On 25 Nov 2003, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Did anyone hear that some bureaucrat, in charge of purchasing for the
> city of Los Angles, has sent a letter to all of the city's suppliers
> of equipment, asking them not to use the "insenstive" words "master"
> and "slave" in relation to equipment sold to the city? Maybe this
> means that there will be a glut of politically incorrect surplus
> computer equipment and documentation available there. Of course,
> they'd probably recycle it into scrap so as to not risk offending
> purchasers... too bad they don't just recycle the political
> correctness into something else.
I haven't heard that but rumor has it that the state will be renamed with
a 'K' in honor of The Governator :)
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