Beaming vs Time Travel

[rkmsuf]

What would be better if you could only have one...

Personal transporter..aka beaming capabilities to instantly go anywhere on earth or unlimited time travel but no beaming capability?

[ColtCrazy]

So do I want to be Doctor Who or a member of Charmed? :) I'll go with Doctor Who

A time travel device would allow you to see history, or the future, and you would still be able to do a lot of the stuff beaming would allow you to do. If I wanted to visit England, I could visit there yesterday, and do basically the same thing.

[rkmsuf]

So do I want to be Doctor Who or a member of Charmed? :) I'll go with Doctor Who

A time travel device would allow you to see history, or the future, and you would still be able to do a lot of the stuff beaming would allow you to do. If I wanted to visit England, I could visit there yesterday, and do basically the same thing.

You would somehow have to get to England though and then time travel. At least my version of time travel is any point in time at the same location. Think Back to the Future.

Bad thing about time travel is your hijiinks may change history. beaming is safer.

[jeheinz72]

Beaming no doubt. I could do all sorts of crazy shit and never get busted since I'd just beam outta jail.

[BrianD]

Beaming for me. I'd hate to create a time-travel paradox which causes the universe to implode.

[MikeVic]

Yeah I think time travel is too dangerous. I'd really like beaming though.

[BrianD]

"I don't know about all that beaming stuff. Is it safe?"

[Antmeister]

If you are beaming, do not wear a red shirt. You are guaranteed to be screwed over.

And by the way, if you are beaming over long distances, wouldn't you be somewhat time traveling anyway.

[rkmsuf]

If you are beaming, do not wear a red shirt. You are guaranteed to be screwed over.

And by the way, if you are beaming over long distances, wouldn't you be somewhat time traveling anyway.

For the purposes of this discussion



NO

[JediKooter]

Two words: Sports Almanac

[Bonegavel]

You would somehow have to get to England though and then time travel. At least my version of time travel is any point in time at the same location. Think Back to the Future.

Bad thing about time travel is your hijiinks may change history. beaming is safer.

You could never alter your current timeline since it has already happened. What you would be doing is messing with an alternate timeline so as long as you can get back to your own, you'd be golden. Hack your grandfather to pieces all you want with no worries.

Back to the Future's time travel is not how it would work.

[rkmsuf]

You could never alter your current timeline since it has already happened. What you would be doing is messing with an alternate timeline so as long as you can get back to your own, you'd be golden. Hack your grandfather to pieces all you want with no worries.

Back to the Future's time travel is not how it would work.

YES IT IS

[samifan24]

Beam me up, Scotty.

[Dr. Sak]

Tough question.

If you want to travel into the future you have to be aware that you will not see an "older you" because you are skipping over the time between to advance to that point in the future. So the people around you would view you as a missing person, that is of course unless you let them know that you were going into the future. So if you want to be like Marty McFly in the early part of Back to the Future II, it isn't going to happen.

Also you have to be extremely careful where you time travel from. If you some how go back in time or forward in time to a place where there is say...a mountain there...there would be huge consequences. No two things of matter can occupy the same space at the same time, so technically you could set of a chain reaction that could blow up the entire earth.

Beaming is much safer.

[molson]

You could never alter your current timeline since it has already happened. What you would be doing is messing with an alternate timeline so as long as you can get back to your own, you'd be golden. Hack your grandfather to pieces all you want with no worries.

Back to the Future's time travel is not how it would work.

As much as I'd love to hack my grandfather to pieces, I don't think I'd risk it.

[Bonegavel]

YES IT IS

no, it isn't

[Greyroofoo]

Snotty beamed me twice last night...


It was wonderful.

[BrianD]

Snotty beamed me twice last night...


It was wonderful.

Way too many posts between me tossing the softball and you making contact with it. I figured there would be a race to make a Snotty reference. :(

[Dr. Sak]

"I don't know about all that beaming stuff. Is it safe?"

My ass...it's on BACKWARDS!

[Antmeister]

Snotty beamed me twice last night...


It was wonderful.

Who's Snotty?

