Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread Phil Payne
> Sometimes I wonder what some of the people contributing > to this list take... Gin. > Where could I get some?? In Germany, every Tankstelle. > is it cheap? Yes. > how long do the effects last?? As long as you keep taking it plus about six hours. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Henry Schaffer wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:30:14 -0500 > From: Henry Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Phil Payne wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:17:19 +0100 > From: Phil Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. Cou

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Richards.Bob wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:18:47 -0500 > From: Richards.Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Henry Schaffer wrote: > > P.S. Will "male" and "female" connectors be next? I thought those terms a little odd when first I heard them in the 50s. I was quite young at the time. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdat

Re: OT Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Michael Lambert wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 01:15:01 -0600 > From: Michael Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-27 Thread Marian Gasparovic
Port > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ward, > Garry > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" > goes mad in L.A. County (USA) > > Yeah, put you gave them an idea, unfortu

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Gregg C Levine
> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Cassidy > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. > County (USA) > > Sometimes I wonder w

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread John Cassidy
GSM: +49 (0) 177 799 58 56 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP : www.jdcassidy.net -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henry Schaffer Sent: 26 November 2003 20:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" g

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Henry Schaffer
Phil writes: >It is used, for instance, in automotive engineering. A car with >hydraulic brakes - pretty well every car built since the early 1920s - >has a "master" cylinder attached to the pedal and "slave" cylinders on >each wheel hub. The same applies, of course, to hydraulic clutches. For

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Phil Payne
> Now they are going to change the name of Sacramento to Sacrapeopleto. Almost funny. When AOL started up in the UK, their "dirty word" filter made it impossible to register an account from Scunthorpe. I don't know if anyone from Cockermouth ever tried. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-resea

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Phil Payne
> By the way, an electrical circuit design text copyrighted 1975 uses > the "master/slave" terminology. So this is a long-standing technology > usage. It goes back _WAY_ further than that. It is used, for instance, in automotive engineering. A car with hydraulic brakes - pretty well every ca

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Wolfe, Gordon W
-- > From: Richards.Bob > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA) > > Except that Sacrament

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Richards.Bob
:Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA) 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] S

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Ward, Garry
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. C

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Fargusson.Alan
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:

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Geiger, Michael
I guess they are next going to ask all the auto manufacturers and parts suppliers to cease using "master cylinder" on braking systems, as well as master and slave cylinders on manual transmissions. Michael A. Geiger

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: Henry Schaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. > County (USA) > --henry schaffer > > P.S. W

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Henry Schaffer
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 notificatio

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Miguel Diaz
While that may be the site's main purpose, it also catogorizes the myths as true/false/unknown etc. Here's another excerpt from the page in question: "To verify that this wasn't a hoax or an internal joke which mistakenly escaped to the wider world of the Internet, we called the Purchasing and

Re: OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Terrence W. Zellers
Folks, you do know that snopes.com is a site that collects and discusses urban myths, right?

OT Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-26 Thread Michael Lambert
> However, it seems to me the US is home to more than its fiar share of > these bizarre ideas: perhaps it's just that we hear of more of them, > but the SCO shenanigans seem to me to be one of those "Only in the US" > things. As does this sensitivity to slavery. This ridiculous bureaucratic procu

OT: Re: "Political Correctness" goes mad in L.A. County (USA)

2003-11-25 Thread Douglas C Ponte
<2 cents> This should be noted as off-topic and after reading the article most anyone should see that this is quite ridiculous: == "...We would request that each manufacturer, supplier and contractor review, identify and remove/change any identification or labeling of equipment or