If You Had A Time Machine...

[round tuit]

Originally Posted by LongtimeBravesFan

I'd go back to the day of the Microsoft IPO and buy about 100 shares. I was an adult at the time so buying them in my name wouldn't be hard. I'd just go find me and give me the needed money and information.

Biff Jr meets Biff Sr.... interesting.. I think you're the first to suggest looking up yourself. Would you trust yourself?

[nycricanpapi]

I would go back to when my grandmother was alive

[skel1977]

Id like to run around with a sword and armror so probably the dark ages or medievel times

[ciceropolo]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

what period in history (it's broken and won't go forward) what era(s) would you go to. Due to popular demand for the machine, you are only allow to use it 3 times for a period of one week per trip.

Management apologizes for any inconvenience.

Fun with a theme. Linking recent thread topics in History {Watches, Clocks, Punctuality and Time Issues} and Philosophy {Christ and AD/BC - calendar dating} with this thread and a conundrum.

What 'calendar' does the time machine calibrate to?
If the Gregorian calendar, then what would happen if your time machine is calibrated to go back to the "Ten Days That Never Were", October 5-14 , 1582?

[The conversion from Julian to Gregorian]

It would make a great topic for....


The Twilight Zone Intro - YouTube

[jtur88]

So the time machine would simply send you to one of the areas that did not use the Christian calendar. Which was virtually the entire world that was not in Europe. It would be calibrated to send you back a certain number of days, and you'd land where you landed.