Epinions Recent Reviews for Dearmad

Great price, great security, EASY to use!

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:40:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - I'm going to keep this review short and to the point. This modem/router is great. It has excellent security features: WEP, WPA, WEP 802.1x. I have no trouble connecting my WAN using multiple manufacturer's PC and Laptop WAN cards, it's configurable...

My CD's sound like Cassette tapes!?!?

Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:15:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - What I expected

I didn't expect mind numbing (blowing?) sound from these speakers, but I did expect something better than my Creative Inspire 4400's (a 4.1 set). I've seen quite a few reviews of these speakers in Hardware sites around the...

Don't fall for it! Avoid!

Sat, 5 Oct 2002 12:57:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Why I fell for it.

Quite simply, the reviews and the price. The price is out there for everyone to see. However the reviews for this monitor are just plain wrong; I think I might know why:

Where I come from.

I had a...

A slick DVD player.

Sat, 11 May 2002 23:35:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - The price for DVD ROMs has fallen through the floor lately, and at less than $50 for any brand out there it all comes down to speed, noise, access, durability, and ability. The Toshiba SD-M1612 has so far been tops in my homebuilt system.

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The ADDICTION is back! Civ III will ruin your life.

Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:24:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Civilization has got to be one of the 3 games dearest to my heart. Along with Xcom and the Twinsen adventures (don't ask if you don't know) it seems to me to be the game with the sincerest heart, and the best designed and by far most addictive gameplay...

GD MONOPOLIES! (Updated)

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 13:16:56 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - I WISH we could choose our local phone companies in this country, I wish we could choose who provides us with DSL, I wish I could ESCAPE QWEST!!!!!!!!! But they have a master plan for me, and I can't get away... -sob-

Step One: Suck the...

Leadtek WinFast GeForce 2 GTS: Why overclock?

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:36:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - This card is beautiful, and with the measly $100 it costs now to get a name brand GeForce GTS over an MX how can you go wrong? Until your CPU is pushing 1.4GHZ (AMD) or 1.7(Intel) your bottleneck will be your CPU, NOT your video card, and that suits me...

Hash Animation Master: Worth the effort!

Sun, 8 Jul 2001 06:33:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Hash has so much going for it. If you're interested in CG Character animation then this is a great place to start for only $299. $199 if you're a student! The "photo" of me is something I did in Hash, no, not over the period of an hour, but over a few...

Back to AMD for me...

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 16:50:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - For more than ten years I've built my own machines, which means every year and half or so I go through a serious upgrade. This last time I was surprised by my decision of CPU's. After having an Intel Pentium 100, 166, and a PII350, I'm now a convert...

Schlok

Mon, 21 May 2001 19:39:18 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - I'll make this opinion mercifully brief, but as clear as I can as to why this film is a failure.

Let me start small and work my way up: Shrek makes fun of "musical" cartoons; yet has a pop music track now available in stores...

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IBM PC Camera Webcam: Pretty simple: it's bad

Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:13:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - There's no excuse for this bad a PC camera to so successful in the market except maybe that it's so cheap. In my case it was free, but...

The Hidden Cost

The software it comes with is wicked and must be installed in a precise...

I tried to like this game.

Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:47:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - I have been a fan of CIV type computer games since Sid Meier's original, and for about the last three years have been hoping something new would be added to the genre, but other than the Master of Orion series (which I consider a CIV game or a 4x game)...

Amazing Music

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:47:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - This album opens with a song that for me towers over anything else B&S have done before. It is wondrously simple and honest. In fact most everything B&S have been responsible can be called simple and honest, and therein lies their genius.
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Let's flip this over...

Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:11:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - I wish I understood the loyalty people have to this band and to their music and I *really* wish I liked this album a lot more!

Lyrics?

It's taken me awhile, but I think I'm finally starting to understand that when people give...

Overlooked beauty...

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 20:48:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Most people who like IM fall in love with Karen Peris' voice, and I'll admit I have, but I've also fallen for her lyrics, incredible melodic talent, and fearlessness of the beauty found in simplicity.

She possesses a gift. Her husband and...

Oh god, what HAPPENED!?

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:27:27 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - I've been an Echo fan since the early 80's and am loathe to say anything against their efforts, and music reviews garner little interest in epinions, however...

This album is trash!

I can't believe people are comparing this mash to...

I LOVE this CU!

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:52:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Back when I was a young, single irresponsible male (hm, still a male), this place looked over my credit rating for a car loan and said, "no way," but... they took the time to show me the report piece by piece and I went through and corrected...

It works for me, but... (revised)

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:07:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - There are two real drawback to this washer/dryer, and I'll start with those: It has a small capacity and so will take you some time to wash clothes for a family of three, and it takes quite a while to dry.

But the advantages were numerous...

Viewsonic EF70 17" (16" Viewable) Color Monitor: wow... my eyes feel so much BETTER!

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:37:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - My old 15" died a month ago and since then I've picked up one of these. Let me sing the praises of this beast...

Picture quality is outstanding. Sharp, stable, the colors are alive and deep, almost rich. It is the *first* monitor I've...

Oh good god, I'm a wimp!

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:13:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Disclaimer(s): While I have tried it, and more than once, and in Ireland, and in a pub, it was because two American girls forced me into the pub alone with them, and bought me all the rounds... and nothing further transpired...

A pitiful story...

why I dislike it...

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:36:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - My disclaimer(s): I use it mostly for photos destined to go onto the web, but I have been both a magazine staff photographer and freelanced, and so I took it out for a free ranging spin with my snobbish opinion firmly in tow.

My wait is far...

How can this be a classic?

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:24:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Disclaimer: I loved fantasy and sci-fi when I was <20 years old... then something happened and I read a lot of writers from countries other than the US... perhaps this has tainted me... Occasionally I hanker for a fantasy title or sci-fi title, it's...

a somewhat long opinion...

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:35:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Disclaimers: I like the life theme Irving has chosen about passivity as action. This flies in the ace of most people's (in western soc.) idea of dramatic development. I have *not* read the novel.

This was a fun film. Fun? With such...

my brief take...

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:17:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - Disclaimer: I dated a girl who looked a *lot* like Winona. I now really dislike her. I didn't realize she looked like Winona until about... mmm... exactly that point in the film when I thought: this film is a let down.

So, here we go- I...

Why so well-praised?

Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:12:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Dearmad - This novel has just about done-in the Booker prize for me as a signal that a book is worth reading.

The language of the book is not poetic. It is obfuscating.

The plot of the book is not magnificent. It is trite, simple, and...