text: 29 January 2001 12:25 Are the Olympics still being played in the future? As a result of the many conflicts, no, there were no official Olympics after 2004. However, it appears they may be revived in 2040 Maurizio Ammannato Undoubtedly the person back to John Titor name has a very brilliant fantasy. However he/she tells interesting stories about our possible future. Looking at what today is going on, Titor scenario is possible and credible. Let this reading stop us for a while and think about what we are doing. Let Titor story allow us to work a bit less on getting power and a bit more on sharing peace. Maurizio Ammannato Maurizio Ammannato Maurizio Ammannato John Titor is the name used on several bulletin boards during 2000 and 2001 of a poster claiming to be a time traveler from the year 2036. In these posts he made numerous predictions (a number of them vague, some quite specific) about events in the near future, starting with events in 2004. He described a drastically changed future in which the United States had broken into five smaller regions, the environment and infrastructure had been devastated by a nuclear attack, and most other world powers had been destroyed. In the time since Titor left the forums, the predictions for events that were supposed to occur by now have all failed to occur (as of January 2008). Maurizio Ammannato In his online postings, Titor claimed to be an American soldier from the year 2036, based in Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida who was assigned to a governmental time travel project. He had been sent back to 1975 to retrieve an IBM 5100 computer which he said was needed to "debug" various legacy computer programs in 2036; a reference to the UNIX 2038 timeout error. The 5100 runs the APL, and BASIC programming languages. Titor had been selected for this mission specifically due to the fact his paternal grandfather was directly involved with the building and programming of the 5100. Titor claimed to be on a stopover in the year 2000 for "personal reasons," to collect pictures lost in the civil war, and was visiting his family; Titor spoke of his family often. Titor also said he had been, for a few months, trying to alert anyone that would listen about the threat of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease spread through beef products, and about the possibility of civil war in the United States. Titor also had expressed an interest in unexplained mysteries when questioned about it by an online poster, such as UFOs (which in his time were still as yet unexplained). Titor suggested that UFOs and alien visitors may well be time travelers from much further into the future than his own time, and with much more accurate time machines than his own. Maurizio Ammannato Maurizio Ammannato John Titor Member Registered: Jan 2001 Posts: 78 Greetings. I am a time traveler from the year 2036. I am on my way home after getting an IBM 5100 computer system from the year 1975. My "time" machine is a stationary mass, temporal displacement unit manufactured by General Electric. The unit is powered by two, topspin, dual-positive singularities that produce a standard, off-set Tipler sinusoid. I will be happy to post pictures of the unit. Maurizio Ammannato Scan from the technical manual. Some of the other graphics more fully refer to the device as a General Electric Army Model C204 Gravity Distortion Time Displacement Unit. Maurizio Ammannato Scan from the technical manual. Looks like it might be a scan from a photocopy of a printed photograph, which would reproduce pretty terribly like this. Maurizio Ammannato Scan from the technical manual. This should be compared with following figure, which is presumably a scan from a different page, which has some slight differences. They each show a diagram of the field shapes and time vectors produced by the unit during operation. Maurizio Ammannato Scan from the technical manual. Notice the three event horizon labels at the bottom are mislabelled 11, 12, and 13, where in the page above they are labelled 10, 11, 12 and correspond to the legend. Note that this graphic includes the dimensions of 6 (vertical safe distance 6 meters), 7 (mass offset 5 meters), 8 (rear mass distribution 8 meters), and 9 (forward mass distribution 11 meters). Interpretation of figure legend above 1 Dual singularities in kerr field 7 Mass offset (5 meters) 2 Output of negative time field 8 Rear mass dist. (8 meters) 3 Output of null time field 9 Forward mass dist. (11 meters) 4 Output of positive time field 10 Negative time event horizon 5 X-ray venting cone 11 Null time event horizon 6 Vertical safe distance (6 meters) 12 Positive time event horizon Maurizio Ammannato Scan from the technical manual. Unfortunately some of the legend is unreadable. Below the graphic I have recreated what I believe the text to read. Interpretation of figure legend above 1 Singularity drive housing 7 Singularity (status sensor?) 2 Singularity magnetic field coil 8 Singularity cooling housing 3 Magnetic field generator/regulator 9 Singularity cooling pump 4 Electron mass injector manifold 10 Singularity cooling supply 5 Electron regulator 11 Gravity sensor unit 6 Electron (generator?) 12 Battery supply Maurizio Ammannato posted 01-29-2001 01:37 PM at http://communities.anomalies.net/cgibin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 John Titor Member Registered: Jan 2001 Posts: 78 Although the documents posted were printed from a computer printer, is it really that hard to believe that manual typing is just a bit more common in thirty years? After the war, many things like manual printing machines, bicycles, sailboats and hand tools were valued a great deal. I have noticed more people in California are installing wood burning stoves. I realize my claims are a bit ridiculous but my intent is not really to be believed. However, if I had an opportunity to talk to a time traveler, I might ask questions like: How exactly does the singularity sensor measure the expansion of the inner event horizon or why does the reality of multiple worlds support the religious dogma that there are no good or bad people just good and bad desicions or what were the political motivations that changed the U.S. Constitution? Maurizio Ammannato Scan from the technical manual. Shows layout of major external components and defines the Main and Steering singularities. Notice they are located fore and aft of the time distortion field, which direction is delineated by the prominent black and yellow tape (here black and white). Maurizio Ammannato posted 01-29-2001 01:37 PM at http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 John Titor Member Registered: Jan 2001 Posts: 78 By using two microsingularites in close proximity to each other, it is possible to create, manipulate and alter the Kerr fields to create a Tipler gravity sinusoid. This field can be adjusted, rotated and moved in order to simulate the movement of mass through a donut-shaped singularity and into an alternate world line. Thus, safe time travel. Maurizio Ammannato Detailed device schematic, presumably another scan from the technical manual but that is uncertain. Unfortunately the legend is missing for all the numbered labels, or we could go a lot farther in analyzing the circuitry. Maurizio Ammannato Appears to be a scan of a black and white photo of the device. Not from http://www.anomalies.net/time_trave ler/john.html however, but from Pamela. Maurizio Ammannato Photo of the unit in the car (Corvette). The device appears to have been moved to the passenger's side. If it weighs 500 pounds as John said, moving it would be some feat. Maurizio Ammannato Description purportedly from John. This is a picture taken in the fall of 2035 during my training. It shows my instructor beaming a handheld laser outside the vehicle during operation. The beam is being bent by the gravitational field produced outside the vehicle by the distortion unit. The beam is visible through smoke that is coming from his cigar. Maurizio Ammannato Photo of the unit in a vehicle. This appears to not be a Corvette, John mentioned somewhere that he swapped the Corvette for a truck. That looks like a shotgun in the front center Maurizio Ammannato A second photo of the unit in the truck. Paint colors match, the padded cushion in the foreground appears to be the same as in previous photo, and there is the same white box to the left of the unit in both photos. Third photo of the unit in the truck. The several objects in the foreground appear to have not been moved, but the light is different as if this photo were taken at a different time of day than previous. There is a red glow reflecting off the instruction label which could possibly be an indicator lamp. Could the unit be turned on? Possibly it's in some kind of testing or maintenance mode or maybe it's reflecting light from outside the vehicle. The glow appears to be coming from a button labelled 'emergency disconnect' (#5). But it could also be coming from the 'emergency view screen' (#4) if that is perhaps a red LED display. Maurizio Ammannato Unknown original URL, still searching for original text, this comes from a compilation that was downloaded from http://survival.anomalies.net/timetravel/TimeTravelBoards.zip which was posted there by Rick Donaldson, an Anomalies Network Moderator who provided a link to it at http://www.