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The regulars among you will have noticed that our cunning comments on stories plan has proved somewhat popular - at least as an arena for fanboy versus windows apologist slugfests, transcendental musings from amanfromMars and poor-quality quippery inevitably resulting in coat>door>taxi. Well, among the insanity there are from …

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  1. Ken Hagan Gold badge

    The rules of Reg Club

    1) Thou shalt not impose rules on other members.

    2) See above.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    IDDB

    Thou shalt get thy coat.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    1st rule of Reg Club

    All your comment are belong to us.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The 1st rule of Reg Club is...

    Don't talk about Reg Club!

  5. Andrew

    Use Soap!

    Never enter an arse-kicking contest with a porcupine.

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    No Americans!

    This is an English Reg for English people.

    /flame

  7. Chris Taylor

    The 1st rule of reg club is

    Paris Hilton's bulgarian airbags get more traffic to the site than IT angles.

  8. Jason Law

    Well obviously....

    ... I'd love to tell you, but the first rule of Reg Club is never to talk about Reg Club.

  9. Hein Kruger

    first rule

    surely the first rule must be "you do not talk about Reg Club", or perhaps "you do not blog about Reg Club".

  10. Matthew

    The First Rule of Reg Club

    The First Rule of Reg Club is that you do not talk about the first rule of Reg Club to lamer n00bs.

    or

    The First Rule of Reg Club is that thou shalt always complain about the lack of an 'IT angle' irrespective of the story.

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Silly question

    ...you never, ever, talk about Reg Club!

  12. Stuart Gray

    Thou Shalt Not

    mention religion - specifically creation vs. evolution. Sex and politics is fine though.

  13. Misha Gale

    Rule #2

    Thou shalt not ask for an IT angle

  14. Ian Watkinson

    First rule?

    You've broken it..now move along...nothing to talk about here..

  15. Steve

    The first rule of Reg Club is ...

    If you post a comment asking what the IT angle is, without being literate enough for us to recognise it as being sarcasm, you shall be exiled to Rockall for a month. With only copies of Hello magazine for company. And they all feature Paris Hilton. With her clothes on.

    Meh!

  16. Mark

    The Second and Third Rules of Reg Club

    Thou shalt not use those expressions invented by insane PR and Advertising persons to promote their new "trendy" product in any post to El Reg.Examples include Lappy, mobe and many others...

    Thou shalt use the correct Reg units in all communications related to El Reg.

  17. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Tyler Durden

    Tsk, surely you don't talk about Reg Club...

  18. steve

    Bulgarian airbags are technology.....

    So don't complain about the technology angle....

  19. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    US

    Criticise the US at any opportunity :)

  20. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    If the headline isn't what you want from an IT publication

    don't complain that the body isn't either. You read what you clicked on.

  21. Jim

    The First Rule of Reg Club

    Surely has to be: You don't talk about Reg Club,

    That'll be it then...

  22. DP

    The rules of Reg Club

    Thou shalt not ask "What's the IT angle" and not expect a bitch slap.

  23. Calum

    Wikipedia...

    Quote: "The Register frequently uses sarcasm in its articles and often provides an iconoclastic stance (e.g. referring to Google as the worlds largest text-ad broker). Much of the reporting is of a style more commonly found in British tabloid newspapers than in more serious news publications. " (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_register - accessed 28/09/2007 11:30AM) ;-)

  24. Russell Hancock

    The First Rule of Reg Club is.....

    ....always have your coat handy and a taxi on speed dial

  25. Sam

    rule one

    Take the piss out of Mac users, and retain your cloakroom ticket at all times.

  26. Gareth James

    First rule of fight club in my book

    1) Don't turn everything into a Apple -v- Wintel flame war of epic proportions!

  27. Ross Ryles

    Always...

    check the authour's background before questioning his authority on a subject.

  28. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Rule #1

    Thou shalt not ask which is the relevance with the IT

  29. Gaz

    Thou shalt not...

    ... irritatingly point out the lack of an "IT angle" within any 'Odds & Sods' story.

    GI

  30. Andy Taylor

    What about

    just posting a URL to the relevant Wikipedia article instead?

    Oh wait, you don't do HTML tagging in the comments.

  31. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    First rule of Reg Club is......

    Sorry I can't talk about that.

  32. Big_Boomer Silver badge

    BOFH

    The First Rule of Reg Club is BOFH is GOD!

  33. Smallbrainfield

    The first rule of Reg Club is...

    you don't talk about the IT angle in comments on a Lester Haines story.

  34. Rob

    In Soviet Russia...

    Reg Club rules you!

    IGMC

  35. Jamie

    2nd rule of Reg club

    Thou shalt never question the link to IT that any given article has.

  36. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The first rule of Reg club...

    is to be not geeky enough to admit to being in Reg club...

    Ok, I'll get my coat

    ;-)

  37. Ross Fleming

    From the Simpsons

    Rule number 1 - there are no rules!

    Rule number 2 - no outside food...

  38. Steve

    It has to be said

    What's the IT angle people?

  39. /\/\j17

    The First Rule of Reg Club is...

    Web 2.0 is NOT the solution to every problem, even if your name IS Tim Web2.O'Reilly.

  40. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    First rule of Reg Club

    the First rule of Reg Club is

    you DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE BOFH

  41. Joe Harrison

    If story has any malware or security angle however remote...

    ...bung in a quote from Graham Cluely!

  42. GettinSadda

    Don't post comments on stories after beer / other substances

    ...unless you are amanfromMars, or relish waking up the next day to a hangover and a flame war about what you said about Steve Jobs / Bill Gates / next door's goat...

  43. AB

    Technology Wars

    iCommandment #1: Thou shalt not defend that which is shiny and overpriced merely because you feel that failure to do so might lead to buyer's remorse and consequent expulsion from the choir of iSeraphim angels which, verily, do praise Steve Jobs.

    or, in the interests of fairness:

    iCommandment #2: Thou shalt not extract the Michael from Apple fans, if only because skewering the easy target demonstrates low levels of wit and skill.

    On the other hand, iCommandment #2 was made to be broken...

  44. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    thou shalt not...

    ...have an IT angle

    ...fail to refer to Paris Hilton

    ...create harmony between fanboys and apologistas

  45. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I'm sick of this fluff

    Seriously, what is the IT angle here? The standard of reporting here has really gone to the dogs since I were a lad.

  46. EvilFairy

    whats the IT angle?

    well where is it on this story?

    sorry couldn't resist :)

    my quite sensible rule, make all comments humorous or informative

  47. An Unwashed Mass

    1st rule...

    ...Leave your high horse at the door (hitching post is next to the taxi rank)

  48. Risky

    Another rule

    Thou shalt claim everything is a Neo-con conspiracy and challenge other to prove it isn't.

  49. Graham Jordan

    Chuck Norris

    Thou shall respect Chuck Norris or else expect a beating of epic proportions.

    Although its perefectly exceptible to ridicule his religious beliefs.

  50. Paul

    The first rule is...

    ... no posting if you’re not that bright.

    Remember, most people on here are at least Degree educated (or of equivalent intelligence). I like to think of it as a kind of Fight Club meets Mensa (But with a better stocked bar)

    The second rule, dont post Anon, unless trolling.

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