[rkmsuf]

I mean on paper time travel sounds like a blast.

The more I think about it though, beaming is way better. You don't need money, you don't really have to abide by any laws, you eliminate the need for transportation, there's just a tremendous upside. The only thing you need to make sure is that you have a fucking good set of world coordinates. Beaming into the center of the Great Wall of China would be a bummer.

Say you get goofy one day and time travel a thousand years ahead only to enter a time when the horses rule the land and they capture you and race you.

[MikeVic]

Would you need to use machines? Or is this some kind of super power.

[rkmsuf]

Would you need to use machines? Or is this some kind of super power.

Ok, don't start getting ridiculous.

It is some kind of technology.

[MikeVic]

Would only you have it, or would anyone have access to it?

[Dr. Sak]

What if your main rival stole it...went back in time and fucked your wife. Then you go back in time and you had a kid that isn't yours but it is your main rival and you are stuck paying for the kid because your rival bribed the judge with money he won with winnings from betting on sporting events that he knew the outcome? Then in your first encounter with him he asked you "How does my ass taste?"

Fucked up shit.

[Antmeister]

Ok, don't start getting ridiculous.

It is some kind of technology.

Well Superman could reverse time to save Lois Lane, so it is not that ridiculous. :D

[rkmsuf]

You would be the only one to have this technology.

[sachmo71]

Who's Snotty?

Little man who lives in his nose and makes his between meal snacks.

[MikeVic]

Ok good. If anyone could beam or time travel, it would be madness.

[rkmsuf]

Ok good. If anyone could beam or time travel, it would be madness.

Loaning someone your time machine...a true sign of friendship.

[Lorena]

What if your main rival stole it...went back in time and fucked your wife. Then you go back in time and you had a kid that isn't yours but it is your main rival and you are stuck paying for the kid because your rival bribed the judge with money he won with winnings from betting on sporting events that he knew the outcome? Then in your first encounter with him he asked you "How does my ass taste?"

Fucked up shit.

lolol

[Antmeister]

I am not too crazy about the beaming technology. You wouldn't have an excuse for being late for work....ever! And you know people will wait until the last second before jumping into that teleportation beam.

And what is someone beams you into a video game and the Master CPU wants to get rid of you. Processors are a lot faster than the days of Tron, so I wouldn't want to face the enemies in today's games.

[Dr. Sak]

I'd beam myself right into Jessica Simpson's bed.

[Antmeister]

I'd beam myself right into Jessica Simpson's bed.
Yep, right behind Tony Romo.

[MikeVic]

I don't think I'd work if I had beaming technology.

[JediKooter]

And what is someone beams you into a video game and the Master CPU wants to get rid of you. Processors are a lot faster than the days of Tron, so I wouldn't want to face the enemies in today's games.

Being beamed into the Tron world would be fun though. Cruisin in your own Recognizer. Flirting with some hot glowing chick. Oh yea, good times all around.

[jeheinz72]

There'd be no need to. Just beam yourself into a bank vault, pocket some cash and beam out. And that's just a simple money making scheme.

[Dr. Sak]

Yep, right behind Tony Romo.

I see where your mind is...I've already alerted your wife.

[Antmeister]

I see where your mind is...I've already alerted your wife.

You don't have to alert her of your intentions of beaming into the Jessica Simpson bed. She has already read the thread and knows what type of beaming you would like to do. :D

[MikeVic]

Would people know you're this one guy with beaming technology? Or could you try to keep it a secret somehow. I'd imagine if people knew, they'd have huge plots to try and steal it.

[Dr. Sak]

You don't have to alert her of your intentions of beaming into the Jessica Simpson bed. She has already read the thread and knows what type of beaming you would like to do. :D

I'd be beaming my rod into Jessica, while playing a nice motorboat hummm on her tatas!

[rkmsuf]

I mean say you are with woman and you have to take a massive dump. Excuse yourself to her bathroom, beam to your toilet of choice, beam back and wash your hands.

[Dr. Sak]

Would people know you're this one guy with beaming technology? Or could you try to keep it a secret somehow. I'd imagine if people knew, they'd have huge plots to try and steal it.

