James Bond Books Will Be Edited

[explorerzip]

This is naive.

There is a lot of Windows software which only works with Windows XP and earlier Microsoft operating systems. New laptops do not have motherboards that are compatible with WinXP, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to find the older ones; most are in landfills by now.

What prevents computer manufacturers from making new models which won't execute the applications currently used to read digital text? Nothing at all; that sort of 'progress' happens all the time. I don't think people can buy a Windows Office Suite on CD anymore, they only sell digital downloads, with monthly or annual licensing fees. Every time Microsoft releases a new version of their software, that add some new features, and remove some others. Older software and operating systems were designed to obey the user's commands; newer ones tend to do most of the work and offering 'helpful suggestions', and the user is reduced to choosing from the options offered, rather than making their own decisions. This stifles creativity and original thought.

When more advanced text reading apps are created, many currently available titles won't be made available, and many others, like the Roald Dahl and James Bond books, will have been altered. Try comparing the text of The Holy Bible in any online version to a printed copy more than 50 years old - the two will be substantially different.

Changing hardware and software is just one angle of digital goods like books, movies, games, software, music, etc. When you buy digital goods, you are just buying a license to access that content. That's why there's always have a license agreement include that nobody reads. That agreement usually forbids you from sharing that good with others, but people obviously do that all the time. The license holder like Amazon, Google, etc. can legally revoke it at any time. IN the case of Amazon, they can legally delete Kindle books off your device.

Interestingly enough, you can borrow digital books, magazines, etc. from most libraries these days.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Changing hardware and software is just one angle of digital goods like books, movies, games, software, music, etc. When you buy digital goods, you are just buying a license to access that content. That's why there's always have a license agreement include that nobody reads. That agreement usually forbids you from sharing that good with others, but people obviously do that all the time. The license holder like Amazon, Google, etc. can legally revoke it at any time. IN the case of Amazon, they can legally delete Kindle books off your device.

Interestingly enough, you can borrow digital books, magazines, etc. from most libraries these days.

I make computer fonts as a hobby, and I make some money from licensing agreements on one of them, (the rest are 100% free for personal and commercial use). I make them with a cracked version of a font editor named ScanFont 3.It's no longer sold, and it won't work with Windows operating systems after XP, (or WiTH XP, after a Windows update in February, 2014). The app was created sometime around 1995. I can create vectors with it that cannot be duplicated with the latest and most expensive software.

It's probably twenty years or more since I've purchased any new software. I'm familiar with my old apps and games, so I do work on the XP machine, which has lightning fast processing, because it's never been connected the the Internet. I move files between computers with a USB drive. Internet slows everything down.

 

[Insidious Von]

Sometimes old technology is best, I learned ACAD on DOS, never had to deal with pull down menus. The problem started when they switched to Windows, the wanted the technicians to debug the platform - plotting on Windows was a nightmare.

I'm having my entertainment curated according to my taste, is this AI? One of the films my main computer is recommending is Fantastic Voyage - prime Raquel Welch. The film is significant, Stephen Boyd was Ian Fleming's choice for James Bond. The role was offered to him, he turned it down...he didn't want to be typecast. In the early 60's Boyd was a far bigger star than the then almost unknown Seano.

 

[DinkleMouse]

I am that old

As for your second point... so I guess Hamilton didn't use black actors to play Aaron Burr, the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington.
Anne Boleyn a queen of England wasn't played by a black actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn_(TV_series)
Of course they would never make Joan of Arc non binary. Nope that would never ever happen.
Also it would be inconceivable that they would ever remake the Equalizer with a black dude and then do a TV series with some obese black chick. [To be fair Denzel Washington really rocked in that role, and it helps that the previous tv series it was based on wasn't exactly huge, hell I never heard of it till the Denzel Washington movie, but Queen fucking Latifah... Might as well made her a disabled trade unionist while they are at it.

And of course Idris Elba was never ever under consideration for the role of James Bond at least not until he said he wouldn't do it. Well according to the patriarchal white supremacists at the NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124433124/idris-elba-james-bond-007

And of course we have never seen such things in comic books where lazy writers just take a dude and make him a chick instead of writing a new character. No that would never ever in a million years happen.

Also it's a reference to Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.


But good to see that the woke are as equally inclined as Trumptards to deny reality.

I missed where Hamilton was an established IP with decades of fans and announced they were changing it all. Same goes for Anne Boleyn. Also not sure how considering Idris Elba for the role is the same as the long slew of adjectives you had decreed would be taking on the role eventually. When did he become a Welsh, disabled, lesbian trade unionist?

Like I said, you're inventing a crisis to be upset with that the people in control of have not hinted is anywhere near happening. Keep arguing it if you like, but all I hear is you creating something to be angry about so you can play the victim and lash out against, and I've got no desire to discourse with people that think that way. So make your argument in reply if you want, but I'm finished with this discussion.

