Bob Lehmann wrote on 24 dec 2005 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:
- all the colour is drained from the page.
Actually, the absence of color is black - #000000.
In this case, he is suffering from the "All The Colors" virus - #FFFFFF.
Where #FFFFFF stands for "ffs" or "efface".
This effect on the monitor screen is described
in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: ef·face
Inflected Form(s): ef·faced; ef·fac·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French effacer, from Old French
esfacier, from e- + face face
1 : to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
<coins with dates effaced by wear>; also : to cause to vanish <daylight
effaced the stars>
2 : to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous
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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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