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[David Candy]

Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks. But I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into glue isn't technical enough.

 

[Ian Hoare]

Hi sweety,

le/on Sat, 5 Mar 2005 01:31:09 +1100, tu disais/you said:-

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good idea.

Incorrect. Genetic recessives, in fact. But if we're culling, I'd choose
culling arrogant pillocks like you before choosing red/green blinds like me!

As for passing colour tests, I fist discovered my colour blindness when
applying to Sizewell nuclear power station as an assistant chemist. It was
the first time I'd been tested. As I'd been working for several years as a
chemist, much of which involved making calculations whose results were
obtained from subtle colour changes (acidity, titration for calcium and
magnesium etc), I had good evidence that my theoretical colour blindness was
no problem for my work as a chemist. So I challenged the testers to match me
against any of their lab asistants in a test using the most difficult
analysis that was current, acidity in insulating oil, with a colour change
from bluish brown to reddish brown. I succeeded easily and was offered the
job.

Tests indeed. Reminds me of the definition of IQ tests.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

That's pretty cold.

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks. But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

 

[David Candy]

They never say the exact problem they have.



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That's pretty cold.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks. But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

And it will never change. Flaming just makes people defensive or angry and
unwilling to learn new things.

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
They never say the exact problem they have.



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That's pretty cold.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks.
But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

 

[Ian Hoare]

Salut/Hi David Candy,

le/on Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:59:27 +1100, tu disais/you said:-

They never say the exact problem they have.

So try asking them in a civilised manner.

 

[David Candy]

Once I agreed with you (and colin). But now MS has the ability to force structure on the web interface.

 

[Yabbadoo]

The original post was clearly phrased and has been partly answered (a
"workaround" suggeseted by Sharon, bless her). I had hoped for a "regedit"
answer. Colour-blindness was an OT side-issue, initially discussed sensibly
with a stated aim of promoting better understanding for web-design
..
History tells us that Hitler (with his perception of race purity, and
promulgation of the "Final Solution" to purify the Aryan race) was sterile.
Given Candy's view that Colour-Blind people should be similarly
exterminated, clearly the Austrian family genes were perpetuated, and
evolved into an even more virulent form. Hopefully he too is sterile, else
anyone with any disabilty whatever is in danger, should his views reach a
wider audience.

As an enthusiastic 62 year-old, a Master's degree in the University of Life,
and an IQ >120, I see this newsgroup as one of the best. By and large, even
novice queries are handled sympathetically and answers given in good spirit.
I am appalled, incensed and disgusted with Candy's rhetoric. FLAMING? - the
bloody fool hasn't even the wit to understand what he reads. Where exactly
is the open question ("never say the exact problem they have?")
1/ Topic - search function - answered (at least in part)
2/ OT -Problems with colour - not a question, a statement. Being
pig-ignorant, he equates that with being blind.

He should take his prejudices into oblivion, not into newsgroups.

YES, I'm bloody INCANDESCENT with rage!

Sincerely, Len.

And it will never change. Flaming just makes people defensive or angry
and unwilling to learn new things.

--
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
They never say the exact problem they have.



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That's pretty cold.

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks.
But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/

Tried "Accessability" options (high contrast) which are of limited
help -
(drawbacks outweight the advantage). These options are for the visually
impaired, i.e poor sighted folk. I have 20/20 vision, with glasses.

"Normal" folk often fall into the semantics trap. " Colour Blind" is NOT
being blind (as in unable to see). Think more of camouflage - inability
to
identify certain elements within a scene because the element colours
blend
into the background.
I can see objects against a contrasting background (birds in the sky,
for
example) but I can NOT tell you what colour(s) they are. Birds in
trees -
much more difficult (dark against dark).
There is no cure, we are born with faulty cones (light receptors in the
eye). "Colour" is reflected light - colour sight is the ability to
identify/classify the wavelength of refelected light.
Web designers are often artists first, designers second. Those leaning
toward art tend to use colour palettes pleasing to them, without regard
for
practical ease of use of their site. It is this fact which needs
broader
distribution.

Sincerely, Len.

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
If we didn't pass colour tests then we didn't get jobs.

I press Ctrl + A to select the page that changes the colour of
everything.
I'm not colour blind but I still need sensible colours (like light gray
on
a
lighter grey background).

