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  • realJSOPR realJSOP

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    ".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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    Lost User
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    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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      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
      -----
      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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        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)
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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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                              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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                                      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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