Editing John Titor A time Travelers Tale (section)

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You must realize that I don’t expect anyone to believe me nor does it 
affect me one way or the other. I enjoy these conversations. What 
would you expect a time traveler to say or do in your time? 


Q: How do the singularitie. er . 
machine? S keep from overheating in your time 


Very highly technical cooling stuff. 
Q: How far have computers and software progressed in the future? 


I would say the biggest difference is 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 common it is. You can look forward a ve 

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 b 
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Just more programs? ad a sa hes 


ne far as technical specifics, I’m afraid I cannot go into too much 
etail. However, I will tell you that processor speed and memory size 
take dramatic leaps forward. i 


Q: Please explain how magnetic field ‘ 
with your machine. g S and tachyons are involved 


I’m 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 go, it’s m 

understanding that they cannot exist at all unless they are created andl 
traveling” faster than light. As far as time travel goes, I’m afraid 


gs Ss 


I will post again as soon as I get a chance. 
December 10, 2000 


Mais: try to answer all of your questions; however, I have noticed that 
ere seems to be a difficulty in entering a conversation in the middle. 


Most of the followi t : ‘ 
oa Owing questions I have answered at length in previous 


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I understand how important it is to have these answers when new 
people read portions of the posting but I find it tiring to keep repeating 
myself. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 


Q: Who won the Super Bowl in 2001? 


I do not answer questions like this. Although I don’t really know the 
motivation for the question...I can guess. If a time traveler had 
knowledge of your future, and you could only ask one question, would 
this be it? Besides, can you tell me if it rained in New York on June 4th 
1932? You are from their future so should you know that? 


It may be interesting to note that the New York Giants were in the 
Super Bowl in 2001. 


Q: How can you travel in time since the Earth changes position? 
How do you avoid physical objects at your destination? How can 
you breath? 


This is actually a very good question and parts and pieces of the answer 
are scattered in previous postings. I am often surprised 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. 


Q: If the time machine was on for a split second and then returned, 
wouldn’t it appear someplace far off in 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 Go- 
sub statement in a computer program. 


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Q: What type of money do you use in the future? 


It’s 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. 


John and his father often argued over the value of the tax system. 
According to John, there are no income taxes in 2036 but there are 
consumption taxes. If you sold something in 2036, apparenily it was 
your responsibility to report and pay the taxes to a local county office. 
John’s father believes a strong centralized tax system run by the federal 
government is better suited for running the country and a local tax 


collection system would not work. I wisely stayed out of these 
conversations. 


Q: Are radio-location systems still used on livestock? 


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. 


Q: Is the GPS system still used in the future? 
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. 


Q: Do you still use the American flag? What does it look like in the 
future? 


Yes, we still have the flag. There is a debate about changing it from 50 
stars to 5. 


Q: Do any states have new names? 


Not that I can think of. 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. 


Q: How much training is required before you can time travel? Can 
you make any repairs to your time machine? 


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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 in April of 2036. No, there se 
not very many repairs I can make to the unit. The unit is built very we 
but the tolerances are very small. I could probably repair the electrical 
systems and it will accept inputs from older computers. 

Q: Is it still safe to fish in the future? 


Yes, we can fish. There are some areas that are still too dangerous so 
we don't fish in those areas. 


Q: Have any time travelers come to your world line in 2036? 
Not that I’m aware of. But I accept the possibility. 
Q: Is there public transportation in the future? 


A high-speed train system connects the larger cities. Roads are still 
used for cars and many people ride horses and bikes. 


Q: What items will you take back with you? 


Books! I'm also taking copies of family photos that were lost during the 
war. 


John was fascinated with our family photos and spent hours looking at 
them. He told us he remembered some of them when he was in 1975. 


Q: How long have you been here? 
That I must keep to myself right now. 
John arrived at our house in April of 1998 and left in March of 2001. 


Q: What music and books do you enjoy? Do you play an 
instrument? 


i i i i d some older rock 
I read a great deal of history. I like piano classics an 
and tie did that type of music go so far downhill?) No, I don't 
play any instruments myself. 


Q: Don’t you worry about the government finding you? 


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Not really. In order to find me, the i i 
, they would have to bel 
onsen lieve time travel 


Q: Are you taking any pictures and video? 


Oh, yes. 


John was very interested in videotapi 
was \ iping large areas o ] 
Jun, historical landmarks, family and himself Neer 


Q: What is your favorite food? 


It's very hard for me to find food here. It all scares the Hell out of me. 
I've found a couple of local farms where I am reasonably sure the raw 
food is safe and my mother started a garden for me. 


Every Saturday, we would drive into A i i 

} lpopka, Florida and pick food 
ourselves from the local farms. John told us he worked in re fiat 
same fields as a teen-ager during his civil war. 


