Los Angeles: master/slave drives are politically incorrect

[JacobM5727]

back to work D:/ !! *whip*

[usslindstrom]

Holy crap Target: Friggen funny post.

[Skywalker[TSG]]

This is just stupid !

This gets worse and worse by the day ! When will this political correctness crap stop !!!

[Bovon]

Los Angeles: master/slave drives are politically incorrect.

He**..LA (+ California) is "politically incorrect".

That state has been the instigator of more crap than any other. Wouldn't it be great if someone shipped a few carloads of Alabama corn cobs out their way to kinda...plug up that source-hole!

[Toadman]

Or towards Mass. and the green light for legal gay matrimo..... um nevermind.

[MegalosSkylaki]

Actually, I do find that phraseolgy at least AWkward and trivialing a national ordeal.

But the terms must have come from Photography, where there are Master light Which go off with the camara) and Slave light swhich have a photoelectri gismo which reponds to the Master lights. This was done to avoid having photo light cables running all over the place .

I did some photography in my wholesome youth () and I felt the same way then.

I was surprised the lingo traveled over to Computers nowadays

MegalosSkylaki

[jordanabc2332]

This is an interesting topic. If you think about it there are alot of things that make reference to master and slave.

Master bedroom, master switch, master bath....etc.

Frankly I think the only way to deal with this problem is to compile a master list of these terms to abolish. LOL JK

[Gait_Keeper]

Originally posted by jordanabc2332
This is an interesting topic. If you think about it there are alot of things that make reference to master and slave.

Master bedroom, master switch, master bath....etc.

Frankly I think the only way to deal with this problem is to compile a master list of these terms to abolish. LOL JK

The Master list

[Bovon]

mas·ter (m²s“t…r) n. Abbr. M.
1. One that has control over another or others.
2. The owner of a slave or an animal.
3. One who has control over or ownership of something.
4. The captain of a merchant ship. Also called master mariner.
5. An employer.
6. The man who serves as the head of a household.
7. One who defeats another; a victor.
8.a. One whose teachings or doctrines are accepted by followers. b. Master. Jesus.
9. A male teacher, schoolmaster, or tutor.
10. One who holds a master's degree.
11.a. An artist or a performer of great and exemplary skill. b. An old master.
12. A worker qualified to teach apprentices and carry on the craft independently.
13. An expert.
14.a. Used formerly as a title for a man holding a naval office ranking next below a lieutenant on a warship. b. Used as a title for a man who serves as the head or presiding officer of certain societies, clubs, orders, or institutions. c. Chiefly British. Used as a title for any of various male law court officers. d. Master. Used as a title for any of various male officers having specified duties concerning the management of the British royal household. e. Master. Used as a courtesy title before the given or full name of a boy not considered old enough to be addressed as Mister. f. Archaic. Used as a form of address for a man; mister.
15. Master. A man who owns a pack of hounds or is the chief officer of a hunt.
16. An original, especially an original audio recording, from which copies can be made.

--mas·ter adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master.
2. Principal or predominant.
3. Controlling all other parts of a mechanism.
4. Highly skilled or proficient.
5. Being an original from which copies are made.

--mas·ter tr.v. mas·tered, mas·ter·ing, mas·ters.
1. To act as or be the master of.
2. To make oneself a master of.
3. To overcome or defeat.
4. To reduce to subjugation; break or tame (an animal, for example).
5. To produce a master audio recording for.
6. To season or age (dyed goods). --mas“ter·dom n.

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slave (sl³v) n.
1. One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household.
2. One who is abjectly subservient to a specified person or influence.
3. One who works extremely hard.
4. A machine or component controlled by another machine or component.

--attributive.
1. Often used to modify another noun.

--slave intr.v. slaved, slav·ing, slaves.
1. To work very hard or doggedly; toil.
2. To trade in or transport slaves.