But I can show you ways of doing this and that if I know the exact
details.
Plus Accessability can override graphic designers and can be taylored to
an
individual.

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In Yabbadoo <[email protected]> typed:

in the days of
valves(tubes) with transistors just coming in, all resistors
were
colour-coded for value -


Is that no longer true? I guess it's been a long time since I
looked at a resistor.

 

[David Candy]

Well I know lots of tricks as I can see virtually nothing on a computer screen at factory settings. I have a magnifing glass for my own use (on the 8pt hard coded dialogs). And I'm sure I written a suite of programs for us old people to make web browsing easy.

But most of you are too stupid to use them. Hitler had a point.

PS: Forget the 6 million whinging jews (though I'd be sent to the camps for that anyway), I relate to the other 5 million people sent to the camps as I fall in most categories except homosexuality and Gypsies. But everyone assumes I'm a homosexual anyway so that won't protect me.

Why do I get bashed and discrimated against because people believe I'm a homosexual. Because I believe denying that I am one is actually saying "it's ok to bash gays". Though after a few bashings I act overtly heterosexual for self protection. But I take after St Paul so I'm celibate.

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The original post was clearly phrased and has been partly answered (a
"workaround" suggeseted by Sharon, bless her). I had hoped for a "regedit"
answer. Colour-blindness was an OT side-issue, initially discussed sensibly
with a stated aim of promoting better understanding for web-design
.
History tells us that Hitler (with his perception of race purity, and
promulgation of the "Final Solution" to purify the Aryan race) was sterile.
Given Candy's view that Colour-Blind people should be similarly
exterminated, clearly the Austrian family genes were perpetuated, and
evolved into an even more virulent form. Hopefully he too is sterile, else
anyone with any disabilty whatever is in danger, should his views reach a
wider audience.

As an enthusiastic 62 year-old, a Master's degree in the University of Life,
and an IQ >120, I see this newsgroup as one of the best. By and large, even
novice queries are handled sympathetically and answers given in good spirit.
I am appalled, incensed and disgusted with Candy's rhetoric. FLAMING? - the
bloody fool hasn't even the wit to understand what he reads. Where exactly
is the open question ("never say the exact problem they have?")
1/ Topic - search function - answered (at least in part)
2/ OT -Problems with colour - not a question, a statement. Being
pig-ignorant, he equates that with being blind.

He should take his prejudices into oblivion, not into newsgroups.

YES, I'm bloody INCANDESCENT with rage!

Sincerely, Len.

And it will never change. Flaming just makes people defensive or angry
and unwilling to learn new things.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
They never say the exact problem they have.



--
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http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/

That's pretty cold.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks.
But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
Tried "Accessability" options (high contrast) which are of limited
help -
(drawbacks outweight the advantage). These options are for the visually
impaired, i.e poor sighted folk. I have 20/20 vision, with glasses.

"Normal" folk often fall into the semantics trap. " Colour Blind" is NOT
being blind (as in unable to see). Think more of camouflage - inability
to
identify certain elements within a scene because the element colours
blend
into the background.
I can see objects against a contrasting background (birds in the sky,
for
example) but I can NOT tell you what colour(s) they are. Birds in
trees -
much more difficult (dark against dark).
There is no cure, we are born with faulty cones (light receptors in the
eye). "Colour" is reflected light - colour sight is the ability to
identify/classify the wavelength of refelected light.
Web designers are often artists first, designers second. Those leaning
toward art tend to use colour palettes pleasing to them, without regard
for
practical ease of use of their site. It is this fact which needs
broader
distribution.

Sincerely, Len.

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
If we didn't pass colour tests then we didn't get jobs.

I press Ctrl + A to select the page that changes the colour of
everything.
I'm not colour blind but I still need sensible colours (like light gray
on
a
lighter grey background).

But I can show you ways of doing this and that if I know the exact
details.
Plus Accessability can override graphic designers and can be taylored to
an
individual.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
In Yabbadoo <[email protected]> typed:

in the days of
valves(tubes) with transistors just coming in, all resistors
were
colour-coded for value -


Is that no longer true? I guess it's been a long time since I
looked at a resistor.

