What I've heard instead of master/slave is parent/child, which expresses the relationship in a non-sexist, less charged manner.
Jaguar cub, as well as performing goat with cute monkey rider, are very cool pictures indeed.
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Theodosia - Oct 04, 2005 2:21:14 am PDT #3088 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Volans - Oct 04, 2005 3:43:58 am PDT #3089 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Is the issue with "master/slave" because of the sexual meaning or because of the black slavery meaning?
Master/Apprentice? Boss/Peon? Bert/Ernie? Frodo/Sam (or Sam/Frodo)? Buffy/Spike?
Theodosia - Oct 04, 2005 3:51:14 am PDT #3090 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
King/Pawn?
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2005 3:55:50 am PDT #3091 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But the master drive doesn't control the slave drive. The controller controls them both -- the master drive is the one that, on the primary controller, is the bootable drive. And the one that the OS assigns the first letter/whatever designation.
The terms master/slave are wrong. If you're going to bother changing it (which I still think is overreaction -- the words master and slave are not barbs, just descriptors -- if they'd been called master and nigra, or something, I'd get it), there's no point maintaining the false relationship.
Primary and secondary is about it.
Tom Scola - Oct 04, 2005 3:57:11 am PDT #3092 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sensei/Student
Volans - Oct 04, 2005 4:06:45 am PDT #3093 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Pirate/Ninja
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2005 4:11:36 am PDT #3094 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Astronaut/Caveman.
Tom Scola - Oct 04, 2005 4:12:46 am PDT #3095 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Astronaut/Caveman.
Caveman/Astronaut!
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2005 4:17:27 am PDT #3096 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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tommyrot - Oct 04, 2005 4:18:06 am PDT #3097 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.
Caveman/Astronaut!
Only on Linux systems. Windows would stay "Astronaut/Caveman." Because that would give us more to fight about.