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Talking about the Alert Code being set to Orange: "I usually pay attention," said Virginia jewelry salesman Al Waiss. "If it's code orange, that's one step above green, right?" "I always pay attention, but personally, I get confused," said Raul Fernandez. "Maybe they should do it like the traffic lights — red, yellow and green." Excuse me, Raul. That's precisely how the codes are set up. They only expanded it with 2 other colors, orange and blue, which are placed quite logically. I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes. :sigh: Article[^]
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
brianwelsch wrote: Excuse me, Raul. That's precisely how the codes are set up. They only expanded it with 2 other colors, orange and blue, Yeah, but green should be between yellow and blue, not blue between yellow and green (pedant) Seems to me that the scheme should be: red - severe "we've got planes heading to the twin towers" risk yellow - moderate "we have specific intelligence for an attack" risk green - normal "everyday" risk (as opposed to "low") yellow can be emphasised with a modifier such as "pale" or "strong" or something to expand what it describes. Or (here's a novelty), why not just use the damn words instead. -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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Talking about the Alert Code being set to Orange: "I usually pay attention," said Virginia jewelry salesman Al Waiss. "If it's code orange, that's one step above green, right?" "I always pay attention, but personally, I get confused," said Raul Fernandez. "Maybe they should do it like the traffic lights — red, yellow and green." Excuse me, Raul. That's precisely how the codes are set up. They only expanded it with 2 other colors, orange and blue, which are placed quite logically. I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes. :sigh: Article[^]
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
Why use color codes when you can just spell it out? Does the population need to have such fine grained information? 1) No terror threats 2) There may be bastards planning actions, call in anything suspicious 3) Terrorist attack imminent, call in anything suspicious and act yourself if possible -- Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, princeps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte, In inférnum detrude. Amen.
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brianwelsch wrote: Excuse me, Raul. That's precisely how the codes are set up. They only expanded it with 2 other colors, orange and blue, Yeah, but green should be between yellow and blue, not blue between yellow and green (pedant) Seems to me that the scheme should be: red - severe "we've got planes heading to the twin towers" risk yellow - moderate "we have specific intelligence for an attack" risk green - normal "everyday" risk (as opposed to "low") yellow can be emphasised with a modifier such as "pale" or "strong" or something to expand what it describes. Or (here's a novelty), why not just use the damn words instead. -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
Ian Darling wrote: Yeah, but green should be between yellow and blue, not blue between yellow and green (pedant) Then it wouldn't be based on the well known traffic light system anymore, but rather the less intuitive rainbow system. Ian Darling wrote: red....yellow...green This would be simple enough in my mind too, but then again so is the current system. I think the issue here is that green signifies "all is well", and they don't want to send that message out. My question is, how do people who claim to "pay attention", either not retain the sequence of colors, or infer through news reports and reading the paper (or however they pay attention) what the status has been changed to.
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
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Why use color codes when you can just spell it out? Does the population need to have such fine grained information? 1) No terror threats 2) There may be bastards planning actions, call in anything suspicious 3) Terrorist attack imminent, call in anything suspicious and act yourself if possible -- Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, princeps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte, In inférnum detrude. Amen.
I don't think we'll ever use the two most relaxed states(green/blue), so we could say the base, yellow or (1), means "normal chatter" or nothing imminent. Then we move up to (2) or (3) as threats become more probable. In any case, I think a sequence of colors is something a 6 year old child can remember, and it's a little troubling that adults, who claim to give a crap, can't take a few minutes to memorize it.
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
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I don't think we'll ever use the two most relaxed states(green/blue), so we could say the base, yellow or (1), means "normal chatter" or nothing imminent. Then we move up to (2) or (3) as threats become more probable. In any case, I think a sequence of colors is something a 6 year old child can remember, and it's a little troubling that adults, who claim to give a crap, can't take a few minutes to memorize it.
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
I've got an idea Danger! Warning! Ok! This'll help adults to memorize colors and kids to read. :-D -- Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, princeps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte, In inférnum detrude. Amen.
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I've got an idea Danger! Warning! Ok! This'll help adults to memorize colors and kids to read. :-D -- Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, princeps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte, In inférnum detrude. Amen.
:cool: We've got a position for you in Homeland Security, Mr. Sigvardssson.
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
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:cool: We've got a position for you in Homeland Security, Mr. Sigvardssson.
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
Hm.. does that mean I can carry a gun? :-D -- Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, princeps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte, In inférnum detrude. Amen.
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Talking about the Alert Code being set to Orange: "I usually pay attention," said Virginia jewelry salesman Al Waiss. "If it's code orange, that's one step above green, right?" "I always pay attention, but personally, I get confused," said Raul Fernandez. "Maybe they should do it like the traffic lights — red, yellow and green." Excuse me, Raul. That's precisely how the codes are set up. They only expanded it with 2 other colors, orange and blue, which are placed quite logically. I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes. :sigh: Article[^]
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
brianwelsch wrote: I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes We Old Europeans have been telling you for decades ;P Honestly, I never understood that levelling either. I'm looking forward to my flights to/inside the "US Orange" with cool prototype equipment[^] in my luggage....
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Ian Darling wrote: Yeah, but green should be between yellow and blue, not blue between yellow and green (pedant) Then it wouldn't be based on the well known traffic light system anymore, but rather the less intuitive rainbow system. Ian Darling wrote: red....yellow...green This would be simple enough in my mind too, but then again so is the current system. I think the issue here is that green signifies "all is well", and they don't want to send that message out. My question is, how do people who claim to "pay attention", either not retain the sequence of colors, or infer through news reports and reading the paper (or however they pay attention) what the status has been changed to.
