Some thoughts - Page 2

u crank · 06-16-13, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

I do that all the time. The internet doesn't destroy itself

Stop rolling the dice man!

Platapus · 06-17-13, 04:25 PM

First invent the time machine, then worry about cake.

Jimbuna · 06-17-13, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

First invent the time machine, then worry about cake.

Preferably

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Stop rolling the dice man!

But WHY!?

I'm good at it.

u crank · 06-17-13, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

But WHY!?

I'm good at it.

I hope so.

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

I hope so.

Gonna roll them again

mapuc · 06-17-13, 07:22 PM

Here's an another theories I once have read.

If we ever should invent a time machine we will not be able to use it for two reasons

1. The past is gone and can't be reached or changed
2. The future haven't been written yet, therefore traveling to a spot that doesn't exist is impossible
(can't remember the exact words)

Markus

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 08:56 PM

Okay...that truly is something to think about.

Sailor Steve · 06-17-13, 09:01 PM

Larry Niven once wrote a treatise called The Theory and Practice of Time Travel. In it he examines the Grandfather Paradox and much more. The fun part comes at the end when he poses a world where time travel was common. People travelled back and forth, changing things constantly, creating messes and cleaning them up. Then he considers that one of them travels to just the right time and kills the only man who ever could have invented a time machine.

He ends with "Maybe that's what happened."

BrucePartington · 06-17-13, 09:09 PM

Time travel is not possible. The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined so.

Sailor Steve · 06-17-13, 09:10 PM

Tell it to Gary Seven.

Mittelwaechter · 06-17-13, 09:28 PM

An "event" is defined by timestamp and location.
If you want to reach an event at any other timestamp but the actual one, you would have to reach it's location too.

If you want to jump back in time, you would have to push back the location of the event either. A local yesterday event happened a few hundred thousand kilometers back on our planets orbit.

If you could jump in time forward, you would end in empty space, waiting for the location to catch up.

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 09:44 PM

This thread is deep...

This has me really thinking...

I can't grasp onto a concept because once I have an idea I see a new post and it shatters it with a new concept.

TorpX · 06-17-13, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BrucePartington

Time travel is not possible. The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined so.

Shhhh......

Time travel may not be possible, but profitable science-fiction books, movies, and television shows are possible.

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The fun part comes at the end when he poses a world where time travel was common. People travelled back and forth, changing things constantly, creating messes and cleaning them up.

This reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Homer travels back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, he sneezes, and then they start falling over dead, like lead bricks....

Red October1984 · 06-18-13, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TorpX

This reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Homer travels back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, he sneezes, and then they start falling over dead, like lead bricks....

A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury...

Look it up.

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Okay...that truly is something to think about. __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Larry Niven once wrote a treatise called The Theory and Practice of Time Travel. In it he examines the Grandfather Paradox and much more. The fun part comes at the end when he poses a world where time travel was common. People travelled back and forth, changing things constantly, creating messes and cleaning them up. Then he considers that one of them travels to just the right time and kills the only man who ever could have invented a time machine. He ends with "Maybe that's what happened." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Tell it to Gary Seven. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	An "event" is defined by timestamp and location. If you want to reach an event at any other timestamp but the actual one, you would have to reach it's location too. If you want to jump back in time, you would have to push back the location of the event either. A local yesterday event happened a few hundred thousand kilometers back on our planets orbit. If you could jump in time forward, you would end in empty space, waiting for the location to catch up. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

06-17-13, 07:22 PM	#22
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,540 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Here's an another theories I once have read. If we ever should invent a time machine we will not be able to use it for two reasons 1. The past is gone and can't be reached or changed 2. The future haven't been written yet, therefore traveling to a spot that doesn't exist is impossible (can't remember the exact words) Markus

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BrucePartington XO Join Date: May 2013 Location: KM AM99 Posts: 405 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Time travel is not possible. The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined so.

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	This thread is deep... This has me really thinking... I can't grasp onto a concept because once I have an idea I see a new post and it shatters it with a new concept. __________________