 

[David Candy]

And if we are going to go on like this.

1. I'm terminally ill. Though I've made 25 years and fingers are still crossed old age will take me before my extremely painfull illness does.
2. I was born with genetic defects (though surgically corrected at 5 months old)
3. I'm disabled


But I'm not stupid like you.
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message Well I know lots of tricks as I can see virtually nothing on a computer screen at factory settings. I have a magnifing glass for my own use (on the 8pt hard coded dialogs). And I'm sure I written a suite of programs for us old people to make web browsing easy.

But most of you are too stupid to use them. Hitler had a point.

PS: Forget the 6 million whinging jews (though I'd be sent to the camps for that anyway), I relate to the other 5 million people sent to the camps as I fall in most categories except homosexuality and Gypsies. But everyone assumes I'm a homosexual anyway so that won't protect me.

Why do I get bashed and discrimated against because people believe I'm a homosexual. Because I believe denying that I am one is actually saying "it's ok to bash gays". Though after a few bashings I act overtly heterosexual for self protection. But I take after St Paul so I'm celibate.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/

The original post was clearly phrased and has been partly answered (a
"workaround" suggeseted by Sharon, bless her). I had hoped for a "regedit"
answer. Colour-blindness was an OT side-issue, initially discussed sensibly
with a stated aim of promoting better understanding for web-design
.
History tells us that Hitler (with his perception of race purity, and
promulgation of the "Final Solution" to purify the Aryan race) was sterile.
Given Candy's view that Colour-Blind people should be similarly
exterminated, clearly the Austrian family genes were perpetuated, and
evolved into an even more virulent form. Hopefully he too is sterile, else
anyone with any disabilty whatever is in danger, should his views reach a
wider audience.

As an enthusiastic 62 year-old, a Master's degree in the University of Life,
and an IQ >120, I see this newsgroup as one of the best. By and large, even
novice queries are handled sympathetically and answers given in good spirit.
I am appalled, incensed and disgusted with Candy's rhetoric. FLAMING? - the
bloody fool hasn't even the wit to understand what he reads. Where exactly
is the open question ("never say the exact problem they have?")
1/ Topic - search function - answered (at least in part)
2/ OT -Problems with colour - not a question, a statement. Being
pig-ignorant, he equates that with being blind.

He should take his prejudices into oblivion, not into newsgroups.

YES, I'm bloody INCANDESCENT with rage!

Sincerely, Len.

And it will never change. Flaming just makes people defensive or angry
and unwilling to learn new things.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
They never say the exact problem they have.



--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/

That's pretty cold.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks.
But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
Tried "Accessability" options (high contrast) which are of limited
help -
(drawbacks outweight the advantage). These options are for the visually
impaired, i.e poor sighted folk. I have 20/20 vision, with glasses.

"Normal" folk often fall into the semantics trap. " Colour Blind" is NOT
being blind (as in unable to see). Think more of camouflage - inability
to
identify certain elements within a scene because the element colours
blend
into the background.
I can see objects against a contrasting background (birds in the sky,
for
example) but I can NOT tell you what colour(s) they are. Birds in
trees -
much more difficult (dark against dark).
There is no cure, we are born with faulty cones (light receptors in the
eye). "Colour" is reflected light - colour sight is the ability to
identify/classify the wavelength of refelected light.
Web designers are often artists first, designers second. Those leaning
toward art tend to use colour palettes pleasing to them, without regard
for
practical ease of use of their site. It is this fact which needs
broader
distribution.

Sincerely, Len.

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
If we didn't pass colour tests then we didn't get jobs.

I press Ctrl + A to select the page that changes the colour of
everything.
I'm not colour blind but I still need sensible colours (like light gray
on
a
lighter grey background).

But I can show you ways of doing this and that if I know the exact
details.
Plus Accessability can override graphic designers and can be taylored to
an
individual.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
In Yabbadoo <[email protected]> typed:

in the days of
valves(tubes) with transistors just coming in, all resistors
were
colour-coded for value -


Is that no longer true? I guess it's been a long time since I
looked at a resistor.

 

[David Candy]

And I don't whinge in newsgroups like a girl. I write to the general managers of the company that owns the web site.

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message And if we are going to go on like this.

