# Emancipation of the machines **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846 "2003-11-29T03:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/1 "2003-11-29T03:48:32Z")
Just in case, tell your computer not to pay attention to [THIS](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/26/master.term.reut/index.html) PC for PCs, wonderful. So, what alternative names shoud be used, and what other tech terms should be adressed next? suggestions? _Sings cumbaya along the computer_ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/2 "2003-11-29T03:50:45Z")
I’m glad somebody has finally brought this to the attention of the SDMB 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/3 "2003-11-29T03:56:13Z")
[Ahem.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225611) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/4 "2003-11-29T04:00:07Z")
You mean this _isn’t_ about that Russle Crowe movie? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/5 "2003-11-29T04:43:22Z")
I know the term ‘master’ is used a lot in my industry. But I have NEVER herad the term ‘slave’ used. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/6 "2003-11-29T04:45:58Z")
I can’t believe that anyone would really give two shits about something like this. More proof that truth is stranger than fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Sinungaling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Sinungaling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinungaling)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/7 "2003-11-29T04:53:55Z")
I thought this was about Terminator 3. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/8 "2003-11-29T06:03:04Z")
Just presently I can’t think of a single topic which has spawned more independent, unrelated threads. And I have yet to come across the topic in my independent web surfing – only on the SDMB. No offense to the OP, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/9 "2003-11-29T06:14:16Z")
You don’t goto slashdot? It is on a lot of other tech related sites. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/10 "2003-11-29T06:16:32Z")
Holy crap, thrice in one week! FYI: Don’t kid yourselves, forget Master and Slave. After many years of marriage, sometimes “cable-select” is enough for an argument. ---
**Author:** ![CloudCar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@CloudCar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CloudCar)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/11 "2003-11-29T18:26:58Z")
The terms “master” and “slave” are used in the auto industry. Your brakes have what’s called a “master cylinder” most people know that. But hydraulic brakes also have what’s called a “slave cylinder.” The term “slave cylinder” is sometimes replaced with the more PC term “brake cylinder.” Anyway I always referr to them properly - master and slave. Occasionally I give my slave cylinders a darn good thrashing now and then to keep them in line. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/12 "2003-11-30T07:37:19Z")
What would the safe word be on those brake cylinders, “clutch?” [sub]Personally, I thought someone had inside info on Terminator 4, by the thread title.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emancipation-of-the-machines/215846/13 "2003-11-30T08:03:00Z")
Slave in photography indicates a remotely fired flash or other camera, slaved to the master unit. Some work by sensing light from the main flash, some use radio, but the slave is always triggered by the master, main, or primary. Depends on who says it, I guess.