Doc O'Leary wrote on 12/20/2017 1:48 PM:
> For your reference, records indicate that
> rickman  wrote:
>
>> Doc O'Leary wrote on 12/19/2017 9:45 PM:
>>> For your reference, records indicate that
>>> rickman  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Who said I planned to do hardware modification???
>>>
>>> Nobody.  Nothing about your original post said *anything* about what
>>> you planned on doing, or if you planned on doing anything at all.  All
>>> you did was point to a cheap tablet and ask people to compare it to
>>> using a RPi.  That’s what people are doing, and it’s a very trollish
>>> response to cop an attitude like we’re doing something wrong when we
>>> point out the strengths *we* see in using an RPi.
>>>
>>>> I don't see the rPi as a
>>>> low level hardware oriented device.  The OS just gets in the way for doing
>>>> anything real time.  I'd much rather program hardware on bare metal.
>>>
>>> Well good for you, I guess, but that has nothing to do with using a
>>> tablet vs. an RPi.  Or do you imagine these cheap Android tablets are
>>> built to offer that “bare metal” experience you’re looking for?  Time
>>> to reconnect with reality.
>>
>> I have no idea what you are talking about.
>
> Then your reading comprehension is quite low.  I directly addressed the
> specifics of “Using a Phone Like a Pi”,

No, you started on a tangent of modifying the phone hardware.  I said I
wouldn't use the rPi for low level hardware control either, you accuse *me*
of going off on a tangent.


> when you seem to want to have
> nothing to do with the topic you yourself raised.  So get your
> thinking straight.  If you want to talk bare metal, talk bare metal in
> a different thread.

You seem to have anger management issues.  You can always ignore the parts
of my posts you don't like.


>> I thought my explanations have
>> been abundantly clear.
>
> Nobody said they weren’t.  They *also* were clearly and abundantly
> trollish.  If that was not your intent, the burden is on *you* to tell
> us how *you* are using low-end tablets as a platform for things, and
> then ideally how they perform better than an RPi for those things.
> But, like I said, that would not be surprising at all, because there
> are many problems that can be solved with an app and/or some small bit
> of hardware that interfaces with a mobile device.

You know the best way to handle a troll, right?  DON"T REPLY!!!!

If you want to discuss the topic, read what I have written, then come back
and be civil.  You clearly have not read the thread.

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Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,
on the centerline of totality since 1998

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