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I installed this screen on my iMac. I immediately noticed the display quality is degraded by 30% to 40%. The character on my screen used to be
crisp and clean, easy on the eye. This screen pretty much destroy that. It is also dimmer than it used to be. I turned up the brightness of the monitor
and it did not help much. I was hoping I can get used to the lower quality display after a while, no luck. After ten minute staring at the screen, I decided it is not worth it. I simply uninstalled it. For me, this screen it is total waste of money. I want privacy, but I do not want to take a big hit on display quality. | 0 | negative | [
"I installed this screen on my iMac.",
"I immediately noticed the display quality is degraded by 30% to 40%.",
"The character on my screen used to be\ncrisp and clean, easy on the eye.",
"This screen pretty much destroy that.",
"It is also dimmer than it used to be.",
"I turned up the brightness of the monitor\nand it did not help much.",
"I was hoping I can get used to the lower quality display after a while, no luck.",
"After ten minute staring at the screen, I decided it is not worth it.",
"I simply uninstalled it.",
"For me, this screen it is total waste of money.",
"I want privacy, but I do not want to take a big hit on display quality."
]
|
'TY the Tasmanian Tiger' is not only the birth of this new hero, it is also his death. When a character debuts, there's certain rules you need to follow. EA sure thought 'TY' would be the next big thing. Instead they get nothing but a waste of plastic shoved in a DVD case. I have several gripes with everything related to this game. First of all the ad campaign which the game completely undoes. It pictures TY walking through a hospital bedroom where Spyro, Crash, and Sonic are in body casts, suggesting that TY is so tough that he can break every bone in these famous and much more loveable character's bodies. RULE 1: Make the character cute...FAILED. Secondly, the game itself is terrible. The camera could easily give you motion sickness. Many platformer games these days have camera problems but this is ridiculous. It's zoomed in way too close to TY and it insists on keeping itself stuck to him. The character designs are nice, but they move terribly. TY and his enemies are stiff and rigid and not when you take time to look, just obviously. The story is weak: "Find your family", wow. Haven't heard that one before. The controls are evil as well. You have to practically break off the control stick to move sometimes. RULE 2: Have a good game...FAILED. Finally, this just doesn't compare to any other platformer game because it is so subpar. Spyro, Crash, Sonic, Mario, Sly Cooper, and Blinx are all much more challenging, and fun. RULE 3: Be at least even with other games...FAILED. In conclusion, I think we know why the Tasmanian Tiger is extinct. | 0 | negative | [
"'TY the Tasmanian Tiger' is not only the birth of this new hero, it is also his death.",
"When a character debuts, there's certain rules you need to follow.",
"EA sure thought 'TY' would be the next big thing.",
"Instead they get nothing but a waste of plastic shoved in a DVD case.",
"I have several gripes with everything related to this game.",
"First of all the ad campaign which the game completely undoes.",
"It pictures TY walking through a hospital bedroom where Spyro, Crash, and Sonic are in body casts, suggesting that TY is so tough that he can break every bone in these famous and much more loveable character's bodies.",
"RULE 1: Make the character cute...",
"FAILED.",
"Secondly, the game itself is terrible.",
"The camera could easily give you motion sickness.",
"Many platformer games these days have camera problems but this is ridiculous.",
"It's zoomed in way too close to TY and it insists on keeping itself stuck to him.",
"The character designs are nice, but they move terribly.",
"TY and his enemies are stiff and rigid and not when you take time to look, just obviously.",
"The story is weak: \"Find your family\", wow.",
"Haven't heard that one before.",
"The controls are evil as well.",
"You have to practically break off the control stick to move sometimes.",
"RULE 2: Have a good game...",
"FAILED.",
"Finally, this just doesn't compare to any other platformer game because it is so subpar.",
"Spyro, Crash, Sonic, Mario, Sly Cooper, and Blinx are all much more challenging, and fun.",
"RULE 3: Be at least even with other games...",
"FAILED.",
"In conclusion, I think we know why the Tasmanian Tiger is extinct."
]
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The book is my very favorite ever. It touched me deeply as a child, and even as an adult I dust off my old hardcover and reread it every few years. The movie was a profound disappointment--a cotton candy-like ball of Hollywood fluff more worthy of the Olsen sisters than an adaptation of one of the best novels ever written.
Many details of the story were changed, an overhaul I would endorse if the new stuff were compelling. I personally do not feel movies need to slavishly follow books, as a great director can bring a fresh eye to a classic story, making it his own. But here, every addition or change was pointless and served only to diminish the power of the story. As just one example, in the original story--where hunger was a major theme--Sara gives a starving illiterate scullery maid a meat pie to eat. In this movie, it seems to be about lack of luxury footwear: Sarah gives the servant a pair of Mae West style fur-trimmed slippers with a note that says, "Let's be friends."
But it's not the minor details that result in this movie becoming a tragic dumbing down of a great classic, it's the big ones. The main message of the movie is a jawdroppingly meaningless platitude:"every girl is a princess." The original, by contrast, was about one exceptional girl whose beautiful soul and empathy for others continued even as she was transformed overnight from a rich, pampered elite boarder to a pauper. In the book, her self-control and nobility of spirit made her a princess, no matter her circumstances. Lesson to little girls: It's what's inside that matters.
For those who love the book, I highly recommend the BBC version starring Amelia Shankley. This beautiful, realistic and haunting version brought tears to my eyes. I watched it for the first time last night on YouTube simply because I had to cleanse myself from the insipid Cuarón version. I recommend that anyone reading this skip the intermediate step and pass right to the BBC version, which is also available through Amazon on DVD:<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/A-Little-Princess/dp/B001T46T8I/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">A Little Princess</a>. | 0 | negative | [
"The book is my very favorite ever.",
"It touched me deeply as a child, and even as an adult I dust off my old hardcover and reread it every few years.",
"The movie was a profound disappointment--a cotton candy-like ball of Hollywood fluff more worthy of the Olsen sisters than an adaptation of one of the best novels ever written.",
"Many details of the story were changed, an overhaul I would endorse if the new stuff were compelling.",
"I personally do not feel movies need to slavishly follow books, as a great director can bring a fresh eye to a classic story, making it his own.",
"But here, every addition or change was pointless and served only to diminish the power of the story.",
"As just one example, in the original story--where hunger was a major theme--Sara gives a starving illiterate scullery maid a meat pie to eat.",
"In this movie, it seems to be about lack of luxury footwear: Sarah gives the servant a pair of Mae West style fur-trimmed slippers with a note that says, \"Let's be friends.",
"\"\n\nBut it's not the minor details that result in this movie becoming a tragic dumbing down of a great classic, it's the big ones.",
"The main message of the movie is a jawdroppingly meaningless platitude:\"every girl is a princess.",
"\" The original, by contrast, was about one exceptional girl whose beautiful soul and empathy for others continued even as she was transformed overnight from a rich, pampered elite boarder to a pauper.",
"In the book, her self-control and nobility of spirit made her a princess, no matter her circumstances.",
"Lesson to little girls: It's what's inside that matters.",
"For those who love the book, I highly recommend the BBC version starring Amelia Shankley.",
"This beautiful, realistic and haunting version brought tears to my eyes.",
"I watched it for the first time last night on YouTube simply because I had to cleanse myself from the insipid Cuarón version.",
"I recommend that anyone reading this skip the intermediate step and pass right to the BBC version, which is also available through Amazon on DVD:<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/A-Little-Princess/dp/B001T46T8I/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">A Little Princess</a>."
]
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It is absolutely so sad that whenever someone talented becomes more like a manufactured product, that the voice slowly withers away and died. Unfortunately, Beyonce' Knowles is one of those singers who is a manufactured product. The quality of her songs have been more like a disgrace, than a symbol of talent. She honestly has not found better for her own work. When she made waves by pulling out a surprise album, it might have been good for some, but honestly the result was a complete waste of time, and a waste of her own voice. Partition is one of those songs that has been sincerely annoying. She really didn't bring a lot of drive into the song, just weakened her own heart. I really found this song to be a complete waste of time. Beyonce' does not have any chemistry to play seduction onto Jay-Z, she just makes the listener say, " Why Do I Even Bother With Her?" Overall, if you a new fan of Beyonce's music, go back to her early work with Crazy In Love, because her best in not even here.
Song: D | 0 | negative | [
"It is absolutely so sad that whenever someone talented becomes more like a manufactured product, that the voice slowly withers away and died.",
"Unfortunately, Beyonce' Knowles is one of those singers who is a manufactured product.",
"The quality of her songs have been more like a disgrace, than a symbol of talent.",
"She honestly has not found better for her own work.",
"When she made waves by pulling out a surprise album, it might have been good for some, but honestly the result was a complete waste of time, and a waste of her own voice.",
"Partition is one of those songs that has been sincerely annoying.",
"She really didn't bring a lot of drive into the song, just weakened her own heart.",
"I really found this song to be a complete waste of time.",
"Beyonce' does not have any chemistry to play seduction onto Jay-Z, she just makes the listener say, \" Why Do I Even Bother With Her?",
"\" Overall, if you a new fan of Beyonce's music, go back to her early work with Crazy In Love, because her best in not even here.",
"Song: D"
]
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Purchased the pink pant and the gray pant with red stripes. The pink is really ugly. I bought it because it was on sale for about 60% off. The gray is less ugly but not particularly attractive.
The material is not up to par with the adidas pants of a decade ago. Then again, most things are not like they were a decade ago.
Three stars for the downgrade on quality and the ugly color.
Good pants, though, for lounging around the house and being lazy.
UPDATE: October 2012: I do a regular wash and dry cycle on these pants. I've worn them for a while, they are my go to loungers. Sadly, they shrank in the wash -- lengthwise and widthwise along the waist and hips. Size up if you get a good deal on this. I'm taking off another star for the inferior fabric. I still give it two stars because it's not the end of the world if you anticipate the pants shrinking and you get a good deal on them. | 0 | negative | [
"Purchased the pink pant and the gray pant with red stripes.",
"The pink is really ugly.",
"I bought it because it was on sale for about 60% off.",
"The gray is less ugly but not particularly attractive.",
"The material is not up to par with the adidas pants of a decade ago.",
"Then again, most things are not like they were a decade ago.",
"Three stars for the downgrade on quality and the ugly color.",
"Good pants, though, for lounging around the house and being lazy.",
"UPDATE: October 2012: I do a regular wash and dry cycle on these pants.",
"I've worn them for a while, they are my go to loungers.",
"Sadly, they shrank in the wash -- lengthwise and widthwise along the waist and hips.",
"Size up if you get a good deal on this.",
"I'm taking off another star for the inferior fabric.",
"I still give it two stars because it's not the end of the world if you anticipate the pants shrinking and you get a good deal on them."
]
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Let me come right out and say it--I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated. Okay, that might be a little too harsh. After all, it's not as bad as genital herpes, swallowing cat piss, or watching a Michael Bay flick. But as far as genius sci-fi goes, this is inferior, an imposter, an in-valid.
Gattaca does have an excellent premise, and has garnered quite a cult following. Manipulating genetics to form the perfect human being is an intriguing concept. Utilizing Science to eliminate birth defects and create a person less susceptible to diseases or illnesses is a possibility that many might consider justifiable. On the other hand, tampering with nature is bound to have its repurcussions.
My main problem with this story is the fact it tries to pound one element into your head over and over again and never offers much of anything else. A man born all-naturale wants to have the same priviledges as his genetic superiors. For the first half, it worked admirably. Then it started to get pretty dang stagnant. Still it kept riding this one-trick pony till the cows came home. Not sure what that means really, except I was annoyed and bored to freakin tears.
Ethan Hawke does a decent job. But how many fingerprint id's, blood samples, and heart tests can a man fake? Then they had his face plastered EVERYWHERE, and nobody could make the connection he was a murder suspect? PLEASE!!!! I don't care how blind your ego makes you, it is completely obvious!
Plus the differences between the valids &n in-valids were blown way outta proportion. Granted, he shouldn't be able to run as fast or swim as far. But he can't cross the freakin street? This movie might be making a statement how ridiculous prejudices are, which does of course carry some merit. But I felt this was way too heavy-handed.
And possibly one of the worst scenes I can recall off the top of my head--the party date with Uma. She realizes he is a murder suspect and has been deceiving her, watches him beat down some cop, forces her to run off with him, and then they make love under a gorgeous starlit sky. Atrocious!
Another thing I didn't care for--this had relatively few cool futuristic gadgets and gizmos. The cars looked retro, but they made a cool humming sound as they sped past. The cops didn't have any laser guns or sweet tracking devices. Nobody had cell phones. No teleportation tubes with dialethium crystals or electronic floatation devices? Nothing really. Bummer.
Anyway, I'm sorry. I'm rambling. But seriously, I don't put this anywhere close to the elite sci-fi masterpieces. In fact, it is one of my least favorites of the genre. | 0 | negative | [
"Let me come right out and say it--I hated this movie.",
"Hated, hated, hated.",
"Okay, that might be a little too harsh.",
"After all, it's not as bad as genital herpes, swallowing cat piss, or watching a Michael Bay flick.",
"But as far as genius sci-fi goes, this is inferior, an imposter, an in-valid.",
"Gattaca does have an excellent premise, and has garnered quite a cult following.",
"Manipulating genetics to form the perfect human being is an intriguing concept.",
"Utilizing Science to eliminate birth defects and create a person less susceptible to diseases or illnesses is a possibility that many might consider justifiable.",
"On the other hand, tampering with nature is bound to have its repurcussions.",
"My main problem with this story is the fact it tries to pound one element into your head over and over again and never offers much of anything else.",
"A man born all-naturale wants to have the same priviledges as his genetic superiors.",
"For the first half, it worked admirably.",
"Then it started to get pretty dang stagnant.",
"Still it kept riding this one-trick pony till the cows came home.",
"Not sure what that means really, except I was annoyed and bored to freakin tears.",
"Ethan Hawke does a decent job.",
"But how many fingerprint id's, blood samples, and heart tests can a man fake?",
"Then they had his face plastered EVERYWHERE, and nobody could make the connection he was a murder suspect?",
"PLEASE!!!!",
"I don't care how blind your ego makes you, it is completely obvious!",
"Plus the differences between the valids &n in-valids were blown way outta proportion.",
"Granted, he shouldn't be able to run as fast or swim as far.",
"But he can't cross the freakin street?",
"This movie might be making a statement how ridiculous prejudices are, which does of course carry some merit.",
"But I felt this was way too heavy-handed.",
"And possibly one of the worst scenes I can recall off the top of my head--the party date with Uma.",
"She realizes he is a murder suspect and has been deceiving her, watches him beat down some cop, forces her to run off with him, and then they make love under a gorgeous starlit sky.",
"Atrocious!",
"Another thing I didn't care for--this had relatively few cool futuristic gadgets and gizmos.",
"The cars looked retro, but they made a cool humming sound as they sped past.",
"The cops didn't have any laser guns or sweet tracking devices.",
"Nobody had cell phones.",
"No teleportation tubes with dialethium crystals or electronic floatation devices?",
"Nothing really.",
"Bummer.",
"Anyway, I'm sorry.",
"I'm rambling.",
"But seriously, I don't put this anywhere close to the elite sci-fi masterpieces.",
"In fact, it is one of my least favorites of the genre."
]
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I saw this film in the theater, and it was o.k. The effects were neat, considering they came from James "Terminator, Aliens, Abyss" Cameron. Two things ruined the film for me.
First, the characters seemed very simple and empty. Most of the characters in the film were introduced in the first 10 minutes and then disappeared for the next two hours until they died, yet the film was acting as though we should care. I think the film would have been much better as 3-4 different character stories rather than as one love story.
The other thing that ruined this film was the hype. I, fortunately, saw it opening night. I enjoyed it. The next several months it was painful to see how people obsessed on this film. I'm sorry, but the love story wasn't THAT good. It was contrived from 19th century British literature. The rich woman is supposed to marry the jerk, but is in love with the poor free spirit. Puh-lease. It's a friggin' Gilbert and Sullivan opera. I was waiting for Leo to say, "Ha Ha! But I am rich after all!" It was almost that bad.
I didn't think it was so bad the first time I saw it, but I lost a lot of respect for this film when people thought it meant SO much.
...and please, can they release a version of the movie without Celine Dion?
If you Really liked this film, you will probably enjoy watching Mission to Mars, City of Angels, and Bloodsucking Freaks ;) | 0 | negative | [
"I saw this film in the theater, and it was o.",
"k. The effects were neat, considering they came from James \"Terminator, Aliens, Abyss\" Cameron.",
"Two things ruined the film for me.",
"First, the characters seemed very simple and empty.",
"Most of the characters in the film were introduced in the first 10 minutes and then disappeared for the next two hours until they died, yet the film was acting as though we should care.",
"I think the film would have been much better as 3-4 different character stories rather than as one love story.",
"The other thing that ruined this film was the hype.",
"I, fortunately, saw it opening night.",
"I enjoyed it.",
"The next several months it was painful to see how people obsessed on this film.",
"I'm sorry, but the love story wasn't THAT good.",
"It was contrived from 19th century British literature.",
"The rich woman is supposed to marry the jerk, but is in love with the poor free spirit.",
"Puh-lease.",
"It's a friggin' Gilbert and Sullivan opera.",
"I was waiting for Leo to say, \"Ha Ha!",
"But I am rich after all!",
"\" It was almost that bad.",
"I didn't think it was so bad the first time I saw it, but I lost a lot of respect for this film when people thought it meant SO much.",
"...",
"and please, can they release a version of the movie without Celine Dion?",
"If you Really liked this film, you will probably enjoy watching Mission to Mars, City of Angels, and Bloodsucking Freaks ;)"
]
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I have become confused on what exactly the point of this product is. I saw some feedback on people who use it as a cleanser on those days where you want to "rush" off or just go to bed without washing your face, but this makes no sense to me. These pads are astringent toner pads, not cleanser pads. They will not provide you with a cleanse, that is why on the directions it says use after cleansing, but before moisturizer. If you wash your face then use these pads it will not make your skin dry, but rather kind of sticky. If you try and put any sort of moisturizer on after the pads it will make your face look disgusting. Like you haven't showered in about 2 days, very greasy. I attempted to use just the pads and no moisturizer, but my face just looked oily and felt very sticky. Now I think girls like a man with a nice smooth face, not one that feels dirty. I shave everyday so I expect that smooth feeling day in and day out, and that is exactly what I had before these pads. I stumbled upon this item when doing a search for a good toner and saw all the fantastic reviews so I purchased them, what a mistake. I stopped using them yesterday and my skin is back to being a little dry and I actually don't mind it. Much better than looking dirty and oily. I will say on the plus that these pads don't burn at all even when used after shaving, for those who care I shave with a DE feather blade which can be very harsh on skin, and it helps with razor burn on the neck by healing it faster. This is when the ingredient witch hazel comes into play (ingredient in the product). That's the only plus I have to mention about these pads. I really have no idea where the target market for this product is, as I can only image what it would do for someone with oily skin or normal skin (my skin is very dry). Pads cover the entire face and neck with no problems, just be sure to flip the pad over half way through so you get the most out of the pads. | 0 | negative | [
"I have become confused on what exactly the point of this product is.",
"I saw some feedback on people who use it as a cleanser on those days where you want to \"rush\" off or just go to bed without washing your face, but this makes no sense to me.",
"These pads are astringent toner pads, not cleanser pads.",
"They will not provide you with a cleanse, that is why on the directions it says use after cleansing, but before moisturizer.",
"If you wash your face then use these pads it will not make your skin dry, but rather kind of sticky.",
"If you try and put any sort of moisturizer on after the pads it will make your face look disgusting.",
"Like you haven't showered in about 2 days, very greasy.",
"I attempted to use just the pads and no moisturizer, but my face just looked oily and felt very sticky.",
"Now I think girls like a man with a nice smooth face, not one that feels dirty.",
"I shave everyday so I expect that smooth feeling day in and day out, and that is exactly what I had before these pads.",
"I stumbled upon this item when doing a search for a good toner and saw all the fantastic reviews so I purchased them, what a mistake.",
"I stopped using them yesterday and my skin is back to being a little dry and I actually don't mind it.",
"Much better than looking dirty and oily.",
"I will say on the plus that these pads don't burn at all even when used after shaving, for those who care I shave with a DE feather blade which can be very harsh on skin, and it helps with razor burn on the neck by healing it faster.",
"This is when the ingredient witch hazel comes into play (ingredient in the product).",
"That's the only plus I have to mention about these pads.",
"I really have no idea where the target market for this product is, as I can only image what it would do for someone with oily skin or normal skin (my skin is very dry).",
"Pads cover the entire face and neck with no problems, just be sure to flip the pad over half way through so you get the most out of the pads."
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Product is ok. Customer service not so much. Hd kind of flops around in the base. Description online states it supports SSD however nothing on the instructions, documentation, or product show this. I have not tested the SSD as of yet so I sent a message to seller about the actual support of SSD. However i never received a response. I have recieved three emails from them soliciting a review but no actual support. At this moment they seem more interested in reviews than support. The reason i asked about SSD is it really not i will return it. I will consider updating review if they give me the courtesy of a response | 0 | negative | [
"Product is ok.",
"Customer service not so much.",
"Hd kind of flops around in the base.",
"Description online states it supports SSD however nothing on the instructions, documentation, or product show this.",
"I have not tested the SSD as of yet so I sent a message to seller about the actual support of SSD.",
"However i never received a response.",
"I have recieved three emails from them soliciting a review but no actual support.",
"At this moment they seem more interested in reviews than support.",
"The reason i asked about SSD is it really not i will return it.",
"I will consider updating review if they give me the courtesy of a response"
]
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Because I own two wonderful Wusthof knives--a 4-inch parer that's one of the best tools in my house and an 8-inch chef's knife that I could not live without--I assumed all Wusthof knives were great. I find this one awful. For one thing, it's dull. I had it sharpened professionally, and it's still dull. It just won't cut anything--not good for a knife. I bought it to trim fat off chicken (OK, that's kind of specialized). When it failed at that, I thought, well, maybe it's just for fish. (How specialized can you get?) Doesn't do that either. It's useless to me. | 0 | negative | [
"Because I own two wonderful Wusthof knives--a 4-inch parer that's one of the best tools in my house and an 8-inch chef's knife that I could not live without--I assumed all Wusthof knives were great.",
"I find this one awful.",
"For one thing, it's dull.",
"I had it sharpened professionally, and it's still dull.",
"It just won't cut anything--not good for a knife.",
"I bought it to trim fat off chicken (OK, that's kind of specialized).",
"When it failed at that, I thought, well, maybe it's just for fish.",
"(How specialized can you get?",
") Doesn't do that either.",
"It's useless to me."
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STOPPED ZAPPING! I set it up and plugged it in and it zapped bugs like crazy. 30 minutes later I went back out to the yard and everything was suspiciously silent. The bulb was on...bright as when I first turned it on. Bugs were still buzzing all around it, but the zapping noise had completely stopped. Upon closer inspection, I saw insects crawling around the grid with impunity. I'll take a closer look in the daylight, but for now I'm very disappointed.
UPDATE: I took it apart today. Fairly simple affair. Doesn't seem to be much to go wrong. Couldn't figure out why that little transformer wasn't electrifying the grid. Tried to call the 800 number they tell you to call first before sending the unit back. That's when I found out that customer service ends at 4:30 PM. I was too late. You would think their customer service works on an early evening shift considering that anyone running into a problem with this thing would do so AFTER sunset. VERY FRUSTRATING!
UPDATE: I'm upping my rating from one to three stars. Flowtron IS responsive if you leave a message with a call back number. The RMA procedure was quick and easy (kudos to Amazon on that). The replacement unit is up and zapping. It's killing everything that flies into it. Don't know yet how much of the casualty rate consists of mosquitoes.
UPDATE: Back down to one star. The replacement unit lasted two evenings before the grid stopped AGAIN. I wanted so badly for this to work. I'm giving this thing one last try. | 0 | negative | [
"STOPPED ZAPPING!",
"I set it up and plugged it in and it zapped bugs like crazy.",
"30 minutes later I went back out to the yard and everything was suspiciously silent.",
"The bulb was on...",
"bright as when I first turned it on.",
"Bugs were still buzzing all around it, but the zapping noise had completely stopped.",
"Upon closer inspection, I saw insects crawling around the grid with impunity.",
"I'll take a closer look in the daylight, but for now I'm very disappointed.",
"UPDATE: I took it apart today.",
"Fairly simple affair.",
"Doesn't seem to be much to go wrong.",
"Couldn't figure out why that little transformer wasn't electrifying the grid.",
"Tried to call the 800 number they tell you to call first before sending the unit back.",
"That's when I found out that customer service ends at 4:30 PM.",
"I was too late.",
"You would think their customer service works on an early evening shift considering that anyone running into a problem with this thing would do so AFTER sunset.",
"VERY FRUSTRATING!",
"UPDATE: I'm upping my rating from one to three stars.",
"Flowtron IS responsive if you leave a message with a call back number.",
"The RMA procedure was quick and easy (kudos to Amazon on that).",
"The replacement unit is up and zapping.",
"It's killing everything that flies into it.",
"Don't know yet how much of the casualty rate consists of mosquitoes.",
"UPDATE: Back down to one star.",
"The replacement unit lasted two evenings before the grid stopped AGAIN.",
"I wanted so badly for this to work.",
"I'm giving this thing one last try."
]
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Thank goodness I only spent $2.99 on this book or I would have been really ticked. Not only did I waste money, but my time as well reading the book. I too relied on the 5 star ratings to purchase and read. The story starts well.....
but the author sort of goes off in different directions. Our heroine is so self-absorbed and whiny that it is hard to continue reading. I found myself hoping that somewhere she would seek counceling and the book would be over, but noooooo. It just kept going and going like the energizer bunny. Truthfully, I skimmed a lot of the story that her mom was telling her. I could not see where most of that was necessary for the story. I will most certainly keep an eye out for this author again and avoid her like poison. | 0 | negative | [
"Thank goodness I only spent $2.",
"99 on this book or I would have been really ticked.",
"Not only did I waste money, but my time as well reading the book.",
"I too relied on the 5 star ratings to purchase and read.",
"The story starts well....",
".",
"but the author sort of goes off in different directions.",
"Our heroine is so self-absorbed and whiny that it is hard to continue reading.",
"I found myself hoping that somewhere she would seek counceling and the book would be over, but noooooo.",
"It just kept going and going like the energizer bunny.",
"Truthfully, I skimmed a lot of the story that her mom was telling her.",
"I could not see where most of that was necessary for the story.",
"I will most certainly keep an eye out for this author again and avoid her like poison."
]
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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 am happy to see several content albeit not handyman customers. After installing a number of these 400A's, I would say you have a 50-50 chance getting a functional one. I just installed another one and the float doesn't float! Therefore the valve kept shooting more water every 30 seconds until it overflowed the tube. What should I expect, cheap product, cheap results.
If you review the Korky Quietfill Valve here on Amazon, you'll find numerous Fluidmaster 400A being tossed for them. Much better construction and overall dependable function. Also, if you don't have a water descaler like found at [...] then you will get scum build-up on the 400A in a couple years sufficient to require another replacement of the Fluidmaster. The sliding float gets caught if the center tube is slimmed with scale, which causes it to fail. The Korky Quietfill Valve has no such problems and should last as long as your water softener membrane, which is subject to city water chemicals. | 0 | negative | [
"I am happy to see several content albeit not handyman customers.",
"After installing a number of these 400A's, I would say you have a 50-50 chance getting a functional one.",
"I just installed another one and the float doesn't float!",
"Therefore the valve kept shooting more water every 30 seconds until it overflowed the tube.",
"What should I expect, cheap product, cheap results.",
"If you review the Korky Quietfill Valve here on Amazon, you'll find numerous Fluidmaster 400A being tossed for them.",
"Much better construction and overall dependable function.",
"Also, if you don't have a water descaler like found at [...",
"] then you will get scum build-up on the 400A in a couple years sufficient to require another replacement of the Fluidmaster.",
"The sliding float gets caught if the center tube is slimmed with scale, which causes it to fail.",
"The Korky Quietfill Valve has no such problems and should last as long as your water softener membrane, which is subject to city water chemicals."
]
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I loved Halo. From the moment I picked it up it "spoke" to me like no other game ever has. And, I've been playing video games since pong. For 2+ years me and my friends would spend EVERY weekend playing online using XBC. Even with all that game play, it never got boring for us. Normaly, when I play a game and beat it, it then goes to the shelf to sit next to the rest of the games to collect dust. Even games that are fun to play online have never kept my attention for more than a couple of months.
So, when I tried out Halo 2, I was vastly dissapointed. I felt like I was playing another sega of the Unreal franchise. Master Chief has new low gravity jumps. Multiplayer now has gravity pads. You no longer take damage when falling from up high. Part of the strategy of Halo multiplayer was using objects to break your fall. The new weapons that I will talk about shortly make for a much faster game with a "spray and pray" feel to it. I thought I was buying Halo. Had I wanted Unreal, I would have just bought Unreal. Part of Halo's charm for me and many others was the fact that it wasn't Unreal or Quake. It was a skill based shooter that stood on it's own.
