@steveTu I've just hit a similar problem with the satnav on my car. It's only updated annually by means of an encrypted SD card, and the manufacturers have said they are not providing any further updates.
We've resolved the satnav issue. I'm the satnav - I sit there with a roadmap or OS map, and tell my wife which way to go.
Of course, THIS satnav doesn't always get it right, according to the driver!!
@steveTu I agree that maps are the best idea, but when you hit a badly signposted diversion satnav can be a great help, particularly when I'm the driver. My missus is great at many things but map reading is not one of them.
Is this the right place to post a complaint regarding the attitudes of people who think (and let me try to get this straight) that children's literature - from, of course, the Olden Days - should be edited to remove anything "potentially" wrong? Well, what do we all think, hey?
Is this the right place to post a complaint regarding the attitudes of people who think (and let me try to get this straight) that children's literature - from, of course, the Olden Days - should be edited to remove anything "potentially" wrong? Well, what do we all think, hey?
I think they'd be better off removing the potentially harmful crap in the bible and other "holy" books
There are many books with information that is potentially incorrect. Take some of the early Isaac Asimov stories. "Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury" is a good example. The story is based on the fact that the planet Mercury only ever has one side facing the Sun, thus creating the hot side, and the cold side. This has since been found to be incorrect. But it makes a good story. Remove this idea, and the entire story is bunkum.
I say retain the information and the book, but tell the reader that this is science fiction, even though based on previously "assumed correct" information.
Try telling a young child that Father Christmas doesn't actually come down the chimney!
I agree @ Hostafan1 - I really do; but it seems that nowadays we have to edit absolutely everything for every possible reason, and I have a problem with that idea. We learn as we go along, don't we - I first read an Agatha Christie novel when it really had an offensive word in its title - now it is called "and then there were none" - I honestly don't believe it affected my attitudes to anything at all , but I did learn that some words weren't at all acceptable now. The world has turned into a weird place. Can't we learn anymore?
Try telling a young child that Father Christmas doesn't actually come down the chimney!
Most of the new builds don't even have a chimney these days. Considering all the "Lock doors and windows" advice. I'm not sure how Santa would gain access at all
As for @Xen ' s query I assume it refers to the recent "editing" of some childrens books in keeping with the current trend to avoid anything remotely controversial ( aka offensive ) for some people.
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I'm the satnav - I sit there with a roadmap or OS map, and tell my wife which way to go.
Of course, THIS satnav doesn't always get it right, according to the driver!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury" is a good example. The story is based on the fact that the planet Mercury only ever has one side facing the Sun, thus creating the hot side, and the cold side. This has since been found to be incorrect. But it makes a good story. Remove this idea, and the entire story is bunkum.
I say retain the information and the book, but tell the reader that this is science fiction, even though based on previously "assumed correct" information.
Try telling a young child that Father Christmas doesn't actually come down the chimney!
The world has turned into a weird place. Can't we learn anymore?
As for @Xen ' s query I assume it refers to the recent "editing" of some childrens books in keeping with the current trend to avoid anything remotely controversial ( aka offensive ) for some people.