Ask the guy who is from 100 years in the future

[drewtwo99]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

once and for all!

So I take it either you've discovered the wonderful television show Futurama from our time, or it's still popular in the future ^_^

Was there anything else that Futurama accurately predicted about the future?

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by drewtwo99

But...

It takes energy to make ice, producing heat which uses more energy than it takes to melt even larger ice cubes.
In this century, we respect the laws of Thermodynamics!

[ataraxy22]

What questions would you ask of the man from 2212?

[ArrMatey!]

Does my novel ever get published?

Just what -was- the deal with the horses? (I'm sure from a historical perspective the question's a pretty obvious one)

[Intergalactic Gladiator]

Galactor the Evil Galactic Overlord has been pushing his forces towards Earth for quite some time now. Has he ever successfully invaded Earth? Is Queen Galacta IX still queen of the galaxy in 2112?

[Ruby Slippers]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

There are no statues of anyone I am afraid after the incident with you-know-who mentioned earlier in the thread. I will say that we didn't fully realize what a scourge statues were until we finally rid ourselves of them.

As to Faster than Light travel, no not even by 2112, although we are close to Faster than Lite travel which is a third less faster than (hypothetical) Light travel.

If there are no statues, where do pigeons poop?

[BigT]

Originally Posted by carnivorousplant

It takes energy to make ice, producing heat which uses more energy than it takes to melt even larger ice cubes.
In this century, we respect the laws of Thermodynamics!

The ice isn't produced--it's mined from an asteroid.

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by BigT

The ice isn't produced--it's mined from an asteroid.

I take it the price of kerosene has gone way down.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by rachelellogram

How many fingers am I holding up?

Just one. And that's really rude.

[johnpost]

how many years off was the 1973 movie Soylent Green?

[Darryl Lict]

What style do people wear their pubic hair? Do people still cover their genitals?

[RalfCoder]

Are/were/will you be able to thaw Ted Williams and Walt Disney and all those corpsicles at Alcor and the other cryogenic preservation companies?

Can you cure all diseases yet? AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's, hangnails? What new ones crop up in the next 100 years?

Will I be able to get some sort of augmented memory soon? I'm hoping for something like a USB port just behind my left ear, so that I can plug in my USB drive and listen to music without those annoying earbuds.

What's a vacation like at the hotel at L5?

[campp]

Did they ever find Amelia Earheart, Jimmy Hoffa, or Judge Crater?

[notfrommensa]

What are next week's lottery numbers?

and why didn't you do this a couple of weeks ago, when the jackpot was 500+ million?

[Annie-Xmas]

Is the Rudolph T.V. Special thread still being bumped every year? And is the Celebrity Death Pool still being played?

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by notfrommensa

What are next week's lottery numbers?

and why didn't you do this a couple of weeks ago, when the jackpot was 500+ million?

Why do you think he came back now?

[notfrommensa]

Originally Posted by Annie-Xmas

And is the Celebrity Death Pool still being played?

What young (but at least 18 yrs old) celebrities die in 2013. I want to win the Celebrity Death Pool in 2013.

[G0sp3l]

Can you travel to 2036 (or 2000) and kill John Titor?

And is kick-boxing still the sport of the future?

[Gangster Octopus]

I promise I will get to your questions, everybody, but I am currently trying to clean up a little mistake I made related to my time travel. There is nothing to worry about, I promise (but you may want to stock up on cough drops and goggles as a precaution).

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by carnivorousplant

Did they Erase Lincoln when they stopped using pennies?

History's greatest vampire hunter? I think not!

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Wesley Clark

What new genres of music were invented in the last 100 years?

Punk Throat Singing is probably the most significant, comonly referred to is Chezzer Rock, although it is pronounced nothing like how it is spelled.

Whatever happened to North Korea and their dictatorship?

It's still there and it's still run by the progeny of Mark Zuckerberg.

Has Africa become full of prosperous democracies or are the countries there still troubled?

Yes, every country in Africa is extremely wealthy and fully Democratic, except for Djibouti and Sierra Leone...and Chad...and Democratic Republic of the Congo...and Mali...and Malawi...and The Gambia...and Zimbabwe...and South Sudan...and Namibia...and Mozambique...and Chad...and Eritrea...and Niger...and Togo...and Cameroon...and the Central African Republic...and Tunisia...and Libya...and Tanzania...hmm, come to think of it, no they haven't.

When was the first AI politician?

The first AI politician was Al Gore.

What happened to energy? Do you still need coal, gasoline and natural gas? Are wind turbines and solar-voltaic considered primitive compared to what you have now or do you just have really advanced forms of the kinds of energy generating technology we have now (fossil fuels, wind, solar, nuclear, etc)?

We have been able to harness the power of Cat Videos into a virtually endless supply of fuel and energy...and we repealed the Law of Thermodynamics. (Thank you President Palin!)

Is it possible for someone who is not heavily augmented with technology to understand and function in your society? Even in 2012 it is becoming harder to function w/o internet and a smart phone (at least function efficiently).

Sure, if you want to look super foolish walking around without your Immersion Helmet.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Does Facebook exist in 2112?

Se the answer to the question about North Korea.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by drewtwo99

So I take it either you've discovered the wonderful television show Futurama from our time, or it's still popular in the future ^_^

Was there anything else that Futurama accurately predicted about the future?

Predicted is a stretch considering all of their source material was from the future.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by ataraxy22

What questions would you ask of the man from 2212?

I did ask him whether Justin Bieber was still alive (He is!)

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by ArrMatey!

