RS-232 devices may be classified as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) or Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE); this defines at each device which wires will be sending and receiving each signal. According to the standard, male connectors have DTE pin functions, and female connectors have DCE pin functions.
Macaulay Culkin is NOT dead: Rumors about the former child star revealed to be false. A story that child star Macaulay Culkin had been found dead has proven to be false. Just seven months after a similar rumor found its way on the Internet, some outlets reported that the body of the Home Alone star was discovered in his New York City Apartment on Friday.
The tabloid cites eyewitnesses who say Culkin, 31, has shot up with the prescription painkiller oxycodone and heroin, and once almost overdosed. The Enquirer reports that Culkin spends up to $6,000 a month on prescription and illegal drugs, and that his New York City apartment is a drug den. The actor's lawyers deny that Culkin almost overdosed, and that he spends thousands of dollars on drugs. The tabloid cites his breakup with actress Mila Kunis, who is now dating her former 'That '70s Show' co-star Ashton Kutcher, as the impetus for Culkin's decline.