DU scientest I need your help w/ making a time machine

sasquatch

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:41 PM
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DU scientest I need your help w/ making a time machine

I'm going to go back in time and show Abe Lincoln that his party will turn into a bunch of bastards and it's ok to let the south succeed from the union because we'll benefit from it in the long run.

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WMliberal

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:42 PM
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1. well, I'm not a scientist, but I'll help with the labor.

and i'll help suggest a few other pit-stops while you're heading backwards.

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sasquatch

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:45 PM
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2. Can we help out Napoleon at Waterloo?

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tk2kewl

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:49 PM
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7. we dont need your labor

we will be importing cheap labor from the 3rd world

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WMliberal

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Tue Nov-30-04 12:02 AM
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11. call it an "unpaid internship"

and i'll call it Indentured servitude.

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amerikat

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:46 PM
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3. Maybe you can buy a Delorean on EBay....hey it's a place to start

Edited on Mon Nov-29-04 11:46 PM by amerikat

and then you need a power generator that runs on anything.

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qnr

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:47 PM
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5. There is a Delorean in the next town. Always parked in the

same place.

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amerikat

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:59 PM
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10. It must be missing the elusive power source(nt)

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physioex

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:47 PM
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4. I know a "little" on this topic.....

Unfortunatley, it is easier to travel to the future as compared to traveling back in time. Sorry buddy, I can't help you.... ;)

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Heyo

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:49 PM
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8. True.. going forward is easy...

... just go fast. really fast.

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Heyo

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:47 PM
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6. Okay here's what you do.......

Edited on Mon Nov-29-04 11:48 PM by Heyo

You need to find some way to have your velocity relative to background space be a negative value... but then you need to increase (decrease) to the inverse of a decent fraction of the speed of light.

Then, once you're back in time.. you'll have to find where the sun and the Earth are again, and where you are.. head on back to Earth and say to ol' Honest Abe for me.

:dunce:

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Endangered Specie

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:51 PM
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9. Hijack a rusty old bird of prey...

and hit it to around warp 9.9 and circle to the sun...

How close to the sun?... ask spock for the calculations.

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Blue in a Red State

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Tue Nov-30-04 12:16 AM
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12. Where's John Titor when you need him? n/t

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hunter

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:13 AM
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13. Ughh, that timeline does not have a happy ending.

You should probably read Philip K. Dick's "The Man in the High Castle."

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