I had a few problems with the campaign mode. It was very dark compared to Halo. I don't mean sinister, just dark. Not very many bright sunny days in Halo 2. It was rather short. And they did things with the plot that I could have done without. But, even with this said it was alright.
The major problem for me is the multiplayer. The multiplayer is where replayability is a huge factor. When my friends and I played Halo for 2+ years, we didn't sit around playing the campaign over and over. The main problem are the new weapons. They have removed or changed EVERY single weapon in the game. The weapon that made Halo what it was, the pistol, is no longer. This wouldn't have been all that bad, but no good substitute is offered. They said that they did this for "balance". But, when everyone has a pistol, there isn't a balance or overpowered issue. After all, you need some weapons more powerfull, or you might as well just only have one weapon for the whole game. Now they have a sub machine gun as the mainstay. It's a very weak weapon with a very short range. So instead of playing and shooting and having fun, I now have to chase people down to get into range. That, or wait around for a couple of minutes for a decent weapon to spawn. The plasma rifle no longer "freezes" an enemy. The physics of the rocket have changed and the splash damage has been reduced. The grenades have been toned down to being almost worthless. Even the sniper rifle is a little different. There are a couple of new mid ranged weapons, but at mid range you'll be lucky kill your target in a full clip. The new weapons worked fine in multiplayer, but don't translate for multiplayer. By making such a severe change in the weapons, they also made a fundemental change in the game play. It is no longer a mid ranged shooter, it is now a short ranged shooter. This is another reason it gives Halo 2 that Unreal and Quake feel. Halo 2 offers duel wielding where you can use a single hand weapon in both hands. This was a novel idea, and tried with other games before. The problem I have with it is that most of the weapons seemed toned down to force you to use duel wielding. You can't swing a dead cat around without hitting some ammo for a duel wieldable weapon. But any medium range weapons you'll be scrambling to find ammo.
And there are a couple of new vehicles. They are fun, but my problems are in the changes to the vehicles we already had. Now you can board vehicles and they take damage. No more shooting a person out of a warthog as it drives by with your flag with your spawn weapon. Now you pretty much have to blow the whole thing up. GOOD LUCK! And well timed grenades no longer flip them over or stop them. Now you'll just do some damage to it instead as they drive by. And a persons shields are directly involved in when the vehicle is destroyed. You could shoot a rocket launcher at a Wraith tank and wait for the persons shield to recharge. Well, after 40 rocket launcher shots you would think it would be ready to explode, but no. Running someone over in a vehicle is much hard. I have hit people head on and simply bounce them off my vehicle about 100 feet without killing them. Boarding a vehicle is a novel idea, but a good player won't get into range of you.
I could go on, and on, and on. All I have to say to end this is, try it before you buy it. They had 1.5 million pre-order sales on the first day. Not because Halo 2 was good, but because Halo was good. Those 1.5 million people hadn't even tried the game. I too was one of the unlucky. I fell for the hype and thought Bungie would make a quality game worthy of the name Halo. I was wrong. | 0 | negative | [
"I loved Halo.",
"From the moment I picked it up it \"spoke\" to me like no other game ever has.",
"And, I've been playing video games since pong.",
"For 2+ years me and my friends would spend EVERY weekend playing online using XBC.",
"Even with all that game play, it never got boring for us.",
"Normaly, when I play a game and beat it, it then goes to the shelf to sit next to the rest of the games to collect dust.",
"Even games that are fun to play online have never kept my attention for more than a couple of months.",
"So, when I tried out Halo 2, I was vastly dissapointed.",
"I felt like I was playing another sega of the Unreal franchise.",
"Master Chief has new low gravity jumps.",
"Multiplayer now has gravity pads.",
"You no longer take damage when falling from up high.",
"Part of the strategy of Halo multiplayer was using objects to break your fall.",
"The new weapons that I will talk about shortly make for a much faster game with a \"spray and pray\" feel to it.",
"I thought I was buying Halo.",
"Had I wanted Unreal, I would have just bought Unreal.",
"Part of Halo's charm for me and many others was the fact that it wasn't Unreal or Quake.",
"It was a skill based shooter that stood on it's own.",
"I had a few problems with the campaign mode.",
"It was very dark compared to Halo.",
"I don't mean sinister, just dark.",
"Not very many bright sunny days in Halo 2.",
"It was rather short.",
"And they did things with the plot that I could have done without.",
"But, even with this said it was alright.",
"The major problem for me is the multiplayer.",
"The multiplayer is where replayability is a huge factor.",
"When my friends and I played Halo for 2+ years, we didn't sit around playing the campaign over and over.",
"The main problem are the new weapons.",
"They have removed or changed EVERY single weapon in the game.",
"The weapon that made Halo what it was, the pistol, is no longer.",
"This wouldn't have been all that bad, but no good substitute is offered.",
"They said that they did this for \"balance\".",
"But, when everyone has a pistol, there isn't a balance or overpowered issue.",
"After all, you need some weapons more powerfull, or you might as well just only have one weapon for the whole game.",
"Now they have a sub machine gun as the mainstay.",
"It's a very weak weapon with a very short range.",
"So instead of playing and shooting and having fun, I now have to chase people down to get into range.",
"That, or wait around for a couple of minutes for a decent weapon to spawn.",
"The plasma rifle no longer \"freezes\" an enemy.",
"The physics of the rocket have changed and the splash damage has been reduced.",
"The grenades have been toned down to being almost worthless.",
"Even the sniper rifle is a little different.",
"There are a couple of new mid ranged weapons, but at mid range you'll be lucky kill your target in a full clip.",
"The new weapons worked fine in multiplayer, but don't translate for multiplayer.",
"By making such a severe change in the weapons, they also made a fundemental change in the game play.",
"It is no longer a mid ranged shooter, it is now a short ranged shooter.",
"This is another reason it gives Halo 2 that Unreal and Quake feel.",
"Halo 2 offers duel wielding where you can use a single hand weapon in both hands.",
"This was a novel idea, and tried with other games before.",
"The problem I have with it is that most of the weapons seemed toned down to force you to use duel wielding.",
"You can't swing a dead cat around without hitting some ammo for a duel wieldable weapon.",
"But any medium range weapons you'll be scrambling to find ammo.",
"And there are a couple of new vehicles.",
"They are fun, but my problems are in the changes to the vehicles we already had.",
"Now you can board vehicles and they take damage.",
"No more shooting a person out of a warthog as it drives by with your flag with your spawn weapon.",
"Now you pretty much have to blow the whole thing up.",
"GOOD LUCK!",
"And well timed grenades no longer flip them over or stop them.",
"Now you'll just do some damage to it instead as they drive by.",
"And a persons shields are directly involved in when the vehicle is destroyed.",
"You could shoot a rocket launcher at a Wraith tank and wait for the persons shield to recharge.",
"Well, after 40 rocket launcher shots you would think it would be ready to explode, but no.",
"Running someone over in a vehicle is much hard.",
"I have hit people head on and simply bounce them off my vehicle about 100 feet without killing them.",
"Boarding a vehicle is a novel idea, but a good player won't get into range of you.",
"I could go on, and on, and on.",
"All I have to say to end this is, try it before you buy it.",
"They had 1.",
"5 million pre-order sales on the first day.",
"Not because Halo 2 was good, but because Halo was good.",
"Those 1.",
"5 million people hadn't even tried the game.",
"I too was one of the unlucky.",
"I fell for the hype and thought Bungie would make a quality game worthy of the name Halo.",
"I was wrong."
]
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After using this phone for couple months, I noticed each month there are data charge on the phone bill. I did not use the data at all. After close look the phone, I realized that the left arrow next to the OK key inside the keyboard will connect to mobile web, with no warning and not prompt there will be charge. Even you just pushed that button and closed lig, 1.xMB data usage will show up in your account.
Verizon Wireless is such a big company. LG could not make all phone features all working; but they worked to gather to make sure this tricky key button will get your charged without your agree or prompt, or even marked on the keyboard for such a function.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Purchased this phone and its bluetooth support is really bad. Even your headset away from this phone for 5 miles, the phone still believes it connected to the bluetooth headset and its bluetooth radio keeps in full power, untill your battery runs down (which take about 12 hours).
Called VZW for this issue. VZW support told me the only way to address this problem is to manually unpair the bluetooth device from the ENV3 phone, then pair them back again later on when you need to use. They also suggested me talking to LG. LG support just read from their notes and told me that the only choice I have is to send the phones in to their facility and let them check. During that time(could be up to 3 months), I will have no phone to use, and they are not responsible for VZW's billing. LG support refused to take notes for bug reports, since their company policy would not allow customers reporting problem directly to the engineering department. | 0 | negative | [
"After using this phone for couple months, I noticed each month there are data charge on the phone bill.",
"I did not use the data at all.",
"After close look the phone, I realized that the left arrow next to the OK key inside the keyboard will connect to mobile web, with no warning and not prompt there will be charge.",
"Even you just pushed that button and closed lig, 1.",
"xMB data usage will show up in your account.",
"Verizon Wireless is such a big company.",
"LG could not make all phone features all working; but they worked to gather to make sure this tricky key button will get your charged without your agree or prompt, or even marked on the keyboard for such a function.",
"++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n\nPurchased this phone and its bluetooth support is really bad.",
"Even your headset away from this phone for 5 miles, the phone still believes it connected to the bluetooth headset and its bluetooth radio keeps in full power, untill your battery runs down (which take about 12 hours).",
"Called VZW for this issue.",
"VZW support told me the only way to address this problem is to manually unpair the bluetooth device from the ENV3 phone, then pair them back again later on when you need to use.",
"They also suggested me talking to LG.",
"LG support just read from their notes and told me that the only choice I have is to send the phones in to their facility and let them check.",
"During that time(could be up to 3 months), I will have no phone to use, and they are not responsible for VZW's billing.",
"LG support refused to take notes for bug reports, since their company policy would not allow customers reporting problem directly to the engineering department."
]
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I've found that baby wipes work just as well and are much easier to use. They are also much more affordable and smell good!
The best ways to get your resin piece out:
Wipe mold out with a baby wipe.
Mix resin correctly.
Let it cure fully.
Flip mold and try to pop is out by applying pressure to the back of the piece.
If your resin doesn't come out easily there is a very simple way to get it out, just lay the mold face down and give it a gentle whack with a hammer, the mold pops right out and easily every time.
With that being said, I bought this mold release as a beginner and it's a waste of money. It's too much money for a bottle with a sprayer that doesn't even work most of the time, I had so much trouble just trying to get it to spray where I was pointing it. There are also a ton of precautions for it, do not get on your skin, don't use in closed areas, ect. In my opinion it's too much of a hassle to have to shake it *very* well for a few minutes, spray it just right because the sprayer is wonky and then wait for it to dry. It's truly a useless pain in the butt. | 0 | negative | [
"I've found that baby wipes work just as well and are much easier to use.",
"They are also much more affordable and smell good!",
"The best ways to get your resin piece out:\n\nWipe mold out with a baby wipe.",
"Mix resin correctly.",
"Let it cure fully.",
"Flip mold and try to pop is out by applying pressure to the back of the piece.",
"If your resin doesn't come out easily there is a very simple way to get it out, just lay the mold face down and give it a gentle whack with a hammer, the mold pops right out and easily every time.",
"With that being said, I bought this mold release as a beginner and it's a waste of money.",
"It's too much money for a bottle with a sprayer that doesn't even work most of the time, I had so much trouble just trying to get it to spray where I was pointing it.",
"There are also a ton of precautions for it, do not get on your skin, don't use in closed areas, ect.",
"In my opinion it's too much of a hassle to have to shake it *very* well for a few minutes, spray it just right because the sprayer is wonky and then wait for it to dry.",
"It's truly a useless pain in the butt."
]
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I have owned the Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer about a year now. I have no quarrels with the printer itself, but the cartridges are a real pain.
The first four cartridges I used the 3000-copy cartridge. They ran out really quickly, so I shifted to the TN-560 6000-copy cartridge.
Here is the amount of copies I got on the four 3000-copy cartridges: 2000, 2500, 2500, 1900.
This is the performance I've gotten on the first two TN-560 600-copy cartridges I've used: 4600 and ****2500***!!! For the latter, a black line appeared on the right side of the page after 2500 copies, making the cartridge useless, even though it still had ink.
Tip for getting more copies from these Brother toner cartridges: you can often get an additional 300-500 copies after the red light on the printer starts blinking, indicating you need to change the toner. But it is very irritating having that light blink all the time.
I am trying to figure out who I should complain to about these very poor product.... every single toner cartridge I've bought from them so far vastly under-performs--up to 40%--on the number of copies promised by Brother. | 0 | negative | [
"I have owned the Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer about a year now.",
"I have no quarrels with the printer itself, but the cartridges are a real pain.",
"The first four cartridges I used the 3000-copy cartridge.",
"They ran out really quickly, so I shifted to the TN-560 6000-copy cartridge.",
"Here is the amount of copies I got on the four 3000-copy cartridges: 2000, 2500, 2500, 1900.",
"This is the performance I've gotten on the first two TN-560 600-copy cartridges I've used: 4600 and ****2500***!!!",
"For the latter, a black line appeared on the right side of the page after 2500 copies, making the cartridge useless, even though it still had ink.",
"Tip for getting more copies from these Brother toner cartridges: you can often get an additional 300-500 copies after the red light on the printer starts blinking, indicating you need to change the toner.",
"But it is very irritating having that light blink all the time.",
"I am trying to figure out who I should complain to about these very poor product....",
"every single toner cartridge I've bought from them so far vastly under-performs--up to 40%--on the number of copies promised by Brother."
]
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I purchased these because of the great reviews, but they turned out to be very disappointing. I had high expectations for these and even jumped the gun and ordered the 100 count box.
My puppy took to them with no problem, but that was the only plus that was awarded to the pad. As he urinated on the pad, it seemed as if the urine was taking awhile to get absorbed into the pad. It sort of puddled on the top of the surface and my puppy was they walking through it. My pup is a small toy Yorkie with VERY short legs, so not only was his feet getting piddle on they but his long under fur. I thought it might just be that one pad so i picked that one up and tried another... same result!
With that disappointment, i packed what i had left and sent them on back. From what others are saying, it seems like they have changed the product. Im not sure what the product was like before, i only can tell you what my own experience was. Maybe i received a defective package of pads? I don't know, but I don't want to waste my money to try again. | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased these because of the great reviews, but they turned out to be very disappointing.",
"I had high expectations for these and even jumped the gun and ordered the 100 count box.",
"My puppy took to them with no problem, but that was the only plus that was awarded to the pad.",
"As he urinated on the pad, it seemed as if the urine was taking awhile to get absorbed into the pad.",
"It sort of puddled on the top of the surface and my puppy was they walking through it.",
"My pup is a small toy Yorkie with VERY short legs, so not only was his feet getting piddle on they but his long under fur.",
"I thought it might just be that one pad so i picked that one up and tried another...",
"same result!",
"With that disappointment, i packed what i had left and sent them on back.",
"From what others are saying, it seems like they have changed the product.",
"Im not sure what the product was like before, i only can tell you what my own experience was.",
"Maybe i received a defective package of pads?",
"I don't know, but I don't want to waste my money to try again."
]
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I purchased this to replace a Penguin 330 for my 55 gallon tank. This filter does a great job of filtering the water in great quantities but get used to the idea that you cannot reduce the flow. For me this is not a problem, for your application it may be.
Now for what makes this product a failure. Quality control is lacking, the unit shipped missing "O" rings that prevent the "Bio Wheel" spray bar from leaking. I notice this immediately when I unboxed the unit and called Marineland Customer service. Marineland sent me a complete set of "O"rings that arrived in about a week. With the parts in hand I finished assembly of the filter and installed it. Everybody noticed that this filter was very loud, sounding more like a several year old unit with a worn out, rattling impeller. I took the filter off the tank, disassembled and reassembled it and the noise was just as bad. I did this several more times, draining, disassembling, reassembling, priming and still listening to what sounds like an old worn out filter. Finally I gave up and called Marineland again. Customer Service said it was either the impeller or a part called the "Flow Manifold". Marineland shipped me 2 impellers and said they would also ship the "Flow Manifold". After spending most of my weekend trying to find a quiet combination, on Monday I called Marineland again about the noise. Marineland now says it is definitely the Flow Manifold and the part is on back order. As it took these 2 additional Impellers to find something "almost" tolerable, I would be surprised if this Flow Manifold will take care of the noise issues IF it ever arrives. In the interim I have what sounds like an idling 2 stroke boat motor in my family room.
In all I have been dealing with this noise issue for just over a month. The issue is not resolved and probably never will be. I cannot recommend this filter to anyone - My next filter will be something else, maybe something that does not on the back. If you have doubts about this review, please do an internet search on "Emperor 400 Noise" you will be glad you did. I did this but unfortunately too late. | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased this to replace a Penguin 330 for my 55 gallon tank.",
"This filter does a great job of filtering the water in great quantities but get used to the idea that you cannot reduce the flow.",
"For me this is not a problem, for your application it may be.",
"Now for what makes this product a failure.",
"Quality control is lacking, the unit shipped missing \"O\" rings that prevent the \"Bio Wheel\" spray bar from leaking.",
"I notice this immediately when I unboxed the unit and called Marineland Customer service.",
"Marineland sent me a complete set of \"O\"rings that arrived in about a week.",
"With the parts in hand I finished assembly of the filter and installed it.",
"Everybody noticed that this filter was very loud, sounding more like a several year old unit with a worn out, rattling impeller.",
"I took the filter off the tank, disassembled and reassembled it and the noise was just as bad.",
"I did this several more times, draining, disassembling, reassembling, priming and still listening to what sounds like an old worn out filter.",
"Finally I gave up and called Marineland again.",
"Customer Service said it was either the impeller or a part called the \"Flow Manifold\".",
"Marineland shipped me 2 impellers and said they would also ship the \"Flow Manifold\".",
"After spending most of my weekend trying to find a quiet combination, on Monday I called Marineland again about the noise.",
"Marineland now says it is definitely the Flow Manifold and the part is on back order.",
"As it took these 2 additional Impellers to find something \"almost\" tolerable, I would be surprised if this Flow Manifold will take care of the noise issues IF it ever arrives.",
"In the interim I have what sounds like an idling 2 stroke boat motor in my family room.",
"In all I have been dealing with this noise issue for just over a month.",
"The issue is not resolved and probably never will be.",
"I cannot recommend this filter to anyone - My next filter will be something else, maybe something that does not on the back.",
"If you have doubts about this review, please do an internet search on \"Emperor 400 Noise\" you will be glad you did.",
"I did this but unfortunately too late."
]
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After reading the many complimentary reviews, I almost couldn't sleep I was so excited to get my hands on this book. I've spent two evenings of my free time working my way into it, and I've finally put it down. I just can't read this any more. First of all (I'm on page 283), I can't tell whose Journey this is. John's? Joanna's? Not Llewelyn's, he's (by far the most interesting character) barely been featured in the ten years I've covered. I feel like the writing is mediocre. I get kicked out by the odd constructions, and the occasional modern clich. (Okay, perhaps they did say "That is for me to know and you to find out" in the 13th century, but still... It's corny!). But more than anything, I keep waiting FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN! I mean things happen, but mostly I find out about them by characters discussing them afterwards (obvious literary technique here) rather than showing the characters living through the events themselves. Llewellyn spends years battling and conquering his uncles to become Prince of Wales and none of it is shown. Only discussed.
I did enjoy my introduction to the Welsh language and the Welsh culture. I felt the devises used to help the reader pronounce the odd names were rather obvious though and would have preferred a pronunciation guide.
To those of you who love this book so much, I wish you well. Personally, I'll pull out my beloved copies of Dunnett's The Lymond Chronicles and reread that. | 0 | negative | [
"After reading the many complimentary reviews, I almost couldn't sleep I was so excited to get my hands on this book.",
"I've spent two evenings of my free time working my way into it, and I've finally put it down.",
"I just can't read this any more.",
"First of all (I'm on page 283), I can't tell whose Journey this is.",
"John's?",
"Joanna's?",
"Not Llewelyn's, he's (by far the most interesting character) barely been featured in the ten years I've covered.",
"I feel like the writing is mediocre.",
"I get kicked out by the odd constructions, and the occasional modern clich.",
"(Okay, perhaps they did say \"That is for me to know and you to find out\" in the 13th century, but still...",
"It's corny!",
").",
"But more than anything, I keep waiting FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN!",
"I mean things happen, but mostly I find out about them by characters discussing them afterwards (obvious literary technique here) rather than showing the characters living through the events themselves.",
"Llewellyn spends years battling and conquering his uncles to become Prince of Wales and none of it is shown.",
"Only discussed.",
"I did enjoy my introduction to the Welsh language and the Welsh culture.",
"I felt the devises used to help the reader pronounce the odd names were rather obvious though and would have preferred a pronunciation guide.",
"To those of you who love this book so much, I wish you well.",
"Personally, I'll pull out my beloved copies of Dunnett's The Lymond Chronicles and reread that."
]
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I would have to agreed with another reviewer who thinks there should be a no star rating because this book doesn't even deserve one star. I can't imagine anyone giving this 5 stars! This story reeks! I don't recognize either the Jane Eyre or the Rochester character at all in this book. They are totally unlikeable and come across as whiny. Another thing, the writer just seems to be trying to get everything she can into this one story. One minute Jane is reading a letter from St John to her husband which is totally unbelievable in the first place. I mean wouldn't you read the letter's contents yourself prior to reading them aloud to your husband, particularly if the writer of the letter was your former beau. Then in the next chapter Jane is lying ill in bed and we find out that the servant that was brought in to help turns out to be a nut job and is drugging Jane to try to get people to think she's insane. Where the hell did that come from?
Once I got to that point I just about had enough and I don't plan on finishing this monstrosity. On one hand, I'm relieved that this was a borrowed title through the Lender's Library but then again I did my waste my free monthly book. Hopefully someone will read this review before wasting theirs. | 0 | negative | [
"I would have to agreed with another reviewer who thinks there should be a no star rating because this book doesn't even deserve one star.",
"I can't imagine anyone giving this 5 stars!",
"This story reeks!",
"I don't recognize either the Jane Eyre or the Rochester character at all in this book.",
"They are totally unlikeable and come across as whiny.",
"Another thing, the writer just seems to be trying to get everything she can into this one story.",
"One minute Jane is reading a letter from St John to her husband which is totally unbelievable in the first place.",
"I mean wouldn't you read the letter's contents yourself prior to reading them aloud to your husband, particularly if the writer of the letter was your former beau.",
"Then in the next chapter Jane is lying ill in bed and we find out that the servant that was brought in to help turns out to be a nut job and is drugging Jane to try to get people to think she's insane.",
"Where the hell did that come from?",
"Once I got to that point I just about had enough and I don't plan on finishing this monstrosity.",
"On one hand, I'm relieved that this was a borrowed title through the Lender's Library but then again I did my waste my free monthly book.",
"Hopefully someone will read this review before wasting theirs."
]
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I purchased this for the intended use and was happy when I received it quickly from amazon.
First thing I did was try to test the mityvac by taking the bottle and putting on the transfer cap (the one with which you can use to hook up to the pump) and noticed that it took some force to turn and lock onto the bottle. Finally got it secured and noticed that the rim looked a bit lumpy. Checked the underside of the cap and saw that it wasn't sealed properly and tested it by placing finger over hose and pumping. Vacuum didn't hold because the misalignment in the cap was not air tight. Removed the transfer cap and tried the storage cap and it was nice and easy. Didn't look like it was misaligned or anything. Needless to say that I couldn't use it for bleeding the brakes and did it old fashion way.
I wrote an email to mityvac and told them about the situation and they said that Amazon is not an approved vendor. Yes, the biggest online retailer on the planet is not approved by mityvac for them to send me replacement parts due to a manufacture defect.
I've read my great things about mityvac, but if they cannot even warranty something as simple as a transfer cap and maybe the bottle, then it has no use in my toolbox. | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased this for the intended use and was happy when I received it quickly from amazon.",
"First thing I did was try to test the mityvac by taking the bottle and putting on the transfer cap (the one with which you can use to hook up to the pump) and noticed that it took some force to turn and lock onto the bottle.",
"Finally got it secured and noticed that the rim looked a bit lumpy.",
"Checked the underside of the cap and saw that it wasn't sealed properly and tested it by placing finger over hose and pumping.",
"Vacuum didn't hold because the misalignment in the cap was not air tight.",
"Removed the transfer cap and tried the storage cap and it was nice and easy.",
"Didn't look like it was misaligned or anything.",
"Needless to say that I couldn't use it for bleeding the brakes and did it old fashion way.",
"I wrote an email to mityvac and told them about the situation and they said that Amazon is not an approved vendor.",
"Yes, the biggest online retailer on the planet is not approved by mityvac for them to send me replacement parts due to a manufacture defect.",
"I've read my great things about mityvac, but if they cannot even warranty something as simple as a transfer cap and maybe the bottle, then it has no use in my toolbox."
]
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I had this headset for about 5 months, I mean I had 3 of them. All of them had one same problem - super low volume. And it cannot be increased. First one I got I thought it was broken, but when got the replacement, same problem with volume... Two months down the road of very low usage, the main button went bad. Anytime I wanted to start using it, it would redial the same exact number, no matter which number I dialed last. I sent for replacement, got my third one and had same problem with volume. Decided to sell it on eBay. Got myself a brand new model of Jabra - BT500 and love it. Volume is perfect, sits comfortably on my ear, does not fall even if I shake my head, people hear me without any problems and distance is good as well. Charges fast and battery last long. | 0 | negative | [
"I had this headset for about 5 months, I mean I had 3 of them.",
"All of them had one same problem - super low volume.",
"And it cannot be increased.",
"First one I got I thought it was broken, but when got the replacement, same problem with volume...",
"Two months down the road of very low usage, the main button went bad.",
"Anytime I wanted to start using it, it would redial the same exact number, no matter which number I dialed last.",
"I sent for replacement, got my third one and had same problem with volume.",
"Decided to sell it on eBay.",
"Got myself a brand new model of Jabra - BT500 and love it.",
"Volume is perfect, sits comfortably on my ear, does not fall even if I shake my head, people hear me without any problems and distance is good as well.",
"Charges fast and battery last long."
]
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Should be called Acu-Wrong. Granted that this is a very low cost thermometer, the accuracy was even lower. Out of the box it measured 6 low in a room which was 69 (compared to my Mercury glass thermometer) and 13 too high in a room that was 34.
I tried to adjust it to be more accurate. First you must have another thermometer you believe to be accurate for comparison. This could be a Mercury thermometer, or your thermostat, etc. Turn the Acu-Wrong over and you will see a coil of metal (called the "bimetallic strip" mounted in a plastic notch. Grab the strip gently near the notch using a thin needlenose pliers and twist it VERY SLIGHTLY one way or the other, very slightly bending the metal, then let it go. Do this until the gauge matches your standard.
Unfortuneately it didn't really fix it across temperatures. Pathetic junk and useless for its intended purpose. | 0 | negative | [
"Should be called Acu-Wrong.",
"Granted that this is a very low cost thermometer, the accuracy was even lower.",
"Out of the box it measured 6 low in a room which was 69 (compared to my Mercury glass thermometer) and 13 too high in a room that was 34.",
"I tried to adjust it to be more accurate.",
"First you must have another thermometer you believe to be accurate for comparison.",
"This could be a Mercury thermometer, or your thermostat, etc.",
"Turn the Acu-Wrong over and you will see a coil of metal (called the \"bimetallic strip\" mounted in a plastic notch.",
"Grab the strip gently near the notch using a thin needlenose pliers and twist it VERY SLIGHTLY one way or the other, very slightly bending the metal, then let it go.",
"Do this until the gauge matches your standard.",
"Unfortuneately it didn't really fix it across temperatures.",
"Pathetic junk and useless for its intended purpose."
]
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I am assuming this is a Chinese import. The price is a bit outrageous, in that case. If it is made in the USA, I apologize; in that case, the price seems fair, but it is, unfortunately, not very accurate.
I have used these (this is my second one) for years now, along with Oasis humidifiers (separate topic, but I have switched to the Humitar now when my Oases die). I have always assumed they were accurate. They are not.
Are they accurate enough to keep in your guitar case? Yeah, probably. Once the humidity gets below 30%, they tend to just read "--%". This is fine, because if the humidity is below 30%, your guitars should be in their cases with humidifiers (or you should be humidifying the house/room). However, I tended to assume this meant my house had no humidity in it, and I would panic. That's not the case. Additionally, they consistently read the humidity lower than it actually is, at least in the 30s and below (above that, I'm not sure yet--maybe it is accurate higher-up, or maybe it is always inaccurate). I've attached a photo to demonstrate how it always says the temperature is higher than it is, and how it frequently reads the humidity as lower than it is.
