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This is why IT people have a bad reputation in the world of socially adjusted adults. BTW "master/slave" words don't even make sense for databases. They are "a
by judk 13y ago
This is why IT people have a bad reputation in the world of socially adjusted adults.
BTW "master/slave" words don't even make sense for databases. They are "authoritative / possibiy-stale-replica". In many setups, the master doesn't care if the slave exists-- this is an important feature to protect the master if the slave fails, avoiding "many points of failure"
In IDE cables (remember that case, from Oakland CA a few years back?) master/slave means something different again (but I don't remember how IDE works -- it was something like primary/secondary,though, not one controlling the other)
- nailer 13y ago> "IT people have a bad reputation in the world of socially adjusted adults." They do, but so do those who are constantly offended.
- Houshalter 13y ago>This is why IT people have a bad reputation in the world of socially adjusted adults. No, it's not. This isn't true, it's not even an argument for why the terminology should be changed.
- donw 13y agoMost of my friends are non-programmers, and from what I can see, geeks enjoy a far higher reputation than the censorship goons that run around telling people that they need to stop using their native language. On an educational note, in IDE the meaning is actually relevant -- the slave only responds to requests if permitted by the master.
- hso9791 13y ago> This is why IT people have a bad reputation in the world of socially adjusted adults. Come on! You run around saying things like this about large groups of people. How is that better than using master/slave about machines? Hint: It's much, much worse.