1) Thou shalt not impose rules on other members.

2) See above.

Thou shalt get thy coat.

All your comment are belong to us.

Don't talk about Reg Club!

Never enter an arse-kicking contest with a porcupine.

This is an English Reg for English people.

/flame

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

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

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

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

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

Thou shalt not ask for an IT angle

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

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!

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.

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

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

Criticise the US at any opportunity :)

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

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

That'll be it then...

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

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) ;-)

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

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

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

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

Thou shalt not ask which is the relevance with the IT

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

GI

just posting a URL to the relevant Wikipedia article instead?

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

Sorry I can't talk about that.

The First Rule of Reg Club is BOFH is GOD!

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

Reg Club rules you!

IGMC

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

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

Ok, I'll get my coat

;-)

Rule number 1 - there are no rules!

Rule number 2 - no outside food...

What's the IT angle people?

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

the First rule of Reg Club is

you DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE BOFH

...bung in a quote from Graham Cluely!

...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...

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...

...have an IT angle

...fail to refer to Paris Hilton

...create harmony between fanboys and apologistas

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

well where is it on this story?

sorry couldn't resist :)

my quite sensible rule, make all comments humorous or informative

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

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

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

Although its perefectly exceptible to ridicule his religious beliefs.

... 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.