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  • D dandy72

    So...you know the exact date of your own demise? :~ Although I suppose you could go far enough into the future to look up your own obituary, then go back to that date... But my question is...what would you be trying to learn by attending your own funeral...? I think the risk is that, were it possible, it could fundamentally change what you think of some people, even closest friends and relatives...would you risk it?

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    CodeZombie62
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    If your best friend did not go to your funeral would you go to theirs? Oh, yes, I would definitely drag my rotting carcass to their funeral just to see everyone else freak out.

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    • D dan sh

      Assuming nothing happens to me, 10 minutes before big bang.

      "It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]

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      mrmike
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      That one special moment in time where everyone in the universe plugged in their hair dryers at the same time.... :doh:

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        I'd use it to skip advert breaks on TV.

        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        Slow Eddie
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        Get a DVR. Start watching after the show is over. then power through the commercials. Works for me.

        ZZZZZZZ

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        • S Slow Eddie

          Get a DVR. Start watching after the show is over. then power through the commercials. Works for me.

          ZZZZZZZ

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          OriginalGriff
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          We have a Sky box which does that. Unfortunately I also have Herself, who doesn't.

          Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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          • L Lost User

            No particular order: - October 11, 1492 to watch the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria before they step foot on Guanahani. - Febuary 07, 2862 to lobby the world government to remove the temporal non-interference treaty and extend coverage down to 2000. - III Akhet 8, I'd go and watch the construction work on the Great Pyramid of Cheops as it's being renovated by Khufu. - July 20, 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon. Best Wishes, David Delaune

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            Slow Eddie
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            I don't know about the first three. But I was in the Beaconette Lounge, at the bar, drinking a cold Dixie beer, waiting for the band to come on, and watched on a black and white TV (the Transmission was in B&W too), as it happened. It was very cool. :cool::cool::cool:

            Nothing was said about Elvis or Hitler on the other side of the moon, though.

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              We have a Sky box which does that. Unfortunately I also have Herself, who doesn't.

              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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              Slow Eddie
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              Yes. My wife seems to enjoy the commercials more that the shows too. That's why we don't watch much TV together. She also insists on commenting on all of the action while it is happening! I will never understand women ...

              SWMBO runs my life for me.

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              • D dandy72

                Then you find out your time machine divides by zero, and you're stranded there. Well done, Marc...

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                Marc Clifton
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                dandy72 wrote:

                Then you find out your time machine divides by zero, and you're stranded there.

                Well, if it's a double, I don't get an exception, I get infinity! How fitting, haha.

                > double a = 0.0;

                double b = 1.0;
                double c = b / a;
                c
                ∞

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                • B BillWoodruff

                  Into the future, or the past, and, be present as an invisible observer: when/where would you go ? I'll add my choice, later.

                  «Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot

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                  dbrenth
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                  Being big into genealogy. I often times wish I could go be an invisible observer to many events in my ancestors lives.

                  Brent

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                  • S Slow Eddie

                    I don't know about the first three. But I was in the Beaconette Lounge, at the bar, drinking a cold Dixie beer, waiting for the band to come on, and watched on a black and white TV (the Transmission was in B&W too), as it happened. It was very cool. :cool::cool::cool:

                    Nothing was said about Elvis or Hitler on the other side of the moon, though.

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                    Lost User
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                    Hmmmm,

                    Slow Eddie wrote:

                    But I was in the Beaconette Lounge, at the bar, drinking a cold Dixie beer, waiting for the band to come on

                    Yes, the broadcast was interesting to see. But there is probably a much better view when looking from the edge of the crater 190 meters away from the landing site. Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                    • L Lost User

                      I'd go way back to the moment life began on Earth. Not human life or dinosaurs or insects... the very first spark of life.

                      The Beer Prayer - Our lager, which art in barrels, hallowed be thy drink. Thy will be drunk, I will be drunk, at home as it is in the tavern. Give us this day our foamy head, and forgive us our spillage as we forgive those who spill against us. And lead us not to incarceration, but deliver us from hangovers. For thine is the beer, the bitter and the lager, for ever and ever. Barmen.

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                      sasadler
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                      Paradoxically, some of the bacteria you brought with you on that time machine could be that spark of life! :)

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                      • M musefan

                        Well, hard to choose the future as we don't know what events will occur... So I will go back in time and watch the dinosaurs get wiped out.

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                        Nick Ruppert
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                        I would go back and just watch the dinosaurs live. People have speculated that the T-Rex was about as intelligent as a cat. Did it play with its prey as a cat does? Did it train it young to hunt? Inquiring minds want to know.

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                        • L Lost User

                          No particular order: - October 11, 1492 to watch the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria before they step foot on Guanahani. - Febuary 07, 2862 to lobby the world government to remove the temporal non-interference treaty and extend coverage down to 2000. - III Akhet 8, I'd go and watch the construction work on the Great Pyramid of Cheops as it's being renovated by Khufu. - July 20, 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon. Best Wishes, David Delaune

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                          Randor wrote:

                          July 20, 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon.

                          Day early, mate. He didn't step out until the 21st (UTC, anyway). You've got a time machine, and you're wasting time?? :-D

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                            Randor wrote:

                            July 20, 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon.

                            Day early, mate. He didn't step out until the 21st (UTC, anyway). You've got a time machine, and you're wasting time?? :-D

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                            Lost User
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                            Well,

                            DerekT-P wrote:

                            You've got a time machine, and you're wasting time??

                            Yes, about eight hours early I believe. Front row seats at the rim of the crater are expensive and it takes a while to coordinate the 700nm viewing ports so all 65,535 viewers get an unobstructed view. Besides, everyone wants to see them land too. :-\ Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                            • L Lost User

                              30AD, Jerusalem. :)

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                              Mark_Wallace
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                              To see what the Romans had done for them?

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              • S sasadler

                                Paradoxically, some of the bacteria you brought with you on that time machine could be that spark of life! :)

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                                Lost User
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                                Hmmmm,

                                sasadler wrote:

                                Paradoxically, some of the bacteria you brought with you on that time machine could be that spark of life!

                                Would that make all of the life decended from @Mike-Mullikin [Mulligans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulligan\_(games))? Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                                • B BillWoodruff

                                  Into the future, or the past, and, be present as an invisible observer: when/where would you go ? I'll add my choice, later.

                                  «Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot

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                                  ormonds
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                                  Pity about the invisible observer bit. I'd like to go back to the library at Alexandria and save the lot.

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                                  • M Mark_Wallace

                                    To see what the Romans had done for them?

                                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                    DRHuff
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                                    No - just to see who's hanging around...

                                    This space for rent.

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