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
brianwelsch wrote: Then it wouldn't be based on the well known traffic light system anymore, but rather the less intuitive rainbow system. Rainbows have been around longer than traffic lights. ;P
Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the unknowable, the absurd, and nothing but a vacuum remains. ~Robert G. Ingersoll, Ingersoll's Works, Vol. 1
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Hm.. does that mean I can carry a gun? :-D -- Sancte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, princeps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte, In inférnum detrude. Amen.
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Only if you want to persuade the terrorists to sit down and play with Lego.. :rolleyes: Although, I'm very impressed by the design of that thing. Some serious thought and time has been put down into that gun! -- You see me driving down the street I look so f-ing good, yeah! We're smokin' weed and doing dirt in my Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, ha yeah, ha yeah, uh! We're gonna keep talking bullshit about you Cuz nobody be frontin' me and my crew! Cuz I'm a hip hopper, yes I am! Sarcasm...
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brianwelsch wrote: I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes We Old Europeans have been telling you for decades ;P Honestly, I never understood that levelling either. I'm looking forward to my flights to/inside the "US Orange" with cool prototype equipment[^] in my luggage....
Flirt harder, I'm a coder.
mlog || Agile Programming | doxygenpeterchen wrote: We Old Europeans have been telling you for decades :rolleyes: peterchen wrote: Honestly, I never understood that levelling either Having 5 levels, or what the colors mean? Where are you flying to?
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
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Whoa! Did you see http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/e_default.htm[^]?? It's a friggin Lego CAD program! I used to play like crazy with Lego when I was a kid. Maybe I should start again? :) -- You see me driving down the street I look so f-ing good, yeah! We're smokin' weed and doing dirt in my Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, ha yeah, ha yeah, uh! We're gonna keep talking bullshit about you Cuz nobody be frontin' me and my crew! Cuz I'm a hip hopper, yes I am! Sarcasm...
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Only if you want to persuade the terrorists to sit down and play with Lego.. :rolleyes: Although, I'm very impressed by the design of that thing. Some serious thought and time has been put down into that gun! -- You see me driving down the street I look so f-ing good, yeah! We're smokin' weed and doing dirt in my Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, ha yeah, ha yeah, uh! We're gonna keep talking bullshit about you Cuz nobody be frontin' me and my crew! Cuz I'm a hip hopper, yes I am! Sarcasm...
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: terrorists to sit down and play with Lego We should be so lucky.:sigh:
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
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Whoa! Did you see http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/e_default.htm[^]?? It's a friggin Lego CAD program! I used to play like crazy with Lego when I was a kid. Maybe I should start again? :) -- You see me driving down the street I look so f-ing good, yeah! We're smokin' weed and doing dirt in my Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, ha yeah, ha yeah, uh! We're gonna keep talking bullshit about you Cuz nobody be frontin' me and my crew! Cuz I'm a hip hopper, yes I am! Sarcasm...
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peterchen wrote: We Old Europeans have been telling you for decades :rolleyes: peterchen wrote: Honestly, I never understood that levelling either Having 5 levels, or what the colors mean? Where are you flying to?
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
Las Vegas, ALMA and Consumer Electronics Show. One in-land stop. 5 levels - well, 3 "traffic light" levels would have been more american, if you take my meaning. It just sounded too much of "Code bright beige" of Star Trek spoofs.
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brianwelsch wrote: I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes We Old Europeans have been telling you for decades ;P Honestly, I never understood that levelling either. I'm looking forward to my flights to/inside the "US Orange" with cool prototype equipment[^] in my luggage....
Flirt harder, I'm a coder.
mlog || Agile Programming | doxygenYou really think you're going to get through security with that rig?:laugh: I can hardly wait for the stories you're going to have for us after the trip!:) In fact, I'm calling the airport now, just to let them know you're coming and to request a body cavity search for you.:rolleyes: Enjoy! "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.
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You really think you're going to get through security with that rig?:laugh: I can hardly wait for the stories you're going to have for us after the trip!:) In fact, I'm calling the airport now, just to let them know you're coming and to request a body cavity search for you.:rolleyes: Enjoy! "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.
Roger Wright wrote: request a body cavity search for you :eek: OK, I'll supress all excretional body functions from now on and start to ...collect. If Homeland Security passes a rule to replace "latex glove" with a "full body latex cover and hefty amounts of room deodorant" around mid-january, you know why :cool:
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You really think you're going to get through security with that rig?:laugh: I can hardly wait for the stories you're going to have for us after the trip!:) In fact, I'm calling the airport now, just to let them know you're coming and to request a body cavity search for you.:rolleyes: Enjoy! "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.
Roger Wright wrote: to request a body cavity search for you What do you think they'll find? An amplifier for that thing? :) -- You see me driving down the street I look so f-ing good, yeah! We're smokin' weed and doing dirt in my Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, ha yeah, ha yeah, uh! We're gonna keep talking bullshit about you Cuz nobody be frontin' me and my crew! Cuz I'm a hip hopper, yes I am! Sarcasm...
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brianwelsch wrote: I get a little concerned about my fellow countrymen sometimes We Old Europeans have been telling you for decades ;P Honestly, I never understood that levelling either. I'm looking forward to my flights to/inside the "US Orange" with cool prototype equipment[^] in my luggage....
Flirt harder, I'm a coder.
mlog || Agile Programming | doxygenWhat is that equipment? A giant "annoy the hell out of your neighbors"-device? :rolleyes: -- You see me driving down the street I look so f-ing good, yeah! We're smokin' weed and doing dirt in my Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, ha yeah, ha yeah, uh! We're gonna keep talking bullshit about you Cuz nobody be frontin' me and my crew! Cuz I'm a hip hopper, yes I am! Sarcasm...
