[Az-Geocaching] Time Travel?

[Jim Scotti]

I find it interesting, as usual, that this Titor character cannot prove he is
from the future.  All he needs to do is to provide a sealed, registered
envelope with a list of very specific uncommon events that will happen in the
future. For example, before September 11, he could have provided details of
the September 11 attacks - what time the planes hit the towers, for example.  
Or, he could have provided 5 or 10 other specific predictions of less
significant events.  The predictions he has made include an occasional bit
that is now in the past.  On the webpage Steve gave, there is a link to some
of his predictions.  One such prediction is: "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."  Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but did
anyone here of such a "Waco type event?"  He also apparently knew nothing of
9/11 or its aftermath in his predictions from the end of 2000 and early 2001.  
Pretty clearly, this guy is just another crackpot, typical of the
"Coast-to-Coast" pseudoscience that is all too often aired on that program.  
Luckily, Noory occasionally has some more reputable guests, but unfortunately
for his credulous listeners, they are mixed in with lots of genuine crackpots
as if they are equal in credibility.

Here's a prediction relevant to our sport:

Q: Is the GPS system still in use in 2036?

A: (58) Oh yes! In fact, the unit I have with me works here. I'm not sure why
that surprises me. There are also a great many communications and Internet
satellite systems.

He wasn't asked whether it was a Magellan or a Garmin.....

Jim.

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Rand Hardin wrote:

> 
> Steve,
> 
> The program that the site referred to was a live broadcast with George Noory from the Oct 8th, 2004 Coast-To-Coast radio show.  The guest was Oliver Williams who spoke about John Titor.  Below is the recap from that show:
> 
> RECAP FROM OCT 8, 2004 COAST-TO-COAST SHOW WITH GEORGE NOORY:
> John Titor Update...
> During Friday night's show, Oliver Williams provided an update on alleged time traveler John Titor. According to Williams, John Titor traveled to our present in a machine built by GE in 2034 (photos). Titor claimed the technological cornerstones of his time machine would soon be discovered. In a March 13, 2001 Internet posting he wrote: 
> "The 'machine' with the energy to do it will come on-line very soon. The 'method' for doing it has already been 'mostly' perfected in the Z machine at the National lab in New Mexico."
> Williams cited recently published articles on the Z Machine and Desktop Atom-Smashers as evidence of Titor's claims. He also said Titor recieved much criticism when he suggested Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes destroy everything that fall into them was incorrect. Hawking has since revised his black hole hypothesis, allowing now for what Titor claimed was the basis of time travel. 
> 
> Williams also referred to an article in Rochester Magazine about the IBM 5100 computer. Titor claimed he'd traveled from 2036 to retrieve the IBM 5100 in order to resolve computer problems in the future. The 5100, according to Titor, had unpublished features that would allow it to interface with old mainframes still in use in his time. Williams believes Titor "went back home" after the completion of his mission to find and acquire an IBM 5100. (Note: During the show, an eBay auction featuring the IBM 5100 jumped from $58 to $1000.)
> 
> Here's another site about John Titor:
> http://timetravelportal.com/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=bd6364fe31be44132a49f33089540cc3
> 
> Rand Hardin
> (RandMan)
> 
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> Steve, Team Tierra Buena wrote:  
>   
> See John Titor Site and attached photo:
> http://www.johntitor.com
> 
> The object in the photo looks like it would make a very cool (and very
> large) cache container. But I went to the website and found this on the
> home page:
> 
> RADIO INTERVIEW
> WITH EDITOR OF
> WWW.JOHNTITOR.COM
> 
> Coast-To-Coast AM
> Radio Program
> with host George Noory
> Broadcast live on
> Fri, October 8, 2004
> 10:00PM Pacific Time
> 1:00AM Eastern Time
> 
> Let's see... we're going to hold a live broadcast three months ago. Is
> that the state of the art of time travel?
> 
> Steve
> Team Tierra Buena 
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Jim Scotti
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/