Some Fundamental Flaws...
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Pros:
Works over insanely long distances.
Ergonomic design.
Batteries last a long time, even leaving mouse "on".

Cons:
Flaky click action: left mouse click often double clicks (when I only click once) or has problems when holding down the button (have to really press firmly sometimes).
Bloated, memory-intensive software (I don't use it) with limited customization.

So why 2 stars?  Mice have been around for a loooong time, smooth, consistent click action is expected on even the cheapest mouse.  The flakiness of the left click can frustrate when playing a computer game or working with a spreadsheet, and because it's such an integral part of the mousing experience, I can only give the mouse 2 stars.  This follows my generally bad experiences with entry-level Logitech products being of a sub-par build quality and prone to break.
79893
I have owned a machine with the Clevo P170EM for over 6 months now,  I have become a little bit frustrated with it.  Yes it has lights and doodads,  but it also has several flaws that seem like oversights to me.

1)  If you want to press mute or turn down your volume OOPS! you just put your machine to sleep because the sleep button is sandwiched between these two commonly used functions.

2)  the audio headphone jack and the DVD tray positioning is backwards of what it should be.  Due to this, the  audio jack is very tough to find in the dark,  and if you have headphones on, the wire is likely to get caught up if you open the DVD tray.

3) too few USB jacks (only 3)

4) The keys have an unnecessarily tight layout (I think they did it to be able to put all the 'cool' LED lights below it),  if you are a touch typist you will be hitting all kinds of keys before you hit backspace or try to use the arrow keys.

5)  They didn't include 2 windows keys,  but then in my opinion removed the wrong one (the left one).  The most common hotkey for the windows button is windows + E to open a new explorer window, which can no longer be used 1 handed...  yet we have 2 separate pipe/backslash keys??  why?!

6) in my particular case the SD card slot stopped working after about 1 month,  and the fingerprint reader was always spotty.

Overall i would NOT recommend this product due to the misguided case design, unfortunately.  However if you find the ability to make all kinds of animated rainbow colors occur on your keyboard more important than usability,  you may like this machine more than I do.
1274173
I've been a loyal Anker supported for years and have been very happy with their products until now.  While not a "bad" product, it has some major flaws that make it borderline unusable.

1) It's too smooth.  The mouse does a nice job of position the wrist in a neutral position.  However, because this mostly vertical, the hand requires a little friction to remain on the mouse.  It has a nice feeling matte coating, but it's so slick my hand slides down the side.  This requires me gripping it tighter, which adds wrist strain and defeats the purpose of the mouse.

2) Needs pinky rest.  Other reviewers have commented on this and I agree.  Using a vertical mouse you are forced to use more forearm movements, vs just wrist movements, which helps limits repetitive stress.  However, my pinky is constantly dragging on my desk and get fatigued.  A grooved rest for the pinky that would help support the hand and take the pink off the desk would make a world of difference.

3) Too light.  It's a $20 mouse, so it's mostly plastic, but it needs a little more weight which would help with control.  Variable weighting system would be better, but then we're moving out the $20 casual mouse market.

As for basic functions - it tracks well, the click resistance is fair, the wireless connection has been flawless.  Unfortunately it's quite uncomfortable and adds more hand stress than it helps alleviate.
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Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a very interesting, thought provoking book.  Unfortunately, Dick's writing in it is also very technically flawed.  My biggest problem occurs at the point where the actual plot begins:  Deckard is told about eight androids who have sneaked back to Earth.  But, where did that information come from?  Supposedly, his predecessor came up with it.  But, how?  These androids are, for all intents and purposes indistinguishable from humans and have gone to great extent to keep themselves secret.  Yet, somehow, Deckard's predecessor has their number, names, and addresses.  Plus, no one, not even the police, can be sure someone is an android without testing.

My second biggest problem is that Dick doesn't change his writing to match the supposed personalities of the characters.  Most specifically, the secondary character J.R. Isadore's "voice" is flat-out wrong.  He's supposed to have failed an IQ test and is characterized as being a "chickenhead."  Yet, the vast majority of his external speech and all of his internal voicings are extraordinarily eloquent and deeply philosophical.  It's highly jarring.

And finally, there's an issue that comes up near the end where someone talks about having been "close friends" with the infiltrating androids for two years.  As far as I can make out, it looks like those androids have only been on Earth for a short time.  Well, I take that back:  some of the androids seem fairly new to Earth, while others seem to have long term Earth personas.  But, supposedly, they all arrived in one batch.  So, that, in itself is a problem.  Yet, even if I'm wrong about how long the androids had been on Earth, the person claiming long-term friendship with them should have been unable to have ANY contact with them.  Plus, if there had been contact, it would indicate a huge conspiracy somewhere and Deckard should have been wetting himself trying to get that information up the chain.  Yet, the issue just fades away.

Those three holes in Dick's universe are big.  If the world he's set up here hadn't been so interesting, I would have given the book a much worse rating.  But, still, I can only give it an OK 3 stars out of 5.
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A decently built product, with a few flaws that really bring down the value. Most importantly, I have experienced persistent disconnects anytime this device is moved even slightly. This paired with the lack of mounting options provided means that if you leave it dangling with wires in it, it WILL disconnect when you least expect it. Next issue is the spacing of the ports. Being this close together means that you can only plug slim usb cables into them, flashdrives, large dongles, and anything larger than the bare minimum size for USB will leave you unable to use adjacent ports. Finally, the light up buttons for each port are nearly useless, since light from any button being on bleeds through to every other button, and it is difficult to distinguish at a glance which are active. If these issues were corrected, would be a GREAT product. Sadly, I must return it.
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As much as I love Anthrax, it pains me to give this album a mere three stars, but dammit, it just doesn't deserve anything better than that.  It's really kinda a shock how flawed this album is, considering how absolutely great the 2 albums just before it, and the 1 after it were, but it's definitely got some major problems, and is not in the same league as those other albums.  Well actually, it's got one major problem, which is enough to cripple the album: the vocals are TERRIBLE.  Joey is definitely off his game here, and he doesn't sound himself, but that's not the real problem.  The real problem is that they came up with an absolutely wretched batch of vocal lines.  Simply put, every song here except 'Be All, End All' and 'Antisocial' has at least one very prominent and very grating vocal line.(and plenty of them have more than that)  The examples are endless: 'Don't think about anything' pretty much all of 'Make me Laugh', 'Your Mama's calling you' the verses to 'Now it's Dark' the chorus to 'Schism', and so on.  The obnoxious vocals are particularly upsetting as they often result in a very grating, obnoxious chorus. Vox typically don't matter that much in thrash, so you can sometimes overlook them, but they were always more imporant in Anthrax's work, and much of the work here is just to irritating to be ignored.

This is particularly sad, because most other aspects of this album are pretty good, if not necessarily up to Anthrax's standards.  'Be All, End All' and 'Antisocial' are both great songs.  Very catchy and melodic yet still very crunchy and intense.  Thus, they're just classic Anthrax.(though 'Antisocial' is a cover, of course).  And, the riffwork on this album is pretty solid.  Not as good as Anthrax's other stuff, though.  It's sorta a transitional album, so the riffs have lost some of the melodicism and bounciness you'd find in older Anthrax, but haven't yet got the full intensity, variety and complexity that you'd find on 'Persistence of Time'.  But they're still pretty good, and could've made a very good thrash album.  Charlie gives a nice performance too, as always.  He's always been just about the most energetic, most propulsive drummer around, and he doesn't disappoint here.  Still, they can't overcome the very rarely inspired, often irritating vocals.

Also, it has just about the most hideous cover art imaginable.

This album is still somewhat enjoyable, as evinced by my 3 star rating, but it definitely isn't truly mandatory for either the thrash fan in general, or the Anthrax fan in particular.
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Book is alright. One issue is that the protagonist is seemingly invincible, taking actions that are completely super human. That'd be tolerable if the reader was clued in on why this was the case (other than it's the result of his upbringing, as it stretches the suspension of belief to its breaking point.)

Another issue is that most other characters find the protagonist supremely attractive as well. I believe one such section was where a character 'nearly groaned at its masculine beauty' in response to a grin. I had to re-read that section a couple of times to make sure it wasn't a joke.

