OVNI Labs http://blog.ovnilab.com Harsh Critique of Products and Marketing Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:22:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 When a “three star” rating fails to mean anything http://blog.ovnilab.com/when-a-three-star-rating-fails/ http://blog.ovnilab.com/when-a-three-star-rating-fails/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:53:56 +0000 Cyrus http://blog.ovnilab.com/?p=459 We’re all accustomed to the “five star” rating system for movies and products. Most published reviewers use stars, or something similar, and we as consumers get to use them on Netflix and Amazon and other web services. Obviously a few stars can’t tell the whole story, or we wouldn’t add or read any longer written-out [...]

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]]> http://blog.ovnilab.com/wot-and-workplace-web-filter-help-needed/feed/ 0 The ESP MusicCord PRO, an audiophile power cord http://blog.ovnilab.com/the-esp-musiccord-pro-an-audiophile-power-cord/ http://blog.ovnilab.com/the-esp-musiccord-pro-an-audiophile-power-cord/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:09:44 +0000 Cyrus http://blog.ovnilab.com/?p=318 You already know my bias here–obviously I’m going to say the ESP cord is a scam. But I honestly believe in testing things to determine the truth. If the results defy my prejudices and prove me wrong, I will always own up to it and give credit where credit is due. A friend loaned me [...]

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