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Thanks to you all, with you helpful advice I have been able to travel back in time ! My head hurts though.
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Have you tried putting the bed on the ceiling? I first tried it 5 years from now and it's worked wonders!
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Put 1 penny in an interest bearing account and set up instructions to pay the accumulated interest to the first person to invent a workable time machine in return for coming back to the past to give you one.
Kilkrazy wrote: Put 1 penny in an interest bearing account and set up instructions to pay the accumulated interest to the first person to invent a workable time machine in return for coming back to the past to give you one.
A good idea, however, what if they're in a post-scarcity society by the time it's invented? Plus, well, it's a breach of the Temporal Prime Directive. Which is a Bad Thing.
Kilkrazy wrote: Put 1 penny in an interest bearing account and set up instructions to pay the accumulated interest to the first person to invent a workable time machine in return for coming back to the past to give you one.
A good idea, however, what if they're in a post-scarcity society by the time it's invented? Plus, well, it's a breach of the Temporal Prime Directive. Which is a Bad Thing.
Prime Directives were made to be broken.
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The Temporal Prime Directive was invented by people who finished their time machine project earlier than you and want to keep the benefits for themselves.
Kilkrazy wrote: Put 1 penny in an interest bearing account and set up instructions to pay the accumulated interest to the first person to invent a workable time machine in return for coming back to the past to give you one.
A good idea, however, what if they're in a post-scarcity society by the time it's invented? Plus, well, it's a breach of the Temporal Prime Directive. Which is a Bad Thing.
Easily fixed by ensuring we subsidize post manufacturing so that we never have a scarcity that would cause our fencing needs to go unfulfilled.
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Your basic time machine has a similar operating system to a sand timer. Turn your bed upside down, and sleep on the part you normally would. This may require reinforcement with duct tape. The next morning, you should awake in the past compared to your normal rising moment. How far back is contingent upon your ability to sleep upside down.
At the very least, you will greatly enhance your hindsight.
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Interesting, what Mk Frame are you using? Is it made of wood? I've heard wooden models have problems with reverse temporality.
I've also heard that using Goose-Feather mattresses can help increase the revers function if they are soaked in distilled water for 12 half-day cycles then placed upside down foot to head. This may have the side effect of returning slightly damp, as well as ceasing the function of forward travel.
Remember at all times to keep all limbs inside the confines of your sheets to help guaranty their function when you reach the desired time! I will look into this issue more to formulate a 100% fool-proof way of fixing your problem.
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Gitzbitah wrote: Your basic time machine has a similar operating system to a sand timer. Turn your bed upside down, and sleep on the part you normally would. This may require reinforcement with duct tape. The next morning, you should awake in the past compared to your normal rising moment. How far back is contingent upon your ability to sleep upside down.
At the very least, you will greatly enhance your hindsight.
This method does have its downsides. For one, you often wake up with a case of memory leak, losing all knowledge of events that transpired after waking up. Friends of mine have found that the disorientation of waking up on the ceiling with no way of getting down by yourself without conceivable damage to yourself a real nuisance.
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Nothing beats the water-cooled (filled) mattress. Catastrophic leaks aside, they will project you into the reverse time-stream. The only issue is that you have no control. A water bed inevitably sends you to the 70s or 80s. If water beds aren't an option, you may wish to look into your childhood duvet. Throw some Sesame street or or GI Joe sheets and covers on there and you're golden.
You want to reverse the flow of the time-coils in the mattress, and configure the frame for rapid acceleration in the opposite direction, usually achieved by turning the 'bed' 180 degrees, followed by re-making it as normal.
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Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote: Have you tried putting the bed on the ceiling? I first tried it 5 years from now and it's worked wonders!
The problem with that is all the people dancing up there.
And if you got that joke, we’ve been successful on going back in time...
Oh, what a feelin.
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2014/03/22 09:03:05
Subject: Re:I have a problem with my time machine.
I realized about a month or so ago that I would never have a time machine, or I would die in the process of using it, simply because the first act of building a time machine would be to give my former self my time machine such that I could use it as needed. Even then, failing directly giving it to myself, I would fix things.
I have done neither. This bothered me more than it probably should.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Yes, I found ways to account for various forms of paradox. I still do not have a time machine. I have scotch, but that's like a bed in that it only moves you forward, and not without consequence.
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Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote: Have you tried putting the bed on the ceiling? I first tried it 5 years from now and it's worked wonders!