You ask too many questions. Your beaming privileges are revoked!

[MikeVic]

What if that toilet is occupied? You'd be beaming onto someone taking a dump. Not cool.

[MikeVic]

I want to know all of the catch-22s!!

[rkmsuf]

what's worse...having beamed and then lost beaming privledges or never to have beamed?

[Antmeister]

I'd be beaming my rod into Jessica, while playing a nice motorboat hummm on her tatas!

Got it. So you are gonna beam over some guy named Rod and play a soft soothing CD of motorboat sounds over a plate of hot tater tots.

You are kinky!

[Mike1409]

Being beamed into the Tron world would be fun though. Cruisin in your own Recognizer. Flirting with some hot glowing chick. Oh yea, good times all around.



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[Dr. Sak]

MMMM Tater tots! Be right back I am going to beam and get myself some.

[Antmeister]

I mean say you are with woman and you have to take a massive dump. Excuse yourself to her bathroom, beam to your toilet of choice, beam back and wash your hands.

No....no....no. If HA had use of this technology, he would beam into the stall, take pictures of the girl in the next stall, beam again, grab himself a hoagie and do unsaid things to the sandwich.

[Autumn]

Time travel is obviously cooler, only y'all are busting on it with all these realistic drawbacks. Yeah, yeah, we know, paradox, blah blah. Well, maybe when you beam the earth has moved slightly in transit and you end up inside the crust, all right?

If we're not going to get all boring scientific on it, time travel wins.

[rkmsuf]

Time travel is obviously cooler, only y'all are busting on it with all these realistic drawbacks. Yeah, yeah, we know, paradox, blah blah. Well, maybe when you beam the earth has moved slightly in transit and you end up inside the crust, all right?

If we're not going to get all boring scientific on it, time travel wins.

You obviously have no imagination for creative beaming.

[Autumn]

There's some possibilties sure, but in the end you're still seeing stuff you could have theoretically seen without it. You're just doing it faster, without as much work or without getting thrown in jail.

Time travel lets you see things no one alive ever has or will see. And depending on the rules has some creative possibilities as well.

[BrianD]

Time travel could have some fantastic benefits. I'd love to find a hiding spot near the Grassy Knoll and see what really happened to JFK. How cool would it be to go back and meet Jesus, or scope out a spot by the grave to see if he really ascended? Lots of good stuff to be had there.

[MikeVic]

Can we have both? I mean, on one hand I'd like to be able to say, beam next to someone like Ellen Page and then casually bump into her to start a long-lasting and meaningful relationship. But I think being able to see dinosaurs in person would be cool as well.

[rkmsuf]

There's some possibilties sure, but in the end you're still seeing stuff you could have theoretically seen without it. You're just doing it faster, without as much work or without getting thrown in jail.

Time travel lets you see things no one alive ever has or will see. And depending on the rules has some creative possibilities as well.

meh, after about a month of that I bet you are right back to scheming how to use time travel to see naked people and steal stuff

I mean what I'm going to travel back and see a beheading? I think not. And the food then was probably horrible. Nevermind the wardrobe headaches.

[rkmsuf]

Can we have both? I mean, on one hand I'd like to be able to say, beam next to someone like Ellen Page and then casually bump into her to start a long-lasting and meaningful relationship. But I think being able to see dinosaurs in person would be cool as well.

bah, seeing the dinosaurs is like chevy chase looking at the grand canyon in Vacation.

"Don't you want to look at the Grand Canyon?"

"..............................ok, let's go!"

[Raiders Army]

There'd be no need to. Just beam yourself into a bank vault, pocket some cash and beam out. And that's just a simple money making scheme.

Yeah, that would work but how would you spend the cash? Most stuff is bought by debit or credit. Don't you think people are going to think you're a drug dealer if you pay for a new house in cash?

You'd have to launder the money through a fake business like on Weeds.

Time travel is much cooler. Who cares if you step on a cockroach in 2000 BC and there are no more gays in the world?

[Dr. Sak]

Time travel is much cooler. Who cares if you step on a cockroach in 2000 BC and there are no more gays in the world?

