Complaint filed in LA because computers use "master" and "slave" - VGF

Link47 · 11-26-2003, 07:12 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/1...eut/index.html

Ridiculous.

imported_AJ Middleton · 11-26-2003, 07:35 PM

OH...MY...GOD.

Seriously, "master" and "slave" used to be the standard names for drives (although "primary" and "secondary" are more mainstream now, for multiple reasons.)

BUT GIVE ME A BREAK!

American slavery ruined the whole instutution. Damn colonists.

DARTH BOWSER · 11-26-2003, 08:22 PM

What the hell is wrong with people?

11-26-2003, 08:37 PM

I always use primary and secondary.

11-27-2003, 12:18 AM

Were any of the complainers slaves?
Were their parents?
Were their grandparents?
Were most of their great-grandparents?

Cagareha, you guys think that's bad; I've got a black kid in my class who complains about his "slave heritage" all the time....but he was BORN in Africa! He's the first generation of his family to live in America!
No one in his family line was ever a slave!

People shouldn't, but they do.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

11-27-2003, 12:23 AM

Yeah. Seriously. Oh my god. Make it stop.

I should start complaining about people who use the word "polish", as in "to polish the silver" and say that they're being disrespectful to my Polish heritage.-jay

11-27-2003, 12:31 AM

It bugs me when people make a huge deal out of being from a disadvantaged race, especially when they themselves have lived normal, comfortable lives.

Dark Chaos...again. · 11-27-2003, 12:34 AM

Elftor did a comic about this sort of thing, except it was about laundry instead of computers.

Ah, yeah, here it is.

11-27-2003, 01:45 AM

Quote:

I learned that segregation is only okay with laundry, that Martin Luther King Jr. is cool, Jesse Jackson is a pud...

We have a winner, everyone! [img]smile.gif[/img]

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 11-27-2003, 01:28 PM

Romans had masters and slaves. Some African countries still have masters and slaves today. Just because it involves a "master" and a "slave" doesn't mean white people hate black people. If the "master" device was white, and the "slave" device was black, I'd agree with them. But this is ridiculous. People!

[ November 27, 2003, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule: God Bless ]

imported_AJ Middleton · 11-27-2003, 02:27 PM

^Exactly. In ancient Africa, Rome, and basically everywhere else in the ancient world, slavery was performed between debtors and losers and conquerors. It wasn't even a matter of inferiority or race. American slavery screwed everything up.

...and this over-PC nightmare is making everything worse (no pun intended.)

Marioman143 · 11-27-2003, 05:29 PM

*slaps forehead*
Just lookin for a quick buck... hey why not try to sue something!

Marioman's EASY Trivia!

MARIOMAN WILL CONTROL YOUR MINDS!!!

11-27-2003, 08:02 PM

They should be blaming Africa for their ancestors being slaves. The African tribes sold them in the first place.

What really gets me is how so many people call everything racist. You know that statue of the black lawn jockey that everyone says is racist? Back in the days of slavery, it meant "Runaway slaves are welcome in this house. Make yourselves at home here."

In elementary, I once sat next to a black kid who always wanted to copy my homework. I said "No", and he said I wouldn't give it to me just because he was black. In Middle School, that same kid came over to me acting like we were buddies. I blew him off.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

imported_AJ Middleton · 11-27-2003, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CodieKitty:
The African tribes sold them in the first place.

!
1. Not always.
2. If they did, they were forced to/lied to/cheated to to do so.

Princess Zelda of Hyrule · 11-27-2003, 10:27 PM

^ Some of it was out of competition. To get weapons from the Europeans, some tribes captured and sold members of other tribes to them. At least, I think that's how it worked...it seems like years since I took world history.

Quote:

Back in the days of slavery, it meant "Runaway slaves are welcome in this house. Make yourselves at home here."

Yeah, sort of like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's funny how people will be so quick to blow pieces of offensive art and literature off, while completely overlooking the fact that these things were actually intended to SUPPORT them.

[ November 27, 2003, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule: God Bless ]

imported_AJ Middleton · 11-27-2003, 11:08 PM

^Even out of competition, it included some deceit.

Quote:

Yeah, sort of like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

EXACTLY. I remember watching Nick News a billion years ago, and they did a story on racist books in school. Of course, they mentioned Huck Finn. A boy was saying how offended he was, and how his family was fighting to ban the book from the school.

Idiot!

Mark Twain was ANTI-SLAVERY. Huck Finn CONDEMNS IT LEFT AND RIGHT. If the book was truly racist, Huck wouldn't have his epiphany near the end!

11-27-2003, 11:20 PM

Yeah. Hunk Finn was awesome. Mark Twain was a god.

"Anyone who trys to analyze the plot will be shot"

Hehe.

Yet the stupid english teachers in high school STILL had us try to analyze it.

-jay

Curly Brace · 11-27-2003, 11:34 PM

How retarded. I mean, is the computer saying to you "I AM YOUR M.A.S.T.E.R. YOU ARE MY S.L.A.V.E."? I don't see why the hell people try to sue for stupid things, es. for money... People today are greedy.

11-30-2003, 04:53 AM

Mark Twain's books made some amazingly incisive observations on the world.

The major argument presented against slavery in the Adventures of Huckeleberry Finn was that blacks were human beings like whites. He conveyed this argument by showing Jim as a noble black person that wanted freedom and having Huck Finn consider whether Jim's desire was morally right. Huck Finn eventually supports Jim because he realizes he's a good, responsible person with a strong character.

12-01-2003, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BoltDragoon:
^Even out of competition, it included some deceit.

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Yeah, sort of like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

EXACTLY. I remember watching Nick News a billion years ago, and they did a story on racist books in school. Of course, they mentioned Huck Finn. A boy was saying how offended he was, and how his family was fighting to ban the book from the school.

