$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ebyss', 'H')e should have picked a better date than 2036. Further in to future would have sat better with Time Traveller technology. Also, why would he come back to this time? It sucks. The dinosaurs would have been WAY more interesting.
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THE "John Titor" Thread (merged)
by j_bumble » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 14:14:37
Titor covers a lot of these bases (and they can be found on his site)
According to him: "Time travel" (more like sidestepping through infinite universes) already exists.
It takes a little bit of reading to catch clues on who it actually is, but I believe the concensus these days is that "Titor" is actually one of the people who helped build the computer he was "traveling" to get.
Nonetheless, I think he has an acute understanding of global politics (or at least historical trends) and it is an interesting read.
His scenario for 2036 does jive somewhat with possible rammifications of Peak Oil-- though I believe he claims that on his timeline there was a civil war in the United States this year (Might be 2006 instead, I can't remember)
When there's no more oil, can I have your speakers?
No?
Alright, what about your baseball cards?
No?
Alright, what about your baseball cards?
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by Ebyss » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 14:21:34
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')nd it is an interesting read.
Hey, I never said it wasn't interesting. I love Science Fiction.
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by Aaron » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 15:42:21
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]The civil war in the United States will start in 2004. I would describe it as having a Waco type event every month that steadily gets worse. The conflict will consume everyone in the US by 2012 and end in 2015 with a very short WWIII.
opps
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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by Yavicleus » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 16:06:42
Last year George Mason University put on this really cool play about John Titor's writings called, "Time Traveler Zero."
If this play ever comes to a town near you, go see it. If you can get past the crappy music interludes that interspace the scenes with dialog, it is an excellent play.
That being said, John Titor was the greatest fraud of our decade. His story is an interesting one, but fiction none the less.
If this play ever comes to a town near you, go see it. If you can get past the crappy music interludes that interspace the scenes with dialog, it is an excellent play.
That being said, John Titor was the greatest fraud of our decade. His story is an interesting one, but fiction none the less.
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by EnemyCombatant » Wed 30 Mar 2005, 10:27:05
Ebysis, don't get caught on trying to prove Titor as a hoax. Everytime I bring up Titor to someone they get sidetracked on proving it's a hoax. To me, that's not the real story here.
That is one horse that has been beaten to death over and over again.
I wanted to get discussion about his vision of our future, and I think he has a lot of insight and perhaps even insider knowledge.
When people read Titor they don't really listen to him. They just try to hang their hat on anything to prove he's a hoax. I think that's a mistake.
That is one horse that has been beaten to death over and over again.
I wanted to get discussion about his vision of our future, and I think he has a lot of insight and perhaps even insider knowledge.
When people read Titor they don't really listen to him. They just try to hang their hat on anything to prove he's a hoax. I think that's a mistake.
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Re: John Titor
by BabyPeanut » Wed 30 Mar 2005, 10:54:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnemyCombatant', 'A')s Titor describes 2046, it's a future with limited electricity. They are living in decentralized communities mostly powered by solar panels and windmills. But there is an Internet
http://www.dansdata.com/power2.htm
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') don't think it's unreasonable to peg the average power consumption of a 150-watt-peak office box, even if it's turned on all day and used for a whole eight hours each day, and does not have its monitor manually turned off, at about 1.6 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per day.
http://www.transmeta.com/crusoe/crusoe_ ... m5400.html
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')rusoe TM5600 Processor Power Management Features
Crusoe TM5600 and TM5400 processors offer LongRun technology, a feature that allows the processor to adjust both its frequency and voltage to exactly the levels required by an application. This approach achieves unprecedented power savings. This allows them to operate at less than 1 watt while running ordinary office applications and as little as 60 mW when idle between keystrokes. Heavy-duty applications such as DVD movies consume on average less than 2 watts.
