the screen! You have a 3x2 in screen and when the callerid picture is displayed its 1/2" x 1/2 " What a waist of space.
The ring and speaker phone isn't very loud, but does pick up sounds well.
Sync program has bugs, with deleting and all day appointments.
I'd return it for a different phone if I didn't go past my 30 days | 0 | negative | [
"I love the feel of the phone.",
"The slide is a great feel and numbers are nice and large.",
"But the Apps on the phone are not that great.",
"The calendar is poor, an all day appointment will carry over to the next day.",
"The contacts will always default to the mobile number and don't store a address.",
"The CallerID with picture is a nice touch, but it doesn't fill the screen!",
"You have a 3x2 in screen and when the callerid picture is displayed its 1/2\" x 1/2 \" What a waist of space.",
"The ring and speaker phone isn't very loud, but does pick up sounds well.",
"Sync program has bugs, with deleting and all day appointments.",
"I'd return it for a different phone if I didn't go past my 30 days"
]
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I can't return this chair fast enough. I have owned a WearEver chair for 7 years and I finally had to throw it away because the fabric wore out and tore, but boy, was it a good chair. I bought another one this week, and it is no longer the same chair. For starters, the metal frame is not as sturdy. The tubing is thinner, the back rest is shorter (it now hits the middle of my skull), and the seat is shorter (the frame hits me in an uncomfortable spot on the back of my thigh). What a shame they changed this chair. My old one was so sturdy. Even the fabric was thicker, and mine was lined on the underside. The newer version isn't. Aesthetically this chair looks tacky now. I purchased a red one and it's piped along the edge with black. I was taken aback by how ugly and cheap looking it is. I just bought my husband a Sportbrella Beach Chair, and now I'm going to buy myself the same one. WearEver? Never again. | 0 | negative | [
"I can't return this chair fast enough.",
"I have owned a WearEver chair for 7 years and I finally had to throw it away because the fabric wore out and tore, but boy, was it a good chair.",
"I bought another one this week, and it is no longer the same chair.",
"For starters, the metal frame is not as sturdy.",
"The tubing is thinner, the back rest is shorter (it now hits the middle of my skull), and the seat is shorter (the frame hits me in an uncomfortable spot on the back of my thigh).",
"What a shame they changed this chair.",
"My old one was so sturdy.",
"Even the fabric was thicker, and mine was lined on the underside.",
"The newer version isn't.",
"Aesthetically this chair looks tacky now.",
"I purchased a red one and it's piped along the edge with black.",
"I was taken aback by how ugly and cheap looking it is.",
"I just bought my husband a Sportbrella Beach Chair, and now I'm going to buy myself the same one.",
"WearEver?",
"Never again."
]
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I just posted a review on another Kawasaki keyboard, the 49-key that comes with the stand. We also owned this 37-key for a short period as well before trying the other keyboard. Unfortunately, it suffers from all the same problems as the other, only in a smaller package.
Instruments sound nothing like the real thing, sound quality is awful, keys are stiff and impossible to really play. For just banging around its fine, I suppose. Walmart carries this in store for $15 and it is a decent buy for it's size, but don't buy this thinking you're getting a mini keyboard. This isn't a real keyboard, this is a TOY. It's not meant for learning to play or really playing any real music. I am sure I am pickier than other parents as I am a pianist and plan to teach my music-loving 3-year-old to play, but that said, the quality of this toy is just completely unacceptable. Feels and sounds very cheap and I suspect had we kept it around much longer it would have started to break on us. You get what you pay for!
On the other hand, I love Kawasaki's other products. We have one of their guitars and also their accordion. They really do sound great and are a great value for the money. You know your child really loves music when they aren't satisfied with "toys" that sound nothing like the real thing. If you really want to foster a love of music in your child, spend a little more money and get them the real thing. Get a real guitar, a real accordion, a real harp. There are quality products out there for children that really are instruments and not toys. My son won't even play with the keyboard we bought him last year because he knows its not "real", and that's why this one went back to the store. It sounds nothing like the real thing.
Avoid unless all you want is a toy for your child to bang on. | 0 | negative | [
"I just posted a review on another Kawasaki keyboard, the 49-key that comes with the stand.",
"We also owned this 37-key for a short period as well before trying the other keyboard.",
"Unfortunately, it suffers from all the same problems as the other, only in a smaller package.",
"Instruments sound nothing like the real thing, sound quality is awful, keys are stiff and impossible to really play.",
"For just banging around its fine, I suppose.",
"Walmart carries this in store for $15 and it is a decent buy for it's size, but don't buy this thinking you're getting a mini keyboard.",
"This isn't a real keyboard, this is a TOY.",
"It's not meant for learning to play or really playing any real music.",
"I am sure I am pickier than other parents as I am a pianist and plan to teach my music-loving 3-year-old to play, but that said, the quality of this toy is just completely unacceptable.",
"Feels and sounds very cheap and I suspect had we kept it around much longer it would have started to break on us.",
"You get what you pay for!",
"On the other hand, I love Kawasaki's other products.",
"We have one of their guitars and also their accordion.",
"They really do sound great and are a great value for the money.",
"You know your child really loves music when they aren't satisfied with \"toys\" that sound nothing like the real thing.",
"If you really want to foster a love of music in your child, spend a little more money and get them the real thing.",
"Get a real guitar, a real accordion, a real harp.",
"There are quality products out there for children that really are instruments and not toys.",
"My son won't even play with the keyboard we bought him last year because he knows its not \"real\", and that's why this one went back to the store.",
"It sounds nothing like the real thing.",
"Avoid unless all you want is a toy for your child to bang on."
]
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The book held my interest but really didn't bring anything new or exciting to the genre. I understood Jessica had low self esteem due to her parents ugly divorce and her father basically abadoningher both financially and emotionally. But I still want able to relate to her nor did I ever feel a connection. It wasn't a terrible story but not a great one because ithas been told so many times(but a lot better). Bottomline: if it remains a buck then sure, its worth a read. If theprice goes above that I would say save your money and download anything by Sarah Dessan, or read Speak which I have read and reread numerous times and absolutely love.
A good first try to the author. Please do not let my review discourage you. I am just one reviewer and for what its worth I read an advance copy of twilight and I thought it would never sell...ha! | 0 | negative | [
"The book held my interest but really didn't bring anything new or exciting to the genre.",
"I understood Jessica had low self esteem due to her parents ugly divorce and her father basically abadoningher both financially and emotionally.",
"But I still want able to relate to her nor did I ever feel a connection.",
"It wasn't a terrible story but not a great one because ithas been told so many times(but a lot better).",
"Bottomline: if it remains a buck then sure, its worth a read.",
"If theprice goes above that I would say save your money and download anything by Sarah Dessan, or read Speak which I have read and reread numerous times and absolutely love.",
"A good first try to the author.",
"Please do not let my review discourage you.",
"I am just one reviewer and for what its worth I read an advance copy of twilight and I thought it would never sell...",
"ha!"
]
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SELF PORTRAIT has its champions and apologists, but sitting through this interminable, lifeless CD is as exciting as, and ultimately less constructive than, watching paint dry.
Speaking of which, Dylan painted the cover for this LP (see above) and called it a "self portrait," but there's no reason to think the title refers to a musical concept holding together this set of songs. Dylan's musical "self portrait" would be far more inclusive (and more rewarding to hear) than this hodgepodge of botched cover tunes, wretched live performances and weak original compositions.
The very first track commences with a producer-engineer cranking up the volume level of the female backup singers, who open the track at too low a volume. Great! Leave it like that on the master tape! This sort of contempt for accepted standards of professional record-making carries through the entire album, affecting the choice of material, the substandard performances, and even the economics of producing a two-record set when one record of Dylan-junk would have been more than enough.
SELF PORTRAIT is not without its special virtues. The "Dylan & Zimmerman" double-tracked rendition of "The Boxer" is one of the funniest recordings ever made, and some of Dylan's most strained, tortured vocals ("In Search of Little Sadie," "Days of '49") are certainly departures from the norm. But the good things about SELF PORTRAIT have nothing to do with good music. It would be perverse to say otherwise. | 0 | negative | [
"SELF PORTRAIT has its champions and apologists, but sitting through this interminable, lifeless CD is as exciting as, and ultimately less constructive than, watching paint dry.",
"Speaking of which, Dylan painted the cover for this LP (see above) and called it a \"self portrait,\" but there's no reason to think the title refers to a musical concept holding together this set of songs.",
"Dylan's musical \"self portrait\" would be far more inclusive (and more rewarding to hear) than this hodgepodge of botched cover tunes, wretched live performances and weak original compositions.",
"The very first track commences with a producer-engineer cranking up the volume level of the female backup singers, who open the track at too low a volume.",
"Great!",
"Leave it like that on the master tape!",
"This sort of contempt for accepted standards of professional record-making carries through the entire album, affecting the choice of material, the substandard performances, and even the economics of producing a two-record set when one record of Dylan-junk would have been more than enough.",
"SELF PORTRAIT is not without its special virtues.",
"The \"Dylan & Zimmerman\" double-tracked rendition of \"The Boxer\" is one of the funniest recordings ever made, and some of Dylan's most strained, tortured vocals (\"In Search of Little Sadie,\" \"Days of '49\") are certainly departures from the norm.",
"But the good things about SELF PORTRAIT have nothing to do with good music.",
"It would be perverse to say otherwise."
]
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If, like I, you are looking for a truly portable radio to use in the gym, take a pass on this one. Specifically:
1. The controls are non-intuitive, tiny, and difficult to use.
2. When used indoors, it is vulnerable to RF interference (static).
3. Like most Asian electronics, it has too many features. Who really wants to listen to TV and weather bands? AM and FM alone are enough.
4. The unit is reatively heavy, bulky and uncomfortable.
Don't waste your money. You'll end up not using it. | 0 | negative | [
"If, like I, you are looking for a truly portable radio to use in the gym, take a pass on this one.",
"Specifically:\n\n1.",
"The controls are non-intuitive, tiny, and difficult to use.",
"2.",
"When used indoors, it is vulnerable to RF interference (static).",
"3.",
"Like most Asian electronics, it has too many features.",
"Who really wants to listen to TV and weather bands?",
"AM and FM alone are enough.",
"4.",
"The unit is reatively heavy, bulky and uncomfortable.",
"Don't waste your money.",
"You'll end up not using it."
]
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UPDATE 3: This version appears not to recognize my SSD upon restore. I had everything set to do a migration and my SSD is nowhere to be seen. I can see it in BIOS but the restore software doesn't see it at all. If I could rate this product zero, I would!
UPDATE 2: I'm sorry I'm going to have to lower it back to 1 due to its unreasonable DRM that doesn't trust you enough to use your licensed copy on more than one machine. A realistic scenario is backing up on one machine and restoring on another. And I think it should not be a problem if you are not concurrently using the software on more than one machine. I will not be buying another version of this software ever again nor would I recommend it. This is the same customer hostile tact that Adobe took and I have successfully found alternatives to the whole suite (saving $400 in the meantime). I will be doing the same with this package.
UPDATE: It appears I ran into one of the many bugs cited in reviews on this page. After I rebooted and started the program again, folders showed up under "My Computer" properly. I am holding out hope that I didn't make a mistake so I'm raising my rating to a 3 stars from 1 star. I will update after a few backups and restores.
There's no option to backup a specific folder on a given drive!!! What the heck is that? It only allows you to back up from the Desktop down. I found now way to get to the root drive. The "My Computer" listing doesn't drop down so anything under it is inaccessible. Unless they fix this, it isn't even worth it if it's free! | 0 | negative | [
"UPDATE 3: This version appears not to recognize my SSD upon restore.",
"I had everything set to do a migration and my SSD is nowhere to be seen.",
"I can see it in BIOS but the restore software doesn't see it at all.",
"If I could rate this product zero, I would!",
"UPDATE 2: I'm sorry I'm going to have to lower it back to 1 due to its unreasonable DRM that doesn't trust you enough to use your licensed copy on more than one machine.",
"A realistic scenario is backing up on one machine and restoring on another.",
"And I think it should not be a problem if you are not concurrently using the software on more than one machine.",
"I will not be buying another version of this software ever again nor would I recommend it.",
"This is the same customer hostile tact that Adobe took and I have successfully found alternatives to the whole suite (saving $400 in the meantime).",
"I will be doing the same with this package.",
"UPDATE: It appears I ran into one of the many bugs cited in reviews on this page.",
"After I rebooted and started the program again, folders showed up under \"My Computer\" properly.",
"I am holding out hope that I didn't make a mistake so I'm raising my rating to a 3 stars from 1 star.",
"I will update after a few backups and restores.",
"There's no option to backup a specific folder on a given drive!!!",
"What the heck is that?",
"It only allows you to back up from the Desktop down.",
"I found now way to get to the root drive.",
"The \"My Computer\" listing doesn't drop down so anything under it is inaccessible.",
"Unless they fix this, it isn't even worth it if it's free!"
]
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Ordered a 67mm. This arrived in dirty condition. Didn't even bother putting on a camera. Returned for instant refund.
The plastic box that this comes in allows this filter to move around inside. There is a little piece of foam only on one side. Fail packaging. Couldn't believe how dirty it was!
Ordered a Hoya 67mm. It doesn't slide around loose in it's packaging. Perfectly clean filter. That is the third Hoya I have purchased. Well worth the little extra I paid for them. | 0 | negative | [
"Ordered a 67mm.",
"This arrived in dirty condition.",
"Didn't even bother putting on a camera.",
"Returned for instant refund.",
"The plastic box that this comes in allows this filter to move around inside.",
"There is a little piece of foam only on one side.",
"Fail packaging.",
"Couldn't believe how dirty it was!",
"Ordered a Hoya 67mm.",
"It doesn't slide around loose in it's packaging.",
"Perfectly clean filter.",
"That is the third Hoya I have purchased.",
"Well worth the little extra I paid for them."
]
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Wow what an unbelievably dull and boring game. I'm not gonna even go on to tell you how angry I was when I bought this game basing it off the information I received on the back that said its 'the best selling game in japan.' Thats funny considering (even for its time.) there were titan of a game titles like Final Fantasy. I have to admit I couldn't wait 4 or more hours just to get to a battle because the story is just so boring. I winded up looking on youtube to see how the battles looked and it actually looked like something even worse than the battles that can be made on RPG Maker for playstation (for those of you that played that game you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.) The towns were too cheesey and looked like there was absolutely no effort put into it at all.
Just a warning. Do not buy this game. It is definately not worth the 50 bucks that people think its meant out to be. | 0 | negative | [
"Wow what an unbelievably dull and boring game.",
"I'm not gonna even go on to tell you how angry I was when I bought this game basing it off the information I received on the back that said its 'the best selling game in japan.",
"' Thats funny considering (even for its time.",
") there were titan of a game titles like Final Fantasy.",
"I have to admit I couldn't wait 4 or more hours just to get to a battle because the story is just so boring.",
"I winded up looking on youtube to see how the battles looked and it actually looked like something even worse than the battles that can be made on RPG Maker for playstation (for those of you that played that game you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.",
") The towns were too cheesey and looked like there was absolutely no effort put into it at all.",
"Just a warning.",
"Do not buy this game.",
"It is definately not worth the 50 bucks that people think its meant out to be."
]
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Let me summarize this game for you: its repetitive! It gets old!
You will run around in circles for hours and hours trying to kill each other. Around, around, around, and around. If that rocks your boat (like it does thousands of xbox gamers) then feel free to buy this. Where is the substance?
