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= 16.= You've been to Cedar Key? You must be aware I don’t know any personal information about you. If I were going to guess, I would say il's important to avoid the rattlesnake or you might be “walking back \o shore. You may be happy to know that although the bridge is gone, (‘cedar Key is still there. I'm not sure what the question was that John was answering but I am sure John is referring to geographical features and names along Cedar Key, Florida. The only way to get to Cedar Key is by bridge, which John stated was destroyed by the residents before Y2K. I'he computer is from 1975, Rochester, MN. Yes, the Pearl Harbor example relates to Y2K. Have you considered that I might already have accidentally screwed up your world line? Q: I can think of a potential hazard of being a time traveler, always putting things off until you can "get back" to doing them. What’s even worse is having the ability to go back and help the “you” there and you won’t listen to yourself. February 05, 2001 Yes, there is a log and my report and debriefing will agree with it. I have no reason to lie about where I am and why I’m here. There are no crimes against time. However, if I were to go on a murder spree and I admitted it when I returned, then I would be held responsible for the crime of murder. I am no more able to affect your world line than you are. Yes, I could make the changes you suggested but you must remember that there ay an infinite number of world lines out there where I didn’t and I don t: In fact, there’s even a world line out there where you’re the time traveler and I’m the one writing the question. I think the war would be good for you and your society. I don’t want to stop it. Nothing I do here will affect any other world line. “My” original world line will always be the same and yes, I can make changes here that would make this world line different from mine, but so can you. agile ATTENTION! The following is a secret message for all mindless robot slaves controlled by time travelers. If you are unable to read this, please disregard it. This is an emergency! Can someone do me a favor and look up everything they can find on Maxwell’s equations, relativity and the formulas for volts and amps. I left all my physics books back in the time machine. Remember, just because I control your mind doesn’t mean I think you’re an idiot. MESSAGE OVER. Yes, there are significant advances in computer science. It's interesting how easy it is to be fixated on the “machine” itself without any curiosity about many of the support systems. This is not really big news but if/ then is out and if /then /maybe is in. Yes, I am with the “me” on this world line and he is three now. I find that fact to be rather hard for people to get along with so I don’t bring it up directly. This is the second time I have “met myself”. The “machine” is owned by the military. I am part of a unit stationed in Tampa, Florida. The real energy is in creating the machine, not operating it. It’s interesting you should bring up the divergence percentage. You may find it interesting to know that the divergence can be more accurate with more sensitive gravity sensors and clocks. The C206 uses 6 Cesium clocks and an active method of timing the changes in the atom. February 06, 2001 We time travel to solve problems. A great deal of effort is going into repairing the environment and infrastructure. I think there is only one God. I also think that your soul may be a combination of all the collective thoughts and actions of the infinite “yous”. If that is true, it becomes very difficult to define death until all world lines come to an end. Q: Who wins the (sporting event) for the next 20 years? I don’t know. Even if I did, you could stop the horse(s) anyway and make it untrue. Q: Who will be elected president for the next 20 years? Please see above. Oye : Will there still be (popular motorcycle) around when you are born? | was born in 1998. Q: Please tell me the price of gold for the last 30 years so I can believe in you. | don't understand the importance of this type of information. Please tell me your opinion why this is interesting and worth remembering for 30 years. Q: Can I own a handgun in the future? | thought owning a handgun was legal in the United States? Yes, being familiar with firearms (along with the other responsibilities of the Constitution) becomes an important part of people’s lives in thirty years. Q: Is it possible for you to see yourself when you are time traveling? Yes, that is possible and there are no limitations on interacting with them. I find it interesting that there is some sort of collective negativity with the idea of doing that. Could it be that we are not comfortable with ourselves and therefore we cannot imagine meeting, liking or helping another one of us on another world line? Q: Can I go with you on your journeys through time? Anybody else want to go? I could probably manage three people with me. However, I would have to dump a great deal of archival material to get you in. I’m not sure you would like 2036 very much. Russia and China have always had a very strange relationship. Even the news I see now indicates that continued weapons deals to allies, border clashes and overpopulation will lead to hostilities. The West will become very unstable which gives China the confidence to “expand”. I’m assuming you are all aware that China has millions of male soldiers right now that they know they will never be able to find wives. The attack on Europe is in response to a unified European army that masses and moves East from Germany. -79 - Also, please be aware that from my viewpoint, Russia attacked my enemy who was in the U.S. cities. Yes, the U.S. did counterattack. Based on what I know about the 5100 (IBM computer), it has a few very interesting and worthwhile properties that make it worthwhile for a time traveler to have. Also, please keep in mind that civilization is recovering from a war. Yes, we do have the technology but many of the tools were lost. As you are probably aware, UNIX will have a timeout error in 2038 and many of the mainframe systems that ran a large part of the infrastructure were based on very old IBM computer code. The 5100 has the ability to easily translate between the old IBM code, APL, BASIC and (with a few tweaks in 1975) UNIX. This may seem insignificant but the fact that the 5100 is portable means I can easily take it back to 2036. I do expect they will create some sort of emulation system to use in multiple locations. When I arrived, I approached my father and was easily able to prove to him who I was. I am currently with my parents and the “me” who is three. They are very aware of what I am doing, why I am here and when I will be leaving. It may interest you to know that my father still does not truly believe the machine works even after touching and seeing it. Yes, education is still taught in a classroom but the entire focus and system looks nothing like what you have now. Don’t worry, you won’t miss it. Q: I don't buy your story. I understand your viewpoint and I respect it. However, I am confused by a twist in the way the language is used. Another fellow who posted earlier was a bit upset over what I was saying because he thought I was soon going to ask for money by selling something. Since I don’t have anything to sell I am curious why, “I don’t buy your story”, is the natural way to say what you did. I am aware that it’s off the cuff but wouldn’t it be better to say I don’t believe your story? Why is the other way so common? February 08, 2001 I would characterize world politics as two boxers who have just gone multiple rounds and they’re both pretty beat up. I’m sure someone out there wants to kill us but no one is very organized yet. R0- Ihere is a great deal of fear over rogue groups coming across un- launched missile systems, 55-gallon drums of Anthrax or portable iuclear weapons. Q: Is Korea united? | guess you could say that. Taiwan, Japan and Korea were all “forcefully annexed” before N Day. | don’t remember a great deal about media coverage during the civil conflicts. I would probably characterize it the same way you see coverage of Waco, Ruby Ridge and Elian Gonzalez. l'rom my viewpoint, yes, this is an alternate timeline. From your viewpoint, no. | thought about this idea and it concerned me. From John's viewpoint, my world would be different if he hadn't arrived here and I often blamed him for things that happened after he left. However, it gave me some satisfaction to realize that would be the case for anyone we meet even if they aren't a time traveler. | have thought again about how to reveal information that would make me more believable but I always come across the following problems: |. All of you become much less interesting as sheep. I can’t talk to you if you’re not skeptical. 2. Anything I say could be acted on beforehand and changed anyway. 3. All the really interesting information is months or years away and I’d be gone when it happens. 4. I find it morally wrong to assist someone with anything where they might gain and someone else would lose or die. 5. There’s a slim chance your world line is just different enough my “prediction” won’t happen. 6. I simply don’t know. Consider that you are a time traveler who goes back in time to the first week of February 1970 and you are confronted with the same problem. What do you remember right now about the second week of February 1970? -81- Naturally, the conflict in Vietnam and the Middle East came up but as someone has already stated here, “that’s old news”. I suppose I could predict the failure of the Apollo 13 spacecraft but since time travel is ridiculous, I would be blamed for sabotage. I might even decide to tell you about an earthquake in Peru but then people that would have died by chance will now live and vice versa. All I can think of is to make something up. So here goes: The space shuttle mission may or may not have a problem connecting the new lab to the space station. When I read this for the first time I got a chill down my back. It makes me think John knew things he didn't want to share with us and was trying to be cryptic. If that's true then John may have manipulating us for some reason and that makes me angry. How was that? I enjoy the conversation and I will respond. The “pattern” of exchange in the war will not be a surprise. Many people will perish as a result of starvation and disease. I would also submit that you already know if you’re safe or not. The trick is to not turn off your fear when you’ll need it the most. Australia is sort of interesting in what is unknown. After the war, they were not very cooperative or friendly (can’t blame them really). It is known they did repulse a Chinese invasion and most of their cities were hit. They have a trading relationship with the U.S. but I would characterize them as reclusive and ticked off. When people use phrases like “See what I mean”, “You’re not hearing what I’m saying” or “Something smells fishy”, they are indicating the primary sense they use to process information about a situation. I find it interesting that my credibility and the phrases that describe it hinge on economic terms and whether or not I have something to sell. I don’t. I also don’t know how to clarify my position any better so I would suggest that if what I say angers you, it might be best to just consider it fiction. Soon you’ll get bored and I will leave in a few months. Either way, it won’t be an issue. The “enemy” that was attacked by Russia in the U.S. was the forces of the government you live under right now. 1295 (: I think like to mislead people. | do not seek followers to mislead. I seek safety, animosity (did he mean anonymity) and good conversation. To me it would seem obvious that we both have a very different perspective on what’s important right now in 2001. I would think that’s what makes our interaction interesting. Would I be any more believable if told you I had just stopped a horrible event and you won’t hear ubout it because it didn’t happen? Again, this is the second time it has come up and I am very curious. Why would you expect a time traveler (o know or care about what happens in Hollywood or some individual company's profits? You seem to think I have tomorrow’s paper in front of me. Is that what time travel means to you? | never said I was a scientist. If this is about economics somehow and you hope to “buy” my story, then what do I gain by “selling” it? You already know that cars are dangerous and planes crash. I’m very confident you are capable of killing yourselves without my intervention. Actually, my moral obligation has nothing to do with you, i’s between me and God. Deception? Exactly what standard do you use to measure the truth around you? I have seen other threads with amazing and potentially real experiences on them. Why am I more threatening? | have no memory of meeting an older me as a three year old. The events between world lines are isolated and nothing I do here will affect my world line. Yes, my parents are alive in 2036 but they have no experience with a time traveling “me” in their 2001 either. For all of you interested in coming back with me to 2036, perhaps we should discuss the trip. Please be aware, the displacement unit moves through time, not space. First, we will be driving the current vehicle (Chevy truck) with the displacement unit in it to Tampa, Florida. From there, we will go back to my arrival date on this world line. Then we will have to drive to Minnesota, sell the current vehicle and get another one that would have been around in 1975. We will then move the displacement unit (500 Ibs or so) into the new vehicle and go back to 1975. Once in 1975, we’ll drive back to Tampa and make the final hop to 2036. FAB If you’d like to stay in 1975, you’re welcome to do that. It can also get quite hot and stuffy during the trip and you'll be subjected to a 1.5 to 2 G force the entire time. You'll also need some sort of a re-breather system or oxygen supply. I have found that many misunderstandings and arguments are based on the differences in understanding over a single word. Two different cultures can have a drastic impact on the meaning of words like “proof”, “trust” and “credibility”. My frustration is in understanding the use of the words. I am trying to follow the logic of all of the comments. After reading the questions, I want to paint a picture that may help with the general theme of our collective experience in 2036. The war had very profound effects on people and how they relate to each other. As individuals, almost everyone in 2036 is very familiar with death. We all have stories of loved ones that have died from disease, war or acts of inhumanity. Most of us have even taken part in dishing the same thing out to the other side. As a result, we have become far more compassionate to the ones we love but much less forgiving to those who don’t pull their weight. We are more accepting of others’ differences in our community because we depend on them to survive. We are also more conservative with our resources and closer to God because for a period, life on Earth was Hell. The other major difference is in the concept of good and evil. With multiple worlds come multiple decisions and outcomes. For every good act, there is an equal and possible bad act on another world line. Taken to the extreme, this must mean that in God’s eyes, there is no total good and total bad in the superverse. It balances itself out to infinity. I believe we are judged on the decisions we make as individuals and the good/evil I see on my world line is an illusion that has no worth to God. My reaction to it is what’s important to God. Although this may seem rather heartless, it does allow me to see past the evil that people do and acknowledge the core of potential goodness inside them. I am currently based in Tamp, Florida in Hillsborough County. Yes, I am free but I have obligations as a citizen. Everyone is required to have basic military training and provide a period of time for community service. It is very much like a type of mandatory National Guard service + Peace Corps. - 84 - Yes, civil liberties are more important. You will feel the same after having your house searched a couple of times. We do not live in a racist society but definitely a prejudiced one. Our government looks very much like yours. It is a representative republic. My definition of a patriot is anyone who defends the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Religion has become far less centralized. Extremes tend to bring you closer to God so I would characterize religion and spirituality as a much more of a personal institution. I do not know what happens when we die. However, I don’t think it will be easy. There may be some very difficult decisions we have to make when we die that we are totally unprepared for. John was an Gnostic and this was one of his core beliefs. I don't fully understand what that means but I know John felt that knowledge was just as important as faith. I wouldn't say he was possessed with religion but he would speak about it whenever he had a chance. It’s difficult to define the most predominant religion. Christianity has fragmented into many groups and people with different beliefs speak much more openly with others who have different outlooks and opinions. I would imagine there are large groups of Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims but I have not come across them personally. No, Jesus did not come back. At least not that I’m aware of. If or when Jesus returns, do you think he’! be a lamb or a lion? No mission to Mars but we are working on it. There is a group working on the idea of gravity displacement to get into space but the calculations and error rate are very large obstacles to overcome. We don’t know what’s on Mars yet. We're not on the moon yet either. A great deal of technical effort is going into cleaning the planet up. - 85 - I’m not aware of any “mind control” devices being used on you now. However, there are a great many “non lethal” weapon systems in development that turn out to be quite lethal. Sometimes I watch your television programs that show SWAT teams using new non-lethal weapons. They usually start out with, “In the future, the army and police will fight its enemies with new weapons systems...” When they use the word “enemy”, they’re talking about YOU! You don’t really think the Marines are going to jump out of helicopters overseas with sticky goop, pepper spray and seizure lights, do you? I’m not familiar with the term Psionics. I’1l look it up and see if we just have another word for it. Yes, Europe is a mess. Yes, I think the New World Order idea tried to establish itself. I would consider them the combination of the old U.S. federal system, Europe, Canada and Australia. When you say “teleportation”, I assume you mean public transportation. Yes, we have a basic high-speed system. I don’t know if the government created AIDS. I tend to think “yes” but controlling it escaped them as it mutated. You can’t have a conspiracy to limit the population with a disease that has no cure. Yes, homosexuals are in the army. You tend to look past the individual differences of people when their job is to protect your life. Yes, there are “gay” people in 2036. I am a white male. Yes, there is an entertainment industry. Again, it is very decentralized. The technology to express yourself with video is so readily available that many people do it all by themselves or in small groups. Much of the distribution is over the web. I would compare it to live theater here. I don’t know what you mean by VR? The average lifespan is about 60 but I expect that will improve as we get things cleaned up. Yes, paper money is still widely used. - 86- The 21st century has a while to go but the most significant person in my opinion is the farmer-general who led us to victory. Even for you, Tesla technology can be found in appliances, motors and generators. I would have to say we have come a long way on Tesla’s foundation but we don’t have electricity rays that cause earthquakes. Getting back to my exact world line of origin is impossible but it depends on how you define the correct world line. I can get close enough so neither I nor anyone there would know the difference. It relates to the classic example of cutting a distance in half to reach it. You can always get closer but never there. It also has a lot do with neighboring universes on Penrose diagrams but that requires more math. Yes, we have the death penalty. We also have public punishment. The most common crime is theft. I don’t understand what you mean by “race mixing”. Cloning is not common. However, altering the sperm and egg cell are common. It is very difficult to have children in 2036 for environmental reasons. It’s hard to say what the exact racial make up of the U.S. is. I would say it’s probably the same minus 130 million people or so. No, there is no segregation. The education system is very similar to yours but the organization and implementation is controlled on a community and county level. Various communities also specialize in certain disciplines. My comments on equal rights and “women’s roles” could be quite lengthy and controversial. I wish to discuss that separately. However, women do fight in the military just as the men do but their role on the community level is very conservative. Having children is such a serious issue in 2036 that birth control is almost unheard of. It is very difficult and precious to have and raise children. Again, this is an issue I will be happy to go into later. i=. Yes, there are same sex marriages but it’s not very common. Again, people have lived through so much hardship that if what someone else is doing does not affect them or harm the community, it’s not a big issue. South America went relatively unharmed. However, there is still a great deal of internal conflict with conventional arms. Yes, people use drugs that alter consciousness but they are not very common. Yes, I know who the Beatles are. Old music and other entertainment is available on the web. There is another Pope but I do not know his name. I do believe that “your” UNIX will also have a problem in 203 8. I don’t think that’s a secret but maybe someone should put a 5100 aside for thirty years or so. February 09. 