I now have a more accurate hygrometer, an Acurite, which sells on Amazon for a fraction of this (and is also a cheap Chinese import, probably ruining the planet and the lives of the people making them, but at least it is priced to reflect that and is high quality). This one accurately shows when the house is at, say, 16%, or 22% humidity. I've found that, even in the dry winter months where my forced-air is blasting the house dry as a bone and I can't introduce humidity into the house for fear of mold, the ambient humidity is still 20-30%. This is comforting. Yes, it's too dry for guitars, but it's fine for them to be out for a few hours, fine for my electric to sit out, and it is much easier to maintain in-case humidity of 40-50% when you know outside the case is 20-30%, not 0%! People have tested the Acurite and verified that it is accurate.
Similarly, a good hygrometer will tell you, during the summer with your windows open (or a/c running--yuck) when your humidity is 15-40%. The Oasis, on the other hand, will simply stop giving you a reading when it gets much below 40%, or it will just give you a lower reading than reality. Useless. When it comes to guitars, there is a big difference between humidity of 29% and 36%, yet it is reading 29% at the moment (quite dry) when in reality it is 36% (too dry but not dangerously so).
So, for $30, you are kind of getting duped. It is accurate enough (though still a few % off) in the 40% and above, but wouldn't you rather have something more accurate? | 0 | negative | [
"I am assuming this is a Chinese import.",
"The price is a bit outrageous, in that case.",
"If it is made in the USA, I apologize; in that case, the price seems fair, but it is, unfortunately, not very accurate.",
"I have used these (this is my second one) for years now, along with Oasis humidifiers (separate topic, but I have switched to the Humitar now when my Oases die).",
"I have always assumed they were accurate.",
"They are not.",
"Are they accurate enough to keep in your guitar case?",
"Yeah, probably.",
"Once the humidity gets below 30%, they tend to just read \"--%\".",
"This is fine, because if the humidity is below 30%, your guitars should be in their cases with humidifiers (or you should be humidifying the house/room).",
"However, I tended to assume this meant my house had no humidity in it, and I would panic.",
"That's not the case.",
"Additionally, they consistently read the humidity lower than it actually is, at least in the 30s and below (above that, I'm not sure yet--maybe it is accurate higher-up, or maybe it is always inaccurate).",
"I've attached a photo to demonstrate how it always says the temperature is higher than it is, and how it frequently reads the humidity as lower than it is.",
"I now have a more accurate hygrometer, an Acurite, which sells on Amazon for a fraction of this (and is also a cheap Chinese import, probably ruining the planet and the lives of the people making them, but at least it is priced to reflect that and is high quality).",
"This one accurately shows when the house is at, say, 16%, or 22% humidity.",
"I've found that, even in the dry winter months where my forced-air is blasting the house dry as a bone and I can't introduce humidity into the house for fear of mold, the ambient humidity is still 20-30%.",
"This is comforting.",
"Yes, it's too dry for guitars, but it's fine for them to be out for a few hours, fine for my electric to sit out, and it is much easier to maintain in-case humidity of 40-50% when you know outside the case is 20-30%, not 0%!",
"People have tested the Acurite and verified that it is accurate.",
"Similarly, a good hygrometer will tell you, during the summer with your windows open (or a/c running--yuck) when your humidity is 15-40%.",
"The Oasis, on the other hand, will simply stop giving you a reading when it gets much below 40%, or it will just give you a lower reading than reality.",
"Useless.",
"When it comes to guitars, there is a big difference between humidity of 29% and 36%, yet it is reading 29% at the moment (quite dry) when in reality it is 36% (too dry but not dangerously so).",
"So, for $30, you are kind of getting duped.",
"It is accurate enough (though still a few % off) in the 40% and above, but wouldn't you rather have something more accurate?"
]
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MOST IMPORTANT!!! When looking at the rating this product has (4/5 197) there are 3 different products grouped together, so you are not just looking at the rating for the Drive Sleek. As you read the reviews, the product that review is related to is noted, but you have to read to make sure you are reading a review for the Drive Sleek.
INITIAL THOUGHTS
Ok - so I sell land in rural Texas. I drive a lot, and when I am out of the office, I often have to conduct business from the car while driving or at one of our projects. Because I frequently visit the same locations I know where the bad signal areas are and I was really excited to install this in my Toyota to ensure I have no more dropped calls.
Well that's not exactly what happened.
REMEMBER
The first and most important thing to remember is this - no product on the planet can boos what is not there - Drive Sleek included. Essentially, if there is no cell signal, this product won't change that.
SETUP
Doing the install is super easy with the stickers letting you know whats what. The magnet on the antenna is super strong and that puppy isn't moving at all. For my install, the cable comes in through the sunroof, but if you don't have a sunroof I'm not sure what you do with the cable. Of course that is because I placed the antenna in the middle of my roof but I guess it could be placed to the side and that would minimize any extra cable flopping about int he wind. All the cables are unique so you cannot connect the cables to the wrong spot and damage the unit. The engineering is excellent in that you end up with a product that doesn't make you cabin look like a space shuttle with extra cable hanging about - provides for a very clean finish.
INITIAL USE
Ok so I get in the car and its time to mount the phone in the cradle. I have to state, I am immediately not a fan because I have to remove the really tiny gel cover from my Asus phone for it to stay in there securely. The top and bottom grip arms could have more heft to them resulting in a cradle that didn't require you to remove your phone from any protective cas you might have it in. In addition to that, it takes two hands to put the the phone in and take it out of the cradle. That wouldn't be less of an annoyance if I got tremendous results from the boosting portion of the product (but more on that later)
Once installed I drove to one of the properties where I knew there was a really weak signal, and on the way I was on the phone with a realtor, and right where the signal usually drops - IT Dropped..... After another 2 miles I called her back and when I finally arrived at the property and was done my call I checked everything to makes sure I had it all installed properly - Which I did.
ADDITIONAL TESTING
Now I'm really curious as to what the heck is going on. How could such a well engineered product that retails for $199 actually not do anything. At this point I decide all around Austin, and again when I am in rural Texas, I will unplug, and plug in the power for the unit while the phone is mounted in the cradle to see what it does to the signal.
Well lets just say that with repeated testing over many days in many locations with two different phone (one brand new) I saw no change in signal strength except for one time in one location. I realize I was not being 100% scientific in my testing, and had nothing other than the signal strength bars to determine if there was a boost (like 99.9% of the people who will buy this product) but when I had my call drop in the same place it always drops, and I didn't see any additional bars, I would have to conclude that I saw no real improvement at all.
The product is still in my car because I keep it just in case it works some day when I need it but I have no trust in the product to the point that I would either depend on it or recommend it.
PROS: (Pro)
Easy setup
CONS:
Very small and weak magnet
Have to remove the phone from its case to mount securely in the cradle
Not a fan of air vent magnetic mounts
99% of the time It doesn't boost the signal except for one time on one day
Phone cradle requires two hands to mount and unmount the phone every time - very early 2000 design.
SUMMARY
At the end of the day, all I really ended up with was a magnetic mount phone cradle that I didn't like the strength of the magnet (and no longer use - instead I used a magnet I already had from another product) and that I really don't like putting the phone in or taking it out of. | 0 | negative | [
"MOST IMPORTANT!!!",
"When looking at the rating this product has (4/5 197) there are 3 different products grouped together, so you are not just looking at the rating for the Drive Sleek.",
"As you read the reviews, the product that review is related to is noted, but you have to read to make sure you are reading a review for the Drive Sleek.",
"INITIAL THOUGHTS\nOk - so I sell land in rural Texas.",
"I drive a lot, and when I am out of the office, I often have to conduct business from the car while driving or at one of our projects.",
"Because I frequently visit the same locations I know where the bad signal areas are and I was really excited to install this in my Toyota to ensure I have no more dropped calls.",
"Well that's not exactly what happened.",
"REMEMBER\nThe first and most important thing to remember is this - no product on the planet can boos what is not there - Drive Sleek included.",
"Essentially, if there is no cell signal, this product won't change that.",
"SETUP\nDoing the install is super easy with the stickers letting you know whats what.",
"The magnet on the antenna is super strong and that puppy isn't moving at all.",
"For my install, the cable comes in through the sunroof, but if you don't have a sunroof I'm not sure what you do with the cable.",
"Of course that is because I placed the antenna in the middle of my roof but I guess it could be placed to the side and that would minimize any extra cable flopping about int he wind.",
"All the cables are unique so you cannot connect the cables to the wrong spot and damage the unit.",
"The engineering is excellent in that you end up with a product that doesn't make you cabin look like a space shuttle with extra cable hanging about - provides for a very clean finish.",
"INITIAL USE\nOk so I get in the car and its time to mount the phone in the cradle.",
"I have to state, I am immediately not a fan because I have to remove the really tiny gel cover from my Asus phone for it to stay in there securely.",
"The top and bottom grip arms could have more heft to them resulting in a cradle that didn't require you to remove your phone from any protective cas you might have it in.",
"In addition to that, it takes two hands to put the the phone in and take it out of the cradle.",
"That wouldn't be less of an annoyance if I got tremendous results from the boosting portion of the product (but more on that later)\n\nOnce installed I drove to one of the properties where I knew there was a really weak signal, and on the way I was on the phone with a realtor, and right where the signal usually drops - IT Dropped....",
".",
"After another 2 miles I called her back and when I finally arrived at the property and was done my call I checked everything to makes sure I had it all installed properly - Which I did.",
"ADDITIONAL TESTING\nNow I'm really curious as to what the heck is going on.",
"How could such a well engineered product that retails for $199 actually not do anything.",
"At this point I decide all around Austin, and again when I am in rural Texas, I will unplug, and plug in the power for the unit while the phone is mounted in the cradle to see what it does to the signal.",
"Well lets just say that with repeated testing over many days in many locations with two different phone (one brand new) I saw no change in signal strength except for one time in one location.",
"I realize I was not being 100% scientific in my testing, and had nothing other than the signal strength bars to determine if there was a boost (like 99.",
"9% of the people who will buy this product) but when I had my call drop in the same place it always drops, and I didn't see any additional bars, I would have to conclude that I saw no real improvement at all.",
"The product is still in my car because I keep it just in case it works some day when I need it but I have no trust in the product to the point that I would either depend on it or recommend it.",
"PROS: (Pro)\nEasy setup\n\nCONS:\nVery small and weak magnet\nHave to remove the phone from its case to mount securely in the cradle\nNot a fan of air vent magnetic mounts\n99% of the time It doesn't boost the signal except for one time on one day\nPhone cradle requires two hands to mount and unmount the phone every time - very early 2000 design.",
"SUMMARY\nAt the end of the day, all I really ended up with was a magnetic mount phone cradle that I didn't like the strength of the magnet (and no longer use - instead I used a magnet I already had from another product) and that I really don't like putting the phone in or taking it out of."
]
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Well. It makes waffles. Just not very well.
First, it doesn't have a light to show if it's preheating/preheated. There's just a little orange light that basically tells you that it's on. You just plug it in and wait.
Second, it gets REALLY HOT. Duh, but I mean the handle that you use to lift the top gets so hot that you need an oven mitt to open it, which is a minor annoyance, but a big pain to open without scorching your hand. You would think they would use a heat resistant material for the handle, at least.
Third, it doesn't make your waffles golden brown. I mean, I left the waffle in there longer, experimented with different sprays, altered the mix...but no. No golden waffles here. I've used my friend's black and decker waffle maker frequently before I bought this one that somehow produces golden, crispy and fluffy waffles with ease. And here I thought waffle makers were all equal. My mistake.
Fourth, A MESS. Spill guard is worthless. I had batter oozing out of the right side and one of the squares on the left was thin and holey, because the batter didn't spread evenly. And remember what I said about this thing getting hot EVERYWHERE. That means you can't even touch it to tilt it, evening out the batter.
Waste of money. | 0 | negative | [
"Well.",
"It makes waffles.",
"Just not very well.",
"First, it doesn't have a light to show if it's preheating/preheated.",
"There's just a little orange light that basically tells you that it's on.",
"You just plug it in and wait.",
"Second, it gets REALLY HOT.",
"Duh, but I mean the handle that you use to lift the top gets so hot that you need an oven mitt to open it, which is a minor annoyance, but a big pain to open without scorching your hand.",
"You would think they would use a heat resistant material for the handle, at least.",
"Third, it doesn't make your waffles golden brown.",
"I mean, I left the waffle in there longer, experimented with different sprays, altered the mix...",
"but no.",
"No golden waffles here.",
"I've used my friend's black and decker waffle maker frequently before I bought this one that somehow produces golden, crispy and fluffy waffles with ease.",
"And here I thought waffle makers were all equal.",
"My mistake.",
"Fourth, A MESS.",
"Spill guard is worthless.",
"I had batter oozing out of the right side and one of the squares on the left was thin and holey, because the batter didn't spread evenly.",
"And remember what I said about this thing getting hot EVERYWHERE.",
"That means you can't even touch it to tilt it, evening out the batter.",
"Waste of money."
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Ok the previous games were way better than this.
They've kept the humor of the game but as for the game play itself, it was just flat out bad.
I think what they did here was aimming this game at a younger audiance.
The game desigeners made all the enemies look like they were cartoons like in one part; there these giant mechanical spiders that screem and shoot acid balls at you. Realy lame. And by hearing these this screem all the time will just make you want to put the game on mute. And they've put way to many enemies in it, I mean WAY to many, even for the game itself. The game bogs down if it has to many programs all running at once. They made this game on impossable levels to play and if thats not bad enough, they made a level setting called "Mentel" witch I don't even know how anyone can get past the entire game with that.
They did have a couple of things that were good like; In the early stage of the game you can get into this giant orb and run down a bunch of guys, but thats it, its nowhere to be found threw out the rest of the game.
All in all, you can beat the game but its REALY streesfull. There will be times you'll ask yourself "Can anyone beat this game?!" | 0 | negative | [
"Ok the previous games were way better than this.",
"They've kept the humor of the game but as for the game play itself, it was just flat out bad.",
"I think what they did here was aimming this game at a younger audiance.",
"The game desigeners made all the enemies look like they were cartoons like in one part; there these giant mechanical spiders that screem and shoot acid balls at you.",
"Realy lame.",
"And by hearing these this screem all the time will just make you want to put the game on mute.",
"And they've put way to many enemies in it, I mean WAY to many, even for the game itself.",
"The game bogs down if it has to many programs all running at once.",
"They made this game on impossable levels to play and if thats not bad enough, they made a level setting called \"Mentel\" witch I don't even know how anyone can get past the entire game with that.",
"They did have a couple of things that were good like; In the early stage of the game you can get into this giant orb and run down a bunch of guys, but thats it, its nowhere to be found threw out the rest of the game.",
"All in all, you can beat the game but its REALY streesfull.",
"There will be times you'll ask yourself \"Can anyone beat this game?!",
"\""
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Much of the actual function of the game has already been documented and reviewed, so I will be more brief.
The game play is based on communicating, scanning, warping, battle, and upgrades.
Communicating and Scanning are basically the same thing. It's a time sink but if you skip through it quickly, you might miss some detail you need. It's rare, but you never know, so you waste time reading pointless chatter.
Warping replays the same sort of scene each time, so it's a waste of 3 seconds each time.
Battle is all about hitting red alert prior to warping, so your shields are charged. You keep your least damaged part of the shields facing the enemy, and you spin around to fire rear weapons sometimes.
Tactics are contrived. If you pick the wrong ship to attack first, you pretty much die. The AI uses triggers such as damage level of ship X to cause Ship Y and Ship Z to fly away.
Also, you can't see much around you when you have an enemy selected. Invariably, you spend the entire battle flying in a big circle to keep your shields lined up right. Very often, this leads to crashing into a planet, asteroid, or starbase. There's no warning, just BAM "We can't survive this level of damage much longer, captain." then BOOM.
Sometimes, you're three warps into a mission, and you are heavily damaged. You have to park and wait for your emergency power to regenerate, because when you warp in, your shields will regen 20%, but your emergency power will not. If you forget leave the DS to regen shields, you can't have it folded up.
The saving grace for the game are upgrades. You can pick how to improve your ship by allocating earned points, based on mission completion rating, towards your crew. Sometimes, it's hard to figure out the right upgrades to get, but it's the addictive part of the game.
But, don't let that convince you to buy it. If you forget that you left it regenerating emergency power, and the DS powers off for low battery; or a child finds the DS and pulls out the game; or you have to turn the DS off in the middle of a mission...
...THEN IT WILL ERASE ALL STATS FOR YOUR PLAYER.
In other words, you don't just lose the mission you're at, but you go back to it being a brand new game. This happenned three times before I finally gave up.
This is an unacceptable problem with the game. | 0 | negative | [
"Much of the actual function of the game has already been documented and reviewed, so I will be more brief.",
"The game play is based on communicating, scanning, warping, battle, and upgrades.",
"Communicating and Scanning are basically the same thing.",
"It's a time sink but if you skip through it quickly, you might miss some detail you need.",
"It's rare, but you never know, so you waste time reading pointless chatter.",
"Warping replays the same sort of scene each time, so it's a waste of 3 seconds each time.",
"Battle is all about hitting red alert prior to warping, so your shields are charged.",
"You keep your least damaged part of the shields facing the enemy, and you spin around to fire rear weapons sometimes.",
"Tactics are contrived.",
"If you pick the wrong ship to attack first, you pretty much die.",
"The AI uses triggers such as damage level of ship X to cause Ship Y and Ship Z to fly away.",
"Also, you can't see much around you when you have an enemy selected.",
"Invariably, you spend the entire battle flying in a big circle to keep your shields lined up right.",
"Very often, this leads to crashing into a planet, asteroid, or starbase.",
"There's no warning, just BAM \"We can't survive this level of damage much longer, captain.",
"\" then BOOM.",
"Sometimes, you're three warps into a mission, and you are heavily damaged.",
"You have to park and wait for your emergency power to regenerate, because when you warp in, your shields will regen 20%, but your emergency power will not.",
"If you forget leave the DS to regen shields, you can't have it folded up.",
"The saving grace for the game are upgrades.",
"You can pick how to improve your ship by allocating earned points, based on mission completion rating, towards your crew.",
"Sometimes, it's hard to figure out the right upgrades to get, but it's the addictive part of the game.",
"But, don't let that convince you to buy it.",
"If you forget that you left it regenerating emergency power, and the DS powers off for low battery; or a child finds the DS and pulls out the game; or you have to turn the DS off in the middle of a mission...",
"...",
"THEN IT WILL ERASE ALL STATS FOR YOUR PLAYER.",
"In other words, you don't just lose the mission you're at, but you go back to it being a brand new game.",
"This happenned three times before I finally gave up.",
"This is an unacceptable problem with the game."
]
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I am very pleased that I rented this game instead of buying it. I'm not too big of a Matrix fan. I thought the first movie was great and I thought the sequel to be kind of a flop. The game Enter The Matrix, in my opinion, follows the second movie down the same dissatisfying path. To be fair, the graphics are great and the kung-fu\gravity bending gameplay is unprecedented and fun to watch. The action moves you can perform play like some of the fight sequences in the films. Unfortunately, the action combos and the wall walking gets old really fast. After about an hour of doing the same martial arts combos and jumping over bullets I began to grow bored with the gameplay. I found myself doing the same thing over and over: Follow the trails, shoot the same guards, do the same moves. There is no variety in this game. You fight and easily kill dozens upon dozens of generic swat cops and security guards. You easily get an auto-lock on your target, jump through the air and shoot them.... OVER AND OVER AND OVER, LEVEL TO LEVEL TO LEVEL. Gameplay is much too linear, and the lack of any sort of rush coupled with the same recycled orchestral music playing in an endless loop left me wanting more. The game didn't convey any real 'get up and go.' Just the same bad guys for you to kill in different rooms. In summary:
Pros: Great graphics, great gun and explosion sounds, exceptional gameplay as far as manipulating the environment(wall walking, bullet dodging etc..), Agents are intimidating and fun to fight, clever interposing between gaming and movie clips gives you a better understanding of The Matrix.
Cons: Poor lighting and shadows, TOTAL lack of variety from level to level, recycled enemies and recycled musical score resulting in monotonous levels of easy shoot-em-up gaming, Unchallenging combat interface: Enemies are weak and predicatble, lacking any sort of surprise tactics or skills equal to your own.
If you're a fan of The Matrix and are just dying to get any sort of Matrix fix before the next film, then you will probably make this game work for you. If you're a first person shooter fan looking for anything to bridge the gap from now until Halo 2, maybe this title will keep you interested for a night or two. - It's no miracle in action gameplay. Allow the river of hype this game has generated to float to the wayside with the rest of the garbage. Worth the rent, not the buy. | 0 | negative | [
"I am very pleased that I rented this game instead of buying it.",
"I'm not too big of a Matrix fan.",
"I thought the first movie was great and I thought the sequel to be kind of a flop.",
"The game Enter The Matrix, in my opinion, follows the second movie down the same dissatisfying path.",
"To be fair, the graphics are great and the kung-fu\\gravity bending gameplay is unprecedented and fun to watch.",
"The action moves you can perform play like some of the fight sequences in the films.",
"Unfortunately, the action combos and the wall walking gets old really fast.",
"After about an hour of doing the same martial arts combos and jumping over bullets I began to grow bored with the gameplay.",
"I found myself doing the same thing over and over: Follow the trails, shoot the same guards, do the same moves.",
"There is no variety in this game.",
"You fight and easily kill dozens upon dozens of generic swat cops and security guards.",
"You easily get an auto-lock on your target, jump through the air and shoot them....",
"OVER AND OVER AND OVER, LEVEL TO LEVEL TO LEVEL.",
"Gameplay is much too linear, and the lack of any sort of rush coupled with the same recycled orchestral music playing in an endless loop left me wanting more.",
"The game didn't convey any real 'get up and go.",
"' Just the same bad guys for you to kill in different rooms.",
"In summary:\nPros: Great graphics, great gun and explosion sounds, exceptional gameplay as far as manipulating the environment(wall walking, bullet dodging etc..",
"), Agents are intimidating and fun to fight, clever interposing between gaming and movie clips gives you a better understanding of The Matrix.",
"Cons: Poor lighting and shadows, TOTAL lack of variety from level to level, recycled enemies and recycled musical score resulting in monotonous levels of easy shoot-em-up gaming, Unchallenging combat interface: Enemies are weak and predicatble, lacking any sort of surprise tactics or skills equal to your own.",
"If you're a fan of The Matrix and are just dying to get any sort of Matrix fix before the next film, then you will probably make this game work for you.",
"If you're a first person shooter fan looking for anything to bridge the gap from now until Halo 2, maybe this title will keep you interested for a night or two.",
"- It's no miracle in action gameplay.",
"Allow the river of hype this game has generated to float to the wayside with the rest of the garbage.",
"Worth the rent, not the buy."
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I just played this game with my oldest son who is 6. I felt like we had fallen into in infinite time loop anomaly, and a boring one at that.
Where to start?
First, there's the cheesy cardboard gender specific pieces, and if you have a combination of genders not supported by the pieces, tough. Why not just do something colorful and abstract like other games. Add to that the cardboard stand-up pieces are too tall and continually falling over and getting in the way when opponents are continualy passing each other and landing on the same squares as they are continually reaching for that magic 100 and getting sent down a slide to oblivion only to begin the process again.
Then there's the infinite and tedious gameplay. Move in straight lines back and forth on a mostly featureless board counting up to 100 as you spin a spinner and hope against hope that you get to climb a ladder and avoide a "chute" (which is actually a slide).
I suppose it's great if you want to teach a child to count to 100 and keep playing at reaching a goal no matter how much bad luck befalls him or her, but Candyland can do that (well, not the 100 part but the goal part, and the kids don't need to know how to count to 100) and it's a lot more fun.
The other adults (my wife and a friend) that I mention this game to both remember playing it as a child and changing the rules just so the game will finally end. So, what's the point in this game?
Seriously, this game might have been great in its day, whenever that was, but you've got a lot more options now. Those kids don't stay little and cute forever, so why not buy a geniunely fun game to play with them? | 0 | negative | [
"I just played this game with my oldest son who is 6.",
"I felt like we had fallen into in infinite time loop anomaly, and a boring one at that.",
"Where to start?",
"First, there's the cheesy cardboard gender specific pieces, and if you have a combination of genders not supported by the pieces, tough.",
"Why not just do something colorful and abstract like other games.",
"Add to that the cardboard stand-up pieces are too tall and continually falling over and getting in the way when opponents are continualy passing each other and landing on the same squares as they are continually reaching for that magic 100 and getting sent down a slide to oblivion only to begin the process again.",
"Then there's the infinite and tedious gameplay.",
"Move in straight lines back and forth on a mostly featureless board counting up to 100 as you spin a spinner and hope against hope that you get to climb a ladder and avoide a \"chute\" (which is actually a slide).",
"I suppose it's great if you want to teach a child to count to 100 and keep playing at reaching a goal no matter how much bad luck befalls him or her, but Candyland can do that (well, not the 100 part but the goal part, and the kids don't need to know how to count to 100) and it's a lot more fun.",
"The other adults (my wife and a friend) that I mention this game to both remember playing it as a child and changing the rules just so the game will finally end.",
"So, what's the point in this game?",
"Seriously, this game might have been great in its day, whenever that was, but you've got a lot more options now.",
"Those kids don't stay little and cute forever, so why not buy a geniunely fun game to play with them?"
]
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I have ordered 3 of these now. At first I loved it. So smooth. beautiful. instantly obsessed. I dropped my phone on day one and my new screen protecter shattered. I blamed myself and my clumsy ways. #2 arrived along with an additional one for my husband. A few days later...my phone falls off my lap while I'm sitting and this time my actual screen is super shattered and the protecter doesn't even have a scratch. Time will tell if my husband has trouble. Im very disappointed. | 0 | negative | [
"I have ordered 3 of these now.",
"At first I loved it.",
"So smooth.",
"beautiful.",
"instantly obsessed.",
"I dropped my phone on day one and my new screen protecter shattered.",
"I blamed myself and my clumsy ways.",
"#2 arrived along with an additional one for my husband.",
"A few days later...",
"my phone falls off my lap while I'm sitting and this time my actual screen is super shattered and the protecter doesn't even have a scratch.",
"Time will tell if my husband has trouble.",
"Im very disappointed."
]
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received broken...sent back...didn't really want to..would loved to have heard it jam..but had a loose battery (sounded like it) and sparked everytime i plugged in...may eventually go with cheaper unit before i give up..good luck with yours..p.s. AMAZON TOOK CARE OF RETURN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES..HATS OFF TO THEM..TKS AGAIN | 0 | negative | [
"received broken...",
"sent back...",
"didn't really want to..",
"would loved to have heard it jam..",
"but had a loose battery (sounded like it) and sparked everytime i plugged in...",
"may eventually go with cheaper unit before i give up..",
"good luck with yours..",
"p.",
"s. AMAZON TOOK CARE OF RETURN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES..",
"HATS OFF TO THEM..",
"TKS AGAIN"
]
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I purchased this device for the office. It worked perfectly up until today :-( . I clicked the button in the middle of the mouse and now it no longer works. It was not worth my time if i have to replace the mouse every 9, months. It has not even been a complete 12, months. I did not drop it or anything. WOW................the disappointment of having to go back to a wired mouse. | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased this device for the office.",
"It worked perfectly up until today :-(.",
"I clicked the button in the middle of the mouse and now it no longer works.",
"It was not worth my time if i have to replace the mouse every 9, months.",
"It has not even been a complete 12, months.",
"I did not drop it or anything.",
"WOW....",
"....",
"....",
"....",
"the disappointment of having to go back to a wired mouse."
]
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I have used the <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Victor-M240-Electronic-Rat-Trap/dp/B000LNX06C/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Victor M240 Electronic Rat Trap</a> so thought I would try this one. Well, for about six months after I got it we had no rats, the bait sat untouched. Then the rat started feeding, so after a couple of days I bought brand new batteries and armed the trap. Within half an hour the rat took the bait. But the rat made it alive to the bait part of the zapper, where his foot stuck out onto the plates and got zapped while the rat squealed. Finally the rat tried making a break for it and got killed halfway out the trap.
In contrast, with the Victor trap there would be one zzzz as the trap went off, and a dead rat headed INTO the trap.