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000019&p= on September 25, 2001 14:28 pamela Member posted 05 November 2000 03:29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Questions for timetravel_0 with permission to post. Pamela: by the way can you tell me what it feels like to time travel? when you are in the process of doing it what does it feel like and what do you see and hear. you made mention that you had to get use to the fields. Do you see a bright flash of light? Timetravel_0: Interesting first question. The unit has a ramp up time after the destination coordinates are fed into the computers. An audible alarm and a small light start a short countdown at which point you should be secured in a seat. The gravity field generated by the unit overtakes you very quickly. You feel a tug toward the unit similar to rising quickly in an elevator and it continues to rise based on the power setting the unit is working under. At 100% power, the constant pull of gravity can be as high as 2 Gs or more depending on how close you are to the unit. There are no serious side effects but I try to avoid eating before a flight. No bright flash of light is seen. Outside, the vehicle appears to accelerate as the light is bent around it. We have to wear sunglasses or close our eyes as this happens due to a short burst of ultraviolet radiation. Personally I think it looks like your driving under a rainbow. After that, it appears to fade to black and remains totally black until the unit is turned off. We are advised to keep the windows closed as a great deal of heat builds up outside the car. The gravity field also traps a small air pocket around the car that acts as your only O2 supply unless you bring compressed air with you. This pocket will only last for a short period and a carbon sensor tells us when it's too dangerous. The C204 unit is accurate from 50 to 60 years a jump and travels at about 10 years an hour at 100% power. You do hear a slight hum as the unit operates and when the power changes or the unit turns off. There is a great deal of electrical crackling noise from static electricity. Maurizio Ammannato Maurizio Ammannato The Physics of Time Travel: ACCELERATION = TIME DIALATION As pointed out earlier, acceleration will produce time dilation. This can be observed by the "twins paradox". As one twin stays on Earth, the other twin in his accelerating spaceship experiences a slower passing of time. When he returns to Earth, he is noticeably younger than his twin who aged normally in Earth time. This type of "time travel" (should have been proven already on this worldline) with atomic clock experiments. With sufficient power, this type of time travel will only provide practical displacement in a future direction. This type of time travel is also isolated to a single worldline. You will not meet yourself. GRAVITY = ACCELERATION As Einstein pointed out with his STR, the effects of gravity and acceleration are the same. Therefore, you will experience the same time travel effects in the twin paradox by being close to a large gravity source. In the atomic clock experiments mentioned above, the reason there was a difference in time was not because the clock in the plane was moving, it was because the clock in the well was closer to the center of the Earth. Constant speed is not acceleration. LARGE GRAVITY = STATIC BLACK HOLE The next step is to find a large gravity source to use in your time machine. Static black holes provide this type of power. As one twin approaches the event horizon or edge of the black hole, the other twin will watch him as he appears to slow down. He will notice his twin's watch run slower until it stops at the event horizon. The twin moving toward the horizon will notice none of this and see his watch running just fine. Although possible, a trip into a static black hole will not take you to another worldline and it's one-way. The force of gravity will crush you. ROTATING BLACK HOLE = DONUT-SHAPED SINGULARITY Fortunately, most black holes are not static. They spin. Spinning black holes are often referred to as Kerr black holes. A Kerr black hole has two interesting properties. One, they have two event horizons and two, the singularity is not a point, it looks more like a donut. These odd properties also have a pronounced affect on the black hole's gravity. There are vectors where you can approach the singularity without being crushed by gravity. (For those interested in seeing a graphic of a photon trip through a Kerr black hole, try here) http://qso.lanl.gov/~bromley/nu_nofun.html Maurizio Ammannato DONUT-SHAPED SINGULARITY = PASSAGE INTO ALTERNATE WORLDLINE Another other more interesting result of passing through a donut singularity is that you travel through time by passing into another universe or worldline. Please see Penrose diagrams for Kerr Black holes or you can examine the calculations of Frank Tipler. So now the problem becomes….where do we find a donut-shaped singularity? A PONDERING HAWKING = MICROSINGULARITY Steven Hawking proposed the existence of microsingularities that were created in the big bang. They were probably about the size of a proton and disappeared over the years due to an effect of radiation evaporation. (Yes, black holes do emit energy.) HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS = ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY When I first started posting online a few months ago, I said that major breakthroughs in particle physics were around your corner. Soon, CERN will bring their big machine on line and they will be smashing very fast and high-energy particles together. One of the more odd and potentially dangerous items produced from this incease in energy will be microsingularities a fraction of the size of an electron. (for those who would like to follow the developments at CERN) http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY = LOCALIZED KERR FIELD Through trial and error, and although they are quite heavy, hot and capable of putting out a great deal of energy (300 - 500 megawatts), it's discovered that these microsingularities can be electrified and captured. It is also interesting to note at this point that electrified singularities also have two event horizons. By spinning these various microsingularities, a localized Kerr field is created. LOCALIZED KERR FIELD = TIPLER SINUSOID By using two microsingularites in close proximity to each other, it is possible to create, manipulate and alter the Kerr fields to create a Tipler gravity sinusoid. This field can be adjusted, rotated and moved in order to simulate the movement of mass through a donut-shaped singularity and into an alternate world line. Thus, safe time travel. Maurizio Ammannato Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-01-2001 08:36 AM The 5100 had a very simple and unique feature that IBM did not account for and decided it was not in their best interest to advertise (which in hindsight was not very smart). This accidental feature was thus removed from any future desktop computers. In order to take advantage of this feature, the 5100 I have now required a couple of special "tweaks" that had to be done by one of the software engineers in 1975. Anyone who is familiar with this feature and was told to keep their mouth shut about it will be able to tell you what it is. Yes we still have toilet tissue and some people still suffer from extreme anal fixation. I have noticed and gotten used to the act of verbal conflict as a cathartic entertainment. I don't totally understand it but I take no offense by it either. Perhaps we could just arm wrestle some day and still be able to have a pleasant conversation. The year 2008 was a general date by which time everyone will realize the world they thought they were living in was over. The civil war in the United States will start in 2004. I would describe it as having a Waco type event every month that steadily gets worse. The conflict will consume everyone in the US by 2012 and end in 2015 with a very short WWIII. The source of power for the C204 that allows it to distort and manipulate gravity comes from two microsingularities that were created, captured and cleaned at a much larger and "circular" facility. The dual event horizons of each one and their mass is manipulated by injecting electrons onto the surface of their respective ergospheres. The electricity comes from batteries. The breakthrough that will allow for this technology will occur within a year or so when CERN brings their larger facility online. Perhaps it would have been clearer to state that the math has been around since 1970. I would urge you to examine the properties of Kerr black holes and Tipler cylinders. An actual working prototype was first tested in 2034. On my worldline, time travel is not a public recreation but we are all aware that it exists. You may be disappointed to know that the ability to manipulate gravity is not the technical challenge that had to be overcome. Miniaturizing the clocks and sensors, creating clever ways to vent x-rays and creating a computer system dependable enough to calculate the changes required to the field were the main challenges. There are no missing pieces…just missing energy levels and a few very interesting subatomic particles. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-02-2001 06:34 AM If you could change one thing about your government right now, what would it be? The United States is still a representative republic in 2036 but it was touch and go for a while. After the war, the U.S. had divided into 5 general areas based on their economic and defensive strengths. Many people blamed the government organization for the war and the last Constitutional Congress was held in 2020 to officially scrap the Constitution and start over. Fortunately, this exercise in anger pointed out how hard it was to come up with anything better. It was decided the document wasn't at fault. As a result, there have been a few small changes to the Constitution and the executive branch but you would easily recognize it. The average citizen is more educated about the Constitution and aware of the rights and responsibilities it gives them. Federal power has been decentralized and the focus of daily politics is in the state senates. Federal law has also been streamlined but much harder to change or make additions to. The people who sign my paycheck told me why we needed a 5100 and sent me off to get one. I was not in a position to make alternate suggestions. As I recall, isn't the Cray a rather large system? We need something portable. The 5100 isn't required for its reliability, its needed to translate between APL, UNIX and a few obscure IBM mainframe languages. The fishing is great and you're more than welcome to join us but the "me" here is only three. I'll have to tell him your coming. