too tough for the utterly clueless
349210
I appreciate The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry (1953) by Harry Stack Sullivan, M.D., who died in 1949, a basis for creating a literary life as a subjective realm in which a person may picture thoughts that Sullivan would consider within topics like:

Patterns of Inadequate or Inappropriate Interpersonal Relations

Chapter 19, Matters Schizoid and Schizophrenic.

I would like to quote an opinion I expressed concerning security defenses on March 24, 1996:

The problem seems to arise
from situations which produce
"very intense anxiety" associated
with the suspicion that someone
has "gone off the deep end."
An elaborated view might include
"awe, dread, loathing, and horror." (p. 315).
Sullivan even mentions the "Grand Canyon."
In order to avoid such feelings,
Sullivan believes that obsessional
substitution may be a good indication
of "what goes on in the self-esteem
in order to keep something utterly
excluded from awareness, so that
there is no possibility of its
eruption into awareness." (p. 319).
The section called
Evidences of Dissociation
covers pages 316-322,
followed by
Possibility of Reintegration
of Dissociated Systems,
which covers "deliberate
fugues" in which one
"plunges into some situation,
with a sort of tightening up of everything,
often keeping his eye on something irrelevant-
that is, preoccupying himself with things
really tangential to what he is after. . . .
And by a sort of attenuating process,
by which the whole thing adds itself
to conscious experience slowly, one
survives it and is better off for it." (p. 323).

Books can be analyzed like a cosmic pogo stick up in a society of spectacle that is only paying attention to the satisfaction of its own entertainment values. Electronic communication allows hits to be communicated as music, news, or commercial messages which jar anyone who does not get the same cosmic pogo stick up experience that everyone else is having, frequently in solitary enjoyment of pleasure addictions instead of a interpersonal relationships, and the institutions which assume that religion, law, philosophy, or developmental history have a tradition that can beat Freudian aspects of riding a cosmic pogo stick down the stairs to the basement in a nuclear submarine should pay more attention to crimes against humor.
123973
I would have to agree with the review from Shae Waters. While this book contains some very good and useful information it is definitely NOT for beginners. If you do not have a very strong understanding of XML and ActionScript you will be completely lost. I am not an "expert" in either, but I do have a pretty strong foundation in both and this book is still very difficult to work through. Many, many things are not explained adequately and the lessons are not anywhere detailed enough. It's very frustrating. A top notch editor should have been able to help shape this book into a resource that more people would be able to take advantage of. I fear most will abandon it before they get very far. I'm determined to make my way through it, but it is a struggle, not due to the material that is being covered, but how it is being presented.
2439402
This is super complicated for first time users, and honestly, it requires a lot of advisement and practice on a parents part. Ultimately, I'll be looking for an easier activity before trying to teach this one to my daughter.
2828337
They are so into all the tiny details that it takes 5 chapters until you finally get to do something with Photoshop. You get lost in numerous preparations and it gets more difficult to find your way back to the basics. I truely did my best and I am a qualified IT expert, but this book makes Photoshop a difficult nightmare. The book offers full knowledge and faultless apllication of all the rules, but this is overdoing it, the user will get lost in efforts to achieve perfection even before a single photo is in view
4118862
I bought this game, so my 5-year-old daughter can have a game that she could play by herself. After playing a couple of levels, she couldn't move on to next level any more without me playing for her. Don't be fooled by the title and cute graphics. This game turned out to be one of the hardest games I've ever played. It was harder than some of the mature rated.
Its control scheme is rather simple, but the actual in game control is way too difficult to master for little children. The graphic is impressive, but sometimes it's too hard to control the characters in that pretty 3-D underwater environment. And also the game gets too confusing in some levels, and there isn't any in-game help.
If you are looking for a game for your kids to play by themselves, skip this title. Unless you plan to play almost the entire game for your kids, so they can watch you.
3053041
The people that gave this one star for difficulty putting together are accurate.  The directions are very vague and confusing even for adults.  After viewing the directions, I was still clueless and could not put it together so I was frustrated.  Log on to Q Ba Maze's sight and view the videos.  The building basics and the building 50 pack videos helped me to put it together.  If it wasn't for that video, I would have given this a one star review and been frustrated.  A lot of the building centers around understanding what types of patterns work and what does not.  I thought I would be able to build freely as with Legos.  That is clearly not the case.  On their website are other plans for towers.  Those directions are vague too.  Bottom line:  expensive, fun but difficult to get the hang of.  There is no way I see kids doing this on your own, so parents be prepared to help!
4916321
I'm sorry, but after repeated attempts to wrap my head around this story, I just couldn't do it. If I were more versed in Mid-Eastern names, maybe I would've been more successful. The only advice I can give on this one is that one needs to be prepared for some serious mental energy when diving in......this doesn't come easy, and I was just too tired to make much sense of it.
2400109
I am a complete and utter novice at programming.  This book helped me learn the basic nuts and bolts of programming.  But this book needs a chapter on how to put the pieces together to solve various problems.  I tried the exercises at the end of the book and was completely lost.  I wasn't even close  to the right answer (well, maybe two lines were right).  I tried everything.  I even looked up the answer and wrote it out one line at a time to see if  I  could understand what was happening.  I didn't have a prayer of knowing what I was doing.