 

[NotADcotor]

I missed where Hamilton was an established IP with decades of fans and announced they were changing it all. Same goes for Anne Boleyn. Also not sure how considering Idris Elba for the role is the same as the long slew of adjectives you had decreed would be taking on the role eventually. When did he become a Welsh, disabled, lesbian trade unionist?

Like I said, you're inventing a crisis to be upset with that the people in control of have not hinted is anywhere near happening. Keep arguing it if you like, but all I hear is you creating something to be angry about so you can play the victim and lash out against, and I've got no desire to discourse with people that think that way. So make your argument in reply if you want, but I'm finished with this discussion.

Are you leaning back in your chair because you seem obtuse.
If they are actual historical people not fictional characters, which is even more serious. If they can change that, changing fictional characters even iconic ones is pretty small potatos by comparison.
Also I'd say Aaron Burr, the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington are much more important than a fictional character regardless of how loved.
As for the second part... as I said it's a reference to the show Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/832932368025464833

I can see not knowing the reference but I actually pointed out the reference.

So no it isn't inventing a crisis, it's just reality that you deny because it doesn't fit your narrative. But hey, keep denying reality.

 

[DinkleMouse]

Are you leaning back in your chair because you seem obtuse.
If they are actual historical people not fictional characters, which is even more serious. If

Lol One of us is definitely being obtuse. At no point did Hamilton ever imply or suggest it was historically accurate. Interviews with the casting director go into why that specific choice was made. If you're upset that Hamilton isn't accurately portraying race, are you suggesting that back in 1776 Alexander Hamilton was going around communicating via song? It's clearly a work of fiction influenced by history.

You just get more and more ridiculous as this conversation goes on. I'll say it again: you're just inventing things to be upset about. I feel like that makes life way too difficult, stressful, and unenjoyable. But if that's how you want to live it, go for it. I'm not going to let your being offended bother me though. I'm just going to ignore you.

 

[basketcase]

Are you leaning back in your chair because you seem obtuse.
If they are actual historical people not fictional characters, which is even more serious. If they can change that, changing fictional characters even iconic ones is pretty small potatos by comparison.
Also I'd say Aaron Burr, the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington are much more important than a fictional character regardless of how loved.
As for the second part... as I said it's a reference to the show Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/832932368025464833

I can see not knowing the reference but I actually pointed out the reference.

So no it isn't inventing a crisis, it's just reality that you deny because it doesn't fit your narrative. But hey, keep denying reality.

I guess you're against the idea of fiction. Should we cancel Shakespeare because Julius Caesar wasn't an accurate portrayal of the historical events? Should Inglorious Bastards be banned because it didn't portray Hitler accurately?

Sorry but writers, producers, and other content producers are free to do what they want as artists. If they want to make money, they will do what they think will profit them most. If they think it profitable to give Agamemnon a Scottish accent, have John Wayne play Genghis Khan, or Yul Brenner playing the King of Siam, they will. If they think making the little mermaid black or the ghostbusters female will make them money they will. Like anything else, if you don't like it, don't go see it.



(I threw in these old references to help your self declared old mind relate)

25 Times White Actors Played People Of Color And No One Really Gave A S**t

Think blackface and yellowface are a thing of the past? Get ready to cringe.

www.huffpost.com

 

[onomatopoeia]

25 Times White Actors Played People Of Color And No One Really Gave A S**t

Think blackface and yellowface are a thing of the past? Get ready to cringe.

www.huffpost.com

And the inevitable double standard...Woke folks never throw a hissy fit when someone from the Alphabet Community portrays a heterosexual on screen or on stage.

 

[DinkleMouse]

And the inevitable double standard...Woke folks never throw a hissy fit when someone from the Alphabet Community portrays a heterosexual on screen or on stage.

Blackface and yellowface aren't the same thing as people portraying others with different gender expressions or sexual orientations. I've also never seen any reasonable person "throw a hissy fit" about a straight person portraying a gay person, nor should you as no actor (or anyone else) should ever need to divulge to others what their gender expression or orientation is. You and NotADoctor should form a support group for people who like to invent things to be upset about.

 

[y2kmark]

Also if you are that sensitive that you can't handle a James Bond book [I've read them] then the problem is with you and not the books.

Goes for just about any book ever written. If you don't like what it says in a book, write your own damn book...

 

[Ponderling]

I read a good quip about this reedit in the newspaper the other day:

Bland. James Bland

 

[basketcase]

Blackface and yellowface aren't the same thing as people portraying others with different gender expressions or sexual orientations. I've also never seen any reasonable person "throw a hissy fit" about a straight person portraying a gay person, nor should you as no actor (or anyone else) should ever need to divulge to others what their gender expression or orientation is. You and NotADoctor should form a support group for people who like to invent things to be upset about.

But it's more fun to pretend you're the victim of a socialist conspiracy (while actually being a victim of the alt-right culture war rage machine).