I half expected some author self-insertion. On the whole, I think the book could have been better if the protagonist has some actual flaws. Maybe that's the joke, perhaps this whole thing is 'A Modest Proposal' and I missed it.
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I really wanted to love this product, but there are some inexcusable things about this keyboard/mouse.

I have posted a video going over a lot of the likes and dislikes, just search for The Rabid Wookiee.

To sum it up, while I do love this, it has some major flaws. Magnetic Mousepad and no backlighting for example
1507115
...elegant, but so far it's fulfilled every task without a whimper.  True, there are bits included that I'll probably never use, but it's got virtually every bit I need, and that's good enough.  That said, it's only fair to mention the flaws as well as the virtues.  The first time I inserted a bit into the handle socket, the button magnet came out with it.  A bit of fiddling, a drop of Superglue, and an overnight "set" solved that issue.  As someone else noted, the Winchester emblem was loathe to remain attached to the butt of the socket handle but that was equally resolved.  I initially questioned the accurate sizing of the 1/16" hex bit and even went so far as to buy a "high-end" replacement.  But it turns out the set screw on the sight I was dealing with was the issue, not the bits.  All my premium wrenches, bits and such are downstairs on the workbench.  This set resides in the bottom drawer of my office desk and is easy to toss into the range bag when the occasion demands it.  Enough said, it's living up to expectations!
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Love the concept but felt there were several serious flaws in its design.  First of all, it should be longer so that longer keys (such as car ignition keys) could fit flush and also not touch smaller keys (such as house  keys) on the other side.  Also, even the extended screws should have been  significantly longer so one could use the washers between the keys to help separate them.  My classic was supposed to accomodate up to 8 keys but I could only manage 7.  I will say that if you extended the length so that one side could accommodate long keys and made the screws even longeer that I would seriously consider purchasing such item.
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This is a decent keyboard as covered by numerous other reviewers, but it has some amazing oversights that can be seriously aggravating. I'd recommend shopping a different brand if you can find similar features and price.

You cannot save your settings. Every time you turn it on, it will not remember your selected tone, your tempo, your key light preference, anything. The key lighting is of course ON by default, which is obnoxious. And you have to press the non-responsive buttons nearly twenty times to turn it off.

The keyboard will automatically power off. This setting cannot be disabled after you have turned the keyboard on and gone through the hassle of configuring all the settings to your liking. The only way to disable auto-off is to hold another key down while you turn the keyboard on, so you MUST remember to disable auto-off before you turn the keyboard on.

There's a Demo function that is triggered if you step away for 5 minutes. The Demo will erase all your settings, turn the keyboard light on, and start obnoxiously lighting up the keys.

You cannot adjust the metronome volume independently of the keys.

The groove at the base of the music stand does not hold things very well - for example, if you try to put a tablet in there's a good chance it will immediately slip out (like mine does).

Straight from the manual:
"In certain keyboard ranges, the volume and tone quality sound are slightly different from those in other keyboard ranges. This is due to system limitations."
This is annoying and has me constantly edging the volume up, and ending up with sounds in the lower range being too loud.

I hope I don't find any more significant shortcomings as I get more familiar with this keyboard.
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I would have liked to have given this book 5 stars but find I cannot after finding a couple of major errors that detract from the book's main argument. For example, on page 40 the text states that the student (Ben) responded to the third item "pencil" in the first column. However, when you look at Figure 9 on the same page you can plainly see that the item "pencil" is labeled as the fourth item on the chart. Also, in the shoe tying example on page 41, it says that the process is listed "1-10, top to bottom". This too is incorrect. The corresponding chart on the next page shows the sequence in bottom- up fashion. Most egregiously, on page 42 the score for session 1 is calculated incorrectly. It is marked as four steps correct in the sequence, but 5 steps are circled as being performed correctly. This is especially unforgivable in a text that has an ugly acronym for data that does not communicate effectively (C.R.A.P.-Can't rely on any part of it). These errors detract from the overall purpose of the text-collecting accurate and reliable data. For a second edition, these errors are unforgivable, especially considering the the topic is accurate data gathering.
Still, the overall method is sound. The forms at the back of the book can be downloaded from the research press website.
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I wanted to love this band, but it has some real definite flaws.

