“Billy, you are dealing with the oddity of time travel with the greatest of ease.”
All that was needed for that one was a phone booth and, eventually, a big piece of gum for repairs.
“Want a Twinkie, Genghis Khan?”
I already know I invent time travel. I know because my apartment is haunted. The ghost has long hair, a beard, and screams in what I think is Yiddish. He also has a birthmark on his shoulder- the same birthmark I have.
At some point in the future, I invent time travel. I travel back to this apartment, before the young me moved in. Then, I die here. My spirit haunts the younger me.
So, how were the Elois and the Morlocks doing?
Oooooooooooo! Morlocks!
I believe the furthest into the future I’d safely be able to go is about 10 years. You see, that famous time travel documentary Back to the Future makes it look like you transport to the exact same physical location from which you left. But according to my calculations, the greater the amount of time traversed, the greater the amount of “drift” between your point of origin and the place you “land”. So, if I tried to travel 10,000 years into the future (or the past), I’d wind up landing several light-years away. That would be problematic. Stepping back into a practical test, I think my test will be travelling 6-12 months into the future (and back again).
I’ll provide some kind of photographic evidence, of course. I know we have many skeptics in our midst.
As anybody who reads my Livejournal knows, I’ve never been properly fixed in space time. This causes many problems. The Chronocil and boron carbonate help some. But, I was wondering if any of you Chronologists/Tempunauts know of a better method to keep me to my proper place in the continuum.
You forgot to carry the 1, is all. It’s all in the details.
A-yep. I’ve often wondered if I was born unstuck in spacetime due to an error I make in the future. This confirms it. I am unstuck in spacetime, therefore I mucked up the math. I must muck up the math. I will muck up the math when the time comes again.
I actually posted this message from five years in the future. President Adams asked me to say hello to everyone.
Whoa, Winston, did you just convince Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand, starting World War I? 'Cause I could’ve sworn that didn’t happen before…
Doc, I do not believe our esteemed colleague **Winston Smith ** is correct in this case. It is not the 1 you forgot to carry, but in all likelihood the Square Root of -1. This could have caused you some ‘grave’ problems, if you just recalculated based on **Mr. Smith’s ** suggestion.
Which Adams?
So, if you can travel to the future, what integer will I post in this thread in ten minutes time?
What Exit
I cannot recalculate. My being unstuck in timespace is an effect. My miscalculation is the cause. The effect has happened. Therefore, the cause must happen. I miscalculated. I will miscalculate when the time comes. I will always miscalculate that equation.
and I hope the Adams is our own Unca Cecil
Why 9 of course.
Nine.
Jim, Jim, Jim. What message board are you posting to, again? :dubious:
So not John Quincy or even his Dad?
I would like to go grab Teddy for that matter.
It’s all well and good that you invented a time machine, but only he who patents it first gets to profit from it!
(Race you!)