[conspire] DE-9, not DB-9 (was: conspire list hacked?)

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Texx (texxgadget at gmail.com):

> I DIDNT say X-o/off was a GOOD change.
> I just started noticing that it was the excuse when the hardware
> handshaking pins started either going away or being ignored.
> This was another thing to make computers simple for dummies.
> 
> I actually feel that simplification of machines has been a mistake.

Ya _think_?

> Someone chased down his morgue photo and posted it.
> Appropriate, yes?

That's a bit hard-core, but yes, poetic (albeit very, very ugly poetry),
much like when acclaimed SF/fantasy editor David Hartwell died three
years ago when a bookcase fell on him.  

I had originally included here a link to Dave Hartwell's widow Kathryn
Cramer's blog post from immediately following his death, but I really
should not have read that page, as it's going to give me renewed
nightmares tonight -- and also I cannot recommend it unless you have a
more stomach for witnessing other people's grief than I do.

Seriously, don't.  It's heart-rending.  And far too close to home for
me.