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<blockquote data-quote="Paranormalis" data-source="post: 243999" data-attributes="member: 2585"><p><strong>Page 31</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]17394[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://web.archive.org/web/20040309171655/http://invisionfree.com:80/forums/Time_Travel_Hotel/index.php?showtopic=161&st=450[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Text-only version"]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Welcome To The Time Travel Forum!! This Site Is NOW *Officially* Live!!! Remember To READ THE FORUM RULES Before You Post Anything!! ... IF YOU'RE A *REAL* TIME TRAVELLER, PLEASE CONTACT US HERE - WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!! 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Last » ( Go to first unread post ) </p><p></p><p> Greetings, Earthlings!, Please allow me to introduce myself</p><p>Track this topic | Email this topic | Print this topic</p><p>hardtomakeaname Posted: Feb 16 2004, 06:21 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Newbie</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 18</p><p>Member No.: 455</p><p>Joined: 7-February 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>boris, doesnt it make you sick to your stomach to see this happen before your eyes, steadily, every day?</p><p>it does me and i havent even read about it happening.. lol</p><p>i find all your posts the most interesting though, like everyone (in their right minds) i am reserved, which should come as no surprise.</p><p></p><p>was anything found in neptune?</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>bb boris Posted: Feb 16 2004, 06:40 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May the Love be with you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 255</p><p>Member No.: 154</p><p>Joined: 4-December 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What a pity, Paul.</p><p></p><p>I suppose it was unavoidable. You even admit in your parting post that you were expecting nothing more from me than "further obfuscations on the issue", and that of course has been the trouble all along.</p><p></p><p>I really am convinced you did not read my posts with an open mind. It is as if you highlighted some words in your mind, such as "simian, accursed, puerile" etc, because they made you see red and closed your spirit to any meaningful understanding of my responses to you. For I believe that I have made repeated efforts to answer your questions with precision, sincerity and respect.</p><p></p><p>It may well be that the real issue here is that some part of you, deep down, agrees with what I have said about how people should face the coming crisis. I cannot believe that a man of your erudition could be insensitive to the teachings of Gandhi.</p><p></p><p>Any references in my posts about my being a fictional character are quotes from the publisher of my book. I have personally never said such a thing. And whatever some may have said about me when I was a new arrival on this forum, they have had the grace to hear me out and apparently decided to give me the benefit of the doubt.</p><p></p><p>You are entitiled to your own view of what Humankind will be like in 2000 years. Some of what you say about that is entirely justified. But you forget that I have had over 2 decades to adjust. If you had met me in 1977, rummaging through garbage cans in DC, you would have a different take on things. In any case, the fact that my memories of that time in the far future do not fit your beliefs is unfortunate, but it hardly means that your words...</p><p>QUOTE</p><p>...undercut the Boris story</p><p></p><p></p><p>Lastly, this arrogance you repeatedly accuse me of, I believe to be no more than hard-won serenity. And it is more than likely that whatever arrogance you perceive in my words is merely a reflection of your own. I say this in friendship so that you may reflect upon it.</p><p></p><p>I know you have a mission in your life, Paul, that is very important to you. And I wish you much luck with it. Peace to you and farewell.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you?</p><p>Find out @ <a href="http://www.fifthmillennium.com" target="_blank">This site is under development</a></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>bb boris Posted: Feb 16 2004, 07:12 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May the Love be with you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 255</p><p>Member No.: 154</p><p>Joined: 4-December 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>QUOTE (hardtomakeaname @ Feb 16 2004, 07:21 PM)</p><p>boris, doesnt it make you sick to your stomach to see this happen before your eyes, steadily, every day?</p><p>it does me and i havent even read about it happening.. lol</p><p>i find all your posts the most interesting though, like everyone (in their right minds) i am reserved, which should come as no surprise.</p><p></p><p>Delighted to see you, Hardtomakeaname.</p><p></p><p>That wasn't so hard, was it? smile.gif</p><p></p><p>My overriding sentiment at this sorry spectacle you evoke is one of sadness. Deep sadness. No more, no less. Reading about this century in history books is one thing, but actually being here and seeing it all unfold hurts very much. I had no idea until I came here how easily all this could have been avoided if Humanity had been smarter in choosing their leaders.</p><p></p><p>And I mean real leaders. Not the bean-counters, not the opinion-poll-obsessed twits, not the sickening mafiosos that have been polluting the seats of power the world over for so long. But what can I say? It's history... And fortunately we shall learn from our timeless mistakes this time.</p><p></p><p>So I am sad, but I am also greatly optimistic, for this is but a difficult phase to go through in the grand scheme of things.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>was anything found in neptune?</p><p></p><p>No life, if that is what you mean. Just the usual array of exotic gasses and minerals, as well as exceptional magnetic properties.</p><p></p><p>As far as the Solar System is concerned, the Human community has mostly settled on Mars, and on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Triton (Neptune's principal moon) is host to an important monastic brotherhood that call themselves the Atlantean Brotherhood, and they pretty much rule the entire Neptunian System. Since they do not welcome visitors, little is known about them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you?</p><p>Find out @ <a href="http://www.fifthmillennium.com" target="_blank">This site is under development</a></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>bb boris Posted: Feb 16 2004, 09:58 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May the Love be with you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 255</p><p>Member No.: 154</p><p>Joined: 4-December 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>QUOTE (Spoodini @ in Sincere Questions)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Do the Boston Red Sox ever win a World Series or does the destruction cause the end of baseball in that area?