John Titor's Story  

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• Nuclear War

  From http://www.anomalies.net/time_traveler/irc.html

  G° : so TT, there is something you can tell me
  TimeTravel_0 : Yes?
  G° : what happens in December 2012?
  wyrmkin_37 : i saw it the good guys were called shadow?
  G° : anything?
  TimeTravel_0 : Ahhh..the acient miayn prohecies.
  G° : the very same
  TimeTravel_0 :
  wyrmkin_37 : mayans
  TimeTravel_0 : sorry
  wyrmkin_37 : ?
  TimeTravel_0 : Nothing happens...but there is a nuclear war in 2015.
  G° : bugger
  TimeTravel_0 : Its not that bad.
  TimeTravel_0 : The bombs are much cleaner.
  G° : i guess not
  wyrmkin_37 : china and russia?
  TimeTravel_0 : There's a civial war in the US.
  wyrmkin_37 : whoa?
  TimeTravel_0 : Russian launches against China, Europe and the US.
  G° : it was bound to happen sooner or later...
  TimeTravel_0 : Can;t you see it coming?
  G° : whatamistaka to maka!
  TimeTravel_0 : Does anyone read history anymore?
  wyrmkin_37 : i saw russia and china but not usa
  TimeTravel_0 : From my point of view...Russia helps us. We win.
  G° : how so?
  TimeTravel_0 : But Im a little pissed right now. Is that still the right word?
  wyrmkin_37 : wheat, money........lets make friends
  G° : ?
  TimeTravel_0 : The civil war in the US has two sides.
  TimeTravel_0 : I fought on one side.
  G° : they usualy do
  wyrmkin_37 : proceed sir................
  TimeTravel_0 : The other side got nuked by Russia.
  G° : i see
  G° : not north and south again was it?
  TimeTravel_0 : In 2036, they are our largets trading partner.
  TimeTravel_0 : No...more like city angainst country.'
  wyrmkin_37 : majorities against minorities.......
  TimeTravel_0 : Yes.
  TimeTravel_0 : You know...guns versus no guns.
  TimeTravel_0 : Power versus no power.
  wyrmkin_37 : time to pour another jack and coke
  TimeTravel_0 : Un troops versus no UN troops.
  G° : well, it's been interesting talking to you John, but it's way past my bedtime...
  Yareisa : what...I've been up 24 hours!
  TimeTravel_0 : Sleep well.
  TimeTravel_0 : Youve been very polite.
  G° : look me up when you get back to 2036 will you?
  TimeTravel_0 : I will try.
  G° : if i'm still here
  TimeTravel_0 : Go north.
  TimeTravel_0 : Invest in hydrogen fuel cells

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-05-2001 07:30 AM by John Titor
  As far as the war goes, my best advice is to find at least 5 people within 100 miles of you that you trust with your life.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-05-2001 01:32 PM by John Titor
  I think the war would be good for you and your society. I don’t want to stop it.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-08-2001 06:45 PM by John Titor
  The "pattern" of exchange in the war will not be a surprise. Many people will perish as a result of starvation and disease. I would also submit that you already know if you’re safe or not. The trick is to not turn off your fear when you’ll need it the most.

  Australia is sort of interesting in what is unknown. After the war, they were not very cooperative or friendly (can’t blame them really). It is known they did repulse a Chinese invasion and most of their cities were hit. They have a trading relationship with the U.S. but I would characterize them as reclusive and ticked off.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted June 21, 2001 by John Titor
  42. South America went relatively unharmed. However, there is still a great deal of internal conflict with conventional arms.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-09-2001 07:16 PM by John Titor
  Yes, EMP took out a great number of electronic devices. That’s one of the reasons why we don’t have reliable technology laying around. However, in the opening hours of N Day, the Russians did not launch any high altitude detonations. They knew we would most likely clean up after them so they wanted everyone outside the cities to be able to communicate. Most of the warheads that hit the cities came in threes and exploded close to the ground. The heavy EMP damage was isolated to those areas.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-24-2001 07:05 AM by John Titor
  ((How do most people die during the war? Radiation, starvation? bullet wounds?))