I wish this had happened immediately as I would have returned the unit as defective. As it is, this was a very expensive rat kill. I am sure the batteries won't work again as they were zapping for over a minute, and I don't know if another rat will ever go into the trap, or if I am willing to set it again. I hate rats, but I don't wish to kill them slowly and cruelly. | 0 | negative | [
"I have used the <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Victor-M240-Electronic-Rat-Trap/dp/B000LNX06C/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Victor M240 Electronic Rat Trap</a> so thought I would try this one.",
"Well, for about six months after I got it we had no rats, the bait sat untouched.",
"Then the rat started feeding, so after a couple of days I bought brand new batteries and armed the trap.",
"Within half an hour the rat took the bait.",
"But the rat made it alive to the bait part of the zapper, where his foot stuck out onto the plates and got zapped while the rat squealed.",
"Finally the rat tried making a break for it and got killed halfway out the trap.",
"In contrast, with the Victor trap there would be one zzzz as the trap went off, and a dead rat headed INTO the trap.",
"I wish this had happened immediately as I would have returned the unit as defective.",
"As it is, this was a very expensive rat kill.",
"I am sure the batteries won't work again as they were zapping for over a minute, and I don't know if another rat will ever go into the trap, or if I am willing to set it again.",
"I hate rats, but I don't wish to kill them slowly and cruelly."
]
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Preface: I read book #1 of this series in the summer of 1997. It pains me that 14 years have elapsed and this story is not only still incomplete, but more sprawling than ever. As others have noted, there are certain similarities to Robert Jordan. I abandoned him in 1994. Martin is a much better writer, however.
My thoughts:
- the reviews of this book would not be so tepid had A. Martin not stated upon the release of the previous book that this one was largely already written, B. were it actually a decent continuation of the previous books, and C. had this large tome arrived somewhat sooner.
- Martin has too many threads going, as others have noted. I don't want to feel as though I need an encyclopedia to read and remember a good fantasy.
- Many chapters of this book were just plain tedious and I scanned them.
- The better characters (Dany, Tyrion, Jon) spend this book bogged down, seemingly getting nowhere. The events they're caught in may have larger significance but it translates to tedium in this book, when no one gets anywhere.
- When I started the series and Martin killed off Ned Stark, I applauded that as a ballsy move in a genre where main characters often have little of note befall them. However, his insistence on killing or maiming just about EVERY character of note that he has introduced has become tiresome. As a reader I need something to keep me going, and I'm not finding much here. I want to hold on to those good early characters and not be introduced to hordes of new ones . . . . but that's not the way things are unfolding. And I don't much like the new ones. They come too late.
Bottom line: winter is still coming, Jon Snow still knows nothing, Tyrion is cruder than ever, Arya's storyline seems so deviant as to never return, Sansa is missing entirely, Jaime, Brienne and Cersei were almost absent, and the chapters' incessant globetrotting in this book is hard to keep up with. It was good to be back in Martin's world, and I hope it's not another 5 years until the next one, but I skimmed the last half of this book and feel as though I missed nothing of import. | 0 | negative | [
"Preface: I read book #1 of this series in the summer of 1997.",
"It pains me that 14 years have elapsed and this story is not only still incomplete, but more sprawling than ever.",
"As others have noted, there are certain similarities to Robert Jordan.",
"I abandoned him in 1994.",
"Martin is a much better writer, however.",
"My thoughts:\n\n- the reviews of this book would not be so tepid had A.",
"Martin not stated upon the release of the previous book that this one was largely already written, B.",
"were it actually a decent continuation of the previous books, and C.",
"had this large tome arrived somewhat sooner.",
"- Martin has too many threads going, as others have noted.",
"I don't want to feel as though I need an encyclopedia to read and remember a good fantasy.",
"- Many chapters of this book were just plain tedious and I scanned them.",
"- The better characters (Dany, Tyrion, Jon) spend this book bogged down, seemingly getting nowhere.",
"The events they're caught in may have larger significance but it translates to tedium in this book, when no one gets anywhere.",
"- When I started the series and Martin killed off Ned Stark, I applauded that as a ballsy move in a genre where main characters often have little of note befall them.",
"However, his insistence on killing or maiming just about EVERY character of note that he has introduced has become tiresome.",
"As a reader I need something to keep me going, and I'm not finding much here.",
"I want to hold on to those good early characters and not be introduced to hordes of new ones.",
".",
".",
".",
"but that's not the way things are unfolding.",
"And I don't much like the new ones.",
"They come too late.",
"Bottom line: winter is still coming, Jon Snow still knows nothing, Tyrion is cruder than ever, Arya's storyline seems so deviant as to never return, Sansa is missing entirely, Jaime, Brienne and Cersei were almost absent, and the chapters' incessant globetrotting in this book is hard to keep up with.",
"It was good to be back in Martin's world, and I hope it's not another 5 years until the next one, but I skimmed the last half of this book and feel as though I missed nothing of import."
]
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I have been waiting for this game ever since "Need For Speed: Most Wanted" came out... And after an hour or so playing it, I ran into a HUGE problem.
And I have been wanting this game since I first heard about it because of a)all the cllasic musclecars including HEMI Cudas and Challengers and camaros all the kicka$$ mopars and other oldies and prototype cars in it and b)the near "Midnight Club 3: Dub edition" amount of automotive customizing and mayhem you can, or in this case "SHOULD HAVE" been able to do.
Here's what's wrong.... Whenever I try to use their so called "Auto Sculpt" car customization feature to modify a car and make it all pretty so I can look good while thrashing the car I just customised... I'll finish spending somtimes an hour customizing a car just to find out that the system freezes up whenever it has to goto the next loading point and the only way to save it all involves going through a loading point... Meaning all the work I did isn't saved. X_x There are a few other blatent bugs and glitches, such as certain unlockable items and vehicles not unlocking after the set amount of tasks are done, but they don't really take away from the fun as much as a freeze up does.
Now this may only be the Collectors edition that has this freeze up problem... Though I tested it on the original PS2 and the newer Slim PS2 with and without cheat codes and got the same result EVERY time. But it is still really bad that it happens in the first place. I already exchanded it for another new copy thinking the first copy I had was just a bad copy... But the problem is still there no matter how many times I exchange the game.
Overall this is a well done game for this series... Maybe even the best... But this freeze up glitch is just unacceptable for a company of EAs size and fanbase. | 0 | negative | [
"I have been waiting for this game ever since \"Need For Speed: Most Wanted\" came out...",
"And after an hour or so playing it, I ran into a HUGE problem.",
"And I have been wanting this game since I first heard about it because of a)all the cllasic musclecars including HEMI Cudas and Challengers and camaros all the kicka$$ mopars and other oldies and prototype cars in it and b)the near \"Midnight Club 3: Dub edition\" amount of automotive customizing and mayhem you can, or in this case \"SHOULD HAVE\" been able to do.",
"Here's what's wrong....",
"Whenever I try to use their so called \"Auto Sculpt\" car customization feature to modify a car and make it all pretty so I can look good while thrashing the car I just customised...",
"I'll finish spending somtimes an hour customizing a car just to find out that the system freezes up whenever it has to goto the next loading point and the only way to save it all involves going through a loading point...",
"Meaning all the work I did isn't saved.",
"X_x There are a few other blatent bugs and glitches, such as certain unlockable items and vehicles not unlocking after the set amount of tasks are done, but they don't really take away from the fun as much as a freeze up does.",
"Now this may only be the Collectors edition that has this freeze up problem...",
"Though I tested it on the original PS2 and the newer Slim PS2 with and without cheat codes and got the same result EVERY time.",
"But it is still really bad that it happens in the first place.",
"I already exchanded it for another new copy thinking the first copy I had was just a bad copy...",
"But the problem is still there no matter how many times I exchange the game.",
"Overall this is a well done game for this series...",
"Maybe even the best...",
"But this freeze up glitch is just unacceptable for a company of EAs size and fanbase."
]
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This is the worst hose I have ever had. It continually kinks. I will get a kink and I walk back and get the kink out. I'll move to another area a few feet away to water and it kinks again in another spot on the hose. I have noticed that where it kinks, the hose is now showing abrasions. It will only be a matter of time that it will start to leak. The hose isn't even a year old. There is a life time warranty saying the manufacturer will replace the hose free of charge. I do not know why I would want another one just like this one. I would rather spend the extra money and get another hose that does not kink, if they even exist. | 0 | negative | [
"This is the worst hose I have ever had.",
"It continually kinks.",
"I will get a kink and I walk back and get the kink out.",
"I'll move to another area a few feet away to water and it kinks again in another spot on the hose.",
"I have noticed that where it kinks, the hose is now showing abrasions.",
"It will only be a matter of time that it will start to leak.",
"The hose isn't even a year old.",
"There is a life time warranty saying the manufacturer will replace the hose free of charge.",
"I do not know why I would want another one just like this one.",
"I would rather spend the extra money and get another hose that does not kink, if they even exist."
]
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This is not an enjoyable game. It rarely rises to the level of "fun".
The movement and cover system is similar to Gears of War, but I'd say it doesn't work as well in Dark Sector as it does in GoW.
There isn't much of a story.
Your main weapon is a "glaive", which is thrown and sometimes guided. Many tasks are impossible without learning to control the glaive. I used the glaive almost exclusively and never came to appreciate it, especially when you have to guide it. Towards the end, I can't even explain how tired and bored I was of using the thing.
The boss fights have a similar feel to GoW in that some are almost trivial once you look up what to do. The final boss fight is as worthless and annoying as any I can think of. | 0 | negative | [
"This is not an enjoyable game.",
"It rarely rises to the level of \"fun\".",
"The movement and cover system is similar to Gears of War, but I'd say it doesn't work as well in Dark Sector as it does in GoW.",
"There isn't much of a story.",
"Your main weapon is a \"glaive\", which is thrown and sometimes guided.",
"Many tasks are impossible without learning to control the glaive.",
"I used the glaive almost exclusively and never came to appreciate it, especially when you have to guide it.",
"Towards the end, I can't even explain how tired and bored I was of using the thing.",
"The boss fights have a similar feel to GoW in that some are almost trivial once you look up what to do.",
"The final boss fight is as worthless and annoying as any I can think of."
]
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Black and Decker GH100 Grass Hog String Trimmer is dangerous in use and brakes down too often. I bought it in Home Depot on May 28, 2008. First I discovered that the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) is dangerous and wasteful. It does not feed the cutting line when you need it, but when you work close to an expensive shrub, all of a sudden it decides to feed extra 10 inches of line, which cuts through the bark on the $70 juniper an kills it completely. I spent near $200 on replacing the plants in my yard that were killed by the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS). Also the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) uses about ten times more cutting line than the normal push-on line feeder.
The worst part of this product is its reliability. After about one year the toothed belt inside the unit raptured. I purchased on the internet two replacement belts for $3.55 a piece, which was much cheaper than shipping the whole thing to a Black and Decker service center. I replaced the toothed belt myself and used the trimmer for a few months, but then the second belt got destroyed. So I replaces it again. When the unit stopped for the third time, I found that the plastic toothed pulley inside the unit was completely melted, and it is not possible to purchase this part on the internet. This happened two years and one month after I purchased the trimmer, i.e., one month after the end of the warranty period. Bottomline: I am not going to buy Black and Decker products anytime during the rest of my life. | 0 | negative | [
"Black and Decker GH100 Grass Hog String Trimmer is dangerous in use and brakes down too often.",
"I bought it in Home Depot on May 28, 2008.",
"First I discovered that the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) is dangerous and wasteful.",
"It does not feed the cutting line when you need it, but when you work close to an expensive shrub, all of a sudden it decides to feed extra 10 inches of line, which cuts through the bark on the $70 juniper an kills it completely.",
"I spent near $200 on replacing the plants in my yard that were killed by the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS).",
"Also the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) uses about ten times more cutting line than the normal push-on line feeder.",
"The worst part of this product is its reliability.",
"After about one year the toothed belt inside the unit raptured.",
"I purchased on the internet two replacement belts for $3.",
"55 a piece, which was much cheaper than shipping the whole thing to a Black and Decker service center.",
"I replaced the toothed belt myself and used the trimmer for a few months, but then the second belt got destroyed.",
"So I replaces it again.",
"When the unit stopped for the third time, I found that the plastic toothed pulley inside the unit was completely melted, and it is not possible to purchase this part on the internet.",
"This happened two years and one month after I purchased the trimmer, i.",
"e., one month after the end of the warranty period.",
"Bottomline: I am not going to buy Black and Decker products anytime during the rest of my life."
]
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Starcraft is one of the most annoying games ive ever played. Sure, terran marines give u a little laugh now and then but the controls are frustrating. You have to right click(why not the usual left-click?) to select units and you cant deselect them. Building times are extremely long- and so are the units. Gameplay on my PC is overall boring and slow( on a Pentium II 400, voodoo3, 96mb RAM). I have only got up to the third terran mission then finally gave up. And whats up by only controlling 12 units at a time? The Command Conquer series lets you control all units you have on screen. Starcraft's ingame graphics aren't that good, FMV qualty is terrible and Battle.net gives you a pain in the a** because of its slow server and few options. Westwood online gives the player more options and is also faster. All in all, i say the command and conquer series is better - go play tiberian sun or red alert or any other C&C game - SC isn't worth your time or money. | 0 | negative | [
"Starcraft is one of the most annoying games ive ever played.",
"Sure, terran marines give u a little laugh now and then but the controls are frustrating.",
"You have to right click(why not the usual left-click?",
") to select units and you cant deselect them.",
"Building times are extremely long- and so are the units.",
"Gameplay on my PC is overall boring and slow( on a Pentium II 400, voodoo3, 96mb RAM).",
"I have only got up to the third terran mission then finally gave up.",
"And whats up by only controlling 12 units at a time?",
"The Command Conquer series lets you control all units you have on screen.",
"Starcraft's ingame graphics aren't that good, FMV qualty is terrible and Battle.",
"net gives you a pain in the a** because of its slow server and few options.",
"Westwood online gives the player more options and is also faster.",
"All in all, i say the command and conquer series is better - go play tiberian sun or red alert or any other C&C game - SC isn't worth your time or money."
]
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The Nintendo DS, as innovative as it is, just can't do a few things correctly. It isn't a very good floatation device. It won't get you to the moon. It also can't handle a first-person shooter. This is very evident in Electronic Arts' port of Goldeneye: Rogue Agent. Rogue Agent is so heavily flawed in some aspects that it makes it difficult to enjoy the game at all.
The story of Rogue Agent DS is pretty much a pointless add-on to a generic and clunky first-person shooter. Basically, as a rogue MI6 agent, your goal is to assist Goldfinger in his pursuit against Dr. No and his evil henchmen. The gameplay itself is mauled by a horrible control scheme, which is utterly painful in execution and jumbles up any sort of entertainment that could be found.
The only real way to control the game is with the strap-and-thumb piece that came packaged with the Nintendo DS. This wouldn't be such a big problem if it just felt a little less awkward. I practically had to do finger warm-ups in order to stretch them out far enough to hit the shoulder buttons while I was using the thumb piece and directional pad. The small - and inconveniently placed - GoldenEye power-up icons don't help one bit either.
The gameplay isn't only hampered by the control scheme. The single player missions are limited in number and are void of any entertainment whatsoever. It seems that there are only four or five different enemy skins throughout the game, so I found myself blasting away at the same dull baddies that never really posed a threat. In fact, the only time I died was near the end of the game when some of the enemies carried single-shot-kill weapons. This was made more frustrating by the lack of checkpoints in each level, meaning that I would usually run through the same boring hallways and rooms only to die in the same spot.
Fortunately, Rogue Agent DS carries a slightly stronger point in its graphics. They don't look like they're from the Nintendo 64 era (like many other DS games). The corridors are a little bland in some spots, but overall the game looks nice and runs at a very constant speed. I found it a little odd that enemy characters don't react to bullets -they sit and suck them in like human shields. Rogue Agent DS has taught me that in the future, nameless grunts are really walls in disguise, that or Kevlar has gone a really long way.
I wish I could give the same praise to the music and sound effects, but the effects themselves are very bland, typical shooter stuff that has probably been recycled a few times. The music is so bad that it's almost a good thing. Anytime I ever have an annoying song stuck in my head, I'll sleep well knowing that Rogue Agent DS sounds much worse in every way.
In conclusion, a decent multiplayer mode doesn't save a broken game. Goldeneye: Rogue Agent on the Nintendo DS is the first shooter on the console, and if they're all going to feel and play like this, I'd like it to be the last. Unless you're a real sucker (like some sort of Ultra Dum-Dum sucker) for wireless multiplayer shooting, you're not missing anything in this game. | 0 | negative | [
"The Nintendo DS, as innovative as it is, just can't do a few things correctly.",
"It isn't a very good floatation device.",
"It won't get you to the moon.",
"It also can't handle a first-person shooter.",
"This is very evident in Electronic Arts' port of Goldeneye: Rogue Agent.",
"Rogue Agent is so heavily flawed in some aspects that it makes it difficult to enjoy the game at all.",
"The story of Rogue Agent DS is pretty much a pointless add-on to a generic and clunky first-person shooter.",
"Basically, as a rogue MI6 agent, your goal is to assist Goldfinger in his pursuit against Dr.",
"No and his evil henchmen.",
"The gameplay itself is mauled by a horrible control scheme, which is utterly painful in execution and jumbles up any sort of entertainment that could be found.",
"The only real way to control the game is with the strap-and-thumb piece that came packaged with the Nintendo DS.",
"This wouldn't be such a big problem if it just felt a little less awkward.",
"I practically had to do finger warm-ups in order to stretch them out far enough to hit the shoulder buttons while I was using the thumb piece and directional pad.",
"The small - and inconveniently placed - GoldenEye power-up icons don't help one bit either.",
"The gameplay isn't only hampered by the control scheme.",
"The single player missions are limited in number and are void of any entertainment whatsoever.",
"It seems that there are only four or five different enemy skins throughout the game, so I found myself blasting away at the same dull baddies that never really posed a threat.",
"In fact, the only time I died was near the end of the game when some of the enemies carried single-shot-kill weapons.",
"This was made more frustrating by the lack of checkpoints in each level, meaning that I would usually run through the same boring hallways and rooms only to die in the same spot.",
"Fortunately, Rogue Agent DS carries a slightly stronger point in its graphics.",
"They don't look like they're from the Nintendo 64 era (like many other DS games).",
"The corridors are a little bland in some spots, but overall the game looks nice and runs at a very constant speed.",
"I found it a little odd that enemy characters don't react to bullets -they sit and suck them in like human shields.",
"Rogue Agent DS has taught me that in the future, nameless grunts are really walls in disguise, that or Kevlar has gone a really long way.",
"I wish I could give the same praise to the music and sound effects, but the effects themselves are very bland, typical shooter stuff that has probably been recycled a few times.",
"The music is so bad that it's almost a good thing.",
"Anytime I ever have an annoying song stuck in my head, I'll sleep well knowing that Rogue Agent DS sounds much worse in every way.",
"In conclusion, a decent multiplayer mode doesn't save a broken game.",
"Goldeneye: Rogue Agent on the Nintendo DS is the first shooter on the console, and if they're all going to feel and play like this, I'd like it to be the last.",
"Unless you're a real sucker (like some sort of Ultra Dum-Dum sucker) for wireless multiplayer shooting, you're not missing anything in this game."
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This is an update from my initial review.
This Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch was advertised by BlueProton at Amazon as having been marked down from $249.99 to $68.99, so it certainly seemed like a great deal. It now seems like fraudulent advertising because I've since read that the MSRP is $79.99
Initially I had serious problems with the Nook, and requested a refund. The seller, BlueProton, refused to take returns or give a refund for it, and directed me to Barnes & Noble who referred me back to the seller, stating that the seller should refund it within 14 days; at that time I'd only had it a few days. My Amazon A to Z claim ended with Amazon siding with the seller, BlueProton because their policy stated that they would not accept returns on Nooks - something I did not see when I initially read their policy!
Because neither BlueProton nor Barnes & Noble would take responsibility for the defective product, and their attitude was "Take the money and run!", I'm giving the Nook a low review although later I found an update for the Nook which resolved the problems - with no help or information from either seller or Barnes & Noble!
I now enjoy using the Nook which is so much easier and more comfortable to hold than regular books while reading, and to carry back & forth to work each day or to travel with. I don't like the gray screen which requires you to face the Nook towards the light; and I don't like the glare on the screen from the sun or lights. I have to sit "just so" to read it - which somewhat defeats the idea of portability. Overall I do like it, but it needs improvement.
My favorite use of the Nook is to borrow my local library's digital books using the free Overdrive Media Console software which allows you to select & save your library (ies) and to directly access the digital library from it on your PC, and then sideload (drag & drop)the borrowed books to your Nook; no more time wasted or trips through rush hour traffic to browse, borrow or return books downtown, and no more parking hassles! Most of my library's digital books are in ePub format which is the native format of the Nook. However, as other reviewers have stated, you can still borrow or buy Kindle or other formats of digital books and convert them to ePub via the free Calibre software. Borrowed library books can be returned automatically when the loan periods expire, or can be returned manually earlier if you decide not to finish the book during the loan period.
Ordinarily I don't buy many fiction books because I rarely read any of them more than once. Additionally, due to the poor customer service from both Amazon (who owns Kindle) and Barnes & Noble (who owns Nook) I am determined to rarely buy any books from either of these companies, and will primarily download either their free books or the library's loan books. The companies want us to buy their ebooks, but won't take responsibility for their e-readers, so that infuriates me and alienates me for life.
The pros: the low price; comfort; convenience; savings from being able to borrow library books instead of buying something you'll only read once; no clutter of physical books; easy loaning to friends with a guarantee that they will be returned in 14 days (automatic returns); ability to read multiple formats via conversion in free Calibre software. The Nook can also read your PDF files/documents from your PC or elsewhere, plus it can use your JPEG files of photos to use as your custom screensavers; the Nook will convert them to B&W.
The cons: PlueProton's and Barnes & Nobles's total lack of responsibility for their defective Nooks - why I gave the Nook such a low rating; Amazon's siding with Blue Proton's irresponsible returns policy; dreary gray screen which makes it difficult to read except in bright lighting; touch screen not as sensitive and responsive as it should be - often have to touch the screen a few times before getting a response.
Over all I'm pleased with my Nook Simple Touch now that I managed to FIX IT BY MYSELF, but the companies' irresponsible policies have soured me towards them for life. | 0 | negative | [
"This is an update from my initial review.",
"This Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch was advertised by BlueProton at Amazon as having been marked down from $249.",
"99 to $68.",
"99, so it certainly seemed like a great deal.",
"It now seems like fraudulent advertising because I've since read that the MSRP is $79.",
"99\n\nInitially I had serious problems with the Nook, and requested a refund.",
"The seller, BlueProton, refused to take returns or give a refund for it, and directed me to Barnes & Noble who referred me back to the seller, stating that the seller should refund it within 14 days; at that time I'd only had it a few days.",
"My Amazon A to Z claim ended with Amazon siding with the seller, BlueProton because their policy stated that they would not accept returns on Nooks - something I did not see when I initially read their policy!",
"Because neither BlueProton nor Barnes & Noble would take responsibility for the defective product, and their attitude was \"Take the money and run!",
"\", I'm giving the Nook a low review although later I found an update for the Nook which resolved the problems - with no help or information from either seller or Barnes & Noble!",
"I now enjoy using the Nook which is so much easier and more comfortable to hold than regular books while reading, and to carry back & forth to work each day or to travel with.",
"I don't like the gray screen which requires you to face the Nook towards the light; and I don't like the glare on the screen from the sun or lights.",
"I have to sit \"just so\" to read it - which somewhat defeats the idea of portability.",
"Overall I do like it, but it needs improvement.",
"My favorite use of the Nook is to borrow my local library's digital books using the free Overdrive Media Console software which allows you to select & save your library (ies) and to directly access the digital library from it on your PC, and then sideload (drag & drop)the borrowed books to your Nook; no more time wasted or trips through rush hour traffic to browse, borrow or return books downtown, and no more parking hassles!",
"Most of my library's digital books are in ePub format which is the native format of the Nook.",
"However, as other reviewers have stated, you can still borrow or buy Kindle or other formats of digital books and convert them to ePub via the free Calibre software.",
"Borrowed library books can be returned automatically when the loan periods expire, or can be returned manually earlier if you decide not to finish the book during the loan period.",
"Ordinarily I don't buy many fiction books because I rarely read any of them more than once.",
"Additionally, due to the poor customer service from both Amazon (who owns Kindle) and Barnes & Noble (who owns Nook) I am determined to rarely buy any books from either of these companies, and will primarily download either their free books or the library's loan books.",
"The companies want us to buy their ebooks, but won't take responsibility for their e-readers, so that infuriates me and alienates me for life.",
"The pros: the low price; comfort; convenience; savings from being able to borrow library books instead of buying something you'll only read once; no clutter of physical books; easy loaning to friends with a guarantee that they will be returned in 14 days (automatic returns); ability to read multiple formats via conversion in free Calibre software.",
"The Nook can also read your PDF files/documents from your PC or elsewhere, plus it can use your JPEG files of photos to use as your custom screensavers; the Nook will convert them to B&W.",
"The cons: PlueProton's and Barnes & Nobles's total lack of responsibility for their defective Nooks - why I gave the Nook such a low rating; Amazon's siding with Blue Proton's irresponsible returns policy; dreary gray screen which makes it difficult to read except in bright lighting; touch screen not as sensitive and responsive as it should be - often have to touch the screen a few times before getting a response.",
"Over all I'm pleased with my Nook Simple Touch now that I managed to FIX IT BY MYSELF, but the companies' irresponsible policies have soured me towards them for life."
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I was homeschooled all through elementary and middle school, not because I had issues being at school but simply because my parents never thought to send me. It was a natural feeling for me, being at "home" most of the time (though obviously I was out a lot, either at friends houses or museums or classes, etc.), and I don't feel that I lost anything from being homeschooled. In all honesty, I think that I am all the better for it. I spent 4 months in middle school, the last four months of 8th grade, and by the end of that short period of time I had no idea how anyone could stand to be there any longer, let alone three full YEARS. But I enjoyed myself well enough, got what I could out of high school (I went for 2 1/2 years) and now I'm back to homeschooling.
I'm starting out with that because I was originally interested in this book because the jacket talks about how Alice was a homeschooler and is now going to go to high school. "Hey," I thought. "Here's a book about what I did."
Wrong. Not only does this book hardly focus on Alice returning to public, "real" education. It also makes homeschoolers look like total weirdoes, incapable of fitting in with normal society. I found it insulting that people would read this book and draw INCORRECT conclusions from it about how I'd grown up, and about others who'd been homeschooled.
On a more technical, less personal note, I found Juby's writing to be insipid, her characters annoying, and the plot downright boring. I couldn't care less about Alice, or her "problems." She came across not as a young teenager trying to find herself, but as a stupid little girl incapable of thinking for herself. I had absolutely no sympathy for her and really just found her annoying.
I don't often come across books that I simply can/will not deal with. This is one of those rarities, and I suggest that you pass it by for something more worthwhile. I even went so far as to return it to the store I'd bought it back, considering it to have been a complete waste of my money. | 0 | negative | [
"I was homeschooled all through elementary and middle school, not because I had issues being at school but simply because my parents never thought to send me.",
"It was a natural feeling for me, being at \"home\" most of the time (though obviously I was out a lot, either at friends houses or museums or classes, etc.",
"), and I don't feel that I lost anything from being homeschooled.",
"In all honesty, I think that I am all the better for it.",
"I spent 4 months in middle school, the last four months of 8th grade, and by the end of that short period of time I had no idea how anyone could stand to be there any longer, let alone three full YEARS.",
"But I enjoyed myself well enough, got what I could out of high school (I went for 2 1/2 years) and now I'm back to homeschooling.",
"I'm starting out with that because I was originally interested in this book because the jacket talks about how Alice was a homeschooler and is now going to go to high school.",
"\"Hey,\" I thought.",
"\"Here's a book about what I did.",
"\"\nWrong.",
"Not only does this book hardly focus on Alice returning to public, \"real\" education.",
"It also makes homeschoolers look like total weirdoes, incapable of fitting in with normal society.",
"I found it insulting that people would read this book and draw INCORRECT conclusions from it about how I'd grown up, and about others who'd been homeschooled.",
"On a more technical, less personal note, I found Juby's writing to be insipid, her characters annoying, and the plot downright boring.",
"I couldn't care less about Alice, or her \"problems.",
"\" She came across not as a young teenager trying to find herself, but as a stupid little girl incapable of thinking for herself.",
"I had absolutely no sympathy for her and really just found her annoying.",
"I don't often come across books that I simply can/will not deal with.",
"This is one of those rarities, and I suggest that you pass it by for something more worthwhile.",
"I even went so far as to return it to the store I'd bought it back, considering it to have been a complete waste of my money."
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It certainly functions. It has a permanent mesh filter that you just wash, which is nice. It puts coffee directly into a cup, which is probably what you are guying this for. I had one for a while and it did okay. Eventually it broke after twice-daily use for a year or more. I still use the mug today.
