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At the bottom of the page, "Thanks also to Ray Bradbury." It appears they deliberately chose 451 in homage to the great Fahrenheit 451 (or more specifically, t
by Osiris 14y ago
At the bottom of the page, "Thanks also to Ray Bradbury."
It appears they deliberately chose 451 in homage to the great Fahrenheit 451 (or more specifically, to the dystopian future presented in the book).[1]
[1] http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120725/06093819827/truth-erroring-ietf-proposal-includes-new-451-censorship-error-code.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120725/06093819827/truth-...
- popee 14y agoSo, when will they start burning urls?
- redblacktree 14y agoThey're hard to set alight.
- buzzkills 14y agothey do it at the firewall...
- gojomo 14y agoThe job now falls to the Writermen. They excerpt, rewrite & aggressively-SEO... so that no original, true, or subversive ideas ever rank in top 450 search results (unless wrapped in neutralizing snark). It's "SearchRank-451".
- niggler 14y agothe word is dystopian
- anonymous 14y agoFahrenheit 451 isn't about censorship, though. People often mistake it as a book against censorship, but in reality it's a book against television. You can read more about it here http://www.laweekly.com/2007-05-31/news/ray-bradbury-fahrenheit-451-misinterpreted/ http://www.laweekly.com/2007-05-31/news/ray-bradbury-fahrenh... and listen to bradbury (quicktime required, sorry) here http://www.raybradbury.com/at_home_clips.html http://www.raybradbury.com/at_home_clips.html Edit: Also, paper burns at 451 degrees Celsius, not Fahrenheit.
- hawleyal 14y ago> censorship You're interpretation is disingenuous. Yes, the larger story is about the decay of intellect in society. However, it's a forced conversion, so that's where the censorship comes into play. > 451 degrees Celsius Your source is an extreme outlier.