One other point, I am tired of hearing people refer to other games as "this is a halo rip off.... this is a halo rip off...." Guess what? Halo is an "UNREAL rip off" it stole every concept it has from unreal tournament. SO put that in you pipes and smoke it.
I gave it an extra star for the graphics....if you MUST have this type of game, Id wait for doom III. At least it's a gory adventure game, besides a FPS | 0 | negative | [
"Let me summarize this game for you: its repetitive!",
"It gets old!",
"You will run around in circles for hours and hours trying to kill each other.",
"Around, around, around, and around.",
"If that rocks your boat (like it does thousands of xbox gamers) then feel free to buy this.",
"Where is the substance?",
"One other point, I am tired of hearing people refer to other games as \"this is a halo rip off....",
"this is a halo rip off....",
"\" Guess what?",
"Halo is an \"UNREAL rip off\" it stole every concept it has from unreal tournament.",
"SO put that in you pipes and smoke it.",
"I gave it an extra star for the graphics....",
"if you MUST have this type of game, Id wait for doom III.",
"At least it's a gory adventure game, besides a FPS"
]
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The *free* price tag on this very short story sucked me in. Otherwise, I would have passed it up. The blurb sounded interesting, but the writing didn't deliver. It's written in 1st person, a personal pet-peeve of mine when it comes to romance. I need to know what's happening in both the H/h's heads.
Turns out, 1st person had to be the only way to write this one because it really is the shortest story I've ever read; taking less than 20 minutes for me to breeze through it. There's no backstory or character development or anything other than a girl doing a really out-of-character (so we're told) thing. The only thing I do like about this story is that there were very few spelling mistakes.
My 2nd pet-peeve is lame book covers! I believe romance and erotica (especially) gets a bum-wrap for being housewife porn because of some of the most ridiculous covers ever. It makes me cringe seeing this cover!
Despite everything, there were traces -- traces -- of an intriguing author's voice. I'd love to read something by this author that I can really sink my teeth into. Something where I can get a feel for her style. | 0 | negative | [
"The *free* price tag on this very short story sucked me in.",
"Otherwise, I would have passed it up.",
"The blurb sounded interesting, but the writing didn't deliver.",
"It's written in 1st person, a personal pet-peeve of mine when it comes to romance.",
"I need to know what's happening in both the H/h's heads.",
"Turns out, 1st person had to be the only way to write this one because it really is the shortest story I've ever read; taking less than 20 minutes for me to breeze through it.",
"There's no backstory or character development or anything other than a girl doing a really out-of-character (so we're told) thing.",
"The only thing I do like about this story is that there were very few spelling mistakes.",
"My 2nd pet-peeve is lame book covers!",
"I believe romance and erotica (especially) gets a bum-wrap for being housewife porn because of some of the most ridiculous covers ever.",
"It makes me cringe seeing this cover!",
"Despite everything, there were traces -- traces -- of an intriguing author's voice.",
"I'd love to read something by this author that I can really sink my teeth into.",
"Something where I can get a feel for her style."
]
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Moo was one of those books that I was so sure I would enjoy that I was really looking forward to reading it. I thought that since I have been in the field of higher education as lecturer/professor for the last 17 years and before that as a college student and graduate student, I would find it insightful, funny, and entertaining.
I couldn't have been more wrong. I so could not wait to finish the book not because I was enjoying, but because I simply wanted to be done with it. Ironically, I didn't connect with any of the characters; they irritated me. And I found that there were so many characters that I often couldn't keep them straight, especially the four girls sharing a room that Smiley spent some time introducing us to and delving into their insecurities. It wasn't just those girls though; it was even the faculty members that I couldn't keep straight, so I found myself flipping back through the book and re-reading pages where the characters were introduced just to straighten them out. After doing that several times, I began writing the characters down to keep them straight. But even that didn't help!
Perhaps it was because some of the characters were so bland that they simply weren't memorable.
I was expecting quirky and neurotic characters; after all, many a mid-western college is filled with just those kinds of characters. I should know, I've been colleagues with enough of them. (I'm pretty sure I might have been labeled as quirky and perhaps even neurotic by some of my fellow colleagues, but that is another story altogether.)
I found myself wanted to simply quit reading, but I plowed on and FINALLY finished.
So, why doesn't the book have a lower star rating?
Well, frankly, the writing was good. Some of Smiley's descriptions of small-town college life were spot on, especially her laying out of the financial finagling that can occur with financing and budget cuts and trying to get grant monies. She also had some great descriptions of faculty meetings and the machinations that occur not only within the meetings but behind the scenes as everyone positions for power (i.e. tenure).
I just wish the book had been more engaging as a whole. If found myself wondering how I would write this review because as I sat down to write it, I found myself thinking "so, what exactly was that book really about" because not too much of it stuck with me in the end. | 0 | negative | [
"Moo was one of those books that I was so sure I would enjoy that I was really looking forward to reading it.",
"I thought that since I have been in the field of higher education as lecturer/professor for the last 17 years and before that as a college student and graduate student, I would find it insightful, funny, and entertaining.",
"I couldn't have been more wrong.",
"I so could not wait to finish the book not because I was enjoying, but because I simply wanted to be done with it.",
"Ironically, I didn't connect with any of the characters; they irritated me.",
"And I found that there were so many characters that I often couldn't keep them straight, especially the four girls sharing a room that Smiley spent some time introducing us to and delving into their insecurities.",
"It wasn't just those girls though; it was even the faculty members that I couldn't keep straight, so I found myself flipping back through the book and re-reading pages where the characters were introduced just to straighten them out.",
"After doing that several times, I began writing the characters down to keep them straight.",
"But even that didn't help!",
"Perhaps it was because some of the characters were so bland that they simply weren't memorable.",
"I was expecting quirky and neurotic characters; after all, many a mid-western college is filled with just those kinds of characters.",
"I should know, I've been colleagues with enough of them.",
"(I'm pretty sure I might have been labeled as quirky and perhaps even neurotic by some of my fellow colleagues, but that is another story altogether.",
")\n\nI found myself wanted to simply quit reading, but I plowed on and FINALLY finished.",
"So, why doesn't the book have a lower star rating?",
"Well, frankly, the writing was good.",
"Some of Smiley's descriptions of small-town college life were spot on, especially her laying out of the financial finagling that can occur with financing and budget cuts and trying to get grant monies.",
"She also had some great descriptions of faculty meetings and the machinations that occur not only within the meetings but behind the scenes as everyone positions for power (i.",
"e. tenure).",
"I just wish the book had been more engaging as a whole.",
"If found myself wondering how I would write this review because as I sat down to write it, I found myself thinking \"so, what exactly was that book really about\" because not too much of it stuck with me in the end."
]
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A contractor here bought one of these recently and i tried it and liked it. Smooth with great trigger response. only complaint I had was the trigger was so long that if one gets into trouble you can't let go the trigger without letting go the drill (a bad move sometimes).
My beloved makita 6303 suffered a mishap (my bad) and so I bought the milwaukee but it makes unnerving sounds and some vibration. A sort of clacking sound, sounds like gears. I even compared side by side with the contractors new one just to make sure I wasn't imagining it. Nope, sounded terrible.
I think it has to do with the spotty qc on chinese made tools. I returned it. It cost more, but I ordered a makita dp4000 since I liked my previous makita 1/2 drill so well. Haven't received it yet. | 0 | negative | [
"A contractor here bought one of these recently and i tried it and liked it.",
"Smooth with great trigger response.",
"only complaint I had was the trigger was so long that if one gets into trouble you can't let go the trigger without letting go the drill (a bad move sometimes).",
"My beloved makita 6303 suffered a mishap (my bad) and so I bought the milwaukee but it makes unnerving sounds and some vibration.",
"A sort of clacking sound, sounds like gears.",
"I even compared side by side with the contractors new one just to make sure I wasn't imagining it.",
"Nope, sounded terrible.",
"I think it has to do with the spotty qc on chinese made tools.",
"I returned it.",
"It cost more, but I ordered a makita dp4000 since I liked my previous makita 1/2 drill so well.",
"Haven't received it yet."
]
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in the old days, we used tobe able to buy
all 6 NYLON clear strings....
now tis almost impossible....
with these strings on even a cheap or semi decent
classic geeetar....
one will prefer playing on the hi 3 treble strings...
very nice, resonant, and clean...not shrill
but
what is that garbage metallica with the other 3 supposed to be
bass strings i don't know...
Again, like someone else NOTED the OBVIOUS>>>>>
sound transition from the nylon to the wire wound nylon is GIGANTIC.
This makes the move from the D to the G string too noticable
CANT THEY EVEN MAKE 6 strings that sound similar for the same one guitar even ?
makes it sound like 2 different geeetars totally...sucks bad now.
ooh
thanks man | 0 | negative | [
"in the old days, we used tobe able to buy\nall 6 NYLON clear strings....",
"now tis almost impossible....",
"with these strings on even a cheap or semi decent\nclassic geeetar....",
"one will prefer playing on the hi 3 treble strings...",
"very nice, resonant, and clean...",
"not shrill\nbut\nwhat is that garbage metallica with the other 3 supposed to be\nbass strings i don't know...",
"Again, like someone else NOTED the OBVIOUS>>>>>\n\nsound transition from the nylon to the wire wound nylon is GIGANTIC.",
"This makes the move from the D to the G string too noticable\n\nCANT THEY EVEN MAKE 6 strings that sound similar for the same one guitar even?",
"makes it sound like 2 different geeetars totally...",
"sucks bad now.",
"ooh\nthanks man"
]
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Say what you like about Pink Floyd but they weren't exactly a barrel of laughs, were they? Syd Barrett took the humour with him when he exited in 1967, and in the space of just a year, Pink Floyd turned from a whimsical pop group to the purveyor of torpid excursions in po-faced self-indulgence. This actually works on Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. But with Wall it really gets a bit too much. The themes of alienation, insanity and helplesness casting the hapless listener into a whirlpool of misery and inward suffering. Already by track 2 it's all 1984 with 30s fascist imagery transposed against a modern rock show scenario. And the theme of school being bad is covered more than adequately covered by monster No. 1 hit single, "Another Brick in the Wall", "Happiest Days of our Lives" and tape loops with frenzied teachers screaming and other miscellaneous effects. Subtle it ain't. Intense it is. If you're in the right mood, however, the Wall offers up some great moments, Musically this is a mixed bag, fans of 70s Floyd will not find much here to cheer about. The reason why the Wall has sold so many copies and has become a powerful brand in itself is perhaps that the concept is stronger than the music contained therein. There's the hits, of course. The soaring Comfortably Numb remains a steadfast bliss-out after a pint or two, with David Gilmour's voice complementing the music so well. I quite like the Trial bit at the end which is like a Dickens nightmare resurrected as Gilbert & Sullivan (great orchestration) and was nonplussed to read Bob Ezrin's name as co-composer of said tune. I've always associated Bob Ezrin's name with the group, Kiss. Still, no complaints. Mother's a potent tune but is smothered by overly lush production and layered stack harmonies. A far cry from Animals. Thankfully we're living in the CD age because the thought of having to get up and flip this chunk of black vinyl over four times is daunting to say the least. To sum up, a great idea with strong sentiments and moment of musical lucidity partially ruined by heavy-handedness and, at times, clumsy and unsubtle imagery. | 0 | negative | [
"Say what you like about Pink Floyd but they weren't exactly a barrel of laughs, were they?",
"Syd Barrett took the humour with him when he exited in 1967, and in the space of just a year, Pink Floyd turned from a whimsical pop group to the purveyor of torpid excursions in po-faced self-indulgence.",
"This actually works on Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.",
"But with Wall it really gets a bit too much.",
"The themes of alienation, insanity and helplesness casting the hapless listener into a whirlpool of misery and inward suffering.",
"Already by track 2 it's all 1984 with 30s fascist imagery transposed against a modern rock show scenario.",
"And the theme of school being bad is covered more than adequately covered by monster No.",
"1 hit single, \"Another Brick in the Wall\", \"Happiest Days of our Lives\" and tape loops with frenzied teachers screaming and other miscellaneous effects.",
"Subtle it ain't.",
"Intense it is.",
"If you're in the right mood, however, the Wall offers up some great moments, Musically this is a mixed bag, fans of 70s Floyd will not find much here to cheer about.",
"The reason why the Wall has sold so many copies and has become a powerful brand in itself is perhaps that the concept is stronger than the music contained therein.",
"There's the hits, of course.",
"The soaring Comfortably Numb remains a steadfast bliss-out after a pint or two, with David Gilmour's voice complementing the music so well.",
"I quite like the Trial bit at the end which is like a Dickens nightmare resurrected as Gilbert & Sullivan (great orchestration) and was nonplussed to read Bob Ezrin's name as co-composer of said tune.",
"I've always associated Bob Ezrin's name with the group, Kiss.",
"Still, no complaints.",
"Mother's a potent tune but is smothered by overly lush production and layered stack harmonies.",
"A far cry from Animals.",
"Thankfully we're living in the CD age because the thought of having to get up and flip this chunk of black vinyl over four times is daunting to say the least.",
"To sum up, a great idea with strong sentiments and moment of musical lucidity partially ruined by heavy-handedness and, at times, clumsy and unsubtle imagery."
]
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I purchased these headphones hoping that they would be an improvement over the set that came with my portable CD player. I brought them home and plugged them in with high hopes, and was sorely disappointed.
The moment they touched my ears I knew it was trouble. Only buy these headphones if you like pain to go along with your music. The ear-cup foam is very hard and the headband is far too tight. Extremely uncomfortable.
As for the sound - they are worse than the set that came "free" with my portable CD player. Weak bass, muddy vocals, no highs.
These are Poser headphones. They look vaguely like the high end studio headphones used by sound engineers, but the similarity ends there.
Not Recommended | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased these headphones hoping that they would be an improvement over the set that came with my portable CD player.",
"I brought them home and plugged them in with high hopes, and was sorely disappointed.",
"The moment they touched my ears I knew it was trouble.",
"Only buy these headphones if you like pain to go along with your music.",
"The ear-cup foam is very hard and the headband is far too tight.",
"Extremely uncomfortable.",
"As for the sound - they are worse than the set that came \"free\" with my portable CD player.",
"Weak bass, muddy vocals, no highs.",
"These are Poser headphones.",
"They look vaguely like the high end studio headphones used by sound engineers, but the similarity ends there.",
"Not Recommended"
]
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This is the worst gate I have ever seen! We bought it 2 weeks ago to help our dog learn that the baby's room was off limits. Well, I lifted the lever to release the gate today and it broke! The notch that we set it at broke out and shot across the room. Plus it was hard to use from the beginning! The directions are vague at best and the arm that locks it was almost impossible for me to get locked into place. It kept shifting the gate off center or bowing to where it wouldn't lock. My husband had to set it up most of the time. Once it was up, it was flimsy at best. It would fall under the smallest amount of pressure...like the pressure exerted when a child pulls up on something. I know it is one of the cheaper gates marketed, but come on! There is no way that I would depend on this thing when it can to the saftey of my child! | 0 | negative | [
"This is the worst gate I have ever seen!",
"We bought it 2 weeks ago to help our dog learn that the baby's room was off limits.",
"Well, I lifted the lever to release the gate today and it broke!",
"The notch that we set it at broke out and shot across the room.",
"Plus it was hard to use from the beginning!",
"The directions are vague at best and the arm that locks it was almost impossible for me to get locked into place.",
"It kept shifting the gate off center or bowing to where it wouldn't lock.",
"My husband had to set it up most of the time.",
"Once it was up, it was flimsy at best.",
"It would fall under the smallest amount of pressure...",
"like the pressure exerted when a child pulls up on something.",
"I know it is one of the cheaper gates marketed, but come on!",
"There is no way that I would depend on this thing when it can to the saftey of my child!"