The problem with that is all the people dancing up there.
And if you got that joke, we’ve been successful on going back in time...
Oh, what a feelin.
Thanks for getting the joke, I was starting to feel -really- old there.
The nice thing about time machines is you can use them to justify all sorts of things. If what you were about to do was stupid or bad on a catastrophic level, someone would come back and stop you, right? Or at least show up to watch and laugh.
Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote: Have you tried putting the bed on the ceiling? I first tried it 5 years from now and it's worked wonders!
The problem with that is all the people dancing up there.
And if you got that joke, we’ve been successful on going back in time...
Oh, what a feelin.
Thanks for getting the joke, I was starting to feel -really- old there.
The nice thing about time machines is you can use them to justify all sorts of things. If what you were about to do was stupid or bad on a catastrophic level, someone would come back and stop you, right? Or at least show up to watch and laugh.
I feel like an idiot, and I know I'm killing the punchline (forgive me, please!!), but it's from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, right? Been forever since I've seen that movie.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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I feel like an idiot, and I know I'm killing the punchline (forgive me, please!!), but it's from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, right? Been forever since I've seen that movie.
It’s worse then that.
Spoiler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_on_the_Ceiling_(Lionel_Richie_song)
A popular song from the mid-80’s, that is both one of the top 20 worst songs of all time, and a chart topper. A crueler man then I would post a youtube link to the video. But I’m not going to post a link unseen, and am not going to watch it again. Mearly discussing the song is making it flit through my head, and that’s more then I need. But the talk of things on the ceiling, and going back in time brought it to the fore of my thoughts.
And now it’s in yours. My work here is done, enjoy the pain.
Buy an expensive down comforter. I mean, the most expensive goose-down or silk-down you can find, not some garbage clearance stuff with artificial down.
Spend the money on a bed and sheets and pillows. You spend 33% of your life sleeping.
I'm gonna go watch that video now. If I don't make it back to Dakka, you'll know you killed me. My blood will be on your hands. Are you prepared for that?
huh. Lionel Richie looks like Billy Dee Williams with a Mullet. That may be the crappy graphics of the youtube video though.
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Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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I've heard the only reliable way to change your perspective on the passage of time is to bed a woman of similar age and looks to a GF you had in your twenties.
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See, I have a time machine. I use it every day, I go in it and it allows me to travel usually about 7-10 hours into the future. It is called a bed. It works perfectly, but I still have a little problem with it. I have tried putting the head where the feet usually go (not as comfortable as the normal way), I have also tried putting the bed up-side down (even less comfortable), but no matter what, it always bring me into the future ! I would like to travel about the same temporal distance (a dozen of hours) but into the past rather than the future. Is there any hidden button, or some other way to invert the time traveling technology and make it go back in time, rather than forward ?
Thanks for your tips, you are awesome .
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it's a simple fix, really. grab a spanner. you need to loosen the side panels, and then whack the top of the machine three times.
you should here a chink . the side panels might fall off. if they do, it means you just have to use some silicon to tighten the panels.
if not, well you have a problem. you will have to soak them in a 1-1 mix of motor oil and hydrochloric acid, wear gloves when doing this. the metal might warp a bit, use a hammer to flatten it again. just re attach the panels (use NEW screws) and the problem will be fixed.
good luck.
Captain Fantastic wrote: Buy an expensive down comforter. I mean, the most expensive goose-down or silk-down you can find, not some garbage clearance stuff with artificial down.
Spend the money on a bed and sheets and pillows. You spend 33% of your life sleeping.
No, don't do that. You will end up getting the same accident I had this morning. My time machine did not stop at the planned time, and I travelled way too far into the future. And the worst thing is that these accidents happen very frequently.
You should never buy one of those expensive luxury time machines. They are way too unreliable.
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2014/03/30 00:39:30
Subject: Re:I have a problem with my time machine.
daedalus wrote: I realized about a month or so ago that I would never have a time machine, or I would die in the process of using it, simply because the first act of building a time machine would be to give my former self my time machine such that I could use it as needed. Even then, failing directly giving it to myself, I would fix things.
I have done neither. This bothered me more than it probably should.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Yes, I found ways to account for various forms of paradox. I still do not have a time machine. I have scotch, but that's like a bed in that it only moves you forward, and not without consequence.
But, what if this is the first time you are doing this... you have to do it once to effect anything... IT HAS TO START SOMEWHERE MAN.
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