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| GlennSprigg:
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on June 19, 2020, 12:15:08 pm ---Video removed. This is not the place for such things. --- End quote --- ?? Wasn't 'MY' video!!! Was asking a question to someone quoting "self defense" !! |
| GlennSprigg:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 19, 2020, 01:57:06 pm ---Oh, and I'm pretty sure this thread is going to go off the rail if it hasn't done so already, so please keep it fairly on-topic. No obvious segues into BLM etc please. --- End quote --- Than shut the whole thread down, instead of just liking 'your' posts! |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on June 19, 2020, 02:15:56 pm --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on June 19, 2020, 01:57:06 pm ---Oh, and I'm pretty sure this thread is going to go off the rail if it hasn't done so already, so please keep it fairly on-topic. No obvious segues into BLM etc please. --- End quote --- Than shut the whole thread down, instead of just liking 'your' posts! --- End quote --- Or how about I just go through all 22 pages and delete any inflammatory off-topic stuff? |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: JoeN on June 11, 2020, 06:37:43 am ---Every techie knows what this means - you don't even have to read the article (overly long, you know the examples better than the author does), but here it is if you want: https://www.cnet.com/news/master-and-slave-tech-terms-face-scrutiny-amid-anti-racism-efforts/ I've been against this in the past because I thought it would create confusion. Now that I think about it, if we can all (100% of the industry - think IEEE directive) agree on the copypasta, this might be a good and feasible thing. I propose changing MASTER to PRIMARY and SLAVE to SECONDARY. Since MASTER and SLAVE are words that are not otherwise often used in technology, probably updating documents is as simple as doing a replace on these two words, with a quick check. Induhvidual engineers will probably not adopt the new words orally until there is a new generation, but who cares. Update the documentation, wait for the results, less irritated people. What do you think? --- End quote --- This patriarchal thinking has definitely infested technology. What gives a CPU the right lord it over the memory chips, for example?? I don't agree with the PRIMARY/SECONDARY nomenclature. Think about how crushing it is for a child the first time they realize they are SECONDARY to some bigger concern, that there is something bigger than them... Is the word "SECONDARY" really appropriate to use in a work environment, reminding everyone they are not the boss?? I suggest: COMRADE for both units instead. Each device takes turns leading the dance, or perhaps they vote on each transaction. We can call the system as a whole PARADISE! :D |
| bd139:
In Soviet Russia, CPU arbitrates bus. |
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