Thread: [OT... But couldn't resist!] Master/Slave
Sorry, a little OT... But couldn't resist.. You guys building replication systems may have to have a terminology rethink... http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/25/0014257&mode=thread&tid=103&tid= 133&tid=186&tid=99 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
I am sure the employer/employee replication system will work exactly as advertised. :) On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 07:03 AM, Adam Witney wrote: > Sorry, a little OT... But couldn't resist.. > > You guys building replication systems may have to have a terminology > rethink... > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/25/ > 0014257&mode=thread&tid=103&tid= > 133&tid=186&tid=99 > Paul Ramsey Refractions Research Email: pramsey@refractions.net
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> ... Which implies that the County is acting in a manner that
> discriminates against people with a particular, um, "sexual
> orientation."
People have been complaining about this for many years now.
> And it means that the county is liable to be hit by a demonstration by
> people wearing a Lot of Leather complaining of discrimination... :-)
This is getting too confusing. :-S
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> Sorry, a little OT... But couldn't resist.. > > You guys building replication systems may have to have a terminology > rethink... > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/25/0014257&mode=thread&tid=103&t > id= 133&tid=186&tid=99 The above article leads to this page: Master/Slave http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp After reading "...someone within the County bureaucracy � a person who probably didn't understand computer terminology � had taken offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board..." I couldn't help but laugh at the idea that someone's not getting along with their dominatrix. =D -- Randolf Richardson - rr@8x.ca Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Please do not eMail me directly when responding to my postings in the newsgroups.
After a long battle with technology, Randolf Richardson <rr@8x.ca>, an earthling, wrote: >> Sorry, a little OT... But couldn't resist.. >> >> You guys building replication systems may have to have a terminology >> rethink... >> >> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/25/0014257&mode=thread&tid=103&t >> id= 133&tid=186&tid=99 > > The above article leads to this page: > > Master/Slave > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp > > After reading "...someone within the County bureaucracy � a person > who probably didn't understand computer terminology � had taken > offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board..." > I couldn't help but laugh at the idea that someone's not getting > along with their dominatrix. =D ... Which implies that the County is acting in a manner that discriminates against people with a particular, um, "sexual orientation." And it means that the county is liable to be hit by a demonstration by people wearing a Lot of Leather complaining of discrimination... :-) -- wm(X,Y):-write(X),write('@'),write(Y). wm('cbbrowne','cbbrowne.com'). http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/lisp.html "I can't believe my room doesn't have Ethernet! Why wasn't it wired when the house was built?" "The house was built in 1576." -- Alex Kamilewicz on the Oxford breed of `conference American.'