Comments on: Bor-ing! http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/ Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hawkman http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-850 Hawkman Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:28:19 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-850 ^^ Tried to type something and didn't encode his greater-than symbol. Whoopsie. ^^ Tried to type something and didn’t encode his greater-than symbol. Whoopsie.

]]> By: Hawkman http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-849 Hawkman Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:27:11 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-849 Jed - Yes, they often have blatant bias. Yes, they're generally quite sensationalist. But show me who isn't - even organisations like the BBC are guilty of that kind of thing these days. Accept it, filter it out, and enjoy what's left. And yes, for the record: I Jed – Yes, they often have blatant bias. Yes, they’re generally quite sensationalist. But show me who isn’t – even organisations like the BBC are guilty of that kind of thing these days. Accept it, filter it out, and enjoy what’s left. And yes, for the record:

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]]> By: Jed http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-848 Jed Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:24:04 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-848 Whoah. El Reg is 'pretty good'!? 'I love El Reg'?! WTF. The Register is a bad tabloid. No more, no less. They pass themselves off as a news service but completely, utterly fail in the integrity stakes. They regularly provide what is, at best, misleading information - a favourite trick being to draw insane 'cast iron' concusions from mis-read evidence, followed by a complete refusal to retract any proven falsehoods. Yuk. Whoah. El Reg is ‘pretty good’!? ‘I love El Reg’?! WTF. The Register is a bad tabloid. No more, no less. They pass themselves off as a news service but completely, utterly fail in the integrity stakes. They regularly provide what is, at best, misleading information – a favourite trick being to draw insane ‘cast iron’ concusions from mis-read evidence, followed by a complete refusal to retract any proven falsehoods. Yuk.

]]> By: The Macalope http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-847 The Macalope Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:26:09 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-847 The problem with that is that to link is to reward and to reward such writing is to invite more inflamatory, uninformed rhetoric. If one must link to comment, then all one is left with is "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." The problem with that is that to link is to reward and to reward such writing is to invite more inflamatory, uninformed rhetoric. If one must link to comment, then all one is left with is “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”

]]> By: Torsten http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-846 Torsten Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:33:39 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-846 I love El Reg, but that article is clearly not good. It's like saying "Sony's PlayStation FOUR will fail". That being said, I consider it bad style not to link to the offending page. Let people make up their own opinion about what the article is worth. Anything else is likely to provoke people to make fun of the article without having read it, which is very unfair. I love El Reg, but that article is clearly not good. It’s like saying “Sony’s PlayStation FOUR will fail”.

That being said, I consider it bad style not to link to the offending page. Let people make up their own opinion about what the article is worth. Anything else is likely to provoke people to make fun of the article without having read it, which is very unfair.

]]> By: Hawkman http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-845 Hawkman Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:52:31 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-845 Commenters - unless you're regular readers, don't knock the very funny, usually right-on-the-money Register. It's a pretty good bloggy thing, and Gustaf is right, the climate is different here in Europe. Aside from that, I thoroughly agree with the Macalope's comments on this individual article. In fact, I already had it bookmarked in order to remind the author of his comments a year from now. Commenters – unless you’re regular readers, don’t knock the very funny, usually right-on-the-money Register. It’s a pretty good bloggy thing, and Gustaf is right, the climate is different here in Europe.

Aside from that, I thoroughly agree with the Macalope’s comments on this individual article. In fact, I already had it bookmarked in order to remind the author of his comments a year from now.

]]> By: Neven http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-844 Neven Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:23:50 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-844 I think this stems from all the negative reactions to The Register's own RegisterPhone, which, though still not officially announced, is perceived as underpowered compared to the iPhone. I think this stems from all the negative reactions to The Register’s own RegisterPhone, which, though still not officially announced, is perceived as underpowered compared to the iPhone.

]]> By: John Muir http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-843 John Muir Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:03:12 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-843 Oh dear sweet Jesus, the Register ... no no no! Here's something innovative: "why the iTV's going to fail!" Not that it will. ;) Oh dear sweet Jesus, the Register … no no no!

Here’s something innovative: “why the iTV’s going to fail!” Not that it will. ;)

]]> By: BarakTheCat http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-842 BarakTheCat Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:39:29 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-842 Thank you for not posting the link. This way we can make fun of them without people needlessly giving them the page views they so desperately crave. Thank you for not posting the link. This way we can make fun of them without people needlessly giving them the page views they so desperately crave.

]]> By: Gustaf Erikson http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/27/bor-ing/#comment-841 Gustaf Erikson Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:30:36 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=127#comment-841 Actually it's pretty right on the money, except for the last sentence. It's from a EU perspective, granted, but the factors that some people are saying will make the phone a success already exist here, namely the fact that many people buy a handset unlocked. Actually it’s pretty right on the money, except for the last sentence.

It’s from a EU perspective, granted, but the factors that some people are saying will make the phone a success already exist here, namely the fact that many people buy a handset unlocked.

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