06 December 2000 21:36 (about time
travel) 116
(If a group of people were to travel forward in time to avoid a
situation, would they be still be able to live in relative
peace? Or would they be looked down on for that? Should they
just keep that a secret to make things easier?)
From a physical standpoint, I suppose that would work if you
were trying to escape a natural disaster. But you must consider
that trying to ?escape? by time traveling has it's own problems.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by being looked down on.
06 December 2000 21:36 (about the future) 117
(I have been reading that around 2011 there is some new world
order-type government in place...TT0,can u verify?)
On my world line in 2011, the United States is in the middle of
a civil war that has dramatic effects on most of the other
Western governments.
06 December 2000 21:36 (predictions for the future) 118
(Also,a while back (page 2 of the posts) you said something was
wrong with UNIX in your time...what is wrong?)
Yes? and with yours too. I have to believe there must be a UNIX
expert out there someplace that can confirm that. I'm not
exactly sure what the technical issue is but I believe some sort
of UNIX system registry stops in 2038.
06 December 2000 21:36 (predictions for the future) 119
(Does the events happening in the Middle east concerning the
Arabs and Jews have anything to do with the coming war? )
Yes.
06 December 2000 21:36 (right now) 120
(I mean to say that since the jewish population seems to have
quite considerable power now in 2000?)
I'm not sure what power you are referring to.
06 December 2000 21:36 (about time travel) 121
(What do you cool the singularity with?)
Very highly technical, cooling stuff. [sorry, I don't get much
of a chance to be a wise guy ]
06 December 2000 21:36 (about the future) 122
(How much more advanced are the computer hardware and software
systems in the future? )
Good question! I would say the biggest difference is in the
reliability of the hardware and software. It absolutely amazes
me how willing people are here to accept computer and software
failures on such a regular basis. I was very surprised to see
how prolific it is. You can look forward to very stringent
manufacturing parameters and programming discipline. Think back
to the early days of the computer and how much work and
cleverness it took to fit those programs into such small areas
of memory. Has more and cheaper memory brought better programs
or just more programs?
06 December 2000 21:36 (about the future) 123
As far as technical specifics, I?m afraid I can not go into too
much detail. However, I will tell you that processor speed and
memory size take dramatic leaps forward.
06 December 2000 21:36 (about time travel) 124
(if one found a method to pry apart a magnetic field would this
result in a containable release of energy. Would the energy
channeled through the tear be in the form of a tachyon field
with the forward edge of the tachyon field at a velocity of
light. Would the internal tachyons within the tachyon field have
a velocity greater then light even though existing in the
present subluminal time frame? inquisitively.)
Hmmm? I afraid my notebook on Maxwell's equations isn't with me
and I must say again that I am not a physicist. As far as
tachyons goes, it's my understanding that they can not exist at
all unless they are created and ?traveling? faster than light.
As far as time travel goes, I'm afraid tachyons are mearly
useful for describing various quirky effects of strange matter.
10 December 2000 11:00 (about time travel) 125
1. If your machine is capable of traveling back through time
from future earth to now, I wonder how your vehicle landed on
this earth at all? You obviously know that this earth and your
earth do not occupy the same quadrant of space?. You would also
need a life support system to sustain you until you were within
earth's atmosphere? and lastly the avoidance of man made
structures?)
This is actually a very good question that parts and pieces of
the answer are scattered around in previous postings. I am often
surprised that it is not the first one asked. You are correct,
this problem is actually the most difficult part of time travel.
Although some of your assumptions about matter displacement are
a bit off, the problem is real. Inside the displacement unit are
a series of very sensitive clocks and gravity sensors. This
system is called the VGL (variable gravity lock). In simple
terms, before the unit ?leaves? a world line, it takes a base
reading of the local gravity and adjusts the Tipler sinusoid to
?lock? into that position. Although the temporal physics of this
statement are wrong, in effect, it holds you to the ?Earth?.
During travel, it periodically checks to see that the field has
not varied. If it does, it stops and reverses course or drops
out at that point. Buildings and other terrain features are
avoided in the same way. Yes, we do bring oxygen in the vehicle
with us but we do not lose atmospheric pressure.
10 December 2000 11:00 (about time travel) 126
(Einstein's Theory of Relativity would dictate that even if you
left in such a machine for two minutes, this time would continue
to advance and this world would still move through space and
rotate.)
