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L.A. County Bans Use Of "Master/Slave" Term

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sub-instead-taxpayer-scum/righteous-despot dept.

SlashChick writes "In an interesting twist on political correctness, L.A. County has banned the use of the terms 'Master/Slave' (commonly used to denote hard drive arrangements.) According to Snopes.com, 'someone within the County bureaucracy... had taken offense at "master/slave" references and complained to the board.' L.A. County now requires that vendors working with the county remove all 'master/slave' references. Incredible. Read the full story."

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  1. Well ..... by taniwha · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We better be carefull and not tell them abot the sexing of plugs and connectors ....

  2. It's a hoax by twistedcubic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm live in Los Angeles. I just walked onto my balcony and screamed "MASTER/SLAVE!" Nothing happened (except one guy below looked at me kinda funny) so it's clearly a hoax.

  3. Re:BigBlockMopar in University... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Integration is a mathematical process for finding the area under a curve.

    It's not a process, and it's only the area under the curve under piecewise continious functions.

    It's from a branch of mathematics called calculus.

    There is no branch of mathematics called Calculus. It's just a stupid name somebody came up to name begining undergraduate math courses.

    Your amazing ability to jump to unfounded conclusions have only served to reaffirm my belief that calculus is the distinction between a degree and toilet paper

    I agree with you there

  4. Re:BigBlockMopar in University...Similar event by calethix · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "You will put out meat pizzas, right? I am a carnivore and I believe it is unethical to kill and eat defenseless little plants which are rooted in the ground"

    So you like crustless pizzas with no tomato sauce? ;)

  5. Just call em "Pimp" and "Ho".... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Make the alternative bad enough, and they'll realize what idiots they are.