Just read about this on Slashdot.org. :eek2:
Got to be one of the dumbest things I've read about recently. Oh, and in case you might think it's an urban legend, the Slashdot posting links back to Snopes.com...
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Just read about this on Slashdot.org. :eek2:
Got to be one of the dumbest things I've read about recently. Oh, and in case you might think it's an urban legend, the Slashdot posting links back to Snopes.com...
:eek2:
California? Typical.
..I can't say that I wasn't a little amazed though...
Seems people are getting a little thin skinned over there.Quote:
The representative we spoke with said that someone within the County bureaucracy — a person who probably didn't understand computer terminology — had taken offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board, whereupon the Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification requesting that vendors refrain from using that terminology.
FFS ... so they now want to call them primary & secondary instead, dickwads ! That'll clear things up very well .. my primary on my primary !?! (if you ask me that sounds rude now !)
The correct use is 'master disk' & 'slave disk' anyway !
I dunno about you but I ain't heard of a civil rights movement for hard disks yet ...
I can't wait until whichever 'Mr Richard Head' came up with that one comes accross the term 'floppy' ... no doubt we'll see some interesting mails on penile dysfunction ! :grin:
Have these numpties got nothing better to do ? No wonder the Californians have such a big budget deficit !
Another reason I will never visit Caleefohnya!
guess we just use cable select???
Yes no longer can you have Master keys,Master control,Slave systems,Black boards,Yellow fever,Black japan screws ............ARGH!!!.....
Some suggestions are needed for new Terminology since this whole primary on the primary thing coud get confus-ed-ing.
maybe...
Master/B!tch
Kirk/Spock
Master/Slave of no particular ethnic origin since all nationalities have been enslaved at one point or another in history you PC nazi.
anybody got more?
cable select?Quote:
Originally Posted by craigmodius
Retards...erm...mentally challenged asshats... :rolleyes:
ahh cable select :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander Klarg
Hillary/Bill
Nancy/Ron
Me/Your Mom
CBS/NBC
Jeannie/Samantha
Skipper/Gilligan
Burt/Ernie
Big Paul/Paulie (From American Choppers)
Batman/Robin
That chick from T3/Me
FYI, its not "Mentally Challenged" Its "Developmentally Disabled"
Where and when they got that term I'll never know.
oh and BTW, I would have believed the part about Master & Slave. LA is one of the kinkiest counties in the country. I figure maybe they're trying to cut down...:D
hmmm snopes looks like it got slashdotted....
OK, so what about processes?
You gonna re write all the systems analysis? :devil:
How offended could anyone really be over Master/Slave anyway. Only techs/geeks would use it in conversation, and they would understand the terminology. Plenty of engineering professions still use the term slave. It's not just for oppressed masses any more.
Well OK... Developmentally Disabled Asshats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orangeman
OR for a less verbose equivalent, "fscktards"!!! :devil:
All this talk about hard drives makes me want to file a sexual harrassment suit.
You know, if California is supposed to fall into the ocean, I wish it would hurry up.
hurt my feelings like that .muahah well with the crappy smog laws and guns I took think we need to hurry the crapper up https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by FatalException0E
What people who know what the terms mean think is the last thing that matters. These rules are passed by asshats for asshats all while other asshats tell them how progressive they are. Damned politically correct bastards. If I wasn't already tired, a rant would go right here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kymera
I forgot to mention this.....a note about censoring software. On worth1000, someone posted an image of a photchopped peacock and named it, simply, Peacock. On the site, the name was auto-changed to Peaman-meat.:eek:
Somebody has pretty weird tastes....
I think it's rediculous, waste time and money on computer terminology :eek2:
Ooooh, ooooh, I'm afraid of words. I lack the ability understand such complex concepts of language as context. But, I'll sacrifice not the rich vistas afforded by my primary stuffed firmly in my secondary.
[Sarcasm On]
I am truely shocked by some of the attitudes here! This is clearly a problem that has been ignored for far to long... Its about time they cleaned up some of the references. As a matter of fact, I think they should expand this list to include:
"Software"
"Hardware"
Who do they think they are kidding! We know what that REALLY means. If the PC manufacturers think for a second they are gonna sell more equipment by referencing everything towards sex, they got another thinkg coming....
[/Sarcasm Off]
:devil: :thumbs: ;) :grin: :D
I agree with diver01, we need to expand this. I feel dirty whenever I have to put RAM in the slot. That just makes me feel dirty.
Oh wait, it is the good type of dirty!!! :thumbs:
This story has gotten so nuts that the sports station here is talking about it. They went so far as to use the dictionary to show how insane this is. They say it is another sign that we are done as a society.
OK, so I'm digging up the dead, but if anyone doesn't read User Friendly, they need to see this.
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons...v/uf006180.gif
I'm sorry but I find the above word "single" very offencive and must get in touch with your local council/congress person and have it amended on all records to something like "unattached" :rolleyes: :p :D:D
Damn. User Friendly beat me to it by a day. :D :D :D
Ok, which comrade is the top dog, and which is the lowlife bitch? (perhaps there is a need for dog references) :rolleyes: