Re: [avr-chat] Re: [avr-gcc-list] OT: Like to recommend any other good AVR mailing lists?

[Anton Erasmus]

On 19 Nov 2004 at 9:54, David Brown wrote:

> > Anton Erasmus wrote:
> >
> > >On 18 Nov 2004 at 10:43, E. Weddington wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Dave VanHorn wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>Ok, that would help.... But one also has to become a Yahoo
> > >>>>"member". That's the last thing I need right now is another
> > >>>>"membership".....
> > >>>>
> > >>>>At least with Jason's mailing lists, there are no corporate
> > >>>>sponsorships....
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Also, it would be nice not to fracture the AVR community.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Anyway, thanks for the advice.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>I agree on all counts.
> > >>>I despize the "forum" approach at "freaks", and the name grates
> > >>>on me anyway.. I'm a contractor, not a "freak".
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>LOL!
> > >>
> > >>Well, I'm a little more sanguine about it. AVR Freaks, I feel, has
> > >>it's place. There's a number of good people there. It's a good
> > >>place if you have fast question. I've noticed that a number of
> > >>times questions don't get answered on avr-gcc-list, or at least it
> > >>seems cyclical. There are times that avr-gcc-list is very quiet
> > >>and then, like recently, a huge surge in traffic. AVR Freaks is a
> > >>good place for newbies; they learn the ropes. I agree the name is
> > >>almost embarassing, but I didn't choose it. One other nice thing,
> > >>is that, *finally*, there are people from Atmel who are answering
> > >>some questions on AVR Freaks, especially in regards to their AVR
> > >>Studio software. I think it's getting monitored more by Atmel.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >I believe that the term freak comes from the German usage where it
> carries basically
> > >the same meaning as fan.
> > >
> >
> > Have you told that to the Norwegians who are running the site? :-)
> >
> > Eric
> >
> 
> As far as I know (I Scottish, but live in Norway), "freak" does not
> correspond to any Norwegian word.  However, I can well imagine that
> the Norwegian (students?) who started the website felt it meant
> "people who are madly enthusiastic about AVRs".

That was what I meant to imply. When a native english speaker hears the word
freak, it does not have a positive conotation. Native english speakers hence 
might
get the wrong impression of the quality of the content of the avr freaks site. 

Regards
   Anton Erasmus

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A J Erasmus