I did have some problems with it. First, it would turn itself on without me pressing the button, sometimes while pouring in the water before I even have the cup under and coffee put in. It wasn't a major problem, you had time to get things together, but it was rather annoying. Then later in the day when empty, it would turn on and hiss, steam, and crackle as it handles a few drops still at the bottom. I thought this was a problem, so I exchanged mine, but the new one did the same thing. Check how sturdy yours is (feet placement) which varies from unit to unit. I exhcnaged that one which too wably (and still hissed, crackled, steamed), but the wably issue was very minor. The new one still turned itself on and hissed/steamed/cracked.
The other problem I had with it is that some coffee grounds always found their way into the coffee. The basket would fill up intenrally and spill over(inside) and would bypass the filter. I really didn't fill it up that much either.
It brewed too fast and ended up weak in flavor (I even like weaker coffee, but this wasn't as good. The mesh sides let far too much water through before it really soaked up the grounds. You can compensate by using more grounds, but that costs more and it will overflow more internally and more grounds show up in the coffee.
Finally, my problem with this system is that without a burner and an open cup, I'd forget about the coffee I started for 45 minutes and it would be luke warm. I switched to a 4-cup coffee pot when mine finally broke. Note that the water where I used this was very hard and had lots of deposit, which probably contributed to its ultimate demise. | 0 | negative | [
"It certainly functions.",
"It has a permanent mesh filter that you just wash, which is nice.",
"It puts coffee directly into a cup, which is probably what you are guying this for.",
"I had one for a while and it did okay.",
"Eventually it broke after twice-daily use for a year or more.",
"I still use the mug today.",
"I did have some problems with it.",
"First, it would turn itself on without me pressing the button, sometimes while pouring in the water before I even have the cup under and coffee put in.",
"It wasn't a major problem, you had time to get things together, but it was rather annoying.",
"Then later in the day when empty, it would turn on and hiss, steam, and crackle as it handles a few drops still at the bottom.",
"I thought this was a problem, so I exchanged mine, but the new one did the same thing.",
"Check how sturdy yours is (feet placement) which varies from unit to unit.",
"I exhcnaged that one which too wably (and still hissed, crackled, steamed), but the wably issue was very minor.",
"The new one still turned itself on and hissed/steamed/cracked.",
"The other problem I had with it is that some coffee grounds always found their way into the coffee.",
"The basket would fill up intenrally and spill over(inside) and would bypass the filter.",
"I really didn't fill it up that much either.",
"It brewed too fast and ended up weak in flavor (I even like weaker coffee, but this wasn't as good.",
"The mesh sides let far too much water through before it really soaked up the grounds.",
"You can compensate by using more grounds, but that costs more and it will overflow more internally and more grounds show up in the coffee.",
"Finally, my problem with this system is that without a burner and an open cup, I'd forget about the coffee I started for 45 minutes and it would be luke warm.",
"I switched to a 4-cup coffee pot when mine finally broke.",
"Note that the water where I used this was very hard and had lots of deposit, which probably contributed to its ultimate demise."
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FIRST, remember that this is the CHEAPEST large router out here, THEN ask yourself "why?" You get what you pay for. I had this "working like a dream" for about a year when setting up for cabinet door work it "grunted" and died. Heck, I thought I had popped a breaker, or a "re-set," or a part that could be replaced. WRONG, if THIS router "grunts" it fries the speed control module. They charge about $80 for the module! But heck, since I ALREADY have "modified" this router to use in my table, I "try" to buy the module..... GOOD LUCK! After 2 months of dealing with a "hitachi distributor," I finally told them to stick the order and bought a Milwaukee. I "learned" a lesson, IF I find anything about half the price of all competitors, I probably should BUY TWO so that I can "fix" it when it breaks. I will NEVER buy from Hitachi again, their parts "support" is useless. | 0 | negative | [
"FIRST, remember that this is the CHEAPEST large router out here, THEN ask yourself \"why?",
"\" You get what you pay for.",
"I had this \"working like a dream\" for about a year when setting up for cabinet door work it \"grunted\" and died.",
"Heck, I thought I had popped a breaker, or a \"re-set,\" or a part that could be replaced.",
"WRONG, if THIS router \"grunts\" it fries the speed control module.",
"They charge about $80 for the module!",
"But heck, since I ALREADY have \"modified\" this router to use in my table, I \"try\" to buy the module....",
".",
"GOOD LUCK!",
"After 2 months of dealing with a \"hitachi distributor,\" I finally told them to stick the order and bought a Milwaukee.",
"I \"learned\" a lesson, IF I find anything about half the price of all competitors, I probably should BUY TWO so that I can \"fix\" it when it breaks.",
"I will NEVER buy from Hitachi again, their parts \"support\" is useless."
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There are three problems with this device and I use a workaround on the first and second problem. The first problem is of course the spring mechanism breaking resulting (supposedly) from over winding. I counted the revolutions necessary for a full wind and found that the number is 17. So, now I stop at 15 and have no longer any breakage. The second problem is that often the plate and food to activate the turntable are not sufficiently heavy to begin the rotation. I solved this by accident. I was talking on the phone and from lack of attention I put the turntable in the microwave upside down. The device began turning without *any* dish or weight of any kind. It turns out that the base part of the Micro-Go-Round is much heavier than the top part. So, when the device is inverted the bottom (now top) part is of sufficient weight to engage the top (now bottom) part. The only drawback of this workaround is that when your cooking is complete and you remove the food the turntable continues to rotate until it completely unwinds because in the inverted position it continues to revolve by itself regardless of the presence of a dish with food. As a practical matter that means that you have to do a complete rewind every time you use it; no more having the device "save" the unused revolutions for the next usage. Of course you can stop the unwinding by flipping the device right-side-up and it will stop unwinding until you flip it once more. At any rate the third problem cannot be solved from my experience. It's true that the Micro-Go-Round will evenly heat the edges of whatever you are cooking but it does nothing to cook the center of the food. Let's say you are reheating some stew leftovers spread out on a plate the center will remain cold while the edges get very hot. Or if you are trying to defrost some veggies, same thing. Of course you can pause the microwave several times and stir the food in an attempt to cook or thaw evenly. With a soup, for example, it is rather easy whip a spoon back and forth and then restart the cooking. But soup is generally a liquid. You cannot easily "stir" a hunk of meat or a block of frozen green beans. If anyone has discovered a way to heat the center of the products to equal the heat on the edges of solid food in microwave cooking I would like to know about it. | 0 | negative | [
"There are three problems with this device and I use a workaround on the first and second problem.",
"The first problem is of course the spring mechanism breaking resulting (supposedly) from over winding.",
"I counted the revolutions necessary for a full wind and found that the number is 17.",
"So, now I stop at 15 and have no longer any breakage.",
"The second problem is that often the plate and food to activate the turntable are not sufficiently heavy to begin the rotation.",
"I solved this by accident.",
"I was talking on the phone and from lack of attention I put the turntable in the microwave upside down.",
"The device began turning without *any* dish or weight of any kind.",
"It turns out that the base part of the Micro-Go-Round is much heavier than the top part.",
"So, when the device is inverted the bottom (now top) part is of sufficient weight to engage the top (now bottom) part.",
"The only drawback of this workaround is that when your cooking is complete and you remove the food the turntable continues to rotate until it completely unwinds because in the inverted position it continues to revolve by itself regardless of the presence of a dish with food.",
"As a practical matter that means that you have to do a complete rewind every time you use it; no more having the device \"save\" the unused revolutions for the next usage.",
"Of course you can stop the unwinding by flipping the device right-side-up and it will stop unwinding until you flip it once more.",
"At any rate the third problem cannot be solved from my experience.",
"It's true that the Micro-Go-Round will evenly heat the edges of whatever you are cooking but it does nothing to cook the center of the food.",
"Let's say you are reheating some stew leftovers spread out on a plate the center will remain cold while the edges get very hot.",
"Or if you are trying to defrost some veggies, same thing.",
"Of course you can pause the microwave several times and stir the food in an attempt to cook or thaw evenly.",
"With a soup, for example, it is rather easy whip a spoon back and forth and then restart the cooking.",
"But soup is generally a liquid.",
"You cannot easily \"stir\" a hunk of meat or a block of frozen green beans.",
"If anyone has discovered a way to heat the center of the products to equal the heat on the edges of solid food in microwave cooking I would like to know about it."
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I bought this book with high expectations, having been delighted with the idea of Teilhard's "noosphere". However, to my dismay, I've found his unique insights muddled in a jarble of mental gymnastics which oftentimes escapes honest logic. "The Phenomenon Of Man" is less a work of genius and revelation than it is a work of belief determining conclusion. I found myself searching the pages for some vestige of untainted logic, but could find none. Religion and science have one thing in common: neither allows fence-sitting. You either have faith in God, or you do not (religion); you either have faith in logic, or you do not (science) -- no inbetweens. I'm thoroughly unconvinced that Teilhard has disuaded either, as only seems appropriate since God is beyond any rationalization. And what's the use of trying to convince skeptics of anything beyond skepticism? This said, I agree with Teilhard that science neglects "the within of things", but is this any real wonder, given that science is a study of the workings of nature and nature alone? Perhaps in the end Teilhard will be proven right, that any description of reality science pieces together will never be complete without a spiritual perspective, but until science uncovers incontrivertible evidence of that conclusion, all our conceits pertaining to it are a waste of breath or ink -- and a wearying read. | 0 | negative | [
"I bought this book with high expectations, having been delighted with the idea of Teilhard's \"noosphere\".",
"However, to my dismay, I've found his unique insights muddled in a jarble of mental gymnastics which oftentimes escapes honest logic.",
"\"The Phenomenon Of Man\" is less a work of genius and revelation than it is a work of belief determining conclusion.",
"I found myself searching the pages for some vestige of untainted logic, but could find none.",
"Religion and science have one thing in common: neither allows fence-sitting.",
"You either have faith in God, or you do not (religion); you either have faith in logic, or you do not (science) -- no inbetweens.",
"I'm thoroughly unconvinced that Teilhard has disuaded either, as only seems appropriate since God is beyond any rationalization.",
"And what's the use of trying to convince skeptics of anything beyond skepticism?",
"This said, I agree with Teilhard that science neglects \"the within of things\", but is this any real wonder, given that science is a study of the workings of nature and nature alone?",
"Perhaps in the end Teilhard will be proven right, that any description of reality science pieces together will never be complete without a spiritual perspective, but until science uncovers incontrivertible evidence of that conclusion, all our conceits pertaining to it are a waste of breath or ink -- and a wearying read."
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At $1,500, this lens should be mint straight from the factory. My copy failed to auto-focus properly and appeared to have serious backfocus issues. Although the "Silent Wave Motor" made for very quick focusing times (if the copy had been focusing properly), it made a pronounced metal-on-metal or metal-on-plastic, high-pitched scraping sound at times. I understand this is endemic in many copies. Lastly, I did not think I would miss the added focal length of a 17-55mm or 18-55mm, but that extra 36mm-55mm range really does make a difference, and makes this lens less usable for DSLRs. More importantly, when focused (by chance), the optics did not produce sharpness substantially superior to my other, less expensive, DX lenses.
On the other hand, this lens is not as heavy or large as other reviewers have noted. I would have no problem carrying the 17-35mm all day, every day. Perhaps my review would have been different if I received a different copy. But for $1,500, this should never happen. We as consumers should not be forced to return substandard equipment in order to ultimately get a copy that works. | 0 | negative | [
"At $1,500, this lens should be mint straight from the factory.",
"My copy failed to auto-focus properly and appeared to have serious backfocus issues.",
"Although the \"Silent Wave Motor\" made for very quick focusing times (if the copy had been focusing properly), it made a pronounced metal-on-metal or metal-on-plastic, high-pitched scraping sound at times.",
"I understand this is endemic in many copies.",
"Lastly, I did not think I would miss the added focal length of a 17-55mm or 18-55mm, but that extra 36mm-55mm range really does make a difference, and makes this lens less usable for DSLRs.",
"More importantly, when focused (by chance), the optics did not produce sharpness substantially superior to my other, less expensive, DX lenses.",
"On the other hand, this lens is not as heavy or large as other reviewers have noted.",
"I would have no problem carrying the 17-35mm all day, every day.",
"Perhaps my review would have been different if I received a different copy.",
"But for $1,500, this should never happen.",
"We as consumers should not be forced to return substandard equipment in order to ultimately get a copy that works."
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As I read this book, I had the feeling that Clancy has fallen prey to his own legend. The book seemed to be two separate stories pressed into one volume--as though Clancy had the material for two distinct 500-page books, and then said to himself, "But I'm Tom Clancy! I can't write a book this short!" and shoehorned them into a single plotline. The effect is disjointed, and results in a book that doesn't quite hang together.
More troubling is the character of Jack Ryan. In this book, he expresses so much idealism and naivite as to sound unintelligent. It is absurd that a CIA analyst would be shocked at political machinations within the government. Indeed, I had the impression that Jack was a little surprised that his country _had_ a government. I can't imagine that Clancy meant to make his hero sound so ignorant, but that's the effect.
Between the rambling and the bumbling, I'm put off of future Jack Ryan novels. It's too bad, because most of them were great. But for my money, stick a fork in Clancy; he's done. | 0 | negative | [
"As I read this book, I had the feeling that Clancy has fallen prey to his own legend.",
"The book seemed to be two separate stories pressed into one volume--as though Clancy had the material for two distinct 500-page books, and then said to himself, \"But I'm Tom Clancy!",
"I can't write a book this short!",
"\" and shoehorned them into a single plotline.",
"The effect is disjointed, and results in a book that doesn't quite hang together.",
"More troubling is the character of Jack Ryan.",
"In this book, he expresses so much idealism and naivite as to sound unintelligent.",
"It is absurd that a CIA analyst would be shocked at political machinations within the government.",
"Indeed, I had the impression that Jack was a little surprised that his country _had_ a government.",
"I can't imagine that Clancy meant to make his hero sound so ignorant, but that's the effect.",
"Between the rambling and the bumbling, I'm put off of future Jack Ryan novels.",
"It's too bad, because most of them were great.",
"But for my money, stick a fork in Clancy; he's done."
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I don't think it gives anything magical.....I question the accuracy of this device.....Mine is in the bottom of some junk door? It may work for some people? For me personally......nice idea but not that useful? I look at it now and shake my head, saying oh well? | 0 | negative | [
"I don't think it gives anything magical....",
".",
"I question the accuracy of this device....",
".",
"Mine is in the bottom of some junk door?",
"It may work for some people?",
"For me personally....",
"..",
"nice idea but not that useful?",
"I look at it now and shake my head, saying oh well?"
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The good: I've had an FS116 10/100 switch that I bought 3 years ago, and it worked well.
The bad: The switch went bad, and I have been trying to contact Netgear because it is supposed to have a lifetime warranty. Call Netgear on the phone and you wait 20 minutes. It then sounds like they transfer your call, but what happens is you get disconnected. Tried this twice from two different phones, and the same problem. So I try to email them about the issue. You cannot email them without creating an account. So I create an account, get an email from them with the account password, but the password does not work, I cannot login. I try the Chat button on the Web Site and it does not work. So effectively, there is no way to contact these people if you have any issues. If a company cannot provide so simple a function as allowing your customers to contact you, then they are not worth doing business with. I will no longer be buying anything from Netgear. | 0 | negative | [
"The good: I've had an FS116 10/100 switch that I bought 3 years ago, and it worked well.",
"The bad: The switch went bad, and I have been trying to contact Netgear because it is supposed to have a lifetime warranty.",
"Call Netgear on the phone and you wait 20 minutes.",
"It then sounds like they transfer your call, but what happens is you get disconnected.",
"Tried this twice from two different phones, and the same problem.",
"So I try to email them about the issue.",
"You cannot email them without creating an account.",
"So I create an account, get an email from them with the account password, but the password does not work, I cannot login.",
"I try the Chat button on the Web Site and it does not work.",
"So effectively, there is no way to contact these people if you have any issues.",
"If a company cannot provide so simple a function as allowing your customers to contact you, then they are not worth doing business with.",
"I will no longer be buying anything from Netgear."
]
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I was really looking forward to reading this book, even prior to the Oprah hoopla. I had read so many wonderful reviews. However, I found it drudgery from page 1. The "sly humor" mentioned in the literary reviews I found to be obvious and not really that funny. Perhaps I'm missing out on the so-called "brilliance" of his writing, but while I found the depth of the characters interesting, I couldn't help but feel that Franzen had simply taken his character outline and fattened it up for the novel. I found the character of Denise the most interesting, but it was definitely a portrait from a male perspective; and the "redemption" of Chip at the end seemed too contrived and easy. I do give Franzen credit for making me "feel" for these characters, though. They are a sad, depressing lot. I muddled through to the end, but never have I been so glad to finish a book! Don't believe the hype. | 0 | negative | [
"I was really looking forward to reading this book, even prior to the Oprah hoopla.",
"I had read so many wonderful reviews.",
"However, I found it drudgery from page 1.",
"The \"sly humor\" mentioned in the literary reviews I found to be obvious and not really that funny.",
"Perhaps I'm missing out on the so-called \"brilliance\" of his writing, but while I found the depth of the characters interesting, I couldn't help but feel that Franzen had simply taken his character outline and fattened it up for the novel.",
"I found the character of Denise the most interesting, but it was definitely a portrait from a male perspective; and the \"redemption\" of Chip at the end seemed too contrived and easy.",
"I do give Franzen credit for making me \"feel\" for these characters, though.",
"They are a sad, depressing lot.",
"I muddled through to the end, but never have I been so glad to finish a book!",
"Don't believe the hype."
]
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Most of the reviewers summed this game up quite well. The guy who said he'd rather play ET on his Atari 2600 couldn't be more right. I'm warning customers to not buy this game. I feel sorry for the people who don't read reviews before buying games. It's games by THQ that buy these big names from shows, movies etc and attempt to make the money by the name only, not the quality of the product. I wont' get into details, I reluctantly rented the game already knowing it would be bad, but being a fan, I had to give it a shot. The only good thing about is the theme music rocks. Then the game starts. Terrible storyline, lack of any plot or motive to play, terrible gameplay, boring dialogue, mediocre graphics and overall mediocrity! Heed the "most" of the reviewers on here, this is a bad game, and the show deserves so much better. The guy who gave this game 5 stars wouldn't make it in Tony Soprano's crew for long, because Tony wouldn't have any part of it! There are so many better games out there. If you need a game like this, The Godfather is worth a look, although that game could use some work too. | 0 | negative | [
"Most of the reviewers summed this game up quite well.",
"The guy who said he'd rather play ET on his Atari 2600 couldn't be more right.",
"I'm warning customers to not buy this game.",
"I feel sorry for the people who don't read reviews before buying games.",
"It's games by THQ that buy these big names from shows, movies etc and attempt to make the money by the name only, not the quality of the product.",
"I wont' get into details, I reluctantly rented the game already knowing it would be bad, but being a fan, I had to give it a shot.",
"The only good thing about is the theme music rocks.",
"Then the game starts.",
"Terrible storyline, lack of any plot or motive to play, terrible gameplay, boring dialogue, mediocre graphics and overall mediocrity!",
"Heed the \"most\" of the reviewers on here, this is a bad game, and the show deserves so much better.",
"The guy who gave this game 5 stars wouldn't make it in Tony Soprano's crew for long, because Tony wouldn't have any part of it!",
"There are so many better games out there.",
"If you need a game like this, The Godfather is worth a look, although that game could use some work too."
]
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Goldeneye Rogue Agent one heck of a bump in the road...
Goldeneye Rogue Angent starts off in Fort Knox in a training virtual reality and from there you wish you didn't waste your money...
Goldeneye Rogue Agent is an extreamly fustrating game, hundreds of people looking to make you kick-the-bucket (to die) You as some rogue agent is sent to complete some objectives that have nothing to do with the story line. But that of course is because there barly is a story line within this game. youpretty much just shoot, shoot, and shoot some more. And most of the time I'd be okay with that but this game throws there 007 feel right out the window. it put's you in a futureistic age and put you in verry unbelievable levels.
You get an arrange of weapons, some are awesome, but have to actually warm up before you fire em' or you get a pistol that dosn't do heck of alot.
This game rank's verry low in my 007 list's of likes. It was a waste of money and most of all a waste of inginuity from the makers of 007 video games. It makes a farce out of a good 007 game...
JRF01... | 0 | negative | [
"Goldeneye Rogue Agent one heck of a bump in the road...",
"Goldeneye Rogue Angent starts off in Fort Knox in a training virtual reality and from there you wish you didn't waste your money...",
"Goldeneye Rogue Agent is an extreamly fustrating game, hundreds of people looking to make you kick-the-bucket (to die) You as some rogue agent is sent to complete some objectives that have nothing to do with the story line.",
"But that of course is because there barly is a story line within this game.",
"youpretty much just shoot, shoot, and shoot some more.",
"And most of the time I'd be okay with that but this game throws there 007 feel right out the window.",
"it put's you in a futureistic age and put you in verry unbelievable levels.",
"You get an arrange of weapons, some are awesome, but have to actually warm up before you fire em' or you get a pistol that dosn't do heck of alot.",
"This game rank's verry low in my 007 list's of likes.",
"It was a waste of money and most of all a waste of inginuity from the makers of 007 video games.",
"It makes a farce out of a good 007 game...",
"JRF01..."
]
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Wow, what a waste.
6 quart is just too small. Then after the 2nd use, the rubber seal that keeps keep it tight and pressurized stopped working and got loose...it expanded and didn't fit anymore.
it was brought overseas as a gift and it just made us look bad. it wasn't heavy duty. it just wasn't worth it at all. sorry.
If you found this review helpful..please click yes at the bottom of this review..Thank You. | 0 | negative | [
"Wow, what a waste.",
"6 quart is just too small.",
"Then after the 2nd use, the rubber seal that keeps keep it tight and pressurized stopped working and got loose...",
"it expanded and didn't fit anymore.",
"it was brought overseas as a gift and it just made us look bad.",
"it wasn't heavy duty.",
"it just wasn't worth it at all.",
"sorry.",
"If you found this review helpful..",
"please click yes at the bottom of this review..",
"Thank You."
]
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Well, I got this memory card to go with my PS2 slim about 3 years ago. It gets 2 stars for having lasted so long. When I bought this I didn't know about all these negative reviews here, so when I tried to load my game save today and it said "corrupted data", it came as a bit of a shock. "Corrupted data? But I was just playing this yesterday and it worked fine", I thought to myself. Then, a second game save became corrupted. So then I went to Amazon to see if others had experienced this problem, and, lo and behold, they had. Personally, I consider myself lucky that mine lasted so long at all. Still, the knowledge that any game save that you are working on could suddenly corrupt at any time for no apparent reason is unsettling. I can't really recommend this item since there's no guarantee at all that your copy of the memory card would even last as long as mine did. In this case, it seems best to shell out the extra money to get the Sony memory card instead. | 0 | negative | [
"Well, I got this memory card to go with my PS2 slim about 3 years ago.",
"It gets 2 stars for having lasted so long.",
"When I bought this I didn't know about all these negative reviews here, so when I tried to load my game save today and it said \"corrupted data\", it came as a bit of a shock.",
"\"Corrupted data?",
"But I was just playing this yesterday and it worked fine\", I thought to myself.",
"Then, a second game save became corrupted.",
"So then I went to Amazon to see if others had experienced this problem, and, lo and behold, they had.",
"Personally, I consider myself lucky that mine lasted so long at all.",
"Still, the knowledge that any game save that you are working on could suddenly corrupt at any time for no apparent reason is unsettling.",
"I can't really recommend this item since there's no guarantee at all that your copy of the memory card would even last as long as mine did.",
"In this case, it seems best to shell out the extra money to get the Sony memory card instead."
]
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I bought this MiFi thinking that I would swap it for my Aircard that I've been using on Verizon for several years. I was attracted by the ability to have up to 5 devices share one connection.
Overall the device will allow up to 5 devices to share the connection. And the speeds have been decent - averaging about 1.5 mb.
The problem i that this device constantly disconnects from the Internet and you are forced to wait for it to re-connect. It's not something everyone would notice (you can watch it by going to the control panel at the IP address 192.168.1.1).
There are also some really odd problems such as not being able to update the firmware from a Mac, not being able to initially turn on the device and have it work on AC power (I've always had to start it up unplugged and after it's connected attach it to the power cord).
I think this is just a really cheap product that I would avoid. It's probably near end-of-life and there are much better (and faster) alternatives coming (see Sprint 4G Novatell).
Before you buy - do a quick web search for issues around this model. I found many that I wish I'd known about BEFORE I made the purchase. | 0 | negative | [
"I bought this MiFi thinking that I would swap it for my Aircard that I've been using on Verizon for several years.",
"I was attracted by the ability to have up to 5 devices share one connection.",
"Overall the device will allow up to 5 devices to share the connection.",
"And the speeds have been decent - averaging about 1.",
"5 mb.",
"The problem i that this device constantly disconnects from the Internet and you are forced to wait for it to re-connect.",
"It's not something everyone would notice (you can watch it by going to the control panel at the IP address 192.",
"168.",
"1.1).",
"There are also some really odd problems such as not being able to update the firmware from a Mac, not being able to initially turn on the device and have it work on AC power (I've always had to start it up unplugged and after it's connected attach it to the power cord).",
"I think this is just a really cheap product that I would avoid.",
"It's probably near end-of-life and there are much better (and faster) alternatives coming (see Sprint 4G Novatell).",
"Before you buy - do a quick web search for issues around this model.",
"I found many that I wish I'd known about BEFORE I made the purchase."
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The microphone works decently but nothing really special I can say about it where I would notice the quality is better that other less expensive ones. My over rating is based more upon the shock mount which is of poor design and requires a pair of pliers and maybe a 14 inch monkey wrench to exaggerate the difficulty to tighten the swivel down. Typical of poor Chinese manufacturing which requires bribe paying to pass material through their own inspection. The pop filter is also totally worthless and should be eliminated from the package. When Blue supplies inferior product to their microphone it cheapen the Microphone itself. As I said the Mic works decently but equal to those costing a hundred less. It's the attachments that lower the value of the overall package. Even the cheap wooden Chinese box which probably has hazardous chemicals in the stain. Having worked for the federal Government and traveling as a tourist I noticed that toys that had been recalled from the US because of hazardous material are still being manufactured the same old way but now go through the bribe taking inspection officials and are being sold in the country. Just because someone claims something is made in the US that is not necessarily true but you can make the claim if it assembled in the US. | 0 | negative | [
"The microphone works decently but nothing really special I can say about it where I would notice the quality is better that other less expensive ones.",
"My over rating is based more upon the shock mount which is of poor design and requires a pair of pliers and maybe a 14 inch monkey wrench to exaggerate the difficulty to tighten the swivel down.",
"Typical of poor Chinese manufacturing which requires bribe paying to pass material through their own inspection.",
"The pop filter is also totally worthless and should be eliminated from the package.",
"When Blue supplies inferior product to their microphone it cheapen the Microphone itself.",
"As I said the Mic works decently but equal to those costing a hundred less.",
"It's the attachments that lower the value of the overall package.",
"Even the cheap wooden Chinese box which probably has hazardous chemicals in the stain.",
"Having worked for the federal Government and traveling as a tourist I noticed that toys that had been recalled from the US because of hazardous material are still being manufactured the same old way but now go through the bribe taking inspection officials and are being sold in the country.",
"Just because someone claims something is made in the US that is not necessarily true but you can make the claim if it assembled in the US."
]
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All reviews before 9/16/2004 are worthless!
1ST of all, I don't know who these people are that post reviews before the game is even released but they should be completely ignored!!! Ego maniacs and know nothings wanting to prove they could do a review first I guess.
Basically, this is the same game you have come to love - COD but with new missions. Nothing is really mind blowing or must have about this expansion pack.
I bought this game on the 9/17/2004 at COMPUSA, installed it at 11PM on the 18th and within 4 hours on the 19th, I have finished the expansion pack.
I really feel ripped off. $30 down the tubes almost.
The missions are almost the same as before, infantry, blowing things up, driving a tank but some of the new battles are VERY fierce and challenging. You also get to play as a bomber gunner. There are some new weapons but nothing amazing. The flame thrower is cool but you really never get enough ammo or get the chance to use it under the right circumstances - like flushing out a bunker!!
The AI is the same. The graphics are the same. The mood/atmosphere is the same.
The missions are still VERY scripted. Your men will not move forward until you do, they get in the way and will not move and block your shots still! The tanks won't go forward until you take heavy machine guns out...even though the tanks should provide infantry with firepower!!!
Is this worth playing? YES. Is it worth $30.....barely.
