Has anyone ever heard of John Titor?

[getoffmytrain]

[bluestateguy]

1. Yes, it was a scam

I spent a whole evening on that website. Time travel is not possible.

[Utmost Certainty]

3. Why isn't time travel possible?

I sincerely doubt you're in a position to say whether it's possible or not.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. It is unlikely.

At least with present technology and power sources. It would take incredible amounts of power, to be sure.

[TrustingDog]

6. it took just one evening to come up with that conclusion? :)

[TahitiNut]

10. Time travel is actually common. We all do it.

At damned near the same rate, too. Until we die.

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Yes

John titor is the person who came back from the future and predicted the coming destruction of the US following a Bush stealing of the election again.

<snark>

[TrustingDog]

5. he did say that the beginning of the new civil war will start....

around this time now.

I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing, everything is sacred.

edited for tpyo.

[m berst]

12. "edited for tpyo."

:D (couldn't resist)

[TrustingDog]

14. hehe. was purposed.

part of my work involves looking for those suckers all the time, so I don't really feel too bad laxing here.

latest tpyo irl, caught: pooportunity...
whahahahah. good thing the client has a good sense of humour and it didn't hit the press.

[absolutezero]

7. yea

he said a civilwar would start after the 2004 election and that the world as we know it would end and be replaced with a more stable system after 3 billion people die.

And it was all part of some roleplaying game, the guy who was doing it was trying to promote something that never got off the ground, thats why he disappeared suddenly

[getoffmytrain]

8. Really?

Has that been proven to be so? Did someone uncover it as a promotional stunt?

[charlie]

9. Explanation here

http://number.ch/wiki/index.php/JohnTitorLiar

[getoffmytrain]

13. thanks.

[theophilus]

11. I think the concept is very interesting. Of course the chances of

it being "real" are miniscule. We can watch for the "proof" in the near future. He said that Waco type conflicts would occur about once a week beginning in 2004. He said that no official olympics would be held after 2004. He said that police intrusion would be on the increase with homes being searched and people arrested for no reason by 2006 at the latest. He said that people would stay in the cities for security reasons but lose many of their rights. A civil war would really be apparent to all by 2008. Those holding to American liberties would move to the more isolated areas and there would be armed conflicts on a regular basis between them and the federal police and national guard. All of this supposedly was said in late 2000 and early 2001. These seem like silly predictions. If they start coming to pass, though, you best head for the hills! :-)

[prairie populist]

15. Heard some radio talk show stuff ...

... last week about John Titor.

Some of the things - ie "prophecies" - bear a strong correlation to recent world events. There are a lot of web sites out there. Just do a web search on John Titor. He supposedly used some early model IBM computer for his travels, and, again supposedly, this late 1970s/early 1980s IBM sold at auction on eBay recently.

Am dubious about the assertations which were reportedly posted on the Internet beginning in 2000, but some of these prophecies have an eerie on-the-mark quality to them.

Here's some of the stuff from www.johntitor.com:


JOHN TITOR AND HIS WAR
What are your memories of 2036?

I remember 2036 very clearly. It is difficult to describe 2036 in detail without spending a great deal of time explaining why things are so different.

In 2036, I live in central Florida with my family and I'm currently stationed at an Army base in Tampa. A world war in 2015 killed nearly three billion people. The people that survived grew closer together. Life is centered on the family and then the community. I cannot imagine living even a few hundred miles away from my parents.

There is no large industrial complex creating masses of useless food and recreational items. Food and livestock is grown and sold locally. People spend much more time reading and talking together face to face. Religion is taken seriously and everyone can multiply and divide in their heads.

Life has changed so much over my lifetime that it's hard to pin down a "normal" day. When I was 13, I was a soldier. As a teenager, I helped my dad haul cargo. I went to college when I was 31 and I was recruited to "time travel" shortly after that. Again, I suppose an average day in 2036 is like an average day on the farm.

There is a civil war in the United States that starts in 2005. That conflict flares up and down for 10 years. In 2015, Russia launches a nuclear strike against the major cities in the United States (which is the "other side" of the civil war from my perspective), China and Europe. The United States counter attacks. The US cities are destroyed along with the AFE (American Federal Empire)...thus we (in the country) won. The European Union and China were also destroyed. Russia is now our largest trading partner and the Capitol of the US was moved to Omaha Nebraska.

One of the biggest reasons why food production is localized is because the environment is affected with disease and radiation. We are making huge strides in getting it cleaned up. Water is produced on a community level and we do eat meat that we raise ourselves.

After the war, early new communities gathered around the current Universities. That's where the libraries were. I went to school at Fort UF, which is now called the University of Florida. Not too much is different except the military is large part of people's life and we spend a great deal of time in the fields and farms at the "University" or Fort.

The Constitution was changed after the war. We have 5 presidents that are voted in and out on different term periods. The vice president is the president of the senate and they are voted separately.

Why is time travel used?

Right now, its used to get information or "items" that would be helpful in getting a post WWIII world back to a normal condition.

I am here for personal reasons. For a few months now, I have bee trying to alert anyone that would listen to the possibility of a civil war in the United States in 2005. Does that seem more likely now? Actually it's quite amazing to see what's happening. I have been trying to get people to pay attention for the last few months but to see it unfold is very interesting. Before I leave, I'll try and post my report.

You assume I am here to start a war?

Consider this: You are a time traveler who wishes to go back in time to 1941 because your grandparents live close to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. You realize you can't stop the war but you may be able to help them prepare for it. Strangely, December 7th comes and goes with no sneak attack. As the war in Europe rages on, Japan fails to join the axis power, there is no war in the Pacific and the United States remains neutral. Then, you watch as Germany begins to develop the atomic bomb… all by themselves.

For a change, I have a question for all of you. I want you to think very hard. What major disaster was expected and prepared for in the last year and a half that never happened?