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Thread #64810 Message #1062316
Posted By: HuwG
27-Nov-03 - 09:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: PC: New heights!
Subject: RE: BS: PC: New heights!
>nerd< For Win 2000 / NT systems, "primary" and "secondary" are awkward terms because a disk may be set up as a "primary master", "secondary master", and likewise "primary slave" or "secondary slave".
Ok, replace "master" with "primary". We now have to replace the other "primary" with something else. "Main" perhaps, with "backup" replacing "secondary".
Perhaps "client" and "server" ought to be replaced in computer system descriptions also, as they celebrate an exploitative and inequitable relationships between computers which were originally created as equals. And "controller" may well be an inappropriate name for any hardware or software device which influences the response of any attached device. >/nerd<
The "individual" whose complaint may eventually force the computer industry to rewrite all its manuals and other literature, may make a name for themselves quite as well known as that of Dred Scott. I leave it to others to determine whether he or she is as deserving.