]
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My 2 year old son really enjoys playing this piano and I enjoy that it comes with a songbook of simple songs I can play for him that he knows. He is already trying to "play" the songs.
The downfall of this piano is the awful odor it is putting out. It has been out of the box and open for 22 days and is still putting off a strong chemical smell. (Smells like lacquer or paint or something.) I don't like having my son around strong chemical smells. You can smell it up to around 4 feet away as the air circulates.
The other lesser imperfections on this piano are that the strip of paper that identifies the keys fell off almost immediately. It appears that it was only glued at either end of the strip. Also the D key sounds off every time you play it. I wouldn't return it just for these relatively minor issues.
I contacted customer service and the representative said that she'd never heard the smell complaint (I didn't even mention the lesser issues), although from reading the amazon reviews, there appears to be a number of people complaining about bad smells. Perhaps it was a bad batch. Customer service is planning to send a new piano... hopefully it will be better. I would not recommend purchasing this piano if it is like the one we received. | 0 | negative | [
"My 2 year old son really enjoys playing this piano and I enjoy that it comes with a songbook of simple songs I can play for him that he knows.",
"He is already trying to \"play\" the songs.",
"The downfall of this piano is the awful odor it is putting out.",
"It has been out of the box and open for 22 days and is still putting off a strong chemical smell.",
"(Smells like lacquer or paint or something.",
") I don't like having my son around strong chemical smells.",
"You can smell it up to around 4 feet away as the air circulates.",
"The other lesser imperfections on this piano are that the strip of paper that identifies the keys fell off almost immediately.",
"It appears that it was only glued at either end of the strip.",
"Also the D key sounds off every time you play it.",
"I wouldn't return it just for these relatively minor issues.",
"I contacted customer service and the representative said that she'd never heard the smell complaint (I didn't even mention the lesser issues), although from reading the amazon reviews, there appears to be a number of people complaining about bad smells.",
"Perhaps it was a bad batch.",
"Customer service is planning to send a new piano...",
"hopefully it will be better.",
"I would not recommend purchasing this piano if it is like the one we received."
]
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I normally purchase the Yoga Organic Raspberry leaf tea-but couldn't find the multi pack so I ordered this in the multi pack. I buy it b/c it tends to help with all sorts of menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes. I drink about 3 cups a day. However, the Yoga brand tastes very mild while this one is strong. I've explained to people that it tastes like what I would imagine a tree tastes like. Sounds funny but to me it tastes like wood might taste. Nothing offensive, just not what you would drink for the sheer pleasure of it. This tea however does taste strong, maybe it has a root type of taste to it? Yuck, not for me. I went back to the yoga tea, much more pleasant. | 0 | negative | [
"I normally purchase the Yoga Organic Raspberry leaf tea-but couldn't find the multi pack so I ordered this in the multi pack.",
"I buy it b/c it tends to help with all sorts of menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes.",
"I drink about 3 cups a day.",
"However, the Yoga brand tastes very mild while this one is strong.",
"I've explained to people that it tastes like what I would imagine a tree tastes like.",
"Sounds funny but to me it tastes like wood might taste.",
"Nothing offensive, just not what you would drink for the sheer pleasure of it.",
"This tea however does taste strong, maybe it has a root type of taste to it?",
"Yuck, not for me.",
"I went back to the yoga tea, much more pleasant."
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There are two types of absolutely wretched music. There is music so bad, you can not listen to it for a single second and there is music so bad you can not stop listening to it. For years devoted fans have been replaying songs from Bob Dylan's Christian period or John Lennon's projects with a sizable Yoko contribution, their ears begging them to turn it off but there curiosity ablaze, in wonderment how such typically wonderful artists could produce such appalling music.
Canadian folkie, Neil Young's foray into head-scratching badness was his affair with Geffen records. For whatever reason, Mr. Young left his label, Reprise and signed with Geffen in 1980. He released two fairly boring records, 1980's Hawks and Doves and 1981's Reactor before things really got absurd. In 1982, he released Trans, an album coated in ear piercing, Kraftwerk-ish synthesizer treatment, completely uncharacteristic of the rugged Mr. Young. He followed it with 1983's Everybody's Rocking, an album that presented a series of frivolous rockabilly songs, presented without a hint of irony or cheekiness and 1985's Old Ways, an almost stereotypically mummbly country album.
That brings us to 1986's Landing on Water, an album that continues along the trail of Trans, only without being at least somewhat interesting. While Lading on Water continues the overwhelming emphasis on synthesizer gloss of its predecessor, in place of Trans' experimentalism, the album is guided by conformity to the lowest denominator of the recent new wave movement. Landing on Water is so overrun with high-pitched vocals, instrumental hyperactivity and glaring keyboards that the Thompson Twins might find it ostentatious. Meanwhile, Mr. Young's lyrics have dropped to the level of banal dreck like "I knew some people used to dance all night/But not me/I never knew if it was wrong or right/To be so free/I used to close my eyes/And try to hide from the light of love/Spent all my time with the darkness inside/But when I met you girl." With the exception of the raging cynicism of "Hippie Dream," the garbly poet that used to be Neil Young is nowhere in sight. It seems as if Mr. Young intentionally meant himself to be unrecognizable.
He would later claim that he had grown to despise Geffen and was making such baffling creative decisions only to anger the corporation (who would sue Mr. Young shortly after the release of Landing on Water for providing them with music "unrepresentative of himself") and, listening to Landing on Water, it is not difficult to imagine Mr. Young and company absorbing everything absurd about new wave and parodying it, trying to imagine the look on poor, old David Geffen's face when he hears the final mix. Whatever his misguided intensions, this monster should be avoided by everyone except the most adamant Neil fans, ones dedicated enough to the singer-songwriter to want to explore his most perplexing eccentricities. | 0 | negative | [
"There are two types of absolutely wretched music.",
"There is music so bad, you can not listen to it for a single second and there is music so bad you can not stop listening to it.",
"For years devoted fans have been replaying songs from Bob Dylan's Christian period or John Lennon's projects with a sizable Yoko contribution, their ears begging them to turn it off but there curiosity ablaze, in wonderment how such typically wonderful artists could produce such appalling music.",
"Canadian folkie, Neil Young's foray into head-scratching badness was his affair with Geffen records.",
"For whatever reason, Mr.",
"Young left his label, Reprise and signed with Geffen in 1980.",
"He released two fairly boring records, 1980's Hawks and Doves and 1981's Reactor before things really got absurd.",
"In 1982, he released Trans, an album coated in ear piercing, Kraftwerk-ish synthesizer treatment, completely uncharacteristic of the rugged Mr.",
"Young.",
"He followed it with 1983's Everybody's Rocking, an album that presented a series of frivolous rockabilly songs, presented without a hint of irony or cheekiness and 1985's Old Ways, an almost stereotypically mummbly country album.",
"That brings us to 1986's Landing on Water, an album that continues along the trail of Trans, only without being at least somewhat interesting.",
"While Lading on Water continues the overwhelming emphasis on synthesizer gloss of its predecessor, in place of Trans' experimentalism, the album is guided by conformity to the lowest denominator of the recent new wave movement.",
"Landing on Water is so overrun with high-pitched vocals, instrumental hyperactivity and glaring keyboards that the Thompson Twins might find it ostentatious.",
"Meanwhile, Mr.",
"Young's lyrics have dropped to the level of banal dreck like \"I knew some people used to dance all night/But not me/I never knew if it was wrong or right/To be so free/I used to close my eyes/And try to hide from the light of love/Spent all my time with the darkness inside/But when I met you girl.",
"\" With the exception of the raging cynicism of \"Hippie Dream,\" the garbly poet that used to be Neil Young is nowhere in sight.",
"It seems as if Mr.",
"Young intentionally meant himself to be unrecognizable.",
"He would later claim that he had grown to despise Geffen and was making such baffling creative decisions only to anger the corporation (who would sue Mr.",
"Young shortly after the release of Landing on Water for providing them with music \"unrepresentative of himself\") and, listening to Landing on Water, it is not difficult to imagine Mr.",
"Young and company absorbing everything absurd about new wave and parodying it, trying to imagine the look on poor, old David Geffen's face when he hears the final mix.",
"Whatever his misguided intensions, this monster should be avoided by everyone except the most adamant Neil fans, ones dedicated enough to the singer-songwriter to want to explore his most perplexing eccentricities."
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Notwithstanding everyone else's glowing review of this supposedly hilarious book, I found it to be nothing more than a vastly inferior imitation of Bridget Jones' Diary. That is, another first person narrative by an incredibly hapless (and, due to self-awareness, incredibly self-deprecating) British, female singleton in her late 20's whose life consists of looking for Mr. Right and winding up with Mr. Wrong. Virtually every attempt at humor comes in the form of Melanie's self-criticism (mostly justified). If I were Helen Fielding (author of Bridget Jones' Diary) I would sue for plagiarism. However, compared to the one-dimensional predictable stick figures in this book, the characters in BJD seem deep and multilayered by comparison. People like Amanda are virtual cartoon characters--i.e. completely unrealistic. If you haven't read Bridget Jones' Diary, skip this book and read that far superior, and funnier (not to mention more original) version instead. If you have read BJD, and are hoping that this will be of an equal caliber, you'll be sorely disappointed. | 0 | negative | [
"Notwithstanding everyone else's glowing review of this supposedly hilarious book, I found it to be nothing more than a vastly inferior imitation of Bridget Jones' Diary.",
"That is, another first person narrative by an incredibly hapless (and, due to self-awareness, incredibly self-deprecating) British, female singleton in her late 20's whose life consists of looking for Mr.",
"Right and winding up with Mr.",
"Wrong.",
"Virtually every attempt at humor comes in the form of Melanie's self-criticism (mostly justified).",
"If I were Helen Fielding (author of Bridget Jones' Diary) I would sue for plagiarism.",
"However, compared to the one-dimensional predictable stick figures in this book, the characters in BJD seem deep and multilayered by comparison.",
"People like Amanda are virtual cartoon characters--i.",
"e. completely unrealistic.",
"If you haven't read Bridget Jones' Diary, skip this book and read that far superior, and funnier (not to mention more original) version instead.",
"If you have read BJD, and are hoping that this will be of an equal caliber, you'll be sorely disappointed."
]
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Memories of Midnight is a sequel to The Other Side of Midnight, so a capsule synopsis of the first novel is helpful: Innocent wide-eyed Catherine Alexander falls in love with rakish, handsome Larry Douglas, who has previously loved and dumped lovely Noelle Page, a French prostitute who becomes a movie star and vows to someday take revenge on Larry. She becomes the mistress of Greek shipping zillionaire Constantin Demeris, and persuades him to hire Larry as his personal pilot, in order to bring him within vengeance range, although Noelle's retaliation consists mainly of being rude to Larry before falling back into bed and love with him, in fact falling so hard she urges him to kill poor Catherine so they can live happily ever after. A few bungled murder attempts later, a frightened Catherine escapes by boat and lands in a convent with her memory gone, Larry and Noelle are charged with the murder of the missing woman, then tricked into pleading guilty (and executed by firing squad) by Demeris, who actually knows revenge when he sees it. The End.
Not a bad, trashy read, but now--unfortunately--on to Memories, which is, even by the modest standards of books read on sandy beach towels, flat-out awful. And stupid. And makes no sense.
How to count the ways? Well, although in the first book Catherine was a fairly dull girl (as good, victimized girls in this genre usually are) she had a modestly amusing sarcastic wit, and the events revolved around her to the extent that it was possible to care at least a little about what happened to her. Here, she not only displays utter nit-witlessness, she's not even around much, despite the fact that her fate is again nominally at the center of things. You see, she has begun to regain her memory in the nunnery, and Demeris decides it's time to do away with her--after seducing her, naturally--both to prevent the revelation of his chicanery during the murder trial, and because he's still really mad at Noelle and Larry, and can't resist one more dig at both of them.
It is, of course, crucial that nobody so much as suspects Catherine is still alive. Demeris does his best to ensure this by, first, bringing her to his home to come face to face with his despised wife, who knew Catherine before; neglecting to warn his staff to prevent Catherine from roaming around Athens, where she is almost instantly recognized; giving her a prominent job at his London office (where none of the employees, fortunately, seem to have ever read a newspaper--thereby missing the international headlines about the murder trial just a year before--or knows anything about their boss's life); and declining to take any steps of any kind to forestall Catherine from contacting someone from her past, or telling her new acquaintances about it. That's the kind of methodical craftiness that makes one a shipping zillionaire in Greece, I guess.
Well, this isn't completely accurate; actually, Demiris does do one thing to prevent Catherine from re-connecting with any of the who knows how many people who might then announce to the world that this famous murder victim is less murdered than generally believed to be; he asks if there is anyone from her past she wants to get in touch with; Catherine briefly considers calling an old boyfriend, then decides against it. We are informed that her decision has "saved his life". Whew; and thank goodness she doesn't impulsively get the notion to ring up an old high school classmate or teacher, co-worker, distant relative, etc etc. The Demiris assassination squad would've been logging a lot of overtime.
And when Catherine takes up with a new boyfriend in London who has never heard or read about the murder case, but is puzzled that the Greeks would execute two people just for planning a homicide that clearly didn't come off (Demiris' explanation to Catherine is that Greek law takes it's historical connection to Draco's reign very seriously)and calls a friend in Athens to clear this up, Demiris has the guy killed in a skiing "accident", apparently (and, unbelievably, correctly) confident that Catherine would not take any other steps to research this publicly available and easily accessible legal tidbit.
This is all such a ghastly, gaping hole that it kills the novel dead all by itself, so it almost seems unsporting as well as unnecessary to zero in on its other failures, but what the heck, let's do it: the events do not build suspensefully (a sub-plot is just about to thicken when it's abruptly and unsatisfyingly cut off), every character is as stupid about the simplest things as they are undeveloped; to call them "cardboard" is an insult to a useful product. The plot is continually interrupted and brought to a dead halt by monotonously detailed and pointless biographies of minor characters that seem like a dictionary example of the word "filler". When that doesn't provide enough thudding stops in the pacing, Sheldon displays his wide-but-shallow knowledge of various fun facts, political, historical, religious, etc, always arbitrarily thrown in for the author's preening, not any usefulness to the story. Obviously it's impressive that he managed glean all this factoidal data pre-Google, but any admiration for that I could muster vanished completely when, finally, a character's casual planning of a romantic date for Guy Fawkes Day turned into a tedious lesson on James I's near blowing-up by the Catholics.
