Re: Don's rhetorics
2006-02-10 by Jayasooriah
Hello, Normally I try not to respond to rhetorics such as these because they serve to undermine the poster more than anyone else. However, it may surprise Don to know that a) I have no hang-ups about where one comes from; b) I have no interest in politics; c) I do not approve abuse of freedom; and d) most importantly, I do not think LPC is that bad device for what it is worth. If I thought it were, I would have moved on from this forum long ago. I use the LPC in ways the designers probably did not expect me to: a) I have my own boot loader; b) I have my own flash library that does not depend on need for CPU clock frequency at run time -- all it requires is the crystal frequency to be known at compile time; c) and while I dont like the awkward decisions Philips made about stealing away use of valuable pins for its boot loader features, these are non-issues in my case because I do not use their boot loader. I know there are people interested in my making the my sources public, and I have no objections. However I do not want to take on the risks associated with being accused of commercial exploitation of knowledge at someone else's expense. I am happy to publish source formally if I Philips is prepared to open up, and say, fill in information that makes the my software not only work for the devices I tested them on, but for the other devices as well. The last thing I want on my plate right now is to be burdened with having to fix issues relating to processor variants that I or anyone but the designers know about, and the designers keeping their mouth shut and watch others argue and speculate to no end till the cows come home. I do not wish to engage in debatable experimentation and arguments. Mind you while those who debate are experts in their own right, we are all not playing in the same field. We will have our own biases as to what we accept and what we challenge. Finally to Don, you have done more damage to yourself with your rhetorics than you think. I respectfully urge you to consider removing your remarks that IMHO are totally inappropriate. Jaya --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Don Williams" <donw@...> wrote: > > Heenan, > We others, who also have half abrain, appreciate the energy in this > examination and hope it proves that we all KNOW such security is tight, but > we embrace those who have the energy to question - and that of others who > with detailed rebuttal prove we are safe with a chippie we all respect -or > we wouldnt be here. > > May I and others who understand no chip of this complexity can have ZERO > BUGS offer our respect, affection and support for the designers who struggle > to produce good silicon - and to others who perform exhaustive and publicly > published testing of same. And Im sure the testers - who have more than half > a brain in my analysis, also have respect and affection for the designers. > The Ying and the Yang. > Like democracy we debate and through our debate we build something stronger. > We share our minds. > > So stuff ur religious politics up your Kwazoo - and pass it on to G W Bush. > > Europe will be stronger, because wider separated minds will share a wider > experience. > Provided we debate. > Religion tries to make all minds the same and those societies who weaken to > religion will wane. > > SO QUESTION REALITY ... analyse ur lovin..as the song goes ...you may > appreciate it more ... or get something better quicker.... > > Rgds to all this sunny morn from downunder. > > DonW Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com