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If you could go back in time...
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i actually had a dream the other night about bringing a digital slr back to the romans and explaining it to them. i was having a hard time because they didnt have ANY sort of camera, or computer or anything to compare it to.
i'd probably:
shoot hitler
stop jesus from being crucified, just to see what would happen
go to the premiere of star wars
buy apple stock for dirt cheap
many, many concerts
etc.
i'd probably:
shoot hitler
stop jesus from being crucified, just to see what would happen
go to the premiere of star wars
buy apple stock for dirt cheap
many, many concerts
etc.
See the Beatles again. (I saw them four times) I was really young and would like to experience it again. It was the best.
homerjward said:
If you did that one then there would be no world....so i dont think u would want to get involved with that one.
Bless
Hmm...is the point to make yourself better/richer, or to make the world better?
Assuming I'd be reasonably invulnerable to the attacks of the natives, I would:
Travel to the 5th century or so and prevent the formation of the Roman Catholic Church, and remove certain people and their ideas from history. The idea is to prevent the dark ages from happening in Europe.
Teach scientific methodology to the indigenous peoples of each region of the planet. Also teach them that women are just as valueable to a society as men, and are to be treated as equals.
Advance in time a few centuries and teach the principles of conservation of resources and population control.
And finally, I would teach them this:
Assuming I'd be reasonably invulnerable to the attacks of the natives, I would:
Travel to the 5th century or so and prevent the formation of the Roman Catholic Church, and remove certain people and their ideas from history. The idea is to prevent the dark ages from happening in Europe.
Teach scientific methodology to the indigenous peoples of each region of the planet. Also teach them that women are just as valueable to a society as men, and are to be treated as equals.
Advance in time a few centuries and teach the principles of conservation of resources and population control.
And finally, I would teach them this:
I hope that I don't sound bitter (for those that have followed the saga of my recent life); but I would not have fallen to the charms of my ex some 14 years now, ago.
This thread is giving me the creeps in some sort of strange way. The song by Cher of the about the same title is what my ex-fiance was our favorite song after I broke up with my Gay lover and proposed to her, after a "reasonable" amount of time.
This thread is giving me the creeps in some sort of strange way. The song by Cher of the about the same title is what my ex-fiance was our favorite song after I broke up with my Gay lover and proposed to her, after a "reasonable" amount of time.
I'd take back all the words that'd hurt you, and you'd stay. And if I could reach the stars? Well, that's a different story entirely...
Chip NoVaMac said:
Qoxiivi said:
Wow, I didn't even read the post above my original response. Creepy indeed.
I would go back 11 seconds and prevent my chocolate ice cream from dripping on my light-coloured pants. 
Then I'd go and do the regular: Kill Hitler, kill Stalin, and bring a bunch of the latest technology and software back to the past so that peop......erm......"Canadian" researchers and inventors can have a huge head start in the world of technology! I'd give the same stuff to Japan and South Korea as well, since they both kick ass when it comes to this sort of thing.
Then I'd go and do the regular: Kill Hitler, kill Stalin, and bring a bunch of the latest technology and software back to the past so that peop......erm......"Canadian" researchers and inventors can have a huge head start in the world of technology!
I'd give the same stuff to Japan and South Korea as well, since they both kick ass when it comes to this sort of thing.
Abstract said:and bring a bunch of the latest technology and software back to the past so that peop......erm......"Canadian" researchers and inventors can have a huge head start in the world of technology!
You mean Soviets
The Avro Arrow - considered one of the best planes of its day was designed and being built in Canada - until the project was shut down. Only a little later did an almost exact copy of the thing show up as the Mig-29
There was a Discovery Channel show on this - quite interesting.I'd go back and take lots of pics all through out history. Going back too far and language would become a huge problem. You'd have to go someplace remote in Italy for a while and learn ancient latin, then go in and see Rome at its peak. So the same would go for seeing Jesus, or any other ancient figures. And you better bring some protection with you, I don't think just a gun would do.
Actually, the best thing would be to go to the future, get some really hi-tech/sci-fi like items and then go back in time so the language issue wouldn't be there and you'd have an antigrav suit so you could fly around instead of spending months/years traveling around the world.
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Future...
I think something WAY cooler would be to go into the future.
We all know what happened in the past...so why not go into the future and bring something back from then?
I think something WAY cooler would be to go into the future.
We all know what happened in the past...so why not go into the future and bring something back from then?
I'd go back in time, steal as many dinasaur eggs as I could find (I'd probably have to be well armed to avoid getting eaten), bring them back and start my own Jurassic Park.
MacFan782040 said:
Actually, we don't know what happened in the past. As people often say, "the victor writes the history". There's a lot we can learn by directly examining past events rather than just believing the filtered knowledge we've received.
As for the future, that one's an interesting situation. If the future is better than the present, would you come back and risk ruining it? And if it's worse, would you risk being considered insane to "fix" it?
Abstract said:I would go back 11 seconds and prevent my chocolate ice cream from dripping on my light-coloured pants.
Then I'd go and do the regular: Kill Hitler, kill Stalin, and bring a bunch of the latest technology and software back to the past so that peop......erm......"Canadian" researchers and inventors can have a huge head start in the world of technology!
You do realise that by killing Hitler and Stalin you would also set back the development of most modern technology by many years. Think about it, at the start of WWII we were flying propellor driven planes, 6 years later there were jets. WWII gave us radar, jet propulsion, better communications.
War is horrible but better technology is one of the few good things to arise from conflict.
I wouldn't actually go back and change anything, you just cannot be sure of the eventual outcome. I would go back and witness a few things, sneakily take a few photos too. Oh, and just to mess with people's minds, I'd take an iPod back and leave it in Tutankhamun's tomb.
Plus, there would be millions of people alive in the world who wouldn't be here if the War had been fought. In the early 1980s, one of them goes out for a drive and runs over the young Abstract, killing him instantly.Chundles said:
That means you aren't able to kill Hitler and Stalin, because you never got to travel back in time, which means the fella who killed you will never exist in the first place... think about it for a while and it'll make your head hurt.
Mr. Anderson said:You mean Soviets
The Avro Arrow - considered one of the best planes of its day was designed and being built in Canada - until the project was shut down. Only a little later did an almost exact copy of the thing show up as the Mig-29
sure you mean the MiG 29 ?
no matter how you turn the avro arrow (i found on the internet) it never seems to look like a MiG 29