It's really a terrible book; I'm only reviewing it now, many years after first reading and despising it, because I happened to notice it on a shelf at the convalescent center my mother is recuperating in, and decided to swipe it to see if it's as bad as I remembered. It is; so bad, in fact, that this will be the first time I've ever returned something I've stolen. Not out of conscience, and it IS a rather nasty trick to play on all those convalescing patients, but I really cannot have it in my house--and not because it's so bad, actually; but because Sheldon, for the reasons stated above, showed in the writing of it not just or even primarily incompetence, but more a despicable, lazy contempt for the reader, and palpable indifference to doing so. | 0 | negative | [
"Memories of Midnight is a sequel to The Other Side of Midnight, so a capsule synopsis of the first novel is helpful: Innocent wide-eyed Catherine Alexander falls in love with rakish, handsome Larry Douglas, who has previously loved and dumped lovely Noelle Page, a French prostitute who becomes a movie star and vows to someday take revenge on Larry.",
"She becomes the mistress of Greek shipping zillionaire Constantin Demeris, and persuades him to hire Larry as his personal pilot, in order to bring him within vengeance range, although Noelle's retaliation consists mainly of being rude to Larry before falling back into bed and love with him, in fact falling so hard she urges him to kill poor Catherine so they can live happily ever after.",
"A few bungled murder attempts later, a frightened Catherine escapes by boat and lands in a convent with her memory gone, Larry and Noelle are charged with the murder of the missing woman, then tricked into pleading guilty (and executed by firing squad) by Demeris, who actually knows revenge when he sees it.",
"The End.",
"Not a bad, trashy read, but now--unfortunately--on to Memories, which is, even by the modest standards of books read on sandy beach towels, flat-out awful.",
"And stupid.",
"And makes no sense.",
"How to count the ways?",
"Well, although in the first book Catherine was a fairly dull girl (as good, victimized girls in this genre usually are) she had a modestly amusing sarcastic wit, and the events revolved around her to the extent that it was possible to care at least a little about what happened to her.",
"Here, she not only displays utter nit-witlessness, she's not even around much, despite the fact that her fate is again nominally at the center of things.",
"You see, she has begun to regain her memory in the nunnery, and Demeris decides it's time to do away with her--after seducing her, naturally--both to prevent the revelation of his chicanery during the murder trial, and because he's still really mad at Noelle and Larry, and can't resist one more dig at both of them.",
"It is, of course, crucial that nobody so much as suspects Catherine is still alive.",
"Demeris does his best to ensure this by, first, bringing her to his home to come face to face with his despised wife, who knew Catherine before; neglecting to warn his staff to prevent Catherine from roaming around Athens, where she is almost instantly recognized; giving her a prominent job at his London office (where none of the employees, fortunately, seem to have ever read a newspaper--thereby missing the international headlines about the murder trial just a year before--or knows anything about their boss's life); and declining to take any steps of any kind to forestall Catherine from contacting someone from her past, or telling her new acquaintances about it.",
"That's the kind of methodical craftiness that makes one a shipping zillionaire in Greece, I guess.",
"Well, this isn't completely accurate; actually, Demiris does do one thing to prevent Catherine from re-connecting with any of the who knows how many people who might then announce to the world that this famous murder victim is less murdered than generally believed to be; he asks if there is anyone from her past she wants to get in touch with; Catherine briefly considers calling an old boyfriend, then decides against it.",
"We are informed that her decision has \"saved his life\".",
"Whew; and thank goodness she doesn't impulsively get the notion to ring up an old high school classmate or teacher, co-worker, distant relative, etc etc.",
"The Demiris assassination squad would've been logging a lot of overtime.",
"And when Catherine takes up with a new boyfriend in London who has never heard or read about the murder case, but is puzzled that the Greeks would execute two people just for planning a homicide that clearly didn't come off (Demiris' explanation to Catherine is that Greek law takes it's historical connection to Draco's reign very seriously)and calls a friend in Athens to clear this up, Demiris has the guy killed in a skiing \"accident\", apparently (and, unbelievably, correctly) confident that Catherine would not take any other steps to research this publicly available and easily accessible legal tidbit.",
"This is all such a ghastly, gaping hole that it kills the novel dead all by itself, so it almost seems unsporting as well as unnecessary to zero in on its other failures, but what the heck, let's do it: the events do not build suspensefully (a sub-plot is just about to thicken when it's abruptly and unsatisfyingly cut off), every character is as stupid about the simplest things as they are undeveloped; to call them \"cardboard\" is an insult to a useful product.",
"The plot is continually interrupted and brought to a dead halt by monotonously detailed and pointless biographies of minor characters that seem like a dictionary example of the word \"filler\".",
"When that doesn't provide enough thudding stops in the pacing, Sheldon displays his wide-but-shallow knowledge of various fun facts, political, historical, religious, etc, always arbitrarily thrown in for the author's preening, not any usefulness to the story.",
"Obviously it's impressive that he managed glean all this factoidal data pre-Google, but any admiration for that I could muster vanished completely when, finally, a character's casual planning of a romantic date for Guy Fawkes Day turned into a tedious lesson on James I's near blowing-up by the Catholics.",
"It's really a terrible book; I'm only reviewing it now, many years after first reading and despising it, because I happened to notice it on a shelf at the convalescent center my mother is recuperating in, and decided to swipe it to see if it's as bad as I remembered.",
"It is; so bad, in fact, that this will be the first time I've ever returned something I've stolen.",
"Not out of conscience, and it IS a rather nasty trick to play on all those convalescing patients, but I really cannot have it in my house--and not because it's so bad, actually; but because Sheldon, for the reasons stated above, showed in the writing of it not just or even primarily incompetence, but more a despicable, lazy contempt for the reader, and palpable indifference to doing so."
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I had to send this back. Its a great concept but not well thought out. When you put your mic system in it fits snug with the foam pads. If you plan on using the short antennas then you can leave them on the unit. I use the range extension antennas that are longer and they won't fit unless you remove and put on each time you use. The other issue I have with this design is that when you unzip you can't completely remove the ends of the case. So when you are using there really isn't a good way to have it set on table. With a little adjustment on design this would be a really cool simple case to have. Unfortunately it didn't work for me. I'm a huge fan of Gator products too. Hope this helps! | 0 | negative | [
"I had to send this back.",
"Its a great concept but not well thought out.",
"When you put your mic system in it fits snug with the foam pads.",
"If you plan on using the short antennas then you can leave them on the unit.",
"I use the range extension antennas that are longer and they won't fit unless you remove and put on each time you use.",
"The other issue I have with this design is that when you unzip you can't completely remove the ends of the case.",
"So when you are using there really isn't a good way to have it set on table.",
"With a little adjustment on design this would be a really cool simple case to have.",
"Unfortunately it didn't work for me.",
"I'm a huge fan of Gator products too.",
"Hope this helps!"
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Upadate2/20/12
***Can I first get out of the way that I had NO IDEA when I bought/returned this the cult-love-following this game had? In fact, I may just have to try the ps3 remaster and see if I feel different.***
The "WOW" factor of this game stops the minute you try to battle the first Colossus." Jump on back of right leg, stab, climb up thigh, to belt, up back, stab in head, find next Colossus.
The surreal, dream-like land and stunning, difficult battles are not enough. This game leaves you with a hollow, pointless feeling. The package puts you in mind of "Fable" or "The Legend of Zelda" but the game is neither. It reminds me of a throw-back to the arcade-style platform games of the original NES and PS, when you could defeat all the levels and then just fight the boss-battles, that's this game, boss-battles and cut-scenes. This is not action, adventure or role-playing, it's boss-battles and animated cut scenes.
Why create so big a game with so little to do? Could have been such an amazing game with 16 quest, quest items, caves, dungeons, mountains to explore... but no, nothing but vast, vast, emptiness. That's what you'll feel when you're done. | 0 | negative | [
"Upadate2/20/12\n***Can I first get out of the way that I had NO IDEA when I bought/returned this the cult-love-following this game had?",
"In fact, I may just have to try the ps3 remaster and see if I feel different.",
"***\n\nThe \"WOW\" factor of this game stops the minute you try to battle the first Colossus.",
"\" Jump on back of right leg, stab, climb up thigh, to belt, up back, stab in head, find next Colossus.",
"The surreal, dream-like land and stunning, difficult battles are not enough.",
"This game leaves you with a hollow, pointless feeling.",
"The package puts you in mind of \"Fable\" or \"The Legend of Zelda\" but the game is neither.",
"It reminds me of a throw-back to the arcade-style platform games of the original NES and PS, when you could defeat all the levels and then just fight the boss-battles, that's this game, boss-battles and cut-scenes.",
"This is not action, adventure or role-playing, it's boss-battles and animated cut scenes.",
"Why create so big a game with so little to do?",
"Could have been such an amazing game with 16 quest, quest items, caves, dungeons, mountains to explore...",
"but no, nothing but vast, vast, emptiness.",
"That's what you'll feel when you're done."
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I went to the Best Buy here in NYC to buy Clerks, Uncensored (the animated ones) and saw all the "loyal followers" (aka LEMMINGS) of Lord Almighty George Lucas waiting on a long line to buy their DVD box set of Star Wars and I wanted to burst out in hysterical, maniacal laughter. As you can probably tell , I already did MY research and found out that the original movies were not going to be released but the 1997 "special editions", with their awful CGI effects as well as a few new ones. You all know what I mean by now. And I swore that I was not going to fall into that trap and spend 42.99 for the altered versions and would rather go to my storage space and dig up my laserdiscs of them instead and watch the ORIGINAL films. But since they stopped making laserdiscs back in 1997 and it was no way as popular as DVD, most of you don't know that laserdisc had a much better picture than VHS and had analog video and digital sound.
So if all you loyal , faithful fans of the original films want to see the ORIGINAL films, instead of these bastardized versions, just go on ebay and get a used (or I've even seen New) laserdisc player and all 3 films on laserdisc, so you can watch them over and over again.
The originals with a much better picture than VHS, iI said!
It will cost you more than 42.99 or whatever you paid for the DVDs with their alterations, but will be worth it. | 0 | negative | [
"I went to the Best Buy here in NYC to buy Clerks, Uncensored (the animated ones) and saw all the \"loyal followers\" (aka LEMMINGS) of Lord Almighty George Lucas waiting on a long line to buy their DVD box set of Star Wars and I wanted to burst out in hysterical, maniacal laughter.",
"As you can probably tell , I already did MY research and found out that the original movies were not going to be released but the 1997 \"special editions\", with their awful CGI effects as well as a few new ones.",
"You all know what I mean by now.",
"And I swore that I was not going to fall into that trap and spend 42.",
"99 for the altered versions and would rather go to my storage space and dig up my laserdiscs of them instead and watch the ORIGINAL films.",
"But since they stopped making laserdiscs back in 1997 and it was no way as popular as DVD, most of you don't know that laserdisc had a much better picture than VHS and had analog video and digital sound.",
"So if all you loyal , faithful fans of the original films want to see the ORIGINAL films, instead of these bastardized versions, just go on ebay and get a used (or I've even seen New) laserdisc player and all 3 films on laserdisc, so you can watch them over and over again.",
"The originals with a much better picture than VHS, iI said!",
"It will cost you more than 42.",
"99 or whatever you paid for the DVDs with their alterations, but will be worth it."
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Decent sights. Dots aren't very large; however, but an improvement over the stock sights that can on my CZ-75B. Installing the front sight is a bear because there is no pre-drilled hole for the roll pin that holds it in place, which I found very misleading due to the fact that the roll pin is mentioned in the product description. I had to use a small file to create the groove for the roll pin. After that, it was still difficult to get the roll pin through perfectly. It ended up a little peened on one end, but went in. The rear sight won't budge. Had to order a sight pusher tool to remove it. Recommend taking to a gunsmith, so factor in another 60 or 70 dollars to have them installed. FYI: the installation instructions tell you not to use a punch set, but rather a sight pusher tool, or have them professionally installed....wish I'd known that before I made the purchase. | 0 | negative | [
"Decent sights.",
"Dots aren't very large; however, but an improvement over the stock sights that can on my CZ-75B.",
"Installing the front sight is a bear because there is no pre-drilled hole for the roll pin that holds it in place, which I found very misleading due to the fact that the roll pin is mentioned in the product description.",
"I had to use a small file to create the groove for the roll pin.",
"After that, it was still difficult to get the roll pin through perfectly.",
"It ended up a little peened on one end, but went in.",
"The rear sight won't budge.",
"Had to order a sight pusher tool to remove it.",
"Recommend taking to a gunsmith, so factor in another 60 or 70 dollars to have them installed.",
"FYI: the installation instructions tell you not to use a punch set, but rather a sight pusher tool, or have them professionally installed....",
"wish I'd known that before I made the purchase."
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I typically don't write product reviews. Usually, I research the products and listen/read to other reviews before making a purchase and that has usually worked well. I wish that I could say the same for this product. It is very disappointing! I have used it about 3 times now and every time I put it in the freezer, the lid pops off, eventhough I have made sure to securely tighten it beforehand. After taking it out of the freezer, I cannot refasten it and therefore when you're trying to pour the coffee into a cup, it leaks/spills out of the sides of the container making a mess and additional work cleaning up spilt coffee. I even tried to take a butter knife to get into the threads to make sure that there was no ice in them and it still wouldn't fasten all the way! On top of that, the coffee comes out watery and loses much of the flavor! I guess I will have to go back to just putting my regular coffee cup back into the freezer for an hour or so in order to get it iced. I am a "gadget" guy and usually 95%+ of my purchases are worth the time and money. This product, however, is one of my biggest purchasing regrets. I don't know why/how the other reviewers are giving it such glowing reviews but I would steer clear if it! Waste of a good buck...!! | 0 | negative | [
"I typically don't write product reviews.",
"Usually, I research the products and listen/read to other reviews before making a purchase and that has usually worked well.",
"I wish that I could say the same for this product.",
"It is very disappointing!",
"I have used it about 3 times now and every time I put it in the freezer, the lid pops off, eventhough I have made sure to securely tighten it beforehand.",
"After taking it out of the freezer, I cannot refasten it and therefore when you're trying to pour the coffee into a cup, it leaks/spills out of the sides of the container making a mess and additional work cleaning up spilt coffee.",
"I even tried to take a butter knife to get into the threads to make sure that there was no ice in them and it still wouldn't fasten all the way!",
"On top of that, the coffee comes out watery and loses much of the flavor!",
"I guess I will have to go back to just putting my regular coffee cup back into the freezer for an hour or so in order to get it iced.",
"I am a \"gadget\" guy and usually 95%+ of my purchases are worth the time and money.",
"This product, however, is one of my biggest purchasing regrets.",
"I don't know why/how the other reviewers are giving it such glowing reviews but I would steer clear if it!",
"Waste of a good buck...",
"!!"
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If you have any problems you will not be able to get any tech support. In fact it is highly unlikely that you will ever be able to reach anyone at Acronis. I tried repeatedly using every method possible and nothing worked. Look for another product. Definitely not recommended.
The product will not work with external drives.
After 2 months I finally got a response but it was not an answer to my original problem but a just a question as to whether the issue was resolved! To solve my problem I bought another product that worked fine and told this to Acronis. Their new response was another question as to whether they could consider the case resolved. These people are really unbelievable. Strongly not recommended. | 0 | negative | [
"If you have any problems you will not be able to get any tech support.",
"In fact it is highly unlikely that you will ever be able to reach anyone at Acronis.",
"I tried repeatedly using every method possible and nothing worked.",
"Look for another product.",
"Definitely not recommended.",
"The product will not work with external drives.",
"After 2 months I finally got a response but it was not an answer to my original problem but a just a question as to whether the issue was resolved!",
"To solve my problem I bought another product that worked fine and told this to Acronis.",
"Their new response was another question as to whether they could consider the case resolved.",
"These people are really unbelievable.",
"Strongly not recommended."
