Embedded Systems Class Question

Mr. C wrote:

> The salient point I got from msg's reply is that a lot of inquiries
> are made from people who have a difficult time with the English
> language.

But that's not the point being made.  Lack of skills with the English 
language often make things worse, granted, but they're not the root of 
the problem targeted by 'msg'.  The actual formulation makes that quite 
clear.  Quoting "msg":

> the distaste that is engendered by clueless (often non-U.S.) student
> posts

It's utter cluelessness, often combined with quite unacceptable 
attitude, that gets on people's nerves.  The idea that a highly 
specialized technical USENET newsgroup (that may well exist longer than 
their own biological age) may not work quite the same way as their 
preferred chat forum, IM service or blog site, appears to stretch many a 
modern student's imagination beyond breaking point.  A pity.

> And since the de facto language of this forum is English,
> therein lies the problem of poor communications, making for painful
> reading.

"Language" doesn't even begin to describe the kind of communication 
problems we're talking about.