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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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    #7

    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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      #8

      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
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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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        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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            #11

            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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              #12

              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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                #13

                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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                    #15

                    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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                      #16

                      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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                          • L Luc Pattyn

                            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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                            #19

                            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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                                #21

                                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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