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-02-2001 11:41 AM I fail to understand why my words generate so much conflict. I think it's far better for you to consider what I say as fantasy so there is no question of credibility. How is my credibility going to affect your life? I don't want you to believe me and it doesn't affect me in the least if you did. I don't know any other way to tell you that I am unaware of what happens in the next week, especially in Hollywood. Just curious…that's a common question, why do you think I would know something about that? Yes, it's very possible that what I say would spin your future off into a different direction. But since what I say is "bogus" that shouldn't be a problem. On a philosophical level, the existence of multiple worlds implies a moral balance in the superverse. For every worldline you perform a good action, there is a worldline where you perform a bad action. There are no good and bad people, just good and bad decisions. We can only be responsible for what we do as individuals on the worldline we are on now. So take heart! Somewhere out there is a worldline where I'm spilling all the beans on Hockey, the stock market and Hollywood and you're all off to Vegas and Wall Street making millions of dollars. I do very much enjoy these conversations and I'm working on the other questions… Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-05-2001 11:28 AM As far as the war goes, my best advice is to find at least 5 people within 100 miles of you that you trust with your life. No, I haven't met any other time travelers here and although from my perspective that's highly unlikely, it's not impossible. No, I don't have any additional information concerning crop circles, ETs or UFOs. I find those subjects rather interesting myself and it's one of the reasons I was drawn to this web site. ((Can you give us some brief personal stories of your past? For instance, in relation to history what were some of your growing up sagas?)) I was born in 1998 so I do share some childhood memories with all of you. I remember going to Disney World at Christmas and I remember going to the beach in Daytona. When the civil "conflict" started and got worse, people generally decided to either stay in the cities and lose most of their civil rights under the guise of security or leave the cities for more isolated and rural areas. Our home was searched once and the neighbor across the street was arrested for some unknown reason. That convinced my father to leave the city. From the age of 8 to 12, we lived away from the cities and spent most of our time in a farm community with other families avoiding conflict with the federal police and national guard. By that time, it was pretty clear that we were not going back to what we had and the division between the "cities" and the "country" was well defined. My father made a living by putting together 12-volt electrical systems and sailing "commodities" up and down the coast of Florida. I spent most of my time helping him…………. Maurizio Ammannato ……Outright open fighting was common by then and I joined a shotgun infantry unit in 2011. I served with the "Fighting Diamondbacks" for about 4 years. (Hearing in my right ear isn't as good as I would like it). The civil war ended in 2015 when Russia attacked the U.S. cities (our enemy), China and Europe. As unusual and bad as my childhood might seem, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Africa is not a pleasant place to be in 2036 although I would characterize it as recovering. The music you enjoy now is quite popular and available it's just not produced in anywhere near the same amount. There is a revival of "local" and classical music. Many people have learned to play their own. I personally enjoy Big Band, some Classical and interesting lyrical pieces from the 1970s and 1980s. ((if time travel is possible, what does that do to the reilgious? If I exist on many time lines, which one is really me? Did God create one "me", or many "me's")) This is an excellent question that causes a great deal of controversy. Since every possible outcome, event and possibility is happening and will happen, then all good and all evil balances out in the superverse. After the reality of multiple worlds sank into our collective thought, the one basic change to all religious dogma is the concept that good and evil does not exist as an organized force in our lives nor can it be used as a useful way to judge what God may think of a situation. Good and evil are personal experiences that can only guide what we do as individuals and how we relate to others. This outlook also makes it impossible for me to judge any other person or event. We cannot see the entire universe as God sees it therefore we will never be Gods or be capable of judging anything outside of ourselves. My actions can only be judged as good and bad by me and my God……….. Maurizio Ammannato ….There is also an area of thought that maintains all of the "yous" out there will make up the "you" that eventually returns to God. In that manner, it is frustrating to know that you are capable of and acting on all of the thoughts and ideas you have regardless of what the "you" here is doing. How good or evil do you think you can be? There is even an idea (supported in physics apparently but I have a hard time with this one) that there is some sort of communication going on between all of the "yous" that are out there. Some people think that memories, intuition and conscious are actually attempts by one version of "you" to talk to another. Yes, we still have football and you will easily recognize it in 2036. I am posting here because I enjoy talking with people without having to hide who I am, it's safe for me and my family and I can gather historical information from you and the web. Yes, I have superiors. However, from their perspective, I will only have been gone a split second. The only real risk I am taking is spending too long outside my main line and risking a probability error (dying, accident, etc.). Based on the physics of gravity displacement, I can't leave when I ever I want anyway and I do have some leeway into how I conduct my mission. It is impossible for me to change any worldline that I am not on. Nothing I do here will affect my home. The "60 year flux" is a limitation of my machine, not of physics. Jet planes can't fly into space, my machine is not reliable past a 60 + year destination. You've been to Cedar Key? You must be aware I don't know any personal information about you. If I was just going to guess, I would say it's important to avoid the rattlesnake or you might be "walking" back to shore. You may be happy to know that although the bridge is gone, Cedar Key is still there. The computer is from 1975, Rochester Mn. Yes, the Pearl Harbor example relates to Y2K. Have you considered that I might already have accidentally screwed up your worldline? ((Potential Hazard of being a Time Traveler --- Always putting things off until you can "get back" to doing them.)) What's even worse is having the ability to go back and help the "you" there and you won't listen to yourself. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-05-2001 02:09 PM Yes, there is a log and my report and debriefing will agree with it. I have no reason to lie about where I am and why I'm here. There are no crimes against time. However, if I were to go on some sort of a murder spree and I admitted it when I returned, then I would be held responsible for the crime of murder. I am no more able to affect your worldline than you are. Yes, I could make the changes you suggested but you must remember that there are an infinite number of worldlines out there where I didn't and I don't. In fact, there's even a worldline out there where you're the time traveler and I'm the one writing the question. I think the war would be good for you and your society. I don't want to stop it. Nothing I do here will affect any other worldline. "My" original worldline will always be the same and yes I can make changes here that would make this worldline different from mine but so can you. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-08-2001 09:40 AM Russia and China have always had a very strange relationship. Even the news I see now indicates that continued weapons deals to allies, border clashes and overpopulation will lead to hostilities. The West will become very unstable which gives China the confidence to "expand". I'm assuming you are all aware that China has millions of male soldiers right now that they know will never be able to find wives. The attack on Europe is in response to a unified European army that masses and moves East from Germany. Also, please be aware that from my viewpoint, Russia attacked my enemy who was in the U.S. cities. Yes, the U.S. did counter attack. Based on what I know about the 5100, it has a few very interesting and worthwhile properties that make it worthwhile for a time traveler to recover. Also, please keep in mind that civilization is recovering from a war. Yes, we do have the technology but many of the tools were lost. As you are probably aware, UNIX will have a timeout error in 2038 and many of the mainframe systems that ran a large part of the infrastructure were based on very old IBM computer code. The 5100 has the ability to easily translate between the old IBM code, APL, BASIC and (with a few tweaks in 1975) UNIX. This may seem insignificant but the fact that the 5100 is portable means I can easily take it back to 2036. I do expect they will create some sort of emulation system to use in multiple locations. When I arrived, I approached my father and was easily able to prove to him who I was. I am currently with my parents and the "me" who is three. They are very aware of what I am doing, why I am here and when I will be leaving. It may interest you to know that my father still does not truly believe the machine works even after touching and seeing it. Yes, education is still taught in a classroom but the entire focus and system looks nothing like what you have now. Don't worry, you won't miss it. I understand your viewpoint and I respect it. However, I am confused by a twist in the way the language is used. Another fellow who posted earlier was a bit upset over what I was saying because he thought I was soon going to ask for money by selling something. Since I don't have anything to sell I am curious why, "I…don't buy your story", is the natural way to say what you did. I am aware that it's off the cuff to say but wouldn't it be better to say I don't believe your story? Why is the other way so common? Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-08-2001 01:18 PM I would characterize world politics as two boxers who have just gone multiple rounds and they're both pretty beat up. I'm sure someone out there wants to kill us but no one is very organized yet. There is a great deal of fear over rogue groups coming across un-launched missile systems, 55 gallon drums of Anthrax or portable nuclear weapons. I guess you could say that. Taiwan, Japan and Korea were all "forcefully annexed" before N Day. I don't remember a great deal about media coverage during the civil conflicts. I would probably characterize it the same way you see coverage of Waco, Ruby Ridge and Elian Gonzalez. From my viewpoint, yes, this is an alternate timeline. From your viewpoint, no. I have thought again about how to revel information that would make me more believable but I always come across the following problems: 1.All of you become much less interesting as sheep. I can't talk to you if you're not skeptical. 