Well, if you believe the whole John Titor hoopla.....

Posted by Marc Bratton (A) on May 15, 2007 at 20:11:35

In Reply to: Time travel to 1972 posted by DavidLD on May 12, 2007 at 05:05:52:

John Titor's supposedly a time traveler from the year 2038, who's come back to retrieve (I'm not making this up!)an old, OLD IBM 9500-one of THE 1st personal computers, vintage 1975. Seems in that timeline, Y2K starts affecting things BIG time, and they need to retrieve some old code. It's post ('limited') nuclear war in 2038, along with some pretty big earth changes, and he does NOT have any kind things to say about THIS generation, because we let our civil rights slip away (he's describing pretty much a fascist police state, and chronic civil war), and things devolve pretty much into the chaos of his world.
Just sci-fi spoofing? I think so. Except, except...he DID make some very accurate and specific predictions that have since come true, that would've been pretty difficult to fake. Specifically, some arcane physics discoveries that would prove to be pivotal to building a time machine. But his English is standard baby boomer English, and he uses some terms that shows he's probably NOT in a military like he claims (ie, what the hell is a 'shotgun brigade'?). Fascinating read, there's supposed to be a movie coming out about it. Google it. I don't think they care too much about high end audio, but useful old pre computer things like books, radios and typewriters are much coveted.

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Topic - Time travel to 1972 - DavidLD 05:05:52 05/12/07 (29)

Well, if you believe the whole John Titor hoopla..... - Marc Bratton 20:11:35 05/15/07 (0)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Ross 17:12:47 05/13/07 (1)

exactly - forget the period equipment... - centaurus3200 09:28:35 05/14/07 (0)

Would do it for the music, but not the gear..here's a list - j. barleycorn 05:53:31 05/13/07 (1)

the slider ROCKS! - centaurus3200 09:26:49 05/14/07 (0)

By 1972, most of what I have would have been considered used junk.... - Bung 21:11:24 05/12/07 (0)

You bet I would - nightdoggy 19:59:45 05/12/07 (0)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - mbmiller@bcpl.net 18:15:40 05/12/07 (0)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Mark W. 16:14:17 05/12/07 (0)

Why? - johng 14:53:21 05/12/07 (2)

Re: Why? - Dagw00d 17:45:42 05/14/07 (0)

Re: Well Hell, johng ... - FRG7SWL 08:36:43 05/13/07 (0)

Well I'm from 2035, and I choose 2007 for audio nirvana - TommyK 14:26:39 05/12/07 (0)

Make it '52 and it will get interesting ,,,,,,, (nt) - Vinnie 12:54:03 05/12/07 (0)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Bold Eagle 12:13:39 05/12/07 (1)

On second thought... - Bold Eagle 19:03:48 05/14/07 (0)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - stereophonic 11:25:52 05/12/07 (3)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Brian Levy 11:39:35 05/12/07 (2)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Mark W. 16:29:08 05/12/07 (1)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Brian Levy 06:02:16 05/13/07 (0)

No, but I'd want to see what we've lost/gained in other areas - 4season 08:24:24 05/12/07 (0)

1972 - no internet, no audio asylum, no reading posts - audiogatorjim 07:50:05 05/12/07 (4)

Re: Wait A Hokey Smokin' Minute, AudioGatorJim !!! - FRG7SWL 08:50:08 05/13/07 (0)

no internet, but we DID have the CB radio... - mhardy6647 10:59:09 05/12/07 (2)

Roger that................. - audiogatorjim 19:56:40 05/12/07 (1)

Oh oh, someone's reading the mail, over - nightdoggy 20:01:42 05/12/07 (0)

Re: Time travel to 1972 - Brian Levy 07:29:27 05/12/07 (0)

Wouldn't do it for the audio hardware... - Jackaro 06:56:10 05/12/07 (0)

Probably not.... - doodlebug 05:22:07 05/12/07 (0)

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Well, if you believe the whole John Titor hoopla..... - Marc Bratton 20:11:35 05/15/07 (0)

Well, if you believe the whole John Titor hoopla.....

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