2001 Waco, Ruby Ridge and Elian exist in your news archives. Telling you about impending plane crashes or other disasters (provided I could give you exact dates and times) may save lives at one point but cause cascading changes that take others at a later point. After reading this through a few times, this paragraph caught my attention. This is the second time John spoke about planes crashing and I wonder what he meant about other lives taken at other points. I enjoy the posts because it’s very hard to remain safe and have a conversation. I have often seen the classic question, “why don’t time travelers reveal themselves’? That’s easy. If you believe us, you'll drug us into oblivion and put us in a small dark cell while men in white lab coats will take a screw driver to the magnetic lock on the singularity drive housing. I will examine the web site you mentioned. I believe the 5100 is unique in its ability to run assembler language on the 360-machine platform and still be portable. I’m not sure if that fact was ever made public so it’s the best “proof” I have. I would like to examine the software you mentioned; perhaps I can further justify my side-trip. Yes, EMP took out a great number of electronic devices. That’s one of the reasons why we don’t have reliable technology laying around. However, in the opening hours of N Day, the Russians did not launch any high altitude detonations. They knew we would most likely clean up after them so they wanted everyone outside the cities to be able to communicate. Most of the warheads that hit the cities came in threes and exploded close to the ground. The heavy EMP damage was isolated to those areas. Actually, you will probably be quite impressed with our Internet. It’s based on a series of independent, self-powered nodes that are mobile and can be put up anywhere. It looks a great deal like your current cell phone system. February 10, 2001 Thank you for the information. I will visit the site and I expect I will have some questions. Yes, there are a great many people who think that Revelations has come to pass. However, the new fear is that Christ has returned, and He’s very angry. I am not familiar with the Fatima Prophesies but I am aware of the term. I was not sent here to change anything. Since it would not affect my home anyway, it would be rather pointless. I am here because of my family and the interaction I had with them in 1975. I understand the question about the Antichrist but I must admit I hadn’t given it much thought. My initial reaction is to consider how the Antichrist would affect my life if I could identify him/her. If your life became a sort of “Hell” anyway, would it matter if the Antichrist was real? I became aware of this bulletin board through my various archiving work through the web. We do enjoy “talk programs” but they are distributed over the web. I don’t have additional information about UFOs and I find the subject quite interesting myself. I have often wondered if they aren’t time travelers with very sophisticated machines. Based on what I know about the nature of time I find this difficult to believe but nothing is impossible. Yes, handmade items and the skills to make them are quite prevalent and people take a great deal of pride in their work. People with the skills to make clothing, work with leather and wood or cultivate a garden have become quite valuable. - 89 - Please do not think your questions are unimportant. I enjoy the conversation. Fiji? I’ve noticed that when most Americans think about Canada in this time, they think about pine trees, funny hats and back-bacon. It may interest you to know that most Canadians in 2036 are some of the most efficient, ruthless and dangerous people I know. God help Quebec. Within limits, I’m confident my anonymity is secure. The various email and web accounts I have do not have a big sign that says “Time Machine This Way”. In order to be at risk I would have to be believed. In my experience, evil may be powerful, but it isn’t very bright. Q: You couldn't even answer one question about music? Unfortunately, your question is rather difficult for me. Any personal experience I might have with your world line at a specific moment is limited to my viewpoint and age. I can’t tell you what music is popular in the next few years because the “me” here is only three years old. In addition, how does someone decide what the most popular music trend is? It would seem rather subjective to me. Thinking about it now I sort of wonder what it would be like to be a teenager now and know the answer to that question. When I was thirteen | used to worry about which shotgun slug would take a door handle off and whether or not I had any dry socks. Current fallout estimates are accurate but a bit exaggerated. Your example of what people would do based on something I might say is accurate. However, my concern would be the potential actions of a single person, not the masses. In 1963, if I suggested that someone should watch the book depository windows as the President went by, the actions of a single person might have a huge impact on history. You also asked if I’ve visited my “past” family. That’s where I am now. Q: Once a mini-black hole is produced, what is the approximate strength of the magnetic field? How is the field produced? What would happen if it failed? These are excellent questions that I probably won’t answer to your satisfaction but let me make a couple of points first. Although I am familiar with the general manufacture of the unit, I am not a physicist or a scientist. My background is in history and I had the correct profile to accomplish my given task in 197 >. mes ie I doubt that most jet fighter pilots are aeronautical engineers and I’ll bet most of you couldn’t give me the formula for horsepower, yet you drive a car every day. The second point I can illustrate with an interesting story. In the _ opening phases of WWI, one of the largest problems early fighter pilots had was how to shoot a machine gun through the propeller blades without chopping it to bits. The problem was very straightforward. When the engine was off, the blades took up only a small percentage of the total arc. But with the engine on, there was seemingly no way to know when it was safe to shoot through them. This problem lasted for quite a while until a very smart person came up with a very simple solution. By using a small lobed cam on the propeller shaft that controlled a switch on the machine gun, it was possible to stop the gun from firing only when the cam turned off the switch at the point a bullet might hit the blade. It was so simple in fact the other side only caught on to the idea after one of the planes crashed and they were able to take it apart. My point is; seemingly very complicated problems often have very simple and ingenious solutions using technology that is already available. The distortion unit is not magic and no alien technology was required to make it work. If you could see it, the “smarts” that went into designing it will amaze you more than the technology. Heck, the really interesting technology is in the computer. The magnetic field does not require the fantastic energies you might imagine. The field is “created” and captures the singularity inside a very large and powerful specially designed particle accelerator. If the magnetic system failed (which has numerous backups including a system that would remove it from this world line), the singularity would evaporate. Although it is smaller than an electron, it would still be quite undesirable. Q: Why do you keep telling us about the war? How do you know that will even happen in our world line? Something may have already changed and it won’t happen. Yes, you are correct! However, I am not confident things are different enough for you to avoid the conflict. You may also consider the possibility that a world with no war is far less desirable in the long run. In response to your other point, your assumptions about causality are correct but my personal morality still comes into play. I won’t deviate from my three rules because of the way I would feel about myself. -9] - The singularities do not create Tipler cylinders; they create the same physical environment without all the mass. The same math works for both. There are two singularities. Their mass and spin is altered in order to adjust the size of the ergosphere and cause the event horizons to interact and create the gravity sinusoid. I have a basic home schooling education (k-12) and a bachelor’s degree in history. I will get to the remaining questions soon. February 11, 2001 Greetings, everyone! I’ve missed you all, too. As I’m sure (name from forum) can tell you, my email system is made up of quite a few addresses, locations and computers. Some of them work better than others and for a period of time, I have been unable (in my own way) to get to this site. It appears I’ve come back at just the right moment. I see you're all asking yourselves questions about who | really am, what I want and why I’m here. Frankly, I really can’t blame you but perhaps it’s easier now to understand why I don’t expect you to believe me nor would I want you to. As far as my credibility, I thought we had reached some sort of happy medium and we could call each other friend. I see, however, that may not be the case and | must admit I’m a bit disappointed. It seems that unless I follow your expectations of what a time traveler should be doing, thinking or feeling then I must be a fraud. Or is it just safer to keep telling yourself that? Q: I think it was a terrible idea for you to have told us anything about this story. You may be in danger. Where was this sentiment and concern for my safety as I was telling my “story”? Q: You were always telling us you had nothing to prove. Why come to a time travel forum and talk at all? Is it really that hard to believe that plain old human interaction has its own merits? Q: Although you’re creative, your declarations on quantum theories have already been proven to be wrong. Boye ee. bacon ic you talking about? Please forgive me but if a question or if there was something else to go i have been happy to do so. ; arent Ye February 12, 2001 Q: Why would a time traveler reveal himself? In John's mission these actions have no purpose. I still fail to see why this is a problem. If you can think of another wa’ where I can interact with people I would very much like to hear ect suggestions. Why isn’t the mere act of speaking with other people an end in itself? Personally, I find the unit interesting and I like talkin about it. There must be something in your life like that. ‘ paar pg being a war starting between the Democrats and ublicans. Later, this escalates into WW3 and he i it’s a good thing for us. maar I don’t believe I ever said the war was between Democrats and Republicans. If I am incorrect, please point that out. It doesn’t exactly escalate as much as it opens the door for other aggression. Yes, I think the war would be good for society and I woul with you. ty would be happy to debate that Q: You tell us to get a gun, find 5 friends, and get a bicycle. This conflicts with your comments about killing us all off. If you could, point out how this violates the three guidelines I stated earlier, I would give it considerable thought. Perhaps you are correct and that was a mistake. Again, I don’t believe I said I want to kill you. Personally, I think murder is wrong. You s > a t yourself. e eem to be pretty good at that Q: You tell us there will be a war was between the cities of America, Russia, China, etc. I find this to be impossible. Hmm, are you familiar with the Russian partisan movement in WWII? Q: You say the civil war leads to the world i ivi war lasts for ten years? i ae oe - 93 - Perhaps our definition of war is different. I would define it as a conflict where organized groups engage in maneuver and armed conflict. The first U.S. civil war lasted 4 years and the English civil war lasted 6. How long is too long? Q: You say the mechanical typewriter is a major machine again in the future and the Internet still exists and is widely used. Actually, what I said was, “...you may be surprised at how many people use typewriters.” I don’t understand the conflict. What’s wrong with typewriters? At least you don’t have to plug them in. Thanks for the patience. I’m getting to the other questions. Q: Have you ever been on any other missions? Yes, but they were all training missions. There is a great deal of psychological profiling and testing and one of the training missions involved choosing a time in your life (within two years) where you wish you would have done something different and then going back to convince yourself to do it. The idea is to become familiar with the possibility of meeting yourself, which can be rather difficult. It is quite odd to look at “yourself” and have a conversation. Since any “you” on another world line would not be a mirror image, you get a slightly distorted feeling while seeing yourself, let alone the concept of speaking to yourself. Q: Could you post a link to the images of your time machine? I would be happy to do that. Q: Do you have any pictures of the computer you got in 1975? I’m pretty sure there must be something on the web now about the IBM 5100. Q: I looked up your name and couldn't find anyone. Is your family not listed in the phone book? I guess it depends when you look. Q: Can I contact you through any other means? -94- [’ve tried talking online before and found it quite enjoyable but I find the questions and comments come so rapidly it’s hard to keep up. Q: What is the exact date the war starts? Can you tell us the month? I remember the exact date. When it comes, it will not be a surprise. Q: How fast is the average computer in the future? GHz is not a useful measurement. Computers are no longer measured by their speed as much as the number of variables (not calculations) they can handle per second. Q: Can you time travel whenever you want? How much does it cost? Can you make stops along the way back to 2036? No, the unit doesn’t belong to me. I can’t make stops on the way home as it will throw the gravity measurements off and it would force me to backtrack. Also, I can’t just leave and arrive at any place and time I want to. There are physical and technical limits to when and where | can go. Q: Have you ever been in your own future? No, I haven’t been to the future of my 2036. My profile qualified me for a trip to the past. I understand your position and appreciate your supportive outlook. However, I have given some very detailed information that could be checked out. Please consider that our frame of reference is quite different and finding subjects to discuss and exchange information about could be a challenge. I’m just not up on music, Hollywood and sports in the year 2001. You could ask me all you want about 1975 but I suspect that’s not very impressive. Actually it does, I have never personally experienced this time as an adult and (name of popular singing star) was not a big topic of conversation when you’re hiking through the swamp. Everything I know about your time is from books, magazines and old videotapes that weren’t destroyed in the war. If it makes you feel any better, I do struggle with not talking about football. The animal kingdom is alive and well. I’m sure it suffered but there are fewer people infringing on animals’ habitats now. #95 - Nuclear war is a very undesirable thing but it is not the end of the world. There are areas and cities we can’t enter and the environment did suffer a great deal of damage but we are recovering. Isn’t Hiroshima a thriving city today? The major physical effects include skin cancer, infertility, infection, etc. Almost everyone has some sort of physical remnant from the war. I am aware the concept of the Rapture is related to Christian Prophecy but I am not familiar with the details. Yes, there are people I trust here and I would hate for any harassment or harm to come to them. Tam aware of the Mayan Calendar but in 2012, it was not something I was able to think about. When the time comes, I’m sure people will find the signs they are looking for that leads them to the end of time. When I say fear will keep you alive, 1 am talking about the natural instincts and premonitions that we all turn off when it’s convenient. The same person who has five dead bolt locks on their door will think nothing about getting into a parking garage elevator with a total stranger. I think the fear of God is the fear of separation from God. Some of you may wonder what a time traveler does with his day while he’s posting on the web. I spend a great deal of time downloading information and storing it for my return. (Popular radio show host name) site is definitely on that list. I’ll have to think about who the most remembered people are. Again, my viewpoint is quite skewed. Q: Who is the major super power