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well i got my x box 360( fully loaded) on the day one launch night i love it !!
i got pgr 3 and call of duty 2 which are awesome..i saw this game being displayed at my gamespot and i played it i was like wtf??!! this is a wanna be halo..i did not buy this though..i rented it im glad i did not get this title:) first of all the graphics are good and all thats a given..but the controles are slugglish and not fluid...it sometimes freezes up in gameplay or goes in slow motion which sucks..just like the matrix ...
i suggest you rent this game or buy it used down the road... the nintendo 64 game perfect dark played better however this is the vamped up version of that title but it still looks too cartoonish for my taste. i want realism in a shooter.. like the afore mentioned halo series(smiles)
and where is halo 3 you mught ask? well, all good things take time.. its on the way i already got my copy pre ordered .. master chief would pimp slap joanna dark..without ever breaking a sweat ! nuff said
kudos to microsoft on a great next gen system! it was well worth the wait, well until the playstation 3 comes out in the spring that is :) then the real fun begins.. | 0 | negative | [
"well i got my x box 360( fully loaded) on the day one launch night i love it!!",
"i got pgr 3 and call of duty 2 which are awesome..",
"i saw this game being displayed at my gamespot and i played it i was like wtf??",
"!!",
"this is a wanna be halo..",
"i did not buy this though..",
"i rented it im glad i did not get this title:) first of all the graphics are good and all thats a given..",
"but the controles are slugglish and not fluid...",
"it sometimes freezes up in gameplay or goes in slow motion which sucks..",
"just like the matrix...",
"i suggest you rent this game or buy it used down the road...",
"the nintendo 64 game perfect dark played better however this is the vamped up version of that title but it still looks too cartoonish for my taste.",
"i want realism in a shooter..",
"like the afore mentioned halo series(smiles)\n\n and where is halo 3 you mught ask?",
"well, all good things take time..",
"its on the way i already got my copy pre ordered..",
"master chief would pimp slap joanna dark..",
"without ever breaking a sweat!",
"nuff said\n\n kudos to microsoft on a great next gen system!",
"it was well worth the wait, well until the playstation 3 comes out in the spring that is :) then the real fun begins.."
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First of all, let me say that I've never played any other Mech game, but I'm sure most are better than MechAssault. The game has some good points such as the graphics, which are very good, and the animations of the Mechs exploding and the buildings collapsing, but that's basically where the enjoyment ends. The single player is frustrating. You have to earn your mechs and you can't custimize them one bit. The best way I found to kill opposing mechs is to run around in a circle around them and keep shooting. The jump jets last too little to be effective and the online gaming is boring. You could litterally hold the trigger button and fall asleep and still have a very high chance of winning. You're initial ammo is infinite but you can pick up power ups to get stronger finite ammo. Health power ups rarely fill up your health bar the whole way and you have to find 4 or 5 to get back to full health. Basically the game is shallow and boring. Its just pretty graphics. You run and shoot. You cant custimize you cant stratigize or anything. Not to mention the people online are [bad]. If you want real strategy and real fun, pick up ghost recon or Halo and if you don't have xbox live, use XBconnect (look it up on google). It works for almost any game that has system link compatibility and its free. | 0 | negative | [
"First of all, let me say that I've never played any other Mech game, but I'm sure most are better than MechAssault.",
"The game has some good points such as the graphics, which are very good, and the animations of the Mechs exploding and the buildings collapsing, but that's basically where the enjoyment ends.",
"The single player is frustrating.",
"You have to earn your mechs and you can't custimize them one bit.",
"The best way I found to kill opposing mechs is to run around in a circle around them and keep shooting.",
"The jump jets last too little to be effective and the online gaming is boring.",
"You could litterally hold the trigger button and fall asleep and still have a very high chance of winning.",
"You're initial ammo is infinite but you can pick up power ups to get stronger finite ammo.",
"Health power ups rarely fill up your health bar the whole way and you have to find 4 or 5 to get back to full health.",
"Basically the game is shallow and boring.",
"Its just pretty graphics.",
"You run and shoot.",
"You cant custimize you cant stratigize or anything.",
"Not to mention the people online are [bad].",
"If you want real strategy and real fun, pick up ghost recon or Halo and if you don't have xbox live, use XBconnect (look it up on google).",
"It works for almost any game that has system link compatibility and its free."
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I have loved the Motown sound ever since I was a little kid. So many of those songs have added pleasure to my life. A few years ago I bought the first box set and voraciously consumed it. Every song there was a classic. I only wished it included a lot more music.
I recently saw that there was a second installment to Hitsville USA. I bought it immediately, and I was encouraged by the generally good reviews here on Amazon. But, wow, I regretfully must report to you that this set does not have the Motown Sound that I know and love. Perhaps a quarter of these songs are very good, but the other three-quarters I do not like at all. They are campy, disco-like atrocities which in my mind are the antithesis of the earthy, passionate, natural sound of real Motown. I do like soul music outside of Motown, but these songs do not come close to even good, authentic soul music. Most of these are bad disco songs which have the second-generation Motown label affixed for prestige. Please don't get this expecting the classic Motown sound, because you won't find it here. Even the small percentage of good songs here don't sound like Motown; I'm not sure exactly how you would categorize them.
The remaining 75% of the music on these discs is of that category of "Music that I Affirmatively Try to Avoid." If Motown was one of the pinnacles of modern music, many of these songs are the valleys. Real Motown was silk; this is a plastic tarp. Again, I emphasize the synthetic, synthesizer-intensive foundation, with the pre-pubescent, screechy, annoying vocals. Motown is all about a thumping, plodding deep bass, with a great guitar groove, and supernaturally beatiful lyrics and voices. Even most of Smokey's stuff here doesn't do much for me, and I love Smokey. The amazing documentary film "In the Shadow of Motown" might have discussed this period in Motown's history, if it did, I'm sure it is characterized as the (steep, almost vertical) decline. The folks who were the subject matter of that film were REAL MUSICIANS, the best musicians the world has ever known; they weren't a bunch of beeping, buzzing computers and polyester-wearing prancing disco-dancers.
I will never listen to these discs straight-through again. I'll just skip over to the few good tracks. The preponderance of these songs were downright painful, they represent the worst of the 70's and 80's. I wish they had merely augmented the collection of real Motown, rather than used the songs which rode on the coat-tails of the real (and legendary) Motown. | 0 | negative | [
"I have loved the Motown sound ever since I was a little kid.",
"So many of those songs have added pleasure to my life.",
"A few years ago I bought the first box set and voraciously consumed it.",
"Every song there was a classic.",
"I only wished it included a lot more music.",
"I recently saw that there was a second installment to Hitsville USA.",
"I bought it immediately, and I was encouraged by the generally good reviews here on Amazon.",
"But, wow, I regretfully must report to you that this set does not have the Motown Sound that I know and love.",
"Perhaps a quarter of these songs are very good, but the other three-quarters I do not like at all.",
"They are campy, disco-like atrocities which in my mind are the antithesis of the earthy, passionate, natural sound of real Motown.",
"I do like soul music outside of Motown, but these songs do not come close to even good, authentic soul music.",
"Most of these are bad disco songs which have the second-generation Motown label affixed for prestige.",
"Please don't get this expecting the classic Motown sound, because you won't find it here.",
"Even the small percentage of good songs here don't sound like Motown; I'm not sure exactly how you would categorize them.",
"The remaining 75% of the music on these discs is of that category of \"Music that I Affirmatively Try to Avoid.",
"\" If Motown was one of the pinnacles of modern music, many of these songs are the valleys.",
"Real Motown was silk; this is a plastic tarp.",
"Again, I emphasize the synthetic, synthesizer-intensive foundation, with the pre-pubescent, screechy, annoying vocals.",
"Motown is all about a thumping, plodding deep bass, with a great guitar groove, and supernaturally beatiful lyrics and voices.",
"Even most of Smokey's stuff here doesn't do much for me, and I love Smokey.",
"The amazing documentary film \"In the Shadow of Motown\" might have discussed this period in Motown's history, if it did, I'm sure it is characterized as the (steep, almost vertical) decline.",
"The folks who were the subject matter of that film were REAL MUSICIANS, the best musicians the world has ever known; they weren't a bunch of beeping, buzzing computers and polyester-wearing prancing disco-dancers.",
"I will never listen to these discs straight-through again.",
"I'll just skip over to the few good tracks.",
"The preponderance of these songs were downright painful, they represent the worst of the 70's and 80's.",
"I wish they had merely augmented the collection of real Motown, rather than used the songs which rode on the coat-tails of the real (and legendary) Motown."
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Every dentist I have spoken with about toothbrushes has said the same thing. Get one with soft bristles. These have not only very stiff bristles but they are sharp as well. The tips don't feel like they have rounded tips. While was using them I would run them under hot water for a minute to soften them up. It was better but still didn't really solve the problem. I went back to using my old brush. The old brush was stiff as well when new but it is soft now and the tips were never sharp like these are. I am sure that someone thought that the strangely configured brush was a big improvement, however, they must not have actually tried using it before going ahead with the redesign. The more you use it the more sore your gums will get and I do not have ANY sign of any gum disease at all. | 0 | negative | [
"Every dentist I have spoken with about toothbrushes has said the same thing.",
"Get one with soft bristles.",
"These have not only very stiff bristles but they are sharp as well.",
"The tips don't feel like they have rounded tips.",
"While was using them I would run them under hot water for a minute to soften them up.",
"It was better but still didn't really solve the problem.",
"I went back to using my old brush.",
"The old brush was stiff as well when new but it is soft now and the tips were never sharp like these are.",
"I am sure that someone thought that the strangely configured brush was a big improvement, however, they must not have actually tried using it before going ahead with the redesign.",
"The more you use it the more sore your gums will get and I do not have ANY sign of any gum disease at all."
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Don't get trapped! This movie is way over rated here at Amazon! Thank God I didn't buy this movie!
Everything was terrible:
1. Boring story. Yes it is a true story but it doesn't deserve to be written in the first place! Why did they make a movie of it?
2. You'll never sympathize or get attached to any character! (lack of emotions).
3. Weak dialogue!
4. Zero suspense and surprises!
The bottom line is don't fall into this trap! It is boring, boring, boring! Even the (Infinifilm Edition) DVD is not worth it! | 0 | negative | [
"Don't get trapped!",
"This movie is way over rated here at Amazon!",
"Thank God I didn't buy this movie!",
"Everything was terrible:\n1.",
"Boring story.",
"Yes it is a true story but it doesn't deserve to be written in the first place!",
"Why did they make a movie of it?",
"2.",
"You'll never sympathize or get attached to any character!",
"(lack of emotions).",
"3.",
"Weak dialogue!",
"4.",
"Zero suspense and surprises!",
"The bottom line is don't fall into this trap!",
"It is boring, boring, boring!",
"Even the (Infinifilm Edition) DVD is not worth it!"
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This game is just bad. First of all,it has ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING to do with the first game at all. The storyline and the characters are completly diffrent. Why is there even a number 2 after Manhunt on the cover??? But besides that. Just like alot of other reviews said,the kills are censored. When you pull off a kill on someone,the screen gets all blurry looking,so you can hardly even see what's going on. Wtf? This is not like the original Manhunt,AT ALL!!! The storyline is nowhere even as good as the original one was. In this game,you play as a man,who just escaped from an insane asylum,with some guy who tags along with you,telling you what to do. There is a twist at the end of the game,about this character,but it was REALLY stupid. I would say,just don't even bother with this game,and stick with the original Manhunt. It's alot better than this nonsense. | 0 | negative | [
"This game is just bad.",
"First of all,it has ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING to do with the first game at all.",
"The storyline and the characters are completly diffrent.",
"Why is there even a number 2 after Manhunt on the cover???",
"But besides that.",
"Just like alot of other reviews said,the kills are censored.",
"When you pull off a kill on someone,the screen gets all blurry looking,so you can hardly even see what's going on.",
"Wtf?",
"This is not like the original Manhunt,AT ALL!!!",
"The storyline is nowhere even as good as the original one was.",
"In this game,you play as a man,who just escaped from an insane asylum,with some guy who tags along with you,telling you what to do.",
"There is a twist at the end of the game,about this character,but it was REALLY stupid.",
"I would say,just don't even bother with this game,and stick with the original Manhunt.",
"It's alot better than this nonsense."
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Blech. That's probably the best thing I can say about this video. The original movie "DragonHeart", of which I am a huge fan, is a movie with an interesting premise: the last dragonslayer and the last dragon team up together to defeat an evil king and free his people from slavery. Aided by a fiery peasant girl and a priest, they ultimately bring victory . . . at a cost. (Check out the movie reviews at Amazon.com for a more detailed plot.) One of the neatest things about "DragonHeart" was the simple premise of the last dragon and the last dragon-slayer together. So, I ask you, how can there be a sequel to the movie when it was about the _last_ dragon? There are no more dragons in the world after "DragonHeart"; just in the stars and in our hearts. It quite upset me to see the producer cheapen the effects and meanings in the first movie in order to produce a rather cheezy sequel. The plot is simple; a young boy training for knighthood meets a young dragon, Drake. Don't ask me where _he_ came from; _Draco_ was the _last_ dragon in DragonHeart! There is a problem----the dragonette can't fly. Together, they must learn how the dragon is to fly, but also overcome an evil ruler. Not the most fascinating plot, but it's certainly a sad substitute for the original movie. Not to mention the fact that the special effects are no where near as magical as in the first movie; at times Drake almost appears to have a black outline around him, and his movements are jerky and sometimes unnatural. I will say this, the acting seems decent; but the actors are not given much to work with! I have a great respect for the writer, Charles Edward Pogue, who did the first movie. I don't believe he wrote the plot or script for the second movie, and I'm willing to bet it wasn't anything he ever had in mind. This movie, quite simply, does not fit in the DragonHeart-Universe; the two movies are not compatible. Who needs a sequel like that? When a cheaply-done, childish sequel like this comes along, it will definetly ruin the effects of the original. So if you want more DragonHeart, read the novelization of the first movie; an excellent book, in some ways better than the film. But don't waste your time with this movie. Draco would _not_ approve. | 0 | negative | [
"Blech.",
"That's probably the best thing I can say about this video.",
"The original movie \"DragonHeart\", of which I am a huge fan, is a movie with an interesting premise: the last dragonslayer and the last dragon team up together to defeat an evil king and free his people from slavery.",
"Aided by a fiery peasant girl and a priest, they ultimately bring victory.",
".",
".",
"at a cost.",
"(Check out the movie reviews at Amazon.",
"com for a more detailed plot.",
") One of the neatest things about \"DragonHeart\" was the simple premise of the last dragon and the last dragon-slayer together.",
"So, I ask you, how can there be a sequel to the movie when it was about the _last_ dragon?",
"There are no more dragons in the world after \"DragonHeart\"; just in the stars and in our hearts.",
"It quite upset me to see the producer cheapen the effects and meanings in the first movie in order to produce a rather cheezy sequel.",
"The plot is simple; a young boy training for knighthood meets a young dragon, Drake.",
"Don't ask me where _he_ came from; _Draco_ was the _last_ dragon in DragonHeart!",
"There is a problem----the dragonette can't fly.",
"Together, they must learn how the dragon is to fly, but also overcome an evil ruler.",
"Not the most fascinating plot, but it's certainly a sad substitute for the original movie.",
"Not to mention the fact that the special effects are no where near as magical as in the first movie; at times Drake almost appears to have a black outline around him, and his movements are jerky and sometimes unnatural.",
"I will say this, the acting seems decent; but the actors are not given much to work with!",
"I have a great respect for the writer, Charles Edward Pogue, who did the first movie.",
"I don't believe he wrote the plot or script for the second movie, and I'm willing to bet it wasn't anything he ever had in mind.",
"This movie, quite simply, does not fit in the DragonHeart-Universe; the two movies are not compatible.",
"Who needs a sequel like that?",
"When a cheaply-done, childish sequel like this comes along, it will definetly ruin the effects of the original.",
"So if you want more DragonHeart, read the novelization of the first movie; an excellent book, in some ways better than the film.",
"But don't waste your time with this movie.",
"Draco would _not_ approve."
