hey Techie types, I was just told to come up with an alternate term for Master/Slave (for some documents we worked on for months and just published last week...grrrr). All I can find (in an admittedly brief search) was stuff about the controversy of coming up with alternate terms for Master/Slave. Lots of outraged programmers or whatever decrying political correctness. I couldn't find any actual suggestions for alternatives. It's very frustrating. Does anybody have any ideas?
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Oct 03, 2005 12:02:53 pm PDT #2920 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Burrell - Oct 03, 2005 12:03:07 pm PDT #2921 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
although I honestly pity "true" conservatives who support Bush only because of the possibility of setting the next generations's Court agenda and were royally fucked by this.
I can't say as I do. I find the nomination a bit baffling however because I can't see what the political gain is for Bush.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2005 12:06:48 pm PDT #2922 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
hey Techie types, I was just told to come up with an alternate term for Master/Slave
Dom/sub? Master/Apprentice?
Yeah, I've heard about the controvesy - I can't come up with anything either.
Somepeople don't like the term 'motherboard' either.
amych - Oct 03, 2005 12:06:55 pm PDT #2923 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
primary/secondary?
Hayden - Oct 03, 2005 12:07:40 pm PDT #2924 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Lisah - Boss/Lackey, Majordomo/Samurai, Big Enchilada/Small Fries
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2005 12:08:13 pm PDT #2925 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
primary/secondary?
Aren't the two controllers on a typical Intel system called primary and seconday? (And each controller then can have a master and a slave drive.)
eta: Yes, above is correct.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2005 12:09:50 pm PDT #2926 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Big Chief/Brave?
I need to roll my eyes at the controversy, myself.
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There. I feel a little better now. Can't you just call them primary/secondary? I know I've seen that before.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2005 12:11:59 pm PDT #2927 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can't you just call them primary/secondary?
That would possibly be confusing, with a primary and secondary controller each having a primary and secondary drive.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2005 12:12:40 pm PDT #2928 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommy, WhatIs says:
In computer networking, master/slave is a model for a communication protocol in which one device or process (known as the master) controls one or more other devices or processes (known as slaves). Once the master/slave relationship is established, the direction of control is always from the master to the slave(s). The County of Los Angeles, saying the term master/slave may be offensive to some of its residents, has asked equipment manufacturers not to use the term. Some manufacturers prefer the term primary/secondary.
So it may be acceptable usage.
erikaj - Oct 03, 2005 12:12:59 pm PDT #2929 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Frank/Tim? Nah...just being a H:LOTS geek.