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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
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Wednesday, November 26, 2003 :::
Among life's great questions are mysteries such as "why are we here?" Among life's not-so-great questions is "has the division manager of purchasing and contract services in the Internal Services Department of Los Angeles County been shooting up industrial quantities of paint thinner?" I can't answer the first question, but the answer to the second is "apparently so":Los Angeles County officials have gone PC (politically correct) on PCs (personal computers) -- banning as potentially "offensive or defamatory" the words master and slave from computer hard drives and video equipment where they are used to describe primary and secondary circuits.
Under orders from the affirmative action office, county departments have surveyed about 1,000 pieces of equipment and taped over "master/slave" and put "primary/secondary" on the equipment, officials said.
Joe Sandoval, division manager of purchasing and contract services in the Internal Services Department, started the flap with a memo to electronic equipment vendors saying the county wants master and slave labeling removed from computer equipment it buys. Link from Prof. Volokh, who has his own brief comments.
::: posted by Steven at 9:38 PM
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