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At 11:04 7/14/95, Beverly Parks wrote:
>Okay, this one is for all you current and ex-military types out
>there. I'm reading a users guide for a work planning database.
>One of the db fields is called Status, and the values are Red,
>Amber, or Green. My question: Why Amber? What in the blazes
>is wrong with Yellow?
>I don't want to hear "because that's the way the military has
>always done it." I'd like a real, logical reason if one exists.
>If they want to get fancy with yellow, I say they should use
>Ochre, Amber, and Chartreuse.
>This Friday's nit-pick brought to you by
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Ah, you're referring to the old "stop light" charts. When I was making
them, we did call it "yellow". sounds like you ran into someonw who didn't
think "yellow" belongs in a fighting man's (or woman's) vocanulary.
Regards,
Marc
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