Interview with John Titor (Part 4)

The following webcomic is based on John Titor's actual web forum postings on timetravelinstitute.com from November, 2000 to March, 2001.

 

 

So what is the largest technical
problem with travelling in time?

The hard part of traveling through time is not the bending of gravity but the plotting of your course and holding to the basic "position" in your environment. This is done through a system called VGL (Variable Gravity Lock).

The unit takes a local gravity reading and samples it during the "trip" in pulses. If the gravity is too far off, the unit stops or reverses itself to the last sample period where the readings were correct. If there's some sort of failure, the unit shuts down and drops out to where ever you may be.

     

Are there any physical effects from the machine?

The only real physical trace is a large chunk of ground missing from the point of origin and a large pile of dirt at the destination.


The gravity field surrounds a small portion of the earth under you and takes it along for the ride. There is really no way around this.

So I'm curious: what are the implications of your actions?

Are you not rewriting history as you speak?

You do not rewrite history. I can only affect what happens here just as easily as you can. Why do people in this time period worry so much about time travelers destroying their worldline when they have no problem doing it themselves every day?

Now what do you say to people who tell you

that they don't believe you're actually from the future?

 

My goal is not to be believed. Most people do not take news of the war very well but I find that everyone believes it's inevitable. Even in your own history, are not great inventions and discoveries made during a time of war in your effort to kill and maim in new and more efficient ways?

We now open the floor up to any questions from the audience. Anyone?

Are the polar ice caps and glaciers still there in your time?

They are still there and they are not melting any faster than they are now. There is also far less smog and industrial waste in 2036. I never said the environment wasn't a problem though.

Doesn't water expand when it freezes? If the polar ice cap melted, wouldn't sea level go down? I don't know if there's enough ice for this to make a difference and I'm not an expert on global warming.

 Umm...yeahhh.

So anyone with another question?

 Do you work for GE or something? What are you making in stock tips for this?

No, I do not work for GE or any other company. Are "stock tips" really the first thing you want to know about in the future? As a representative of your time period, do you realize what that says about you? You should probably know that this time is not remembered for its selflessness, charity or ability to work together.

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Stay Tuned for Part 5 coming soon! 

For the full transcript of John Titor's postings, head over to johntitor.com.

Wksc.