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Re: John Titor

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Post by tjalfi »

rossdavidh wrote: post #25

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

One of my classmates in an IT course was named Aragorn.

I thought about asking him whether his parents chose the name but decided I didn’t want to know.

Re: John Titor

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Post by UncleSlacky »

tzs wrote: post #21

What time travel might look like from the other side [1]. I remember a great short story I read about the first time traveler. They decided the first visit would be the Shakespeare. Shakespeare has no problems accepting that he's being visited by a time traveler, and asks what gifts the traveler brings. The traveler is a bit confused, so Shakespeare explains that the early ones all bring gifts. The traveler has broug…

Reminds me of a story where it turned out that the entire Passover crowd where Pontius Pilate asks who should be pardoned are time travellers that have been told to do what everyone else does.

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Post by MisterTea »

rossdavidh wrote: post #25

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

> I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, ... I saw her talking to a weird looking guy,

As someone who hung out at the Albion Batcave circa 2000, I'd like to know how you came to this conclusion.

Re: John Titor

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Post by 6510 »

jvagner wrote: post #17
Vesuvium wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's still funny!

I was unfamiliar.. but this made me laugh: "Subsequent closer examination of Titor's assertions provoked widespread skepticism." Ahh, it was the closer examination that lead to the skepticism.

“My “time” machine is a stationary mass, temporal displacement unit manufactured by General Electric. The unit is powered by two, top-spin, dual-positive singularities that produce a standard, off-set Tipler sinusoid.”

Stuff of legends

Re: John Titor

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Post by tzs »

prostheticvamp wrote: post #34
tzs wrote: post #21

What time travel might look like from the other side [1]. I remember a great short story I read about the first time traveler. They decided the first visit would be the Shakespeare. Shakespeare has no problems accepting that he's being visited by a time traveler, and asks what gifts the traveler brings. The traveler is a bit confused, so Shakespeare explains that the early ones all bring gifts. The traveler has broug…

Any chance you recall the name of the short story? Your link was a fun read, but disappointingly not the story you described!

All I can say is that I probably read it in an issue of "Analog". I went through all my saved copies, which are a few years worth from the '80s and '90s then a nearly complete run from around 2000 to 2010 or so. (I then switched to a digital subscription--but I'm sure I read this story on paper so it is before that).

Looking through the short story titles in all those issues, and at the stories themselves whenever the title seemed like one that might be right, turned up nothing. :-(

It's possible that it is even older. I have a vague memory of bringing up that story in a discussion with someone at college, so it could have been something I read in the '70s. Back then I had a subscription to "Galaxy" science fiction magazine, and frequently picked up "Analog", "Asimov's", and "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" at the newsstand, and any one of those could be where I found it.

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Post by eindiran »

rossdavidh wrote: post #25

So, in the late 90's I went to a goth convention in New Orleans, where my wife met a time traveller named "Butterfly". I saw her talking to a weird looking guy, and swung by to see if she needed help, but she had that "oh this is going to be a great story" look on her face and kind of shooed me away. Later, she told me he had claimed to be from the future. He made some predictions: - there would be a war in Iraq, but…

Weirdly, I met someone in Ojai, California in 2010 who also claimed to be a time traveler named "Butterfly". He was a weird looking dude who also claimed he had a computer chip in his hand. I only spoke with him for a moment but it was a very surreal conversation.

Re: John Titor

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Post by JorgeGT »

edflsafoiewq wrote: post #58
simcop2387 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like it's The Muse by Anthony Burgess (1968). Sorry for the long URL but it's the best confirmation of this I could find. [1] [1] https://books.google.com/books?id=mh9zrji5zfAC&pg=PA185&lpg=...

I found a complete version, http://mural.uv.es/aquingar/e-text012.htm (Ctrl+F for "The hands of Swenson"), but it isn't the story described by the OP.

Weird how things are. That is hosted in the University of Valencia --- I'm walking through the campus as I write this.

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Post by JorgeGT »

jeffadotio wrote: post #41

Anyone who ignores an invitation to have a drink with Stephen Hawking[1] has nothing to say that is worth hearing. 1. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stephen-hawking-time-t...

Time travel will be highly controlled by the authorities, probably that party was surrounded by future cops looking out for rogue amateurs.

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Post by jamesgeck0 »

minimaxir wrote: post #13
echohack5 wrote: post #3

Steins;Gate, a Japanese light novel and anime, includes John Titor in the story in an awesome way. It also includes some bit of hacker culture that I think is more real than the typical American movie "hacker". I recommend it! Edit: As pointed out in the comments, this was originally a visual novel! There are many ways to enjoy this story.

The full anime (all episodes subbed, a few dubbed) is available for free on YouTube by Funimation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=EL3n57TtnN3tY

Two things I usually note when recommending Steins;Gate.

Either the sub or the dub is well worth watching, but the dub is one of my favorites. In particular, it shines with Okarin's mile-a-minute pseudo-scientific conspiracy rants.

If you like the premise and the characters, but are frustrated at the slow pace, hang in there. The plot does eventually kick into gear, and it doesn't waste any of the character development or world building.

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Post by Bombthecat »

echohack5 wrote: post #3

Steins;Gate, a Japanese light novel and anime, includes John Titor in the story in an awesome way. It also includes some bit of hacker culture that I think is more real than the typical American movie "hacker". I recommend it! Edit: As pointed out in the comments, this was originally a visual novel! There are many ways to enjoy this story.

It's amazing! My wife doesn't like anime. But for some reason she really liked steins gate.
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