in 2036? It depends on how you define power. If you mean military, the world has developed into an odd balance. There are plenty of nuclear weapons left but if anyone uses them, they would be instantly erased from the planet by everyone else, regardless of politics. We are very tired of war. Q: Are there still Republicans and Democrats? There are no Republicans or Democrats to speak of. There are now over 10 major political parties. Q: How many States are there? The states, as you know them, still exist but their political power has been combined with other states around them. There are now 5 major geopolitical areas in the United States. - 96 - Q: Which states are the worst to live in? When you can’t drink the water, its bad everywhere. Q: Were cities all over the country hit in the war? Cities and large military areas were hit in the entire country. Q: Do companies like (popular names) still exist? No. Q: Does money look different in the future? No, money is pretty much the same. Unfortunately, I do not have any money with me because I wouldn’t be able to use it here. Again, it just occurred to me that the twenty-dollar bill is different and yet it still looks the same. Q: Are you telling us you can never actually go back to the exact place you left from? That is correct. In physical terms, I can never get back to the exact world line I left from. Q: Were a lot of the 18-24 age group killed in the war because of a draft? Yes. Q: Do you ever get time travelers from later time periods in the future? Not that I’m aware of but I can’t say it isn’t happening. Q: Are there any companies that send out time travelers? I work for the military. (Popular jet engine and electronics company) just makes the unit. Q: Does the government know that time travel is going on? In 2036, yes. 07 = Q: Why were you selected to be a time traveler? I am related to a key figure in the development of the IBM 5100. Q: How many time travelers are there on your team? How do they choose new ones? My unit has between 6 and 10. When I left, there were 7 others. Military service, physical fitness, history or technical background and special relationship to target contacts get you in the door. Q: Which countries are on our side in the war? Don’t have much to add there. Q: Which country gets it the worst in the war? Again, the entire world is affected. Even if you don’t take a direct hit, dying crops and no water can ruin your day. Q: Why won’t you answer questions about natural disasters? No one can change something now that would cause an earthquake, or stop one. I will not share information that would allow someone to avoid death by probability. Q: I think you’re avoiding questions you don’t like. It just supports the fact that you are not a time traveler. Again, what I think is important doesn’t impress anyone and although I could point to various things I’ve said about other subjects, the response is usually “Ho-hum tell us about music and sports.” I suppose I could lie and make something up but what’s the point? Q: You should have a basic understanding of physics. I do but your questions were rather specific. I would love to talk physics and I’ll be happy to walk through the operation of the unit. Q: By exposing yourself, you've likely broken several time travel regulations. No, I haven’t. - 98 - Q: Don’t you put yourself at risk by doing so? Yes, that’s potentially true but what I gain offsets that. Does that statement answer the question of why time travelers do not reveal themselves? Q: You should know a lot more about the machine you're operating. I do know very much about it. I’m just not willing to share it with everyone. Q: There are inconsistencies in several of your posts. If you could point out the specific questions I will be happy to address them. Q: Is the truck you have now better than the car you had for time travel? The vehicle must have a strong suspension. Q: How did you buy the truck? How could you get a title here if you are only 3 years old? How did you pay for it? Don’t worry. Fortunately, these are things we’re taught at time travel school in “how to get around in the sarcastic 20th century”. I said I didn’t have any money from 2036. I have plenty from here. Q: Does the truck have to be running when you are traveling through time? The vehicle must be standing still. February 13, 2001 Q: I have one question. Do you recognize (name)? I want to know because I fully intend to be a prominent figure within the next 20 years. No, I can't say that I do. However, since I'm archiving all of this and will submit it with my report, it will eventually end up on our Internet. - 99 - If you want to leave a message to yourself in the future, please feel free to do so. I would make it broad enough so your name or some other important word will pop up in routine search engine that "you" might be using in 2036. Also, be aware that the "you" in my 2036 will be unaware that the “you” here left a message at all. John received thousands of emails, which he carefully archived and prepared to send when he arrived at his starting point in 1998, He put the files on a CD and kept it with him at all times. Q: My reason for asking the unimportant questions is because they are unimportant. If you can answer them, you might be a time traveler. If a question is unimportant to you why would it be important to me? Q: You have been unable to explain time travel. I will explain it here. I could be wrong but I don’t recall being asked to “explain time travel”. If you could point that out to me in the posts I would appreciate it. So it’s ritualized combat on the battlefield of differential geometry. It’s a shame we couldn’t have more constructive dialogue on the subject. Of course, I’ve left my physics book in the time machine so unless you snuck in a hidden landmine, I found your opening move very straightforward. However, you're too confident that I won’t be able to offer an explanation that I’m sure other physics fans will appreciate. I wonder if Einstein and Grossmann did it this way or maybe they just listened to each other and tried to build on what they thought would work. Oh, well. Q: Debunk my calculations on time travel. You can't because you are a fraud! When I look up debunk, I see: “To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham or exaggerated claims.” The reason I cannot debunk your calculations is because they are true. They are not false, based on speculative facts or exaggerated. They are just incomplete. What you really want me to do is finish your explanation or I will be an imposter. Q: There are, however, certain quantities that do remain constant. These constants are related to four-dimensional quantities known as metric tensors. Actually, I don’t think that’s correct. Minkowski space-time (4-D) will not allow you to use Pythagoras’ theorem to describe tensors because time needs to be expressed with the opposite sign. (please excuse my change of variable case). ds’2 = -c/2dt*2 + dx/2 + dy’2 + dz’2 (where ds describes time-like and space-like trips). The tensor we should be discussing is: ds*2 = -a*2dt’2 + w’2(df - wdt)*2 + (142/ D)dr’2 + r2dq’2 I hope I got the symbols right but you should be able to recognize ee nuts... the a, f, r, Delta and q didn't make the translation in s font. Q: The US government has its hands in everything from biological tests to secret space-planes. Care to share with me how you solved the overheating problem on your space plane? I will get to and review the questions I missed. I apologize if my answers seemed flippant. There are many posts I want to respond to and I am unable to pay as much attention as I would like. Q: As for John Titor's corrections on space-time manipulation, he has completed it correctly. However, he is still an imposter. Apparently, I have made the leap from “fraud” to imposter. At least that’s a start and I respect my opponent on his polite yet quiet concession on the other thread. I wish to emphasize a point I tried to make earlier. Even though I answered the question correctly, it doesn’t really prove one way or another if I’m a time traveler and you should not think otherwise. I might just be really quick at looking up things up on the web. I suppose we could debate whether or not I'm a fraud all the way up to the point I leave your world line. ‘Cre t oS February 14, 2001 My Motive: I’ve been in your time a bit longer than I had expected. My next opportunity to go home comes in the spring. For most of my adult life, I have read about, wondered about and debated over this time. I value this opportunity to share experiences. If you absolutely believed I was a time traveler, with no skepticism whatsoever, then we would be unable to communicate. The focus of our attention would then always be on the machine. The experiences, opinions and reasons you do things are just as valid as mine and just as different. I hope to return home with a better understanding of why you think and believe the way you do. Although I do understand the reasons for asking, I won’t gain from any communication with you by spouting physics formulas and pop culture predictions. Please do not assume I am purposely avoiding questions. I am human, | get tired, and I forget things. Please, just remind me if I missed a question and I will get to it. I do have one tip though. If you want me to go over your post in detail put, “Hey John, you’re a big Jerk.” at the end of the insightful and logical part, not the beginning. In fact, maybe you could just abbreviate it and put a number rating from 1-100 next to it so I know how strong you feel. Something like, HJY ABJ (78). It would save space. The Physics of Time Travel: ACCELERATION = TIME DILATION As pointed out earlier, acceleration will produce time dilation. This can be observed by the “twins paradox”. As one twin stays on Earth, the other twin in his accelerating spaceship experiences a slower passing of time. When he returns to Earth, he is noticeably younger than his twin who aged normally in Earth time. This type of “time travel” should have been proven already on this world line with atomic clock experiments. With sufficient power, this type of time travel will only provide practical displacement in a future direction. This type of time travel is also isolated to a single world line. You will not meet yourself. - 102 - GRAVITY = ACCELERATION As Einstein pointed out with his STR, the effects of gravity and _ acceleration are the same. Therefore, you will experience the same time travel effects in the twin paradox by being close to a large gravity source. In the atomic clock experiments mentioned above, the reason there was a difference in time was not because the clock in the plane was moving; it was because the clock in the well was closer to the center of the Earth. Constant speed is not acceleration. LARGE GRAVITY = STATIC BLACK HOLE The next step is to find a large gravity source to use in your time machine. Static black holes provide this type of power. As one twin approaches the event horizon, or edge of the black hole, the other twin will watch him as he appears to slow down. He will notice his twin’s watch run slower until it stops at the event horizon. The twin moving toward the horizon will notice none of this and see his watch running just fine. Although possible, a trip into a static black hole will not take you to another world line and it’s one-way. The force of gravity will crush you. ROTATING BLACK HOLE = DOUGHNUT - SHAPED SINGULARITY Fortunately, most black holes are not static. They spin. Spinning black holes are often referred to as Kerr black holes. A Kerr black hole has two interesting properties. One, they have two event horizons and two, the singularity is not a point, it looks more like a doughnut. These odd properties also have a pronounced effect on the black hole’s gravity. There are vectors where you can approach the singularity without being crushed by gravity. DOUGHNUT - SHAPED SINGULARITY = PASSAGE INTO ALTERNATE WORLD LINE Another more interesting result of passing through a doughnut singularity is that you travel through time by passing into another universe or world line. Please see Penrose diagrams for Kerr black holes or you can examine the calculations of (famous physicist). So now the problem becomes where do we find a doughnut-shaped singularity? - 103 - MICROSINGULARITY The existence of microsingularities (mini black holes) that were created in the big bang was proposed on this world line in the last decade or so. They were probably about the size of a proton and disappeared over the years due to an effect of radiation evaporation. (Yes, black holes do emit energy.) HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS = ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY When I first started posting online a few months ago, I said that major breakthroughs in particle physics were around your corner. Soon, CERN will bring their big machine online and they will be smashing very fast and high-energy particles together. One of the more odd and potentially dangerous items produced from this increase in energy will be microsingularities a fraction of the size of an electron. ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY = LOCALIZED KERR FIELD Through trial and error, and although they are quite heavy, hot and capable of putting out a great deal of energy (300 - 500 megawatts), it's discovered that these microsingularities can be electrified and captured. It is also interesting to note at this point that electrified singularities also have two event horizons. By spinning these various microsingularities, a localized Kerr field is created. LOCALIZED KERR FIELD = TIPLER SINUSOID By using two microsingularities in close proximity to each other, it is possible to create, manipulate and alter the Kerr fields to create a Tipler gravity sinusoid. This field can be adjusted, rotated and moved in order to simulate the movement of mass through a doughnut-shaped singularity and into an alternate world line. Thus, you have safe time travel. I will continue with the individual posts next. Thank you for your patience. February 15, 2001 Thank you for your persistence and patience. It would appear some of my more sarcastic comments are directed at you. They are not and I apologize. - 104- Q: Are you avoiding questions for personal reasons? You're avoiding discussing some of the things that people naturally find curious. I very much want to discuss our cultures but please help me understand how you won’t be able to change something I tell world line. 8 you happened on my Q: What kind of music is popular? What kind ion i : 2 of recreation enjoyable? What holidays are important? are [I’m not sure if you wanted to discuss these or not. If : happy to do that. . If yes, I will be Q: Do you feel some pleasure in breathing clean air? Yes, I do. However, there is a fear about being here that I can only define as uncertainty. When I walk around in 2001, the air smells clean but I wonder if it really is. In 2036, there is no gray. The air is either ae or it will kill you. That feeling is very overwhelming when I eat ere. Q: Are there people here who accept you as a time traveler? I have a very few precious relationships with people online who accept me as real or crazy and don’t ask any questions. Much of my email flows through them. My parents are the only ones that have access to everything I could use to prove who I am. Q: How are you financing things? I have taken very clever and reliable measures to go undetected. My expenses are not that large. I spend a great deal of time now archiving. Q: I spotted few typing errors in John’s comments so I will assume that he has had an average education. You must be energized and anxious to improve your education system then. Please tell me what you plan to do. Q: Name any near future event that makes history. You mean other than the mad cow epidemic, the breakthroughs in high- energy physics and the unknown functions of the 5100? - 105 - I realize I’ve only been on this board for a few weeks but I assume you’ve read the other postings I’ve made about these issues months ago in order to be so definitive. Q: There should be 2 of you here now. You would both have the same fingerprints and DNA. If you want to prove your case then meet with your younger self and get some evidence. I am with my younger self. I don’t have a case to prove and I wonder how many needles I would be on the receiving end for that one. With your superior education, I assume you already figured out that pretty soon someone might try that with a clone. Be careful what you take for definitive proof. Q: How long will you be here? My first opportunity to go home is this spring. Q: What are you taking with you? A lot of hard drives filled with books, archived web sites, pictures and audio files. I’m also taking back family items that were lost in the war. John had some sort of special container for carrying the hard drives from the computer he was using. He took about twenty or so back. Q: Is propane still used in the future? Yes, but not very much of it comes from natural gas. Hydrogen is converted into propane because it’s easier to handle. Q: I would hope the Hawaiian Islands would be spared from the war. My parents went to Hawaii on their honeymoon. My dad told me a quick story about going to a fast food store and paying 6 or 7 dollars for a hamburger. I got an image in my head of a huge tanker filled with frozen hamburgers headed into the Pacific. Hawaii is very dependant on the mainland for food, isn’t it? Thank you for your kind words. Q: Logically, he could easily question people of this time and get all the information he needs without revealing himself. - 106 - Mediums like the Internet offer unique opportunities for communication. When I return, I will be debriefed on my opinions about how people in 2001 will accept time travelers. Q: Why would he reveal himself if he has no agenda? I’m not sure I exactly said that. Q: Did John come here to help somebody invent the time machine? I find this one the most interesting. What do you think would happen if the United States, China or Russia suddenly developed a time machine and the rest of the world found out about it? Q: John makes a verbal maneuver that turns a question back on the one who asked it so they think he actually answered the question, which he just avoided answering. He does this all the time and I wanted to point that out before it happens again. I am forced to admit I must rethink what I know about Mobius loops. Q: Does the (forum personal name) have any historical importance? You may leave a message to yourself if you wish. Q: What happened to Australia? I believe I wrote about Australia a bit earlier. Q: What colloquial language is used in the future? Many people use the Internet for communication and entertainment. I would say that affects our speech. We type very fast. Q: What happens to the water? Radiation affected the water but that can always be distilled. There are biological hazards that cannot. In addition, fresh water is hard to come by without talking to someone with a gun first. Q: Have you met your parents on this world line? What do they think of you? ees am with them now. I would say it’s a combination of fear and relief. - 107 - Q: Does time have ends? Yes. It is believed that all world lines end. It is also thought that parallel world lines that appear to be the same, end at different times. Q: If you’re a time traveler, you'd be dead. The Earth, the solar system and the galaxy are all moving. If you did travel back through time, you'd materialize in 1970 where the Earth will be in 2036, which is the vacuum