Re: How to make an ARM evaluation Board?

Andy wrote:
>
> That last post sounds like a smige of sarcasm...
>
.... snip ...

Time for a few facts. This is usenet, where messages fly all over
the world to various servers, of which google just happens to be
one. There is no guarantee as to the sequence, or even the
arrival, of any message at any place. So there is no such thing as
a "last post", and every article has to stand on its own. That is
why we quote the relevant context, and include attributions to show
who said what. We also post our replies after, or possibly
intermixed with, the quoted material and remove the non-relevant
parts of the quotes. There are standards for all of this, search
for rfc1855.

Google is a terrible interface to the system. Not only does it
default to an unsatisfactory method, it also alters the actual
messages. However, if you are careful, and follow the instructions
in my sig (below) you can use it satisfactorily. In addition here
are some general references:

http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html
http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/g.mccaughan/g/remarks/uquote.html

--
"If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com, don't use
the broken "Reply" link at the bottom of the article. Click on
"show options" at the top of the article, then click on the
"Reply" at the bottom of the article headers." - Keith Thompson


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