I don't want to give this book a low rating, but it really didn't help me that much.  Maybe it is me but I need much more detailed instruction than this book provides.
4043710
Very Very Very difficult for beginners.  Google "Metolius Training Board Workout" for advice and workout techniques to build up your body.  This isn't a muscle only strength exercise.  You are building up ligaments and tendons in your fingers, hand and forearms.  It is intense and very difficult. If you hang on this too long right away you can easily injure yourself.

As far as the actual product its rock climbing gym quality with easy to use instructions.  Does not come with chalk with would help with training and preserve your skin.  Does come with screws to secure to the wall.  Must be in a solid piece of wood.  Many secure this to a 1" thick plywood then screw plywood into studs to secure it.

Five stars if better workout suggestions were included.
3886778
more difficult than you would think, but good problem solving skills
2205430
Very, very hard. I didn't realize how hard these would be. You should be 1800+ before ordering; these are too hard for me to benefit from. Not the book's fault though.
2559122
This thing was way too easy. My 8 year old solved 3 out of four in 10 minutes. I though it would be a lot more challenging than that. If you are looking for something to challenge an adult, don't bother with this one.
2169875
I overestimated my skills as a cruciverbalist. These are tough mothers. I've yet to finish one without having to look up at least one word but it's a great collection of crosswords. Not for beginners!
1776007
I'm sure this will be a great reference for someone who has a good foundation on which to build, but this is not for beginners.  It's very confusing from the start and hard to grasp without any experience.  I do intend to use it after I have a good foundation, but for now, it's collecting dust on my bookshelf.
4676482
On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being written for the novice and 10 being written for the professional, I definitely have to rate this book a 10 for it's technical difficulty. The author apparently feels it's more important to impress the reader with how much he knows and all the fancy words that a "real" professional would use rather than write an easy to follow how-to book that most novices can follow. This is not to say that this is the only marine how-to author who is guilty of this. However, this guy pushes it way over board (no pun intended). After spending 15 minutes with this book, I had to pack it up and send it back to whence it came. Even the pictures were difficult to follow. Sorry, Pete. Maybe I'll come across one of your other books that I can understand a little more easily. But this one had me baffled from the word go.
2566924
Not exactly an easy read, as the title implies. I have a college degree and still didn't find it an easy read for dummies.
1542951
I GIVE IT ONLY 4 AND ONE HALF STARS, BUT YOU DON'T PROVIDE THIS OPTION.
I HAVE TAUGHT MYSELF MANY THINGS WITH "TEACH YOURSELF" SERIES, BUT I NEEDED THE
"iPHONE 5 FOR SENIORS FOR DUMMIES" TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND SEQUENCE.
TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE READER HAS A GOOD LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ALREADY.
GOING FROM A SIMPLE 2006 CELL PHONE TO THE iPHONE 5 - THERE ARE TOO MANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS
I HAD TO GO FROM ONE BOOK TO ANOTHER TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE Wi Fi AND NETWORK
NAMES AND ABOUT THE PHONE NAME AND ABOUT iTUNES AND CLOUD AND SO FORTH.
YOU CANNOT ASSUME THAT THE READER KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT A ROUTER. THIS SHOULD BE PART OF
THE EXPLANATION AS WELL.
WELL, WITH THE TWO BOOKS AND THE ROUTER INFORMATION, I AM CHUGGING ALONG.