Yes that is correct.
10 December 2000 11:00 (about time travel) 127
(Therefore a time machine would NOT appear to stand still but
rather would (depending upon the time interval) appear to
suddenly defy gravity as it disappeared and then, free of the
gravitational momentum, would reappear in near or far space.)
Please see VGL system above. Also, please be aware that from the
viewpoint of the time traveler, the displacement unit actually
left and then returned. The viewer does not experience this.
Think of it as a Gosub statement in a computer program.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 128
1. what type of money system do you have on your world line?
meaning how do you buy and sell things? Do you have the same
type of money or do we have a cashless society? such as smart
cards, credit cards or ID biochips.
Its not very different than it is now. Yes, we have money and
credit cards. However, like everything else, the monetary system
is decentralized. Banking is based mostly around the community
structure. There are no multinational banking or computerized
economic systems. There are also no income taxes.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 129
2. do you still use radio transponders to ID your cattle and
other farm animals?
Some of the larger farm communities use electronic markers and
fences. I am not a farmer so I don't have very many details
about that.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 130
3.Is the Global Positioning Satellite system still in place
around the Earth?
Oh yes! In fact, the unit I have with me works here. I'm not
sure why that surprises me. There are also a great many
communications and internet satellite systems.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 131
4.Do you still have the American Flag as your flag? does it look
different or is there a new flag?
Yes, we still have the flag. There is a debate about changing it
from 50 stars to 5.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 132
5.Is there some states or areas that have new names ? is there a
New Denver, Kansas by any chance?
Not that I can think of... No major cities anyway. I am aware
that some smaller towns changed their names after the war and
most universities have the word "fort" before them on my world
line.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 133
6. How many weeks of training is required before you timetravel?
to what extent does the training involve? Are you able to make
basic emergency repairs to the unit?
I started training on the recommendation of my PS officer when I
got out of school in 34. I graduated in March of 35. Actual
hands on training started soon after that and I left 2036 in
April.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 134
No, there are not very many repairs I can make to the unit. The
unit is built very well but the tolerances are very small. I
could probably repair the electrical systems and it will accept
inputs from older computers.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 135
7.Are you able to fish or are the waters polluted from fallout
from the war?
Yes, we can fish. There are some areas that are still too
dangerous to spend a lot of time in so we can't fish in those
areas.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 136
8.Are you aware of any time travelers from our time or other
world lines that have entered your world line? Have you spoke to
any of them?
No I am not aware. But I accept the possibility.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 137
9.What type of public transportation is used to get around in
your cities?
A high speed train system connects the larger cities. Roads are
still used for cars and many people ride horses and bikes.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 138
10. What things do you think you will take back with you from
this time?
Books! I'm also taking copies of family photos that were lost
during the war.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 139
16.does the cure for cancer have any thing to do with genetics?
Again...I'm no expert. I believe there is a great deal of
progress in treating the cancer cells with modified viruses. So
I guess the answer is yes.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about the future) 140
17.Do you have an increase in tornados and earthquakes than what
we have now? is the average temperature in Florida in your time
about the same as it is here? or is it different?
That's one area I've decided not to talk about...sorry. The
average temperature worldwide is a bit cooler.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 141
18. are any of the other 7 time travelers with you in this world
line or are you by yourself?
No. They are off doing something else I'm sure.
10 December 2000 11:32 (about time travel) 142
19. are there time travel web sites in the future? does this one
still exist?
Time travel is a major point of social discussion. I'll have to
check when I get back. Most of the larger servers that were in
the major cities were lost or destroyed. I'll try to bring a
copy back with me. Perhaps you can check that in your 2036.
13 December 2000 12:4 (right now) 143
I get my email remotely through about three different systems
and I use one of your hand-held computer units to write with.
13 December 2000 12:4 (right now) 144
One of the reasons I have been communicating this way is so that
others that do not post who I have directed here can see some of
the information I have shared with you.
13 December 2000 12:44 (about time travel) 145
(You speak of 1 & 2 % "divergence" as being unimportant. I don't
get it. Like for example if OUR IBM5100 is 1% different than the
code you have to run on it, it aren't going to work right. One
percent in the FL vote count would be important. If I could see
only 99% of the cars on the road it would be important to me.
