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Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by eslaught » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 9:45 PM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #20

AznHisoka wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that anime is the only reason i know about John Titor

For anyone else wondering, this is a reference to a password used in an anime called "Steins:Gate". No idea how it relates to John Titor.

Steins;Gate[1] contains references to John Titor[2]. I actually thought they had made him up until I looked on Wikipedia and discovered he was a real ("real") conspiracy theory.

An English version of the game is now up on Steam. Highly recommended. http://store.steampowered.com/app/412830/

[1]: Edit: the game. Not sure about the anime.

[2]: Edit: In the game at least this is more in depth than just a password. Saying more would require spoilers.

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by spullara » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

I stopped reading when he said that the clocks would tip over at 2^32 seconds after 1970 (136 years), but it is really 2^31 since it uses a signed 32-bit int (68 years).

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by mirimir » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 9:50 PM UTC

joshschreuder wrote: post #11

mirimir wrote: post #7

OK, I must point to http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/Robert-A.-Hei...

Predestination, starring Ethan Hawke, is a great adaptation of Heinlein's story too.

Thanks, that's very cool!

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by idlewords » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 9:52 PM UTC

spullara wrote: post #22

I stopped reading when he said that the clocks would tip over at 2^32 seconds after 1970 (136 years), but it is really 2^31 since it uses a signed 32-bit int (68 years).

Fixed. You can finish reading.

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by lux » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

Hahaha this is great! What I love about the John Titor story is how you kind of want to believe in it against your better judgement. The desire to be in on something larger than life, I suppose.

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by thinkloop » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 9:56 PM UTC

There is no such thing as time, or time travel. There are only positions of particles. To go back in time by 1 minute, all particles in the universe have to be moved/changed back to their previous position. This is not time travel, but universe manipulation except for one subject. If there were parallel universes with every possible outcome and you traveled to one, this would also not be time travel, but a moving to a place that looks like another place where particles were at a certain position. Time is just a way to label snapshots of particle positions in the universe.

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by voltagex_ » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 10:02 PM UTC

eslaught wrote: post #21

voltagex_ wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For anyone else wondering, this is a reference to a password used in an anime called "Steins:Gate". No idea how it relates to John Titor.

Steins;Gate[1] contains references to John Titor[2]. I actually thought they had made him up until I looked on Wikipedia and discovered he was a real ("real") conspiracy theory. An English version of the game is now up on Steam. Highly recommended. http://store.steampowered.com/app/412830/ [1]: Edit: the game. Not sure about the anime. [2]: Edit: In the game at least this is more in depth than just a password. Saying…

Thoroughly offtopic, would you recommend Steins Gate? I haven't watched any anime for a while but enjoyed Ergo Proxy and Eden of the East.

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by austinjp » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 10:03 PM UTC

thinkloop wrote: post #26

There is no such thing as time, or time travel. There are only positions of particles. To go back in time by 1 minute, all particles in the universe have to be moved/changed back to their previous position. This is not time travel, but universe manipulation except for one subject. If there were parallel universes with every possible outcome and you traveled to one, this would also not be time travel, but a moving to…

> this... would not be time travel, but... a different time.

Hmmmmm.

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by Zelmor » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 10:04 PM UTC

eslaught wrote: post #21

voltagex_ wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For anyone else wondering, this is a reference to a password used in an anime called "Steins:Gate". No idea how it relates to John Titor.

Steins;Gate[1] contains references to John Titor[2]. I actually thought they had made him up until I looked on Wikipedia and discovered he was a real ("real") conspiracy theory. An English version of the game is now up on Steam. Highly recommended. http://store.steampowered.com/app/412830/ [1]: Edit: the game. Not sure about the anime. [2]: Edit: In the game at least this is more in depth than just a password. Saying…

Welp, no linux version. A visual novel that actually got me interested. Hasn't happened in quite some time!

Re: Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)

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Post by openfuture » Sun, Nov 27, 2016, 10:12 PM UTC

austinjp wrote: post #28

thinkloop wrote: post #26

There is no such thing as time, or time travel. There are only positions of particles. To go back in time by 1 minute, all particles in the universe have to be moved/changed back to their previous position. This is not time travel, but universe manipulation except for one subject. If there were parallel universes with every possible outcome and you traveled to one, this would also not be time travel, but a moving to…

> this... would not be time travel, but... a different time. Hmmmmm.

He probably should have said 'not time travel but a different world'