Does my novel ever get published?

What's a novel?

Just what -was- the deal with the horses? (I'm sure from a historical perspective the question's a pretty obvious one)

Scientists still have no idea where all the horses have went, but I am happy to report they have all returned (albeit slightly more evil).

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Intergalactic Gladiator

Galactor the Evil Galactic Overlord has been pushing his forces towards Earth for quite some time now. Has he ever successfully invaded Earth? Is Queen Galacta IX still queen of the galaxy in 2112?

If you mean the crazy guy and his girlfriend who took over the Mall of America in 2056 then yes I suppose he was successful, if by success you mean he was shot down in a hail of pulse bullets outside of Forever 21. "Queen Galactica" as you call her was thrown into Mauna Loa Volcano.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by johnpost

how many years off was the 1973 movie Soylent Green?

Nothing like that has happened as of yet, although Taco Bell is still around, so you never know.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Darryl Lict

What style do people wear their pubic hair? Do people still cover their genitals?

Yes of course people still cover their genitals. I am not sure how to answer the other question.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by RalfCoder

Are/were/will you be able to thaw Ted Williams and Walt Disney and all those corpsicles at Alcor and the other cryogenic preservation companies?

Sure, we thawed them right out and buried them in the ground.

Can you cure all diseases yet? AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's, hangnails? What new ones crop up in the next 100 years?

No we cannot cure all diseases, but AIDS is imminently controllable and Cancer and Alzheimer's are cured through gene manipulation therapy. Hangnails, sadly, has wiped most of Australia. The most damaging new disease is called Neville's Disease, which causes overnight Evilness.

Will I be able to get some sort of augmented memory soon? I'm hoping for something like a USB port just behind my left ear, so that I can plug in my USB drive and listen to music without those annoying earbuds.

Soon? No. Ever? No.

What's a vacation like at the hotel at L5?

You can check in, but you can never leave.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by campp

Did they ever find Amelia Earheart, Jimmy Hoffa, or Judge Crater?

Yes, all three were found together in Cliff Clavin's Kitchen. (that's a little joke, sorry, I know this is a deathly serious thread). Actually no they were never found, I suspect because no one is looking for them.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by notfrommensa

What are next week's lottery numbers?

and why didn't you do this a couple of weeks ago, when the jackpot was 500+ million?

Next Weeks lottery numbers are 2, pi, 13, Delta, 34, 35, 41, and the Super Ball is Rum Rum Tugger. What would I do with $500 million? Get a small coffee at Starbuck's maybe (assuming I could even exchange that little for Nevilles)

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by notfrommensa

What young (but at least 18 yrs old) celebrities die in 2013. I want to win the Celebrity Death Pool in 2013.

Sorry, it is expressly forbidden to interfere with the sanctity of Death Pools. Even though the decree wasn't made until 2075 I still feel bound by it.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by G0sp3l

Can you travel to 2036 (or 2000) and kill John Titor?

Done.

And is kick-boxing still the sport of the future?

No, box kicking is.

[Gangster Octopus]

BTW, I hope I didn't alarm any of you with the whole Cough Drops and Goggles thing. No need to do any of that now, it's all fixed.

[Projammer]

What's the current (as of 2112) sequel of the Rocky movies?

And Friday 13th.

And Star Trek of course.

[RalfCoder]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

BTW, I hope I didn't alarm any of you with the whole Cough Drops and Goggles thing. No need to do any of that now, it's all fixed.

GOOD!!!

But what am I going to do with this box of menthol lyptus goggles? They make my eyes sting when I wear them, and everything is an odd red color, too.

[Smapti]

How do you use the three seashells?

[Nobody]

Are there any extinct animal species?

Have we achieved singularity yet

[Regallag_The_Axe]

Does the law ever catch up with me for that thing I did? If so, is my contingency plan successful, or do the ducks just waddle around like chumps?

[astro]

Do robots have rights?

Did global warming develop as expected?

[Projammer]

Also, what was the name of the first cloned wooly mammoth?

How do they taste? (There is a McMammoth's franchise chain, right?)

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by projammer

what's the current (as of 2112) sequel of the rocky movies?

And friday 13th.

And star trek of course.

7, 17, 27

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Smapti

How do you use the three seashells?

I have no idea what you mean. No idea, at all. None. Nope, doesn't ring a bell. Don't know a thing about the three seashells and the Mermaid Queen. I mean what Mermaid Queen? How would I know about that if I don't know about the three seashells. Which I don't. Know anything about them, that is.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Are there any extinct animal species?

Yes

Have we achieved singularity yet

I'm not sure.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Regallag_The_Axe

Does the law ever catch up with me for that thing I did? If so, is my contingency plan successful, or do the ducks just waddle around like chumps?

Very clever, Tripus, but the Time Space Agency will not take kindly to your insolence this time. You are on report!

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

Yes

Don't be a tease. Which ones?

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by astro

Do robots have rights?

Why would they, do toasters have rights?

Did global warming develop as expected?

We solved that problem ONCE AND FOR ALL!! (see earlier in the thread)

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Projammer

Also, what was the name of the first cloned wooly mammoth?

How do they taste? (There is a McMammoth's franchise chain, right?)

The first cloned Wooly Mammoth was named Freshnahn, which is the anasztazi word for "Holy Shit! We cloned a Wooly Mammoth!'

They taste like chicken, although no there are no McMammoth Franchise's as it is an expensive delicacy on par with Orange Juice.

[Gangster Octopus]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Don't be a tease. Which ones?

Cockroaches

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

Cockroaches

Awesome!