In their first patch modify the texture so it refers to a different website. And make sure they register that site this time.
From memory XBOX Live forces people to patch straight away, right, so that should completely skirt the problem, and annoy the hell out of the guy who bought the domain:)
The fault here lies with Ubisoft. They were stupid. Merely producing material which mentions a non-existing website does not constitute any ownership of that domain at all. What this guy did was take advantage of Ubisoft's mistake.
and offering to sell them something that he owns is not extortion.
That doesn't sound particularly compelling to me, unfortunately. From my knowledge he was trying to show himself and fascism in general to be a pillar of strength for Germany, rather than a slapstick comedian.
I am quite interested in whether or not he was reviled during his lifetime by Christian Europe. Killing (even in a gruesome way) many people for your beliefs is generally seen in a positive light by people who share that ideology. Have a heresy. American dominance of the world is destroyed, and the current terrorist groups end up in control. How do you think history would treat the suicide bombers and terrorists?
I was referring more to a person's legacy after their death than during their life. It seems common for people to want to leave a mark in their world (life is just a brief candle and all that) and in history. In this way some of last centuries most famous "villains" Hitler and Stalin have succeeded. The fact that they are generally seen in a negative light does not remove the fact that they are remembered.
He got some bad press somewhere along the line!
I don't know of any other figure who got transformed by popular opinion into a creature of the night.
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Actually, societal views on pedophilia have changed hugely over the years, it is popular knowledge that pedophilia was accepted (and even assumed) in Ancient Greece and that the age of consent being 16 (or 18 or 21?, hello world!) is a newish thing, there being a very practical attitude to the whole thing in the past (at some stages).
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I have yet to see any evidence that people of Arab descent are less intelligence than the other groups cited above, and the majority of evidence that points to "blacks" (usually referring to black americans) that i have seen indicates that the difference in general intelligence is quite easily attributable to level of education and other social issues.
Still, when has evidence, or the lack thereof stopped a nice racist theory?
I suspect thats a case of the "silly looking fashions" that Paul Graham was referencing in his article actually:) Although the hats of that era certainly make me think of Napoleon (and not necessarily in a negative way).
Tangentially this raises an interesting point i guess, a lot of human endeavour is geared towards getting our names in the history book, is bad press better than no press? Certainly the world won't go forgetting names like Hitler and to a lesser extent Goebells and the rest of his rowdy mob in a hurry. Is notoriety better than obscurity?
It certainly is frowned apon to say anything positive at all about Hitler, even though he obviously did some amazing things (some horrific too of course). And yes, i find it amazing that the demonization of one man has such a large effect on fashial hair fashions.
Did this kind of thing happen during other large conflicts? Were there any historical figures who were demonized as much as Hitler? I suspect a similar situation developed with Napoleon.
"Fight club wasn't about winning or losing. It wasn't about words. The hysterical shouting was in tongues, like at a Pentecostal Church."
A fighting game where the aim is not to win but to simply try to detach oneself from ones material and societally required possessions, does anyone else wonder if they'll try to implement this, or if they'll simply require that you win every combat to proceed.
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking awful movie to computer game translations, You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "when hell freezes over"
There is destroying awesome movies with aweful game versions, and then theres deliberately destroying a pinnacle of literature. Next you'll be telling me there'll be theyre remaking all of Shakespeare as FPS'
Please tell me its not true!
The article implies that the game will have a combat mode and a story mode. given that "winning" the fights he was in was not necessary for Tyler's master plan, i'm not sure how faithful theyre going to be to the plot of the movie, unfortunately.
Yes, it looks like another case of cashing in on a box office hit.
Don't expect someone like EA to make a game like the one you just described, even though it sounds a few orders of magnitude more interesting than the... adequate... movie to game translations that have ocurred so far.
We can but dream.
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And in fact the website indicates that she WAS driving, and was in the drivers seat.
His daughter was driving the car not him, and thus he had no need to carry a driver's license.
