Oh please...

*sigh*

What a lot of goofs...

"They were stupid choices to begin with,"

Why? The term master/slave when used to describe drives is very accurate...

"that didn't reflect the social realities of our times,"
It's computer terminology... why should it have to.. not EVERYTHING is a social statement...

"much less the sensitivities of the consumers of the technology."

You mean the wankers who aren't happy unless they feel incensed by something that has NO bearing on their life at all???

"male/female"
Those are perfect terms when describing stereo plugs... indeed plugs of all kinds...