[sawsalimb]

A point-we travel in time every day. The direction that we travel happens to be forward,and at what we perceive as a fixed rate. I'm not prepared to say that a reverse gear can't be added to the transmission.

[okie_tech]

"The direction that we travel happens to be forward,and at what we perceive as a fixed rate."

The key here is "perceive" when in fact we know it to be a variable based on speed.

[Stavka2]

Interestingly, our perception of moving forward at a fixed rate is only fixed by our relative speed of movement...as one increases his speed, heading towards the speed of light (or faster as Tacion (?sp) particles have been proven to move) a greater and greater time delution (?sp) comes into affect. Our perception remains the same as for our fixed point in space/time but the perception of others is greatly changed. For those moving slower...a much longer time would pass. An example of this, some one travelling to Alpha Centari at 50% speed of light might only spend a percieved 1 year in space, while his relatives would age 8 years during his one way trip. (Actually I'm not sure of of the top of my head what the formula exactly is, but I can always look it up.)