From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 11/6/2025 6:29 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Robert Roland"  wrote in message   
   > news:lpoogkdg7p450ai5kc8mhvha9pcvsck5v9@4ax.com...   
   >   
   > On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 17:42:03 -0700, Bob La Londe    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> I wonder years later if maybe he was hoping for a chance to file an ADA   
   >> lawsuit, and when I didn't fire him right away that is why he quit   
   >> shortly afterwards.   
   >   
   > Color blindness does not work like that. Color blind people can still   
   > see colors, they just have problems with some specific colors or color   
   > combinations. The most common variety is the red/green type. It makes   
   > it difficult to tell the difference between red and brown, and also to   
   > see small red objects if they're surrounded by green. Finding   
   > cranberries, for example, is nearly impossible. ...   
   >   
   > RoRo   
   > ---------------------------------------------   
   > During the development of Power over Ethernet I wrote a complex program   
   > to configure the controller ICs which included color to show status. A   
   > color-blind engineer couldn't use it so I made the colors user   
   > selectable and he found a combination he liked.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet   
   >   
   > Some traffic lights here have flashing white strips across the red and a   
   > matching beeper.   
   >   
      
      My uncle Doug (RIP) used to get a ticket almost every time he drove   
   thru Preston Idaho . He had red/green and the traffic lights there were   
   reversed from the pattern he was accustomed to .   
   --   
   Snag   
      I appreciated foreign cultures more   
   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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