the IDE system already has a Primary and Secondary Channel. IE my data drive is my Primary Master drive (doze boots off my spiffy 15000RPM X15 *drool*). Thing is its just a word. At what point are astronomers no longer allowed to call the night sky "black". Or a Whiteout in fog. "The black depths of space" "A Black day for us all" where do you draw the line?? If my girlfriend asked me to leave the toilet seat down I would. If she asked me not to Moo when talking about her mother..... well yeah I'd probably do that too. If she asked me to edit thousands of pages of documentation and re-tool production lines just because somebody is overly sensitive I wouldn't. -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Andrew Warren Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2003 7:50 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]: Un-frigging-believable Jinx wrote: > http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3 > 8908 64 [which described the City of Los Angeles's recent email to > its computer-equipment suppliers asking them to avoid using the > term "Master/Slave" in product descriptions] I'm surprised by the piclist's response (Lawrence Lile's excepted) to this. If your spouse told you, "There's this thing you do that bothers me; I'd be happier if you stopped," I don't think many of you would respond with, "Your feelings are stupid; I'm going to keep doing it because you really shouldn't be bothered by it." Or, hmm... Engineers ARE stereotypically unskilled at social interaction; maybe the stereotype is accurate and most of you WOULD say that to your husband or wife. In any case, telling your CUSTOMERS that you're going to ignore their feelings because they're illogical/stupid/liberal/PC/etc is just bad business. If you can make a customer happier by doing something as simple as changing two words, why wouldn't you? It doesn't matter AT ALL whether you think the request is logical or necessary. Besides, Master/Slave can usually be replaced without loss of meaning, and in fact, the replacement can often be MORE meaningful. PC hard disk drives, for instance, are more accurately described as Primary/Secondary than Master/Slave, right? -Andy === Andrew Warren -- aiw@cypress.com === Principal Design Engineer === Cypress Semiconductor Corporation === === Opinions expressed above do not === necessarily represent those of === Cypress Semiconductor Corporation -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body