No more Master/Slave for LA county
in possibly the stupidest thing i've heard in a while, LA county said no more devices containing the words Master/Slave to denote a relationship.
i know Cali is a huge state and economy and all, but how lame can you get?
how far does PC go before it's too far?
edit: the worst part is, just three days ago my old boss and i were talking about this while trouble shooting. he mentioned it didn't sound very PC, wondered how long it would last.
i told him nobody was that stupid. looks like i was wrong.
HA HA, i just realized this could be behind Apple's move to SATA drives. Master/Slave are no longer an issue! Steve is a prophet!
i know Cali is a huge state and economy and all, but how lame can you get?
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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.
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.
how far does PC go before it's too far?
edit: the worst part is, just three days ago my old boss and i were talking about this while trouble shooting. he mentioned it didn't sound very PC, wondered how long it would last.
i told him nobody was that stupid. looks like i was wrong.
HA HA, i just realized this could be behind Apple's move to SATA drives. Master/Slave are no longer an issue! Steve is a prophet!
Comments
To answer your question, PC crossed the line many many years ago.
Stupid ass divisional policy as usual
Originally posted by ThunderPoit
do transexuals/transgenders take offense to "gender changing" cable adaptors as well? this has got to be one of the stupidest things ive ever heard
Originally posted by ThunderPoit
do transexuals/transgenders take offense to "gender changing" cable adaptors as well? this has got to be one of the stupidest things ive ever heard
No, that's "empowering" for them.
Now excuse me while I get my administrative assistant to call a waste manager to clean up the bagel my homemaker made for me...which I dropped while reading this.
There's nothing wrong however, in treating inanimate objects as inanimate objects.
So, you could say that in a way, my stereo system is my slave, my refrigerator, my washing machine, my DVD player, are my slaves, even my beloved PowerMac is my slave (although it gets a favoured paternalistic treatment); the slave disc is a slave to my slave.
It seems to be part of a silly fad these days, one of wishing to recognise the dignity of a person to beasts in the field, embryos in gestation, and technological but nonetheless inanimate objects.
Screed
Will it come to this:
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters), Dec. 5, 2008 -- Los Angeles officials announced today the completion of a five year multi-million dollars effort to make the county's computer systems perfectly politically correct.
Over the past five years every IT company hired by the county besides one quit after learning that every part they sold or used had to be relabeled to comply with the counties strict policies regarding technology terminology.
Microsoft Corp. stopped bidding on a deal to license Windows EZ after the company found out the entire Windows source code had to be rewritten. Instead the company will offer Windows NC (no crash) which simply loads a screen that cycles through every single possible color for hours on end. A monotone voice will announce each color in order to make the operating system accessible to the blind.
LA county supervisor Scott Hermich said Windows NC was the operating system of the future because it does not crash and can't possible offend anyone. "I really look forward to using Windows NC," Hermich said. "Knowing that my PC is completely PC makes me feel good about myself."
Originally posted by jante99
Microsoft Corp. stopped bidding on a deal to license Windows EZ after the company found out the entire Windows source code had to be rewritten. Instead the company will offer Windows NC (no crash) which simply loads a screen that cycles through every single possible color for hours on end. A monotone voice will announce each color in order to make the operating system accessible to the blind.[/i]
Originally posted by Artman @_@
Hard/software...they're next on the list.
Hey, baby... how would you like to try out my hardware? Take it for a spin and tell me how it feels... I also need feedback for my software, but it's not freeware, so it will cost you.