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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
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Simon:
Well I did wonder years ago with USB 1, 1.1 and 2.0 what available names were left for what would clearly be 3.0 and beyond.
coppice:

--- Quote from: wraper on June 12, 2020, 09:46:21 am ---
--- Quote from: coppice on June 12, 2020, 09:31:18 am ---
--- Quote from: Berni on June 12, 2020, 09:27:10 am ---At least back then the USB consortium was at least half good at naming things.

Now we have "Superspeed USB 3.2 Gen 2x2" :scared:

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That's not a proper modern name. It doesn't have "turbo" in it.

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Nope, that's obsolete for a long time. Like Turbo pascal or Turbo button in 386 PC.

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You are behind the times. Porsche released their first electric car in just the last few months, and put "turbo" in its name. Turbo has made a comeback.
lukego:

--- Quote from: Simon on June 12, 2020, 09:16:28 am ---What's your problem, he is a free man! If we still had legal slavery then that would be a problem. Slavery was legally abolished before the words were appropriately used to describe comms and control systems.

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I don't personally have a problem with master/slave terminology but I do find it easy to imagine that I would if I were in other peoples' shoes e.g. black kids in southern USA. So I predict that choosing those terms would cause problems for people in far away places who I'll probably never meet, and I'd prefer not to do that so I'll pick other terms instead.
tautech:

--- Quote from: lukego on June 12, 2020, 09:50:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Simon on June 12, 2020, 09:16:28 am ---What's your problem, he is a free man! If we still had legal slavery then that would be a problem. Slavery was legally abolished before the words were appropriately used to describe comms and control systems.

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I don't personally have a problem with master/slave terminology but I do find it easy to imagine that I would if I were in other peoples' shoes e.g. black kids in southern USA. So I predict that choosing those terms would cause problems for people in far away places who I'll probably never meet, and I'd prefer not to do that so I'll pick other terms instead.

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Easy, precede it with the word Bus.
coppice:

--- Quote from: tautech on June 12, 2020, 09:53:34 am ---
--- Quote from: lukego on June 12, 2020, 09:50:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Simon on June 12, 2020, 09:16:28 am ---What's your problem, he is a free man! If we still had legal slavery then that would be a problem. Slavery was legally abolished before the words were appropriately used to describe comms and control systems.

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I don't personally have a problem with master/slave terminology but I do find it easy to imagine that I would if I were in other peoples' shoes e.g. black kids in southern USA. So I predict that choosing those terms would cause problems for people in far away places who I'll probably never meet, and I'd prefer not to do that so I'll pick other terms instead.

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Easy, precede it with the word Bus.

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And then get to the back of that Bus.
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