2.Anything I say could be acted on beforehand and changed anyway. 3.All the really interesting information is months or years away and I'd be gone when it happens. 4.I find it morally wrong to assist someone with anything where they might gain and someone else would lose or die. 5.There's a slim chance your worldline is just different enough my "prediction" won't happen. 6.I simply don't know. Consider that you are a time traveler who goes back in time to the first week of February 1970 and you are confronted with the same problem. What do you remember right now about the second week of February 1970? Naturally, the conflict in Vietnam and the Middle East come up but as someone has already stated here, "that's old news". I suppose I could predict the failure of Apollo 13 spacecraft but since time travel is ridiculous, I would be blamed for sabotage. I might even decide to tell you about an earthquake in Peru but then people that would have died by chance will now live and vice versa. All I can think of is to make something up. So here goes…. The space shuttle mission may or may not have a problem connecting the new lab to the space station. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-08-2001 06:59 PM This post addresses what I have seen before the last three. I enjoy the conversation and I will respond. The "pattern" of exchange in the war will not be a surprise. Many people will perish as a result of starvation and disease. I would also submit that you already know if you're safe or not. The trick is to not turn off your fear when you'll need it the most. Australia is sort of interesting in what is unknown. After the war, they were not very cooperative or friendly. It is known they did repulse a Chinese invasion and most of their cities were hit. They have a trading relationship with the U.S. but I would characterize them as reclusive and ticked off. When people use phrases like "See what I mean", "You're not hearing what I'm saying" or "Something smells fishy", they are indicating the primary sense they use to process information about a situation. I find it interesting that my credibility and the phrases that describe it hinge on economic terms and whether or not I have something to sell. I don't. I also don't know how to clarify my position any better so I would suggest that if what I say angers you, it might be best to just consider it fiction. Soon you'll get bored and I will leave in a few months. Either way, it won't be an issue. The "enemy" that was attacked by Russia in the U.S. was the forces of the government you live under right now. I do not seek followers to mislead. I seek safety, animosity and good conversation. (2) To me it would seem obvious that we both have a very different perspective on what's important right now in 2001. I would think that's what makes our interaction interesting. Would I be anymore believable if I told you I had just stopped a horrible event and you won't hear about it because it didn't happen? Again, this is the second time it has come up and I am very curious. Why would you expect a time traveler to know or care about what happens in Hollywood or some individual companies profits? You seem to think I have tomorrow's paper in front of me. Is that what time travel means to you? (3) I never said I was a scientist. If this is about economics somehow and you hope to "buy" my story, then what do I gain by "selling" it? (5) You already know that cars are dangerous and planes crash. I'm very confident you are capable of killing yourselves without my intervention. Actually, my moral obligation has nothing to do with you, it's between me and God. Deception? Exactly what standard do you use to measure the truth around you? I have seen other threads with amazing and potentially real experiences on them. Why am I more threatening? I have no memory of meeting an older me as a three year old. The events between worldlines are isolated and nothing I do here will affect my worldline. Yes, my parents are alive in 2036 but they have no experience with a time traveling "me" in their 2001 either. Maurizio Ammannato Questions to John Titor 1. Is John Titor your real name? (just kidding) 2. What is the name of your locality/State/Country? 3. Are you a free man? 4. Have civil liberties become more significant? 5. Do you live in a racist society? 6. What is your form of government? 7. Would you be considered a member of the Patriot movement today? 8. In your time, have people developed their spirituality? 9. Do you know what happens when you die in your time? 10. If any what is the predominant religion? 11. Did Jesus come back? 12. Did we send manned missions to Mars? 13. What did we find on Mars? 14. Did we colonize the Moon? 15. Are we currently being bombarded by mind control devices? 16. Is Psionics a part of your every day life? 17. Is Europe made up of feudal states? 18. Did the N.W.O turn out to be real? or just vapor? 19. Do you have teleportation for the average citizen? 20. Was AIDS created by the government? 21. Are there gays in the military? 22. Are there gay people in your time? 23. What is your race? 24. Is there a Movie industry? 25. Is VR legal? 26. What is the average lifespan? 27. Why are you still using paper money? 28. As far as you know who is the most significant figure of the 21st century. 29. Do you use Tesla technology? 30. Given the differentials values you quoted, why can't your technology compensate by offsetting the target coordinates so the error puts you in the correct "world time"? 31. Do you have the death penalty? 32. What is the most common crime commited? 33. Is race mixing allowed? 34. Is cloning common practice? 35. What is the racial make up of the continental U.S. 36. Is there segregation? 37. What is your education system like? 38. What is the woman's role in your time? 39. Are there equal rights? 40. What sort of birth control do you practice? 41. Are there same sex marriages? 42. What happened to South America? 43. Are there recreational drugs? 44. Do you remember the Beatles? 45. What is the name of the Pope? (name changes) Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-09-2001 02:02 PM For all of you interested in coming back with me to 2036, perhaps we should discuss the trip. Please be aware, the displacement unit moves through time, not space. First, we will be driving the current vehicle (Chevy truck) with the displacement unit in it to Tampa Florida. From there, we will go back to my arrival date on this worldline. Then we will have to drive to Minnesota, sell the current vehicle and get another one that would have been around in 1975. We will then move the displacement unit (500 lbs or so) into the new vehicle and go back to 1975. Once in 1975, we'll drive back to Tampa and make the final hop to 2036. If you'd like to stay in 1975, you're welcome to do that. It can also get quite hot and stuffy during the trip and you'll be subjected to a 1.5 to 2 G force the entire time. You'll also need some sort of a re-breather system or oxygen supply. I have found that many misunderstandings and arguments are based on the differences in understanding over a single word. Two different cultures can have a drastic impact on the meaning of words like "proof", "trust" and "credibility". My frustration is in understanding the use of the words. I am trying to follow the logic of all of the comments. After reading the questions, I want to paint a picture that may help with the general theme of our collective experience in 2036. The war had very profound affects on people and how they relate to each other. As individuals, almost everyone in 2036 is very familiar with death. We all have stories of loved ones that have died from disease, war or acts of inhumanity. Most of us have even taken part in dishing the same thing out to the other side. As a result, we have become far more compassionate to the ones we love but mush less forgiving to those who don't pull their weight. We are more accepting of other's differences in our community because we depend on them to survive. We are also more conservative with our resources and closer to God because for a period, life on Earth was Hell. The other major difference is in the concept of good and evil. With multiple worlds come multiple decisions and outcomes. For every good act, there is an equal and possible bad act on another worldline. Taken to the extreme, this must mean that in God's eyes, there is no total good and total bad in the superverse. It balances itself out to infinity. I believe we are judged on the decisions we make as individuals and the good/evil I see on my worldline is an illusion that has no worth to God. My reaction to it is what's important to God. Although this may seem rather heartless, it does allow me to see past the evil that people do and acknowledge the core of potential goodness inside them……. Maurizio Ammannato 2. I am currently based in Tamp Florida in Hillsborough County. 3. Yes I am free but I have obligations as a citizen. Everyone is required to have basic military training and provide a period of time for community service. It is very much like a type of mandatory National Guard service + Peace Corps. 4. Yes civil liberties are more important. You will feel the same after having your house searched a couple of times. 5. We do not live in a racist society but definitely a prejudice one. Everyone carries their own water. 6. Our government looks very much like yours. It is a representative republic. 7. My definition of a patriot is anyone who defends the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. 8. Religion has become far less centralized. Extremes tend to bring you closer to God so I would characterize religion and spirituality as a much more of a personal institution. 9. I do not know what happens when we die. However, I don't think it will be easy. There may be some very difficult decisions we have to make when we die that we are totally unprepared for. 10. It's difficult to define the most predominant religion. Christianity has fragmented into many groups and people with different beliefs speak mush more openly with others who have different outlooks and opinions. I would imagine there are large groups of Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims but I have not come across them personally. 