I would have paid $50 if they had made it longer and more in depth. Why not? The engine is already developed, the bulk of the work is done, now all you have to do is build the levels. I mean...I was done in 4 hours, on the Veteran difficulty setting!!! If I had to choose between spending my money on DOOM 3 or this, I would choose COD:UO. DOOM 3 is scary and edgy...and that is all. After the first level or so, scary gets old and you start looking for a good gameplay. COD:UO might be short but atleast it was thrilling. | 0 | negative | [
"All reviews before 9/16/2004 are worthless!",
"1ST of all, I don't know who these people are that post reviews before the game is even released but they should be completely ignored!!!",
"Ego maniacs and know nothings wanting to prove they could do a review first I guess.",
"Basically, this is the same game you have come to love - COD but with new missions.",
"Nothing is really mind blowing or must have about this expansion pack.",
"I bought this game on the 9/17/2004 at COMPUSA, installed it at 11PM on the 18th and within 4 hours on the 19th, I have finished the expansion pack.",
"I really feel ripped off.",
"$30 down the tubes almost.",
"The missions are almost the same as before, infantry, blowing things up, driving a tank but some of the new battles are VERY fierce and challenging.",
"You also get to play as a bomber gunner.",
"There are some new weapons but nothing amazing.",
"The flame thrower is cool but you really never get enough ammo or get the chance to use it under the right circumstances - like flushing out a bunker!!",
"The AI is the same.",
"The graphics are the same.",
"The mood/atmosphere is the same.",
"The missions are still VERY scripted.",
"Your men will not move forward until you do, they get in the way and will not move and block your shots still!",
"The tanks won't go forward until you take heavy machine guns out...",
"even though the tanks should provide infantry with firepower!!!",
"Is this worth playing?",
"YES.",
"Is it worth $30....",
".",
"barely.",
"I would have paid $50 if they had made it longer and more in depth.",
"Why not?",
"The engine is already developed, the bulk of the work is done, now all you have to do is build the levels.",
"I mean...",
"I was done in 4 hours, on the Veteran difficulty setting!!!",
"If I had to choose between spending my money on DOOM 3 or this, I would choose COD:UO.",
"DOOM 3 is scary and edgy...",
"and that is all.",
"After the first level or so, scary gets old and you start looking for a good gameplay.",
"COD:UO might be short but atleast it was thrilling."
]
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"Metal Gear Solid 2 is more sneaky than Splinter Cell! Splinter Cell is just about the graphics! In Metal Gear Solid 2, you get to sit through three hours of cutscenes and try to comprehend the screwed up storyline they throw in your face! When you get to play, you'll see how short the game really is, how idiotic the bosses are, and how better it is than Splinter Cell!" This is what I usually hear from people who don't like Splinter Cell. This could have been a good game if they didn't try to make a movie out of it, but sadly, that's exactly what they did. The storyline is terrible. The conversations you have to listen to are sappy and boring. There didn't really need to be a character change in the game. You switch from Solid Snake to Raven(Why?). I would be better off playing as Solid Snake, but you have to switch for some reason. You fight most of the bosses in the 2nd portion while playing as Raven, and the bosses are pathetic. There's a Storm-like boss with a big lightning gun, a vampire with swords who happens to be in love with the boss with the lightning gun, a fat bomb carrying boss, and a boss who reminds me of Dr. Octopus. There is a corny plot for each of them, and I don't want to sit through them again because they're so stupid. The game's plot gets more bizzare as it goes on. I'm not going to expain what they are because it's too much. The last thing I'm going to say is: Splinter Cell is 10 times better. The graphics are good, the storyline is more realistic, and it actually feels like a stealth game. I get mad when people yell at me for not liking Metal Gear Solid 2. I read that even the guy who owns Konami thinks Metal Gear Solid 2 is stupid and that the original is better, which is probably true. Go cry now, MSG2 fans. | 0 | negative | [
"\"Metal Gear Solid 2 is more sneaky than Splinter Cell!",
"Splinter Cell is just about the graphics!",
"In Metal Gear Solid 2, you get to sit through three hours of cutscenes and try to comprehend the screwed up storyline they throw in your face!",
"When you get to play, you'll see how short the game really is, how idiotic the bosses are, and how better it is than Splinter Cell!",
"\" This is what I usually hear from people who don't like Splinter Cell.",
"This could have been a good game if they didn't try to make a movie out of it, but sadly, that's exactly what they did.",
"The storyline is terrible.",
"The conversations you have to listen to are sappy and boring.",
"There didn't really need to be a character change in the game.",
"You switch from Solid Snake to Raven(Why?",
").",
"I would be better off playing as Solid Snake, but you have to switch for some reason.",
"You fight most of the bosses in the 2nd portion while playing as Raven, and the bosses are pathetic.",
"There's a Storm-like boss with a big lightning gun, a vampire with swords who happens to be in love with the boss with the lightning gun, a fat bomb carrying boss, and a boss who reminds me of Dr.",
"Octopus.",
"There is a corny plot for each of them, and I don't want to sit through them again because they're so stupid.",
"The game's plot gets more bizzare as it goes on.",
"I'm not going to expain what they are because it's too much.",
"The last thing I'm going to say is: Splinter Cell is 10 times better.",
"The graphics are good, the storyline is more realistic, and it actually feels like a stealth game.",
"I get mad when people yell at me for not liking Metal Gear Solid 2.",
"I read that even the guy who owns Konami thinks Metal Gear Solid 2 is stupid and that the original is better, which is probably true.",
"Go cry now, MSG2 fans."
]
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This is a review of this product: <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Super-Bust-A-Move-PlayStation-2-video-game/dp/B000055Y1L/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Super Bust-A-Move (PlayStation 2 video game)</a>. Amazon may display this review on the page of another version of this product, for which this review may not apply. After reading this review, please click on the link so that you can be assured that the product this review applies to is the same one you thought it was for.
(This is a review that I originally wrote on 07/04/2003)
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I can't believe all the good reviews this game is getting. I just have to chime in with my opinion on this game. Simply put, they broke Bust-A-Move. They removed almost all of the game play modes; they removed the edit mode; they made the controls unresponsive (they take a second to respond); they added annoying and distracting backgrounds; the bubbles have been graphically-enhanced so they they, too, are now annoying to look at; they took away all the cool characters and added a bunch of Pokemon rejects; and they added a TON of long loading screens.
Most of that is pretty much self-explanatory, so I don't need to elaborate on it. However, I will give you a list of what few game play modes there are in the game:
- 1 Player: Training / Normal / Classic
- CPU Battle: Normal / Expert
- 2 Player Battle: Normal / Expert / Chain Reaction
Yup, that's it.
I rented this game to see if I had made a mistake buying Bust-A-Move 4 (for the Playstation 1). Well, I can tell you this, my purchase of Bust-A-Move 4 was definitely well worth it. I have <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Super-Bust-A-Move-2/dp/B00006LU8X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Super Bust-A-Move 2</a> on my rental list. Although I suspect that it won't be much better than this one, I'll still be optimistic and give it a try.
If you want a good Bust-A-Move game to play on your Playstation 2, get yourself <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bust-A-Move-99/dp/B00000I1BC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bust-A-Move '99</a> or <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bust-A-Move-4/dp/B000034DD1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bust-A-Move 4</a> (both for the Playstation 1). Both are essentially the same, though 4 adds pulleys to the puzzles. Sure the graphics look like they came off of a SNES, but is that really such a bad thing?!? The load times are short (to non-existent at times), the characters look cool (in that odd-Japanese way), and most of all, the controls are extremely responsive and there are a ton of game play modes. | 0 | negative | [
"This is a review of this product: <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Super-Bust-A-Move-PlayStation-2-video-game/dp/B000055Y1L/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Super Bust-A-Move (PlayStation 2 video game)</a>.",
"Amazon may display this review on the page of another version of this product, for which this review may not apply.",
"After reading this review, please click on the link so that you can be assured that the product this review applies to is the same one you thought it was for.",
"(This is a review that I originally wrote on 07/04/2003)\n--------------------------------------------------\n\nI can't believe all the good reviews this game is getting.",
"I just have to chime in with my opinion on this game.",
"Simply put, they broke Bust-A-Move.",
"They removed almost all of the game play modes; they removed the edit mode; they made the controls unresponsive (they take a second to respond); they added annoying and distracting backgrounds; the bubbles have been graphically-enhanced so they they, too, are now annoying to look at; they took away all the cool characters and added a bunch of Pokemon rejects; and they added a TON of long loading screens.",
"Most of that is pretty much self-explanatory, so I don't need to elaborate on it.",
"However, I will give you a list of what few game play modes there are in the game:\n\n- 1 Player: Training / Normal / Classic\n- CPU Battle: Normal / Expert\n- 2 Player Battle: Normal / Expert / Chain Reaction\n\nYup, that's it.",
"I rented this game to see if I had made a mistake buying Bust-A-Move 4 (for the Playstation 1).",
"Well, I can tell you this, my purchase of Bust-A-Move 4 was definitely well worth it.",
"I have <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Super-Bust-A-Move-2/dp/B00006LU8X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Super Bust-A-Move 2</a> on my rental list.",
"Although I suspect that it won't be much better than this one, I'll still be optimistic and give it a try.",
"If you want a good Bust-A-Move game to play on your Playstation 2, get yourself <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Bust-A-Move-99/dp/B00000I1BC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Bust-A-Move '99</a> or <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Bust-A-Move-4/dp/B000034DD1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Bust-A-Move 4</a> (both for the Playstation 1).",
"Both are essentially the same, though 4 adds pulleys to the puzzles.",
"Sure the graphics look like they came off of a SNES, but is that really such a bad thing?!",
"?",
"The load times are short (to non-existent at times), the characters look cool (in that odd-Japanese way), and most of all, the controls are extremely responsive and there are a ton of game play modes."
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LIGHTER TEST HOAX BRINGS PRISON TIME
TAMPA Karen Forcade sobbed about how children are her life but she's going to prison for a million-dollar fraud that prosecutors say put kids nationwide in potential danger.
"I need to say from the deepest part of my heart how sorry I am for what I've done " Forcade said Tuesday in federal court in Tampa.
What Forcade did was falsify parts of 97 safety tests for cigarette lighters made or imported for sale in the United States from 1994 to 2005.
Also officials said it was difficult to determine exactly who lost what for purposes of making restitution. Before Forcade's sentencing federal officials sent letters to 78 companies asking about their potential losses. Two responded with what appeared to be inflated claims.
Forcade pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in January. Federal sentencing guidelines called for 37 to 46 months in prison.
Her attorney Jack Fernandez Jr. asked Whittemore not to sentence Forcade to prison. Instead he asked that she be sentenced to house arrest so she could care for her husband.
Forcade is a "broken shell of a person" who believes her crimes led her husband to suffer a debilitating heart attack and two strokes he said. Partly because of her strict Catholic upbringing she believed she could redeem herself only by caring for the husband crippled by her crimes according to Fernandez and a psychiatrist who examined her. | 0 | negative | [
"LIGHTER TEST HOAX BRINGS PRISON TIME\nTAMPA Karen Forcade sobbed about how children are her life but she's going to prison for a million-dollar fraud that prosecutors say put kids nationwide in potential danger.",
"\"I need to say from the deepest part of my heart how sorry I am for what I've done \" Forcade said Tuesday in federal court in Tampa.",
"What Forcade did was falsify parts of 97 safety tests for cigarette lighters made or imported for sale in the United States from 1994 to 2005.",
"Also officials said it was difficult to determine exactly who lost what for purposes of making restitution.",
"Before Forcade's sentencing federal officials sent letters to 78 companies asking about their potential losses.",
"Two responded with what appeared to be inflated claims.",
"Forcade pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in January.",
"Federal sentencing guidelines called for 37 to 46 months in prison.",
"Her attorney Jack Fernandez Jr.",
"asked Whittemore not to sentence Forcade to prison.",
"Instead he asked that she be sentenced to house arrest so she could care for her husband.",
"Forcade is a \"broken shell of a person\" who believes her crimes led her husband to suffer a debilitating heart attack and two strokes he said.",
"Partly because of her strict Catholic upbringing she believed she could redeem herself only by caring for the husband crippled by her crimes according to Fernandez and a psychiatrist who examined her."
]
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So it's late 1975. Elton's previous 6 albums have soared to number one: the last one, "Captain Fantastic" actually entering the charts at number one, a feat then previously unheard of. Elton is playing on the Muppet Show, getting his star on Hollywood Blvd., and filling out Dodger Stadium in L.A. for two nights straight. "Philadelphia Freedom" goes to #1 and his portrayal of the Pinball Wizard in the Who's "Tommy" dominates the movie. Elton is the biggest rock star on the planet and can seemingly do no wrong. Predictably, when "Rock of the Westies" is released, it, like its predecessor, enters the chart at number one...
But Elton's life is in turmoil. He is depressed and drinking. He dives into a swimming pool after taking an OD of sleeping pills in a failed suicide attempt...with his mother present! The sycophants around him convince him of his infallibility. This album, from its unintelligible jokes in the liner notes, to its goofy feel overall, are the testament of an burnt-out artist in pain.
Unlike previous albums, where Elton and Bernie would allow themselves one "silly" song...almost all the songs on this album are clownish. With Dee Murray and Nigel Olson gone, Elton's new band injects his music with a harder rock sound, but the inherent silliness in the lyrics spills over badly. The "Medley" in the beginning complains of an ugly big woman down in New Orleans. Similarly, the protagonist of the #1 hit "Island Girl" is black, island woman standing 6'3" who could drive her nails into you like a rake..."Dan Dare", finds Elton returning to the theme of space travel, only this time, rather than the thoughtful "Rocketman", we get frenetic piano playing and Elton's barking noises.
The drivel just does not stop. An otherwise superb production effort by Gus Dudgeon is ruined by Elton/Bernie's buffoonery as they relate songs about a bar fight in a Mexican cantina, a fight between an overworked married couple and the simply incoherent "Billy Bones" which takes us from the decks of a stormweathered ship to the flash and pazazz of some rock star's entrance on stage...
"Street Kids" is the only discernible song with any punch here. "I Feel Like a Bullet" is the hit Elton tried to push on fans following "Island Girl" though it never took off, and its obvious why. While Davey Johnstone's guitar work is beautiful, and Elton's falsetto impressive, the song is just too sappy.
The remastered version has a beautiful song called "Sugar on the Floor". Elton is alone at his piano: all of the silliness gone. His singing is sorrowful and pleading. It is the most honest track on the album. | 0 | negative | [
"So it's late 1975.",
"Elton's previous 6 albums have soared to number one: the last one, \"Captain Fantastic\" actually entering the charts at number one, a feat then previously unheard of.",
"Elton is playing on the Muppet Show, getting his star on Hollywood Blvd.",
", and filling out Dodger Stadium in L.",
"A. for two nights straight.",
"\"Philadelphia Freedom\" goes to #1 and his portrayal of the Pinball Wizard in the Who's \"Tommy\" dominates the movie.",
"Elton is the biggest rock star on the planet and can seemingly do no wrong.",
"Predictably, when \"Rock of the Westies\" is released, it, like its predecessor, enters the chart at number one...",
"But Elton's life is in turmoil.",
"He is depressed and drinking.",
"He dives into a swimming pool after taking an OD of sleeping pills in a failed suicide attempt...",
"with his mother present!",
"The sycophants around him convince him of his infallibility.",
"This album, from its unintelligible jokes in the liner notes, to its goofy feel overall, are the testament of an burnt-out artist in pain.",
"Unlike previous albums, where Elton and Bernie would allow themselves one \"silly\" song...",
"almost all the songs on this album are clownish.",
"With Dee Murray and Nigel Olson gone, Elton's new band injects his music with a harder rock sound, but the inherent silliness in the lyrics spills over badly.",
"The \"Medley\" in the beginning complains of an ugly big woman down in New Orleans.",
"Similarly, the protagonist of the #1 hit \"Island Girl\" is black, island woman standing 6'3\" who could drive her nails into you like a rake...",
"\"Dan Dare\", finds Elton returning to the theme of space travel, only this time, rather than the thoughtful \"Rocketman\", we get frenetic piano playing and Elton's barking noises.",
"The drivel just does not stop.",
"An otherwise superb production effort by Gus Dudgeon is ruined by Elton/Bernie's buffoonery as they relate songs about a bar fight in a Mexican cantina, a fight between an overworked married couple and the simply incoherent \"Billy Bones\" which takes us from the decks of a stormweathered ship to the flash and pazazz of some rock star's entrance on stage...",
"\"Street Kids\" is the only discernible song with any punch here.",
"\"I Feel Like a Bullet\" is the hit Elton tried to push on fans following \"Island Girl\" though it never took off, and its obvious why.",
"While Davey Johnstone's guitar work is beautiful, and Elton's falsetto impressive, the song is just too sappy.",
"The remastered version has a beautiful song called \"Sugar on the Floor\".",
"Elton is alone at his piano: all of the silliness gone.",
"His singing is sorrowful and pleading.",
"It is the most honest track on the album."
]
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I purchased this bushing to use on a Craftsman sliding miter saw. I also purchased a brand new Freud blade for the saw. The inside diameter worked fine. But the outside diameter (OD) measured 1.004. The saw blades run between 1.001 and 1.002. This means that the bushing would not fit in the new Freud blade or the old Craftsman saw blade. I ended up carefully grinding the OD that measured between .998 and 1.000. I was a machinist in a previous career, and realize the bushing I could be out of round by a few thousands. but it seems to work. What upsets me is that I paid 9 times more than Freud's competitors bushing. I could have spent 99 cent for a poorly manufactured bushing instead of 9 dollars. Stay away from this bushing. | 0 | negative | [
"I purchased this bushing to use on a Craftsman sliding miter saw.",
"I also purchased a brand new Freud blade for the saw.",
"The inside diameter worked fine.",
"But the outside diameter (OD) measured 1.",
"004.",
"The saw blades run between 1.",
"001 and 1.",
"002.",
"This means that the bushing would not fit in the new Freud blade or the old Craftsman saw blade.",
"I ended up carefully grinding the OD that measured between.",
"998 and 1.",
"000.",
"I was a machinist in a previous career, and realize the bushing I could be out of round by a few thousands.",
"but it seems to work.",
"What upsets me is that I paid 9 times more than Freud's competitors bushing.",
"I could have spent 99 cent for a poorly manufactured bushing instead of 9 dollars.",
"Stay away from this bushing."
]
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I have wanted a Panasonic Bread maker and was attracted by the pricing from Warehouse Deals, Inc., fulfilled by Amazon.
This is the 2nd Panasonic Bread maker that I have purchased from this Warehouse Deals, Inc., which doesn't work and has to be returned! The first arrived so poorly packaged that the base was broken. This arrived with a dented front. Then, after reading the manual & filling the mixing bowl with ingredients, it would not turn on. I called Panasonic customer service and after long discussions about what I had and had not done, I was provided with a case number and told to return the unit for service or exchange. Warehouse Deals represented that this unit was unused and didn't have any cosmetic blemishes, dents, etc. Warehouse Deals stated that the packaging had been damaged or something to that effect.
Both of these purchases ended up taking a lot of my time and in this case, fresh ingredients and hours of time re-reading the manual and then calling tech. svce., never mind repackaging & delivering to the UPS store. | 0 | negative | [
"I have wanted a Panasonic Bread maker and was attracted by the pricing from Warehouse Deals, Inc.",
", fulfilled by Amazon.",
"This is the 2nd Panasonic Bread maker that I have purchased from this Warehouse Deals, Inc.",
", which doesn't work and has to be returned!",
"The first arrived so poorly packaged that the base was broken.",
"This arrived with a dented front.",
"Then, after reading the manual & filling the mixing bowl with ingredients, it would not turn on.",
"I called Panasonic customer service and after long discussions about what I had and had not done, I was provided with a case number and told to return the unit for service or exchange.",
"Warehouse Deals represented that this unit was unused and didn't have any cosmetic blemishes, dents, etc.",
"Warehouse Deals stated that the packaging had been damaged or something to that effect.",
"Both of these purchases ended up taking a lot of my time and in this case, fresh ingredients and hours of time re-reading the manual and then calling tech.",
"svce.",
", never mind repackaging & delivering to the UPS store."
]
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I love makeup, and am always searching for THE best foundation. However, this is not it.
I have pale Caucasian skin, and although this shade (Opal) is in the right color family, it has that chalky look that comes from titanium dioxide. It is very matte, but instead of looking flawless, I felt it had a mask-like effect. On the positive side, it is non-comedogenic.
If you want a nice matte foundation, I suggest <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Too-Faced-Born-This-Way-Foundation-WARM-BEIGE/dp/B00ZCGPMFK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Too Faced Born This Way Foundation WARM BEIGE</a> (choice of shades). It looks very natural while being full-coverage and oil free.
For a dewy, radiant effect, I love <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/CoverGirl-Advanced-Radiance-Liquid-Makeup-Creamy-Natural-120-1-0-Ounce/dp/B000MVEA5S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">CoverGirl Advanced Radiance Liquid Makeup, Creamy Natural 120, 1.0-Ounce</a>. That's just about the prettiest foundation I've ever used. | 0 | negative | [
"I love makeup, and am always searching for THE best foundation.",
"However, this is not it.",
"I have pale Caucasian skin, and although this shade (Opal) is in the right color family, it has that chalky look that comes from titanium dioxide.",
"It is very matte, but instead of looking flawless, I felt it had a mask-like effect.",
"On the positive side, it is non-comedogenic.",
"If you want a nice matte foundation, I suggest <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Too-Faced-Born-This-Way-Foundation-WARM-BEIGE/dp/B00ZCGPMFK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">Too Faced Born This Way Foundation WARM BEIGE</a> (choice of shades).",
"It looks very natural while being full-coverage and oil free.",
"For a dewy, radiant effect, I love <a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/CoverGirl-Advanced-Radiance-Liquid-Makeup-Creamy-Natural-120-1-0-Ounce/dp/B000MVEA5S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?",
"ie=UTF8\">CoverGirl Advanced Radiance Liquid Makeup, Creamy Natural 120, 1.",
"0-Ounce</a>.",
"That's just about the prettiest foundation I've ever used."
]
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I was looking for a small reusable notebook that I could just add pages to and I thought that this was a good solution to part of my problem. This product arrived on time and in great condition. The problem was that all of the pages are bound on the top so that every page has to be separated one by one to put into the binder. A real pain. The pages should have been separated to be useful. The price was higher than I would have liked to have paid but the convenience was very nice. I will not be buying this item again from anyone online.
I do not hold the seller accountable for the product being bound or the high price. It probably comes already bound. The cost is more than I would pay for something so common anyway. I will resort to a spiral bound notebook in the future and just use multiple notebooks because of the cost factor in the future. | 0 | negative | [
"I was looking for a small reusable notebook that I could just add pages to and I thought that this was a good solution to part of my problem.",
"This product arrived on time and in great condition.",
"The problem was that all of the pages are bound on the top so that every page has to be separated one by one to put into the binder.",
"A real pain.",
"The pages should have been separated to be useful.",
"The price was higher than I would have liked to have paid but the convenience was very nice.",
"I will not be buying this item again from anyone online.",
"I do not hold the seller accountable for the product being bound or the high price.",
"It probably comes already bound.",
"The cost is more than I would pay for something so common anyway.",
"I will resort to a spiral bound notebook in the future and just use multiple notebooks because of the cost factor in the future."
]
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Blackberry has been my hands down favorite phone for years. However, serious problems with the software have made Blackberry line unusuable since at least December of 2011.
I've had numerous Blackberry Bolds and Curves and have been a huge fan. I've even passed up the iPhone 4 for a Blackberry, because I loved the phone that much. However, the line of Blackberry phones using OS 5 and OS 6 no longer can alert the user of a text message. In order to know you received a text message you need to open the specific contact who sent you the message and then scroll down. In other words, you need to be clairvoyant. It's Blackberry KB22120, unresolved since last year, and "[n]o resolution time frame is currently available."
I also can't get features such as locate and erase to work or be able to log into Blackberry forums.
No more Blackberry for me. They are going down the tubes, and your phone is at risk of not being supported because of this. That's an expensive brick. | 0 | negative | [
"Blackberry has been my hands down favorite phone for years.",
"However, serious problems with the software have made Blackberry line unusuable since at least December of 2011.",
"I've had numerous Blackberry Bolds and Curves and have been a huge fan.",
"I've even passed up the iPhone 4 for a Blackberry, because I loved the phone that much.",
"However, the line of Blackberry phones using OS 5 and OS 6 no longer can alert the user of a text message.",
"In order to know you received a text message you need to open the specific contact who sent you the message and then scroll down.",
"In other words, you need to be clairvoyant.",
"It's Blackberry KB22120, unresolved since last year, and \"[n]o resolution time frame is currently available.",
"\"\n\nI also can't get features such as locate and erase to work or be able to log into Blackberry forums.",
"No more Blackberry for me.",
"They are going down the tubes, and your phone is at risk of not being supported because of this.",
"That's an expensive brick."
]
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And no substance whatsoever. But is that a surprise? Nope.
There really isn't much to the song whatsoever. But I was nice with the rating because it's not the worst song I've ever heard.
But it could be sooooo much better. I'm not a Keri fan to begin with (and probably never will be) but at least her latest single (Making Love?) was a little better than THIS.
2 stars = D-
end note: Even one of my favorite contemporary R&B artists, Ne-Yo couldn't really breathe life into this dull song. I feel it's just another empty release. | 0 | negative | [
"And no substance whatsoever.",
"But is that a surprise?",
"Nope.",
"There really isn't much to the song whatsoever.",
"But I was nice with the rating because it's not the worst song I've ever heard.",
"But it could be sooooo much better.",
"I'm not a Keri fan to begin with (and probably never will be) but at least her latest single (Making Love?",
") was a little better than THIS.",
"2 stars = D-\n\nend note: Even one of my favorite contemporary R&B artists, Ne-Yo couldn't really breathe life into this dull song.",
"I feel it's just another empty release."
]
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A two star is a little low. My issue with this is not the guard itself, as I followed the directions to a "T" The screen protector was easy enough to apply. It looks nice, and I believe it to be of good quality. My problem is that the lint free wipe included, is not lint free. I have one nagging bubble which will be with my phone forever, that is unless I rip it off and reapply another protector. The rest of the guard adhered just fine and looks pretty good. I have photos that I would like to upload to illustrate this, however, I'm not sure Amazon will let me.
[...]
[...]
Pictures are linked to my dropbox account. I'm not sure whether or not Amazon will let me do this. If ArmorSuit wants to see the pics, they can email me using the address on my order. Again, this isn't to slam them because I have found their quality to be good, just not their wipe rag. At the very least, it's hard to see black lint on a off screen that's semi damp from their provided solution. Maybe make the wipe cloth a florescent color instead? | 0 | negative | [
"A two star is a little low.",
"My issue with this is not the guard itself, as I followed the directions to a \"T\" The screen protector was easy enough to apply.",
"It looks nice, and I believe it to be of good quality.",
"My problem is that the lint free wipe included, is not lint free.",
"I have one nagging bubble which will be with my phone forever, that is unless I rip it off and reapply another protector.",
"The rest of the guard adhered just fine and looks pretty good.",
"I have photos that I would like to upload to illustrate this, however, I'm not sure Amazon will let me.",
"[...",
"]\n\n[...",
"]\n\nPictures are linked to my dropbox account.",
"I'm not sure whether or not Amazon will let me do this.",
"If ArmorSuit wants to see the pics, they can email me using the address on my order.",
"Again, this isn't to slam them because I have found their quality to be good, just not their wipe rag.",
"At the very least, it's hard to see black lint on a off screen that's semi damp from their provided solution.",
"Maybe make the wipe cloth a florescent color instead?"
]
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I really don't see how anybody can give this half-finished junk more than one star. However, I must confess I haven't read it all. In fact, I have only looked up the end of Julius Caesar to compare with a recent production I went to. I was appalled to see several instances where a stage comment appeared as part of Shakespeare's glorious lines. For example, where Brutus commits suicide:
BRUTUS. Farewell, good Strato. Runs on his sword
Caesar, now be still;
.....
Even the stupidest, laziest proof reader should have spotted this and at least introduced bracketed italics for the stage instruction - something to make it clear that it is not part of the prose. This type of thing occurs so often with ebooks based on source that is out of copyright that one can only conclude that proof-reading is regarded as an extra. In addition to this type of error, this Shakespeare is very poorly and amateurishly formatted. They don't even bother to ensure that each play begins on a new page!
In short, unless you have no aesthetic appreciation for the greatest of literature, avoid this product - it is utterly without merit. It's time the producers of ebooks realised that it is essential to minimise errors in books - they are regularly used as references in course work, for example, and have to be reliable. Anything less is a confidence trick and should invite legal action. | 0 | negative | [
"I really don't see how anybody can give this half-finished junk more than one star.",
"However, I must confess I haven't read it all.",
"In fact, I have only looked up the end of Julius Caesar to compare with a recent production I went to.",
"I was appalled to see several instances where a stage comment appeared as part of Shakespeare's glorious lines.",
"For example, where Brutus commits suicide:\n\nBRUTUS.",
"Farewell, good Strato.",
"Runs on his sword\nCaesar, now be still;....",
".",
"Even the stupidest, laziest proof reader should have spotted this and at least introduced bracketed italics for the stage instruction - something to make it clear that it is not part of the prose.",
"This type of thing occurs so often with ebooks based on source that is out of copyright that one can only conclude that proof-reading is regarded as an extra.",
"In addition to this type of error, this Shakespeare is very poorly and amateurishly formatted.",
"They don't even bother to ensure that each play begins on a new page!",
"In short, unless you have no aesthetic appreciation for the greatest of literature, avoid this product - it is utterly without merit.",
"It's time the producers of ebooks realised that it is essential to minimise errors in books - they are regularly used as references in course work, for example, and have to be reliable.",
"Anything less is a confidence trick and should invite legal action."
