Monthly Archives: May 2007

Black Bars, huh?

Posted on May 6, 2007 by Arthur

Found on the flipside of a DVD case: This film is presented in “Widescreen” format. The black bars on the top and bottom of the screen are normal. That sucks. I was about to call Blockbuster about this problem. On … Continue reading →

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May 4th

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Arthur

I almost forgot to mention that it’s May 4th today, again. That means, if it’s your birthday today, it’s, let me think, I do remember this, on the same day as Pia Zadora’s! On the serious note: It’s also Remembrance … Continue reading →

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SerialPort and C#

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Arthur

What you need to know before you plan to work on Serial port communication: 0. Create a good test environment. You may need com0com (earlier) which can simulate a loopback between 2 ports. 1. Carefully choose between non-blocking and blocking. … Continue reading →

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Hyper-news

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Arthur

A couple of things that need to be mentioned: Before I signed off last night, I was surprised about the flood of Digg postings that had to do with that HD-DVD. There’s no way to link to a specific day … Continue reading →

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