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  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday February 25 2014, @06:54PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday February 25 2014, @06:54PM (#6832) Homepage Journal

    A poll on the colour of the site. I've said it before, but this red isn't for me, and soylent needs to be green surely?

    I asked one of the insiders about the logo; it would be perfect if it were green. They're afraid Dice will sue them for trademark violation. As to the color of the site, they may be right, but I don't think so about the logo. There's no reason the package of Soylent can't be green, especially if it's inside a big orange circle.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by SMI on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:10AM

    by SMI (333) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:10AM (#7141)

    I wouldn't mind if, eventually, registered users could pick their own color in place of the red, green, etc., not including the logo. Might be a two birds, one stone kind of solution.

    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:30PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:30PM (#7290) Homepage Journal

      I think that's an excellent idea! It also wouldn't be hard to pull off.

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      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:58AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:58AM (#7759)
        Word from the inside is that the templating system is tied to running an instance of Apache for each different color scheme. Them's the breaks. It's not as easy as it should be, since Slash is a shining example of modular code, just like systemd.

        • (Score: 2) by SMI on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:14PM

          by SMI (333) on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:14PM (#8156)

          That's very informative, thank you.

  • (Score: 1) by bigjimslade on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:37AM

    by bigjimslade (212) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:37AM (#7152)

    i believe there was soylent red and soylent yellow before green. though at the market it appears there was also soylent orange.

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:18PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:18PM (#7285) Homepage Journal

      Yes, but those other colors weren't people. If you remember from the movie, Soylent Green was sought after because of its taste.

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      • (Score: 1) by bigjimslade on Wednesday February 26 2014, @07:55PM

        by bigjimslade (212) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @07:55PM (#7507)

        but, are we really sure.....

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by cloying on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:53AM

    by cloying (91) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @06:53AM (#7160)

    ianal, but I don't think colours are copyrighted yet! Anda soylent green wouldn't be the same green as our former hosts, there are so many greens to choose from. If the exact same green were used, well perhaps. But if the only thing Dice felt able to sue over was the colour I don't think it would make a very persuasive court case...

    Do we live in the shadow of slashdot, or are we truly free?

    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:11PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:11PM (#7283) Homepage Journal

      That's what I tried to tell Barabbas. I can't see how a lime green or olive drab package of Soylent could be sued over. Caerainly not copyright, like you said, you can't copyright a color and the logo is a brand new work.

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