  Correct . . . but in this order: Starvation - Disease - Bullet Wounds - Radiation.

• Police State & Civil War
  11/9/03 Former Vice President Al Gore emphatically maintains that George Bush is taking us in that direction already. See MoveOn.Org's documentation of Al Gore's warnings to America.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted June 21, 2001 19:47 by John Titor
  The year 2008 was a general date by which time everyone will realize the world they thought they were living in was over. 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. The conflict will consume everyone in the US by 2012 and end in 2015 with a very short WWIII.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-05-2001 07:30 AM by John Titor
  I was born in 1998 so I do share some childhood memories with all of you. I remember going to Disney World at Christmas and I remember going to the beach in Daytona.
  When the civil "conflict" started and got worse, people generally decided to either stay in the cities and lose most of their civil rights under the guise of security or leave the cities for more isolated and rural areas. Our home was searched once and the neighbor across the street was arrested for some unknown reason. That convinced my father to leave the city. From the age of 8 to 12, we lived away from the cities ... (meaning if he was born in 1998 as he said, that move would have occurred in 2006 or so)... and spent most of our time in a farm community with other families avoiding conflict with the federal police and national guard. By that time, it was pretty clear that we were not going back to what we had and the division between the "cities" and the "country" was well defined. My father made a living by putting together 12-volt electrical systems and sailing "commodities" up and down the coast of Florida. I spent most of my time helping him.

  Outright open fighting was common by then and I joined a shotgun infantry unit in 2011. I served with the "Fighting Diamondbacks" for about 4 years. (Hearing in my right ear isn’t as good as I would like it). The civil war ended in 2015 when Russia attacked the U.S. cities (our enemy), China and Europe. As unusual and bad as my childhood might seem, I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-12-2001 11:00 PM by John Titor
  ((8. John says the civil war which starts in 2004 or 2005 (depending on the post) leads to the world war which starts in 2015. ( So we have a TEN YEAR civil war???))

  It’s 2004. I apologize for a missed key (very observant - we all need good critics). Perhaps our definition of war is different. I would define it as a conflict where organized groups engage in maneuver and armed conflict. The first U.S. civil war lasted 4 years and the English civil war lasted 6. How long is too long?

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-21-2001 04:22 PM by John Titor
  ((Does the civil war start in such a way that with this foreknowledge those willing will have time to remove themselves to safer locations.))

  Yes. You will be forced to ask yourself how many civil rights you will give up to feel safe.

  ((Will you readily be able to identify the enemy.))

  They will be the ones arresting and holding prople without due process.

  ((Does living near a river with a distillation unit take care of water problems?))

  There is an odd saying that might be appropriate here. Safe is anywhere a hungry person can’t walk in three days. Water is important but you must consider that when people need it they will know where to get it. I would not plan on planting myself permanently next to a water source. Yes, distillation dose make water safe but the runoff is highly dangerous. Please remember that distillation is not boiling.

  ((I have 86 acres on a river in Central California about 125 miles north of LA. I have geese, turkeys, horses, chickens, milk cows, good pasture, a well run by electricity, and a garden. I also have two teenage sons who are gun nuts. Plenty of rifles, semi-automatic and otherwise.))

  Be mobile. Set aside the things you absolutely would need and can carry on your back. You will not be able to stay anywhere indefinitely even with provisions and firearms.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-27-2001 10:15 AM by John Titor
  ((You say you were in the militia fighting the US Army. I would think that civilians would have a snowballs chance in hell of successfully fighting the military.))

  You must realize that why people are fighting is more important that what they are fighting with. The conflict was not about taking and holding ground it was about order and rights. They were betting that people wanted security instead of freedom and they were wrong.

• The Time Machine From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-14-2001 07:18 AM by John Titor
  On a nearby thread, Brad writes:

  ((John has been unable to explain Time Travel, I will explain it here.