]
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This is a pretty cool device, but it didn't function exactly how I had expected. I watched some YouTube videos and saw some guitarists with a chrome one and they could actually "strum" the strings with it. This one isn't powerful enough to do that. Those videos were from the 80s or 90s I think though, so they must have redesigned it and made the signal weaker? You have to hold this on a string for a second or two before enough of a vibration builds up for the string to produce a sound. While you play around on a single string, it sounds pretty cool. If you're moving around from string-to-string, you have that period of delay when the eBow is getting the new string "up to speed" so that it's vibrating enough to be audible. It's a short period of time, but it's still somewhat limiting, I feel. All-in-all, mine is going on eBay. I'm glad a tried it out so that I can stop wondering, but I'm sorry that I had to waste some money. | 0 | negative | [
"This is a pretty cool device, but it didn't function exactly how I had expected.",
"I watched some YouTube videos and saw some guitarists with a chrome one and they could actually \"strum\" the strings with it.",
"This one isn't powerful enough to do that.",
"Those videos were from the 80s or 90s I think though, so they must have redesigned it and made the signal weaker?",
"You have to hold this on a string for a second or two before enough of a vibration builds up for the string to produce a sound.",
"While you play around on a single string, it sounds pretty cool.",
"If you're moving around from string-to-string, you have that period of delay when the eBow is getting the new string \"up to speed\" so that it's vibrating enough to be audible.",
"It's a short period of time, but it's still somewhat limiting, I feel.",
"All-in-all, mine is going on eBay.",
"I'm glad a tried it out so that I can stop wondering, but I'm sorry that I had to waste some money."
]
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In the midst of the feel-good stories, decorating bits and lifestyle tips, are the ads. And the Buy Buy articles. And the Buy Buy articles disguised as decorating bits and lifestyle tips.
Buy this new paint color, this nail polish that Michele wears, this facial scrub that takes years off, this trendy chevron rug in nauseating colors, this "slimming" dress with the peplum (!!), and this green cleaner that sounds great but really doesn't clean well. These cards will make your guests feel special ($25 for 5) and we found this costume ring for $150. What a deal!! And there is a new feature, how families are managing to live well on a miserly $100,000 per year!!! WOW. We do it on 15 since I got laid off 4 years ago. This all makes me want to throw up a little bit.
I will say that getting on the email list is good if you like chatty 10 Best Lists. About 2x weekly you'll get 10 Things to Never Eat, 12 Best Skin Helps, 10 Ways To Style Floating Shelves, etc. It's at least fun and they are not trying so hard to get you to buy something.
I'm saving my issues to trade at the bookstore for quilt magazines. | 0 | negative | [
"In the midst of the feel-good stories, decorating bits and lifestyle tips, are the ads.",
"And the Buy Buy articles.",
"And the Buy Buy articles disguised as decorating bits and lifestyle tips.",
"Buy this new paint color, this nail polish that Michele wears, this facial scrub that takes years off, this trendy chevron rug in nauseating colors, this \"slimming\" dress with the peplum (!!",
"), and this green cleaner that sounds great but really doesn't clean well.",
"These cards will make your guests feel special ($25 for 5) and we found this costume ring for $150.",
"What a deal!!",
"And there is a new feature, how families are managing to live well on a miserly $100,000 per year!!!",
"WOW.",
"We do it on 15 since I got laid off 4 years ago.",
"This all makes me want to throw up a little bit.",
"I will say that getting on the email list is good if you like chatty 10 Best Lists.",
"About 2x weekly you'll get 10 Things to Never Eat, 12 Best Skin Helps, 10 Ways To Style Floating Shelves, etc.",
"It's at least fun and they are not trying so hard to get you to buy something.",
"I'm saving my issues to trade at the bookstore for quilt magazines."
]
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I wish novelists would stop writing political tracts (good word to use here as author repeatedly nicks at any reference to 'god,' as in little g) and stick to writing novels. If they want to convince me their way is the only way, then for G-d's sake (with a big G), have the guts to do it in a nonfiction way. I don't like the two mixed because the book inevitably fails, as this one does. Which is a real pity because the guy can obviously write and edit and plot and characterize. Even had great scenes from the dog's POV, which btw, seemed to be the smartest character in the entire book.
I gave the author 4 stars for writing well but I'm taking two stars away for trying to convince me that it's admirable (and makes sense) not to shoot a deer when you've got eight hungry people standing around watching.
The secondary character, Diaz (author's second personality since 'his' photo posted?) was great. I'd much rather have heard his story--he was a fantastic character. C'mon, let Diaz out! | 0 | negative | [
"I wish novelists would stop writing political tracts (good word to use here as author repeatedly nicks at any reference to 'god,' as in little g) and stick to writing novels.",
"If they want to convince me their way is the only way, then for G-d's sake (with a big G), have the guts to do it in a nonfiction way.",
"I don't like the two mixed because the book inevitably fails, as this one does.",
"Which is a real pity because the guy can obviously write and edit and plot and characterize.",
"Even had great scenes from the dog's POV, which btw, seemed to be the smartest character in the entire book.",
"I gave the author 4 stars for writing well but I'm taking two stars away for trying to convince me that it's admirable (and makes sense) not to shoot a deer when you've got eight hungry people standing around watching.",
"The secondary character, Diaz (author's second personality since 'his' photo posted?",
") was great.",
"I'd much rather have heard his story--he was a fantastic character.",
"C'mon, let Diaz out!"
]
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Three stars only because the size is good and the easy set mechanism is a great concept. Meaning that you don't have to get your hands in the way of any critters that come charging out when you turn them loose ! And so, for me, I thought it would do the trick for catching a bunch of pesky raccoons. Well, after opening the carton and taking the trap out, here's what I discovered. 1. The trap easy set mechanism wouldn't lock into place. Figured out that the easy set cable was strung incorrectly. 2. Even with the faulty cable strung problem, the door would open most of the way, but then get hung up on the metal plates that hold the hinges for the heavy wire door lock. Which meant, even if the easy set mechanism was working, the door wouldn't fall. And there goes Rocky Raccoon! REASON: The trap isn't square; the top is narrower than the bottom. 3. IMPORTANT: Per a Havahart customer service rep, the little spring that is used to shut and hold the door lock closed is not replaceable because they do not carry or provide spare parts for these traps. So, if the spring breaks within the warranty dates, you'll have to return the trap for a replacement. Out of warranty and you'll need to figure out how to make one or else look foreward to buying another trap. Not Cool! 4. The primary wire diameter used should be a heavier gauge. Given what I'm seeing in the trap I ordered, if a big boar raccon were to get into this cage, he'd be pretty ticked off and probably be able to cause some structural damage and might even be able to get the door opened to escape. But of course heavier wire would mean higher priceing!
Really disappointed in the quality of this trap . . . even though it was made here in the U.S. Oh well, back it goes to Amazon! | 0 | negative | [
"Three stars only because the size is good and the easy set mechanism is a great concept.",
"Meaning that you don't have to get your hands in the way of any critters that come charging out when you turn them loose!",
"And so, for me, I thought it would do the trick for catching a bunch of pesky raccoons.",
"Well, after opening the carton and taking the trap out, here's what I discovered.",
"1.",
"The trap easy set mechanism wouldn't lock into place.",
"Figured out that the easy set cable was strung incorrectly.",
"2.",
"Even with the faulty cable strung problem, the door would open most of the way, but then get hung up on the metal plates that hold the hinges for the heavy wire door lock.",
"Which meant, even if the easy set mechanism was working, the door wouldn't fall.",
"And there goes Rocky Raccoon!",
"REASON: The trap isn't square; the top is narrower than the bottom.",
"3.",
"IMPORTANT: Per a Havahart customer service rep, the little spring that is used to shut and hold the door lock closed is not replaceable because they do not carry or provide spare parts for these traps.",
"So, if the spring breaks within the warranty dates, you'll have to return the trap for a replacement.",
"Out of warranty and you'll need to figure out how to make one or else look foreward to buying another trap.",
"Not Cool!",
"4.",
"The primary wire diameter used should be a heavier gauge.",
"Given what I'm seeing in the trap I ordered, if a big boar raccon were to get into this cage, he'd be pretty ticked off and probably be able to cause some structural damage and might even be able to get the door opened to escape.",
"But of course heavier wire would mean higher priceing!",
"Really disappointed in the quality of this trap.",
".",
".",
"even though it was made here in the U.",
"S. Oh well, back it goes to Amazon!"
]
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The bar was tender and moist. It was a nice size for a snack. That being said, why the 2 star was:
Taste. It was cloying to me. Not of sweet but the over all taste of what they termed cheesecake and salted caramel. It just wasn't good. I had the desire to rinse my mouth and brush my teeth to get rid of the taste. I've eaten good cheesecake and bad cheesecake and this wasn't cheesecake it was like some illegitimate version of a cheesecake crossed with a cheese danish crossed with a piece of hardtack. I felt like I had a film on my teeth and mouth when I was done eating it.
Texture. It was well... grainy and chalky. I'm not sure how it managed both but that was the texture.
It's the first time a treat has taken me 45 minutes to eat. And I need my head examined for doing that. That was my stupidity. But now I'm looking at 9 of them and wondering how in the devil I am going to pawn them off on some unsuspecting soul and if I should.
I could have had an apple with 4.4 grams fiber and about 95 calories [med size] vs this for 150 calories and 5 grams of fiber. And I hate apples. That's telling you something if my first thought after finishing it was "I could have had an apple. It would have tasted so much better."
That being said, you may love it and find the taste suits you. Our tastebuds are different. That's why we like different foods. I'm just telling you what I found and suggesting you taste one before you buy a 10 package box.
I foresee unless someone really likes them, this is going to have a LONG shelf life at my house. Edited to add: Hallelujah! My sister will take them [and the Brownies if it turns out I don't like them too.] She loves them. That is what I mean by different tastes. | 0 | negative | [
"The bar was tender and moist.",
"It was a nice size for a snack.",
"That being said, why the 2 star was:\n\nTaste.",
"It was cloying to me.",
"Not of sweet but the over all taste of what they termed cheesecake and salted caramel.",
"It just wasn't good.",
"I had the desire to rinse my mouth and brush my teeth to get rid of the taste.",
"I've eaten good cheesecake and bad cheesecake and this wasn't cheesecake it was like some illegitimate version of a cheesecake crossed with a cheese danish crossed with a piece of hardtack.",
"I felt like I had a film on my teeth and mouth when I was done eating it.",
"Texture.",
"It was well...",
"grainy and chalky.",
"I'm not sure how it managed both but that was the texture.",
"It's the first time a treat has taken me 45 minutes to eat.",
"And I need my head examined for doing that.",
"That was my stupidity.",
"But now I'm looking at 9 of them and wondering how in the devil I am going to pawn them off on some unsuspecting soul and if I should.",
"I could have had an apple with 4.",
"4 grams fiber and about 95 calories [med size] vs this for 150 calories and 5 grams of fiber.",
"And I hate apples.",
"That's telling you something if my first thought after finishing it was \"I could have had an apple.",
"It would have tasted so much better.",
"\"\n\nThat being said, you may love it and find the taste suits you.",
"Our tastebuds are different.",
"That's why we like different foods.",
"I'm just telling you what I found and suggesting you taste one before you buy a 10 package box.",
"I foresee unless someone really likes them, this is going to have a LONG shelf life at my house.",
"Edited to add: Hallelujah!",
"My sister will take them [and the Brownies if it turns out I don't like them too.",
"] She loves them.",
"That is what I mean by different tastes."
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Owned since the release of the console and it's still mint. The controller is poorly developed that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone at any price. The first thing that needs to be known about this controller is its awkward design. It does not fit comfortably in your hand at all. The rear button springs take a bit of effort to push in as you can't exactly just tap them. They are so stiff that you can actually hear the springs. The two analog sticks are extremely close together. You'll be rubbing your thumbs together more than anything else... and aside from all this the worse feature is the location of the attachment cord. It is always in the way since it faces you. This controller is the worst design I have ever used in over 20 years of gaming. The original nintendo controller with its square and jagged shape that cut into your hands after hours of play was better than this.
When the classic controller PRO was released I felt relieved and it should have been made sooner. If you need a classic controller skip this and get the latest version it's worlds apart and all the features I just mentioned have been changed. The new controller features softer trigger button springs so now you can gently tap buttons as you play. The center analog sticks are further apart so your thumbs have space now. The best part of all is that the cord is in the back where it belongs! Out of your way and off your lap. My favorite part about the CCpro is that it has palm handles and it feels so comfortable to use. The Classic controller shown here is nintendo's mistake. Make the right choice and get the improvement with the classic controller pro. | 0 | negative | [
"Owned since the release of the console and it's still mint.",
"The controller is poorly developed that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone at any price.",
"The first thing that needs to be known about this controller is its awkward design.",
"It does not fit comfortably in your hand at all.",
"The rear button springs take a bit of effort to push in as you can't exactly just tap them.",
"They are so stiff that you can actually hear the springs.",
"The two analog sticks are extremely close together.",
"You'll be rubbing your thumbs together more than anything else...",
"and aside from all this the worse feature is the location of the attachment cord.",
"It is always in the way since it faces you.",
"This controller is the worst design I have ever used in over 20 years of gaming.",
"The original nintendo controller with its square and jagged shape that cut into your hands after hours of play was better than this.",
"When the classic controller PRO was released I felt relieved and it should have been made sooner.",
"If you need a classic controller skip this and get the latest version it's worlds apart and all the features I just mentioned have been changed.",
"The new controller features softer trigger button springs so now you can gently tap buttons as you play.",
"The center analog sticks are further apart so your thumbs have space now.",
"The best part of all is that the cord is in the back where it belongs!",
"Out of your way and off your lap.",
"My favorite part about the CCpro is that it has palm handles and it feels so comfortable to use.",
"The Classic controller shown here is nintendo's mistake.",
"Make the right choice and get the improvement with the classic controller pro."
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Though acclaimed by most critics back in the 1980s, Paul Young's "No Parlez" perhaps more than any album ever made epitomises the declining fortune in the hands of critics that commercial music of the 1980s has suffered in the last twelve years.
Nonetheless, this change in viewpoint is totally deserved in this case. Whilst to those critics from the 1980s Paul Young might have appeared to be a truly charismatic white-funk singer, his voice really sounded at times like a rapper trying to sing. The effect really cannot be seen as anything other than atrocious to modern ears, especially when the songs move to softer, easy listening passages that come between dated synth-pop that really tried to be hard when Paul Young never wanted a producer who might produce a decent type of funk sound.
The rhythms in particular show how hopelessly tied to the 1980s "No Parlez" is. The backing vocals in particular appear to be so artificial (for example the "please hurry" section of "Come Back And Stay" - the first song I remember on radio) that nobody who did not grow up when I myself did could gain any insight into anything from them.
Just as bad was the way in which most of these songs were set to extended dance mixtures with horrible rap-type intros that do nothing at all bar destroy any melody that was in the songs (which Paul Young's later efforts proved to be minimal at best). Even when he attempts to sing a ballad that should have been a capella on "Broken Man", the songs goes nowhere.
Nobody really needs to accept the way "No Parlez" sounds in the 21st century. So dated it's a museum piece, really. | 0 | negative | [
"Though acclaimed by most critics back in the 1980s, Paul Young's \"No Parlez\" perhaps more than any album ever made epitomises the declining fortune in the hands of critics that commercial music of the 1980s has suffered in the last twelve years.",
"Nonetheless, this change in viewpoint is totally deserved in this case.",
"Whilst to those critics from the 1980s Paul Young might have appeared to be a truly charismatic white-funk singer, his voice really sounded at times like a rapper trying to sing.",
"The effect really cannot be seen as anything other than atrocious to modern ears, especially when the songs move to softer, easy listening passages that come between dated synth-pop that really tried to be hard when Paul Young never wanted a producer who might produce a decent type of funk sound.",
"The rhythms in particular show how hopelessly tied to the 1980s \"No Parlez\" is.",
"The backing vocals in particular appear to be so artificial (for example the \"please hurry\" section of \"Come Back And Stay\" - the first song I remember on radio) that nobody who did not grow up when I myself did could gain any insight into anything from them.",
"Just as bad was the way in which most of these songs were set to extended dance mixtures with horrible rap-type intros that do nothing at all bar destroy any melody that was in the songs (which Paul Young's later efforts proved to be minimal at best).",
"Even when he attempts to sing a ballad that should have been a capella on \"Broken Man\", the songs goes nowhere.",
"Nobody really needs to accept the way \"No Parlez\" sounds in the 21st century.",
"So dated it's a museum piece, really."
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I had this installed for about two months straight and out of all the virus programs I've used over the years, this has to be the worst.
First of all the program kept popping up saying it had viruses.. IN THE PROGRAM FILES FROM THE INSTALL. With both Windows 7 and Vista I was unable to correctly get the instant updates going so once I installed it, my PC wasn't able to get virus updates for two months. Oh and it never alerted me to this fact! Only upon further exploration before this review did I notice it!
"Gamer Mode" DOES NOT WORK on my PC with: World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, or even full-screen apps from Facebook (think farmville). As a matter of fact I found more popups and scans running while I was trying to play a game in gamer mode than when I wasn't trying to play a game. Again, in both Vista and Windows 7 this feature did not work.
In the end I ended up going with a free virus software download aimed at consumers, instead of this mess. It took a long time to uninstall and I had to do some manual file-deletion. All together this is one of the worst executed virus software packages I've seen in a long time, and I'm a very technical person and very familiar with such things! | 0 | negative | [
"I had this installed for about two months straight and out of all the virus programs I've used over the years, this has to be the worst.",
"First of all the program kept popping up saying it had viruses..",
"IN THE PROGRAM FILES FROM THE INSTALL.",
"With both Windows 7 and Vista I was unable to correctly get the instant updates going so once I installed it, my PC wasn't able to get virus updates for two months.",
"Oh and it never alerted me to this fact!",
"Only upon further exploration before this review did I notice it!",
"\"Gamer Mode\" DOES NOT WORK on my PC with: World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, or even full-screen apps from Facebook (think farmville).",
"As a matter of fact I found more popups and scans running while I was trying to play a game in gamer mode than when I wasn't trying to play a game.",
"Again, in both Vista and Windows 7 this feature did not work.",
"In the end I ended up going with a free virus software download aimed at consumers, instead of this mess.",
"It took a long time to uninstall and I had to do some manual file-deletion.",
"All together this is one of the worst executed virus software packages I've seen in a long time, and I'm a very technical person and very familiar with such things!"
]
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I'm sorry to say that I just didn't care for this book. It's supposed to take place over 1,000 years in the future (Aug. 10, 3100 to be exact), but I'd never have guessed if the author hadn't put the date at the beginning of every chapter, since there'd apparently been little advances in technology or society in those 1,000+ years. The characters have no depth at all and are either absolutely good or absolutely evil. There are far too many pages of meaningless dialog that could have easily been condensed into just a very few (and, hey, that would give the author plenty of room for days 2-6!). It was next to impossible to keep the President and his wife's many children and their boyfriends/girlfriends/fiances straight. Situations are just unbelievable -- (**SPOILER ahead**) the President, who is greatly beloved by the country and doing such a wonderful job that the Constitution has been set aside and he's been given extra terms, has to jump into his own outmoded plane to save his wife because she's under attack from the Air Force. Um, really? It was a good try, but the story just has too many problems. | 0 | negative | [
"I'm sorry to say that I just didn't care for this book.",
"It's supposed to take place over 1,000 years in the future (Aug.",
"10, 3100 to be exact), but I'd never have guessed if the author hadn't put the date at the beginning of every chapter, since there'd apparently been little advances in technology or society in those 1,000+ years.",
"The characters have no depth at all and are either absolutely good or absolutely evil.",
"There are far too many pages of meaningless dialog that could have easily been condensed into just a very few (and, hey, that would give the author plenty of room for days 2-6!",
").",
"It was next to impossible to keep the President and his wife's many children and their boyfriends/girlfriends/fiances straight.",
"Situations are just unbelievable -- (**SPOILER ahead**) the President, who is greatly beloved by the country and doing such a wonderful job that the Constitution has been set aside and he's been given extra terms, has to jump into his own outmoded plane to save his wife because she's under attack from the Air Force.",
"Um, really?",
"It was a good try, but the story just has too many problems."
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I had this for less than three days. The first day it was great. I wish it gurgled more for the cat but it was fine. The last day I noticed that it seemed to be going through water quickly for one cat. Then I noticed the throw rug was saturated. Then i noticed the discoloration of the hardwood floors. Then i noticed the wet spot in the basement. I checked to see if the water container was screwed on correctly. Then i placed it on a dry towel on the kitchen counter. Within an hour the towel was saturated. Luckily I bought it at Walmart. Back it went but instead of putting it aside so that some other poor peeson would not be sold this piece of crap. They put it aside to be reshelved. I wish I could give this 0 stars.
If this fails on you it could do major damage before you discover it. | 0 | negative | [
"I had this for less than three days.",
"The first day it was great.",
"I wish it gurgled more for the cat but it was fine.",
"The last day I noticed that it seemed to be going through water quickly for one cat.",
"Then I noticed the throw rug was saturated.",
"Then i noticed the discoloration of the hardwood floors.",
"Then i noticed the wet spot in the basement.",
"I checked to see if the water container was screwed on correctly.",
"Then i placed it on a dry towel on the kitchen counter.",
"Within an hour the towel was saturated.",
"Luckily I bought it at Walmart.",
"Back it went but instead of putting it aside so that some other poor peeson would not be sold this piece of crap.",
"They put it aside to be reshelved.",
"I wish I could give this 0 stars.",
"If this fails on you it could do major damage before you discover it."
]
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I've only had the light for a day and I quickly snapped on the battery and it looks like a great light. BUT my review is for the bundle... don't do it!!
a) The recommended NPF970 is gigantic!! As big as the light. It works and probably lasts a long time but it's really heavy and seems like overkill.
b) The recommended battery charger DOES NOT fit the NPF970 battery. Such a hassle.
You'll either have to return the battery or the charger so I recommend just getting everything individually. The NPF570 seems like it would be fine with this light. | 0 | negative | [
"I've only had the light for a day and I quickly snapped on the battery and it looks like a great light.",
"BUT my review is for the bundle...",
"don't do it!!",
"a) The recommended NPF970 is gigantic!!",
"As big as the light.",
"It works and probably lasts a long time but it's really heavy and seems like overkill.",
"b) The recommended battery charger DOES NOT fit the NPF970 battery.",
"Such a hassle.",
"You'll either have to return the battery or the charger so I recommend just getting everything individually.",
"The NPF570 seems like it would be fine with this light."
]
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In the Acknowledgements, George RR Martin says this books was "three bitches and a bastard" and I am forced to agree with his own assessment. I've been a fan since before book 2 was released. Every time the next book would come out, I would re-read the entire series to get ready for it, so I certainly don't take this review lightly. So here is what I think the "Three bitches and a bastard" were.
Number 1
Character development. The best part of this series for me is the characters, their realism and how they change and move with the story. Even the minor characters came alive. Dance is a major step back I feel. I just finished the book and very few if any minor characters even come to mind. But worst of all, some of the main characters are out of character, stagnant or becoming less dimensional. The worst is Dany. She's gone through too much in life to start acting like some dumb starry-eyed teenage girl. Where is that fiery dragon blood? George martin could have really taken Tyrion to a whole new level after what happened at the end of storms, yet Tyrion seems to have turned into just a weaker boring shadow of his past.
Number 2
The plot. Like many people have said, it hardly moved. I can handle a slow moving plot if the characters move, evolve and are engaging, but that also fell flat.
Number 3
Cliffhangers. Was anything resolved? Before reading the book, I imagined that the heart of this book would actually be about the resolution of all the cliffhangers that were left at the end of the book. The cliffhangers should have been around the middle of the book and the last half would have been the satisfying conclusion. Instead it feels like we simple got 1000 pages of setup that I thought was already mostly set up. Too many fake deaths and cheap shock scenes feel like the author is doing everything in his power to keep you interested.
And the" bastard": The passion
In George Martin's blog, he talks about Dance of dragons being 'Kong' and him beating or knocking down Kong. When I saw that, I thought to myself, the passion and the excitement has to be long gone. It honestly feels like that too. You can tell he did everything in his power to make this book 'not suck', but in doing so, he may have forgot to try to make it great like the first three.
In my opinion, George Martin is playing scared. Something happened after storm of swords that shook his confidence. It's not so much that he has 'writers block' or he is just milking it for money, but he is scared to give himself more issues with the type of conclusions a storm of swords gave. And the fact that he is much older, much more famous and has created an entire universe of this world in other products, makes him even more scared. So what he does is stop at the point where it's just about to get good so he has 5 extra years to make sure the next step works.
The Good
The book was still entertaining in parts. I liked some of the earlier Davos and Bran chapters. The Reek chapters felt like the old George Martin! I loved them. It had a full arc since it really wasn't crucial to the constrained plot. Maybe, just maybe if George Martin decides to finally let loose and find the passion of the first 3 books, the series may be saved. If he continues to play scared and keeps trying to battle 'Kong', he will surely lose. | 0 | negative | [
"In the Acknowledgements, George RR Martin says this books was \"three bitches and a bastard\" and I am forced to agree with his own assessment.",
"I've been a fan since before book 2 was released.",
"Every time the next book would come out, I would re-read the entire series to get ready for it, so I certainly don't take this review lightly.",
"So here is what I think the \"Three bitches and a bastard\" were.",
"Number 1\n\nCharacter development.",
"The best part of this series for me is the characters, their realism and how they change and move with the story.",
"Even the minor characters came alive.",
"Dance is a major step back I feel.",
"I just finished the book and very few if any minor characters even come to mind.",
"But worst of all, some of the main characters are out of character, stagnant or becoming less dimensional.",
"The worst is Dany.",
"She's gone through too much in life to start acting like some dumb starry-eyed teenage girl.",
"Where is that fiery dragon blood?",
"George martin could have really taken Tyrion to a whole new level after what happened at the end of storms, yet Tyrion seems to have turned into just a weaker boring shadow of his past.",
"Number 2\n\nThe plot.",
"Like many people have said, it hardly moved.",
"I can handle a slow moving plot if the characters move, evolve and are engaging, but that also fell flat.",
"Number 3\n\nCliffhangers.",
"Was anything resolved?",
"Before reading the book, I imagined that the heart of this book would actually be about the resolution of all the cliffhangers that were left at the end of the book.",
"The cliffhangers should have been around the middle of the book and the last half would have been the satisfying conclusion.",
"Instead it feels like we simple got 1000 pages of setup that I thought was already mostly set up.",
"Too many fake deaths and cheap shock scenes feel like the author is doing everything in his power to keep you interested.",
"And the\" bastard\": The passion\n\nIn George Martin's blog, he talks about Dance of dragons being 'Kong' and him beating or knocking down Kong.",
"When I saw that, I thought to myself, the passion and the excitement has to be long gone.",
"It honestly feels like that too.",
"You can tell he did everything in his power to make this book 'not suck', but in doing so, he may have forgot to try to make it great like the first three.",
"In my opinion, George Martin is playing scared.",
"Something happened after storm of swords that shook his confidence.",
"It's not so much that he has 'writers block' or he is just milking it for money, but he is scared to give himself more issues with the type of conclusions a storm of swords gave.",
"And the fact that he is much older, much more famous and has created an entire universe of this world in other products, makes him even more scared.",
"So what he does is stop at the point where it's just about to get good so he has 5 extra years to make sure the next step works.",
"The Good\n\nThe book was still entertaining in parts.",
"I liked some of the earlier Davos and Bran chapters.",
"The Reek chapters felt like the old George Martin!",
"I loved them.",
"It had a full arc since it really wasn't crucial to the constrained plot.",
"Maybe, just maybe if George Martin decides to finally let loose and find the passion of the first 3 books, the series may be saved.",
"If he continues to play scared and keeps trying to battle 'Kong', he will surely lose."
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I always take negative reviews at Amazon with a grain of salt, all products are going to have their issues and typically people that have bad experiences tend to be louder than people who enjoy a product. This is an item that I wished I didn't take those negative reviews with a grain of salt.
We've gotten Nylabones for our dog before, she finally chewed through the puppy starter pack we got, which was no big deal because she's continued to get bigger and become a more powerful chewer. Reading the reviews on this I saw that people love this for powerful chewers but after our dogs experience with it, I disagree with anything positive that's said about it.