I don't know about you but I enjoy lesbian porn.

[rkmsuf]

Yeah, that would work but how would you spend the cash? Most stuff is bought by debit or credit. Don't you think people are going to think you're a drug dealer if you pay for a new house in cash?

You'd have to launder the money through a fake business like on Weeds.

Time travel is much cooler. Who cares if you step on a cockroach in 2000 BC and there are no more gays in the world?

I dare you to time travel to 2000 BC. The earth would eat you alive then.

[Autumn]

I don't know about you but I enjoy lesbian porn.

Here here, suspend this man's time traveling privileges please.

Edit: or is that hear hear?

[Autumn]

meh, after about a month of that I bet you are right back to scheming how to use time travel to see naked people and steal stuff

I mean what I'm going to travel back and see a beheading? I think not. And the food then was probably horrible. Nevermind the wardrobe headaches.

Well if seeing dinosaurs and Jesus doesn't impress you for more than a month, I think we'll have to agree to disagree.

If I want to see naked people I already have Web cams, nudist beaches and Skinemax. And time traveling has some rich opportunity for stealing things. Go back in time and hide a lost masterpiece where only you can find it? Ka-ching, look what I found in my attic.

[rkmsuf]

everyone thinks time travelling is so easy

say you want to see JFK. you have to in this time travel to Texas, time travel to the date, somehow not get fucked up trying to get a good view by either the perps or secret service and then come back. not to mention having to by clothes of the era and pay for all your expenses there.

you want to see dinosaurs? are you crazy? you are probably trampled or eaten within 5 minutes of being there.

[Dr. Sak]

What if you do get a good view on the grassy knoll then get arrested as a suspect. Then Jack Ruby shoots you instead of Lee Harvey!

Fucked up shit!

[Autumn]

Yeah like beaming is so easy? How exactly is it that you are aware of the exact location of every interesting place on earth? How do you go about finding Jessica Simpson's bed? If we assume you're boss enough to be able to do so, and just beam away whenever you get in trouble instead of pissing your pants, we'll assume I'm suave with my historical costuming skills and busy sticking it to Cleopatra.

[Dr. Sak]

GPS Satellites.

[rkmsuf]

Yeah like beaming is so easy? How exactly is it that you are aware of the exact location of every interesting place on earth? How do you go about finding Jessica Simpson's bed? If we assume you're boss enough to be able to do so, and just beam away whenever you get in trouble instead of pissing your pants, we'll assume I'm suave with my historical costuming skills and busy sticking it to Cleopatra.

Well ok then. Just don't be disappointed when you find out Cleopatra isn't fully shaved.

[Dr. Sak]

Neither is Jessica

[rkmsuf]

Neither is Jessica

Yeah but I'm talking big, gigantic jungle down there with Cleopatra.

[Dr. Sak]

Maybe if you get into a bad situation you hear this phrase...

"Get out of here Wedge. You're not doing any good back there."

And you know to leave.

[MikeVic]

Hey, what if you traveled to pork Helen of Troy. And then she turned out to be pretty ugly. That would suck.

[rkmsuf]

Hey, what if you traveled to pork Helen of Troy. And then she turned out to be pretty ugly. That would suck.

and how does time travelling suddenly equate to being able to pork all these people. time travel doesn't mean you suddenly become charming or good looking.

[tarcone]

You wouldnt have to steal ever if you time traveled. Go back with $1000 and invest in IBM when it came on the market. BINGO. Im rich beyond belief. Then I time travel to the future and find a beaming device and travel back to today. Now I can beam in the past, present or future. You beaming guys are stuck in the here and now. Have fun.

[MikeVic]

I don't know, I just assumed with time travel you'll be more wanted.

[MikeVic]

You wouldnt have to steal ever if you time traveled. Go back with $1000 and invest in IBM when it came on the market. BINGO. Im rich beyond belief. Then I time travel to the future and find a beaming device and travel back to today. Now I can beam in the past, present or future. You beaming guys are stuck in the here and now. Have fun.

I like this one.