  So where do we start? Well let us start with one of the greatest triumphs of the human mind, the great theorem of Pythagoras, a true pillar of all mathematics and physics. The theorem, which is applicable to right angled triangles in flat Cartesian (Newtonian) space takes the form of:

  c^2 = a^2 + b^2

  where a, b and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

  Next we will jump straight to Einstein's theory of Relativity which states that neither time, length, or indeed mass remain constant additive quantities when approaching the speed of light c. Our simple ideas of time and space come from the fact the we are so used to living in a three dimensional universe. Einstein showed that this was simply not true and in fact all the "foundational" three laws of Newton have to be fudged by the Lorentz factor

  L_f = (1 - v^2/c^2)^-1/2

  There are, however, certain quantities that do remain constant. These constants are related to four-dimensional quantities known as metric tensors. From this Einstein proved that space and time are two aspects of the same thing and that matter and energy are also two aspects of the same thing. From the second of these concepts we get the most famous equation in physics

  E = mc^2

  Now since time and space are aspects of space-time and we wish to travel through time and not build atom bombs we will leave E=mc^2 for the moment. To illustrate this, look at the extension of Pythagorean theorem for the distance, d, between two points in space:

  d^2 = x^2 + y^2 + z^2

  where x, y and z are the lengths, or more correctly the difference in the co-ordinates, in each of the three spatial directions. This distance remains constant for fixed displacements of the origin.

  In Einstein's relativity the same equation is modified to remain constant with respect to displacement (and rotation), but not with respect to motion. For a moving object, at least one of the lengths from which the distance, d, is calculated is contracted relative to a stationary observer. The equation now becomes:

  d^2 = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 (1-v^2/c^2)^1/2

  and this implies that the distances all shrink as one moves faster, so does this mean there are no constant distances left in the universe? The answer is that there are because of Einstein's revolutionary concept of space-time where time is distance and distance is time! So now

  s^2 = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - ct^2

  and this new distance s (remember s stands for Space-time) does indeed remain constant for all who are in relative motion. This distance is said to be a Lorentz transformation invariant and has the same value for all inertial observers. Since the equation mixes time and space up we have to always think in terms of this new concept: space-time!

  Then one runs into the problem of 'outside dating'. Meaning, as the traveler manipulates space-time, the rest of the universe ages normaly. Then we must take inter-dimensional transition into account. Once a hole is ripped into a dimensions fabric, it follows whatever entered the rip. Once the travler enters the new dimension, he commences his engines to reach the c speed (speed of light), and travels through time. The rip on the travelers side will stay in the same geographic location, while traveling through time, while the rip on the new dimension will follow the traveler. Once the desired time is reached, the travelar reenters the rip, and he has effectively traveled through time))

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-15-2001 11:45 AM by John Titor
  The Physics of Time Travel:

  ACCELERATION = TIME DIALATION
  As pointed out earlier, acceleration will produce time dilation. This can be observed by the “twins paradox”. As one twin stays on Earth, the other twin in his accelerating spaceship experiences a slower passing of time. When he returns to Earth, he is noticeably younger than his twin who aged normally in Earth time. This type of "time travel" (should have been proven already on this worldline) with atomic clock experiments. With sufficient power, this type of time travel will only provide practical displacement in a future direction. This type of time travel is also isolated to a single worldline. You will not meet yourself.

  GRAVITY = ACCELERATION
  As Einstein pointed out with his STR, the effects of gravity and acceleration are the same. Therefore, you will experience the same time travel effects in the twin paradox by being close to a large gravity source. In the atomic clock experiments mentioned above, the reason there was a difference in time was not because the clock in the plane was moving, it was because the clock in the well was closer to the center of the Earth. Constant speed is not acceleration.

