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NetGear MA101 (MA101NA) Network Adapter: Works, badly.

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:52:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Definitions

802.11b, for those who don't know, is a standard connection type for wireless networking. Wireless networks are used to string together computers as a local network, and/or for broadband internet sharing, and are usually found in...

Predictable.

Sun, 15 Jul 2001 19:58:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - The Score (2001, director Frank Oz) doesn't deserve half of the hundred words epinions requires. I'll keep it brief:

This movie features Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, and Edward Norton, some of the best actors in the business, acting...

The Bloodless Un-Epic

Tue, 29 May 2001 15:28:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and Arnold Vosloo return in 2001 to host another blockbusting special effects spectacular that, perhaps, should have been left in its tomb, somewhere.

Universal Studios' "The Mummy Returns" continues the story of...

Dude, people think I'm smart now.

Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:55:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - First things first: You are a Lie.

Moving on:

Your brain is made up of two distinct hemispheres that cooperate to produce most of the mental and physical behavior you associate with you. The left side of your brain is...

General Electric GE 2-920SST: Buzz

Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:47:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - This is the best telephone/answering machine money can buy for $17, which isn't saying much. I picked mine up refurbished at Fry's Electronics. That means it was returned to the factory, "fixed," and resold to me for cheap. Most cordless phone...

Dude, people think I'm smart now.

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 00:10:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - This opinion is now reposted under the book's current title. I am leaving this original opinion posted because an ISBN search leads here. Weird, I know, but that's what happens when epinions redesigns the site.

First things first: You...

SFSU: Mary Ward Survival Guide

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 19:30:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - First I'd like to extend a big hello to my fellow SFSU students. I no longer live in the dorms, but I'm still attending. If you figure out who I am, say hi when you pass me in the halls. Okay?

I lived in Mary Ward Hall during the big housing...

Exactly what I needed.

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:57:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Have you ever tried to run an old SCSI flatbed scanner from 1991 on a Windows 98se system? I have. My old Microtek Scanmaker was such an unbelievable pain in the posterior, I finally put my foot down, and dropped it off at my local thrift store. Then I...

Rage Against The Machine: They're right outside your door.

Fri, 17 Nov 2000 17:40:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - On January 16, 1991, a US-lead Allied coalition launched an air strike against Iraq. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (by all accounts a tyrant, and by some accounts, a product of US foreign policy) had just violated the UN Security Council's order to...

AT&T 9301 Cordless Phone: PhonEconomics 101

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:00:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Students like myself tend to be broke. I bought this phone. Do the math. Better yet, let me do the math for you.

broke student - telephone = sad broke student

I did not want to take my telephone to the dorms with me. My telephone...

Cyberrebate.com: Happy, Happy, Happ-Happy

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:06:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Being that Cyberrebate has become one of Epinions' main advertisers, and that this company is one of the most controversial on the net, and that it's autumn in San Francisco, and I'm nestled in a warm, warm flannel sleeping bag blanket, I thought a...

Irresponsible Jerks, a History Lesson

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 22:25:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.

A Paypal/X.com History Lesson

Paypal and X.com were born together. The two start-ups began independently in the same building. Paypal was intended to offer...

Canon BJC 2100 Inkjet Printer: Not Diamond-Encrusted

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:55:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Let's be honest, if you're thinking about buying a Canon BJC 2100, you're not exactly a high-end user. At its most expensive, the 2100 cost $99. Now it costs $50 with rebate. And for the price, it delivers exactly what is expected.

I picked up...

No room. Go Away. (Fall 2000)

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 01:27:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - There is no housing for you at SFSU.

Not this millenium.

Go away.

Being one of a shrinking set of students who've been granted housing this semester at SF State--I have to gloat--I can sum up the university's...

24 Centuries + 200 yrs in 763 pages

Fri, 4 Aug 2000 23:16:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Do NOT click this epinion unless you love psychology. And don't read this book, either. It ain't for you.

And now that I'm done thoroughly amusing myself with silly reverse psychology (Ka-CHING!), I need to explain. Morton Hunt's book,...

Archived Electronics Reviews: Jensen JM15 Headphones

Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:01:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - "Damn right I'm a maniac." screams Fred Durst in my ears.

I feel like a maniac, too. I'm listening to my one and only favorite Limp Bizkit track on a pair of chainsaw-wielding Jensen JM15 headphones. These headphones were...

More Tinnitus than I Bargained For.

Sat, 29 Jul 2000 05:55:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - Like some of my other fellow epinionites, I received my Logitech SoundMan X2 speakers as part of emusic.com’s free giveaway. I spent $25 on mp3s, and I got the speaker system and a pair of cool Jensen headphones.

The Soundman X2 is Logitech’s...

Net Access for $1.25 / mo

Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:05:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - [Oopsie.

Yet another free ISP sells out.

WorldShare is now not much different than any other paid ISP. I leave my old review here for historical reasons, and so I can lower WorldShare's epinions score. They still claim to be...

A Nifty $200 Paperweight

Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:52:46 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - This handheld computer works as well as can be expected, but may not be what you're looking for, unless you're still living in the PDA boom of 1998. I picked up a refurbished Mobilon HC-4100 a year ago and, to be honest, I haven't used it much at all...

I love Jeff.

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 22:58:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - If you'd read my previous review (and why haven't you?) you'd know I've been receiving unrequested magazines for years. Right now I'm getting two gaming rags, Computer Games Monthly and Computer Gaming World. I don't like CGM, but CGW really spins my...

CGM -- Adequate Ain't Enough

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 22:25:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - I don't know why I get Computer Games Magazine (a.k.a. CGS+). I never asked for it. I don't pay for it. It's only addressed to my first name. After several years, I still don't know why I get Computer Games Magazine, but postal regulations allow me to...

Yahoo! Chat: Yahoo! Chat: The Net's Underbelly

Sun, 2 Jul 2000 16:30:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - The great thing about the internet is that it brings together people from all over the world to exchange ideas. The problem with the internet is that a whole lot of people are idiots.

Such is the problem with Yahoo!'s official public politics...

Jesus' Son: Junkie Vomit Never Read this Good.

Tue, 20 Jun 2000 03:09:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - First, this is a review of the book, not the movie. The book the movie's based on, not the movie which is based upon it. Got it?

Secondly, the book is about a drug user, and contains lots of profanity. Some people consider the title...

Conspiracy or Sinistration? The Return of Woochawski

Sat, 10 Jun 2000 10:13:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - The Harbinger

The decline of Western Civilization hastened this past Memorial Day with the release of "Mission Impossible 2." Actor Tom Cruise, famous for playing a loveable, rascally pilot in "Top Gun," reprises his role...

Two Worry-Free Years

Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:06:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ruff - I picked up a Student Visa from Associates National Bank shortly after entering college. My reason for choosing them? They let me. With no credit history, save for a secured JCPenney charge account, I was flatly denied by every other card issuer in...