In their first patch modify the texture so it refers to a different website. And make sure they register that site this time. From memory XBOX Live forces people to patch straight away, right, so that should completely skirt the problem, and annoy the hell out of the guy who bought the domain :)
The fault here lies with Ubisoft. They were stupid. Merely producing material which mentions a non-existing website does not constitute any ownership of that domain at all. What this guy did was take advantage of Ubisoft's mistake. and offering to sell them something that he owns is not extortion.
That doesn't sound particularly compelling to me, unfortunately. From my knowledge he was trying to show himself and fascism in general to be a pillar of strength for Germany, rather than a slapstick comedian.
t'eppe'ss?
I am quite interested in whether or not he was reviled during his lifetime by Christian Europe. Killing (even in a gruesome way) many people for your beliefs is generally seen in a positive light by people who share that ideology. Have a heresy. American dominance of the world is destroyed, and the current terrorist groups end up in control. How do you think history would treat the suicide bombers and terrorists?
I was referring more to a person's legacy after their death than during their life. It seems common for people to want to leave a mark in their world (life is just a brief candle and all that) and in history. In this way some of last centuries most famous "villains" Hitler and Stalin have succeeded. The fact that they are generally seen in a negative light does not remove the fact that they are remembered.
He got some bad press somewhere along the line! I don't know of any other figure who got transformed by popular opinion into a creature of the night.
Actually, societal views on pedophilia have changed hugely over the years, it is popular knowledge that pedophilia was accepted (and even assumed) in Ancient Greece and that the age of consent being 16 (or 18 or 21?, hello world!) is a newish thing, there being a very practical attitude to the whole thing in the past (at some stages).
I have yet to see any evidence that people of Arab descent are less intelligence than the other groups cited above, and the majority of evidence that points to "blacks" (usually referring to black americans) that i have seen indicates that the difference in general intelligence is quite easily attributable to level of education and other social issues. Still, when has evidence, or the lack thereof stopped a nice racist theory?
I suspect thats a case of the "silly looking fashions" that Paul Graham was referencing in his article actually :) Although the hats of that era certainly make me think of Napoleon (and not necessarily in a negative way).
Tangentially this raises an interesting point i guess, a lot of human endeavour is geared towards getting our names in the history book, is bad press better than no press? Certainly the world won't go forgetting names like Hitler and to a lesser extent Goebells and the rest of his rowdy mob in a hurry. Is notoriety better than obscurity?
"fashial"? It's going to be one of those days, i can tell.
It certainly is frowned apon to say anything positive at all about Hitler, even though he obviously did some amazing things (some horrific too of course). And yes, i find it amazing that the demonization of one man has such a large effect on fashial hair fashions. Did this kind of thing happen during other large conflicts? Were there any historical figures who were demonized as much as Hitler? I suspect a similar situation developed with Napoleon.
His name was Robert Paulson!
"Fight club wasn't about winning or losing. It wasn't about words. The hysterical shouting was in tongues, like at a Pentecostal Church." A fighting game where the aim is not to win but to simply try to detach oneself from ones material and societally required possessions, does anyone else wonder if they'll try to implement this, or if they'll simply require that you win every combat to proceed.
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking awful movie to computer game translations, You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "when hell freezes over" There is destroying awesome movies with aweful game versions, and then theres deliberately destroying a pinnacle of literature. Next you'll be telling me there'll be theyre remaking all of Shakespeare as FPS' Please tell me its not true!
Never call something a hoax that could possibly be attributed to money grubbing executives desperately seeking fat sacks of cash.
The article implies that the game will have a combat mode and a story mode. given that "winning" the fights he was in was not necessary for Tyler's master plan, i'm not sure how faithful theyre going to be to the plot of the movie, unfortunately. Yes, it looks like another case of cashing in on a box office hit.
Don't expect someone like EA to make a game like the one you just described, even though it sounds a few orders of magnitude more interesting than the ... adequate... movie to game translations that have ocurred so far.
We can but dream.
He's an excellent goalkeeper, or whatever they call it in HP. Or does that not happen till a later book? And he provides comic relief?
Resident Evil anyone? And is anyone else waiting for a counterstrike live action movie? (where waiting = dreading).
Or quicktime, yep
I doubt that, theyve only maintained their relevancy to this point by closing off their formats, opening them up would skuttle them methinks.