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2011/11/06 13:02:28
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
Valkyrie wrote:I would go back to St Petersburg 1917, and prevent the Russian Revolution. Partly because I've been studying it, but I think it would also be good to see the consequences: No Communism in Russia means no Communism in China: There would be no Cold War, Chinese Civil War, Korean War or Vietnam War.
Or, failing that, I would go back 1000 years or so, place a meagre amount of money into a bank account, then return to the present time to find that I am now a billionaire due to interest.
1000 years ago? I think you would be upset with the fact your money wouldnt be there anymore. 100 years ago maybe, but youd need to find a bank that was not only around then, but still around today. But why go through so much trouble? Go back in time, and invest a bunch of money into Microsoft like I suggested. 500 bucks invested into them back then, gak youd be beyond stupid rich today with that
2011/11/06 13:41:04
Subject: Re:If you have a time machine... when would you go?
rockerbikie wrote: Then we would be slaves. *clap clap* Without Communism, there wouldn't of been a rise of worker's rights and worker's union.
I highly doubt that, since unions have been prolific since the Industrial Revolution(America's big one in the 1880's were the Knights of Labor, first established 1869.). Arguably much earlier, if you're the type who believes that guilds were the earliest form of the union.
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2011/11/06 14:19:15
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
rockerbikie wrote:
Then we would be slaves. *clap clap* Without Communism, there wouldn't of been a rise of worker's rights and worker's union.
I highly doubt that, since unions have been prolific since the Industrial Revolution(America's big one in the 1880's were the Knights of Labor, first established 1869.). Arguably much earlier, if you're the type who believes that guilds were the earliest form of the union.
No. Guilds were not really unions. They were more or less a Franchise.
2011/11/06 14:20:25
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
rockerbikie wrote: Then we would be slaves. *clap clap* Without Communism, there wouldn't of been a rise of worker's rights and worker's union.
I highly doubt that, since unions have been prolific since the Industrial Revolution(America's big one in the 1880's were the Knights of Labor, first established 1869.). Arguably much earlier, if you're the type who believes that guilds were the earliest form of the union.
No. Guilds were not really unions. They were more or less a Franchise.
And yet, some historians disagree with you.
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Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
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2011/11/06 14:21:45
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
rockerbikie wrote:
Then we would be slaves. *clap clap* Without Communism, there wouldn't of been a rise of worker's rights and worker's union.
I highly doubt that, since unions have been prolific since the Industrial Revolution(America's big one in the 1880's were the Knights of Labor, first established 1869.). Arguably much earlier, if you're the type who believes that guilds were the earliest form of the union.
No. Guilds were not really unions. They were more or less a Franchise.
And yet, many historians disagree with you.
Even if a Quanitity of peopledis agree with something does not mean it is not true?
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2011/11/06 15:29:20
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
rockerbikie wrote:
Then we would be slaves. *clap clap* Without Communism, there wouldn't of been a rise of worker's rights and worker's union.
I highly doubt that, since unions have been prolific since the Industrial Revolution(America's big one in the 1880's were the Knights of Labor, first established 1869.). Arguably much earlier, if you're the type who believes that guilds were the earliest form of the union.
No. Guilds were not really unions. They were more or less a Franchise.
And yet, some historians disagree with you.
I doubt there are historians who actually say guilds were unions. Likely they say guilds were a precursor to the union. The union and the guild are similar bodies that serve different kinds of people for different reasons. A guild serves craftsmen with the intent of ensuring a fair market (and controlling access to the craft) while unions serve laborers with the intent of protecting their interests against their employers. Similar organizations but not the same.
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2011/11/06 18:17:48
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
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2011/11/06 18:21:03
Subject: Re:If you have a time machine... when would you go?
Just reading that as a preview, I thought you meant the old Dakka user beef.
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2011/11/06 19:48:44
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
Church: So it is a sword, It just happens to function like a key in very specific situations.
Caboose: Or it's a key all the time, and when you stick it in people, it unlocks their death.
2011/11/06 22:51:43
Subject: Re:If you have a time machine... when would you go?
in the past so I kick Hitlers mother down a flight of stairs.
Then I would go forward in time see the alternate time line to see that was the reason he hated jews. Then I see nothing had changed but in fact I was the reason the holocaust started. :( then i go forward in time impregeant hundreds of women and then I go to the present day Asherian tell him to go grow a pair show him where to find a teleporter travel back to my own time and then laugh hysterically as i make money off it by making a book about it.
Also I would go back into time and invest in every stock option, then i would withdraw it and have hundreds of thousands of dollars. muhahahaha
Its such a crazy plan it will always succeed muhahahahahahahahah hahaha!
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2011/11/06 23:22:32
Subject: Re:If you have a time machine... when would you go?
rockerbikie wrote:
Then we would be slaves. *clap clap* Without Communism, there wouldn't of been a rise of worker's rights and worker's union.
I highly doubt that, since unions have been prolific since the Industrial Revolution(America's big one in the 1880's were the Knights of Labor, first established 1869.). Arguably much earlier, if you're the type who believes that guilds were the earliest form of the union.
No. Guilds were not really unions. They were more or less a Franchise.
And yet, many historians disagree with you.
Even if a Quanitity of peopledis agree with something does not mean it is not true?
Sorry to build a quote tree here, but I felt I had to reply to this. Rockerbike's concept of "facts" being mutable based upon the percentage of people who agree with them is a relatively new phenomenon, in my opinion, which I like to call Wikithought. If enough people believe something, it's true! It's a remarkable way to think about things since even a moment's thought would reveal that there are some truths which are simply immune to how you feel about them, good bad or indifferent.
No matter how many people believe they can fly, if they jump off a bridge together, they will not be able to fly, and the universe does not care what you think about it.
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2011/11/07 01:03:14
Subject: Re:If you have a time machine... when would you go?
Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Go back in time and come up with every important discovery etc myself, so when I come back to the present everything is named after me.
And, Roswell 1947. I wanna know...
I here ya there. When you actually learn about the report that the Airforce put out, before retracting and saying it was just a weather balloon.... it just makes ya wonder
2011/11/07 01:07:08
Subject: Re:If you have a time machine... when would you go?
Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Go back in time and come up with every important discovery etc myself, so when I come back to the present everything is named after me.
And, Roswell 1947. I wanna know...
I here ya there. When you actually learn about the report that the Airforce put out, before retracting and saying it was just a weather balloon.... it just makes ya wonder
Or imagine the UFO was actually the time traveler checking out the 1947 incident.
I'd go back, gather the orignial Continental Congress, and bring them forward to see the BS that has become the US government. Let them investigate what went wrong, what went right, and so on. Send them back so they can fix a few things - clarify the meaning of 'right to bear arms,' write term limits in and otherwise generally enforce the idea that elected service is SERVICE, not a frickin' rice bowl, define corporations as separate from individuals and NOT protected by personal rights, that sort of thing.
Or maybe just write in 'These laws are intended to be interpreted reasonably by reasonable people; unreasonable people need not apply.'
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2011/11/08 23:14:06
Subject: If you have a time machine... when would you go?
I would go back to when I was a teenager and spend my college grant on patenting the use of 3g and mobile wireless on Mobile computers. A'la broad band dongles.
'Why doesn't someone insert a mobile sim card and aerial to a laptop.' I naively asked back then.
I would also go back to the little seaside shop that had new in blister Star Wars toys gathering dust in a corner. Can't spend my pocket money on tat like that, my arse!
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