  LARGE GRAVITY = STATIC BLACK HOLE
  The next step is to find a large gravity source to use in your time machine. Static black holes provide this type of power. As one twin approaches the event horizon or edge of the black hole, the other twin will watch him as he appears to slow down. He will notice his twin’s watch run slower until it stops at the event horizon. The twin moving toward the horizon will notice none of this and see his watch running just fine. Although possible, a trip into a static black hole will not take you to another worldline and it’s one-way. The force of gravity will crush you.

  ROTATING BLACK HOLE = DONUT-SHAPED SINGULARITY
  Fortunately, most black holes are not static. They spin. Spinning black holes are often referred to as Kerr black holes. A Kerr black hole has two interesting properties. One, they have two event horizons and two, the singularity is not a point, it looks more like a donut. These odd properties also have a pronounced affect on the black hole’s gravity. There are vectors where you can approach the singularity without being crushed by gravity. (For those interested in seeing a graphic of a photon trip through a Kerr black hole, try here) http://qso.lanl.gov/~bromley/nu_nofun.html

  DONUT-SHAPED SINGULARITY = PASSAGE INTO ALTERNATE WORLDLINE
  Another other more interesting result of passing through a donut singularity is that you travel through time by passing into another universe or worldline. Please see Penrose diagrams for Kerr Black holes or you can examine the calculations of Frank Tipler.

  So now the problem becomes . . . where do we find a donut-shaped singularity?

  A PONDERING HAWKING = MICROSINGULARITY
  Steven Hawking proposed the existence of microsingularities that were created in the big bang. They were probably about the size of a proton and disappeared over the years due to an effect of radiation evaporation. (Yes, black holes do emit energy.)

  HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS = ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY
  When I first started posting online a few months ago, I said that major breakthroughs in particle physics were around your corner. Soon, CERN will bring their big machine on line and they will be smashing very fast and high-energy particles together. One of the more odd and potentially dangerous items produced from this incease in energy will be microsingularities a fraction of the size of an electron. (for those who would like to follow the developments at CERN) http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html

  ARTIFICIAL MICROSINGULARITY = LOCALIZED KERR FIELD
  Through trial and error, and although they are quite heavy, hot and capable of putting out a great deal of energy (300 - 500 megawatts), it's discovered that these microsingularities can be electrified and captured. It is also interesting to note at this point that electrified singularities also have two event horizons. By spinning these various microsingularities, a localized Kerr field is created.

  LOCALIZED KERR FIELD = TIPLER SINUSOID
  By using two microsingularites in close proximity to each other, it is possible to create, manipulate and alter the Kerr fields to create a Tipler gravity sinusoid. This field can be adjusted, rotated and moved in order to simulate the movement of mass through a donut-shaped singularity and into an alternate world line. Thus, safe time travel.

• The IBM 5100 Computer
  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-02-2001 04:03 AM by John Titor
  The 5100 isn’t required for its reliability, its needed to translate between APL, UNIX and a few obscure IBM mainframe languages.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-08-2001 08:27 AM by John Titor
  As you are probably aware, UNIX will have a timeout error in 2038 and many of the mainframe systems that ran a large part of the infrastructure were based on very old IBM computer code. The 5100 has the ability to easily translate between the old IBM code, APL, BASIC and (with a few tweaks in 1975) UNIX. This may seem insignificant but the fact that the 5100 is portable means I can easily take it back to 2036. I do expect they will create some sort of emulation system to use in multiple locations.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 posted 02-09-2001 07:16 PM by John Titor
  I believe the 5100 is unique in its ability to run assembler language on the 360-machine platform and still be portable. I’m not sure if that fact was ever made public so it’s the best "proof" I have.

  Incidentally, the photos of the "IBM 5100" at the bottom of www.anomalies.net/time_traveler/john.html are not correct. I don't know what kind of machine it is, but it's not a 5100. The real IBM 5100 can be seen at oldcomputers.net/ibm5100.html. You can see it is quite primitive by today's standards, but it was revolutionary in its day. Some technical information about the 5100 is at www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/ibm/5100.

