Yeah, put you gave them an idea, unfortunately. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fargusson.Alan Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)
Several years ago (around 1990 I think) the county of Sacramento changed the term "man hole cover" to "maintenance cover". They purposely kept the M and C because the covers have MC stamped on them. Now they are going to change the name of Sacramento to Sacrapeopleto. Just kidding on that last one 8-) -----Original Message----- From: Henry Schaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA) When I read the following portion: "... someone within the County bureaucracy b a person who probably didn't understand computer terminology b had taken offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board, whereupon the Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification requesting that vendors refrain from using that terminology." I really wondered about the sanity of the County. If a person says, "I am offended by the the word "computer" - is the ISD really *"obligated"* to request ... ? I.e. is there any limit to what people can claim to find offensive? By the way, an electrical circuit design text copyrighted 1975 uses the "master/slave" terminology. So this is a long-standing technology usage. -- --henry schaffer P.S. Will "male" and "female" connectors be next? Confidentiality Warning: This e-mail contains information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, any dissemination, publication or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. The sender does not accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that may occur while using data contained in, or transmitted with, this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by return e-mail. Thank you.
