In some ways, The Flame Of The Week (FOTW) a misleading title -- as we don't always get around to posting a new flame every seven days. Any delay, and we get accused of losing our nerve. That ain't so: we simply don't get enough interesting flames to merit publication each week. This is not a call for spoof messages. Previous Flames Of The Week include:

• Mike Magee sleeps with Dr Tom Pabst (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/10190.html)
• Take Your Pig Ass Licking Crap off The Net (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9852.html)
• Register scum sucking whores (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9711.html)
• Register people are anti-free speech hypocrites (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9751.html)
• Register panders to Society's Fetishes (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9498.html)
• No one believes The Register's lies anymore (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9346.html)
• LinuxOne doing better than The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9248.html)
• I'm screaming at you, you Moron (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8970.html)
• Sack Pete Sherriff Now (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8894.html)
• Shame on you for supporting Open Source (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8608.html)
• I'll get you, Penelope Pitstop (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8503.html)
• Register just Intel lackeys (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8143.html)
• Register staff only fit to shovel s**t (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8236.html)
• Register nothing but anti-Mac geeks (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8139.html)
• Register anti-American (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7989.html)
• Register unoriginal, not funny (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/7743.html)
• Two many typos, apostrophes, underlines (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8893.html)
• CeBit Special (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9411.html)
• Guest Flame of The Week: World's most travelled man is pathetic braggart (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/9819.html)
• And here's the inspiration for FOTW Reader of the Month: Paul Engel (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/3031.html) ®