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

  Several times John Titor mentioned that CJD becomes epidemic in the future and that it is spread by eating diseased animals. Indeed we are starting to see the variants of the disease increasing and spreading throughout animal populations already. Mr. Titor says the disease has a latency of ten to thirty years, so presumably it will soon become more and more prevalent in humans too until people wise up to the fact that eating dead animals is not very smart.

  Nov 30 2002 Science News article, "Mad Deer Disease?" discusses this disease spreading throughout herds of deer and elk and other animals. "Similar spongy-brain diseases have appeared in at least 10 animal species, so far. Farmed mink, domestic cats and some of their bigger relatives like cougars, and such hoofed stars of zoo displays as bison, kudu, and oryx succumb to this sort of brain disorder."

  May 31 2003 Science News article about Mad Cow Disease and its spread.

  Google Search on Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (just for fun, by Elmer Fudd)

• Social Observations

  From http://www.anomalies.net/time_traveler/irc.html
  14 October 2000

  TimeTravel_0 : You might be interested in this...
  G° : if you really wanted to, you should have just passed on the theory
  G° : go on....
  TimeTravel_0 : Its very hard to convince someone you travel in time unless you're related to them.
  G° : or know something that will happen...
  TimeTravel_0 : Good point...but you'de be surprised.
  G° : not that I'm asking you to tell me something, cos I don't want you to
  TimeTravel_0 : They usually think its your fault.
  G° : LOL
  G° : bummer...
  wyrmkin_37 : very interesting
  TimeTravel_0 : That's why I love these chat rooms.
  wyrmkin_37 : me too
  TimeTravel_0 : I know that nothing I say will make a bit of difference.
  wyrmkin_37 : i can drink my jack and coke and learn a few things
  G° : not true.. this is the place where you can make a difference.
  TimeTravel_0 : Im not feeling sorry for myself.
  TimeTravel_0 : Im actually learning to like the people here.
  TimeTravel_0 : You have a very bad reputaion in 2036.
  wyrmkin_37 : TT........who me?
  TimeTravel_0 : lol...in general.
  wyrmkin_37 : heard that
  G° : how about those 80's lot though. they must be worse...
  TimeTravel_0 : Don't get me started.
  G° : LOL
  TimeTravel_0 : At least your commercials and video games have gotten beeter through the years.
  G° : and as for the 70's! Sheesh!
  wyrmkin_37 : 60's were cool
  TimeTravel_0 : Generaly... this period is thought of as the time when they had it all and squanderd it.
  TimeTravel_0 : You diserve your fate.
  wyrmkin_37 : but fun was had
  TimeTravel_0 : That's true.

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 on 02-25-2001 by John Titor, well before any serious public consideration of war on Iraq:
  Are you really surprised to find out that Iraq has nukes now or is that just BS to whip everyone up into accepting the next war?

  From http://communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024 on June 21, 2001 20:39 by John Titor
  

  ((Is spiritual awakening a difficult process; if yes, then why is it so difficult, and are we all capable of it?))

  Personally, I believe spiritual awakening is difficult. Why? I think God wants us back but the road we have to haul is no picnic. Maybe he’s a little angry for some reason.

  I think the world is seductively clever in its presentation. "It" wants us to stay here and it distracts us from God by creating want, greed and four or five other motivations. Our goal should be to; yes, have faith and do good deeds but also look past that and have the wisdom and knowledge to realize that this place, this world, this universe is not really our home. The question I ask myself is not can I get to God, it's am I prepared for what will it be like when I get there.

  No source reference for this yet, but from memory:
  Everybody Carries His Own Water: apparently an expression from the future that represents something of community values, in which there are no freeloaders but everyone is expected to pull their own weight, or to "carry their own water". In a post-nuclear world, clean water might be expected to be scarce, and a person could hardly carry enough to quench the thirst of very many others. Hence such a phrase might evolve as a coping mechanism for refusing to share scarce resources with freeloaders.