of space. This is an excellent point and one I thought I went over a bit earlier. There is a gravity lock system that compensates for the local gravity outside of the Tipler sinusoid. This is the reason the unit is only accurate to about 60 years. Q: You are inconsistent about not knowing anything about physics but you’re willing to discuss the operation of your machine. I suppose I am thinking about the physics and the engineering as separate subjects. I apologize for the confusion and I will be happy to answer your questions more directly. Q: My questions were ignored. When I asked others, you skirted them. Perhaps we could just start over again? Q: You stated that Australia repulses a Chinese invasion. Does this mean Australian government sides with your enemy? There were deep divisions in Australia also. I would associate it more with a powder keg than a civil war. Q: Does intercontinental transportation still exist? Have you visited other countries? Yes, but the market is much smaller. No, I have not been overseas. Q: You have said you will not help anyone avoid 'death by probability’. Yet many things you have said could have caused an individual to do or not do something that will now result dying or escaping death. - 108 - It would help if you could give an example. If you are referring to the conflict and war in your future, I’m not sure I’m specific enough to help any individuals avoid anything. Suggesting there is a war coming is a bit different than saying avoid Washington DC at 3:45 AM on March 12, 2015. Q: Have you considered a future world leader could read this and might believe you? I think you can have just as much impact as any “future leader”. Q: I don’t believe you when you say you’re not trying to prove to us you’re a real time traveler. I submit there is no way for me to prove anything on the Internet; therefore, it makes no sense to desire it. What exactly do you think I could do to prove it to anyone? I am confused by your term. Do you feel my only goal here is to entertain? Again, I am not unable to make you do anything nor would I want that. I learn a great deal about your culture from the words you write (like right now). What do you think my goals are? Q: This thread has been all about you developing your story. I’m not sure I understand. How would “my story” differ it was “developed”? Q: I find it hard to believe that a software tweak done to a 1975 machine would be enough to justify a time travel mission. Ah, something we have in common. Yes, I felt that way, too. However, my job was to go and get it and not debate why they wanted it. I am not a computer expert. A great deal of the computer infrastructure you depend upon is based on very old systems and code. One of the reasons I was sent to 1975 was because of the person I met there, not the technology. Q: There are more effective ways to accomplish what you claim. Perhaps you would share them with me. You might be right and I could make your suggestions when I return. - 109 - Q: If you support the model that all possibilities occur in different universes then I cannot accept you. I’m not sure I understand what you mean. If you believe in Multiple World Theory, Hawking was not the one who first thought of that. If you do, then I must be real since all possibilities exist. As I recall, Hawking felt that it was possible to build a machine but some sort of vacuum fluctuations would destroy it right before you tried to use it. Q: You claim you have no desire to prove your story yet everything you have done has flown in the face of that. I’m not sure that’s true. In fact, I’ve tried to point out on at least two occasions that anything I do (at the request of someone else) to support my claims can be found someplace else on your world line right now. Q: You will tell us no names, no locations, or any specifics as a result of your supposed ethics. If those were indeed the ethics you were committed to, you would not be here now. I am curious about this also. Do you think I should not interact with you for your safety or mine? Q: Answer this and I will believe you until the ends of the Earth. Again, you should not offer this to anyone for any reason. Q: If you want to prove anything then I am willing to look over your proofs. However, just because I were to look something over gives no more meaning to the rest of you than it would if one of you looked his stuff over. Exactly! Q: How would someone that came here with no money, all of the sudden have plenty of money? The reason I don’t have 2036 money is because it takes up weight, space and can be faked and I can't use it for anything. What type of expenses do you think a time traveler would have that I would need so much money for? Q: Simply archive your knowledge of any large-scale event over the next six months and give it to a custodian. - 110- The only problem is, now you have to trust the person who brings the information forward. Do you believe that faith alone will get you to God? Do you believe in an organized force of evil that works against men’s souls? February 19. 2001 Q: Yes, I believe that faith and good works will get me to God. I believe there is an organized force of evil that works against God's plan for men's souls. Please don’t think me so cynical. I would never insult or degrade someone’s religious views. My next questions would be “what about knowledge?” I am a firm believer that faith (and good works) is not enough to get to God. There is a mystery we must solve first. Q: I remember you mentioned being religious. How would you answer your own questions? Yes, I believe in organized evil. It would sure be easier to carry out an “evil” plan if no one believed you existed. Just curious, can anyone tell me what “Satan” really means? Had to answer those quickly. I have nothing but open-mindedness for religious conversation and I look forward to more. I’ll get to the other questions soon. Thanks. Q: ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY = LOCALIZED KERR FIELD. Is this a prediction? If you can take that paragraph and find a way to make a dollar from it then more power to you. Q: I never said you're an idiot; I said you are aggravating, which is not really a personal problem. Point taken. I apologize. Q: You only discuss things that you care about. Seems rather one- sided to me. -1ll1- I was hoping it wouldn’t be so confrontational. I don’t see how words can harm either one of us. You must believe that we both have interesting things to say to each other. Isn’t that worth it all by itself? Q: What state do you live in now? I am in Florida. Q: Is John Titor your real name? Yes, John Titor is a real name. Q: What is your agenda? If I tell you, I’m sure it will be much less interesting than the mystery of what it is. Q: Is this dialogue part of your agenda? If I had a secret agenda, talking to people would not be part of it. Q: Does your younger self realize what you are? Yes, he is aware that I exist but he doesn’t know who I am. Q: Are you married? No, but I did have a chance to convince myself otherwise. Q: What rank are you in the Army? It is the equivalent of Major. Q: Where did you go to basic training? I wasn’t fortunate enough to go to basic. We were fighting a war at the time. Q: What Company were you with, and what year did you graduate? The organization of the fighting unit I was in fell under the militia. We fought against the organized army. - 112 - Q: Do you have any fears? I fear people who want others to take action based on their own emotions and irrational fears. Q: What are the rules for interacting with people who aren’t from your time; do you make friends easily? Have common sense and get your job done. Yes, I have friends. Q: What would our government do to you if they found you? I’m sure I would end up in one of their nice little padded cells while they poked at my machine with a screwdriver. What do you think they would do? Q: What would you do if someone investigated you? Aren’t you worried that it’s only a matter of time before you are found? I don’t worry about that very much. No one believes me anyway. Right? Q: And you said, "I very much want to discuss our cultures but please help me understand how you won’t be able to change something I tell you happened on my world line." Suppose I told you the space shuttle would have a problem landing at Kennedy tomorrow because something goes wrong with the runway. If someone with the authority to do so hears that and makes the decision to land at Edwards (then) bingo, your future has changed from my past. Again, I find it odd that John would mention a shuttle accident twice as an example. Q: I appreciate you answering these questions John, and thank you for calling me your friend. I’d really like to believe that. Q: Rest assured, if I went to the authorities and said, "I know a time traveler" I'd get laughed at. The skeptics will always overrule the "believers". If that were not the case, I would not be posting at all. - 113 - Q: The US government, Russian or anyone else would be in the same boat. They would grab and hold any time travelers. Yes, that’s what I think, too. The irony is I’m not sure the machine will really do anything for them and all I can give them is stock quotes and sports news. Q: John, please don’t take my comments about being a fraud personally. I only want the honest truth. I don’t. Truth is something we all want. Like opportunity, it’s something you have to be ready for to recognize it. . Q: John, what would it take to get you to stay after spring and leave later? My parents are much better at cards than I am. I fear they may not let me leave in such debt. If I had all the time I needed, I would spend much more time downloading and archiving. We played Hearts and John often lost because he always tried to get all the tricks even if his hand didn't support it. I think that says something about his personality. Q: I fear that another month or 2 may not be enough time. I will continue to answer the posts as long as I can. Q: Do you have things like "Sasquatch", the "Loch Ness monster", and other reported unusual animals in the future? We have our swamp monsters too. In fact, I think it’s interesting that we all respond to the unknown the same way regardless of our cultural experiences. Q: Is remote viewing used? Iam only aware of it from this world line. I don’t know otherwise. Q: Are psychics still in the future? Yes, psychics exist but I don’t have any knowledge of their use by the military. Q: Is there a police force in the future? Have any of your leaders been jailed or impeached? #142 Yes, we have police but they are organized in smaller groups. Yes, we still have political and religious leaders who find it difficult to obey the law. I would submit to you that the law is only as good as the people’s willingness to apply it evenly and swiftly. Q: Will you post more pictures of the manual? Yes, I am pondering posting more of the manual. I am also considering having my departure videotaped and yes, it will be free. My only concern is how it might affect the “me” on this world line. Q: Is there a Global Superpower? Being a superpower only makes you a target. There is an uneasy balance in the world now that everyone “probably” has nukes, chems or bios. We don't just bomb people for the hell of it anymore. Military power is based on the number of autonomous fighting men who are actually willing to fight. Q: You must be accountable for changes that occur in your time period. You're correct but nothing I do here will affect my home. I hold myself accountable for any damage I do. In my opinion, people “now” take clean water, electricity and their feeling of safety for granted. If they leave the city in search of fresh water they first have to make the realization that fresh water is a problem. It’s much easier to demand someone else owes you fresh water than it is to leave the lifestyle that made it bad in the first place. Q: If I were transposed to the 1920's or 30's, you would have a hard time keeping me off the streets. I agree with you. The first time I walked into a “superstore” I cried. I’d never seen so much excess in one place at one time. Q: It’s interesting that the photos were posted by an "anonymous time traveler". Those are mine. They were posted by another person who I’m sure is reading this also and would be happy to confirm that. Q: I see a hand control unit with a screen on it. I assume this is the computer interface. What does the display show you? -115- Yes, that is a remote unit. The unit itself gets hot and “unapproachable” during long travel and you’re usually subjected to about 2 G’s. It gets a little difficult to move around and the handheld unit sits next to you. The unit displays many things but time in transit, time to destination, VGL variance and unit temperature are the most common during travel. Q: There are 16 buttons. I have to assume that these are multifunction keys. Yes, the menus are screen driven. Q: What weapons did you use to protect yourself? Do you have a weapon now? I used a shotgun in the war. Yes, I think it’s prudent to be prepared for anything. Q: What is your favorite food? Oranges, I love them. Q: Your enemy was in the cities. Was the President in 2005 also on the enemy side? How did you feel personally about the President then? The President or “leader” in 2005 I believe tried desperately to be the next Lincoln and hold the country together but many of their policies drove a larger wedge into the Bill of Rights. The President in 2009 was interested only in keeping his/her power base. Q: While you were in the 1970's what did you think of Nixon? To tell you the truth, I was more fascinated by the different standards Presidents are held to. Q: Do you plan to do any more time traveling when you return to 2036? I don’t know if I will be chosen for another mission. If I do, most likely I will fly as an advisor or historical consultant. Q: Do you have any doubts about time travel and the computer mission that you are on? - 116- Absolutely. I have to believe there is an easier way to do this. Q: What have you learned from the people of this board? There is a fire of intelligence and expression out there in the people who are criticized for their open-mindedness. I fear it will only be uncovered in the rest of the population through conflict. I was under the impression that most people were sleeping in this period but I suppose that generalization is too broad for any time period. Q: Where did you learn the use of "Gosub" in computer programs? Gosub / Return. In one form or another, isn’t that a pretty standard function in most computer languages? Q: Where did you learn to write English? I’m not so sure I write perfect English. I do read a great deal more than I see most people doing here. Q: Was China your enemy? Not my enemy. I never fought any Chinese but their ability to hit Western cities with missiles made a lot of people unhappy. Q: Do they have (old computer games) in the future? I am aware there are video games but I have not come across them. Q: Does China have a manned space program between 2001 and 2036? I believe they are pretty close to putting a man in orbit. It shouldn’t surprise you if they do that soon. Q: Do you have any problems with the number thirteen? Not personally. Q: If world lines can be changed by choices how can we meet people that coincide with our previous world line? -117- Your world line takes form as the choices unfold. People do not disappear because you must follow the same physical laws that hold you here. (i.e. Information cannot travel faster than light on a world line.) Q: Would world lines be better represented as an inflated balloon, or a layered Rubix Cube? Balloon in a balloon in a balloon. A Rubix Cube as in the toy, right? Q: Do you have television in the future? Information does arrive on video but cathode ray tubes are out and crystal or plasma is in. Distribution is over the net, not broadcast. Q: Do you have flashlights in the future? What type of batteries do they use? Yes, we have flashlights and we use similar batteries for most things. We do recharge a great deal. Have you ever seen those wind-up radios? They’re pretty interesting I think. Q: How is electricity generated in the future? “Most” publicly generated power is through very efficient solar cells. On a local or household level, there is steam, hydro and inversion generation. There is a debate on using a singularity to generate power. Q: Does the sun look different in the future? When you can see it through the high level smoke and haze, not that I’m aware of. Q: What sort of clothing do you wear? Is there strong attention paid to what people wear in the group? Clothing is much more functional. I’m not sure what group you’re talking about. Q: Where were you born? I was born in Florida. - 118 - SS ee _ Q: It took you five days to answer these questions. Is that the best you could do? How many days seem normal? Q: You said you went to basic training. Isn’t that how you got involved in time travel. Be consistent. Your question referred to army basic training. My earlier comment referred to be chosen for this mission. Q: You answer like a politician. You step around the truth without actually lying but it’s logical enough to keep your story going. I’m not sure but it sure looks like your trying to say I’m being truthful within your expectations. However, if you’re trying to hurt my feelings, comparing me to a politician will do it. Q: Are held accountable for changes that occur in this time period? My only concern is how it might affect the “me” on this world line. Actually, this is a good question. If the “me” here goes on to have the same type of life and future work that I did, it may not look good on his resume that another “him” has left a videotape behind of his future mission to 1975. Q: So where do you stand? You’re very clear and you always give a conflicting point to other questions you've had to answer. Why is it always about you? If you look at my concern carefully, you can see that it won’t affect me at all. It affects him. Q: John says no one believes him. Is that right? He's in Florida and goes by the name of John Titor. Show him how much you believe him (when you find him). I’m touched by your concern for my safety. February 20, 2001 Q: John has a (50/50) chance of telling us the right future. Yes, there was a 50/50 chance of that happening but the odds were easily one out two that it could have gone the other way. - 119 - Q: Can you please clarify some of these points? It’s what I live for, although I can’t help but feel you’re not exactly asking these questions for their own sake. Q: Describe what you mean by functional. Do you wear light colors, dark colors, loose, tight-fitting? What materials are used for the clothing? Seems a bit obscure to have a discussion about. Do we wear radiation suits? No. Do we use pockets a lot, yes. Q: How does smoke and haze in the sky allow for solar cells to be efficient? Do you have any idea how efficient solar cells are today? Sometimes it’s sunny and sometimes it rains. Sometimes large dust clouds high in the atmosphere pass overhead. I don’t understand the point you want to make. The sun looks the same. Q: Where did you learn to write and how old were you? How did you learn to type so fast? I was home schooled and I spend a lot of time typing. Q: “Gosub / Return, isn’t that a pretty standard function in most computer languages? No.” I beg to differ on this point. I may not be a computer programmer but I do know that going away to perform one function and returning to the original function is basic to all software. Perhaps it may be called