[GLLUG] Re: [Fwd: linux-user Digest, Vol 41, Issue 7]

[Marshal Newrock]

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:44:09 -0500 (EST)
"Clay Dowling" <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:

> I assure you Karl that the name for the computer part was given by
> somebody with a perverse sense of humor, since the implement of
> torture going by that name is much older.  Probably the same perverse
> soul who decided to call the stick-shaped game pointing device a
> joystick (and yes, the etomology of that word is much more
> appropriate for an S&M list).
> 
> Clay

S&M is well known in the computer field.  After all, anyone who has
done anything with IDE knows about master/slave relationships.

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Marshal Newrock
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