[Dr. Sak]

and how does time travelling suddenly equate to being able to pork all these people. time travel doesn't mean you suddenly become charming or good looking.

You could go forward in time when plastic surgery is perfected. Then go back in time and "pork" anyone you want.

[Autumn]

I figured if people were beaming into Jessica's bed without getting bitch slapped, I'll be just as suave in the past.

And just think the business you could do on the Internets selling porn starring the beautiful ladies of history.

[rkmsuf]

You wouldnt have to steal ever if you time traveled. Go back with $1000 and invest in IBM when it came on the market. BINGO. Im rich beyond belief. Then I time travel to the future and find a beaming device and travel back to today. Now I can beam in the past, present or future. You beaming guys are stuck in the here and now. Have fun.

Great. After you invest you come back to find you that now you are regarded as somewhat of an asshole due to your wealth over the years. In the mid 90's you parlayed a close relationship with Bill Gates into a majority stake in IBM, convinced them to transition the business from computers to a revolutionary oil bladder system. The stock crashed and you have three convictions of molesting collies.

[Dr. Sak]

And don't forget a severe case of herpies

[RomaGoth]

I, for one, would take time travel any day over beaming. Has nobody here ever seen Quantum Leap? Oh wait, wasn't Scott Bacula always getting punched or nearly run over by a car right when he "landed"? :eek:

[Autumn]

Seriously did anyone read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Replay-Ken-Grimwood/dp/068816112X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214508598&sr=8-1">Replay,</a> by Ken Grimwood? It's a fun read where he shows some of the many ways to make money by just going to the past. Another series called The Company has a time traveling company from the future which stashes away things in the past so that they can make use of htem in the future.

[Dr. Sak]

If I could go back in time I would invent the internets before Al Gore.

[Autumn]

I, for one, would take time travel any day over beaming. Has nobody here ever seen Quantum Leap? Oh wait, wasn't Scott Bacula always getting punched or nearly run over by a car right when he "landed"? :eek:

Plus when he went back he looked like Scott Bacula. And had to star in all those really bad movies after they canceled his show.

Maybe time travel sucks.

[Autumn]

Maybe that's what Al Gore did. It was just a slip he made, after years of having to hide the truth of his other life as Al Gore, A Man Lost In Time.

[RomaGoth]

If I could go back in time I would invent the internets before Al Gore.

Al Gore invented the internet? Next you are going to tell me that he is against global warming too. When will the craziness end :eek::confused:???

[Greyroofoo]

I would take time travel.

I could travel into the future where they hopefully have invented some kind of beaming technology.

And then withdraw the cash from my bank account, assuming I can remember my PIN.

[Desnudo]

Yeah like beaming is so easy? How exactly is it that you are aware of the exact location of every interesting place on earth? How do you go about finding Jessica Simpson's bed? If we assume you're boss enough to be able to do so, and just beam away whenever you get in trouble instead of pissing your pants, we'll assume I'm suave with my historical costuming skills and busy sticking it to Cleopatra.

Or getting castrated by Caesar for messing with his woman

[RomaGoth]

Yeah like beaming is so easy? How exactly is it that you are aware of the exact location of every interesting place on earth? How do you go about finding Jessica Simpson's bed? If we assume you're boss enough to be able to do so, and just beam away whenever you get in trouble instead of pissing your pants, we'll assume I'm suave with my historical costuming skills and busy sticking it to Cleopatra.

Would someone in the future say that about hilary clinton?

[ColtCrazy]

I can't believe so many people are going with the "safer" option of beaming. Time Travel has so many interesting possibilities. How hard is it to avoid doing something catastrophic to alter history. Although giving some machine guns to the Indians that Columbus first met might be interesting...

Seriously, time travel is much more interesting. So many things I would want to do, trivial things like watching the first Super Bowl live to being there during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I'd spend my life being a real Doctor Who, with cute sidekicks and all! :)

[Autumn]

yeah, time to go troll those prehistoric caves for the hottest cavewoman sidekick.

[Greyroofoo]

dola,

why isn't this a poll?

