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How to Build a Time Machine

Posted by michael on from the mad-scientist dept.

frank249 writes "The September issue of Scientific American has an article discussing the possibility of time travel. They say that it wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible. It could be a while until we can expand worm holes and tow them to a neutron star but didn't someone say that if it is possible it will happen. If it is impossible it will just take a little longer."

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  1. Interesting Stuff.... by echucker · · Score: 3, Funny

    I move we call for a slashback in a few hundred years when this might be possible. ;-)

  2. Speed up things.... by Duckz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't the best way to speed up things for this be to leave a post-it note stuck in the files saying "when this is finally invented, please travel back to August 24, 2002AD and provide the HOW-TO."
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    Todd

    1. Re:Speed up things.... by ShavenYak · · Score: 3, Funny

      Future think, Grab monkey from future, set it on fire, we get energy from future.

      I don't see that as a big deal.

      It's a big deal to the monkey, you insensitive bastard!

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      Hey kids, there's only 5 days left 'til Yak Shaving Day!
  3. Fun trick by mother_superius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wear weird clothes (not weird in the everyday weird people sense, but truly out of place). Walk up to someone (inventing an accent is fun) and ask them what year it is. When they say, puzzled, "2002", get a huge smile and dance a future dance away yelling "it worked, it worked!"

    Fun to confuse people with.

    Just as fun: Dress up like a hippie or something else interesting from the past and change everything accordingly to the past.

  4. Re:Perhaps . . . but: by Robber+Baron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crispin
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    Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.
    Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. [wirex.com]
    Immunix: [immunix.org] Security Hardened Linux Distribution
    Available for purchase [wirex.com]

    Oooo! Everyone check out the big brain on Crispin!

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    You're using her as bait, Master!

  5. Re:did i get first post? by GutBomb · · Score: 5, Funny

    did i get first post?

    no, but perhaps someday you can go back in time and get it.

  6. Re:Well, does this model work for time machines? by shd99004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Build a time machine.
    2. Go into the future to gather information about it.
    3. Go back to your own time with your new knowledge.
    4. ?????
    5. Prophet!

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    Will work for bandwidth