Los Angeles vs offensive hard disks

[Combat Ingrid]

Los Angeles county apparently found the computer term master/slave to be offensive

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp

The County of Los Angeles actively promotes and is committed to ensure a work environment that is free from any discriminatory influence be it actual or perceived. As such, it is the County's expectation that our manufacturers, suppliers and contractors make a concentrated effort to ensure that any equipment, supplies or services that are provided to County departments do not possess or portray an image that may be construed as offensive or defamatory in nature.

One such recent example included the manufacturer's labeling of equipment where the words "Master/Slave" appeared to identify the primary and secondary sources. Based on the cultural diversity and sensitivity of Los Angeles County, this is not an acceptable identification label.

We would request that each manufacturer, supplier and contractor review, identify and remove/change any identification or labeling of equipment or components thereof that could be interpreted as discriminatory or offensive in nature before such equipment is sold or otherwise provided to any County department.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance.

Joe Sandoval, Division Manager
Purchasing and Contract Services
Internal Services Department
County of Los Angeles

[Gangerolf]

damn racists

[Chemical Ollie]

What would they prefer to call the hard disks then? Manager/co-worker?

[uh Clem]

Dom/sub

[Combat Ingrid]

How about Führer/Soldat?
Much less offensive and it might stimulate the new governor to learn more about computers

[Gangerolf]

how about white/black? should be fairly easy to remember

[Skanky Burns]

[Peter Triggs]

What's next? The male/female terminology for plugs and sockets?

[Cruddy]

Ah, nice to see some folks perpetuating the myth that slavery doesn't exist.

Middle class herberts of the highest order.

[child of Thor]

Well i treat my slave drive very well, its got its own metal padded carry case and is much less dusty than my fixed hard drives, so i don't know what they are complaining about??

[DAVOUT]

Any new wording will not change the fact that one is subordinated to the other, which is where the offense stands. The solution is to alternate their role every day at 00.00 GMT.

[Az]

Free drive D:

[Paul Hanson]

Never! My CD-ROMs will always be indentured servants of my hard disks!

[Urban Ranger]

Hm, maybe call one desk and the other chair?

[Q Classic]

scsi is far more egalitarian, isn't it ? you have the controller, and then everything else is given a numeric id.

[Urban Ranger]

That's worse, they don't even have names!

[MichaeltheGreat]

As it should be. There's no need to name peasants, only to have them work for our benefit. All hail SCSI for showing us the true path!

If they have cable select IDE, then it's even worse - the black connector is the master, and the grey one the slave.

And all electricians know that wiring standards are racist. The black wires carry the current, and the white wire just sits on it's ass as the overseer. If there's no white wire, the black wires don't work, and if you need more voltage, you use more black wires, but you still only need one white wire.

[Q Classic]

mtg is right! where the hell is the yellow wire? do we just not exist? at least occasionally there's a red wire.

i mean, hell, a political party gets representation (greens. bloody greens, of all parties), why don't we non-white/blacks get some?

[Shogun Gunner]

A heard a bunch of former drives were planning to start a new PC in africa called PCLiberia.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Would every drive be masters there?

[Whaleboy]

@Azazel... critique of Utilitarianism coming up!

[MrFun]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
As it should be. There's no need to name peasants, only to have them work for our benefit. All hail SCSI for showing us the true path!

If they have cable select IDE, then it's even worse - the black connector is the master, and the grey one the slave.

And all electricians know that wiring standards are racist. The black wires carry the current, and the white wire just sits on it's ass as the overseer. If there's no white wire, the black wires don't work, and if you need more voltage, you use more black wires, but you still only need one white wire.

[Az]

Originally posted by Whaleboy
@Azazel... critique of Utilitarianism coming up!

take your best shot, punk.

[Drake Tungsten]

Damn, I always miss all the fun...

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Peter Triggs
What's next? The male/female terminology for plugs and sockets?

that plug is obviously affirming superiority over that socket!

[korn469]

come on people doesn't california have more important things to worry about? news worthy things like Michael Jackson sheesh

[Theben]

Originally posted by Peter Triggs
What's next? The male/female terminology for plugs and sockets?

No, but you'll need permission to insert the male connector into the female receptor.

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Theben
No, but you'll need permission to insert the male connector into the female receptor.

Which of course is just the polite thing to do

You would have thought there might be a few more pressing concerns for California? Isn't it one of the bankrupt states?(excuse my ignorance if this is not the case ).
[non intended threadjack- please ignore and carry on the fun!]
Maybe if this the kind of legal nonsense that is common in the USA, then no wonder it has many states that are struggling with their budgets?

you are crazy over that side of the atlantic

[Ted Striker]

Well you gotta remember this is the same county that tried to impose taxes on satellites that were in outer space.

[Az]

suck my connector.