Sentences with phrase «of crapshoot»

(Elsewhere, unfortunately, Motorola updates remain something of a crapshoot.)

That volume control is handy because while you can tweak the volume on the unit, asking Siri remotely to set the volume to a certain percentage is a bit of a crapshoot if you don't know what percentage it's already at.

Of course, it only really runs well if your system is compatible and that is a bit of a crapshoot right now.

It would be nice if this means Google will eventually make it easier to run its software on your custom Android version, instead of a crapshoot of forums and filesharing.

Spring baseball is always a bit of a crapshoot weather-wise, but this year has been especially shitty.

To give a sense of how much of a crapshoot that is, let me break down my efforts from last night.

Even then, it seems to be a bit of a crapshoot.

Having something tangible to actually play and get a feel for before you put your cash on the line, makes backing a potential new game less of a crapshoot.

When it comes to getting a Pomeranian Husky, it is still somewhat of a crapshoot as to what the puppy is going to look like or weigh when it matures.

We've known for a long time that visually identifying the breeds of dogs in shelters is nothing short of a crapshoot.

It truly is somewhat of a crapshoot as to what a Pomsky puppy will look like and weigh at maturity, so be flexible.

As I mentioned above the dividend growth from any given year to the next is a bit of a crapshoot; however, over time Chevron has proven to be a steady and consistent dividend grower with dividend growth over the longer periods around 6 - 7 %.

Even then, longevity is something of a crapshoot.

You may even have air bubbles under the protector, which can make typing a bit of a crapshoot.

It's kind of a crapshoot which ones will work.)

Sure, Google likes to say that 2.x apps should run on Honeycomb, but the reality is more of a crapshoot than that.

Quite frankly I don't want to play the apk hunting game anymore, and it's too much of a crapshoot trying to find apps that work well with E Ink anyway.

All of the short film categories are kind of a crapshoot considering very few have even seen them, but I'm rooting for the lovely In a Heartbeat in Animated Short!

I was happy to find this brand as I always find trying out new contemporary brands a bit of a crapshoot in terms of quality.

Spring baseball is always a bit of a crapshoot weather-wise, but this year has been especially shitty.

This shows how much of a crapshoot getting hired can be: Because you usually don't know in advance how long a document the hiring committee is looking for, there's little chance of the same candidate, no matter how qualified, getting offers from both of these institutions.

Until our littles are able to communicate with us exactly what's going on, it's a bit of a crapshoot, let's be honest.

Don't get me wrong, I think going for quantity is a smart policy since FA is a bit of crapshoot.

I think it's just more of a crapshoot in the middle rounds.

Creating content that consumers find worthy of sharing is somewhat of a crapshoot, but when done right, the payout can be staggering.

Defining the «overall» market is something of a crapshoot these days, as some of the «overall» market seems to be going one way and another part of the «overall» market seems to be going another way.

Not exact matches

With a method cooked up in his spare time, Chan thinks he can take the guesswork out of hockey — what one of his students calls the «crapshoot» that is the draft.

It's all a blessed crapshoot and I need a yellow brick road of obvious.

The NFL draft is such a crapshoot, even at the top of the draft board (no guarantee our # 9 pick will pan out either).

Even though they all think they are pros when they start, a number of them soon realize that playing in the NFL is a crapshoot and they better start focusing on life after football.

Tactics are a crapshoot and even the physical effort of most players is lacking.

Although the NBA draft is often a crapshoot, and nobody can be inside a team's war room to see their decision making process, neither of the two most respected draft prognosticators had Robinson going to the Bobcats — yet he is considered the front - runner with +120 odds.

Any picks after the first two rounds are pretty much a crapshoot anyway, and we don't need any more of those «developmental projects» who might see the field in a couple of years.

These early season races during the month of February and March can be a real crapshoot across the southeastern United States.

Looks like a crapshoot to me, so will Cam be insurance or just too expensive for the peace of mind he offers as insurance.

It goes like this: (1) we can't seem to carry possession into the O - zone, (2) so we dump and chase, (3) and then we have to go spend significant effort along the boards, (4) to try to get the puck back under possession in what is a 50/50 crapshoot, (5) and when we do repossess, (6) we have to re-organize to get a quality O - zone shot chance, (7) but we are tired because we just spent 50 - 60 % of our time working our asses off along the boards, (8) just to try to get the puck back and have a chance, (9) which said lack of energy results in actual lower quality chances (and maybe fewer penalties drawn and more penalties taken) and (10) we go back to the bench deflated because it seems like we are working really hard and getting nothing out of it.

The unpredictability of rainfall — when, how often and how much — makes subsistence agriculture a crapshoot for rural farmers in the Bolivian Amazon, and the randomness is expected to get only worse.

Or maybe it was when we realized that nobody — least of all those grad - school recruiters — bothered to tell us just what a crapshoot a career in science can be.

Written by Jon Barron or staff member at The Baseline of Health Foundation Is Cancer Just a Crapshoot?

Manufacturers do not disclose the use of wheat in their prescription and OTC drugs, making it a crapshoot for those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity who must take them.

but my ribcage expanded considerably in the last few months of pregnancy and stayed that way, so an empire waist would have been a crapshoot too.

At the end of the day, only about 20 - 25 percent of shows on Broadway recoup their investment, and I'd say about 40 - 45 percent of that is a crapshoot.

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Web - based games can be a crapshoot in terms of functionality, but this site really delivers.

For the rest of us, it's not just a crapshoot.

What's worse, the CSR had no idea which of the books had them — it is, in his words, «a crapshoot».

What's worse, even B&N doesn't know which of their books have this extra-restrictive DRM, so buying e-books from them is, in the words of the Help Desk rep I spoke with, «a crapshoot».

Buying books just on browsing through Smashwords is really a crapshoot in a lot of ways.

Amazon's Jon Fine (also a member of the VQR advisory board) chimed in, «It's a crapshoot,» explaining that you can't depend on being the author who gets that level of treatment or commitment.

4 months is a total crapshoot and expecting to win over that timeframe is, in my mind, the equivalent of gambling.