__/ [B Gruff] on Friday 09 December 2005 13:09 \__
> On Friday 09 December 2005 12:47 Roy Culley wrote:
>
>> begin risky.vbs
>> <3vtb22F17fvrhU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>> I doubt that it will be of interest to many, but I suspect that
>>> Roy/Kier/Mark might have the where-with-all and find it interesting.
>>> One first needs to read (right through to the end!):-
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/08/rotting_dog_blog/
>>>
>>> ... and then this is really good:-
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/09/dog_letters/
>>>
>>> ... so like COLA!:-)
>>
>> In short: you godless commies can either take Microsoft products
>> bundled as God intended, or face the consequences. Pressure is
>> already building in the blogosphere for Condoleezza Rice to
>> intervene personally in the matter and - in the unlikely event
>> that her particular brand of international diplomacy should fail -
>> for direct military action in defense of the US's right to trade
>> freely across the globe. God Bless America.
>>
>> Truly amazing and it only goes downhill from there. :-)
>
> You rotton sod - quit winding people up:-)
>
> (for the benefit of non-UK readers,
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/08/rotting_dog_blog/
> is a parody of an "extreme-ish" blog.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/09/dog_letters/
> is the responses received by el Reg, some of which seem to "pick up on the
> theme", but most of which (I suspect!) are serious!)
The Register is losing its credibility and is barely worth syndicating
anymore. I remember when they titled an article "New Zealand finds Black
Cocks Hard to Swallow" when referring to some rugby game (if I recall
correctly). Meaningful titles are very fundamental, let alone good content.
They now go for 'eye catch' rather than quality reporting.
Roy
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