something else in various languages. Q: Did you have a historical consultant to help you? No, fairly easy job. Q: “Rubix Cube a toy? Where'd you get that idea?” T’ve seen references to them in various science papers. If I’m mistaken, what are you referring to? - 120 - February 21, 2001 V’ll look for it, thanks. I have a couple of book recommendations for you. The Nine Nations of North America and/or The Physics of Immortality. Q: Would you be able to travel by flying a plane and then go to the future from the air? You can only travel in time from a static position (at least with the unit I have). In order to do this, you must have knowledge of the local terrain and building structures. That’s one of the basic protocols we do in any time period for possible, future travelers. Q: If each world line is separate from the others, then wouldn't the consequences of your actions no effect on your original world line? Yes, that’s correct. Q: If this is the case, why won't you tell us things that will give us knowledge? I am not qualified to judge if you deserve it or not and I have no idea if you may be the next (for lack of a better reference) Hitler. However, if I were able to physically help you from a situation because I was there and I knew it was coming, I would help you. Q: My guess is that you are not a time traveler, and don't want to make anyone do something stupid. Yes, I am aware that is the obvious first answer but I would hope my moral and logical arguments at least make a dent in your thinking. If you were a time traveler, would you be comfortable giving out all that information after considering the possible consequences? (Provided you knew it). If I were you, I would be worried about what the next time traveler might do, even by mistake. Q: How can I leave a message for myself in the future if the things I do in this world line do not affect any other? Just post it here. All this information will probably end up on the web in 2036. If you’re alive then and you think ahead for some reason to do a search on yourself, you might see it. Of course the “you” there would have no memory of doing it. -121- Q: Your prediction of pending political disintegration, beginning in three short years, is impossible. Have you seen the documentary on Waco? Just for argument’s sake, what do you think would happen if information were discovered that confirmed the worst accusations made against the law enforcement officers there? Would you hope nothing? Q: The idea of a farmer general leaving his fields to lead his country's troops to victory is an old one. Yes, I often think about that when I see pictures of "my" farmer general in Omaha. It’s a large bronze depiction holding a shotgun in one hand a copy of the Constitution in the other. He is looking up at the sky in defiance of God after his father was killed. Q: There are only a few stories and all of them are just re-telling of the same ones in different settings. Just like life. If you take a look, I am answering every question in order unless I see something quick that I think needs a response. Thanks. Q: How far from a city is it the safest to be? A 10 Kiloton nuclear weapon will vaporize metal for about 4 a mile and have a heat effect for about 3 miles. A 100 Megaton nuclear weapon will vaporize metal to 35 miles and have a heat effect to about 250 miles. I believe the largest nuclear weapon ever built and tested was about 60 megatons. | As I recall, the popular strategy today is to strike targets with multiple numbers of smaller warheads. The 100 Kt to 1 Mt are the most popular. I believe there are about 150 - 200 major cities in the US and half as many military targets. Please correct me someone if I am grossly incorrect. Q: You suggest a bicycle. What about a horse? Yes, horses are good if you can feed and water them. Also, it’s very hard to eat a bicycle. - 122 - Q: Should we be stockpiling guns? The answer to this is NO! You will draw a great deal of negative attention to yourself. I recommend becoming familiar with firearms. This means taking a safety course and learning to shoot and clean many different types. There will be plenty of guns around when you need them. Q: What kind of people will be the least trustworthy? The people with the most to lose when the world changes are the least trustworthy. Camel through the eye of a needle anyone? Q: Is the conflict racial? No, In fact, I would say it goes a long way toward erasing racial problems. Q: Does the war start in such a way that those willing will have time to remove themselves to safer locations. Yes. You will be forced to ask yourself how many civil rights you will give up to feel safe. Q: Will we be able to identify the enemy? They will be the ones arresting and holding people without due process. Q: Does living near a river solve water problems? There is an odd saying that might be appropriate here. Safe is anywhere a hungry person can’t walk in three days. Water is important but you must consider that when people need it they will know where to get it. I would not plan on planting myself permanently next to a water source. Yes, distillation does make water safe but the residue is highly dangerous. Please remember that distillation is not boiling. Q: How are the five people within the 100 miles contacted? The goal is to have a place to go other than your house and to be able to trust someone with your life. Foster those relationships now. Q: Do communications stay intact during the war? Main communication systems do not stay intact. CB, sideband and non-repeating shortwave, are quite useful in the future. - 123 - Be mobile. Set aside the things you absolutely would need and can carry on your back. You will not be able to stay anywhere indefinitely even with provisions and firearms. Q: Will soldiers be ordered to kill their countrymen? I’m not positive but don’t they sign a small piece of paper now asking them if they would have a problem with that? Q: In my experiment the time traveler goes 30 seconds into the past. 30 seconds before his experiment started he saw himself appear in the lab. There are now two travelers and two time machines. It would appear as a time loop and an infinite number of duplicates see a duplicate self appear in the lab thirty seconds prior to the start of the trip. Yes, that’s possible. Q: What is the mass of the new time travelers and where did the mass come from? The other mass comes from other world lines. I like to think of it as standing in a room with mirrors on the walls and the apparent “me” in the room next to mine steps into the room from his. Q: What is the result of the duplicates arriving at the same time? Psychological confusion and a few fist fights. Q: How long will it take for the loop to end? The chances of hitting the precise world line where all the other duplicates are arriving is almost zero. It's possible but increasingly less probable with each arriving duplicate. The divergence decays and the world line is “less available” for new “yous” to arrive on. Q: What happens if the experimenter decides not to continue the experiment? He can always leave the room on his own world line or put a desk full of books in the position where the time machine is arriving every 30 seconds. That will probably trip the VGL system and stop the time machines from arriving. A104 Q: Do you remember any poetry from your past? A Soldier’s Winter The day before it wasn’t snowing. The trees are strangers, leering, disapproving in the ash of winter, my world, my life, my wandering path. I pray God’s eyes may once again gaze upon me and remind me that I am still His child. I only remember the first and last lines. It has quite a few more. It is rumored this was written first as a letter by a soldier. After he died it was added to and edited by others. In my opinion, it has become a symbol for the collective guilt my parents’ generation feels for what became of the world. Q: Is there a market for new books in the future? Are most of the books available old or new? Yes, but there are no large commercial printing and distribution companies. Books and other forms of hard media are distributed on the web and printed or put on other media from local hubs. Q: As a judge of character, have you read J.R.R. Tolkien? Did you enjoy his work? My father read the Hobbit to me as a child. I was always afraid of the dark riders but perhaps I admired them, too. February 22, 2001 I will get to all the questions. I’m trying to comment on them in order. I’m posting the names before all the questions so if you feel I missed something just bring it up again. I saw something last night that I want everyone’s opinion on. It concerns two television commercials advertising the same cellular phone product. The first commercial I didn’t understand right away but the second was obvious. - 125 - In the first commercial, a man dressed in cold weather gear appears to be in a snowstorm. He’s on a cellular phone saying goodbye to his family as if he was going to die in the storm. We then see he is standing in front of a snow machine at a ski resort area. In the second commercial, another man dressed in cold weather gear is talking on a cellular phone. We see a young women inviting him to a romantic evening. He seems a bit stunned and excited, hangs up the phone and runs off. We then see he has abandoned an unconscious person he was giving emergency medical treatment to. What do you think of these commercials? February 23, 2001 Q: I assume you do a lot of reading. Do you read fiction? I am a big fan of Conrad, Twain, London and any type of religious apocrypha. Q: What brought you to this forum? When I decided to present or reveal myself as a displacement driver I had been watching similar boards for quite a while. I believe the only way to accept what I have to say as being remotely possible requires an open mind able to temporarily suspend major portions of the belief and logic system. Q: What happens to Bill Clinton? I don’t really know. Q: What happens to Bill Gates? This I do know but I won’t discuss. February 24, 2001 Q; Why are orphans a problem? Problems with the environment are still having lasting affects on all people, which cause the average life span to (be) lower. In addition, people are more susceptible to accidents. Family life and children are very highly valued and the community takes the responsibility for raising children if their parents die. - 126 - Q: What is your biggest environmental problem in the future? Water. You need it for everything and there is very little left in the world that is positively safe to drink. Q: Do people still watch some kind of TV? Yes, but it isn’t broadcast anymore. Q: Are there women on the travel team? Not that I'm aware of but I would assume there are women who are either trained or are training for the same type of work. I don’t know why they wouldn’t be. Q: What is the status of women in the future? I understand the question but I have nothing to relate it to in 2036. The status of women is the same as men. Equality issues disappeared during the war. Q: Do women hold public office? Yes. Q: Do women work outside the home? Women are not expected to stay home and be “barefoot and pregnant” if that’s what you mean. Q: Do women get equal pay? Yes. Q: Are women safe on the streets at night? - here is still crime but people do not attack each other the way they do ere. Q: What do women wear for the most part? Clothing is more functional. Women wear very similar clothing as men when working or training. In our free time or with our family and friends, clothing is much more individualized. Long dresses, knitted sweaters and pants are still quite popular. - 127 - You'll have to forgive me; I’m not very good at describing women’s clothing. Q: Are the Amish alive and well in the future? Yes, I believe they are. Q: What is the birth rate? I don’t know the exact figures but having children is radically lower than it is now. It is the one thing I wish we had that you enjoy here. Q: Is there an unusual rate of birth defects? Yes. Mostly stillborn. Q: You said that your culture was centered around the Universities. Weren't they wiped out in the war? Not all major universities are in large cities. Q: Do you use cell phones in the future? Yes, we use a form of cell phone. Q: Do people eat red meat? Yes, but not as much as you do. Q: Do people drive cars in the future? Yes, but they are not produced in nearly the same numbers or used the same way. Q: Are airlines still in operation in the future? Yes, but again, not nearly as many. Q: Do airlines travel internationally? Yes, but most people don’t really want to go overseas. Q: Are people pressured into a Christian doctrine? Not at all. - 128 - Q: Do the police make drug busts? No. Q: Are there jails? What kind of criminals are in them? Yes, there are jails. Mostly theft, fraud, rape and murder. Q: What kind of public punishment is there in the future? Hard labor, community service, banishment (you must move to another community), public execution. Q: Your justice system sounds like New England during religious persecution and intolerance. How do you define intolerance? We don’t really have the energy or desire to waste time being intolerant. If you produce and help the community then you can do anything you want within the law. Q: Are there herbal medicines and alternative lifestyles in the future? Yes. Q: Is there personal freedom in the future? Yes, the same freedoms you enjoy under the Constitution. Q: Is there an IRS? Yes, we pay taxes. Sounds like you don’t enjoy keeping track of your personal income taxes. I don’t think anyone does. John is referring to his father. John watched as he prepared his taxes and complained about it for three weeks. Q: Is the same type of money used? Will our money be good in 2010 or 2020? Yes, we use money. That’s a good question. I don’t see why you couldn’t use your current bills in the future. Q: Other than time travel, how do most people get around the country? Do people travel very much? - 129 - There is a high-speed train system, horseback, bike, walking. Automobiles are used mostly for sport and some transportation. Q: Are people suspicious of strangers or is everyone just one big happy family? There is still conflict and mistrust. Yes, I am suspicious of strangers. I think that’s an instinct we are given to help us stay alive. Q: How do most people die during the war? In this order: Starvation - Disease - Bullet Wounds - Radiation. It’s been pointed out to me that the links to the pictures are all down for some reason. February 25, 2001 Q: John, do (names) have anything to do with the "future" of time travel? There are numerous people and organizations that contribute to the practical application of physical time travel. I think you would be surprised how much real work is being done right now. Q: If you videotape your departure and your family sends the tape to someone. Would this affect you in the future? It wouldn’t affect me on my home world line in the least. I would only be concerned how it would affect the “me” here. Of course it may be a large part of my secret agenda and I have no choice but to do it anyway. Q: I doubt that anyone could determine that you actually time traveled, but it would be a good show. I wonder what it would have been like to see a plane break the sound barrier before the jet engine was invented? Q: You said that there would be a war. Can you at least tell us which cities will be nuked? No, I won’t do that. However, I submit to you that when the moment comes it will be absolutely plain as day that you are unsafe in the cities. The millions of people that stay will choose to stay. That's what comes as a surprise. - 130- Q: Are we traveling in space in 2036? Not yet but they are working on it. Q: Has there been contact with an alien race in the future? Not that I’m aware of. Q: You say your machine has a 60-year limit. Is it possible to go back 60 years and then another 60 years? Yes, that is possible but the divergence grows exponentially as you move farther away from your world line of origin. I could make 50- year jumps to go back and see what the world looked like 2000 years ago but there is a strong chance it would look nothing like what I expect. There are larger distortion units that are more accurate and have a larger window. Q: Have scientists in 2036 proved the "world line theory?" Is there any information you can share with us that proves it? The Many Worlds Theory seems to wrap up very nicely into current string theory. Unfortunately, we have not solved string theory yet either but (n-10) seems to be the best working model we have in 2036. As you are probably aware, the “big equation” does not need the final solution in order to take advantage of the smaller parts that do work in the real world. Q: You say you don't want to affect anything by giving information but you could change this world line just by talking about the war. I don’t believe that knowing a possible future makes it happen. You are capable of changing your world line for the better right now. None of the things I have said will be a surprise. They were set in motion ten, twenty, even thirty years ago. Are you really surprised to find out that Iraq has nukes now or is that just BS to whip everyone up into accepting the next war? Q: I would love to come along with you for a ride to the future. I appreciate the offer but I’m not sure you would like the year 2036. - 131 - Q: Please tell me the next great movement in music? I appreciate your frustration and quite a few people have asked me questions like this. The expected answer is that I don’t want to break my personal code of “time travel ethics”. The real answer is, I just don’t know. I was not prepared for the year 2001, I was prepared for 1975. I don’t suppose it would be very impressive if I told you Disco would be big until 1980. Q: Am I getting this? You can take all the people who want to go to the future in the back of your Chevy truck? Actually, the requests were rhetorical. No one is going back with me. Thanks. One thing I do find interesting about time travel tech is the expectation that we can pretty much go anywhere at anytime. These systems are quite complicated and they do have limitations. Are you going to be around in 1975? February 26, 2001 Q: I’m better than a fanatic who believes in people so blindly. Fanatic (n.) A person possessed by an excessive zeal for an uncritical attachment to a cause or position. Q: Nuclear warfare doesn't seem to be the biggest form of fighting in the future. Nuclear war will be very effective at destroying an enemy’s economy and the people's will to fight. Q: I don’t think nuclear warheads are going to be shot from each end of the globe. I would caution against that. That’s exactly what “they” want you to think while they continue to develop smaller and more accurate MIRV’s. Have you ever seen a neutron bomb the size of a basketball? Q: You say one of the hardest things to do in 2036 is find clean water. You also say you only trust food you've grown. Is any of this a result of your experiences with biological warfare? - 132 - Yes and no. Yes, biological warfare and accidents do cause a great deal of problems but the lack of a working infrastructure also hinders the continuation of the food manufacturing you depend on now. Q: Is there any more information on your family you can give us? Once I leave, I would not want any attention to come to my family here. Q: Is the date of your return to the future April 19th. That is a day to remember but I was thinking more along the lines of March 21. Q: The most likely leader of a war movement like the one you describe would