Or, even worse:
"Is it up, Uranus?"
Ken Dibble
www.stic-cil.org
Love it!
You can imagine the disquiet when someone asks "Is Uranus up?"
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ted,
>
> One of the first networks I worked with for a small office was Sun and
> Planets. Nobody had a problem with the names until we got to Uranus.
>
> Fred
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Worker" and "Pointy-Haired Boss"
>>
>> "Parent" and "Child" (I'm sure someone will have trigger issues with
>> this, too)
>>
>> "Worker" and ""Dispatcher" or "Central Control" or "Director"
>>
>> "Planets" and "Sun"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Dear Vixens and Reynards:
>> >
>> > My boss just dropped an interesting one on me. I use the terms
>> > "master" and "slave" in my app. He asked me to not use "slave" with
>> anyone
>> > else, presumably because of someone taking it wrong. I said
that I would
>> > see if I could come up with something.
>> >
>> > So what can I use for alternatives? I have Web-searched
to see what
>> > others are doing and did not find anything that would fit for my second
>> > case.
>> >
>> > I use "master" and "slave" in two senses.
>> >
>> > 1) We have the Master Station from which the high-level functionality
>> of
>> > the system is done. We have various Slave Stations which are
used mainly
>> > for DE. The Master Station is also used for DE.
>> >
>> > I have come up with "master" and "satellite". Reasonable?
>> >
>> > 2) The second one is puzzling me. I have forms with an (often) key
>> > portion (master) and a non-key portion (slave). "key" and "non-key" are
>> > awkward and do not communicate well to a non-IT person. "parent" and
>> > "child" is not accurate. What do you suggest?
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Gene Wirchenko
>> >
>> >
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