Todays dilemma.

A Place of Light · 29-09-2009, 18:46

Congratulations, you've just invented the time machine.
The only problem is it's only good for one return (or one way depending what you have in mind) trip. Let's say for the sake of argument it polarizes something in the atmosphere so you couldn't just build a new one and so on and so on.

So, knowing you can only make one trip, be it to "undo" something in the past or see something that happened before you were born, where (or rather when) would you go?

Feek · 29-09-2009, 18:55

Back to the day I signed my first credit card agreement and shout NO!!! at myself repeatedly.

Matblack · 29-09-2009, 18:58

The way I feel today I'd go and find the first creature that crawled out of the sea and shoot the bastard in the face

MB

_dogma_ · 29-09-2009, 19:00

Squash the bug so that it rained donuts

A Place of Light · 29-09-2009, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matblack

The way I feel today I'd go and find the first creature that crawled out of the sea and shoot the bastard in the face

MB

Ooookayyyy.

Von Smallhausen · 29-09-2009, 19:04

I would go back to the time when creatures crawled out of the sea ..... and not crawl out.

Von Smallhausen · 29-09-2009, 19:05

1780s Vienna to watch a Mozart concerto.

A Place of Light · 29-09-2009, 19:07

I'd go back to June 1914 and prevent the assasination of Franz Ferdinand.....hopefully stopping WW1 (and as a consequence, WW2) from starting.

Matblack · 29-09-2009, 19:10

I thought of that however I suspect that the consequence's to modern living would be massive, it would be a very different world without the internet or nuclear power.

MB

A Place of Light · 29-09-2009, 19:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matblack

I thought of that however I suspect that the consequence's to modern living would be massive, it would be a very different world without the internet or nuclear power.

MB

They'd both exist, war only accelerates invention/discovery.
Plus even if you erased WW1+2, I'm sure the world would've found some other reason or excuse to kill tens of thouands.

29-09-2009, 18:46	#1
A Place of Light Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,247	Todays dilemma. Congratulations, you've just invented the time machine. The only problem is it's only good for one return (or one way depending what you have in mind) trip. Let's say for the sake of argument it polarizes something in the atmosphere so you couldn't just build a new one and so on and so on. So, knowing you can only make one trip, be it to "undo" something in the past or see something that happened before you were born, where (or rather when) would you go?

29-09-2009, 18:55	#2
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Back to the day I signed my first credit card agreement and shout NO!!! at myself repeatedly. __________________

29-09-2009, 18:58	#3
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	The way I feel today I'd go and find the first creature that crawled out of the sea and shoot the bastard in the face MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

29-09-2009, 19:00	#4
_dogma_ Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife. Posts: 278	Squash the bug so that it rained donuts __________________

29-09-2009, 19:04	#6
Von Smallhausen I'm Free Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tyneside Posts: 3,061	I would go back to the time when creatures crawled out of the sea ..... and not crawl out. __________________ " Well, old bean, life is really so bloody awful that I feel it’s my absolute duty to be chirpy and try and make everybody else happy too." David Niven, 1910-1983.

29-09-2009, 19:05	#7
Von Smallhausen I'm Free Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tyneside Posts: 3,061	1780s Vienna to watch a Mozart concerto. __________________ " Well, old bean, life is really so bloody awful that I feel it’s my absolute duty to be chirpy and try and make everybody else happy too." David Niven, 1910-1983.

29-09-2009, 19:07	#8
A Place of Light Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,247	I'd go back to June 1914 and prevent the assasination of Franz Ferdinand.....hopefully stopping WW1 (and as a consequence, WW2) from starting.

29-09-2009, 19:10	#9
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	I thought of that however I suspect that the consequence's to modern living would be massive, it would be a very different world without the internet or nuclear power. MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

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