Slave/Master ban follow-up!

[fs5]

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/12/top_11_los_angeles_banned_terms.html

Other Computer Terms Banned by Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County recently asked vendors to stop using the term master/slave in product descriptions and labelling. Here are some other terms that they wanted changed and their alternatives.

[*]11. SCSI - Cleanliness impaired
[*]10. Killer App - Socially Maladjusted App
[*]9. USB - USA
[*]8. Floppy Drive - Erectile Dysfunction Drive
[*]7. DIP Switches - Mentally Challenged Switches
[*]6. HyperThreading - Attention Deficit Disability Threading
[*]5. Heat Sink - He/Sheat Sink
[*]4. Winmodem - Funmodem
[*]3. ATAPI Device - Native American Device
[*]2. Motherboard - Non-gender Specific Parentboard
[*]1. Cancel/Retry/Abort - Cancel/Retry/Allow Woman to Choose

#8 is my fave

 

[Tetsuo]

wtf

 

[Kadarin]

LMAO!

 

[DaWhim]

they gotta STFU!

 

[Kalvin00]

 

[TheNinja]

that's funny stuff.

 

[Dacalo]

LMAO

 

[fs5]

I just got #3, HAHAHAHAHA

 

[squirrel dog]

no one gives a hoot to what goes on in cal. or what laws are passed in cal. The other States have long since turned a deaf ear to the goings on in cal.

 

[Looney]

LOLOL that's good.

 

[Looney]

You know what this reminds me of? The ATOT who's mom discovered a MALE to MALE connector in his room, and thought he was gay!

 

[Babbles]

That is too funny. I think I like number two the most. I am not going to refer to my motherboard as a parentboard.
Oh hell, they are all funny.

Anyhow California is out there; more people laugh at them then take pride in California.

 

[Shawn]

haha that's great

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: Babbles
That is too funny. I think I like number two the most. I am not going to refer to my motherboard as a parentboard.
Oh hell, they are all funny.

Anyhow California is out there; more people laugh at them then take pride in California.

Have you lived in CA? The people laughing at CA are the ones who can't afford to live here.

 

[ronein]

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
You know what this reminds me of? The ATOT who's mom discovered a MALE to MALE connector in his room, and thought he was gay!

LOL. I remember that.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
no one gives a hoot to what goes on in cal. or what laws are passed in cal. The other States have long since turned a deaf ear to the goings on in cal.

I think you missed it.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: Babbles
That is too funny. I think I like number two the most. I am not going to refer to my motherboard as a parentboard.
Oh hell, they are all funny.

Anyhow California is out there; more people laugh at them then take pride in California.

Have you lived in CA? The people laughing at CA are the ones who can't afford to live here.

Nice to see you're still making an effort to live up to your name.

 

[phonemonkey]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: Babbles
That is too funny. I think I like number two the most. I am not going to refer to my motherboard as a parentboard.
Oh hell, they are all funny.

Anyhow California is out there; more people laugh at them then take pride in California.

Have you lived in CA? The people laughing at CA are the ones who can't afford to live here.

Or don't want to live there (and yes, I have lived in CA before).

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
You know what this reminds me of? The ATOT who's mom discovered a MALE to MALE connector in his room, and thought he was gay!

Oh wow - I remember that thread... That was too funny!

Dave

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Apathetic

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
You know what this reminds me of? The ATOT who's mom discovered a MALE to MALE connector in his room, and thought he was gay!

Oh wow - I remember that thread... That was too funny!

Dave

??? link?

 

[CraigRT]

lmao... that is hilarious
the whole master slave thing is so dumb it makes me want to spew...

hardasses!

 

[MaxDepth]

RAM = KY Jelly enhanced

 

[DivideBYZero]

#2

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: jester79

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: Babbles
That is too funny. I think I like number two the most. I am not going to refer to my motherboard as a parentboard.
Oh hell, they are all funny.

Anyhow California is out there; more people laugh at them then take pride in California.

Have you lived in CA? The people laughing at CA are the ones who can't afford to live here.

Or don't want to live there (and yes, I have lived in CA before).

Heck, most of us who do live here are laughing at CA!