So, what exactly is X% divergent, and why is it not a major
problem?) The divergence measurement refers to the local
gravitational field as compared to the point of origin. It is
merely an empirical indicator of overall change in a world line.
Some things that are quite different on one world line have very
little effect as time passes and the world lines appear to
?converge? again and look very similar. World line changes are
not exponential, they act more like chaotic attractors with
varying effect depending on their size and location.
13 December 2000 12:44 () 146
Some things that are quite different on one world line have very
little effect as time passes and the world lines appear to
?converge? again and look very similar. World line changes are
not exponential, they act more like chaotic attractors with
varying effect depending on their size and location.
13 December 2000 12:4 (right now) 147
In fact the main reason why I think you might be genuine is that
I have trouble thinking LIKE you do. I would expect this of an
encounter with a "Chrono-alien".) You are correct in your
thinking. This world line is not mine but it looks very similar.
It may be compared to reading two books that are the same.
13 December 2000 12:44 (about time travel) 148
In consideration of Everet-Wheeler, the reason we don't know if
Schrodinger's cat is dead is because it might have had a time
machine.
13 December 2000 12:44 (about the future) 149
(Russia has "ALWAYS" been considered the first Country, to be
suspect of a probable Nuclear Attack against the USA, and I, for
one have NEVER relinquished the thought that inevitably, this
will happen while I remain alive to witness this unfortunate
tragedy come to fruition.)
You are also correct but I want to add a twist to your thinking.
Russia's enemy in the United States is not you, the average
person. Russia's enemy is the United States government.
13 December 2000 12:44 (about time travel) 150
(The fact that better equipment is supposed to get the
reverse-time traveler closer to their actual past indicates that
there is an ACTUAL SPECIFIC past that he is aiming for. So if in
practical application the traveler ends up 2% divergent upon
arrival in the past and if he stays in that line he finds that
it is not a line at all, but that going forward, divergence
approaches infinity.)
Yes, this is true. If I go forward on this world line, the
future will not be my future. I get home by going back to 1975
before I arrived and then going forward to 2036.
13 December 2000 12:44 (predictions for the future) 151
(Also if this theory is correct we may be 2% divergent from TT_0
but going forward in this time line he is 98% divergent from us.
My logic is pretty good here, how's my facts?)
Your deductions are quite accurate. (I'm not stating yet that I
did? but) what if I told you I did go forward to ?your? 2036 and
it looks nothing like mine. It is quite possible.
13 December 2000 12:4 (right now) 152
(BTW Someone just gave me a working IBM 5160. Should I save it
or toss it?)
Toss it. The 5100 is the interesting machine.
13 December 2000 12:44 (about the future) 153
(Does the events happening in the Middle east concerning the
Arabs and Jews have anything to do with the coming war? I mean
to say that since the Jewish population seems to have quite
considerable power now in 2000, would they mount a force against
other countries or am I under the belief that the war will
result from the U.S government election? (among other things).)
Real disruptions in world events begin with the destabilization
of the West as a result of degrading US foreign policy and
consistency. This becomes apparent around 2004 as civil unrest
develops near the next presidential election. The Jewish
population in Israel is not prepared for a true offensive war.
They are prepared for the ultimate defense. Wavering western
support for Israel is what gives Israel's neighbors the
confidence to attack. The last resort for a defensive Israel and
it's offensive Arab neighbors is to use weapons of mass
destruction. In the grand scheme of things, the war in the
middle-east is a part of what's to come, not the cause.
13 December 2000 12:44 (predictions for the future) 154
This becomes apparent around 2004 as civil unrest develops near
the next presidential election.
13 December 2000 12:44 (predictions for the future) 155
The Jewish population in Israel is not prepared for a true
offensive war. They are prepared for the ultimate defense.
13 December 2000 12:44 (predictions for the future) 156
Wavering western support for Israel is what gives Israel's
neighbors the confidence to attack. The last resort for a
defensive Israel and it's offensive Arab neighbors is to use
weapons of mass destruction. In the grand scheme of things, the
war in the middle-east is a part of what's to come, not the
cause.
13 December 2000 12:44 (about time travel) 157
(What can you tell us about "Space Time Transposing" ?)
Perhaps you could describe what you mean? It appears to be space
travel or the effect of similar atomic particles that seem to be
related over great distances. Again, please forgive my
ignorance, I am not a trained physicist.