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  • J JMK NI

    Well at the moment you are correct, but if time travel is invented in the future then we could hypothetically go back in time and get Winston Churchill or Abraham Lincoln to say these things for irony's sake.

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    Blue Waffler
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    I just recently bought a time machine, but having tried it once I don't think I'm going to buy it.

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    • K Kenneth Haugland

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      time travel is invented in the future then we could hypothetically go back in

      Let's assume that we invent time travel in the future. This means that instead of changing lets say WWI or WWII or any other mischief, we are saying that it was the best that could have happened? :doh:

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      Kenneth Haugland wrote:

      Let's assume that we invent time travel in the future.

      I'm going to assume that we invent time travel in the past.

      Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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      • B Blue Waffler

        That's definitely wrong, and is a case in point that you shouldn't believe anything you read on the internet.

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        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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        Blue Waffler wrote:

        is a case in point that you shouldn't believe anything you read on the internet

        Perhaps it recursively provides an affirmation on the original quote too. :)

        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.

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          Kenneth Haugland wrote:

          Let's assume that we invent time travel in the future.

          I'm going to assume that we invent time travel in the past.

          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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          Thats so pre-modulus[^] planning

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          • K Kenneth Haugland

            Now you are just making sh*t up :laugh:

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Well? You started it!

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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              Well? You started it!

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              JMK NI
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              One sure fire way to entertain a forum of nerds is to bring up time travel :laugh:

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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                Well? You started it!

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                Kenneth Haugland
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                THere must be a quote somewhere on the internet saying you started it. :-D

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                • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                  I just came across some one's sig and it shows the quote "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine" from 'Winston Churchill (1944)'. But Google takes me to http://funny2.com/fakequotes.htm[^] indicating the quotation is from Abraham Lincoln. Anyways I believe the internet itself started as a politically recognized phenomenon only long after the periods of these people right? Any comments?

                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.

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                  Lost User
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                  I read somewhere that it was first said by Napoleon Bonaparte around 1795. I believe the other two gentlemen stole the quote without giving credit to the original author.

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    Whenever I am presented by the notion that travelling through time at anything other than 1 s/s is even remotely possible I offer the following - if at any time in the past or future of life on this, or any other, planet, a being should invent time travel then we would have known about it since before the earliest records. I think that was said by George VII.

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                    Richard Deeming
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                    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                    travelling through time at anything other than 1 s/s is even remotely possible

                    Don't forget the theory of relativity:

                    • Einstein was Lincoln's grandfather;
                    • Churchill was Einstein's son, and Lincoln's mother;
                    • Hawking is his own grandfather;

                    ;P


                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                    • K Kenneth Haugland

                      THere must be a quote somewhere on the internet saying you started it. :-D

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                      Nagy Vilmos
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                      "It was Vilmos! He started it!" There you go.

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                      • L Lost User

                        I read somewhere that it was first said by Napoleon Bonaparte around 1795. I believe the other two gentlemen stole the quote without giving credit to the original author.

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                        Richard Deeming
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                        But Boney was just paraphrasing Aristotle's Πραγματεία περί Αστεία βίντεο Γάτα στο Διαδίκτυο, written in 426 BCE and published by the ancient Sumerians. ;P


                        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                        • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                          But Boney was just paraphrasing Aristotle's Πραγματεία περί Αστεία βίντεο Γάτα στο Διαδίκτυο, written in 426 BCE and published by the ancient Sumerians. ;P


                          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                          Johnny J
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                          I thought all those publications were lost when Atlantis sank??? :confused:

                          Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                          Anonymous
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                          The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                          Winston Churchill, 1944
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                          I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                          Me, all the time

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                          • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                            Blue Waffler wrote:

                            is a case in point that you shouldn't believe anything you read on the internet

                            Perhaps it recursively provides an affirmation on the original quote too. :)

                            Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.

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                            Blue Waffler
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                            The original quote WAS Winston Churchill, the bit about Lincoln is just Americans trying to claim it for themselves.

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                            • N Nagy Vilmos

                              "It was Vilmos! He started it!" There you go.

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                              Kenneth Haugland
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                              Ah, finally I can bend the Internet to my will :evil laugh:

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                                I thought all those publications were lost when Atlantis sank??? :confused:

                                Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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                                The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                Winston Churchill, 1944
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                                I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                Me, all the time

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                                Richard Deeming
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                                It didn't sink; it just move one second into the future.


                                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                                "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                                • K Kenneth Haugland

                                  Ah, finally I can bend the Internet to my will :evil laugh:

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                                  Nagy Vilmos
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                                  Bend the internet to your WHAT?

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                                  • B Blue Waffler

                                    The original quote WAS Winston Churchill, the bit about Lincoln is just Americans trying to claim it for themselves.

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                                    chriselst
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                                    Churchill was American, I've seen the film[^]

                                    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                                      Bend the internet to your WHAT?

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                                      Kenneth Haugland
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                                      will1 wɪl/Submit verb modal verb: will 1. expressing the future tense. "you will regret it when you are older" expressing a strong intention or assertion about the future. "come what may, I will succeed" 2. expressing inevitable events. "accidents will happen" synonyms: have a tendency to, are bound to, have a habit of, do "accidents will happen" 3. expressing a request. "will you stop here, please" expressing desire, consent, or willingness. "will you have a cognac?" 4. expressing facts about ability or capacity. "a rock so light that it will float on water" 5. expressing habitual behaviour. "she will dance for hours" (pronounced stressing ‘will’) indicating annoyance about the habitual behaviour described. "he will keep intruding" 6. expressing probability or expectation about something in the present. "they will be miles away by now" Origin Old English wyllan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch willen, German wollen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin velle ‘will, wish’.

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                                      • K Kenneth Haugland

                                        will1 wɪl/Submit verb modal verb: will 1. expressing the future tense. "you will regret it when you are older" expressing a strong intention or assertion about the future. "come what may, I will succeed" 2. expressing inevitable events. "accidents will happen" synonyms: have a tendency to, are bound to, have a habit of, do "accidents will happen" 3. expressing a request. "will you stop here, please" expressing desire, consent, or willingness. "will you have a cognac?" 4. expressing facts about ability or capacity. "a rock so light that it will float on water" 5. expressing habitual behaviour. "she will dance for hours" (pronounced stressing ‘will’) indicating annoyance about the habitual behaviour described. "he will keep intruding" 6. expressing probability or expectation about something in the present. "they will be miles away by now" Origin Old English wyllan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch willen, German wollen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin velle ‘will, wish’.

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                                        Nagy Vilmos
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                                        Ah! I thought you said willy.

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                                        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                                          I just came across some one's sig and it shows the quote "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine" from 'Winston Churchill (1944)'. But Google takes me to http://funny2.com/fakequotes.htm[^] indicating the quotation is from Abraham Lincoln. Anyways I believe the internet itself started as a politically recognized phenomenon only long after the periods of these people right? Any comments?

                                          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.

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                                          Lost User
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                                          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

                                          I believe the internet itself started as a politically recognized phenomenon only long after the periods of these people right?

                                          Nonsense, the internet was invented by Isaac Newton, when an Apple (IIe) fell on his head.

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