SheilaT
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Dec-25-03 11:55 PM
Response to Original message |
| 21. As someone who has been reading science fiction |
|
since I was about five years old, and whose favorite s-f stories are time travel, I have to say that John Titor's story reads a great deal like someone who has read two, maybe three time travel stories and is now writing his own. Badly done and not believable.
|
| -scariest hoax yet - hoax or not, this needs dissemination |
homelandpunk |
Dec-25-03 09:47 PM |
#0 |
 -
we covered this already |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-25-03 09:50 PM |
#1 |
  -
how do posts from DUers on that thread constitute proof of a hoax? |
homelandpunk |
Dec-25-03 10:19 PM |
#5 |
| -
Sounds like a more imaginative version of the typical |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-25-03 09:53 PM |
#2 |
| -
If his posts were pre-9/11, and he's from the future... |
ret5hd |
Dec-25-03 09:59 PM |
#3 |
| -
a couple buildings falling down is a minor blip |
homelandpunk |
Dec-25-03 10:26 PM |
#7 |
| -
Because of causality. |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 12:28 PM |
#30 |
| -
ahh, but why wouldn't he want to change his current existence |
DS1 |
Dec-26-03 01:39 PM |
#39 |
| -
Well, he COULD change it, I suppose |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 02:18 PM |
#42 |
| -
Thanks pretty scary the clock's ticking. |
LibertyorDeath |
Dec-25-03 10:01 PM |
#4 |
| -
one reason why time travel is impossible... |
Beaker |
Dec-25-03 10:40 PM |
#12 |
| -
you would use |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 12:32 PM |
#32 |
| -
How about another reason |
worldgonekrazy |
Dec-26-03 01:35 PM |
#38 |
| -
Different "worldlines" is the phrase he uses. |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 02:52 PM |
#45 |
| -
And eat Wieners on plain buns, no condiments! |
BiggJawn |
Dec-25-03 10:21 PM |
#6 |
| -
i'd read the story on the link |
homelandpunk |
Dec-25-03 10:32 PM |
#9 |
| -
well that's what science fiction is supposed to do |
maggrwaggr |
Dec-25-03 11:01 PM |
#17 |
| -
one of the more enlightened posts this morning! |
Tansy_Gold |
Dec-26-03 10:53 AM |
#28 |
| -
Hey, we might as well have the whole Hank story as long as we're here |
karlschneider |
Dec-25-03 10:38 PM |
#11 |
| -
Did he really use the term "Patriot Act?" |
syrinx9999 |
Dec-25-03 10:29 PM |
#8 |
| -
And if he did, |
Paranoid_Portlander |
Dec-26-03 01:44 PM |
#40 |
| -
He didn' t disappear. Dumbya has him at GitMo |
mouse7 |
Dec-25-03 10:35 PM |
#10 |
| -
Bullshit. |
name not needed |
Dec-25-03 10:47 PM |
#13 |
| -
Here's an actual professor working on a time machine |
syrinx9999 |
Dec-25-03 10:50 PM |
#14 |
| -
Oh, come on |
scottcsmith |
Dec-25-03 11:00 PM |
#15 |
| -
the reality is |
name not needed |
Dec-25-03 11:03 PM |
#18 |
| -
That is an incredibly terrifying movie. |
ryharrin |
Dec-26-03 12:38 AM |
#24 |
| -
it is a national telephone service he talks about.. |
frylock |
Dec-25-03 11:43 PM |
#20 |
| -
Great plan... |
scottcsmith |
Dec-26-03 01:40 AM |
#25 |
| -
According to him, |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 12:56 PM |
#34 |
| -
I do believe it's fiction. |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 12:50 PM |
#33 |
| -
Too many variables |
name not needed |
Dec-25-03 11:00 PM |
#16 |
| -
Amusing analysis of "Titor"'s story... |
JDWalley |
Dec-25-03 11:34 PM |
#19 |
| -
And as for Titor's mysterious disappearance, |
Laszlo_Hollyfeld |
Dec-26-03 12:09 AM |
#23 |
| -
From concept to completion, |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 01:07 PM |
#36 |
| -
As someone who has been reading science fiction |
SheilaT |
Dec-25-03 11:55 PM |
#21 |
| -
agree n/t |
mouse7 |
Dec-25-03 11:57 PM |
#22 |
| -
i think |
uncle ray |
Dec-26-03 10:20 AM |
#26 |
| -
time travel should actually be called time & space travel. |
Beaker |
Dec-26-03 10:28 AM |
#27 |
| -
He can't give us technical details. |
kgfnally |
Dec-26-03 01:04 PM |
#35 |
| -
I suppose we just have to see if Civil War starts next year. :) |
beyurslf |
Dec-26-03 12:21 PM |
#29 |
| -
I think someone has watched Terminator too many times n/t |
sistersofmercy |
Dec-26-03 12:29 PM |
#31 |
| -
yeah really |
name not needed |
Dec-26-03 02:20 PM |
#43 |
| -
Who would be afraid of death in a world like that described? |
loudnclear |
Dec-26-03 01:13 PM |
#37 |
| -
I hope nobody here believes this crap |
evil_orange_cat |
Dec-26-03 01:46 PM |
#41 |
| -
Wow.. That is whats ging to happen. Pretty accurate too.. |
wanderingbear |
Dec-26-03 02:24 PM |
#44 |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread