The redesigned logo:
Ba-dum, tsssssss!
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Nice - I love it âŚ
âthe zenith of artistic expressionâ
LOL all the credit goes to the author of the article, Chad Gupta (our nickname for ChatGPT).
The text was very lengthy. A later paragraph states:
The transformation from Pixls.us to Z isnât just a superficial change; it comes with a series of updates and new features for the platform. âZâ will introduce an innovative AI-powered photo editing tool, designed to enhance user experience and streamline post-processing. The platform will also host exclusive virtual workshops and seminars featuring renowned photographers, providing members with opportunities to refine their skills and learn from the best.
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OK now ask it to write the code and weâll be set 
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In Europe at least, there has been a certain sensitivity to the âZâ for some time. But I donât think we can let an autocratic regime destroy our alphabet.
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Absolutely agree, however I am not sure whether one should be using it in a logo at the moment.
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âZâ, so sponsored by Nikon I suppose? 
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I would think twice about using a Z logo right now. But the post above is a satire on the renaming of Twitter to X and is not really meant to lead to a new logo. At least thatâs how I understood it.
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And, of course, the rebranding is scheduled for April 1, 2024,
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What struck me initially was that the Nikkor Zed looks exactly like Muskâs X, to the point where Nikon might be tempted to force X to redesign their new logo in court.*
Now, with the Zed over here, in the US, not very many people know about the terroristsâ use of the Zed as a military insignia. Even fewer people know the Wagnerian origin of the Zed⌠ĐŃигОМинâs favorite composer Richard Wagner invented the musical dynamic marking {z} to indicate to a brass player (tubas, trombones, trumpets, horns) to use maximum force during opera performances. To obtain true z dynamics, Wagner actually redesigned some of the instruments to allow forces beyond the already maxed-out fffff (fortissississississimo) seen in the music of his contemporaries.
The mercenary who initially added the symbol to Russian machinery was finally shot and wounded this year. And now since the ĐŃŃппа ĐагноŃĐ° has left the war, Russiaâs terrorist prison gang unit has been named the Storm Zed.
Hereâs the kicker: Richard Wagnerâs music is utter crap. In two weeks from today, Seattle Opera will be putting on Wagnerâs Ring cycle- a fifteen hour piece of garbage that takes three days to endure.
So, way over here in the States, itâs just a stupid letter Z. A very stupid letter. Over here we still do Wagner festivals and they are put on by people who literally get PhDâs analyzing Wagnerâs garbage output.
(* The Nikkor Zed is a registered trademark here in the US. )
Zebras are very angry with you.
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A decade or three ago, there seemed to be a lot of software names EZ-This and EZ-That.
Being a Brit, I completely failed to see any meaning in âee-zedâ this and that.
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I also think it should be banned. And by âutter crapâ I am quoting my music history proffs verbatim. Richard Wagner was a rabid anti-semitic racist fanatic who should be utterly forgotten. Prove me wrong.
Wagnerâs anti-Semitism
The composer openly articulated his views in a number of publications, most notably Judaism in Music (Das Judentum in der Musik; 1850), in which he identified Jewish musicians as the ultimate source of what he perceived as substanceless music and misplaced values in the arts as a whole.
quote unquote the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Apologies mods, I shouldnât have responded to this. Completely off-topic for this forum.
But this is the lounge. No politics here?
If we basically cancel all artists who contradict our contemporary ethics and morals, there wonât be much left. Maybe a few woke contemporaries.
Where do we want to draw the line? Anti-Semitism seems simple. Racism too. But who was not racist 150 years ago? What about sexism? Should we separate work and artist? Difficult questions that I donât think should be answered easily.
But maybe @epeeist is right, and we should not discuss this on a photography forum.
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music history or politics?
You can add misogyny and homophobia to your list. When you do, you eliminate even more composers, going back at least as far as J.S. Bach. Should we also ban writers such as Shakespeare, given his character of Shylock in Merchant of Venice?
I tend towards Salman Rushdieâs attitude:
At Cambridge University I was taught a laudable method of argument: you never personalise, but you have absolutely no respect for peopleâs opinions. You are never rude to the person, but you can be savagely rude about what the person thinks. That seems to me a crucial distinction: people must be protected from discrimination by virtue of their race, but you cannot ring-fence their ideas. The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether itâs a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
Would I criticise Wagnerâs antisemitism? Absolutely, but this is different to demanding that he be banned because of his beliefs.
EDIT: Just to add, Darwin has often been accused of racism. Should we ban his books, and his theory of evolution because of this?
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