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Re: Cable Colors
From: Lynda <shrdlu () deaddrop org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:00:56 -0700
Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:09:42 -0700 Peter Wohlers <pedro () whack org> wrote:About 7% of the male population in the US has red-green colorblindness, so keep that in mind.
At least in my son's case, bright colors -- like the typical red and green cables -- are easily distinguishable. Pastels are more of a problem.
More than 50% of males are color challenged, even when they aren't color blind. I have noted that orange and red cables near each other can easily be confused, as can blues and greens that are too similar in hue. However...
But for proper cabling, see http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1X6PM -- and make sure you readthe comments...
*That* link requires a put-down-your-coffee warning. Most notable is the number of stars in the rating, which goes hand in hand with the comments. Thank you. I still have tears in my eyes.
-- In April 1951, Galaxy published C.M. Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons". The intervening years have proven Kornbluth right. --Valdis Kletnieks
Current thread:
- Re: Cable Colors, (continued)
- Re: Cable Colors Justin M. Streiner (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Joe Abley (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Jay R. Ashworth (Jun 17)
- RE: Cable Colors Steve Dalberg (Jun 17)
- Re: Cable Colors Steven M. Bellovin (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Joe Greco (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Derek J. Balling (Jun 16)
- Re: Cable Colors Owen DeLong (Jun 16)