[RomaGoth]

There are a ton of things I would do with the ability to time travel:



Introduce "Rap" to the choreogropher of "The Wizard of Oz"
Convince the Atlanta Falcons to NOT swap picks with the San Diego Chargers in the 2001 NFL draft
Warn Steve Jobs IN ADVANCE about that crafty Bill Gates guy
Buy as many barrels as I could fit in my backyard, bury them, and fill them with gasoline for the "tough" years
Force Gary Bettman to leave the country prior to him becoming NHL commissionerMore to come.

[JediKooter]

I'd bring dinosaur eggs back to present time. Then, build a park so everyone can see the living dinosaur zoo.

[RomaGoth]

I'd bring dinosaur eggs back to present time. Then, build a park so everyone can see the living dinosaur zoo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bim7RtKXv90

[Zelig]

I just want the time I have spent reading this thread back.

[JeeberD]

You KNOW that all those women in the past had to stink to high heaven. And have horrible teeth. And horrible breath. And hair everywhere.

I think those of you trying to go back in time to nail the famous ladies would be sorely disappointed...

[JediKooter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bim7RtKXv90

Dang it!!!! So much for my idea.

[Shkspr]

dola,

why isn't this a poll?

Because nobody traveled back in time to remind rkmsuf to make it a poll.

Also, there were like 22 minutes between your posts. Your dola skills suck. :p

[Axxon]

Beaming technology has to be one of the crappiest technologies ever. You can rarely use it. All those pesky Ion Storms keep popping up making your teleporter useless for at least an hour. Screw that.

I'll take the time machine.

[Noop]

I want the power the guy in Jumper has because that would be awesome. I would be one of the most influential people in the world because I would have blackmailed our world leaders. Teleportation and invisibility would make me unstoppable.

[Raiders Army]

Because nobody traveled back in time to remind rkmsuf to make it a poll.

Also, there were like 22 minutes between your posts. Your dola skills suck. :p

Ah, you could've set a good example by dola-ing since your edit was only 2 minutes later. Then again if you had time travel, you could dola before you post your first post.

[Bonegavel]

You wouldnt have to steal ever if you time traveled. Go back with $1000 and invest in IBM when it came on the market. BINGO. Im rich beyond belief. Then I time travel to the future and find a beaming device and travel back to today. Now I can beam in the past, present or future. You beaming guys are stuck in the here and now. Have fun.

No, because you would already have the money now and you don't. Traveling into the past changes nothing because it has already happened.

[Glengoyne]

If it was widespread technology, then I'd go with Beaming.

If it was just something for me, then I want Time Travel.

[tarcone]

No, because you would already have the money now and you don't. Traveling into the past changes nothing because it has already happened.

Then I travel ahead in time and record every sporting event result. Then back to present and get ready to bet. After I accumulate my wealth from being the luckiest man alive *wink*. I travel ahead and buy a beaming device and travel back. Now I can do it all.
And how come no one told me we could be invisible? That would be better then beaming.

[Shkspr]

Ah, you could've set a good example by dola-ing since your edit was only 2 minutes later. Then again if you had time travel, you could dola before you post your first post.


Dolaing wouldn't have fixed the typo. :redface:

[TCY Junkie]

Personally I already believe there are wormholes, so the beaming choice lost most of its appeal. I would like to time travel to the old west and meet some of the most interesting outlaws, including Pumpy Villa.

Unlike Pancho, Pumpy Villa didn’t need any of his men to satisfy a saloon full of girls. Although many of you haven’t heard of him or of his desire to make all people happy as long as they were women, after his life many scientific studies where conducted. The results showed Pumpy Villa went blind from Glaucoma, a build up of pressure of bodily fluids, above the waist, specifically located in the eye and damages the optic nerve. Pumpy Villa’s long life after becoming blind is why the rumor "there is a link between masturbating and blindness" is so wide spread today. He was very creative and didn’t need a blind sensing stick to navigate through the halls in the bordello.

It would have been awesome to be around him before he went blind, afterwards there is a high likelihood it would have been painful.

