How the DaVinci Code Does Not Work.

[Googer]

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/davinci-code.htm

 

[DanTMWTMP]

France has used the metric system for 200 years, but Sophie, who has lived in France for most of her life, says the GPS dot is accurate to two feet. She makes another gaffe later when she claims that her Smart Car travels 100 kilometers per liter of fuel, just before she says the American Embassy is only two miles away.
A hundred kilometers per liter -- or 239 miles per gallon -- is an impossible figure. Smart Cars get closer to 60 miles per gallon, or 21 kilometers per liter [ref]. Twenty one kilometers per liter is approximately 100 kilometers per gallon, though, which is a real metric mix-up.

hahaha lol.


well, the book was just an entertaining read. But those things pointed out is pretty funny, and well, very picky.

interesting read. hehehe.

 

[LordMaul]

The guy is a hack. I thought everyone knew this.

 

[Vinfinite]

lol those are some picky details

but entertaining enough to read at 3am =P

 

[magomago]

slightly confused...what is the book exactly about? Does it market itself as truth, or does it market itself as fiction...does it say its fact but change a few things to hide people's identities? Can anyone elaborate for me?

Thanks

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: magomago
slightly confused...what is the book exactly about? Does it market itself as truth, or does it market itself as fiction...does it say its fact but change a few things to hide people's identities? Can anyone elaborate for me?

Thanks

It is a murder mystery that uses "Mary Magadelene is the Holy Grail" as a gimmick. Some people have their panties in twist about it because it implies that THE CHURCH distorted the life of Jesus to fit its agenda.

The Da Vinci Code

 

[Jzero]

It's a work of fiction, but it presents itself as based in fact, and many critics have raised questions about whether those facts are accurate.

I wanna know how the HowStuffWorks people got so stupid. It says "A Novel" right on the cover. It's presented as nothing other than fiction, which uses real-world facts to make it believable. It's a common literary device. Was Brown supposed to include a little reminder on every page?

 

[Neurorelay]

OMG, just a book. History is what you chose to believe, you want to believe this then fine, if not fine, either way mind our own business is a good idea.

 

[chuckywang]

Hey, guess what. Stephen King books are fiction as well. Nobody's going off on that.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Hey, guess what. Stephen King books are fiction as well. Nobody's going off on that.

Can't sleep... clowns will eat me...

 

[Alienwho]

I just found an error that the howstuffworks guys made. They say on page 2

Sophie's removal of the painting from the wall does not activate any sort of security system. This contradicts the beginning of the book, in which Saunière removes a painting from the wall to activate a security system that seals off an entire corridor. [ref].

After Sophie does that, the guard around her specifically thinks "WTF, why isn't the security going crazy?" Then he remembers that it hadn't been reset for the night since it was already activated shortly before then.

In your face howstuffworks!

 

[imported_Scourge]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Hey, guess what. Stephen King books are fiction as well. Nobody's going off on that.

Can't sleep... clowns will eat me...

Jesus man, the clown is just a giant spider! Get over it.

 

[Neurorelay]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Hey, guess what. Stephen King books are fiction as well. Nobody's going off on that.

Can't sleep... clowns will eat me...

Hell yeah, clowns are much worse then the devil.

 

[Babbles]

Wow, that About.com thing is really idiotic simply because the book is a work of fiction. It's totally crazy to expect all of those little details to be 100% accurate.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: Jzero

It's a work of fiction, but it presents itself as based in fact, and many critics have raised questions about whether those facts are accurate.

I wanna know how the HowStuffWorks people got so stupid. It says "A Novel" right on the cover. It's presented as nothing other than fiction, which uses real-world facts to make it believable. It's a common literary device. Was Brown supposed to include a little reminder on every page?

Brown promoted it as largely factual.

 

[kmrivers]

it is a work of fiction. the fact that people feel the need to defend themselves and their history over a work of fiction should tell you something...

 

[astrocase]

No offense to any Christians but you can pretty much call the Bible a work of fiction as well so they should stop trying to attack a simple fiction book like The Da Vinci Code. It's just for entertainment.

 

[KBeee]

Take a fictional book, pretend it is factual, then base YOUR fictional book on these "facts"...
Oh.. Scientology beat Brown to it...
;-)

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: kmrivers
it is a work of fiction. the fact that people feel the need to defend themselves and their history over a work of fiction should tell you something...

Wonder what they have to be concerned about. Lack of faith in their faith?

 

[Neurorelay]

Originally posted by: KBeee
Take a fictional book, pretend it is factual, then base YOUR fictional book on these "facts"...
Oh.. Scientology beat Brown to it...
;-)

People, he only said locations, art and other details were factual, not the conspiracy theory itself. Sheesh.

 

[JACKHAMMER]

Originally posted by: astrocase
No offense to any Christians but you can pretty much call the Bible a work of fiction as well so they should stop trying to attack a simple fiction book like The Da Vinci Code. It's just for entertainment.

It is amazing to me how all the wacko fundies are going after this book/movie. It should point out to everyone how little faith these people actually have. Its a work of fiction, yet hte local (WIND 560) conservative radiostation is running ads like it is the directions on how to conjur the anti-christ. If you have faith, you shouldnt be worried about you or your kids seeing the movie - if changes peoples opinions then they weren't believers anyway. Damn I hate the bible thumpers :|

 

[shoRunner]

its a fiction book...it doesn't need to work..and the writer never claimed it to be any more than that.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: shoRunner
its a fiction book...it doesn't need to work..and the writer never claimed it to be any more than that.

Actually, he did. Hell, he even starts the book off by saying how "factual" the book is.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: magomago
slightly confused...what is the book exactly about? Does it market itself as truth, or does it market itself as fiction...does it say its fact but change a few things to hide people's identities? Can anyone elaborate for me?

Thanks

THe DaVinci Code is a work of fiction inspired by historical events.

 

[waggy]

there was a interview with him about the book. he said while the book is fiction it is based on fact. i had to go have a few beers to figure out wtf that meant