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What are we going to do when they find out that the entire connector industry (including computers, electronic equipment, mechanical equipment and plumbing) use the sexual terms of "male" and "female"? The plumbing industry will really be in trouble because they also use the term "nipple". The terms Master and Slave in disk drives means exactly the opposite as it does in human relationships. With humans the master forces the slave to perform certain tasks for the masters benefit. With disk drives, the master performs tasks (reports status on resets) for the slave. With male and female connectors, the terms are applied exactly the same as in human sexuality. I just hope that no one tells the government officials. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [t13] Los Angeles County: Master/Slave term verboten > This message is from the T13 list server. > > > I had a complaint about the terminology it IDF in 1999. Since that time I > have changed most of my work to refer to aggressive/submissive > devices/busses instead... > > --------------------------- > Curtis E. Stevens > 29 Dewey > Irvine, Ca 92620 > > Home: (949) 552-4777 > Cell: (949) 307-5050 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hale Landis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:20 PM > Subject: RE: [t13] Los Angeles County: Master/Slave term verboten > > > > This message is from the T13 list server. > > > > > > On 26 Nov 2003 14:13:09 -0700, Pat LaVarre wrote: > > >This message is from the T13 list server. > > >> > Master ... Slave ... California ... > > >Did I miss the specific suggestion of specific, newly conventional, > > >substitute jargon to mean Master and Slave? > > > > Master and Slave isn't used in the ATA-x or ATA/ATAPI-x standards. > > They are very confusing names for what are really "device 0" and > > "device 1". There is no master and there is no slave. If anything, in > > a more general sense, the host is the master and the drives are both > > slaves. > > > > From a purely technical standpoint, master and slave are just > > stupid/bad/cofusing terminology. > > > > Hale > > > > > > > > *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com *** > > > > > > >
