# Testing, testing...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425 "2002-03-11T02:26:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/41 "2002-03-11T04:11:18Z")

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Back to the old handle I reckon.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/42 "2002-03-11T04:11:57Z")

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Just another little test-a-roony!

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/43 "2002-03-11T04:14:07Z")

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\*\*color:  
sky blue  
128  
646464  
FF00FF  
32767  
65535  
FF0000  
0000FF  
00FF00

800000

\*\*

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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/44 "2002-03-11T04:14:48Z")

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Did I miss anything?

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**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/45 "2002-03-11T04:17:06Z")

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There’s something wrong with this one’s eyes: :eek:

Underline _Italic_

What the heck is firebrick?

I suppose this is burlywood…

> [@](#):
>
> This is a quote

[list=a]  
[li]1[/li][li]2[/li][li]3[/li][/list=a]

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/46 "2002-03-11T04:41:52Z")

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So it takes color in hexadecimal RGB format.  
Let’s see how many blues are available:  
\*\*  
0000A0  
0000B0  
0000C0  
0000D0  
0000E0  
0000F0  
0000F0

0000C0  
0000C2  
0000C4  
0000C6  
0000C8  
0000CA  
0000CC  
0000CE  
0000D0

0000D00000C00000CE0000D0

nnnnnnn  
nnnnnnn  
nnnnnnn  
nnnnnnn  
nnnnnnn

\*\*  
That last was  
black  
D0  
C0  
CE  
DO  
(All repeating the letter n in Zapf dingbats)

It looks like 256 to maybe 512 different colors are available.

-Does everyone else see the last display of color as solid thick bars ?

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**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/47 "2002-03-11T04:53:39Z")

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Test Test Test Test Test Test

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**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/48 "2002-03-11T05:01:02Z")

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mmmmm…chocolate

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/49 "2002-03-11T08:27:31Z")

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USA! USA! USA!

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/50 "2002-03-11T08:42:41Z")

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Just testing. Don’t mind me.

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**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/51 "2002-03-11T08:57:32Z")

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I just had to pop in and see how this works…  
**Hello!** _Hello again!_ Hello even more! Checking out the fonts.  
:o 🆒

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**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/52 "2002-03-11T08:59:25Z")

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Hey, I had over 800 posts before the boards went down! Grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter.

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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/53 "2002-03-11T09:03:45Z")

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PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) context highlighting:

```php
echo $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

```

```php
if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,"MSIE")) {
    echo "You are using Internet Explorer<br>";

```

Wonder if it does anything for other languages:  
Java

```php

class HelloWorldApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!"); //Display the string.
    }
}

```

```php

// Based on input (int variable from above), choose a method,
			switch (input) {
				case 8:
					quit();
					break;
				case 7:
					saveData();
					break;
				case 6:
					loadData();
					break;

```

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**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/54 "2002-03-11T09:10:01Z")

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Testing

**I can’t sleep**.

Humbug. ☹

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**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/55 "2002-03-11T09:19:11Z")

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Hmmm. Username and password seem to werk.

Seems we have a lot more vB Code options.

I wonder if I have a sig?

We’ll see here in a moment.

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**Author:** ![Popup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Popup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popup)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/56 "2002-03-11T09:27:11Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> _Originally posted by Squink \*  
> It looks like 256 to maybe 512 different colors are available._\*

Looks to me as if the colour rendition is left up to the browser:

Shades of red:

> [@](#):
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> X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

So, there’s nothing to stop you from using the full 24 bit palette. (And I think the HTML standard allows you to use a 36 bit palette as well, on the form RRRGGGBBB.)

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Squink \*  
> -Does everyone else see the last display of color as solid thick bars ?

Nope, but that’s because I haven’t got the Zapf Dingbats installed. (I’m running a pretty minimalist linux system - I don’t need fonts I cannot read:) )

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/57 "2002-03-11T12:19:26Z")

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whoa what is all that stuff - let me try this out:) ☹ :o 😃 😉 😛 🆒 :rolleyes: :mad: :eek: 😕 ;j :wally

I can see there are going to be a lot more smilies

NO this can’t be - somewhat difficult to usethry to read this almost impossible

```php
what does this thing do

```

[ul]  
[li]ki[/li][li]se[/li][li]Hi Opal[/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/58 "2002-03-11T12:29:01Z")

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…what the differences are in posting to the board.

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**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/59 "2002-03-11T12:38:18Z")

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I just want to see how it all works.

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**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-testing/97425/60 "2002-03-11T12:47:08Z")

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Just another annoying test…

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