Give me my data slave!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 26, 2003, 4:15 pm

What fucked up bozo filed a complaint about hard drives being labeled master/slave. Beyond retarded.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/2 ... index.html

Snippit:

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms "master" and "slave" on computer equipment, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive.

The request -- which has some suppliers furious and others busy re-labeling components -- came after an unidentified worker spotted a videotape machine carrying devices labeled "master" and "slave" and filed a discrimination complaint with the county's Office of Affirmative Action Compliance.

In the computer industry, "master" and "slave" are used to refer to primary and secondary hard disk drives. The terms are also used in other industries.

I hope they realize that all motherboard bioses, HDs, CD platers, DVD players, etc etc have had these master/slave settings for 20 years.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » November 26, 2003, 4:16 pm

the next person to post this dies.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » November 26, 2003, 4:21 pm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _orgasm_dc

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » November 26, 2003, 4:21 pm

I thought it was a joke?

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » November 26, 2003, 4:22 pm

It was until it got chainmailed to a member of the NAACP.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » November 26, 2003, 6:05 pm

Bah, they want offensive? Instead of Master/Slave let's just change it to Man/Woman.

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » November 26, 2003, 6:24 pm

http://www.veeshanvault.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6744

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 26, 2003, 8:40 pm

My post was more entertaining!

male/female plugs don't seem to get people upset.