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I saw all the 5 star reviews and thought I would give this a try. I don't know if the wax I got was bad or what, but it is not even close to what I have read.
1. Very hard to apply (by hand)
2. would not come off, streaked and smeared badly.
3 I have been doing my cars and others for over 30 years, this is one of the worst results I've ever had.
I Ended up having to re-wax the whole car with my normal wax Meguires gold class carnuba. I'm not sure if all these rave reviews are doing it by hand or using a buffer, or as I said earlier got bad wax, I would not recommend this. The can also does not seal up good lid is very loose.
Overall nothing good about this wax for the price, If You're Doing It By Hand, so I am sticking with my Meguires Gold Class. | 0 | negative | [
"I saw all the 5 star reviews and thought I would give this a try.",
"I don't know if the wax I got was bad or what, but it is not even close to what I have read.",
"1.",
"Very hard to apply (by hand)\n2.",
"would not come off, streaked and smeared badly.",
"3 I have been doing my cars and others for over 30 years, this is one of the worst results I've ever had.",
"I Ended up having to re-wax the whole car with my normal wax Meguires gold class carnuba.",
"I'm not sure if all these rave reviews are doing it by hand or using a buffer, or as I said earlier got bad wax, I would not recommend this.",
"The can also does not seal up good lid is very loose.",
"Overall nothing good about this wax for the price, If You're Doing It By Hand, so I am sticking with my Meguires Gold Class."
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Microsoft's latest OS is, indeed, more secure than Windows XP. But I have installed it twice on two different machines, and subsequently uninstalled it and went back to XP a few weeks later both times. Why?
- Stability is poor. The system frequently blue screens (crashes) or, more commonly, hangs. It's not a hardware problem, because both systems experienced these issues, and neither system has any issues running XP. Vista Media Center slowly degrades over time (one of the computers is my living room DVR) until it is unusable without a hourly reboot (seriously!)
- Speed - I play a lot of games, and Vista is consistently and significantly slower on every single game I've tried. The difference is significant, even WITH the very latest "Vista Certified" video and sound drivers. Then, there are games that crash on Vista, but have no issues on XP. You can say "Well, they were tested to work with XP", and you'd be right, but I'd rather be running an OS that games were tested with. And the DirectX 10 effects, which only Vista supports, are very ho-hum - they're not worth the performance hit, in my opinion. For an example, check out the Crysis DirectX 9 vs. DirectX 10 comparisons on the net.
- Hardware support - this really is not Microsoft's fault, but it is still an issue. Many hardware manufacturers quietly refusing to release drivers for their existing hardware, in an effort to force people to buy new hardware for Vista support. That's totally not Microsoft's fault - but make sure your devices are Vista compatible, BEFORE you buy Vista. Microsoft has a good compatibility guide on their website for this. Scanners, printers, music players, phones, and wireless network gear are the gadgets with the worst Vista driver support, as are notebooks not specifically "designed for Vista".
I'm not saying you should NOT buy Vista, but if you do, be prepared for the problems you will encounter. It might be better for a business user who is buying all new Vista compatible hardware. | 0 | negative | [
"Microsoft's latest OS is, indeed, more secure than Windows XP.",
"But I have installed it twice on two different machines, and subsequently uninstalled it and went back to XP a few weeks later both times.",
"Why?",
"- Stability is poor.",
"The system frequently blue screens (crashes) or, more commonly, hangs.",
"It's not a hardware problem, because both systems experienced these issues, and neither system has any issues running XP.",
"Vista Media Center slowly degrades over time (one of the computers is my living room DVR) until it is unusable without a hourly reboot (seriously!",
")\n- Speed - I play a lot of games, and Vista is consistently and significantly slower on every single game I've tried.",
"The difference is significant, even WITH the very latest \"Vista Certified\" video and sound drivers.",
"Then, there are games that crash on Vista, but have no issues on XP.",
"You can say \"Well, they were tested to work with XP\", and you'd be right, but I'd rather be running an OS that games were tested with.",
"And the DirectX 10 effects, which only Vista supports, are very ho-hum - they're not worth the performance hit, in my opinion.",
"For an example, check out the Crysis DirectX 9 vs.",
"DirectX 10 comparisons on the net.",
"- Hardware support - this really is not Microsoft's fault, but it is still an issue.",
"Many hardware manufacturers quietly refusing to release drivers for their existing hardware, in an effort to force people to buy new hardware for Vista support.",
"That's totally not Microsoft's fault - but make sure your devices are Vista compatible, BEFORE you buy Vista.",
"Microsoft has a good compatibility guide on their website for this.",
"Scanners, printers, music players, phones, and wireless network gear are the gadgets with the worst Vista driver support, as are notebooks not specifically \"designed for Vista\".",
"I'm not saying you should NOT buy Vista, but if you do, be prepared for the problems you will encounter.",
"It might be better for a business user who is buying all new Vista compatible hardware."
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McDonald's manager arrested for selling drugs with fast food
Frank Guerrero 26 worked at the 24-hour McDonald's on Bruckner Blvd. by Morrison Ave. in Soundview for eight years. During that time he often unlocked the doors to sell drugs in the middle of the night prosecutors said.
Guerrero stashed the cocaine on a soap dispenser in the restaurant's bathroom before his shift started and peddled cocaine and crack with the burgers he sold authorities said.
Twice he sold the drugs to an undercover officer at the counter shoving the contraband in a cookie bag which he stuffed alongside two cheeseburgers a soda and fries prosecutors said.
He made the deal under the noses of the other employees at the burger joint prosecutors said.
" Guerrero 's conduct was so blatant it would be comical if he weren't committing a serious narcotics crime " said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan. "Ordering coke took on an entirely different meaning on the night shift at this McDonald's."
Guerrero sold the undercover cop nearly $10 900 in drugs.
He hid the drug money in a dresser inside his 2-year-old son’s playroom. The child was there when Guerrero and his girlfriend Leidy Cabral Castillo 24 were arrested. | 0 | negative | [
"McDonald's manager arrested for selling drugs with fast food\nFrank Guerrero 26 worked at the 24-hour McDonald's on Bruckner Blvd.",
"by Morrison Ave.",
"in Soundview for eight years.",
"During that time he often unlocked the doors to sell drugs in the middle of the night prosecutors said.",
"Guerrero stashed the cocaine on a soap dispenser in the restaurant's bathroom before his shift started and peddled cocaine and crack with the burgers he sold authorities said.",
"Twice he sold the drugs to an undercover officer at the counter shoving the contraband in a cookie bag which he stuffed alongside two cheeseburgers a soda and fries prosecutors said.",
"He made the deal under the noses of the other employees at the burger joint prosecutors said.",
"\" Guerrero 's conduct was so blatant it would be comical if he weren't committing a serious narcotics crime \" said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan.",
"\"Ordering coke took on an entirely different meaning on the night shift at this McDonald's.",
"\"\n Guerrero sold the undercover cop nearly $10 900 in drugs.",
"He hid the drug money in a dresser inside his 2-year-old son’s playroom.",
"The child was there when Guerrero and his girlfriend Leidy Cabral Castillo 24 were arrested."
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My personal opinion is that the plastic frame tubing is horribly cheep and fragile. I am a big DIY and have a lot of finesse putting things together and 2 of the plastic pipes spit in assembly with almost no force from me. The plastic tubing doesnt hold together at all. When you try to take the plastic/vinyl cover off to change the litter half of the frame pulls off with it. You basically have to reassemble the whole thing every time you change your litter.
If you're not careful youll break more of the frame trying to zip the plastic cover over it. I have found that it is NOT worth the fight to try to zip it up at all. After 2 weeks and reassembling the thing every time I took it apart, along with more pipes breaking, I found that it works best if you throw away most of the frame and only use the bottom frame with a few upright frame pipes and gently lay the top over that. It looks like garbage but it still keeps the initial smell down after the cat does her duty.
I would not recommend this to anyone. A big cardboard box would look better and be much more functional then this thing. | 0 | negative | [
"My personal opinion is that the plastic frame tubing is horribly cheep and fragile.",
"I am a big DIY and have a lot of finesse putting things together and 2 of the plastic pipes spit in assembly with almost no force from me.",
"The plastic tubing doesnt hold together at all.",
"When you try to take the plastic/vinyl cover off to change the litter half of the frame pulls off with it.",
"You basically have to reassemble the whole thing every time you change your litter.",
"If you're not careful youll break more of the frame trying to zip the plastic cover over it.",
"I have found that it is NOT worth the fight to try to zip it up at all.",
"After 2 weeks and reassembling the thing every time I took it apart, along with more pipes breaking, I found that it works best if you throw away most of the frame and only use the bottom frame with a few upright frame pipes and gently lay the top over that.",
"It looks like garbage but it still keeps the initial smell down after the cat does her duty.",
"I would not recommend this to anyone.",
"A big cardboard box would look better and be much more functional then this thing."
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This 1951 Gary Cooper/Raoul Walsh (director) vehicle is not one of their best. In fact, the movie is so disappointing in every regard that I am surprised the film was considered for DVD production when so many other excellent 50yr. old movies have yet to see the light of day on DVD. Still, this selection may be the only film made that addresses the Seminole Indian War of the 1840s (as a point of fact, the Seminoles never did sign a peace treaty with the US, and the war ended quietly). The only two bona fide Hollywood stars are Gary Cooper, of course, and stalwart supporting actor, Arthur Hunnicutt. Several other actors will be more familiar to moviegoers as TV personalities, like Richard Webb (in the late 1950s program Captain Midnight) and Sheb Wooley, a real-life cowboy/stuntman, who was a regular in Rawhide with Clint Eastwood. I remember first seeing "Distant Drums" as a youngster and was hooked on Cooper as an "Indian Fighter", the action represented by the "Whites" trying to escape the pursuing Indians, and the climactic hand-to-hand, underwater knife fight between Cooper's character and Chief Ocala. Since then, I and movies have become a wee bit more sophisticated, and "Distant Drums" has failed to withstand the test of time. The color transfer to DVD is sharpe, and the underwater scenes are crisp; however, historical accuracy in the film is non-existant, and the romantic involvement between Cooper and the female lead, Mari Aldon (who is she?), is so contrived that it detracts from the strength of Cooper's character. What "deep sixed" the movie for me were: 1) the 1890s uniforms worn by the c. 1840 US soldiers; 2) the Colt Peacemaker/6 shot revolver used by Cooper (had the film's producer done his homework, he would have known this gun was not in production until the 1870s ... even Gary Cooper should have known this fact!); and 3) the made-up, improvised, gobboli-gook Indian language used by Cooper and other characters. No, "Distant Drums" is not "High Noon," perhaps Cooper's best Western (both films were made the same year). Sadly, what we are able to recall as exciting or great as children is all too frequently disappointing as adults; "Distant Drums" is such an example for me. | 0 | negative | [
"This 1951 Gary Cooper/Raoul Walsh (director) vehicle is not one of their best.",
"In fact, the movie is so disappointing in every regard that I am surprised the film was considered for DVD production when so many other excellent 50yr.",
"old movies have yet to see the light of day on DVD.",
"Still, this selection may be the only film made that addresses the Seminole Indian War of the 1840s (as a point of fact, the Seminoles never did sign a peace treaty with the US, and the war ended quietly).",
"The only two bona fide Hollywood stars are Gary Cooper, of course, and stalwart supporting actor, Arthur Hunnicutt.",
"Several other actors will be more familiar to moviegoers as TV personalities, like Richard Webb (in the late 1950s program Captain Midnight) and Sheb Wooley, a real-life cowboy/stuntman, who was a regular in Rawhide with Clint Eastwood.",
"I remember first seeing \"Distant Drums\" as a youngster and was hooked on Cooper as an \"Indian Fighter\", the action represented by the \"Whites\" trying to escape the pursuing Indians, and the climactic hand-to-hand, underwater knife fight between Cooper's character and Chief Ocala.",
"Since then, I and movies have become a wee bit more sophisticated, and \"Distant Drums\" has failed to withstand the test of time.",
"The color transfer to DVD is sharpe, and the underwater scenes are crisp; however, historical accuracy in the film is non-existant, and the romantic involvement between Cooper and the female lead, Mari Aldon (who is she?",
"), is so contrived that it detracts from the strength of Cooper's character.",
"What \"deep sixed\" the movie for me were: 1) the 1890s uniforms worn by the c.",
"1840 US soldiers; 2) the Colt Peacemaker/6 shot revolver used by Cooper (had the film's producer done his homework, he would have known this gun was not in production until the 1870s...",
"even Gary Cooper should have known this fact!",
"); and 3) the made-up, improvised, gobboli-gook Indian language used by Cooper and other characters.",
"No, \"Distant Drums\" is not \"High Noon,\" perhaps Cooper's best Western (both films were made the same year).",
"Sadly, what we are able to recall as exciting or great as children is all too frequently disappointing as adults; \"Distant Drums\" is such an example for me."
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While I did not purchase this saw on Amazon. Perhaps best for amazon because I received it as a Birthday gift . Well it lasted all of 20 minutes. I have many years experience with chain saws and had to finally go electric because I am physically restricted as to what I feel safe doing. Long and short after 20 minutes of cutting maple limbs from trees that had been felled. The oiler and everything was working fine and the chain had been re-tensioned. I started the saw a began to make a cut through a four inch limb and the saw stopped cutting and started smoking profusely. I unplugged the saw and it continued to smoulder. The saw is dead after 20 minutes into a two year warranty. Brought it back to Lowes and because I didn't have a receipt and even though the date stamp clearly showed it to be less than a year old they refused to take the saw back. My son purchased it at Lowes. I then looked at the reviews on the saw itself and found that there are a plethora of negative feedback regarding the saw and Remington customer service | 0 | negative | [
"While I did not purchase this saw on Amazon.",
"Perhaps best for amazon because I received it as a Birthday gift.",
"Well it lasted all of 20 minutes.",
"I have many years experience with chain saws and had to finally go electric because I am physically restricted as to what I feel safe doing.",
"Long and short after 20 minutes of cutting maple limbs from trees that had been felled.",
"The oiler and everything was working fine and the chain had been re-tensioned.",
"I started the saw a began to make a cut through a four inch limb and the saw stopped cutting and started smoking profusely.",
"I unplugged the saw and it continued to smoulder.",
"The saw is dead after 20 minutes into a two year warranty.",
"Brought it back to Lowes and because I didn't have a receipt and even though the date stamp clearly showed it to be less than a year old they refused to take the saw back.",
"My son purchased it at Lowes.",
"I then looked at the reviews on the saw itself and found that there are a plethora of negative feedback regarding the saw and Remington customer service"
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I just tried this today, because a few of my tapes display minor tracking issues, and I figure this would knock them out.
I couldn't have been more wrong. I have a Sanyo VHS player. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary. I popped this thing in, pushed play (per the instructions), my machine started grunting, the tv screen turned fuzzier than I had EVER seen it before, then the VHS player shut off altogether.
When I turned it back on, the machine spit out the tape. I tried this 3 times, all with the same result.
Now, I can't see anything through the fuzz when I play any of my VHS tapes. This has rendered my collection completely useless until I get a new VCR.
Really pissed.
My young daughter watches movies on VHS. I was trying to improve her experience, not completely eliminate it!!!
Stay away from this product, whatever you do!! | 0 | negative | [
"I just tried this today, because a few of my tapes display minor tracking issues, and I figure this would knock them out.",
"I couldn't have been more wrong.",
"I have a Sanyo VHS player.",
"Nothing particularly out of the ordinary.",
"I popped this thing in, pushed play (per the instructions), my machine started grunting, the tv screen turned fuzzier than I had EVER seen it before, then the VHS player shut off altogether.",
"When I turned it back on, the machine spit out the tape.",
"I tried this 3 times, all with the same result.",
"Now, I can't see anything through the fuzz when I play any of my VHS tapes.",
"This has rendered my collection completely useless until I get a new VCR.",
"Really pissed.",
"My young daughter watches movies on VHS.",
"I was trying to improve her experience, not completely eliminate it!!!",
"Stay away from this product, whatever you do!!"
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I can't speak to the performance yet as I just installed it and haven't dyno'd the truck.
Packaging was fine and not too unbearable to open. Install was easy enough, especially since I already had 90% of the intake removed to install a K&N cold air intake. It seems to be doing what it is supposed to. You can easily hear the "whistle" as she breathes and the truck does seem more responsive (surely due to the new intake as well.
*** Update. Within a week of purchase, this thing was driving me crazy. It sounds EXACTLY like a slipping belt. The HP gains, if any, were totally not worth that obnoxious racket. Don't waste your money or time. So eff'n aggravating!
Removed from the truck within a month | 0 | negative | [
"I can't speak to the performance yet as I just installed it and haven't dyno'd the truck.",
"Packaging was fine and not too unbearable to open.",
"Install was easy enough, especially since I already had 90% of the intake removed to install a K&N cold air intake.",
"It seems to be doing what it is supposed to.",
"You can easily hear the \"whistle\" as she breathes and the truck does seem more responsive (surely due to the new intake as well.",
"*** Update.",
"Within a week of purchase, this thing was driving me crazy.",
"It sounds EXACTLY like a slipping belt.",
"The HP gains, if any, were totally not worth that obnoxious racket.",
"Don't waste your money or time.",
"So eff'n aggravating!",
"Removed from the truck within a month"
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Azurik's an interesting game. The elemental combination system that's at the heart of the game is an interesting one, and could have provided for some unique and creative puzzles, situations, and combat. However, in many respects, the game falls flat on its face.
Combat, for one, as frequent as it is, is entirely uninteresting. A,A,A,B is the name of the game, and while you've got to make sure you're using the right elemental combinations, the lack of a reward for beating a monster (they respawn, you gain no experience, and often end up using more "elemental fuel" than you regain) is negligible.
The game is billed as an action/adventure. Adventure games are generally about two things - seeing the sights, and solving some puzzles. The sights are a mix of good and bad. While there's clearly a lot of geometry up on the screen, it's not really put to good effect. Textures are detailed close up, but muddy from the distance you'd normally look at them from. Poor level-of-detail control. The level design is also often pointless, and very easy to get lost in due to the repetitive nature of the levels.
Azurik's cardinal and unforgivable sin, however, is that there is no logic to the game. The puzzles are simply to find the pieces of the elemental discs, and their respective powers, and use them where you're told to. There are a few puzzles that actually require some thought, but even then, they're more illogical and trial-and-error based than not. Had there been any indication of where you might look to solve your current problem, the game would have been worlds better.
Alas, the lack of logic in the puzzles and level designs, the poor floaty controls, the repetitive and boring combat, and the atrocious save system (yes, there's a save anywhere cheat. It can also permanently ruin your game, forcing you to start all over again if you use it wrong) make Azurik a pass for all but the most hardcore adventure gamers. But the problem, then, is that the hardcore have seen games much better than this. | 0 | negative | [
"Azurik's an interesting game.",
"The elemental combination system that's at the heart of the game is an interesting one, and could have provided for some unique and creative puzzles, situations, and combat.",
"However, in many respects, the game falls flat on its face.",
"Combat, for one, as frequent as it is, is entirely uninteresting.",
"A,A,A,B is the name of the game, and while you've got to make sure you're using the right elemental combinations, the lack of a reward for beating a monster (they respawn, you gain no experience, and often end up using more \"elemental fuel\" than you regain) is negligible.",
"The game is billed as an action/adventure.",
"Adventure games are generally about two things - seeing the sights, and solving some puzzles.",
"The sights are a mix of good and bad.",
"While there's clearly a lot of geometry up on the screen, it's not really put to good effect.",
"Textures are detailed close up, but muddy from the distance you'd normally look at them from.",
"Poor level-of-detail control.",
"The level design is also often pointless, and very easy to get lost in due to the repetitive nature of the levels.",
"Azurik's cardinal and unforgivable sin, however, is that there is no logic to the game.",
"The puzzles are simply to find the pieces of the elemental discs, and their respective powers, and use them where you're told to.",
"There are a few puzzles that actually require some thought, but even then, they're more illogical and trial-and-error based than not.",
"Had there been any indication of where you might look to solve your current problem, the game would have been worlds better.",
"Alas, the lack of logic in the puzzles and level designs, the poor floaty controls, the repetitive and boring combat, and the atrocious save system (yes, there's a save anywhere cheat.",
"It can also permanently ruin your game, forcing you to start all over again if you use it wrong) make Azurik a pass for all but the most hardcore adventure gamers.",
"But the problem, then, is that the hardcore have seen games much better than this."
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This is really a classic fantasy trilogy? This is really the guy who wrote Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, and The Lions of Al Rassan? I must be missing something. I know that millions of people should not be able to be this wrong, but in this case they most certainly are.
This is probably one of the worst fantasy novels I have ever read. Nothing that happens seems to be natural, but happens because the author wants it to happen. No characters seem to be alive, but only exist because the author needs them to exist. The conversations are stilted and dull. Nothing works in this novel.
In the reviews, there seems to be a consensus that things get better later in the series, but I say so what? This book stinks and the fact is there are better starts to better series. The sad thing is that I was / am a big Kay fan.
If you like the standard, derivative, sub par, fantasy, then eat your heart out. If you are like me and read Tigana, read the Lions of Al Rassan, A Song for Arbonne, read the Sarantine Mosaic, heard that Kay's first work was a trilogy and got real excited to see what he could do with traditional fantasy, then do not bother. Trust me, you will be very disappointed. | 0 | negative | [
"This is really a classic fantasy trilogy?",
"This is really the guy who wrote Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, and The Lions of Al Rassan?",
"I must be missing something.",
"I know that millions of people should not be able to be this wrong, but in this case they most certainly are.",
"This is probably one of the worst fantasy novels I have ever read.",
"Nothing that happens seems to be natural, but happens because the author wants it to happen.",
"No characters seem to be alive, but only exist because the author needs them to exist.",
"The conversations are stilted and dull.",
"Nothing works in this novel.",
"In the reviews, there seems to be a consensus that things get better later in the series, but I say so what?",
"This book stinks and the fact is there are better starts to better series.",
"The sad thing is that I was / am a big Kay fan.",
"If you like the standard, derivative, sub par, fantasy, then eat your heart out.",
"If you are like me and read Tigana, read the Lions of Al Rassan, A Song for Arbonne, read the Sarantine Mosaic, heard that Kay's first work was a trilogy and got real excited to see what he could do with traditional fantasy, then do not bother.",
"Trust me, you will be very disappointed."
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Glen Frey is the quintessential carbuncle on the underbelly of Rock's sorry bottom . This tiny-tot prima donna will look you straight in the eye and tell us that Don Felder was a problem child that held out for money and acknowledgement. So what if he did! If Frey and Henley weren't sharing a brain, they'd have seen that Felder was a major contributor to the success of the Eagles, but their arrogance has made them blind (rich - yes, but blind). What is the only song you ever think of when you think of the Eagles - I'll bet it's "Hotel California" - with all of the music written by DON FELDER! Now listen to "Heavy Metal" and "All of You" from the much celebrated "Heavy Metal" adult movie and soundtrack, and you can see why Frey and Henley (especially Frey) were so intimidated by the much more talented Felder. The Eagles petered out after Don Felder was fired... have you listened to the utterly pretentious, "The Long Run" lately? And let's not even mention anything about "Dirty Laundry" or "You Belong to the City"... At least Joe Walsh has always been an original and a success - - - BEFORE and AFTER the Eagles.... | 0 | negative | [
"Glen Frey is the quintessential carbuncle on the underbelly of Rock's sorry bottom.",
"This tiny-tot prima donna will look you straight in the eye and tell us that Don Felder was a problem child that held out for money and acknowledgement.",
"So what if he did!",
"If Frey and Henley weren't sharing a brain, they'd have seen that Felder was a major contributor to the success of the Eagles, but their arrogance has made them blind (rich - yes, but blind).",
"What is the only song you ever think of when you think of the Eagles - I'll bet it's \"Hotel California\" - with all of the music written by DON FELDER!",
"Now listen to \"Heavy Metal\" and \"All of You\" from the much celebrated \"Heavy Metal\" adult movie and soundtrack, and you can see why Frey and Henley (especially Frey) were so intimidated by the much more talented Felder.",
"The Eagles petered out after Don Felder was fired...",
"have you listened to the utterly pretentious, \"The Long Run\" lately?",
"And let's not even mention anything about \"Dirty Laundry\" or \"You Belong to the City\"...",
"At least Joe Walsh has always been an original and a success - - - BEFORE and AFTER the Eagles...."
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I bought this ball because I have a bad back and want to use it as a chair to help with spinal stability. Therefore, achieving the 90 degree angle between my hips and legs is *very* important. I bought the 75 cm ball because I am relatively tall. I inflated it, using a level and a hashmark on the wall to ensure that it was inflated to the proper size. At 65 cm., I was frightened to keep inflating for fear that I might over-inflate and injure myself. I took it inside and when I sat on it (at 140 pounds) it barely makes a dimple. Thus, I know I am at about max capacity. The angle is a little shy of 90 degrees so I guess I'll keep the ball until I can find a better one. Just note, if you are looking for a 75cm ball, this is not it (and just FYI - the box *does* say 75cm). | 0 | negative | [
"I bought this ball because I have a bad back and want to use it as a chair to help with spinal stability.",
"Therefore, achieving the 90 degree angle between my hips and legs is *very* important.",
"I bought the 75 cm ball because I am relatively tall.",
"I inflated it, using a level and a hashmark on the wall to ensure that it was inflated to the proper size.",
"At 65 cm.",
", I was frightened to keep inflating for fear that I might over-inflate and injure myself.",
"I took it inside and when I sat on it (at 140 pounds) it barely makes a dimple.",
"Thus, I know I am at about max capacity.",
"The angle is a little shy of 90 degrees so I guess I'll keep the ball until I can find a better one.",
"Just note, if you are looking for a 75cm ball, this is not it (and just FYI - the box *does* say 75cm)."
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Another reviewer mentioned this charger puts out 15.0V in AGM mode and that's too many volts for some AGM batteries and it caused his to outgas (reducing the battery's life). My Optima yellow top AGM battery is rated for 15V charging so I thought this charger would be okay for it, but the charger I got puts out 15.5V! I did find specs that say 15.6V "regulated voltage" is okay for "rapid charging" on my battery but they don't define what rapid charging means. They do say with 15.6V to "charge until current drops below 1 amp" which I think means you can do 15.6V until the battery gets closer to being charged and stops accepting high amperage. Unfortunately this charger does the exact opposite, starting at lower voltage and increasing to 15.5V around when it decides the battery is at 90% charge (which seems to equate to about 12.6 or 12.7V on my battery). The charger keeps outputting 15.5V until the battery is fully charged, which may take hours, so it seems unlikely that's good for most batteries and I'm pretty sure it's against the charging specs on my battery. Note that the charger shows 15.4V on its readout but my volt meter shows it's actually 15.5V.
Nevertheless I let it keep doing 15.5V and checked periodically to make sure the battery wasn't hot (it never even felt warm and an IR temperature gun read 86F max) and wasn't hissing (hissing would mean it was overcharged and releasing gas, permanently reducing its life). It took almost exactly 12 hours for the charger to decide it was 100% charged and go into maintenance mode, but when it did, it picked 12.4V! AGM batteries are supposed to be charged at around 13.6V for maintenance (float) charging, so I have no idea why it picked 12.4V. I left it on for another hour and it actually reduced the voltage to 12.3, at which point I took it off the charger. Volt meter said the battery was at 12.31V.
I can't decide if this charger is broken, has a weird charging algorithm, or is actually very smart. I say that because my battery was discharged to about 3.5V a few weeks ago, well below the voltage it's designed to be discharged to (it's a "deep cycle" but even deep cycles don't tolerate discharging below 50%, and even below 10.5V may hurt them), so it's now damaged and won't hold the full 13.6V it's supposed to. Instead, if I leave it on the charger at 15.5V for an hour, it hits 12.8V and then quickly loses charge to 12.5V in about 30 minutes. So maybe the charger somehow figured that out and decided that 12.4V was "full charge" on my damaged battery so that's what it used as its float charge. I don't see how it could determine that if the battery was 12.8V or higher after the long 15.5V charge, but who knows.
I also don't know if 15.4V is really bad for my battery, or for the "average AGM". I spent awhile researching but couldn't find any real authoritative information, just a bunch of people theorizing. Since it's above the 15V standard charge on the battery spec sheet I don't think it's a good thing, but then again I also found research (nrel dot gov/vehiclesandfuels/energystorage/pdfs/evs17pres.pdf) showing that seriously overvolting a yellow top battery to 17V under certain conditions actually increases its life. So I don't know what to think, but I'm leaning towards thinking it's a bad thing to go against the manufacturer's spec sheet unless you're in a lab using specialized chargers.
What I do know is that the desulfination feature on this charger didn't do a thing for my damaged battery. In fact I don't think it even kicked in. I connected the charger to a small sealed lead acid battery that I left unused for too long and it went into desulfination mode (I think - the manual doesn't say how you're supposed to know) for over 8 hours pumping 16.8V into the battery until it said "bad bat" on its screen and stopped charging. In all that time the battery never showed over 15% charged on the charger, though it did end up holding about 10.9V. In my online research it was mentioned in a few places that there are no studies showing desulfination actually works so I'm pretty dubious about it. It definitely didn't work on either of my batteries.
It was also interesting to note that the sealed lead acid battery never got warm, which I find rather curious considering how long it was putting in such a high voltage. I had the charger connected to a kill-a-watt meter and it showed the charger was pulling only 0.15amps and 9watts, and this is in 2amp charging mode, so maybe the charger is smart enough to use low amperage when it's using high voltage and that prevents the battery from getting damaged. When it was pushing 15.4V to my AGM battery it was only drawing 0.35amps and it actually reduced the amps to 0.29 as it got closer to 100% charged. So maybe that protects the battery from overvoltage damage, but I don't know enough to be sure. Maybe a battery expert will chime in in the comments.
Another important thing to consider is that desulfination mode could damage your car's electronics if you don't remove the battery from the car to charge it. 16.8V is more than most cars were designed to handle, and I found someone mentioning that BMW warns not to use chargers that do things like that, so it's definitely a concern. I don't know if I feel comfortable using this charger again without removing the battery from the car. Some chargers claim to somehow magically detect the presence of car electronics and limit their voltage, but this charger says nothing about that in its manual.
Other than all that, the design of the charger is nice. Wires fit into a pocket beneath the retractable handle. It will show you the battery voltage on its readout until you tell it to start charging (although it reads 0.1 to 0.2V lower than my volt meter, which is annoying). A button lets you toggle between display of voltage or battery percent. It lets you choose standard, AGM, and gel cell, and choose from three rates of charge. The slower 2A charge rate is supposed to be better for many batteries, so use 2A or 6A if you aren't in a hurry. I tried both those modes and it still puts out 15.5V in 6A mode but it puts out 15.3V in 2A mode.
Since this is a dedicated 12V charger you don't have to worry about it "autodetecting" (actually, auto-misdetecting) your discharged 12V battery as a 6V and never charging it past 6V, which is a problem with far too many chargers these days.
Despite its nice controls and smart form factor, I give this charger a low rating because I think it tries to push some batteries beyond their limits in the name of charging them as quickly or as fully as possible. One reviewer said it caused his AGM to outgas and another said it burnt out his battery after a few months of trickle charge mode. If you have the right brand of battery that can handle this charger's output, and your battery isn't damaged, it's probably fine, but the fact that it can damage things and may even damage car electronics in desulfination mode strikes me as very bad design, especially given that desulfination seems like more of a marketing ploy than a valuable feature. I also don't like that its volt meter reads 0.1 to 0.2V under actual voltage. | 0 | negative | [
"Another reviewer mentioned this charger puts out 15.",
"0V in AGM mode and that's too many volts for some AGM batteries and it caused his to outgas (reducing the battery's life).",
"My Optima yellow top AGM battery is rated for 15V charging so I thought this charger would be okay for it, but the charger I got puts out 15.",
"5V!",
"I did find specs that say 15.",
"6V \"regulated voltage\" is okay for \"rapid charging\" on my battery but they don't define what rapid charging means.",
"They do say with 15.",
"6V to \"charge until current drops below 1 amp\" which I think means you can do 15.",
"6V until the battery gets closer to being charged and stops accepting high amperage.",
"Unfortunately this charger does the exact opposite, starting at lower voltage and increasing to 15.",
"5V around when it decides the battery is at 90% charge (which seems to equate to about 12.",
"6 or 12.",
"7V on my battery).",
"The charger keeps outputting 15.",
"5V until the battery is fully charged, which may take hours, so it seems unlikely that's good for most batteries and I'm pretty sure it's against the charging specs on my battery.",
"Note that the charger shows 15.",
"4V on its readout but my volt meter shows it's actually 15.",
"5V.",
"Nevertheless I let it keep doing 15.",
"5V and checked periodically to make sure the battery wasn't hot (it never even felt warm and an IR temperature gun read 86F max) and wasn't hissing (hissing would mean it was overcharged and releasing gas, permanently reducing its life).",
"It took almost exactly 12 hours for the charger to decide it was 100% charged and go into maintenance mode, but when it did, it picked 12.",
"4V!",
"AGM batteries are supposed to be charged at around 13.",
"6V for maintenance (float) charging, so I have no idea why it picked 12.",
"4V.",
"I left it on for another hour and it actually reduced the voltage to 12.",
"3, at which point I took it off the charger.",
"Volt meter said the battery was at 12.",
"31V.",
"I can't decide if this charger is broken, has a weird charging algorithm, or is actually very smart.",
"I say that because my battery was discharged to about 3.",
"5V a few weeks ago, well below the voltage it's designed to be discharged to (it's a \"deep cycle\" but even deep cycles don't tolerate discharging below 50%, and even below 10.",
"5V may hurt them), so it's now damaged and won't hold the full 13.",
"6V it's supposed to.",
"Instead, if I leave it on the charger at 15.",
"5V for an hour, it hits 12.",
"8V and then quickly loses charge to 12.",
"5V in about 30 minutes.",
"So maybe the charger somehow figured that out and decided that 12.",
"4V was \"full charge\" on my damaged battery so that's what it used as its float charge.",
"I don't see how it could determine that if the battery was 12.",
"8V or higher after the long 15.",
"5V charge, but who knows.",
"I also don't know if 15.",
"4V is really bad for my battery, or for the \"average AGM\".",
"I spent awhile researching but couldn't find any real authoritative information, just a bunch of people theorizing.",
"Since it's above the 15V standard charge on the battery spec sheet I don't think it's a good thing, but then again I also found research (nrel dot gov/vehiclesandfuels/energystorage/pdfs/evs17pres.",
"pdf) showing that seriously overvolting a yellow top battery to 17V under certain conditions actually increases its life.",
"So I don't know what to think, but I'm leaning towards thinking it's a bad thing to go against the manufacturer's spec sheet unless you're in a lab using specialized chargers.",
"What I do know is that the desulfination feature on this charger didn't do a thing for my damaged battery.",
"In fact I don't think it even kicked in.",
"I connected the charger to a small sealed lead acid battery that I left unused for too long and it went into desulfination mode (I think - the manual doesn't say how you're supposed to know) for over 8 hours pumping 16.",
"8V into the battery until it said \"bad bat\" on its screen and stopped charging.",
"In all that time the battery never showed over 15% charged on the charger, though it did end up holding about 10.",
"9V.",
"In my online research it was mentioned in a few places that there are no studies showing desulfination actually works so I'm pretty dubious about it.",
"It definitely didn't work on either of my batteries.",
"It was also interesting to note that the sealed lead acid battery never got warm, which I find rather curious considering how long it was putting in such a high voltage.",
"I had the charger connected to a kill-a-watt meter and it showed the charger was pulling only 0.",
"15amps and 9watts, and this is in 2amp charging mode, so maybe the charger is smart enough to use low amperage when it's using high voltage and that prevents the battery from getting damaged.",
"When it was pushing 15.",
"4V to my AGM battery it was only drawing 0.",
"35amps and it actually reduced the amps to 0.",
"29 as it got closer to 100% charged.",
"So maybe that protects the battery from overvoltage damage, but I don't know enough to be sure.",
"Maybe a battery expert will chime in in the comments.",
"Another important thing to consider is that desulfination mode could damage your car's electronics if you don't remove the battery from the car to charge it.",
"16.",
"8V is more than most cars were designed to handle, and I found someone mentioning that BMW warns not to use chargers that do things like that, so it's definitely a concern.",
"I don't know if I feel comfortable using this charger again without removing the battery from the car.",
"Some chargers claim to somehow magically detect the presence of car electronics and limit their voltage, but this charger says nothing about that in its manual.",
"Other than all that, the design of the charger is nice.",
"Wires fit into a pocket beneath the retractable handle.",
"It will show you the battery voltage on its readout until you tell it to start charging (although it reads 0.",
"1 to 0.",
"2V lower than my volt meter, which is annoying).",
"A button lets you toggle between display of voltage or battery percent.",
"It lets you choose standard, AGM, and gel cell, and choose from three rates of charge.",
"The slower 2A charge rate is supposed to be better for many batteries, so use 2A or 6A if you aren't in a hurry.",
"I tried both those modes and it still puts out 15.",
"5V in 6A mode but it puts out 15.",
"3V in 2A mode.",
"Since this is a dedicated 12V charger you don't have to worry about it \"autodetecting\" (actually, auto-misdetecting) your discharged 12V battery as a 6V and never charging it past 6V, which is a problem with far too many chargers these days.",
"Despite its nice controls and smart form factor, I give this charger a low rating because I think it tries to push some batteries beyond their limits in the name of charging them as quickly or as fully as possible.",
"One reviewer said it caused his AGM to outgas and another said it burnt out his battery after a few months of trickle charge mode.",
"If you have the right brand of battery that can handle this charger's output, and your battery isn't damaged, it's probably fine, but the fact that it can damage things and may even damage car electronics in desulfination mode strikes me as very bad design, especially given that desulfination seems like more of a marketing ploy than a valuable feature.",
"I also don't like that its volt meter reads 0.",
"1 to 0.",
"2V under actual voltage."
]
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This is NOT a 72MHz bandwidth scope. It is rated at 72Msps or 72 mega samples per second, but it is really two 36Msps ADC channels. That is shared between the active channels, so if you have all four channels running, it is down to only 18Msps.
I gave this only 1 star because it is NOT a "72MHz analog bandwidth" scope. As a 4.4MHz scope, I would give it 4 stars. I'd leave off the last star because of the rotten documentation, nonstandard connectors, crappy sine wave on the built-in function generator, and difficulty in figuring out how to update the firmware.
An analog signal like a sine wave requires -at- -least- 8 samples per cycle, which puts this at about 4.5MHz with all four channels going.
This is born out by the antialiasing filters on U17 and U18 on the two analog channels which have a -3dB cutoff of about 4.4MHz. That goes for -everyone's- DSO203.
It is important to know that channels 3 and 4 are digital only. I think they accept CMOS 5V logic levels. In addition, the wrong TVS protection diodes sourced for the two digital channels, limiting the bandwidth on them to about 1MHz max. For reasonable accuracy on a digital signal, that means they are only useful to about 100kHz. This is only on channels 3 and 4.
The documentation is on SainSmart's website and is pretty good. You'll need an unpacker that supports RAR files.
As a really small ~4MHz portable oscilloscope, this is not completely horrible. It has a built-in signal generator (10Hz to 8MHz) and it can fit in your laptop bag or in a briefcase. This is an open source design, so there are a lot of custom updates to the firmware out there. The internal function generator is used to adjust x10 probe compensation, the capacitors are under the battery. You'll need a stable adjustable voltage reference source with a decent DMM to do the "self" calibration, up to 60V.
Unfortunately, the signal generator is really only useful for the roughest of purposes. The square wave is fine if you need it for 3.3V circuits, as it is only 3V. The sine, sawtooth, and triangle waves are horrible. They have 15 very visible, large steps, clearly only 4 bits of information. In addition, there is no level control.
This uses something called an MCX connector. It is a small push-in connector that relies on the springiness of the metal to hold it in place. A bad thing for something like a scope probe that is going to get moved around a lot. I had problems with intermittent connections. Wouldn't it have been better to use a more readily available, more reliable connector like an SMA? Small enough not to increase the size of the scope, but it screws on so it is nice and secure.
For $100 more, you can get a Hantek DSO5072P and have true 70MHz bandwidth with 1Gsps and easier to find BNC probes. It is quite a bit larger which means a nice 7" screen, but not so portable.
I don't trust SainSmart to know proper ESD procedures, due to past experiences and emailed conversations. So if they are buying this ready-made and slapping their name on it, probably not a problem, but if they actually build it, good luck. | 0 | negative | [
"This is NOT a 72MHz bandwidth scope.",
"It is rated at 72Msps or 72 mega samples per second, but it is really two 36Msps ADC channels.",
"That is shared between the active channels, so if you have all four channels running, it is down to only 18Msps.",
"I gave this only 1 star because it is NOT a \"72MHz analog bandwidth\" scope.",
"As a 4.",
"4MHz scope, I would give it 4 stars.",
"I'd leave off the last star because of the rotten documentation, nonstandard connectors, crappy sine wave on the built-in function generator, and difficulty in figuring out how to update the firmware.",
"An analog signal like a sine wave requires -at- -least- 8 samples per cycle, which puts this at about 4.",
"5MHz with all four channels going.",
"This is born out by the antialiasing filters on U17 and U18 on the two analog channels which have a -3dB cutoff of about 4.",
"4MHz.",
"That goes for -everyone's- DSO203.",
"It is important to know that channels 3 and 4 are digital only.",
"I think they accept CMOS 5V logic levels.",
"In addition, the wrong TVS protection diodes sourced for the two digital channels, limiting the bandwidth on them to about 1MHz max.",
"For reasonable accuracy on a digital signal, that means they are only useful to about 100kHz.",
"This is only on channels 3 and 4.",
"The documentation is on SainSmart's website and is pretty good.",
"You'll need an unpacker that supports RAR files.",
"As a really small ~4MHz portable oscilloscope, this is not completely horrible.",
"It has a built-in signal generator (10Hz to 8MHz) and it can fit in your laptop bag or in a briefcase.",
"This is an open source design, so there are a lot of custom updates to the firmware out there.",
"The internal function generator is used to adjust x10 probe compensation, the capacitors are under the battery.",
"You'll need a stable adjustable voltage reference source with a decent DMM to do the \"self\" calibration, up to 60V.",
"Unfortunately, the signal generator is really only useful for the roughest of purposes.",
"The square wave is fine if you need it for 3.",
"3V circuits, as it is only 3V.",
"The sine, sawtooth, and triangle waves are horrible.",
"They have 15 very visible, large steps, clearly only 4 bits of information.",
"In addition, there is no level control.",
"This uses something called an MCX connector.",
"It is a small push-in connector that relies on the springiness of the metal to hold it in place.",
"A bad thing for something like a scope probe that is going to get moved around a lot.",
"I had problems with intermittent connections.",
"Wouldn't it have been better to use a more readily available, more reliable connector like an SMA?",
"Small enough not to increase the size of the scope, but it screws on so it is nice and secure.",
"For $100 more, you can get a Hantek DSO5072P and have true 70MHz bandwidth with 1Gsps and easier to find BNC probes.",
"It is quite a bit larger which means a nice 7\" screen, but not so portable.",
"I don't trust SainSmart to know proper ESD procedures, due to past experiences and emailed conversations.",
"So if they are buying this ready-made and slapping their name on it, probably not a problem, but if they actually build it, good luck."
]
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This would be a very good litter trapping mat if you could wash it. I had mine a few days and was liking it... when one of my cats overshot the box and urine went on the carpet. I checked all over the packaging of the carpet; there we no washing instructions. I put it in the washing machine because I really did not think that hand washing was going to get it clean. The result: the backing came off of this mat... leaving me with a washing machine full of this horrible grey gritty substance (that used to be the backing of the carpet.) I don't particularly want to own a product that is made to be used around a litter box that is NOT MACHINE WASHABLE. That is too much work when I already have enough to do with multiple cats and several litter boxes. If you want a mat that you have to wash gently in the bathtub or take outside and hose off with soap and water and air dry, then buy this mat... otherwise, save your money!! I think I'll use the one I have in the garage for something... until it finds its final resting place in a landfill :( | 0 | negative | [
"This would be a very good litter trapping mat if you could wash it.",
"I had mine a few days and was liking it...",
"when one of my cats overshot the box and urine went on the carpet.",
"I checked all over the packaging of the carpet; there we no washing instructions.",
"I put it in the washing machine because I really did not think that hand washing was going to get it clean.",
"The result: the backing came off of this mat...",
"leaving me with a washing machine full of this horrible grey gritty substance (that used to be the backing of the carpet.",
") I don't particularly want to own a product that is made to be used around a litter box that is NOT MACHINE WASHABLE.",
"That is too much work when I already have enough to do with multiple cats and several litter boxes.",
"If you want a mat that you have to wash gently in the bathtub or take outside and hose off with soap and water and air dry, then buy this mat...",
"otherwise, save your money!!",
"I think I'll use the one I have in the garage for something...",
"until it finds its final resting place in a landfill :("
]
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