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Ha! though 'Farenheit 451' would have made for an even more perfectly ironic incident, had Amazon erased it instead (that book was the first thing I thought of
by mannykannot 7y ago
Ha! though 'Farenheit 451' would have made for an even more perfectly ironic incident, had Amazon erased it instead (that book was the first thing I thought of when I heard that Amazon was making a reader called Kindle.)
- chrisweekly 7y agoparent may have been referring to actual incident (sorry no citation handy) in the early days of kindle devices, in which 1984 had its contents remotely altered (ie, subtly changed, not deleted). to me that's the most apt conceivable book title to make a pretty chilling point about trustworthy media.
- comex 7y agoNo, it was deleted: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18am...
- chrisweekly 7y agoWhoops! Thanks for the correction! I misremembered.