[Neon_Chaos]

I want the power the guy in Jumper has because that would be awesome. I would be one of the most influential people in the world because I would have blackmailed our world leaders. Teleportation and invisibility would make me unstoppable.

But then you'd have Samuel L. Jackson hunting your sorry ass!

Yes, they deserved to die, and he hopes they burn in hell!

No thanks.

[rkmsuf]

Then I travel ahead in time and record every sporting event result. Then back to present and get ready to bet. After I accumulate my wealth from being the luckiest man alive *wink*. I travel ahead and buy a beaming device and travel back. Now I can do it all.
And how come no one told me we could be invisible? That would be better then beaming.

Invisibility is not better than beaming. Transportation issues aside, ever try and have sex while invisible? Ain't happenin, sally.

[MikeVic]

According to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, you can have sex while invisible.

[Desnudo]

I need a better movie than that for confirmation

[MikeVic]

The graphic novel, not movie. I haven't seen the movie.

[Noop]

But then you'd have Samuel L. Jackson hunting your sorry ass!

Yes, they deserved to die, and he hopes they burn in hell!

No thanks.

Minus that part that would be a great power to have. Imagine the mischief I could get in before I settled down to raise to families on the other side of the world from each other.

[Coffee Warlord]

Like it's been said...time travel to the far future where all the other spiffy techs exist, take them with you, go back in time and make some money, and live your life as the Doctor. Win win.

[gkb]

Definitely time travel. Maybe go back in time, study some martial arts with Bruce Lee, check out if Helen of Troy really is that hot, catch up on some sleep, etc. Jump forward to see how my kids are turning out, find out where I fucked up and hopefully rectify the situation...

[Passacaglia]

Yeah, but what form does the gas come in?

Wait, wrong thread.

[Bonegavel]

Then I travel ahead in time and record every sporting event result. Then back to present and get ready to bet. After I accumulate my wealth from being the luckiest man alive *wink*.

Perfect.

[Autumn]

Not quite perfect, I don't think. You would eventually draw suspicion by being overly successful in the gambling world, or even the business world. I think it would be best to go back and buy the property where you know there's going to be a gold rush, oil find, etc. Then simply wait. "oh my goodness, who knew."

[RomaGoth]

Definitely time travel. Maybe go back in time, study some martial arts with Bruce Lee, check out if Helen of Troy really is that hot, catch up on some sleep, etc. Jump forward to see how my kids are turning out, find out where I fucked up and hopefully rectify the situation...

Errr....it's a time machine, not a miracle worker. :D

[DanGarion]

Hello, this is DanGarion posting from the future! Hope all is well.

[RomaGoth]

Hello, this is DanGarion posting from the future! Hope all is well.

If you were posting from the future we would not be able to read it yet, would we? :confused:

[Autumn]

My question is, wouldn't he know whether all is well already?

[MikeVic]

My question is, wouldn't he know whether all is well already?

Aha! It's an imposter.

[DanGarion]

If you were posting from the future we would not be able to read it yet, would we? :confused:

Why not? You'd see it once you caught up to the time that the future me posted would you not?

[SteveMax58]

This is easily time travel.

You go back to a week that had a major amount of powerball rollover. You look the numbers up(before leaving) and you go play those numbers. You are then ridiculously rich whenever you come back to the present.

The rest of the time you spend trying to pork hairy cavewomen.

[Marc Vaughan]

Time travel hands down - especially if it means I get to drive a DeLorean (sp?) ;)

[EagleFan]

dola: Forget what I said, time travel is definitely the way to go.

[EagleFan]

Beaming is the way to go. I would love to be able to get anywhere immediately.

[fantom1979]

Time travel. I would travel into the future when everyone has beaming technology. Steal me one and then travel back. Then I would have both

[Autumn]

This is easily time travel.

You go back to a week that had a major amount of powerball rollover. You look the numbers up(before leaving) and you go play those numbers. You are then ridiculously rich whenever you come back to the present.

Or you get back to the present and discover you're horrible at managing money, and have already spent it all investing in flying cars and the music business. Now you owe Uncle Sam millions in back taxes and spend the days hiding in old train cars with Willie Nelson.