LAB-YNotes from Laboratory Y.Disabling Windows XP Detection of Devices on Serial Ports (serenum)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Or: Stopping Windows from freaking out ancient or non-standard serial peripherals... Recently, I ran into a problem where an XP box, during bootup, was freaking out a peripheral attached to the box via a COM port. I won't get into the details of why the device is so sensitive, but I'll simply say that the usual RS232 flow control lines were not used for flow control, but instead to do some very delicate operations. During bootup, XP was pulsing the DTR and RTS lines, perhaps looking for...http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2005/04/07/194141 DHS says stay away from IE- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Internet Explorer users beware! The Department of Homeland Security is advising surfers to use other browsers in light of the recent severe security flaws in IE. A malicious website may be able to snoop your keypresses on the keyboard for things like creditcard numbers. Woops. Via .http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/07/02/123217 Fahrenheit Skepticism- (Found July 15, 2008 ) I saw Fahrenheit 911 this holiday weekend, and overall I was fairly impressed. I've maintained a mild dislike of Michael Moore ever since I had the misfortune of seeing his piece-of-shit-Bowling movie, so needless to say, I had low expectations of Moore as a filmmaker. I can say, however, that I was hyped about seeing this flick, so that balanced things out. Like I said, overall, I was fairly impressed. Of course, this movie has gotten people up-in-arms raving about how the movie is nothing..http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/07/06/202749 Mozilla Pagerank Calculator- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Do you run Mozilla or Firefox Do you want to know what Google thinks about the pages you visit (including perhaps your own) Then check out Pagerank extention for Mozilla and Firefox browsers. Finally, a cross-platform browser extention to view standings in the greatest popularity contenst of the digital era. I'm using it here under Gentoo Linux with Mozilla 1.6 and it works great.http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/07/14/211612 Just got engaged- (Found July 15, 2008 ) This weekend I asked my girlfriend of almost 2 years (and friend of around 8 years) to marry me, and she accepted. For collateral, I offered her a expensive lump of crystalline carbon on a white gold band, a questionable tradition at best. But you have to do what you have to do to get the girl you want to marry you.http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/07/25/173120 Sanyo RL-4920 phone tested with Linux: works great- (Found July 15, 2008 ) I just added up a compatibility report to the list of Sprint Phones known to work with Linux for data access, specifically for the Sanyo RL-4920. I tested it personally with the data cable I use with my 4900 and it worked great.http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/10/04/192958 1999 Ford Escort SE Engine Misfires between 40 and 60 MPH- (Found July 15, 2008 ) I'm starting this thread tonight that I'll be updating after I go to the mechanic this week. My 1999 Ford Escort SE started stuttering and riding hard last night on the way up to see my fiance. I hit some extremely heavy rain and very light flooding on a major interstate on the way, as I was coming through one of the cities halfway between us. That's when it started. When I would accelerate from around 40 MPH to 60 MPH, the car would start to ride hard, almost stuttering or shuttering. ...http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/10/24/223724 Nokia 3588i confirmed to work with Linux- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Just added the Nokia 3588i to the database of Sprint Phones known to work with Linux for data access. The info comes from a post over at PeerFearhttp://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2004/12/01/124023 Sanyo MM-7400 confirmed to work with Linux for data access- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Thanks goes out to Greg Danielius (despam the address) for his report of Linux compatilibity for the Sanyo MM-7400 phone. It works for data access under Linux with Sprint's PCS Vision service. Report posted in the list.http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2005/01/03/222300 Lots of things to do, so little time- (Found July 15, 2008 ) I've been meaning to do a lot of things around here, but I haven't had the time. Things like fixing the default style sheet to render properly in Firefox, removing a lot of unused content to make space, cutting out crufty backend-code, etc. Unfortunately, I've been way to busy for these things to even register on my radar.http://dast.freeshell.org/blog/rarchive/2005/02/16/071859 |