You were taught by fuckwits
I hope you reminded them this as regularly and violently as possible.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:25, archived)

They're still labelled Master and Slave
and it's really not worth bothering with, as more often than not, the former goes untitled in speech, the latter being referred to as "the back-up, in case the first one crashes".

If that makes sense.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:27, archived)

theyre master and slave in the tele side too

( Clairebare Back once again with the Ill behaviour, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:31, archived)

There are 'master' and 'slave' devices and 'male' and 'female' connections
all over every branch of electronics ... if they took those terms away we'd all be fucked.

They'll be banning SCSI for being offensive to dirty slappers next.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:32, archived)

first time my music teacher asked me if I needed a male or female plug
I though he was joking.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:34, archived)

I was told about this "rule" over 6 years ago
it's not new. It's older than the "It's no longer a blackboard, it's a chalkboard" thing.
( Jenk Neptune is a pedant and now I can't fit my sig in, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:34, archived)

Ummm ... no it isn't.
The blackboard/chalkboard legend was in the daily mail when I was still at high school some time in the mid-to-late eighties.

And this 'rule' isn't a 'rule' ... it's bollocks.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:39, archived)