"PC" as in political correctness...check this clip from FoxNews.com... "Los Angeles County has barred IT contractors from using the terms "Master/Slave" on their computer equipment in order to preserve cultural sensitivity appears to be true. The estimable Snopes Web site tracked a memo from Los Angeles’ Internal Services Department earlier this month telling contractors to "ensure that any equipment, supplies or services that are provided to County departments do not possess or portray an image that may be construed as offensive or defamatory in nature." One such offense is apparently use of the computing term Master/Slave, which Snopes says is a "term commonly used in computing (and related industries) to describe the unidirectional control of one device or process by another." Things are worse than we thought." uh oh...can "server" be far behind? LOL!

Amazing what local governments come up with to occupy their time.

Why the *#% not? They got lots of time on the taxpayers payroll. Ever been in a govt. office and seen any tense, fast-working clerks?

Don't believe everything you read on a web site. Or in a forum. LOL

Well, I'm not sure if that's supposed to mean that you think I'm making this stuff up or what...but the same story has been reported about at numerous websites... http://www.rense.com/general45/slave.htm http://www.adn.com/24hour/weird/story/1068129p-7485563c.html http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/2003/11/26/269335-ap.html http://www.wral.com/news/2668939/detail.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3243656.stm

The problem is that these agencies get sent $x every year, and if they dont spend ALL of it then they dont get that much the next year, because they really dont need it. But everyone wants more money, so they find total freaking morons (like the aclu) to give money to so it looks like every penny is spent(usually more than every penny), and they need MORE money the next year. thats why government is growing so fast. reassuring isnt it.

If they're keep busy with silliness like that, they're not causing any ~real~ problems! Think of what they ~could~ be doing! :-) -Bob