From nobody Sat May 20 02:36:31 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QNSX80S2qz4BRR7 for ; Sat, 20 May 2023 02:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mx1.riseup.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QNSX66b0Hz4D7N for ; Sat, 20 May 2023 02:36:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=lUMs5bIs; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net Received: from fews01-sea.riseup.net (fews01-sea-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.109]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QNSX45YlwzDqVD for ; Sat, 20 May 2023 02:36:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1684550196; bh=cQzpFCaVrBW7+qfSeQT0ZqAOv8e24u7hyKJvOuo02lM=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=lUMs5bIs8ocJmuMppaRIoJyK5B7rXIu9EBCcKyD+/4BNWbuAT69/3OgSED3Z71FKa rEZQCsu+mD2x3UXDsaHsCAoLCQJLH5fLclsoDqUJTtSZSM+nqSTdZaHv7+/7kng8QL NLAE3V3wDH46pOyuNUZaacaxSlwZrtAi2YlhmZF8= X-Riseup-User-ID: C9414D8C132FD7AF74B6B57A16C6625C08C8E8208607E09B90373159F22FE3E8 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews01-sea.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4QNSX41GcHzJp9S for ; Sat, 20 May 2023 02:36:35 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: OT: How to disable the lights on modern case fans From: Ralf Mardorf To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 04:36:31 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.20 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[riseup.net:dkim]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QNSX66b0Hz4D7N X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Sat, 2023-05-20 at 08:28 +0700, Olivier wrote: > > Instead of using the write protection sticker in the early days > > around > > the home computer stone age, I more often tend to use a floppy disk > > perforator to make a single sided floppy disk a two sided writable > > floppy disk. >=20 > In France we used to use a tool that was designed for the tickets of > betting on horse races. it makes a nice U shape slot on the edge of > the > ticker/floppy: >=20 > https://i.pinimg.com/736x/45/97/b7/4597b71ea53f9fbb768da8a3d398806f--gran= d-bazar-adolescence.jpg :D In order to get closer to the original concern, a friend had the idea of =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8Breplacing the resistors in front of the blue LEDs with hi= gher- impedance resistors when these were still new territory and glowed far too brightly. On the other hand, an annoyance of my new hardware is that the beeper connected to the motherboard is too quiet. Wherever signals are needed, they have been abolished and replaced with useless shit that flashes, babbles or annoys people, e.g. by loudly pretending to have a fat combustion engine or by PC RGB LEDs on fans. Gene Roddenberry was a prophet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dnh7gqSJq8Vg The first guess is, that those grotesque sounds were a SiFi filme genre stylistic device, but actually they were prophecy. Instead of keeping something useful, like the power-on self-test signals, for example, we omit those signals and instead get RGB LEDs that are annoying and don't make any sense.