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Searching the Internet For Evidence of Time Travelers
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Here's an interesting paper by two physicists at Michigan Technological University who have come up with a practical methodology for finding time travelers through the internet. 'Time travel has captured the public imagination for much of the past century, but little has been done to actually search for time travelers. Here, three implementations of Internet searches for time travelers are described, all seeking a prescient mention of information not previously available. The first search covered prescient content placed on the Internet, highlighted by a comprehensive search for specific terms in tweets on Twitter. The second search examined prescient inquiries submitted to a search engine, highlighted by a comprehensive search for specific search terms submitted to a popular astronomy web site. The third search involved a request for a direct Internet communication, either by email or tweet, pre-dating to the time of the inquiry. Given practical verifiability concerns, only time travelers from the future were investigated. No time travelers were discovered. Although these negative results do not disprove time travel, given the great reach of the Internet, this search is perhaps the most comprehensive to date.' Stephen Hawking's similar search (video) also provided negative results."
Haven't been found out yet!
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The Organization has infiltrated Slashdot. I am posting anonymously as a result.
El Psy Congroo.
Why would anyone coming back in time bother with Twitter? When I go back in time, I can't wait to setup a new MySpace page in the year 2001!
HOLD ON.
Who said anything about traveling backwards in time? I conducted the same type of search described in the paper, but instead looked for indications that someone should know something but does not, which would mean they have been traveling forward in time. And the number of positive matches is incredibly high.
If anyone is seriously interested in Time Travel, the inaugural meeting of the Vancouver Time Travel association will be held last Tuesday at the planetarium.
*Four* wise men, of course, everyone knows th...
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hold on, what year was this again ?
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Tell that to John Titor.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
...would have been found but there isn't a Twitter client for an IBM 5100.
If I could go back in time, I'd warn myself not to see it.
So is New Madrid.
Sure, it is NOW - thanks to those technologically advanced, time-traveling pranksters.
#DeleteChrome
This is totally the same article as the one posted on the 5th!!
Recycle PCs and build a wireless community network www.hillsborough.org.nz
Do you know how hard it is for them to do that? It takes like a whole hour to "encourage" a city to have been founded in a different place.
The big prank is San Francisco. Every time we move it somewhere safe, someone moves it back.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.