4 May
2009
4 May
'09
10:27 a.m.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On May 4, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
?ROFL! ?I suspect that was the case, yes. :)
Here's a contemporary word on the topic...
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/26/master.term.reut/index.html>
I'm not sure where the concept originated, but I do recall hearing a
complaint from a friend who worked for a University that they were
considering going down the same path as Los Angeles County, but I
don't remember if it was just at the (state) University level or
across the whole state.
There was at one point a large quantity of parody surrounding this.
My favorite was to replace "master/slave" with "mistress/worm".
-ethan
The other one that really gets me was the (thankfully short-lived) effort
to replace the traditional "master/slave" ATA terminology with
"master/subordinate", because some professionally offended person couldn't
handle even the mention of the word "slave".
I think someone eventually handed that guy a nice, steaming hot cup of
STFU. :)