Power Supply Torture Test

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Re:Uneasy over "Torture" usage

[Daedala]

You know, I'm not the most politically correct person out there. I have no problem with slaving hard drives, using "he" to mean "everyone regardless of gender," and other such shibboleths. But I did do a double-take at that headline. I don't precisely think it's a wrong use of the word. I do think that the headline itself was awkward and invited unfortunate comparisons. Allusion is a pretty common trope in English, and the headline could definitely be read as alluding to Abu Graib.

I don't watch tv. I have avoided the Abu Graib pictures as much as possible, because I just don't need to see it. But the most vivid picture, the one even I've seen, is the hooded prisoner with wires attached to his body. "Power Supply Torture Test" reminded me of that. My first response was "WTF? Oh, they're being cute. Yech."

I know it's industry standard, I just think it's tacky in this instance. I probably wouldn't have blinked at "torture test" in other headlines: "Hard Drive Torture Test" doesn't bother me. "Server Torture Test" doesn't either. But hard drives and servers aren't notoriously used in torture, either. Electricity, sadly, is.