1. I'm terminally ill. Though I've made 25 years and fingers are still crossed old age will take me before my extremely painfull illness does.
2. I was born with genetic defects (though surgically corrected at 5 months old)
3. I'm disabled


But I'm not stupid like you.
--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message Well I know lots of tricks as I can see virtually nothing on a computer screen at factory settings. I have a magnifing glass for my own use (on the 8pt hard coded dialogs). And I'm sure I written a suite of programs for us old people to make web browsing easy.

But most of you are too stupid to use them. Hitler had a point.

PS: Forget the 6 million whinging jews (though I'd be sent to the camps for that anyway), I relate to the other 5 million people sent to the camps as I fall in most categories except homosexuality and Gypsies. But everyone assumes I'm a homosexual anyway so that won't protect me.

Why do I get bashed and discrimated against because people believe I'm a homosexual. Because I believe denying that I am one is actually saying "it's ok to bash gays". Though after a few bashings I act overtly heterosexual for self protection. But I take after St Paul so I'm celibate.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/

The original post was clearly phrased and has been partly answered (a
"workaround" suggeseted by Sharon, bless her). I had hoped for a "regedit"
answer. Colour-blindness was an OT side-issue, initially discussed sensibly
with a stated aim of promoting better understanding for web-design
.
History tells us that Hitler (with his perception of race purity, and
promulgation of the "Final Solution" to purify the Aryan race) was sterile.
Given Candy's view that Colour-Blind people should be similarly
exterminated, clearly the Austrian family genes were perpetuated, and
evolved into an even more virulent form. Hopefully he too is sterile, else
anyone with any disabilty whatever is in danger, should his views reach a
wider audience.

As an enthusiastic 62 year-old, a Master's degree in the University of Life,
and an IQ >120, I see this newsgroup as one of the best. By and large, even
novice queries are handled sympathetically and answers given in good spirit.
I am appalled, incensed and disgusted with Candy's rhetoric. FLAMING? - the
bloody fool hasn't even the wit to understand what he reads. Where exactly
is the open question ("never say the exact problem they have?")
1/ Topic - search function - answered (at least in part)
2/ OT -Problems with colour - not a question, a statement. Being
pig-ignorant, he equates that with being blind.

He should take his prejudices into oblivion, not into newsgroups.

YES, I'm bloody INCANDESCENT with rage!

Sincerely, Len.

And it will never change. Flaming just makes people defensive or angry
and unwilling to learn new things.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
They never say the exact problem they have.



--
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http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/

That's pretty cold.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Well

1. Colour blind are genetic retards. Culling the flock is always a good
idea.

2. I can think of sooo many solutions to from overkill to minor tweaks.
But
I have to know the exact problem. Just knowing you shouuld be turned into
glue isn't technical enough.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
Tried "Accessability" options (high contrast) which are of limited
help -
(drawbacks outweight the advantage). These options are for the visually
impaired, i.e poor sighted folk. I have 20/20 vision, with glasses.

"Normal" folk often fall into the semantics trap. " Colour Blind" is NOT
being blind (as in unable to see). Think more of camouflage - inability
to
identify certain elements within a scene because the element colours
blend
into the background.
I can see objects against a contrasting background (birds in the sky,
for
example) but I can NOT tell you what colour(s) they are. Birds in
trees -
much more difficult (dark against dark).
There is no cure, we are born with faulty cones (light receptors in the
eye). "Colour" is reflected light - colour sight is the ability to
identify/classify the wavelength of refelected light.
Web designers are often artists first, designers second. Those leaning
toward art tend to use colour palettes pleasing to them, without regard
for
practical ease of use of their site. It is this fact which needs
broader
distribution.

Sincerely, Len.

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
If we didn't pass colour tests then we didn't get jobs.

I press Ctrl + A to select the page that changes the colour of
everything.
I'm not colour blind but I still need sensible colours (like light gray
on
a
lighter grey background).

But I can show you ways of doing this and that if I know the exact
details.
Plus Accessability can override graphic designers and can be taylored to
an
individual.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/
In Yabbadoo <[email protected]> typed:

in the days of
valves(tubes) with transistors just coming in, all resistors
were
colour-coded for value -


Is that no longer true? I guess it's been a long time since I
looked at a resistor.