be a farmer. Throughout history, farmers have ofien been a target of oppression because they are absolutely necessary to civilization but too busy to defend themselves. If you push a farmer too far, they stop growing food and have nothing to do but hide in the woods and shoot back. Q: My asking about CERN as a prediction was a genuine question and had nothing to do with making money. Is this comment a hint about the future? Please do not be offended by my “making a buck” remark. I say it with a wink to help other people form their questions. Yes, some very interesting things will be going on at CERN in the near future. Q: What is interesting is the type of questions being asked, and the apparent hostility that you’re being subjected to for no reason. Yes, I find that interesting, too. Sometimes I wonder what people are really angry about and I have come to the conclusion that frustration is often directed at the messenger. But then again, that’s history. Q: I'm sure even in the future there is a tendency to tease one's detractors if they make themselves available. I have no intention of teasing anyone but I do grow tired of the same cycle over and over again. Eventually, the people who do not like me or what I have to say (real or not) will win. I will either leave or grow tired of answering the same questions. - 133 - Q: If your most vocal detractor continually puts on weak attacks, it takes attention away from the really challenging questions. Again, please do not confuse my inability to answer the same questions over and over with a desire to make someone upset. I gain nothing by angering anyone or making them look foolish. Q: John knows what "make a buck" and "more power to you", and "off the cuff" mean. I know my English isn’t perfect but I blame my parents for most of the phrases I pick up (wink). It’s different sometimes seeing them in print than hearing them. It took me quite a while to shake off “sock it to me, baby”. “Cool” seems to be the longest lived phrase I’ve heard so far and “peace” seems to be making a comeback. Q: What book written in 1884 is required reading for all physics students? If he doesn't know this it lends more evidence to the fact that he is not a time traveler. Well, I’m pretty sure it’s not the Principia and it looks more like something to do with Maxwell but to make your point, just about anything can be looked up. Q: What if John makes a recording of himself and submits that to a voice stress analysis? I’ve heard a tack in the shoe works. It throws off the baseline “no stress” readings. Also, if you speak slowly enough, you can beat those programs. Q: Is your sense of "timing" off in new environments? No, my timing isn't off. I do however find myself stopping in mid- stride and paying extra attention to my environment when I forget "when" I am. When I was a child, my mother would tell me stories about angels. She told me that angels found it hard to communicate with man because man could remember his past but couldn’t see the future. Angels, acting as the eyes and servants of God, had no memory of the past but had infinite knowledge of the future. Although I am no angel, I often thought about that story after I left 2036. I don't recall ever telling John this story or hearing it myself. It makes me wonder what kind of woman I was and what made me that way in John's time line. opel Q: John, you were born about halfway into this cycle. Gen-Xers would be about 40-50 years old in 2036. In my opinion, the Gen-Xers ended up in two categories. There were the ones who had learned to be independent by breaking away from tradition and society’s expectations and the others who had no idea how to take care of themselves and just wanted the trains to run on time. The ones in the first group feel very guilty about "letting" the world go to Hell and the ones in the second group are dead. February 27, 2001 Q: You say you were in the militia fighting the US Army. I would think civilians would have no chance of successfully fighting the military. You must realize that why people are fighting is more important than what they are fighting with. The conflict was not about taking and holding ground; it was about order and rights. They were betting that people wanted security instead of freedom and they were wrong. Q: Is it a stalemate with the resistance/militia hiding out until the cities are wiped out allowing them to surface? The cities were not isolated because of them; they were isolated because of us. Q: You give the approximate number of cities and military bases intact before the nuclear attack. Are they all hit? Nuclear weapons and guidance systems are less than perfect. Most targets receive more than one warhead but some of them were more accurate than others. I would estimate the overall accuracy was around 60 to 70 percent. Q: You talked about safe places before. Three days walk from where? In my experience, a motivated starving person is only capable of walking about three days. The more distance you put between yourself and anyone who is likely to be hungry, the better. Q: Does anyone stay neutral during the war? Some try to. - 135 - Q: Does anyone lead a normal life during the civil war? No. Q: You say the civil war lasts from 2004 to 2008 and then the short big war in 2015. What do the years from 2008 to 2015 look like? How long does WWIII last? I’m not sure I said that exactly. By 2008, I would say the civil conflict is pretty much at everyone’s doorstep. Western instability during the conflict leads to the attack in 2015. WWIII is very short with a longer period of mop up. Q: You mention Canadians but I don't think you mentioned the impact on that country. There’s not a great deal I know about Canada except to say they were pretty much in the same type of conflict. They did have the Dew Line, you know. Q: You said the position of women is controversial and conservative in the future. What does that mean? It certainly isn’t disrespectful. I apologize if it sounded that way. It’s one of those areas I realize will be difficult to discuss because we may lack similar experiences. In 2036, there is not a desire to “have it all”. With factors such as the difficulty in conceiving and _the decentralization of production and industry, there is not an unrealistic scramble to have a “career” and a family. Out of necessity and circumstance, family life has become more traditional. However, there are many families where the wife / mother is the main breadwinner and the husband / father remains “home” with the family. The difference is in the method of decision-making. People do not have children Gf they are able) unless they can devote the required resources to maintain them. February 28, 2001 Q: Can you answer my question regarding the “30 second” experiment that I asked about a week or so ago? If I didn't get to everything, please expand your question. - 136 - . : . In order to assist in where I am in the questions, I will post the page and person I left off with. It would also help if you could do the same when asking when I will get to yours. Since my time is growing short, I will be unable to answer questions that have already been asked in some form or another and I will make a note when I come across one. Unfortunately, it has also come to my attention the proposed email system for sending out the pictures is not working out. Apparently, people on the receiving end of the requesting email are starting to have problems with their computers. They suspect it’s coming from the “asking” email. Before I leave, I do plan to send out a few more pages of the manual and a video of my departure. I’m sure a method of transfer will be developed to do that. Actually, (name of forum member) is quite quick to catch many possible discrepancies in what I’ve said over quite a few sites in the last few months. Q: What type of money system do you have on your world line? 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. Q: Is there an IRS and a need to keep a lot of receipts and paperwork? Yes, we pay taxes. I had considered going into more detail about the tax system but I didn't have a great deal of time. Currently, I am watching my father go over all his taxes and he doesn't look like he's having a very good time. My comment referred to the collective misery I see around me during this time of year. I do enjoy the questions and I appreciate the interest. Q: On the thirty second time travel experiment: I suppose there is a difference between a thought experiment and the real world. It appears we have our virtual laboratories confused and I’m not sure I understood all the rules to your experiment then it occurred to me that in your position, this is all just a thought experiment anyway. I will try to be more literal in my explanation. - 137 - I’m not positive but I don’t see anything that indicates the time traveler would remain in the same spot once he arrives. Thirty seconds is almost long enough to get coffee in your thought experiment. If that were true, and they all kept moving, then the experiment could go on for quite a while until the planet filled with time travelers. You also stated, “it would appear” as a time loop. If it only appears that way, then the natural divergence may stop the experiment when three or four time travelers arrive and the others end up on different world lines. Q: The problem is, what happens to the duplicates as they arrive at virtually the exact same location at the same time? Again, you use the world virtually, which to me means not exactly the same spot. Under the laws of physics, I don’t personally know what happens if it were on exactly the same spot but I do know it’s possible. Under the operational limits of the distortion unit, as soon as the VGL sensors pick up an unexpected mass in the target world line, it would shut down and drop off in a world line where your experiment is not occurring. Q: Given their masses will occupy the same space, what prevents a naked singularity from forming? I see, now they are in the same space. I suppose that’s a possibility. If so, than as soon as the experiment started, a singularity would form under the infinite mass and swallow the planet. Perhaps they tried this on Cygnus? Q: It’s a cute creative answer, but it didn’t address my question. Was it a loop? Will it decay and how long will it take to decay? Well, I think it's a nice creative question too. Under your example, the “Joop” would terminate as soon as the singularity forms and would be constantly fed by all the arriving time travelers. After taking a quick shower and listening to the quiet hum of my archiving hard drives, I decided that (forum member name) and I may have made bad second impressions on each other. I find it ironic because it’s people like (same name) that will actually solve those physical issues and make it possible for people like me to go back in time and argue with them. So I hope there are no hard feelings. - 138 - : It also reminds me of a short story between a bicycle maker in the 1900s and a man who could fly faster than sound. BICYCLE MAKER: Well Mr. Mach, if your plane can go faster than the speed of sound, how did you solve the compressibility problem that would tear your flimsy craft to pieces? MR. MACH: First off, the aircraft are much more stable and made of metal instead of wood and fabric. Second, it is possible to pass the sound barrier by designing the wings and body to move the shock wave down the plane as you surpass the speed of sound. BICYCLE MAKER: Really? Planes made of metal? Well, if your plane can fly faster than sound then why don’t you just fly to the moon? MR. MACH: It doesn’t work that way. You need air to make the engine function. BICYCLE MAKER: I see. Your plane can go faster than sound but needs air to function. That’s convenient and it all sounds like a penny- book fantasy to me. MR. MACH: Perhaps, perhaps not. - 139 - CHAPTER 5 MARCH 2001 March 01, 2001 I must preface the following with a bit of melodrama. I feel a bit unqualified to answer the next few questions for the following reason. The way you and I look at life and death and its relative value is radically different. As any other soldier can tell you, once you watch a man’s arm come off from a bullet you just fired or have been close enough to feel someone’s last breath on your face, it changes you. I can only describe it in two distinct waves. The first feeling is power. You won when it counted and survived. All the personal shortcomings and faults you’ve carried with you your whole life just melt away in a savage euphoria. If there’s time to think about it, the next wave comes shortly after and is underlined by overwhelming guilt. You just killed someone and now God might be ticked off. Fortunately, the second feeling goes away quickly when the shooting starts again and gets shorter and shorter after every battle. After all, why would God put you in this situation? The point is, I personally do not like going through that cycle and the decisions I make about life and death might not be the ones you would expect me to make. Q: Why doesn't it bother you that people may die through your inaction yet you find it "morally wrong" that you might affect lives by active involvement? I'm not sure I said it didn’t bother me, I only stated I won’t interfere on purpose. Again, I refer to a historical example. Before Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, a small group of US soldiers were experimenting with a new technology called RADAR. As the Japanese planes were flying toward the island, they actually picked them up in time to thwart the surprise attack. Unfortunately, they were unfamiliar with the equipment and figured it wasn’t working correctly. As you are aware, the ruthlessness of the Japanese “sneak” attack galvanized the US people into entering WWII. As a time traveler it would be easy for me to take a short hike up that hill where the RADAR operators were and point out to them that indeed the equipment was working just fine and they should probably call it in. - 140 - Assuming they believed me, it is arguable that my lone single action could start a chain of events that would allow the US to meet the Japanese planes and stop them from attacking the battleships. As a result, the US people would still be angry but not motivated to enter the war fully since the Japanese were not a perceived threat. Thus, research on the atomic bomb does not start until well after Hitler has already dropped a couple on London. I could save thousands of men on the Arizona at the cost of millions in London. I just don’t know how one life will affect another. However, if I were standing next to a soldier who was about to be shot by a passing Japanese plane, I would push him to safety. I realize this is inconsistent on a small scale but I am tired of watching people die in front of me. If there is a price to pay for that then so be it. Q: Isn't it just as wrong to change lives through inaction as it is through action? Why are you concerned about what I might do to corrupt your world line when you have no problem letting other people do it around you every day? Do you blame yourself for not taking any action right now to “save” people living on your streets or suffering from poverty and disease? Besides, how exactly would you propose I decide who to tell and who not to tell? Q: Your decision, in itself, is its own authority. What God judges about my decision is the only authority. Again, all the things you claim I can do you are capable of also. Q: If good and evil achieve a balance in the super universe, the question of you being required to decide who lives or dies is moot. It’s not moot to me. To tell you the truth, I’m afraid. I don’t want the responsibility of being expected to know who lives and who dies. I know it would change me for the worse. Besides, how can you be sure my “inaction” now isn’t a result of something I’ve already screwed up and I’m trying to fix it? Q: Are the singularities in your machine supposed to be offsetting the light cones of particles within its sphere of influence allowing the world lines of these particles to appear to loop from the perspective of particles outside the affected area? ae No, that’s not how it works. The singularities are used to manipulate gravity around the observer. The singularities do not interact with any matter except the electrons that are injected onto its event horizon. The hazardous areas of gravity are quite small and exist only around the inner singularity ring and another area created in the gravity sinusoid outside the vehicle. Q: I don’t mean to insult you by spelling out the obvious but that seems the most obvious need of a singularity. No insult taken. I would imagine we both agree that standing behind an operating jet engine is an unhealthy thing to do also. Q: How can you account for generating a gravity well deep enough to create a disparity between light cones without sucking the planet through the eye of a needle? The gravity well created by the singularities is not that large. The portion of the field that is felt by the operator is about the equivalent of 2 Gs. I would urge you to examine a Penrose diagram for a Kerr black hole. As you are probably aware, the singularity is doughnut-shaped and exhibits two event horizons. The singularities are used to “simulate” a path through the center of one of these singularities, which is what takes the observer to an alternate world line. Earlier in the thread I did go into this in a bit more detail. Q: Also, this requires motion through the space immediately influenced by the mass, yet you claim travel is accomplished while the traveler is stationary. The unit must be stationary during operation due to the sensitivity of the gravity sensors. Any motion with an acceleration component would throw the gravity measurement from the singularities off. March 02, 2001 Q: Are you posting on other forums without revealing yourself as a time traveler? Not really, there are a number of science rooms and other chats I do visit and just sit and watch. I have discovered that people who frequent this board and some others have the most open and creative minds. I realize no one actually believes me. eiAgs tte Q: Are you in contact with time travelers from our future? What percentage of people accept time travel as real in 2036? The general public was informed about time travel around 2034. Yes, I have had conversations with other time travelers on my home world line. Your insight on the public is more or less correct. I would say 60% of the people realize what it is and the possible implications, 20% of the people don’t care, 10% don’t believe it and another 10% see it as something that should be banned and stopped. Q: Imagine if a time traveler from the future came to this time period and told us the secret of time travel. Yes, imagine that. Do you think that would be a good thing or a bad thing? Q: About the commercials, they are ignorant. Back in the 50s and 60s, television commercials were pretty straightforward. Usually along the lines of, “Cheese! It’s good! Buy cheese.” In the 70s, there was more identification with a producer or trademark but the commercials were still pretty easy to understand. “Buy this beer, it tastes great!” Today, I have no idea what some commercials are advertising until they show the logo at the end. Do you find this more effective? Only recently have I seen this move toward dark humor. I’ve never seen anything like it before, even in “your” archives in 2036. Q: Is spiritual awakening a difficult process in the future? I believe spiritual awakening is difficult. Why? I think God wants us back but the road we have