Comments on: The Register: NASA prepares new fake Moon project

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:38:08 +0000

Hope we don’t have a nuclear war, we might irridate the turtles.

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:42:01 +0000

I just wish DOD would fake Stealth bombers and other pentagon frills, maybe even fake the Iraq war….think of the money we’d save.

By: andy

andy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:23:47 +0000

The way I generally describe The Register is as an IT-focus tabloid. Quite a good sarcastic spin they put on many things, and the insane opinion pieces by fake editors are quite fun too.

By: llewelly

llewelly — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:11:57 +0000

El Reg emerged during the 1990s. During that period (and even today, though to a lesser extent) the majority of IT-related news sources were so thoroughly wrong as to be un-intentional self-parody – onion-like, but without knowing it. The goal of El Reg, of course, was to mock this sad state of affairs.

What? No preview? How awful.

By: Stilgherrian · NASA prepares for new fake Moon landing

Stilgherrian · NASA prepares for new fake Moon landing — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:45:26 +0000

[...] preps robots for future fake moon landings, reports The Register. Thanks to BAB for the [...]

By: CJ22

CJ22 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:00:04 +0000

El Reg as it’s know in these parts is actually a serious IT news site where they like to occasionally go off-piste with a story. Usually they just take a wry slant on something that’s essentially true. Very occasionally they satirise it into another universe entirely. There are a number of satirical themese running through their articles, but the stuff that’s really critical to their readers is reported more-or-less straight. They’re stock themes include: the rise of the machines; the goings-on of Paris Hilton; finding IT-angles to non-IT stories they just want to cover for the hell of it; buzz-words that should or should not be allowed; slating Apple just to annoy the Apple fanboyz etc.

I don’t work for them or anything, it’s just one of my favourite sites and I thought it a little misrepresentative to compare it to the Onion (which is also excellent) and paint it as a humourous site. They make a handy living from serious news coverage.

By: Hobbs

Hobbs — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:41:28 +0000

“…but ma’am, what does the last turtle stand on?”

“You can’t fool me, sonny” says the octogenarian. “It’s turtles, all the way down.”