First off, the bone is HARD. Very, very, very hard. There is no give in this item, at all. Based on my past (positive experiences) I just assumed this was a tough item but had some give like all of their other products I've used. For a week or so, Peach didn't show any interest in the thing, it just sat. After a while it somehow peaked her curiosity and she chewed it every night. I kind of worried because it was so hard but she loved it and didn't seem to be hurting herself, so I let her stick with it.
However, this is the time where I went back and read to more negative reviews over and I saw stories of cracked teeth, bloody mouths and shards of plastic being eaten by people's dogs. Looking at the bone after a week of chewing every night, Peach had started to tear little bits of this off. For a bone that is for "powerful chewers", I was amazed that our Dachshund/Lab mix (she's on the tiny end of this mix, less than 25 pounds) was able to start carving this thing up. The pieces she was getting off where SHARP. As hard as this thing is, the pieces that come off are that sharp.
At this point the bone went in the garbage. Between others bad experiences and what appeared like could have been a bad experience for us, it was time to take it away and move on to another toy. One that didn't have the potential to crack teeth or ingest sharp pieces of plastic. I'd recommend to stay away from this one. | 0 | negative | [
"I always take negative reviews at Amazon with a grain of salt, all products are going to have their issues and typically people that have bad experiences tend to be louder than people who enjoy a product.",
"This is an item that I wished I didn't take those negative reviews with a grain of salt.",
"We've gotten Nylabones for our dog before, she finally chewed through the puppy starter pack we got, which was no big deal because she's continued to get bigger and become a more powerful chewer.",
"Reading the reviews on this I saw that people love this for powerful chewers but after our dogs experience with it, I disagree with anything positive that's said about it.",
"First off, the bone is HARD.",
"Very, very, very hard.",
"There is no give in this item, at all.",
"Based on my past (positive experiences) I just assumed this was a tough item but had some give like all of their other products I've used.",
"For a week or so, Peach didn't show any interest in the thing, it just sat.",
"After a while it somehow peaked her curiosity and she chewed it every night.",
"I kind of worried because it was so hard but she loved it and didn't seem to be hurting herself, so I let her stick with it.",
"However, this is the time where I went back and read to more negative reviews over and I saw stories of cracked teeth, bloody mouths and shards of plastic being eaten by people's dogs.",
"Looking at the bone after a week of chewing every night, Peach had started to tear little bits of this off.",
"For a bone that is for \"powerful chewers\", I was amazed that our Dachshund/Lab mix (she's on the tiny end of this mix, less than 25 pounds) was able to start carving this thing up.",
"The pieces she was getting off where SHARP.",
"As hard as this thing is, the pieces that come off are that sharp.",
"At this point the bone went in the garbage.",
"Between others bad experiences and what appeared like could have been a bad experience for us, it was time to take it away and move on to another toy.",
"One that didn't have the potential to crack teeth or ingest sharp pieces of plastic.",
"I'd recommend to stay away from this one."
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Fifa 2002 was a great leap for a soccer game since Fifa 98, but the World Cup 2002 hits a new all time low. I thought that it was going to be the same as Fifa 2002 except with the world cup included and maybe better graphics but I almost threw the game in the trash after i played it for the first time. First of all, and most important, there is significant slow down in the game especially when you pass midfield. The camera stutters and it makes the game very difficult to follow. Second, you can only play with teams that have qualified to the world cup, if your national team didn't make it well tough luck. One of the main reasons people buy this game is to play with their national team and clasify them to the world cup, but now you can't even pretend that your national team is any good. Third, the people at EA added some special effects when you strike the ball it looks and feels like your playing NFL Blitz but for soccer, not very realistic! I cant even begin to comprehend how they let this game come out the way it is. With problems like slow down make the game simply unplayable. I so mad they did such a poor job with this game I really do hope they fire some people at EA. Trust people, stick to Fifa 2002, its true there is no world cup but at least you won't have a seizures while playing World Cup 2002. | 0 | negative | [
"Fifa 2002 was a great leap for a soccer game since Fifa 98, but the World Cup 2002 hits a new all time low.",
"I thought that it was going to be the same as Fifa 2002 except with the world cup included and maybe better graphics but I almost threw the game in the trash after i played it for the first time.",
"First of all, and most important, there is significant slow down in the game especially when you pass midfield.",
"The camera stutters and it makes the game very difficult to follow.",
"Second, you can only play with teams that have qualified to the world cup, if your national team didn't make it well tough luck.",
"One of the main reasons people buy this game is to play with their national team and clasify them to the world cup, but now you can't even pretend that your national team is any good.",
"Third, the people at EA added some special effects when you strike the ball it looks and feels like your playing NFL Blitz but for soccer, not very realistic!",
"I cant even begin to comprehend how they let this game come out the way it is.",
"With problems like slow down make the game simply unplayable.",
"I so mad they did such a poor job with this game I really do hope they fire some people at EA.",
"Trust people, stick to Fifa 2002, its true there is no world cup but at least you won't have a seizures while playing World Cup 2002."
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As a hardcore Christie fan, I was disappointed by this book. For one thing, it was the first time I ever successfully predicted the ending of one of her mysteries. Partially, it's just a function of the fact that I've been reading a lot of her books lately, but it just seemed quite obvious, almost from the beginning. (Also, the table of contents gives it away to a smart reader!) The other problem was Poirot. He was excessively demeaning and cruel to Hastings throughout the novel, to such an unreasonable extent that I was mentally urging Hastings to tell Poirot where he could shove his mustaches, and get the heck out of there. Also, perhaps I was reading too quickly or simply got a badly edited edition of the book (I have the 1942 Pocket Mysteries edition), but parts of it were almost incomprehensible. She wrote it when she was fairly young, so I'm inclined to blame shoddy editors at the publishing house.
Overall, this is a quick and distracting read, nothing more. Christie fans may not enjoy it as much as her other real masterpieces, but it may impress a novice. However, I would not recommend it to a novice, because the portrait it paints of Poirot is extremely off-putting. | 0 | negative | [
"As a hardcore Christie fan, I was disappointed by this book.",
"For one thing, it was the first time I ever successfully predicted the ending of one of her mysteries.",
"Partially, it's just a function of the fact that I've been reading a lot of her books lately, but it just seemed quite obvious, almost from the beginning.",
"(Also, the table of contents gives it away to a smart reader!",
") The other problem was Poirot.",
"He was excessively demeaning and cruel to Hastings throughout the novel, to such an unreasonable extent that I was mentally urging Hastings to tell Poirot where he could shove his mustaches, and get the heck out of there.",
"Also, perhaps I was reading too quickly or simply got a badly edited edition of the book (I have the 1942 Pocket Mysteries edition), but parts of it were almost incomprehensible.",
"She wrote it when she was fairly young, so I'm inclined to blame shoddy editors at the publishing house.",
"Overall, this is a quick and distracting read, nothing more.",
"Christie fans may not enjoy it as much as her other real masterpieces, but it may impress a novice.",
"However, I would not recommend it to a novice, because the portrait it paints of Poirot is extremely off-putting."
]
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This Charger is a fantastic idea. It's small enough to be out of the way, and does a good job charging my Sprint Motorolla phone. Not all chargers can do that. I love rte retractable micro USB cord, and the idea of having an additional USB charging port. The problem with this item is it's build quality. I used the USB port four times before it broke. The USB port just fell apart inside the charger, and became unusable. I was able to disassemble and repair the item. I glued the USB connector back together, and re-soldered several very poor electrical connections while I had it apart. Putting it back together was the hard part, as is often true of things with retractable cords. I'm now able to use it again, and I do love it, but if you are not the fix-it type then you may want to skip this one. | 0 | negative | [
"This Charger is a fantastic idea.",
"It's small enough to be out of the way, and does a good job charging my Sprint Motorolla phone.",
"Not all chargers can do that.",
"I love rte retractable micro USB cord, and the idea of having an additional USB charging port.",
"The problem with this item is it's build quality.",
"I used the USB port four times before it broke.",
"The USB port just fell apart inside the charger, and became unusable.",
"I was able to disassemble and repair the item.",
"I glued the USB connector back together, and re-soldered several very poor electrical connections while I had it apart.",
"Putting it back together was the hard part, as is often true of things with retractable cords.",
"I'm now able to use it again, and I do love it, but if you are not the fix-it type then you may want to skip this one."
]
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I love Turkey, but not Turkish made Haribo Gummi Bears. Unless you know you like the ones often sold in the USA don't get these, they are awful. Plus made with lots of stuff that is bad for you.
I bought some gummi bears in a bin at a trendy store where you scoop your own into a bag and pay by weight. I don't know who made those but they were very very good. So I tried these and OMG not at all like the other. Tough, not much taste. I ate a few and trashed the rest. Dont waste your money on this stuff please. There are good varieties made by others in some Grocery stores, warehouse clubs etc | 0 | negative | [
"I love Turkey, but not Turkish made Haribo Gummi Bears.",
"Unless you know you like the ones often sold in the USA don't get these, they are awful.",
"Plus made with lots of stuff that is bad for you.",
"I bought some gummi bears in a bin at a trendy store where you scoop your own into a bag and pay by weight.",
"I don't know who made those but they were very very good.",
"So I tried these and OMG not at all like the other.",
"Tough, not much taste.",
"I ate a few and trashed the rest.",
"Dont waste your money on this stuff please.",
"There are good varieties made by others in some Grocery stores, warehouse clubs etc"
]
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I have another Plantronics Blue tooth headset for calls. It works fine.
I mainly ordered this after reading the reviews for my iPhone, to do both - answer calls and listen to an "acceptable" level of bluetooth music.
a) The bluetooth music is BAD. Sound is tinny
b) I use this while walking (not running, just walking). The music skips for every step I take
c) The stereo headset uses a proprietary connector, so you can't use any other earphones
d) the connector doubles as an earloop. Although they give you other earloops for changing out, that only works for the mono earbud. If you use the stereo headphone you are stuck with this single earloop.
e) Comes with so-called usb charger, but the usb connector is proprietary, non standard. This means you cannot use any of the zillions of standard usb cables/connectors you(i) have lying around
I would have returned this immediately, except that only "non-opened" items can be returned.
Choose some other product, this one certainly does not work | 0 | negative | [
"I have another Plantronics Blue tooth headset for calls.",
"It works fine.",
"I mainly ordered this after reading the reviews for my iPhone, to do both - answer calls and listen to an \"acceptable\" level of bluetooth music.",
"a) The bluetooth music is BAD.",
"Sound is tinny\nb) I use this while walking (not running, just walking).",
"The music skips for every step I take\nc) The stereo headset uses a proprietary connector, so you can't use any other earphones\nd) the connector doubles as an earloop.",
"Although they give you other earloops for changing out, that only works for the mono earbud.",
"If you use the stereo headphone you are stuck with this single earloop.",
"e) Comes with so-called usb charger, but the usb connector is proprietary, non standard.",
"This means you cannot use any of the zillions of standard usb cables/connectors you(i) have lying around\n\nI would have returned this immediately, except that only \"non-opened\" items can be returned.",
"Choose some other product, this one certainly does not work"
]
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This came from China to the US so it took a while to arrive.
I was under the impression this metal melts in your hand but it didn't. I put the container in pretty hot water and it became a liquid. Took it out of the water and left it at room temperature all day. It stayed a liquid all day. I put it in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning it was still a liquid. I put it in the freezer and finally it went back to a solid state. It doesn't melt at hand temperature or at 90 deg as I've read before ordering nor does it revert to solid at 42 deg in the refrigerator. Disappointed and a waste of money. | 0 | negative | [
"This came from China to the US so it took a while to arrive.",
"I was under the impression this metal melts in your hand but it didn't.",
"I put the container in pretty hot water and it became a liquid.",
"Took it out of the water and left it at room temperature all day.",
"It stayed a liquid all day.",
"I put it in the refrigerator overnight.",
"In the morning it was still a liquid.",
"I put it in the freezer and finally it went back to a solid state.",
"It doesn't melt at hand temperature or at 90 deg as I've read before ordering nor does it revert to solid at 42 deg in the refrigerator.",
"Disappointed and a waste of money."
]
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Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona who asked staffers if they would bear his child as a surrogate says he will resign
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz .) on Dec. 7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) on Dec. 7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
Rep. Trent Franks an Arizona Republican who is among the most conservative members of the House said he would resign his seat after House officials learned that he had asked two female employees to bear his child as a surrogate.
Franks’s announcement came as the House Ethics Committee said it would create a special subcommittee to investigate Franks for conduct “that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment.”
His resignation which Franks said is effective Jan. 31 will end the ethics investigation.
Franks said in his statement that the investigation concerns his “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates making each feel uncomfortable.”
While Franks ’s statement left the circumstances of the “discussion” murky three Republicans familiar with the allegations said that he had asked the staffers who worked for him at the time but have since left his office if they would serve as a surrogate mother for his child. A spokesman for Franks did not respond to a request for comment on that claim.
In his statement Franks said he never “physically intimidated coerced or had or attempted to have any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.”
“However I do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways I have broached a topic that unbeknownst to me until very recently made certain individuals uncomfortable ” Franks said adding “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.”
Franks explained in his statement that he and his wife have long struggled with infertility. After having twins with a surrogate the couple sought additional children he said.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan (R-Wis.) had been briefed on “credible claims of misconduct” by Franks last week after the House general counsel was contacted about the allegations and investigated them.
Franks did not deny the allegations when Ryan confronted him according to the speaker’s statement. Ryan told Franks he should resign and said he would refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee his statement said.
The Franks revelations came on the same day that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resigned his seat after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and as the House Ethics Committee opened a separate probe into Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.).
Franks has served in the House since 2003 and is known as a fierce opponent of legal abortion recently sponsoring a bill banning abortions after 20-week gestation that passed the House. He is also an outspoken critic of the Senate’s filibuster rule blaming it for blocking conservative bills.
Franks is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus a hard-right faction that has often clashed with Republican leaders.
He considered a run for Senate in 2012 but dropped out suddenly. He continued as chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee. | 0 | negative | [
"Rep.",
"Trent Franks of Arizona who asked staffers if they would bear his child as a surrogate says he will resign\nRep.",
"Trent Franks (R-Ariz.",
") on Dec.",
"7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.",
"” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)\n Rep.",
"Trent Franks (R-Ariz.",
") on Dec.",
"7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.",
"” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)\n Rep.",
"Trent Franks an Arizona Republican who is among the most conservative members of the House said he would resign his seat after House officials learned that he had asked two female employees to bear his child as a surrogate.",
"Franks’s announcement came as the House Ethics Committee said it would create a special subcommittee to investigate Franks for conduct “that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment.",
"”\nHis resignation which Franks said is effective Jan.",
"31 will end the ethics investigation.",
"Franks said in his statement that the investigation concerns his “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates making each feel uncomfortable.",
"”\nWhile Franks ’s statement left the circumstances of the “discussion” murky three Republicans familiar with the allegations said that he had asked the staffers who worked for him at the time but have since left his office if they would serve as a surrogate mother for his child.",
"A spokesman for Franks did not respond to a request for comment on that claim.",
"In his statement Franks said he never “physically intimidated coerced or had or attempted to have any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.",
"”\n“However I do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways I have broached a topic that unbeknownst to me until very recently made certain individuals uncomfortable ” Franks said adding “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.",
"”\n Franks explained in his statement that he and his wife have long struggled with infertility.",
"After having twins with a surrogate the couple sought additional children he said.",
"House Speaker Paul D.",
"Ryan’s office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan (R-Wis.",
") had been briefed on “credible claims of misconduct” by Franks last week after the House general counsel was contacted about the allegations and investigated them.",
"Franks did not deny the allegations when Ryan confronted him according to the speaker’s statement.",
"Ryan told Franks he should resign and said he would refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee his statement said.",
"The Franks revelations came on the same day that Sen.",
"Al Franken (D-Minn.",
") resigned his seat after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and as the House Ethics Committee opened a separate probe into Rep.",
"Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.",
").",
"Franks has served in the House since 2003 and is known as a fierce opponent of legal abortion recently sponsoring a bill banning abortions after 20-week gestation that passed the House.",
"He is also an outspoken critic of the Senate’s filibuster rule blaming it for blocking conservative bills.",
"Franks is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus a hard-right faction that has often clashed with Republican leaders.",
"He considered a run for Senate in 2012 but dropped out suddenly.",
"He continued as chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee."
]
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In installed this on 2 computers and the computers were running at about half speed. the services that were running in the back ground were incredible. it was a memory ram hog!!
Internet was super slow too.. it was like others had said - like dialup.
I called customer service and the person on the other end was kurt, rude, and not wanting to talk to me at all.
I dislike the software, the customer support, and the product. Everything.
Im beginning to doubt these types of sftware.. and think maybe they are guilded malware. | 0 | negative | [
"In installed this on 2 computers and the computers were running at about half speed.",
"the services that were running in the back ground were incredible.",
"it was a memory ram hog!!",
"Internet was super slow too..",
"it was like others had said - like dialup.",
"I called customer service and the person on the other end was kurt, rude, and not wanting to talk to me at all.",
"I dislike the software, the customer support, and the product.",
"Everything.",
"Im beginning to doubt these types of sftware..",
"and think maybe they are guilded malware."
]
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It works well until the pizzo ignitor gives out.
To bad they don't offer the ignitor as a replacement part. I have four of them. Three out of four don't work because the pizzo ignitor has given out. It is always the first thing to go. When it goes out you can't light the torch with a match or welding flint striker like a regular torch either.
I guess I could go buy three more of them at a retail store, swap out the ignitors, and return them all as bad. This really stinks. BernzOMatic doesn't recommend replacing the ignitor and doesn't off them as a replacement part. Product liability or they just want you to buy another one. I haven't been able to find them any where else either except in China by the thousands. They are much smaller then the ones used in gas grills, etc. | 0 | negative | [
"It works well until the pizzo ignitor gives out.",
"To bad they don't offer the ignitor as a replacement part.",
"I have four of them.",
"Three out of four don't work because the pizzo ignitor has given out.",
"It is always the first thing to go.",
"When it goes out you can't light the torch with a match or welding flint striker like a regular torch either.",
"I guess I could go buy three more of them at a retail store, swap out the ignitors, and return them all as bad.",
"This really stinks.",
"BernzOMatic doesn't recommend replacing the ignitor and doesn't off them as a replacement part.",
"Product liability or they just want you to buy another one.",
"I haven't been able to find them any where else either except in China by the thousands.",
"They are much smaller then the ones used in gas grills, etc."
]
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Katherine Anne Porter's short story "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," being told in stream-of-consciousness, could easily have been a cinematic tour-de-force. Unfortunately, director Randa Haines drains any interest out of it by trying to present it in a literal manner. The story would have been nothing special were it not for the stream of consciousness technique. Instead of trying to express Granny's feelings, Haines simply gives us static reenactments of events in her past, filmed in such conventional ways that we do not get much of Granny's attitude toward how she remembers things.
In this TV movie, it is simply an old dying woman having flashbacks. Had Porter's story been given an imaginative director, it could have easily been made into a remarkable and astonishing film. Instead, we get a lame Cliffs Notes version of the story.
I would recommend this film only to curious Porter fans, but I don't expect they'll like it. Anyone who took interest enough to read this review is referred to the short story, which was very innovative in its day. It could make an innovative film someday, but this definitely is not it. | 0 | negative | [
"Katherine Anne Porter's short story \"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,\" being told in stream-of-consciousness, could easily have been a cinematic tour-de-force.",
"Unfortunately, director Randa Haines drains any interest out of it by trying to present it in a literal manner.",
"The story would have been nothing special were it not for the stream of consciousness technique.",
"Instead of trying to express Granny's feelings, Haines simply gives us static reenactments of events in her past, filmed in such conventional ways that we do not get much of Granny's attitude toward how she remembers things.",
"In this TV movie, it is simply an old dying woman having flashbacks.",
"Had Porter's story been given an imaginative director, it could have easily been made into a remarkable and astonishing film.",
"Instead, we get a lame Cliffs Notes version of the story.",
"I would recommend this film only to curious Porter fans, but I don't expect they'll like it.",
"Anyone who took interest enough to read this review is referred to the short story, which was very innovative in its day.",
"It could make an innovative film someday, but this definitely is not it."
]
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It was easy to install with only two wires, which is why I wanted a spring loaded timer over a digital one. It works as it should and the timer is fairly accurate however the color is off. The plate is much darker than the picture in the listing and is darker than my light almond switch plates. I guess I didn't realize the difference between almond and ivory but I always thought ivory was a lighter shade than almond. Regardless, this product is a darker color than I expected and the knob is even a slightly lighter color than the plate that comes with it. Strange!
12/15. I just bought another one. It came in an old crumpled box with a 2009 date on it. Sure enough, it failed, and I had to return it. It's inexcusable to me to put items on the market like this that have been sitting around in a damp warehouse likely for 6 years! | 0 | negative | [
"It was easy to install with only two wires, which is why I wanted a spring loaded timer over a digital one.",
"It works as it should and the timer is fairly accurate however the color is off.",
"The plate is much darker than the picture in the listing and is darker than my light almond switch plates.",
"I guess I didn't realize the difference between almond and ivory but I always thought ivory was a lighter shade than almond.",
"Regardless, this product is a darker color than I expected and the knob is even a slightly lighter color than the plate that comes with it.",
"Strange!",
"12/15.",
"I just bought another one.",
"It came in an old crumpled box with a 2009 date on it.",
"Sure enough, it failed, and I had to return it.",
"It's inexcusable to me to put items on the market like this that have been sitting around in a damp warehouse likely for 6 years!"
]
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I refuse to believe that "HIDE & SEEK" was written by the same guy responsible for creating the Alex Cross novels! Maybe it's that my expecatations are higher for James Patterson -- he is, after all, one of the better American mystery novelists alive. Or maybe it's because I couldn't have cared any less for the characters in "HIDE & SEEK" -- they were about as three dimensional as a piece of paper. Or maybe it's because I felt like this novel was riding on the coattails of the OJ trial. Maybe it's all the above.
Had "HIDE & SEEK" been written by any other author, I may not have been so brutal in my review. But I have a feeling that this story had been tucked aside before Patterson became the suspense novelist we all now know, only to be published as a "filler" between Alex Cross novels. The plot, which revolves around a famous singer/songwriter that has been put to trial for the murder of her latest husband (making this her second or third homicide, depending on who you ask), runs pretty thin at times. Even the scenes with Barbara Streisand and Harry Conick were rediculous. At times I felt like I was reading the novel through frosted lenses because the heroine was painted as such a celebrity angel. And I won't even get started on the dialogue.
Whatever the case may be, I ask James Patterson never to stop writing about Alex Cross. It's what he does best. | 0 | negative | [
"I refuse to believe that \"HIDE & SEEK\" was written by the same guy responsible for creating the Alex Cross novels!",
"Maybe it's that my expecatations are higher for James Patterson -- he is, after all, one of the better American mystery novelists alive.",
"Or maybe it's because I couldn't have cared any less for the characters in \"HIDE & SEEK\" -- they were about as three dimensional as a piece of paper.",
"Or maybe it's because I felt like this novel was riding on the coattails of the OJ trial.",
"Maybe it's all the above.",
"Had \"HIDE & SEEK\" been written by any other author, I may not have been so brutal in my review.",
"But I have a feeling that this story had been tucked aside before Patterson became the suspense novelist we all now know, only to be published as a \"filler\" between Alex Cross novels.",
"The plot, which revolves around a famous singer/songwriter that has been put to trial for the murder of her latest husband (making this her second or third homicide, depending on who you ask), runs pretty thin at times.",
"Even the scenes with Barbara Streisand and Harry Conick were rediculous.",
"At times I felt like I was reading the novel through frosted lenses because the heroine was painted as such a celebrity angel.",
"And I won't even get started on the dialogue.",
"Whatever the case may be, I ask James Patterson never to stop writing about Alex Cross.",
"It's what he does best."
]
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Over the past 10 years, this might be my first 1-star review of an Amazon seller. I wish I could give it less. Awful customer service. Had to file a claim with Amazon, who, fortunately, is working to assist and make it right. TL; DR: Seller sent a COMPLETELY different item than ordered, the tried to charge me to package/send said 7-8 foot item back to them in order to get a refund. My shipping/packing charges would have been over the price of the original item I ordered. My order: a small, 3-piece patio bistro foldable furniture set. What arrived: a 7-8 foot giant rocking outdoor swing of some kind. Incredibly heavy. 1) I contacted customer service to alert them of the mistakenly shipped item. 2) After months of communicating with their customer service team, requesting my original order, it still never came. 3) I contacted Amazon for help, as the seller refused to cooperate and provide a solution (i.e. a refund, my original order, or means of shipping the incorrect product back at no cost to me.) Worth noting - the packaging the original item arrived in was completely damaged and unusable (leaving scratches and bangs on the incorrect item as well). Best Choice Products customer service team is continuing to ask me to mail the item back (which would involve me purchasing the packing materials for a 7-8 foot item, and paying someone to take it to UPS, as I can't lift this item or fit it in my vehicle). Their solution? Customer service replied with "see if your friends can give you some free boxes or help you move it." Their other solution, "You can pay FedEx to pick it up." No, this isn't my responsibility as a customer to pay to fix a mistake on the company's end or to pay more than my original item cost to return their mistake. I strongly caution you against buying anything from this company. | 0 | negative | [
"Over the past 10 years, this might be my first 1-star review of an Amazon seller.",
"I wish I could give it less.",
"Awful customer service.",
"Had to file a claim with Amazon, who, fortunately, is working to assist and make it right.",
"TL; DR: Seller sent a COMPLETELY different item than ordered, the tried to charge me to package/send said 7-8 foot item back to them in order to get a refund.",
"My shipping/packing charges would have been over the price of the original item I ordered.",
"My order: a small, 3-piece patio bistro foldable furniture set.",
"What arrived: a 7-8 foot giant rocking outdoor swing of some kind.",
"Incredibly heavy.",
"1) I contacted customer service to alert them of the mistakenly shipped item.",
"2) After months of communicating with their customer service team, requesting my original order, it still never came.",
"3) I contacted Amazon for help, as the seller refused to cooperate and provide a solution (i.",
"e. a refund, my original order, or means of shipping the incorrect product back at no cost to me.",
") Worth noting - the packaging the original item arrived in was completely damaged and unusable (leaving scratches and bangs on the incorrect item as well).",
"Best Choice Products customer service team is continuing to ask me to mail the item back (which would involve me purchasing the packing materials for a 7-8 foot item, and paying someone to take it to UPS, as I can't lift this item or fit it in my vehicle).",
"Their solution?",
"Customer service replied with \"see if your friends can give you some free boxes or help you move it.",
"\" Their other solution, \"You can pay FedEx to pick it up.",
"\" No, this isn't my responsibility as a customer to pay to fix a mistake on the company's end or to pay more than my original item cost to return their mistake.",
"I strongly caution you against buying anything from this company."
]
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Please don't use this for bed sore recovery barrier. Use something like Calmoseptine Ointment. It is what our hospital uses as part of their wound care protocol. However, when my grandmother was transferred to a rehabilitation center. We were told Desitin was the same thing.
Having been a new born and toddler nursery worker for many years. I was very familiar with Desitin for diaper rash and seen it work very well unless your baby has a cod liver sensitivity or allergy. I had never heard of Desitin being used for my grandfather when my rather was ill but we tried it at the center's insistence.
It did nothing for grandma and when she was released to being Home Health her bed sores were pretty bad.
While I decided to share information in this review regarding a off label use to try and help those in a similar situation. This isn't why I chose to only give it 2 * As that doesn't seem right to me. Rather the low rating is based on our families experience with Desitin as a diaper rash treatment. It wasn't effective because of fish and shellfish allergies. When it comes to very young babies a lot of things are hypo-allergenic and top 8 Allergens free. Those products seem a much safer product. | 0 | negative | [
"Please don't use this for bed sore recovery barrier.",
"Use something like Calmoseptine Ointment.",
"It is what our hospital uses as part of their wound care protocol.",
"However, when my grandmother was transferred to a rehabilitation center.",
"We were told Desitin was the same thing.",
"Having been a new born and toddler nursery worker for many years.",
"I was very familiar with Desitin for diaper rash and seen it work very well unless your baby has a cod liver sensitivity or allergy.",
"I had never heard of Desitin being used for my grandfather when my rather was ill but we tried it at the center's insistence.",
"It did nothing for grandma and when she was released to being Home Health her bed sores were pretty bad.",
"While I decided to share information in this review regarding a off label use to try and help those in a similar situation.",
"This isn't why I chose to only give it 2 * As that doesn't seem right to me.",
"Rather the low rating is based on our families experience with Desitin as a diaper rash treatment.",
"It wasn't effective because of fish and shellfish allergies.",
"When it comes to very young babies a lot of things are hypo-allergenic and top 8 Allergens free.",
"Those products seem a much safer product."
]
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