to haul is no picnic. Maybe he’s a little angry for some reason. I think the world is seductively clever in its presentation. "It" wants us to stay here and it distracts us from God by creating want, greed and four or five other motivations. Our goal should be to, yes, have faith and do good deeds but also look past that and have the wisdom and knowledge to realize that this place, this world, this universe is not really our home. The question I ask myself is not “Can I get to God?” it's, “Am I prepared for what it will be like when I get there?” = [435 Q: There are plenty of great mysteries, but if your goal is to “get to God”, it is not necessary to solve them. I mean mysteries not of this world. For example: I suspect that the final thing we will have to give up to get to God is our free will. Do you think many people will be standing at the pearly gates saying “yes” to that one if they had a choice to come back here? Q: What do you see for the future of time travel on your world line? That’s a good question. I am hopeful that one day when we get the planet cleaned up it will be a nice place to live on again and no one will want to leave it. On the other hand, if time travel were commonplace right now, I think a great many people would leave and perhaps never return. There is also a suggestion that time travel might make an interesting punishment. However, I don’t think we have the right to force criminals on unsuspecting world lines and sending them to the Stone Age might be a bit much. Q: I thought I met another time traveler who said they were from 2036. Although not impossible, I doubt there is another time traveler here from 2036. I have been chatting on and off for quite a while and in other chatrooms. I have also seen and heard about other people who have taken a creative license with some of the things I’ve said and posted. Q: I find this fascinating. Has California had the big earthquake? The big one? As you are experiencing now, there are earthquakes, storms and other unfortunate surprises from Mother Nature that have impacts on your society and future history. That is one reason I won't go into detail. However, don’t worry too much about major portions of coastline slipping under water. March 05, 2001 Q: After he offered to take people back with him, do most of you believe John is sincere in everything he says? Ef aA= Would you do me a favor and point out exactly where I made that offer? I do recall a few people asking what it would be like but I don't believe I ever offered to take people back. Q: What music do 20 year olds listen to in the future? People listen to all types of music. A great deal of it is available over the web. I would also add that people spend much more time making their own music. Q: What's the future of cloning? Cloning full people has been determined to be medically and ethically unsound, We do have research and progress in cloning body parts and creating more viable sperm and egg production. Q: Any more information you can give us on Bill Gates? Not really. Just curious, why is he of such interest? Q: Do people wear chips in the future? No. People value their personal independence and ability to take care of themselves. Q: Are you a marked man? Not that I’m aware of. Q: I would still like to know what population makes a city big. Cities become targets because of their military and economic value. eld large area supported by a civil infrastructure is likely to be on that ist. Q: Your time sounds grim. Are you tempted to finish your mission and then stay in the 1970's? Not at all. I’m anxious to get home. Q: What did you (John) think about those commercials? I think those commercials capitalize on other people’s misery and misfortune in an attempt to sell a product. I can understand coming up with = idea like that, but what confuses me is, how does it get past that stage? 145 = How do people sit in a room around a large conference table and agree that leaving a critically injured person lying in the snow is funny and will sell cell phones? Q: Although your post wasn't truly an invitation to join you when you travel back, I can see how it could have been taken that way. I’m sure many things said by many people are taken in many ways. I find this an interesting point because I think it’s important to have implied agreements on words and meanings before you can talk with another person. If it wasn’t an invitation (by your own acknowledgement), am I responsible for what people think? If I were, how would you propose that I double-check that? Are there really that many people out there upset about this? Q: I’m still waiting for a public apology about your invitation. I publicly apologize for confusing anyone who is packing their old bell- bottoms and shawls for a trip back to 1975. Just curious, can you think of anything I could do to prove to you that I’m not a time traveler? Q: Is reverse speech used in the future? I’m not very familiar with reverse speech but what I saw on the web leads me to conclude it’s a bit subjective. I’m not sure if it’s been proven scientifically to be very accurate. Are you aware of any research that shows that? Q: What about earthquakes in California or Nevada? I see others predicting earthquakes and very few people pay any attention to them. Q: Thanks for starting this topic and sharing your time with us. We’re really enjoying it! I appreciate that a great deal. Your future will be fine. Q: Warping time and space takes lots of energy. Yes, it does. A nuclear aircraft carrier and a space shuttle main engine also take a great deal of energy. - 146 - Hawking believes it’s possible to build a time machine, but a mysterious energy will destroy it if anyone tries to use it. In my opinion, manipulating gravity is not the hard part of time travel. Q: What if something happens to your time machine and you couldn’t leave? Would you do anything different? No, I wouldn’t do anything different if my machine broke. I would still be a stranger and a guest here. My opinions and “announcements” would also be the same as anyone else’s. I may, however, offer advice to my younger self. Q: I still have questions you have not responded to. If I missed something feel free to bring it up again. Q: Why aren't you traveling to and telling us about your trip to the pyramids? Yes, that would be fascinating, but the unit I have is unable to go back that far accurately. Q: Instead of talking about specifics, you should be bored from your awareness to future events. Not at all, I find the subject fascinating. There are two real issues I hope people think about when I’m gone. One, how will you react when another time traveler shows up? Two, how are you going to handle the responsibility of time travel when its invented? Q: Are the Great Pyramids standing in the future? Yes, although one of them was severely damaged. Q: If you wish to experience our society, admitting yourself to be a time traveler is counter-productive. Yes, if I was here for that purpose and if you believed me I suppose that would be an issue. Q: How's communication around the world in the future? Do you still have literature widely available? Yes, books and other literature are available but most of the distribution is via the net. = 147 Q: What's the latest book you've read that you were only able to hear about in your own time? The latest book I read was the autobiography of the Red Baron compiled from letters to his mother. Yes, I was aware of it in my own time but finding an original copy there was almost impossible. Q: Is new literature also available? Yes. Q: Is the English language segmenting? Is tourism still strong and thriving in the future? I would say the English language is pretty much the same as it is now. There are differences in slang and figures of speech but it’s nothing you couldn’t pick up. Yes, I suppose we do have “tourism”. Q: Can you tell me when the police stop busting people for drugs? It happens about the same time they stop coming to your house when you dial 911. Q: Do they start pushing for legalization earlier than the war? It's not really an issue for the government to let you do something; It’s more that they have other things to worry about. Don’t you feel you're capable of taking care of yourself? If you want to take mood-altering drugs, why should my opinions stop you from that? They don’t stop you from taking alcohol, tobacco or fast food. In any case, it also lets Darwin take over. One of the reasons drug abuse isn’t a major problem in 2036 is because no one wants to die from it and everyone else who used drugs is dead. March 08, 2001 Q: I have exposed John as a fake with the anagram in his name. I find this interesting because it gives me a very tempting easy out. I could now rest assured that someone had “figured me out” and I can relax before I leave. However, I am not (other forum member) and this name and TTO are the only names I’ve used online. - 148 - oe ee eee After looking at my name here, have you considered its origin from another word-play standpoint? For example, TITOR could equal Time- Travel-OR. After looking al your name (forum member name), I can pull out “MEET ME TAR BABY” which I’m assuming is a reference to the Song of the South, In that case, are you telling us in a secret way that you are trying to distract us by fooling us in the bre’r patch? I would not insult your collective intelligence by leaving a hook out there for you to diseover while | was making sport of you. Whether I’m a time traveler or not, | think we’ve spoken about many important things I would not want (o diminish, Q: The fact that he said he could not complete a zero divergent trip meant that he could not return to his timeline and a mission into the past to help his people is logically flawed. I thought we went over thal to your satisfaction? Doesn't everyone know after looking at 4 Penrose for a Kerr singularity that you have to travel faster than light to pet to the "exact" same world line? Q: Your argument is not sufficient, You suggested that an alternate you might return to your world line, It does not seem logical. As you are aware, approuching rotating singularity can be done quite easily without experiencing, the negative side effects of a massive gravitational field and it’s very possible to “pass” through the center of the ring. Besides, if you did need a naked singularity, all you would have to do is increase the rolulion or electric charge so the inner event horizon equals the diameter of the outer event horizon. I realize my posts here have become tiresome and my “story” is old so if I don’t post it’s not beenuse | don’t enjoy the physics debate. If you’re interested, J will be pouting more pages from the manual and a cut-a-way drawing of the distortion unit. March 09, 2001 Greetings everyone. | do plin to get to the questions soon. I have been quite busy lately so I apologize for being a bit slow. 149 - (Forum member name) mentioned a few posts ago that he thought possibly the (other forum member name) persona might be a "sophisticated dialogue" construct of our time-traveler for self- dialogue. Had you considered the possibility that (other foram member name) is the one who made me up? Dear Fellow Time Travelers: In about 30 days, I will be leaving this world line to return home to 2036. I first want to say thank you for the wonderful conversation and insight into your society. I have learned a great deal and my opinion on quite a few things has changed dramatically. I will finish the questions that have been posted on this site up to this date. Unfortunately, I must now spend my spare time preparing to leave and I will not be on the computer very much. I do, however, want to repeat my offer and add a slight twist. After going over my flight plan home, I have discovered my VGL holdover period is a bit longer than I expected. I will be spending at least three weeks in April of 1998 as I make my way back to 1975. Therefore, I not only offer you the chance to leave a message to yourself in 2036 but I offer you the chance to leave yourself a message in 1998. I will take any compiled messages and email addressees you provide and send them on the net when I get to 1998. Granted, this will not affect you on your world line now but you might take some comfort that another “you” on another world line has the advantage of knowing something you wish you knew three years ago. Based on the earlier questions I’ve seen, I’ve decided a day-to-day record of the Dow a day in advance should convince you that the messages are real in 1998. In addition, I am hopeful a series of photocopies and photographs will be available for you that may give you more insight into the technology of the distortion unit. I will let you know the address of the site when it is available. I also plan to have my parents videotape my departure. If they succeed, it will also be posted after I leave. I look forward to these last few weeks with my family and I will check in periodically to this site. - 150 - Live in Peace 2001, John March 13, 2001 I'm going to try and get to the remaining questions today. (Forum member name) has been collecting the email and forwarding them to another address. In respect for your privacy, I am not reading them. I am only planning to forward them. Q: Bodies under acceleration lose their initial constant velocity world line reference with respect to each other - the Twins Paradox. I’m not sure that’s accurate. Twin Paradox time travel only suspends your perspective on a local level as the “world” around you goes on. You do not change world lines. Q: Given a 2.5% divergence from your world line and the micro- singularities are subject to the same divergence, how do you keep them in phase? Good thinking but that’s not exactly the way they work and divergence is not cumulative. Q: Does the divergence extend into N-dimensions? Is the 2.5% the total error or is each dimension subject to the 2.5% divergence individually? Yes, that’s a little closer. You should perhaps change the “N” to an “X” to avoid string theory confusion. The “machine” with the energy to do it will come online very soon. The “method” for doing it has already been “mostly” perfected in the Z machine at the National Lab in New Mexico, Q: I believe that it would theoretically take the total energy output of the Sun to form one micro-singularity, let alone two. Not that much. - 151 - Q: I haven't seen an answer to my issue concerning moral turpitude through action or inaction. If I missed something, please repeat it. Q: Let me ask you one simple question: instead of sitting at your computer, why not present yourself to the government? Please take a look at the front cover of this month’s (technology magazine) because it’s a great example of your legacy to 2036 after the war. One side of the cover describes in great detail how your government is already spying on you. On the other side (and just as important) it tells you how to install a hot tub. The reason time travelers do not reveal themselves is because your society scares the hell out of us. We do not want to end up in a cement room on a permanent supply of truth drugs as men with lab coats poke at our machine. Q: Would not the computer from 1975 be bigger than the time machine used to haul it back to 2036? Not at all. The 5100 series will fit on a tabletop. Q: Are people using "reverse speech"? Not that I’m aware of. Q: WACO with criminal violations of the law either directly or implied as is done in this video, simply doesn't agree with the facts. A large point of contention seems to be the “flashes” of light that appear to be gunfire that were recorded from the aircraft flying over the compound. The FBI has stated that these flashes were sunlight reflections. I find that rather interesting since the camera was not a visible light camera, it was a thermal camera. If the federal forces learned anything from WACO, it was to install more reliable suppressors on their automatic weapons and don’t use flash grenades that leave shell casings after the fire. Q: Where did you attend high school and what year did you graduate? I did not have a “high schoo!” experience. - 152 - — Q: What college did you attend? What year did you graduate? I was educated at the University of Florida. I entered a military sponsored program in 2029 and graduated between 2033 - 34. No, it was not very similar, Q: If you fell in love with someone here and took her with you, wouldn't that act upset both of our world lines? No, it would not disrupt anyone’s world lines. Q: Have you watched «a movie here that you had already seen in your future world line? Did they have the same endings? Interesting question, If | watch enough of them I should see a difference somewhere but I haven’t seen one yet. Q: Where is the mass coming from to form your singularities? E=MC squared can be solved for mass too. This appeared to be the same question from the other site so I just copied my old response, Q: You stated that your society is not involved in space travel. You also stated that the temperature in and around his device while in use is approximately 100 degrees. I’m not sure I understand the connection between no space travel and the temperature around the device. The singularities are not unstable; therefore, uncontrolled evaporation is not possible. In addition, there is no extemporaneous matter near the singularity that would cause it to give off radiation or heat. Q: Maybe (in order to make a singularity) you’ve taken a slice of the Earth about 1.2 miles wide and compressed it into a singularity. A singularity about the size of an electron would only require the mass of a large mountain. The singularities inside the C204 are much small than that. And no, I didn’t make them. Q: Then must be gobbling up the Earth to make their singularities. You know... E= MC squared can be written to solve for mass too. - 153 - March 14, 2001 Q: Would you consider videotaping your departure? What would we expect to see from the outside perspective? Earlier in the thread I had said I would be willing to videotape my departure. There are a few technical and logistical problems but I do plan to have it done. (i.e. the videotape recording has static and interference if it’s too close to the unit.) At this point, the videotape would be for pure entertainment value. It won’t prove one way or another if I’m a time traveler. When I approached my grandfather in 1975 it took me quite a while to convince him I was who I said I was. He said something I’ve never forgotten and I’ve heard some of you allude to it also. After looking at the unit he turned to me and said, “Either you’ve escaped from an insane asylum or you’re a time traveler. As the weeks went on, it occurred to me that both were just as threatening and dangerous to him and I’m not sure he ever decided which one was worse. Q: Why is it not okay to give us information about our near future but it is ok to take back emails and modify another world line? Are you suggesting I edit your emails? Are you unable to weigh the consequences of this opportunity? Am I now responsible for what you might say to yourself? Now that you have the chance to put your own morals to the test do you feel you're incapable of living up to your own standards? Is it wrong to say one thing and not something else? If you feel you should tell yourself to buy a certain stock then I suppose you are willing to take the risk that "your" advice doesn't prove wrong in the next few days. Whatever I might do, I would consider the fact that someday you will have to address this question again as an entire society. Why would I offer to make the video if I thought it would "expose" me? If it makes you feel better, I doubt it will change your mind anyway but it will give you something to talk about when I'm gone. I think that's the greatest gift I could give you. Q: (Concerning previous physics questions) I know you don't understand me, which is sad. Perhaps you are just having a hard time making yourself clear? I will admit you are a little out of my ballpark but I do understand what you are referring to. Q: It’s Hawking Radiation you can't overcome. Yes, that is true. If you firmly believe that Hawking radiation cannot be controlled or goes on even without the presence of virtual particles forever until the singularity explodes then you are correct. Q: "E=Mc%2" isn't the answer. You asked where the mass comes from. I simply pointed out that mass and energy are interchangeable in the same equation. One of my Stanford pals tells me there is a running gag about the chances of a VW Beetle spontaneously appearing inside the accelerator. It could only come from the transfer of energy to mass. Q: You have to make the singularity and that takes mass. That is incorrect. Q: The faulty part of your description for your device involves Hawking Radiation. It’s not the size of the singularity that matters, it’s the mass involved that determines the temperature of the radiation. You seem to be quite upset and I understand your argument. I do, however, think it is important to gather the facts and probabilities before expelling emotional energy on them. Please keep in mind that I have not shared all the technical details of the machine with you. So an easy out would be for me to just make something up. However, and as I’m sure you are aware, Stephen Hawking admits that his own equations support the “possibility” that microsingularities may not totally disappear as they evaporate in a sea of virtual particles and in fact may leave behind a very stable naked singularity. I’m sure you can look that up. I suppose the difficult part is ‘believing that we’ve taken advantage of it, not that it’s impossible. March 15, 2001 Q: I realize that you haven’t given “all of the technical details” of the device. Actually, ’m hoping the cut-a-way drawing from the manual will be available to you very soon. Q: If the time machine exists, the details aren’t yours to give us in any case. So let me get this straight, “John please prove you’re a time traveler but don’t show us any copyrighted material?” Q: The details that you have posted publicly may actually be in violation of copyright and patent law. No, I am not breaking any of “my” laws, but I suppose that’s something else you and your world line will have to deal with when time travel comes. Q: The reason that I ask this question is that we don’t know that (popular jet engine and electronics company) isn’t working on this device as we speak. They might be now. Q: You see a time machine. I see a weapon system. Yes, I suppose that is one thing you could do with it. I could also cut my hand off with a power saw or heat up a crowd of people with a microwave. However, I believe Teller already came up with an X-ray laser that destroys itself after going off. Q: X-rays will be emitted if matter is pumped into the device. Actually, I thought we were focusing on the degree of radiation and temperature. I don’t believe I ever said it didn’t give off radiation. Yes, the device does give off x-rays. Q: The drawing indicates in Detail #5 “X-Ray Venting Zone”. It details x-rays being focused and vented directionally. It has applications as a weapons system. As you said, it’s interesting that I see a time machine and you see a weapon. Maybe it’s a sign of the “times”. However, it is a good point. If the Chinese or Russians thought you had one of these what do you think they would do? - 156 - Again, maybe you should ask yourself if you’re sure you want me to prove I’m a time traveler. Maybe that’s what makes a time traveler “evil” in that he would be willing to share everything with you. Q: If the device is real, it belongs to another world altogether and it would violate no copyright laws. Any government document cannot be copyrighted. I could also argue that the manual "could" be from a future where it has become public domain but then again, it would mean proving I am a time traveler. March 16, 2001 To my knowledge, there are no other sites where these pictures can be seen. A few of them have not been posted before. I suspect they will generate more questions, Q: Government documents actually are copyrighted. My fault. It’s Federal documents, March 17, 2001 Q: Heavier than air aircraft flight happened in 1903. You said 1910. It’s only the most important date in the history of aviation and flight other than 1969, I suppose it’s impossible to defend every possible combination of what people want to see. I don't believe | said anything about the date for the first flight. All I did was pick a moment in history, Q: You said mass is accelerated to light speed and forms a singularity. That doesn’t exist, I can't find the sentence where I said that. Could you point that for me? The speed of light squared is a constant number used to represent the variation between energy and mass. It does not imply that acceleration is required to change or represent the other. March 18, 2001 Q: The acceleration to light speed is implied in your reference to virtual mass. Virtual particles travel at light speed. I tried to give you an out there but you insisted that the mass was virtual. - 157- Well, at least we aren’t seeing any more thermal and mass stabs in the dark. Interesting profile but you couldn’t slide me just 10 more points on the I.Q.? Are you suggesting that in all cases there must be an acceleration component in the conversion of energy to mass or mass to energy? Q: John's use of the English is very baby-boomer. I actually worked quite hard on that. It appears the physics questions have come to a halt but at least you're not insulting my mother anymore. Thanks. Q: There is nothing in his use of the English language that is atypical of someone born between 1945-1975. Perhaps you could raise your confidence level to 100% by going from 30 to say... 100 years, maybe 1930 - 2030? How exactly does a person born in 1998 who traveled across world lines from 2036 use the English language? The pictures I promised: March 24, 2001 I will be leaving this world line shortly and this will be my final post. There are only a handful of people who will know exactly when I will be leaving and I’m sure they will let you know when I’m gone. In the last few days I have found your choice of topics quite interesting and from an my viewpoint I think it collectively answers one of your own questions, “If time travel is real, where are all the time travelers?” In the past, I have stated that quite frankly, you all scare the Hell out of me and I’m sure other temporal drivers would feel the same. But now I have an expanded explanation with two examples. A while ago (on one of the posts), I related an experience I had with my parents while we were driving down a highway. Every now and then, we would pass someone who was in obvious distress with their vehicle. I was amazed that so many people could pass them by without stopping to help. Their explanation was fear. The risk of helping someone was too great and with today’s technology, they probably had a cell phone anyway. If they didn’t, the walk to a gas station would be good for them and teach them a lesson for running out of gas. - 158 - a The other example is the plight of the homeless. When you pass them as individuals on the street I see the way people selectively choose an alternate path to avoid them. Those two examples best define why time travelers do not show themselves. In trying to help you, we put ourselves at great risk and there’s really no point to it. We know the nature of time dictates that traveling between “exact” world lines is impossible. Therefore, the only results we will see will be the ones we stay to see. Since world lines, outcomes and events are infinite, we have better things to do. When I arrive in the “new” 1998 world line on my way home I could easily start all of this again and continue to go through the same conversations with all of the same people. However, I already know you won’t pay any attention or believe me because we’ve already been through it on this world line. Besides, | think the walk to the gas station will do you some good. The following are the last questions I saw before my “going home” post. I apologize for not being able to get to all of them. Q: Do most of the people of that time die, especially ones that currently have health problems? Yes, and people are still dying and a great deal of them are passing from CJD. As I said, with my very first few posts almost 6 months ago, I want to emphasize how devastating this will be. I believe two people are confirmed dead in Colorado from CJD from surgical instruments. No, I have not tried any fast food. Thinking about where the food came from, how it was shipped and treated absolutely terrifies me. I have tried to tell people about CJD disease and it seems to be “catching on” in Europe. Do not eat or use products from any animal that is fed and eats parts of its own dead. The “Mad Cow” story here is yet to begin... Q: Is it possible that sometime in your future time travel will be commonplace? Yes, that is absolutely possible and eventual. - 159 - Q: Have scientists of your time discovered any new planets, possibly ones with life? Not that I’m aware of. Q: Has the bandwidth of the Internet increased in the future? Yes. Q: How did Texas fare during the war? Texas is still there but Spanish is a lot more popular. Q: How does time travel affect future exploration of space? There is a great deal of debate about trying to use a distortion unit to “travel” to the moon. The experiment would require very precise calculations that would allow the VGL system to find a theoretical path to the moon on a different world line. The only problem is there is no way to communicate with anyone if the experiment should succeed. In other words, it’s possible to do it but only the people on the receiving end could take advantage of it. Q: My oldest son wanted me to ask if you have any siblings. No, I am an only child. Q: Are you still planning on broadcasting your departure over the Internet? My father will be videotaping the departure. My primary concern is the safety of my family. In addition, my departure will be in a somewhat public place and I do not want to draw additional attention to myself. Q: Is there still (sporting event) in 2036? Yes, we still play basketball but I am not a fan and can’t comment on its organization. Q: You say that you wear a flight suit and that you experience 2 G's for 6-8 hrs. How is it possible to withstand that kind of g-force for such a long period without the use of an anti-g suit? The average human can take 2 G’s without too much difficulty. Blackout occurs at about 8 or 9 Gs and red-out occurs at negative 3 Gs. - 160 - Q: I know you must be trained, but you should also have the benefit of equipment to help you out. We are encouraged to stay physically fit. In an effort to address (forum member name) comments, (and in all fairness) the following posts are out of context and not in order. If I present a picture of a sea monster to you and I claim it's real, you are forced to argue its validity on the basis of the evidence that I present or create, Under these circumstances, you can’t win. If you look at the picture and argue that sea monsters should have more teeth or their incisors are not in proportion to the amount of fish they eat, it’s easy to ask you how you know so much about sea monsters if they don’t exist. Granted, you could point to dinosaur skeletons and make comparisons. But | can still say, it’s not a dinosaur; it’s a sea monster. In fact, I could even “whip” up some tooth marks on a piece of petrified wood and prove that you don’t know anything about sea monsters. Q: I realize that you haven’t given all the technical details of the device but your device, as described, simply won't work. If you don’t have all the details, how do you know it doesn’t work? Q: Honestly, I’m not upset about any of this and the only emotion involved for me is joy. This is fun! Joy? (Forum member name) drew the following assumptions from our conversation and I don’t believe I said any of them. The universe that you described, that is, one where mass is accelerated to light speed and forms a singularity doesn’t exist. As you accelerated to light speed in your machine, you and your machine formed a black hole. From your perspective as you accelerated to light speed, every other object in the universe formed a black hole due to your relative velocities. - 161 - Q: Take a close look at the technical drawing. It’s very poor quality CAD for a billion dollar project. A billion? How do you know it’s a CAD drawing? Q: If you have contact with Boomer please verify the elapsed time for his trip from 2036 to 1975. I need that data for a calculation. The first leg takes me to 1998. I think I said that quite a few times. Q: He also said that the mass of the singularities is that of a "small mountain", If that were true, the unit could not be moved. I only referenced the mass of a small mountain in one of our physics conversations. In fact, I believe I said the mass for the singularities in the distortion unit was much smaller. Q: The last time I checked I didn't see an "on-off" switch for a black hole. Me neither. I don’t believe I said you could turn it on or off. Q: At a2 G acceleration you will be traveling just a tad faster than a Chevy pick-up in short order. This is the one that really disappoints me. Even you should know that Einstein’s thought experiment in the isolated elevator was based on the idea that the effects of acceleration and gravity are the same. I never said acceleration had anything to do with how the unit operates. Q: Does it really make sense that his handlers would authorize a personal vacation with their time machine? I’m looking at my orders and I don’t see the word vacation on it anywhere. You had my hopes up for a moment. Interesting how quickly a billion dollars has become a fact now. Q: The answer to the question, "How does a person born in 1998 use the language?" who knows? I agree. How would you know? Q: The two yellow caution tapes on the device are misaligned. Sloppy workmanship. - 162 - —— T’ll have to point that out to my “handlers” when I get back. Q: I suppose that if you were interested in verification of Boomer's science that you could go right to the source. He’s a very pleasant gentleman, | highly recommend his book, The Physics of Immortality. I believe I made reference to this earlier. Q: What would prevent us, the enemy state, from returning the machine to John’s future with a nuclear bomb? This is the second time I've seen a reference to the unit as a weapon. I would submit that the people of this world line have nothing to fear from me. What would you do with the unit? In your opinion, what is the smallest mass that can form a singularity? Even Hawking suggested primordial singularities were created at the Big Bang. Were there planets (or half planets) around to form them then? Based on your ability to draw conclusions about someone’s profile from their typed words | find it hard to believe you would make such errors in the syntax and meaning of the exact same words. Unfortunately, you have now maneuvered yourself into a position where IJ have the last word and our debate has come to an end. Boomer isn’t a bad name and | sort of like it, Thanks. Q: If there were an infinite number of realities, then there would necessarily arise a reality that somehow causes there to be no other realities. Yes!! Excellent insight. | would have enjoyed a conversation on this. I also want to thank (forum member name) for helping me with the email and everyone else who asked intelligent and insightful questions. I have learned a great deal. No, I do not have a secret agenda but I have been paying a great deal of attention to your world line. My interaction with you was not a direct mission parameter, but it was a secondary mission protocol based on standing orders given to all temporal drivers. - 163 - That secondary objective is basically to gather as much information about a world line based on a set of observable variables when we first arrive. Your world line met those conditions. What amazes me is why no one here wonders why Y2K didn’t hit them at all? Bring a gas can with you when the car dies on the side of the road. Farewell. John THE END - 164 - __—__ eer ee can APPENDIX: John’s Pictures - 165 - This is John Titor’s military unit insignia. The center represents the eye of a singularity and the two lines represent paths through alternate universes. One is the correct path and the other leads to death. This is John’s gravity distortion unit in the front seat of the vehicle he used to travel to 1975 and 1998. The unit on top is a radiation detector. - 166 - — - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Yor C204 GRAVITY DISTORTION TIME DISPLACEMENT UNIT MARCH 21, 2034 This is the first page of the distortion unit’s operations manual. - 167 - APTS ee SLA 4 okt PUTHR Oca dans TAM re .3 ARMS WOERL BU a SOME OISPLACIMENY att 2 Sertdele ley ative hena ng P GAM a Read TE yee f “heme thy MWR Foe A ony 3 Hogar re contig Leeedny $ MAGN@TIO "114 Honmenten ¢ twoelaler » Weogudeeney GL Padelty pattie 9 Ws cb EID mew Cabeulun muinitatet Le Gaagutatiee soning » gine & Levitan comlenay L Gravity wacan cdi 6 Merten womimiue 2 Mateery epeay <a F | The second page of the o picture of the machine Joh universes. perations manual displays a n used to travel to alternate This page of the operations manual displays the basic systems of the machine. - 168 - - 169 - i. MAIN SINGULARITY 6. MALIN ONLY ON/OEE saiecH @, STRERING SINGULARITY 7. UNIT CONTROL TRSTRICCI ONS a naxore CONTROL CNIT 8. EMERGENCY ConTROLs 4. EMERGENCY VIEW scarey 9. REMOTE STORAGE UNTT S. SMEAGENCY GIsconNect This page of the operations manual displays the basic operating controls of the gravity distortion unit. - 170- anecsom & 4, MAG OFRRYT W, RASH MASS BIST Aw MALS OST CFE TIMK NANT IERIE t, OFNGULAM)T ha Sm awe * RLS ureur OF MWOAT VE TOME Theo coeur if WOR ToMK OTRee 9 a WP UIE SIRS ait AEIL TLSE RENT TORTS Ren CURE SVEN Re Ae Heway VTS Ni ihe OY CCaL wAdR TIeTAN y hy HS = This page of the operations manual displays the basic gravity environment created by the machine. -171- TION MAJOR SYSTEMS DESCRin” ARMY MODEL GE/ Gen PIES: Meresees esos RESTRICTS This page of the operations manual di i crocs ucipellaad tot isplays a technical cut- - 172 - This picture was taken after John arrived in 1998. The machine is open and in the rear of the vehicle. This picture was also taken after John arrived in 1998, lett ete - 173 - This is a closer picture of the machine in the same vehicle John used after he arrived in 1998. John explained this photo was taken during a training mission before he left in 2036. While the machine is on, his instructor is showing how a laser beam is bent by the gravity outside the car through a cloud of cigar smoke. sie {{article summary | image = Category NWO.png | title = {{TITLE}} | summary = In January of 2003, a young couple and their five-year-old son entered my law office in Nebraska. They claimed to be the parents of John Titor, a time traveler from the future. }} [[Category: Book]] [[Category: John Titor]] [[Category: Time Travel]] [[Category: Urban legends]] [[Category: Followup]]
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