Wacky news that makes you go "wtf?" - Page 130

xilman · 2023-02-28, 19:03

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Originally Posted by kriesel

But but but... he was unarmed! And therefore harmless by definition.

s/harmless/armless/

There, fixed a typo for you.

retina · 2023-03-04, 02:31

https://archive.fo/OSLQN

S485122 · 2023-03-04, 10:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

Roald Dahl ebooks ‘force censored versions on readers’ despite backlash / Puffin announces plans to publish a classic collection as it emerges online libraries are being automatically updated with sensitivity changes

A clear illustration why DRM's (and online storage) are a bad thing.

A company "sells" a book to you and changes it after the sale (or "destroys" it by removing the possibility to decrypt it.)

Besides, removing everything "nasty" from books removes the possibility to discuss "nastyness".

NOTE: Subsequent posts about "Nineteen Eighty-Four" moved to new thread in Soapbox

2023-03-04, 02:31	#1421
retina Undefined "The unspeakable one" Jun 2006 My evil lair 15075₈ Posts	We changed it. Pray we don't change it more. https://archive.fo/OSLQN

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