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ATTENTION members: CNET wide is implementing a redesigned

Oct 16, 2006 2:42AM PDT

header and doing some moderate changes to our site--this impacts not only the CNET forums, but all of CNET sites. So in the next few hours--starting around 10AM if you see some wonkiness on our site, please don't panic as it is intended.

Thanks for you patience while we implement these changes.

-Lee
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Problems with Mod Alert Button?
Oct 18, 2006 2:37AM PDT
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It's not that...
Oct 18, 2006 2:49AM PDT

An individual e-mail account it out of order and no longer receiving incoming messages, so they are being bounced back. The rest of us are still online.

John

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Have had problems here, James
Oct 18, 2006 6:12AM PDT

my house telephone went down three days ago and just got back up and running a few minutes ago, and starband has problems with their satellite right now so I have no satellite modem service either. I just scrambled to get a new DIAL-UP ISP here in a hurry and now have to change my profile with that account for the Modalerts and my email.

TONI

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(NT) (NT) OK, just a new occurrence for me
Oct 18, 2006 7:54AM PDT
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Gee, I like the light blue and white background
Oct 18, 2006 9:22AM PDT

and font size, and I'm colorblind and only 77.

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A Question Ray!!!
Oct 18, 2006 10:38AM PDT

Hi Ray,How can you make an informed judgement on the light blue,if by your own admission you say you are colourblind?My coke bottle lenses are tinted,and the light blue still looks terrible to me.
Doug.

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My judgement is simply that I like it
Oct 18, 2006 12:02PM PDT

As far as knowing the color it could be blue or purple as far a I know. The term light blue was taken from the other posts.

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colorblind
Oct 18, 2006 1:39PM PDT

I was 26 before I knew I had blue/purple colorblindness. I still see color I call blue and that I call purple, but never could understand till I was tested in the AF why some shades others thought were a blue I thought was a purple and vice versa. Color blindness is selective on what particular ranges you have a problem with. For me, a light purple might appear the same as a darker blue. The color called "violet" is particularly problematic to me. When I saw the last "bubble chart" and didn't see a number in the bubbles, I thought it was a trick. It wasn't. Having a color blind problem in some area doesn't mean it goes to shades of grey.

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Reply to: colorblind
Oct 18, 2006 3:28PM PDT

Amazing how many people have problems with colours.I am one of those too.The older I get, the worse it seem to be.For me the Royal blue on the left is much clearer than this print text and would have been a far better choice in my opinion.
And Ray,"Keep on Truckin" from me also.
Cheers.
Doug

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i can't explain it ray, but....
Oct 18, 2006 11:31AM PDT

keep on trucking. more power to you.