Coldfire Update

[Darrin]

I hate to be a party pooper, but after reading your (very nice) website, am I the only one that’s worried that something as wonderful as the Coldfire Project is being developed by a man that doesn’t know the difference between “there” and “their” or “to” and “too”?

I know a good grasp of English is no reason to doubt your ability to produce this product, but considering that you are British and that developing a CPU card is no walk in the park (if it was that easy and JoannaK is half as good as she claims she is then she’d have made a working version in her sleep by now and we’d all be using them), I find it hard to believe that you make these basic errors.

Perhaps the BoXeR, Iwin and “Amiga on a PCI Card” projects have made me suspicious and if you really are genuine then I apologise and you can put me down for either a A1200T or an A3000 version when they become available.  It’s just that everything you have shown and everything you have claimed are very easy to fake.  Hell, Iwin even had a press conference!!!  Anyway, I’ll be watching your progress with interest and hope to see a "OS3.9 on a Coldfire Tour" soon – good luck.

[Darrin]

Oh for crying out loud!!! That's the worst &@*# logic I've ever heard. Half the engineers I know can't spell correctly if their life depends on it. It doesn't make them bad engineers, just really bad proofreaders.

This isn't a case of bad spelling - it's a case of not understanding English.  These are the kind of errors I see made by:

1.  The less educated.
2.  People who do not speak English as a first language.
3.  Young children.

Hareware designers tend to be very well educated, plus this guy lives in the UK, plus no-one has actually SEEN a functioning Coldfire...

Yeah, the report could have been made in a hurry and some typos crept in - god knows I make enough of them - but it's a repetitive error.

If the thing is real then I'm buying one, but the classic community has had smoke blown up it's backside before so can you blame me for being suspicious?

[Darrin]

Oh do shut up and f**k off, won't you? How's that for clear english?

I don't do requests - especially from lame wankers like you.  Is that clear enough for you?  Prick.

[Darrin]

By the way, the word it's is a contraction for the combination of it and is. The word its is possessive. The classic community has had smoke blown up it is backside? Pot, meet kettle.

Now you know why I don't design hardware (or hareware)!!!  ;-)