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  • L Lost User

    Magenta

    And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
    "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

    And I smiled and was happy
    And it came worse.

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    realJSOP
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    0 = Black 8 = Dark Gray
    1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
    2 = Green A = Light Green
    3 = Cyan B = Light Cyan
    4 = Red C = Light Red
    5 = Magenta D = Light Magenta
    6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
    7 = Light Gray F = White

    I'm old. I know stuff.

    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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    • J Jason Hooper

      All right.. let's hear it. Who remember's the whole sequence: 1 - Blue 2 - Green 3 - Cyan 4 - ???

      Jason

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      Xiangyang Liu
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      you can find out with dos command: "color x", where x = 1, 2, 3, ..., a, b, c, d, e, f

      My Younger Son & His "PET"

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      • X Xiangyang Liu

        you can find out with dos command: "color x", where x = 1, 2, 3, ..., a, b, c, d, e, f

        My Younger Son & His "PET"

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        realJSOP
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        He wasn't asking how to find it (and the answer is, of course, google), he was testing our memory.

        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
        -----
        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
        -----
        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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        • J Jason Hooper

          All right.. let's hear it. Who remember's the whole sequence: 1 - Blue 2 - Green 3 - Cyan 4 - ???

          Jason

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          OriginalGriff
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          Tut, tut! Everyone knows lists start with zero...

          0 - Black

          Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • J Jason Hooper

            All right.. let's hear it. Who remember's the whole sequence: 1 - Blue 2 - Green 3 - Cyan 4 - ???

            Jason

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            OriginalGriff
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            Mr Google does - he lead me here: http://www.online-it-support.co.uk/?p=797[^]

            Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            • realJSOPR realJSOP

              0 = Black 8 = Dark Gray
              1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
              2 = Green A = Light Green
              3 = Cyan B = Light Cyan
              4 = Red C = Light Red
              5 = Magenta D = Light Magenta
              6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
              7 = Light Gray F = White

              I'm old. I know stuff.

              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
              -----
              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
              -----
              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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              Slacker007
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              taupe?

              Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
              "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)

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              • X Xiangyang Liu

                you can find out with dos command: "color x", where x = 1, 2, 3, ..., a, b, c, d, e, f

                My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                Xiangyang Liu
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                C:\>color /? Sets the default console foreground and background colors. COLOR [attr] attr Specifies color attribute of console output Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit can be any of the following values: 0 = Black 8 = Gray 1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue 2 = Green A = Light Green 3 = Aqua B = Light Aqua 4 = Red C = Light Red 5 = Purple D = Light Purple 6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow 7 = White F = Bright White If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry value. The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the same. Example: "COLOR fc" produces light red on bright white

                My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                  0 = Black 8 = Dark Gray
                  1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
                  2 = Green A = Light Green
                  3 = Cyan B = Light Cyan
                  4 = Red C = Light Red
                  5 = Magenta D = Light Magenta
                  6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
                  7 = Light Gray F = White

                  I'm old. I know stuff.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                  -----
                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                  -----
                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                  Lost User
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                  Ok. I probably was thinking more of the garish CGA colors

                  And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
                  "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

                  And I smiled and was happy
                  And it came worse.

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                  • X Xiangyang Liu

                    you can find out with dos command: "color x", where x = 1, 2, 3, ..., a, b, c, d, e, f

                    My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                    Jason Hooper
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                    If only google indexed the internet, I would not have had to ask. Not my fault.

                    Jason

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      He wasn't asking how to find it (and the answer is, of course, google), he was testing our memory.

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      Xiangyang Liu
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                      You are right, I misunderstood his post. I am amazed at how much we can do with DOS commands, if only we learn/remember how to do it.

                      My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                      • realJSOPR realJSOP

                        0 = Black 8 = Dark Gray
                        1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
                        2 = Green A = Light Green
                        3 = Cyan B = Light Cyan
                        4 = Red C = Light Red
                        5 = Magenta D = Light Magenta
                        6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
                        7 = Light Gray F = White

                        I'm old. I know stuff.

                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                        Espen Harlinn
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                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                        I know stuff

                        That's an unfair advantage - knowledge is not supposed to mean anything, it usually ruins good discussions - and as it has not been endorsed by w3c, it can't be worth sh*t. ;)

                        Espen Harlinn Senior Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services

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                        • realJSOPR realJSOP

                          0 = Black 8 = Dark Gray
                          1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
                          2 = Green A = Light Green
                          3 = Cyan B = Light Cyan
                          4 = Red C = Light Red
                          5 = Magenta D = Light Magenta
                          6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
                          7 = Light Gray F = White

                          I'm old. I know stuff.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          GenJerDan
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                          10% = Silver 5% = Gold

                          So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                          • L Lost User

                            Ok. I probably was thinking more of the garish CGA colors

                            And from the clouds a mighty voice spoke:
                            "Smile and be happy, for it could come worse!"

                            And I smiled and was happy
                            And it came worse.

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                            OriginalGriff
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                            Garish - but not necessarily usable: Doom in CGA[^] (YouTube, SFW)

                            Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                            • realJSOPR realJSOP

                              0 = Black 8 = Dark Gray
                              1 = Blue 9 = Light Blue
                              2 = Green A = Light Green
                              3 = Cyan B = Light Cyan
                              4 = Red C = Light Red
                              5 = Magenta D = Light Magenta
                              6 = Yellow E = Light Yellow
                              7 = Light Gray F = White

                              I'm old. I know stuff.

                              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                              Nish Nishant
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                              My first machines were all green monochrome, so these colors were all shades of green. When I first ran one of my apps on a color monitor I was amazed!

                              Regards, Nish


                              My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com You've gotta read this : Using lambdas - C++ vs. C# vs. C++/CX vs. C++/CLI

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                              • J Jason Hooper

                                All right.. let's hear it. Who remember's the whole sequence: 1 - Blue 2 - Green 3 - Cyan 4 - ???

                                Jason

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                                Luc Pattyn
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                                You can see the 16 colors all at once, in their normal order on all kinds of Windows machines, young or old: use CommandPrompt/Properties/Colors :)

                                Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                                  You can see the 16 colors all at once, in their normal order on all kinds of Windows machines, young or old: use CommandPrompt/Properties/Colors :)

                                  Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                                  Jason Hooper
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                                  Nice one, didn't think of that :-D

                                  Jason

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                                  • G GenJerDan

                                    10% = Silver 5% = Gold

                                    So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                                    djdanlib 0
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                                    Resistance is futile (if < 1 ohm)

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                                      Resistance is futile (if < 1 ohm)

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                                      GenJerDan
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                                      I reluctantly agree.

                                      So I rounded up my camel Just to ask him for a smoke He handed me a Lucky, I said "Hey, you missed the joke." My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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