11. No, Jesus did not come back. At least not that I'm aware of. If or when Jesus returns, do you think he'll be a lamb or a lion? 12. No mission to Mars but we are working on it. There is a group working on the idea of gravity displacement to get into space but the calculations and error rate are very large obstacles to overcome. 13. We don't know what's on Mars yet. 14. We're not on the moon yet either. A great deal of technical effort is going into cleaning the planet up. 15. I'm not aware of any "mind control" devices being used on you now. However, there are a great many "non lethal" weapon systems in development that turn out to be quite lethal. Sometimes I watch your television programs that show SWAT teams using new non-lethal weapons. They usually start out with, "In the future, the army and police will fight its enemies with new weapons systems…" When they use the word "enemy", they're talking about YOU! You don't really think the Marines are going to jump out of helicopters overseas with sticky goop, pepper spray and seizure lights, do you? 16. I'm not familiar with the term Psionics. I'll look it up and see if we just have another word for it. 17. Yes, Europe is a mess. 18. Yes, I think the New World Order idea tried to establish itself. I would consider them the combination of the old U.S. federal system, Europe, Canada and Australia. 19. When you say "teleportation", I assume you mean public transportation. Yes, we have a basic high-speed system. 20. I don't know if the government created AIDS. I tend to think yes but controlling it escaped them as it mutated. You can't have conspiracy to limit the population with a disease without the cure. 21. Yes, homosexuals are in the army. You tend to look past the individual differences of people when thier job is to protect your life. 22. Yes, there are "gay" people in 2036. Maurizio Ammannato 23. I am a white male. 24. Yes, there is an entertainment industry. Again, it is very decentralized. The technology to express yourself with video is so readily available that many people do it all by themselves or in small groups. Much of the distribution is over the web. I would compare it theater here. 25. I don't know what you mean by VR? 26. The average lifespan is about 60 but I expect that will imporve as we get things cleaned up. 27. Yes, paper money is still widely used. 28. The 21st century has awhile to go but the most significant person in my opinion is the farmer-general who led us to victory. 29. Even for you Tesla technology can be found in appliances, motors and generators. I would have to say we have come a long way on Tesla's foundation but we don't have electricity rays that cause earthquakes. 30. Getting back to my exact worldline of origin is impossible but it depends on how you define the correct worldline. I can get close enough so neither I nor anyone there would know the difference. It relates to the classic example of cutting a distance in half to reach it. You can always get closer but never there. It also has a lot do with neighboring universes on Penrose diagrams but that requires more math. 31. Yes, we have the death penalty. We also have public punishment. 32. The most common crime is theft. 33. I don't understand what you mean by "race mixing". 34. Cloning is not common. However, altering the sperm and egg cell are common. It is very difficult to have children in 2036 for environmental reasons. 35. It's hard to say what the exact racial make up of the U.S. is. I would say it's probably the same minus 130 million people or so. 36. No, there is no segregation. 37. The education system is very similar to yours but the organization and implementation is controlled on a community and county level. Various communities also specialize in certain disciplines. 38, 39. My comments on equal rights and "women's roles" could be quite lengthy and controversial. I wish to discuss that separately. However, women do fight in the military just as the men do but their role on the community level is very conservative. 40. Having children is such a serious issue in 2036 that birth control is almost unheard of. It is very difficult and precious to have and raise children. Again, this is an issue I will be happy to go into later. 41. Yes, there are same sex marriages but it's not very common. Again, people have lived through so much hardship that if what someone else is doing does not affect them or harm the community, it's not a big issue. 42. South America went relatively unharmed. However, there is still a great deal of internal conflict with conventional arms. 43. Yes, people use drugs that alter consciousness but they are not very common. 44. Yes, I know who the Beatles are. Old music and other entertainment is available on the web. 45. There is another Pope but I do not know his name. I do remember the name Thurstan. Isn't that a character on a television program about people stranded on a desert island? I do believe that "you're" UNIX will also have a problem in 2038. I don't think that's a secret but maybe someone should put a 5100 aside for thirty years or so. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-10-2001 09:49 AM Waco, Ruby Ridge and Elian exist in your news archives. Telling you about impending place crashes or other disasters (provided I could give you exact dates and times) may save lives at one point but cause cascading changes that take others at a later point. I enjoy the posts because it's very hard to remain safe and have a conversation. I have often seen the classic question, "why don't time travelers revel themselves'? That's easy, if you believe us, you'll drug us into oblivion and put us in a small dark cell while men in white lab coats take a Phillips head screw driver to the magnetic lock on the singularity drive housing. I will examine the web site you mentioned. I believe the 5100 is unique in its ability to run assembler language on the 360-machine platform and still be portable. I'm not sure if that fact was ever made public so it's the best "proof" I have. I would like to examine the software you mentioned; perhaps I can further justify my side-trip. Yes, EMP took out a great number of electronic devices. That's one of the reasons why we don't have reliable technology laying around. However, in the opening hours of N Day, the Russians did not launch any high altitude detonations. They knew we would most likely clean up after them so they wanted everyone outside the cities to be able to communicate. Most of the warheads that hit the cities came in threes and exploded close to the ground. The heavy EMP damage was isolated to those areas. Actually, you will probably be quite impressed with our internet. It's based on a series of independent, self-powered nodes that are mobile and can be put up anywhere. It looks a great deal like your current cell phone system. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-12-2001 08:54 PM Thank you Vega for the information. I will visit the site and I expect I will have some questions. Yes, there are a great many people who think that Revelations has come to pass. However, the new fear is that Christ has returned, he's not telling us and he's very angry. I am not familiar with the Fatima Prophesies but I am aware of the term. I was not sent here to change anything. Since it would not affect my home anyway, it would be rather pointless. I am here because of my family and the interaction I had with them in 1975. I understand the question about the Antichrist but I must admit I hadn't given it much thought. My initial reaction is to consider how the Antichrist would affect my life if I could identify him/her. If your life became a sort of "Hell" anyway, would it matter if the Antichrist was real? I became aware of this bulletin board through my various archiving work through the web. We do enjoy "talk programs" but they are distributed over the web. I don't have additional information about UFOs and I find the subject quite interesting myself. I have often wondered if they aren't time travelers with very sophisticated machines. Based on what I know about the nature of time I find this difficult to believe but nothing is impossible. Yes, handmade items and the skills to make them are quite prevalent and people take a great deal of pride in their work. People with the skills to make clothing, work with leather and wood or cultivate a garden have become quite valuable. Please do not think your questions are unimportant. I enjoy the conversation. Fiji? I've noticed that when most Americans think about Canada in this time, they think about pine trees, chooks and back-bacon. It may interest you to know that most Canadians in 2036 are some of the most efficient, ruthless and dangerous people I know. God help Quebec. Within limits, I'm confident my anonymity is secure. The various email and web accounts I have do not have a big sign that says "Time Machine This Way --à". In order to be at risk I would have to be believed. In my experience, evil may be powerful, but they aren't very bright……… Maurizio Ammannato ….The second point I can illustrate with an interesting story. In the opening phases of WWI, one of the largest problems early fighter pilots had was how to shoot a machine gun through the propeller blades without chopping it to bits. The problem was very straightforward. When the engine was off, the blades took up only a small percentage of the total arch but with the engine on, there was seemingly no way to know when it was safe to shoot through them. This problem lasted for quite a while until a very smart person came up with a very simple solution. By using a small lobed cam on the propeller shaft that controlled a switch on the machine gun, it was possible to stop the gun from firing only when the cam turned off the switch at the point a bullet might hit the blade. It was so simple in fact, the other side only caught on to the idea after one of the planes crashed and they were able to take it apart. My point is; seemingly very complicated problems often have very simple and ingenious solutions using technology that is already available. The distortion unit is not magic and no alien technology was required to make it work. If you could see it, the "smarts" that went into designing it will amaze you more than the technology. Heck, the really interesting technology is in the computer. The magnetic field does not require the fantastic energies you might imagine. The field is "created" and captures the singularity inside a very large and powerful specially designed particle accelerator. If the magnetic system failed (which has numerous backups including a system that would remove it from this worldline), the singularity would evaporate. Although it is smaller than an electron, it would still be quite undesirableThe singularities do not create Tipler cylinders they create the same physical environment without all the mass. The same math works for both. There are two singularities. Their mass and spin is altered in order to adjust the size of the ergosphere and cause the event horizons to interact and create the gravity sinusoid. I have a basic home schooling education (k-12) and a bachelor's degree in history. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-13-2001 10:51 AM …..Actually it does, I have never personally experienced this time as an adult and "Brittany Spears" was not a big topic of conversation when your hiking through the swamp. Everything I know about your time is from books, magazines and old videotapes that weren't destroyed in the war. If it makes you feel any better, I do struggle with not talking about football. The animal Kingdom is alive and well. I'm sure it suffered but there fewer people infringing on animal's habitats now. Nuclear war is a very undesirable thing but it is not the end of the world. There are areas and cities we can't enter and the environment did suffer a great deal of damage but we are recovering. Isn't Hirroshima a thriving city today? The major physical affects include skin cancer, infertility, infection, etc. Almost everyone has some sort of physical remnant from the war. I am aware the concept of the Rapture is related to Christian Prophecy but I am not familiar with the details. Yes, there are people I trust here and I would hate for any harassment or harm to come to them. I am aware of the Mayan Calander but in 2012, it was not something I was able to think about. When the time comes, I'm sure people will find the signs they are looking for that leads them to the end of time.……. Maurizio Ammannato (1)Who is the Major Super Power? If you mean military, the world has developed into an odd balance. There are plenty of nuclear weapons left but if anyone uses them they will be instantly erased from the planet by everyone else regardless of the politics. We are very tired of war. (2) Are the two political parties still Republicans and Democrats? There are no Republicans or Democrats to speak of. There are now over 10 major political parties. (3) How many States are there? There are now 5 major geopolitical areas in the united states. (4) Which states get the worst? When you can't drink the water its bad everywhere. (5) Were only cities along the Eastern Sea port hit in the Nuclear War, or all over the country? Mostly cities and large military areas in the entire country. (6) Do companys like Microsoft, Yahoo!, and other internet software companys still exist? No. (7) Does money look alot different than it does now? If you have a picture, could you please upload it and post the link! No, money is pretty much the same. Unfortunately, I do not have any money with me because I wouldn't be able to use it here. (8) So then when you time travel you can never actually go back to the EXACT same place you left from? That is correct, in physical terms, I can never get back to the exact worldline I left from. (9) Was alot of the United States' 18-24 age group slaughtered in the war because of Draft? Yes. (10)Do you ever get visitors from later time periods to 2036? Not that I'm aware of but I can't say it isn't happening. (11) Are there any other companys, besides the one you work for that have TTs and send them out regularly? I work for the military. GE just makes the unit. (12) Does the government know there is TT going on? In 2036, yes. (13) Why were YOU selected to be a TT? What gave you special qualifications? I am related to a key figure in the development of the IBM 5100. (14) How many TTs are there on the team that you are on? How do new recruits get selected? My unit has between 6 and 10. When I left, there were 7 others. Military service, physical fitness, history or technical background and special relationship to target contacts get you in the door. (16) Which country gets the worst in the war? Again, the entire world is affected. Even if you don't take a direct hit, dying crops and no water can ruin your day. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-15-2001 12:07 PM My Motive: I've been in your time a bit longer than I had expected. My next opportunity to go home comes in the spring. For most of my adult life, I have read about, wondered and debated about this time. I value this opportunity to share experiences. If you absolutely believed I was a time traveler, with no skepticism whatsoever, then we would be unable to communicate. The focus of our attention would then always be on the machine. The experiences, opinions and reasons you do things are just as valid as mine and just as different. I hope to return home with a better understanding of why you think and believe the way you do. Although I do understand the reasons for asking, I won't gain from any communication with you by spouting physics formulas and pop culture predictions. Please do not assume I am purposely avoiding questions. I am human, I get tired, and I forget things. Please, just remind me if I missed a question and I will get to it. I do have one tip though. If you want me to go over your post in detail put, "Hey John, you're a big Jerk." at the end of the insightful and logical part, not the beginning. In fact, maybe you could just abbreviate it and put a number rating from 1-100 next to it so I know how strong you feel. Something like, HJYABJ (78). It would save space……… Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-15-2001 05:06 PM The following are personal rules I try to keep (unless of course they conflict with my secret agenda). I look forward to discussing any discrepancies you may find. PERSONAL RULES FOR TEMPORAL DISCLOSURE: (1). I will not disclose any information that will cause someone to personally gain by its knowledge. (2). I will not disclose any detailed information that would allow someone to avoid death by probability. (3). I will not disclose any information that may compromise any future actions by individual people or threaten their family and well-being. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-21-2001 04:35 PM LOLA: ((How far from what size city is it the safest to be?)) A 10 Kiloton nuclear weapon will vaporize metal for about ½ a mile and have a heat effect for about 3 miles. A 100 Megaton nuclear weapon will vaporize metal to 35 miles and have a heat effect to about 250 miles. I believe the largest nuclear weapon ever built and tested was about 60 megatons. As I recall, the popular strategy toady is to strike targets with multiple numbers of smaller warheads. The 100 Kt to 1 Mt are the most popular. I believe there are about 150 - 200 major cities in the US and half as many military targets. Please correct me someone if I am grossly incorrect….. ((Should we be stockpiling guns?)) The answer to this is NO! You will draw a great deal of negative attention to yourself. I recommend become familiar with firearms. This means taking a safety course and learning to shoot and clean many different types. There will be plenty of guns around when you need them. ((What kind of people will be the ones least trustworthy?)) The people with the most to lose if the world changes -Camel through the eye of a needle? ((Is the conflict racial in any way?)) Not at all. In fact, I would say it goes a long way toward erasing racial problems. ((Does the civil war start in such a way that with this foreknowledge those willing will have time to remove themselves to safer locations.)) Yes. You will be forced to ask yourself how many civil rights you will give up to feel safe. ((Will you readily be able to identify the enemy.)) They will be the ones arresting and holding prople without due process. ((Does living near a river with a distillation unit take care of water problems?)) There is an odd saying that might be appropriate here. Safe is anywhere a hungry person can't walk in three days. Water is important but you must consider that when people need it they will know where to get it. I would not plan on planting myself permanently next to a water source. Yes, distillation dose make water safe but the runoff is highly dangerous. Please remember that distillation is not boiling. ((How are the five people within the 100 miles contacted?)) The goal is to have a place to go other than your house and to be able to trust someone with your life. Foster those relationships now. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-24-2001 12:37 PM LOLA: ((Why are orphans an issue? It seems war orphans would be pretty old by now.)) Problems with the environment still have lasting affects on all people, which cause the average life span to lower. In addition, people are more susceptible to accidents. Family life and children are very highly valued and the community takes the responsibility for raising children if their parents die. ((What is your biggest or gravest environmental issue?)) Water. You need it for everything and there is very little left in the world that is positively safe to drink. ((Does distillation remove radioactivity from water?)) It removes the dust and dirt particles that are radioactive. ((Do people still watch TV?)) Yes but it isn't broadcast anymore. ((Are there any women on your travel team?)) Not that I'm aware of but I would assume there are women who are either trained or are training for the same type of work. I don't know why there wouldn't be. ((What is the status of women in your time?)) I understand the question but I have nothing to relate it to in 2036. The status of women is the same as men. Equality issues disappeared during the war. ((Do they hold office?)) Yes. ((Work outside the home?)) Women are not expected to stay home and be "barefoot and pregnant" if that's what you mean. ((Get equal pay?)) Yes. ……………………………………….. Maurizio Ammannato ………………………………………………………………………………… ((Are they safe on the streets at night?)) There is still crime but people do not attack each other the way they do here. ((What do women wear for the most part?)) Clothing is more functional. Women wear very similar clothing as men when working or training. In our free time or with our family and friends, clothing is much more individualized. Long dresses, knitted sweaters and pants are still quite popular. You'll have to forgive me; I'm not very good at describing women's clothing. ((Are the Amish alive and well?)) Yes, I believe they are. ((What is the birth rate?)) I don't know the exact figures but having children is radically lower than it is now. It is the one thing I wish we had that you enjoy here. ((Is there an unusual rate of birth defects and if so what kind?)) Yes. Mostly stillborn. ((You said that your culture was centered around the Universities. Weren't they wiped out in the war? They are in cities after all. )) Not all major universities are in large cities. ((Do you use cell phones?)) Yes, we use a form of cell phone. ((Eat allot of red meat?)) Yes but not as much as you do. ((Drive cars?)) Yes but they are not produced in nearly the same numbers or used the same way. ((Are airlines in operation?)) Yes but again, not nearly as many. ((You said that there will be a big war right? And that Russia will nuke some of our major cities, right? Can you at least tell us which cities will be nuked?)) No I won't do that. However, I submit to you that when the moment comes it will be absolutely plain as day that you are unsafe in the cities. The millions people that stay will choose to stay. That's what comes as a surprise ……………………………………………………………………………………. Maurizio Ammannato …………………………………………………….. ((Internationally?)) Yes, but most people don't get really want to go overseas. ((Are people pressured (subtle or otherwise) to adhere to a Christian doctrine?)) Not at all. ((Do police make drug busts?)) No. ((Are there many jails? What kind of criminals are in them?)) Yes there are jails. Mostly theft, fraud, rape and murder. ((What kind of public punishment is there?)) Hard labor, community service, banishment (you must move to another community), public execution. ((Sounds like New England during religious persecution and intolerance. )) How do you define intolerance? We don't really have the energy or desire to waste time being intolerant. If you produce and help the community than you can do pretty much think and do anything you want within the law. ((Are there Wholistic healers? Herbal medicines? Alternative life styles? )) Yes. ((Is there personal freedom?)) Yes, the same freedoms you enjoy under the Constitution. ((Is there an IRS and a need to keep a lot of receipts and paperwork around to justify yourself?)) Yes, we pay taxes. Sounds like you don't enjoy keeping track of your personal income taxes. I don't think anyone does. ((Is the same type of currency used? Is ours today good in say 2010 or 2020?)) Yes, we use money. That's a good question. I don't see why you couldn't use your current bills in the future. ((Other than time travel how do most people get around the country? Do people tend to travel much? )) There is a high-speed train system, horseback, bike, walking. Automobiles are used mostly for sport and some transportation. ((Are people suspicious of strangers or all you one big happy family now?)) There is still conflict and mistrust. Yes, I am suspicious of strangers. I think that's an instinct we are given to help us stay alive. ((How do most people die during the war? Radiation, starvation? bullet wounds?)) Correct…but in this order: Starvation – Disease – Bullet Wounds – Radiation. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-25-2001 08:00 AM DOUG: ((1) You say your machine has roughly a 60 year limit. Is it possible to go back 60 years and then another 60 years? )) Yes, that is possible but the divergence grows exponentially as you move farther away from your worldline of origin. I could make 50-year jumps to go back and see what the world looked like 2000 years ago but there is a strong chance it would look nothing like what I expect. There are larger distortion units that are more accurate and have a larger window. ((2) Have the people of your time proved the "worldline theory?" If they have, is there any information you can share with is that proves it?)) The Many Worlds theory seems to wrap up very nicely into current string theory. Unfortunately, we have not solved string theory yet either but (n-10) seems to be the best working model we have in 2036. As you are probably aware, the "big equation" does not need the final solution in order to take advantage of the smaller parts that do work in the real world. ((3) Ever hear the story of Oedipus? To make a long sotry short, after being told he will kill his father and marry his mother he moves far away. On the road he accidentally killed his father and ended up marrying his mother. Thus, the prophecy is what caused him to fulfill it. You say you don't want to effect anything too much by giving out information, but you could drastically change this worldline just by talking about the war, or anything for that matter.)) I see your point but do you think Oedipus would not have taken those actions if he didn't know the prophecy? I don't believe that knowing a possible future makes it happen. You are capable of changing your worldline for the better right now. None of the things I have said will be a surprise. They were set in motion ten, twenty, even thirty years ago. Are you really surprised to find out that Iraq has nukes now or is that just BS to whip everyone up into accepting the next war? ((If you're interested in posting some more photos and (pending your decision) the video of your departure, I would be happy to display them on my site. I've only got 5 meg storage, but I'm not using it at the moment.)) I appreciate that. It looks like the previous issue has straightened itself out. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-26-2001 03:39 PM ((Many people asking about the dangers of the war are asking about cities being nuked. During school today I was thinking about this, and nuclear warfare doesn't seem to be the biggest form of fighting in the future.)) Nuclear war will be very effective at destroying an enemy's economy and the people's will to fight. ((Other than the small countries, I doubt nuclear warheads are going to be shot from each end of the globe.)) I would caution against that. That's exactly what "they" want you to think while they continue to develop smaller and more accurate MIRV's. Have you ever seen a neutron bomb the size of a basketball? ((My asking you if the mention of CERN going on-line and discovering this and that, was a prediction was a genuine question completely un-related to "making a Buck". I wondered if it was just a hint you were giving as to something that could be verified after the fact with little chance of you mentioning it having an effect on it.)) Please do not be offended by my "making a buck" remark. I say it with a wink to help other people form their questions. Yes, some very interesting things will be going on at CERN in the near future. ((You say you were in the militia fighting the US Army. I would think that civilians would have a snowballs chance in hell of successfully fighting the military.)) You must realize that why people are fighting is more important that what they are fighting with. The conflict was not about taking and holding ground it was about order and rights. They were betting that people wanted security instead of freedom and they were wrong. ((What does this look like? Is it a stalemate with the resistance/militia hiding out until the cities are wiped out allowing them to surface?)) The cities were not isolated because of them; they were isolated because of us. ((You site the approximate number of cities and military bases intact before the nuclear attack. Are they ALL hit?)) Nuclear weapons and guidance systems are less than perfect. Most targets receive more than one warhead but some of them were more accurate than others. I would estimate the overall accuracy was around 60 to 70 percent. ((Three days walk from where? The nearest city? Again, though, what population makes a city a city and not a town?)) In my experience, a motivated starving person is only capable of walking about three days. The more distance you put between yourself and anyone who is likey to be hungry, the better. ((Does any one or any group stay neutral during all of these years of fighting?)) Some try to. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 02-27-2001 05:25 PM ((You say the civil war lasts from 2004 to 2008 and then the short big one in 2015. What do the years from 2008 to 2015 look like? How long does WWIII last.)) I'm not sure I said that exactly. By 2008, I would say the civil conflict is pretty much at everyone's doorstep. Western instability during the conflict leads to the attack in 2015. WWIII is very short with a longer period of mop up. ((How come it doesn't bother you that people may die through your inaction yet you find it "morally wrong" that you might affect lives by active involvement?)) I'm not sure I said it didn't bother me, I only stated I won't interfere on purpose. Again I refer to a historical example. Before Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, a small group of US soldiers were experimenting with a new technology called RADAR. As the Japanese planes were flying toward the island, they actually picked them up in time to thwart the surprise attack. Unfortunately, they were unfamiliar with the equipment and figured it wasn't working correctly. As you are aware, the ruthlessness of the Japanese "sneak" attack galvanized the US people into entering WWII. As a time traveler it would be easy for me to take a short hike up that hill where the RADAR operators were and point out to them that indeed the equipment was working just fine and they should probably call it in. Assuming they believed me, it is arguable that my lone single action could start a chain of events that would allow the US to meet the Japanese planes and stop them from attacking the battleships. As a result, the US people would still be angry but not motivated to enter the war fully since the Japanese were not a precieved threat. Thus, you don't begin research on the atomic bomb until well after Hitler has already dropped a couple on London. I could save thousands of men on the Arizona at the cost of millions in London. I just don't know how one life will affect another. However, if I were standing next to a soldier who was about to be shot by a passing Japanese plane, I would push him to safety. I realize this is inconsistent on a small scale but I am tired of watching people die in front of me. If there is a price to pay for that than so be it. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 03-02-2001 05:46 AM DANIEL: ((Are the singularities in your machine supposed to be offsetting the light cones of particles within it's sphere of influence allowing the world lines of these particles to appear to loop form the perspective of particles outside the effected area?)) No, that's not how it works. The singularities are used to manipulate gravity around the observer. The singularities do not interact with any matter except the electrons that are injected onto its event horizon. The hazardous areas of gravity are quite small and exist only around the inner singularity ring and another area created in the gravity sinusoid outside the vehicle. ((I don't mean to insult you by spelling out the obvious to you so basically, but that seems the most obvious need of a singularity.)) No insult taken. I would imagine we both agree that standing behind an operating jet engine is an unhealthy thing to do also. ((If so, how can you account for generating a gravity well deep enough to create such a disparity between light cones without sucking the planet through the eye of a needle?)) The gravity well created by the singularities is not that large. The portion of the field that is felt by the operator is about the equivalent of 2 Gs. I would urge you to examine a Penrose diagram for a Kerr black hole. As you are probably aware, the singularity is donut shaped and exhibits two event horizons. The singularities are used to "simulate" a path through the center of one of these singularities which is what takes the observer to an alternate worldline. Earlier in the thread I did go into this in a bit more detail. ((Also, this requires motion through the space immediately influenced by the mass, yet you claim travel is accomplished while the traveler is stationary.)) The unit must be stationary during operation due to the sensitivity of the gravity sensors. Any motion with an acceleration component would throw the gravity measurement from the signularities off. Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 03-10-2001 07:26 PM Dear Fellow Time Travelers: In about 30 days, I will be leaving this worldline to return home to 2036. I first want to say thank you for the wonderful conversation and insight into your society. I have learned a great deal and my opinion on quite a few things has changed dramatically. I will finish the questions that have been posted on this site up to this date. Unfortunately, I must now spend my spare time preparing to leave and I will not be on the computer very much. I do however want to repeat my offer and add a slight twist. After going over my flight plan home, I have discovered my VGL holdover period is a bit longer than I expected. I will be spending at least three weeks in April of 1998 as I make my way back to 1975. Therefore, I not only offer you the chance to leave a message to yourself in 2036 but I offer you the chance to leave yourself a message in 1998. I will take any compiled messages and email addressees you provide and send them on the net when I get to 1998. Granted, this will not affect you on your worldline now but you make take some comfort that another "you" on another worldline has the advantage of knowing something you wish you knew three years ago. Based on the earlier questions I've seen, I've decided a day-to-day record of the Dow a day in advance should convince you that the messages are real in 1998. In addition, I am hopeful a series of photocopies and photographs will be available for you that may give you more insight into the technology of the distortion unit. I will let you know the address of the site when it is available. I also plan to have my parents videotape my departure. If they succeed, it will also be posted after I leave. I look forward to these last few weeks with my family and I will check in periodically to check this site. Live in Peace 2001, John Maurizio Ammannato Posted by John Titor on 03-24-2001 06:19 PM I will be leaving this worldline shortly and this will be my final post. There are only a handful of people who will know exactly when I will be leaving and I'm sure they will let you know when I'm gone. In the last few days I have found your choice of topics quite interesting and from an objective viewpoint I think it collectively answers one of your own questions, "If time travel is real, where are all the time travelers?" In the past, I have stated that quite frankly, you all scare the Hell out of me and I'm sure other temporal drivers would feel the same. But now I have an expanded explanation with two examples. A while ago (on one of the posts), I related an experience I had with my parents while we were driving down a highway. Every now and then, we would pass someone who was in obvious distress with their vehicle. I was amazed that so many people could pass them by without stopping to help. Their explanation was fear. The risk of helping someone was too great and with today's technology, they probably had a cell phone anyway. If they didn't, the walk to a gas station would be good for them and teach them a lesson for running out of gas. The other example is the plight of the homeless. When you pass them as individuals on the street I see the way people selectively choose an alternate path to avoid them. Those two examples best define why time travelers do not show themselves. In trying to help you, we put ourselves as great risk and there's really no point to it. We know the nature of time dictates that traveling between "exact" worldlines is impossible. Therefore, the only results we will see will be the ones we stay to see. Since worldlines, outcomes and events are infinite, we have better things to do. When I arrive in the "new" 1998 worldline on my way home I could easily start all of this again and continue to go through the same conversations with all of the same people. However, I already know you won't pay any attention or believe me because we've already been through it on this worldline. Besides, I think the walk to the gas station will do you some good. My parting thought revolves around something J.C. has been harping on since day one. No, I do not have a secret agenda but I have been paying a great deal of attention to your worldline. My interaction with you was not a direct mission parameter but it was a secondary mission protocol based on standing orders given to all temporal drivers. That secondary objective is basically to gather as much information about a worldline based on a set of observable variables when we first arrive. Your worldline met those conditions. What amazes me is why no one here wonders why Y2K didn't hit them at all? Bring a gas can with you when the car dies on the side of the road. Farewell. John Maurizio Ammannato Maurizio Ammannato


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On the way to pick T. up from school. L. and I stopped into Barnes & Noble so I could buy a copy of the movie I was planning on showing my students in class today. I told L. he could pick out an inexpensive magazine, if he hurried. At the doctor's office a couple of days ago he'd been completely engrossed in some issue of Reader's Digest and I had to sit down and wait another ten minutes after our appointment was over so he could finish it. He wanted to find that exact same issue at Barnes & Noble so we embarked on a frantic hunt to track down where the store kept those small-sized magazines. We enlisted the help of a nice Barnes & Noble lady who then had to get the help of a nice Barnes & Noble man to track down the elusive magazine. Finally, we found one last Reader's Digest, nestled next to Popular Mechanics. Unfortunately, this month's issue features a large hot dog on the front, with the word America written in curly, curvy mustard.
L. hates hot dogs, with a passion. He hates mustard even more. "I don't want that one," he said. "Could I get another?"
Barnes & Noble, apparently, doesn't keep back issues of Reader's Digest on hand.
While L. was looking for a replacement magazine, I looked over at the cafe tables and saw an older woman in a post office uniform reading The Help. She wasn't even halfway through yet, but she was bent over the novel (holding it carefully cracked open, too, the way you do when you're reading something you have to re-shelve) in that intent and focused way that signals complete involvement in a book. I was so tempted to tap her on the arm and ask her what she thought of the book, but she seemed in such a private, good place, and I didn't want to interrupt her read.
I steered L. away from the expensive home and architecture magazines he so loves, and past a $15.99 issue of some photo editing magazine, and by the time we left the store the post office lady was gone from the cafe table. As we were driving away I saw her leave the bookstore, heading in the direction of the next-door post office where she no doubt worked. She didn't have the book with her, but she had a dreamy, thoughtful look on her face and, I don't know--she looked refreshed, somehow. I could tell immediately that she was still far away, her mind still turning the words over and over, savoring the few minutes she'd escaped from work and into another world. She was in that twilight sort of place where you go when you read a good book; that place that can be found only in the time right before you put the book down and are jolted back into the realities of the moment: work, kids, laundry, traffic. I imagined her behind the counter, or in the back of the post office sorting the mail. Maybe her feet would hurt, or she'd be bone-tired, and wondering what to cook for dinner, or dealing with a rude customer, or cranky co-worker. But all the while she'd be sustained by the thought of her next break from work. Then she'd slip next door again, pull a copy of the book off the shelf, and settle into the cafe chair for another chapter.
I wish I could be there when she finishes it. I'd love to ask her what she thought.
I'll see you back on the other side of the weekend. Tomorrow will be a whirlwind day--teaching, meetings, and L.'s big afternoon. Happy weekend to all!

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