Cons:  I cannot get this thing to fasten securely on my wrist without help.  The first time I put it on, it popped off an hour later because I had not gotten it fastened fully.  Notifications are limited to phone, text and calendar - no email or alarm.  It takes at least 3 firm taps to wake up the display which only stays on for abt. 2 seconds.  Notifications are one way only , and can not be cleared from your phone, nor can you send a pre-composed response like Awear.  No heart rate monitor and the accuracy of the fitness tracking is very questionable.

Pros:  It is nicely styled and comes with 3 easy swap out bands which can be trimmed to fit a small wrist.  The screen is clear and readable even in sunlight.  The device does go at least 3 days without charging, and the clip on charging attachment is very easy to use.  Once you get it the display on, is very responsive and easy to cycle through options.  With additional software and a better fastening mechanism, this could be a very nice stylish device at a reasonable price.

 It turns out that purchase is through a distributor, not the manufacturer, and you will need to keep the retail packaging intact to return it.  It takes about a week to get a return authorization from the seller.
I have gone back to wearing my Pebble which is large and clunky looking, but has great functionality and 5 day battery life.

An update after a month.

Did finally resolve the "getting it on" issue.  I warm up the side with the holes by running it under hot water or with my air dryer for a couple of seconds and it closes easily.  The December software release seems to have helped with activating the display.  3 little taps seems to do it, particularly if tapped at the end with the charging attachment.  Would like the display to stay on a second or two longer, and have not gotten an alarm clock to work with it yet which is a significant want for me.  Wear it on occasions when my Pebble is just too ugly.
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I like Blade Runner, but I don't love it like others do.  It does have a lot going for it.  The sets, scenery, special effects, style and flair are all legendary.  However, it has some glaring flaws.  The first is the main character.  I can't stand Deckard.  There's nothing special about him.  He doesn't seem particularly smart, athletic or menacing.  Every single Replicant gets the drop on him and he only survives by their stupidity, lack of desire to kill him, or being bailed out by someone else.  Everyone else in the movie pushes him around as well.  So, how did a wimp like this guy every develop a reputation as THE most feared Replicant hunter?  Sure, he's portrayed as a burnout who's lost his edge, but still the movie should give me something here.  At least make him cunning.  The next thing I didn't like is the story.  It's filled with holes.  ** SPOILERS **  The whole thing with Voight-Kampf is nonsense.  So, the Replicant makers can create perfect/superior human clones, but have no way differentiating them from normal humans except for an eye test?  Seriously?  What, they don't have bar codes in the future?  How about the beginning scene with Leon?  I guess metal detectors are a lost science in the future as well.  Holden figures out he's a Replicant, but doesn't draw a weapon and still goes on questioning him.  Brilliant.  Zhora has the complete drop on Deckard (big shock) yet doesn't finish him because she is surprised by some employees.  She could have snapped his neck in seconds, but opts to take the slower route with strangulation.  Okay. The Replicants themselves are quite sloppy as they leave a trail that a 6 year old kid could follow, which of course is a bit challenging for Deckard.  Their goal is reasonable.  They want more life and are seeking out Tyrell, their creator.  You see, they only have a 4 year lifespan.  Why you would want to create accurate human clones and give them only a 4 year life span is beyond me.  I'm no scientist, but I could easily figure out that these super humans could rebel and cause havoc.  However, we can't expect such advanced thinking for characters in this movie.  Rachel is an interesting character, yet has almost zero purpose in this movie other than to provide a romantic interest for Deckard.  Of course, she is instrumental in bailing him out of danger when Leon is going to rearrange his face.  Pris also has a golden opportunity to waste Deckard, yet opts for a screaming gymnastics demonstration instead.  She does however give Deck his third vicious beating of the film, which is becoming a hobby for this boy among men.  Then comes the finale and the best Replicant goes into action.  Roy Batty. A bit smarter than the others, but a bit weird too.  He decides to play a little with Deck before killing him.  Breaks a couple of his fingers then pretends he is a wolf with Pris' blood smeared all over him.  With the howling of course.  Uh-yea.  He spends a few minutes hunting him until predictably catching the mighty Replicant hunter.  Then, he decides to spare his life.  Wow.  Sorry, but to say this story is over rated would be an understatement.