Idiot!

Mark Twain was ANTI-SLAVERY. Huck Finn CONDEMNS IT LEFT AND RIGHT. If the book was truly racist, Huck wouldn't have his epiphany near the end!</font>[/quote]I saw a video about some woman and her kid complaining left and right about the book being rascist. The uses of the 'n' word was their cheif reson along with the treatment of the guy in the book whose name slips my mind. The lady started to yell at the expert who was sent to the school to explain how the book wasn't rascist. Yet the lady kept getting up and arguing with her about the same exact point without taking into consideration the point the expert had explained over and over and over again. The woman walked out and began to cry...no wait not out of the seminar. No. I remember. Out of the police station for trying to press charges against the expert. Bravo.

Huck Finn isn't rascism, it's realism.

[ December 01, 2003, 07:39 AM: Message edited by: Invader Rattan ]

11-27-2003, 11:34 PM	#18
Curly Brace THE ALL AROUND YUMMIEST. Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Maryland Gender: Posts: 5,772 Thanks: 127 Thanked 116 Times in 82 Posts Points: 15,815.93 Bank: 37,251.94 Total Points: 53,067.88 Donate	How retarded. I mean, is the computer saying to you "I AM YOUR M.A.S.T.E.R. YOU ARE MY S.L.A.V.E."? I don't see why the hell people try to sue for stupid things, es. for money... People today are greedy. __________________ WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!

11-26-2003, 07:12 PM	#1
Link47 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: USA Posts: 8,377 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 22,369.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 22,869.00 Donate	http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/1...eut/index.html Ridiculous.

11-26-2003, 07:35 PM	#2
imported_AJ Middleton Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 216.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 216.00 Donate	OH...MY...GOD. Seriously, "master" and "slave" used to be the standard names for drives (although "primary" and "secondary" are more mainstream now, for multiple reasons.) BUT GIVE ME A BREAK! American slavery ruined the whole instutution. Damn colonists.

11-26-2003, 08:22 PM	#3
DARTH BOWSER Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA Posts: 5,731 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 205.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 205.00 Donate	What the hell is wrong with people?

11-26-2003, 08:37 PM	#4
Mushroommarioman Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I always use primary and secondary.

11-27-2003, 12:18 AM	#5
CaptHayfever Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Were any of the complainers slaves? Were their parents? Were their grandparents? Were most of their great-grandparents? Cagareha, you guys think that's bad; I've got a black kid in my class who complains about his "slave heritage" all the time....but he was BORN in Africa! He's the first generation of his family to live in America! No one in his family line was ever a slave! People shouldn't, but they do. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

11-27-2003, 12:23 AM	#6
Perrin Aybara Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Yeah. Seriously. Oh my god. Make it stop. I should start complaining about people who use the word "polish", as in "to polish the silver" and say that they're being disrespectful to my Polish heritage.-jay

11-27-2003, 12:31 AM	#7
El Barto Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	It bugs me when people make a huge deal out of being from a disadvantaged race, especially when they themselves have lived normal, comfortable lives.

11-27-2003, 12:34 AM	#8
Dark Chaos...again. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: You\'re soaking in it Posts: 1,658 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 770.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 770.00 Donate	Elftor did a comic about this sort of thing, except it was about laundry instead of computers. Ah, yeah, here it is.

11-27-2003, 01:28 PM	#10
Princess Zelda of Hyrule Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hyrule Castle Gender: Posts: 6,128 Thanks: 35 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts Points: 6,476.36 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 6,976.36 Donate	Romans had masters and slaves. Some African countries still have masters and slaves today. Just because it involves a "master" and a "slave" doesn't mean white people hate black people. If the "master" device was white, and the "slave" device was black, I'd agree with them. But this is ridiculous. People! [ November 27, 2003, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: Princess Zelda of Hyrule: God Bless ]

11-27-2003, 02:27 PM	#11
imported_AJ Middleton Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 216.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 216.00 Donate	^Exactly. In ancient Africa, Rome, and basically everywhere else in the ancient world, slavery was performed between debtors and losers and conquerors. It wasn't even a matter of inferiority or race. American slavery screwed everything up. ...and this over-PC nightmare is making everything worse (no pun intended.)

11-27-2003, 05:29 PM	#12
Marioman143 Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,445.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,945.00 Donate	slaps forehead Just lookin for a quick buck... hey why not try to sue something! Marioman's EASY Trivia! MARIOMAN WILL CONTROL YOUR MINDS!!!

11-27-2003, 08:02 PM	#13
CodieKitty Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	They should be blaming Africa for their ancestors being slaves. The African tribes sold them in the first place. What really gets me is how so many people call everything racist. You know that statue of the black lawn jockey that everyone says is racist? Back in the days of slavery, it meant "Runaway slaves are welcome in this house. Make yourselves at home here." In elementary, I once sat next to a black kid who always wanted to copy my homework. I said "No", and he said I wouldn't give it to me just because he was black. In Middle School, that same kid came over to me acting like we were buddies. I blew him off. Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

11-27-2003, 11:20 PM	#17
Perrin Aybara Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Yeah. Hunk Finn was awesome. Mark Twain was a god. "Anyone who trys to analyze the plot will be shot" Hehe. Yet the stupid english teachers in high school STILL had us try to analyze it. -jay

11-30-2003, 04:53 AM	#19
Mushroommarioman Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Mark Twain's books made some amazingly incisive observations on the world. The major argument presented against slavery in the Adventures of Huckeleberry Finn was that blacks were human beings like whites. He conveyed this argument by showing Jim as a noble black person that wanted freedom and having Huck Finn consider whether Jim's desire was morally right. Huck Finn eventually supports Jim because he realizes he's a good, responsible person with a strong character.