John Titor: The Time Traveler from the Year 2036

strangerdimensions.com ^ | January 30, 2019 | Rob Schwarz

[Billthedrill]

Zinc.

[Jamestown1630]

I was never fooled by the Titor story.

(But I’m still wondering about ‘Mel’s Hole’, and the ‘Alien in the Freezer’...)

[cgbg]

It his time machine is stationary after his trip back to our time he will have arrive at a place, in our expanding universe, in space where the Earth will be at the future time he left. His arrival location will likely be a cold empty space.

I see you are doing some of that racist math again....time travel is about "feelings".

;-)

[zeugma]

I remember this. Art Bell was one of the greatest interviewers ever. Didn’t matter what the subject was, he took his guest seriously. As a long time listener, you could occasionally tell when Art was rolling his eyes.

[Jet Jaguar]

I need a Mel’s Hole to dump my rubbish in. Our landfill is expensive.

[crz]

Wait..WAIT! I got to find that tinfoil hat round here someplace.

[Jet Jaguar]

when Art was rolling his eyes.

Absolutely.

[Darksheare]

“And that was how coffee destroyed everything.” said the old man as he closed a book.
His grandchildren looked horrified.
“But you didn’t tell us how it did it!”
“You’ll learn. Don’t worry, you’ll learn.” he said, as he readied his shotgun for the next wave of zombie deer.

[crz]

Just what the hell would a Tipler sinusoid be?

Can nose douche help for that?

[zeugma]

Time travel (if it’s even possible) requires staggering amounts of energy due to the fact that the solar system is moving through space. The earth might return close to the same position relative to the sun as it was a year ago, but the solar system had also moved one year of travel in its orbit around the center of the galaxy—which has moved one year in its direction of travel through the universe. You need the energy to go back both in time _and in space_ to whatever exact wxyz coordinate your target was.

I was reading through the thread to see if anyone would bring this up. This is my biggest argument against time travel. Not only do you need a time machine, you also need a space ship (a TARDIS is apparently mandatory). The cumulative changes in spatial coordinates is considerable. The Earth rotates, it also revolves relative to the barycenter of the Earth-Moon system, (which is within the earth, but not at its center). The Earth moves around the sun. The solar system moves relative to its local group of stars, and the local group moves within the Milky Way galaxy. I believe there is also some movement relative to the local galaxies, and finally the galaxy itself moves within the universe as a whole. Taken all together, the cumlative velocity is nothing to sneeze at, and is actually fairly complex when you think of the many sub-movements going on.

If you were to travel more than just a few years in time, you are going to end up having to travel quite a distance in space as well. You're not going to just pop up in someone's bedroom.

[zeugma]

The company I work for forbid anyone taking time off new years 2000 starting two years before in 1998.. but had to allow me off as I had book my vacation time for new years 2000 four years before in 1996

LOL. Same here. When I hired on, which was in 95 or so, I told my boss that I would insist on scheduling vacation for the week before and the week after Y2K at that time. I was the only person allowed to be on vacation.

[gundog]

The past has happened. Is time travel to the past possible?

[zeugma]

(But I’m still wondering about ‘Mel’s Hole’, and the ‘Alien in the Freezer’...)

Mel's Hole was freaky. That one really bothered Art. (and me)

[Deplorable American1776]

Or a commodore C64... If you have one, it is worth $15,000.

[Jet Jaguar]

But, what were the three words?

[.44 Special]

John Titor, a young man from Kent,
His machine had a peculiar bent,
To save himself trouble
His singularities he’d double,
And instead of coming he went.

[Hot Tabasco]

“two, top-spin,

Top loading washing machine by GE....

[PIF]

Because if it was ever invented... we would have time tourists.

—
UAPs?

[Adder]

Biggus Diccus

Wait...I saw his portrait in Pompeii

[Fresh Wind]

Or a commodore C64... If you have one, it is worth $15,000.

They routinely bring about $300-400 on eBay. But after a few years of Zimbabwe-style inflation, delivered by the Biden fake presidency, $15,000 could well be possible.