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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Linonut ] on Friday 05 May 2006 14:42 \__
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>>
>>>
> http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3324214398
>>>
>>> Many mind games seem to be going on. Microsoft FUD and embellishment as
>>> well. Take everything you hear with a barrel of salt.
>>
>> Andrew Orlowski, eh? This guy?
>>
>> http://www.badpress.net/
>>
>> How appropriate.
>>
>>
> http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2003/05/andrew_orlowski_is_a_weblogger.shtml
>>
>> "Noted Register troll Andrew Orlowski ..."
>>
>> http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000875.html
>>
>> July 28, 2005 - 10:02 pm
>> Andrew Orlowski is a hack
>>
>> http://thomashawk.com/2005/07/andrew-orlowski-sloppy-journalist-or.html
>>
>> Friday, July 29, 2005
>> Andrew Orlowski, Sloppy Journalist or Bold Faced Liar?
>>
>> Just a small sample.
>
> The Register have gone too far, especially with their enticing/repellent
> titles. Examples from today's feed (chronological):
>
> * Woman eBays groping slimeball's jacket
>
> * 'Buy our PCs or flounder,' Dell tells nations
>
> * Please don't download our album, sob Red Hot Chilis
>
> * Knife-wielding devil teddy bear rampages through eBay
>
> I won't forget the day when they hit bottom low with a title like
>
> "New Zealand Finds Black Cocks Hard to Swallow"
>
> This was referring to rugby teams. The Inquirer choose silly titles as well.
>
It is their USP, though, isn't it? I like The Reg very much. Unlike
most mainstream sites, they're reasonably unbiassed, and have done much
to unmask the seedier side of the ICT/Telecoms world. They also have a
sense of humour which ranges from the laddish to the highly intelligent.
Kind of the Viz of the technical world, with occasional tabloid
headlines.
Still, it could've been "all blacks find black cocks hard to swallow",
couldn't it?
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