Other Computer Terms Banned by Los Angeles County

Other Computer Terms Banned by Los Angeles County
BBSpot.com ^ | Dec 3, 2003 | BBSpot

Posted on 12/03/2003 12:58:10 PM PST by Charlotte Corday

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

TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: computer; humor; idiots; liberals; losangeles; pc

1 posted on 12/03/2003 12:58:10 PM PST by Charlotte Corday

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To: Charlotte Corday

Bookmark

2 posted on 12/03/2003 12:59:58 PM PST by RiflemanSharpe (An American for a more socially and fiscally conservation America!)

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To: Charlotte Corday

I like the last one. I might sneak that into my next program.

3 posted on 12/03/2003 1:00:12 PM PST by Naspino (I am in no way associated with the views expressed in your posts.)

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To: Charlotte Corday

LOL! My favorite was #1.

4 posted on 12/03/2003 1:01:55 PM PST by Lazamataz (PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !)

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To: Charlotte Corday

2. Motherboard - Non-gender Specific Parentboard

LOL!

5 posted on 12/03/2003 1:02:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (Socialism is Slavery)

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To: Charlotte Corday

I think that 5. Heat Sink - He/Sheat Sink should read:

5. Heat Sink - He/She/It Sink.

6 posted on 12/03/2003 2:05:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)

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To: Charlotte Corday

Mouse - endangered rodent.
Printer - forest ecosystem product destroyer.
Windows - operating system of the capitalist oppressors.

7 posted on 12/03/2003 2:08:29 PM PST by BlazingArizona

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To: Charlotte Corday

Bump!

8 posted on 12/03/2003 2:17:35 PM PST by talleyman (It's not the heat, it's the stupidity. Merry Christmas!)

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To: Charlotte Corday

Monitor= Non-intrusive display

9 posted on 12/03/2003 2:18:26 PM PST by Drammach

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