Still, if you love Blade Runner, this is THE set to own.  Nearly every version of the film is in this set.
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While the camera's features are pretty good for the price, there are a few issues that far outweigh them.

Firstly, the Wi-Fi wouldn't work at first and there was absolutely no indication why.  After some searching through other reviews on Amazon, I found that there's a character limit on the Wi-Fi password but there is an updated firmware that resolves that issue.  Still, I wasted quite a bit of time figuring out the cause and correcting it.

The second issue is that it appears the antennas were located on the back of the camera with absolutely no regard to what would be blocked. The Wi-Fi antennas completely block access to several key screws for the mounting bracket.  The antennas themselves can't even be screwed in without interfering with screws on the camera.  While it may be possible to disassemble and reassemble the camera's mounting bracket while getting the antennas attached, I really don't feel like assembling a jigsaw puzzle while mounting a camera 30 feet up on a ladder.

The next issue I found is that the camera randomly stopped communicating over Wi-Fi and I had to reset its power every couple of hours so it would wake up.  Luckily, I found this while bench testing the camera it prior to permanently mounting it, but this would be been extremely problematic if the camera were already in its final location.

Lastly, there's a screw that's needed to keep the mounting arm at a 90 degree angle.  Mine simply wouldn't tighten.  I wanted to mount the camera under one of my eaves, so this would have resulting in the camera pointing straight down at the ground.  The threads on the receiving side of the screw must have been stripped or otherwise damaged.

Not that I'm much for reading manuals but I did also find that the English in the manual, like most products from China, is barely comprehensible.

Despite those cons, I was tempted to keep the camera for its suite of features for its low price, but this camera's issues make it unusable.
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I bought the laptop based on the specs -- I wanted most of all a fast machine for my development work, and I wanted a touch screen. On this point, the laptop delivers - it is indeed quit powerful. It also has no junkware.

But it has 2 absolutely fatal flaws -- a barely usable trackpad such that any kind of operation like dragging or resizing or copying and pasting are pretty much impossible. No matter what I did (the Internet is full of complaints about it) it's impossible to use, and I end up needing to plug in a mouse.

The second flaw is a defective keyboard. If you Google you will discover that there is a major bug in the keyboard driver where after coming back from hibernation the keyboard "repeat rate" slows, even though the slider in the settings is still at 100. You need to drag it back and forth to return it back to normal. A slow repeat rate basically means that you cannot fluently type anything. It is extremely annoying. I found a solution online -- someone wrote a script that resets the repeat rate. It works, but it took a lot of effort to find this.

I don't understand why Lenovo (which is aware of the problem) would release a laptop with these issues -- and not issue any patches. Very disappointing. I don't think I will be buying Lenovo again.
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There are two fundamental problems which plague this book and its thesis.  While it may appear scholarly to the casual reader, these problems destroy the entire argument.

The greater problem is that in response to the fact that the Greek text uses masculine forms of verbs (implying the author is a man) Ruth Hoppins argues that Priscilla used the masculine form as a way of hiding her identity from the readers.  The fundamental problem with this thesis is that the author (allegedly Priscilla) a deliberate deceiver.  This is immoral and wrong.  It implies that the Bible itself deceives its reader!  This is the very reason that Priscilla cannot be the author of Hebrews.

The other problem is one which derails the argument from the outset.  Ruth does not present evidence that Priscilla did write the book of Hebrews, but rather that she was a great Christian woman who could have written Hebrews (ignoring the fundamental problem stated above).  To this end she spends many pages writing about Priscilla, rather than giving actual evidence of her connection to Hebrews.  Even in this, she makes unfounded assumptions, such as arguing that Hebrews was written to Ephesus rather than to a church in Jerusalem.  Ephesus, however, had many gentiles (as well as Jews) but Hebrews is marked by the fact that it singularly addresses Jews, not gentiles.  Finally, the book is filled with assumptions such as "Hebrews bears a distinctly feminine feel" [paraphrase].  Really?  Why?  Apparently because it is respectful to women of faith.  Oh?  So men don't respect women?  Really?  That is evidence?