someone needs to tell this asshole bearucrat to get a life...
I love to grind up people like that and stuff them under 6 foot rack
cabinets!
ok enough rant!
ed sharpe!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: Computer terminology and political correctness
> >
> > 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
>
> Oh %sdeity save us... This has got ridiculous...
>
> > of equipment, asking them not to use the "insenstive" words "master"
> > and "slave" in relation to equipment sold to the city? Maybe this
>
> I am not sure when those words first got applied to electrical/mechanical
> devices, but there have been 'master' and 'slave' clocks for over 100
> years, and I don't intend to change those terms...
>
> -tony
>
>
Received on Tue Nov 25 2003 - 21:03:41 GMT