Q: Do future advances in medicine ha i ‘ 
genetics? ve anything to do with 


Again, I'm no expert. I believe there is 

in, 7 a great deal of progress in 
treating cancer cells with modified viruses. So I guess the sees is 
yes. 


Q: Can you give us any details ‘ 
on natural disast 
temperatures in the future? ers and 


That's one area I've decided not t 
0 talk about, sorry. The avera: 
temperature worldwide is a bit cooler. si ™ 


pie i not talk about this with us either and I fear some large 
natural disaster was part of the conflict and struggle in th hi 
years of John’s future. Sa eae 
Q: Are any other time travelers from the future with you now? 


No. They are off doing something else I'm sure. 


Q: Is time travel discussed on the web in the future? Do you 
recognize any web sites now from the future? 


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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. 


Q: Is there any strange connection between you and the John Titor 
that was here on this world line before you? What do your parents 
tell him about you? 


He calls me uncle. Yes, there is a connection. He feels like a younger 
brother. Sometimes I get mixed emotions watching him and realize I'm 
watching the origins of my personality. I tend to playfully criticize my 
father about that. 


There were many bizarre incidents where John would criticize the way 
we treated younger John. Older John would watch what we fed him 
and constantly gave us medical advice whenever young John was ill. 


December 13, 2000 


Well...it looks like the election is almost over. I have been quite busy 
in the last few days and I appreciate everyone’s patience. I should be 
thanking you for listening, even if everything I have said before means 
nothing, I expect it has at least been entertaining. I went through the 
postings looking for questions I have not addressed yet. I hope I got to 
all of them. I get my email remotely through about three different 
systems and I use one of your hand-held computer units to write with. 
In a few days, I would like to send Pamela a list of questions of my 
own. As you know, one of my areas of expertise is in history and the 
information I have gathered has been invaluable. Although I am not 
leaving right away, I would like to include some of your thoughts in my 
report. 


Q: Is it possible for someone who reads this to invent time travel? 
When John leaves, no one will remember him and this will all be 


forgotten. 


This statement is quite insightful. One of the reasons I have been 
communicating this way is so that others who I have directed here can 
see some of the information I have shared with you. 


This is one of the statements that led me to think John had something 
else up his sleeve while he was online. 


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He had many conversations online with Physicists and scientists. He 
often sent them to web sites and posts from the forums he was on. I 
don't know what his goal was but I got the impression he was building 
an information puzzle of some sort. He said that many of the scientists 
he was talking to agree to never acknowledge they spoke with or knew 
anything about him and would even try to discredit him after he left. 


Q: Won’t a small divergence between world lines cause everything 
to look different as compared to your world line? 


The divergence measurement refers to the local gravitational field 
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. 


Q: If multiple world theory is correct and there are two of you, one 
of you has to be the real one. I find it unsettling that you look at us 
as representative of the people from your past. One reason I think 


you may be a time traveler is because I don't understand or relate 
to you at all. 


You are correct. This world line is not mine but it looks very similar. It 
may be compared to reading two books that are the same. I can jump 
back and forth between them and still see the same story. I do not 
consider you true representatives of my world line but I do know 
something of how the story ends. In consideration of Everret- Wheeler, 


the reason we don’t know if Schrédinger’s cat is dead is because it ~ 


might have had a time machine. 


Q: I think Russia is very likely to attack the United States. It’s 
hard to imagine being here to see it. 


You are also correct but I want to add a twist to your thinking. Russia’s 
enemy is the United States government, not you, the average person. 


Q: If this world line is 2 percent divergent from your world line, 


how do you get home? If you go forward from here, won’t the 
divergence approach infinity? 


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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. Your deductions are quite accurate. It s possible 
to go forward to “your” 2036 and it would look nothing like mine. 


Q: I have an old working IBM computer. Maybe I should stash it 
away for thirty years and see what happens. 


Toss it. The 5100 is the interesting machine. 


Q: Does the current relationship between Arabs and Jews have 
anything to do with the coming war? 


Real disruptions in world events begin with the destabilization of the 
West as a result of degrading US foreign policy and consistency. Tks 
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 ultironie defense. 
Wavering western support for Israel is what gives Israel s neighbors the 
confidence to attack. The last resort for a defensive Israel and its 
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. 


Q: What can you tell us about atoms that seem to be linked at a 
distance? 


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. 


Q: Does anything happen in the year 2012? Will the world end? 


was 14 years old spending most of my time living, 
pete ars ee in head oF a of central Florida. The civil 
war was in its 7th year and the WWIII was three years away. Yes, there 
are unusual events in 2012 but they do not cause the world to end. 
Unfortunately, I have decided not to discuss events that you or I can do 
nothing about. It’s important that they be a surprise. Perhaps you are 
familiar with the story of the Red Sea and the Egyptians?