</p><p></p><p>Hello and welcome, Spoodini.</p><p></p><p>I take it you are a Red Sox fans? Then you'll be glad to know that that team is still a reference among baseball fans in the 41st century, mostly I admit thanks to Babe Ruth. I do not know whether they ever won the championship. Concerning the city of Boston, in my time large spans of the North-American eastern cost are under water, including Boston and Manhattan. There are in fact submarine sightseeing tours to visit the urban canyons. It is very impressive, and a major favourite. But do not worry. There will be no visible signs of this slow flooding for several centuries.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>Are airlines truely safe now?</p><p></p><p>Considering what they have to go through these days, I would say airlines are doing an admirable job. What will start the rot in a few years is that old economic imperative, whereby "market share" will gradually become more important than safety. Add to that the rising cost of kerosene, and a dwindling market due to rising worldwide social unrest and poverty, and it will become economically impossible to run anything bigger than a fleet of private jets. BUT....</p><p></p><p>This will cause the advent of a new form of long-distance, intercontinental transportation: Dirigibles, also called Airships. Modern, really funky-looking Zeppelin-type helium-filled vessels. They will start becoming popular in 12 years or so and will slowly take over from jets. They are slower, but who said we had to hurry across the world? What for? And they are so much cheaper to run and maintain. Less noisy, less polluting. Such views will become obvious over time, and you can expect to see their unbelievable, huge silhouettes ponderously criss-crossing the skies.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you?</p><p>Find out @ <a href="http://www.fifthmillennium.com" target="_blank">This site is under development</a></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>Sowhat Posted: Feb 16 2004, 10:26 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Newbie</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 18</p><p>Member No.: 307</p><p>Joined: 23-January 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>thanks for reply...</p><p></p><p>I will definitly move to Uzbeksistan Tashkent my usa it was part of russia in 1990s but now its independent. Currently iam living near D.C.</p><p>and its kinda scary lol...</p><p></p><p>I have few questions boris..</p><p></p><p>1.Do you guys still make movies? cuz iam myself a filmmaker <a href="http://www.theent.com" target="_blank">www.theent.com</a></p><p></p><p>2.what kind oof tipical work do you guys do?</p><p></p><p>3. When you time traveld back here, please tell me what did u experience and what did you feel when you where sitting inside the time machine? did you see anything wierd? like evironment changing right in front of your eyes?</p><p></p><p>4.Will russian survive war?</p><p></p><p>5. Will we ever find aliens?</p><p></p><p>6. Do you know anything that was uncovered in your time taht was governments top secret in year 2000-2004? or something?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>Phoenix Posted: Feb 17 2004, 06:04 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Time Travel Super Expert</p><p>Group Icon</p><p></p><p>Group: Moderating Team</p><p>Posts: 1,982</p><p>Member No.: 21</p><p>Joined: 12-May 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Boris,</p><p></p><p>Is the statue of liberty still standing under the waves of earth's oceans in 4077?</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>Thanatos Posted: Feb 17 2004, 09:13 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Newbie</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 19</p><p>Member No.: 508</p><p>Joined: 11-February 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hello BBBoris. My first posting in your thread. I must say what a fantastic story. I have been reading the thread now the past two days and must say, I am intrigued. At first I found that I had taken quite a dislike to you unjustifiably, however after finishing the thread have found your character very admirable. The eloquence and intelligence in all your answers have allowed me to forgive the lack of empirical evidence throughout your story. So I have put my prejudices and views aside and decided to read your thread in the context that you present it. I do however have a number of questions, some which I will present now and others later(I don’t want to create a flood here).</p><p></p><p>My first problem is with your medical technology. I can accept that positive thinking promotes well being, however there are environmental and biological factors that must be considered here. We are all chemical and composed of natural elements which act and react with one another. Many ailments and illness are produced from over exposure to certain environmental conditions or toxicity from inducement of chemicals that are reactive to us. Other diseases occur from a genetic abnormality/defect. Many of these will k-ill you regardless of how positive the mind and spirit may be.</p><p></p><p>I find the use of homeopathy in your time quite alarming. In many scientific and medical circles today the evidence of the effectiveness of this remedy is still unsubstantiated. For those of you how are unfamiliar with the process, one takes a certain element or product and dilutes it to the point where that element is virtually non existent. The supposed science behind this is that the water retains some memory of the original element or property(ie st jonhs wart) and the body reacts to this beneficially. I would like to know how homeopathy indeed survived the exodus you spoke of. Since some of the properties used in this fringe science would surely have been rare if not available to the first colonists?</p><p></p><p>I also find your average lifespan to be a little disappointing. Many areas of research today suggest that our life span may indeed by able to be multiplied by a significant number of years. From the description of the society you live in this would be ideal as you are not overburdened with population. You speak a great deal about using nanotechnology to grow houses and other items. What about livers and hearts and other life giving necessities. Its not that I have an innate fear of d**** but have a passion and zest for life, and was hoping that this would be elongated in the near future.</p><p></p><p>I have many more questions to ask but will do so at a later time. Thank you for your story and I look forward to your response</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>CraigG Posted: Feb 17 2004, 11:18 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Time Travel Enthusiast</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 99</p><p>Member No.: 274</p><p>Joined: 20-January 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mind you, there was one interesting experiment done recently, which BB Boris could perhaps use in his defence. It regarded people praying for some patients (I don't remember which disease). Those that were prayed for had a statistically interesting better success rate than the control group, which weren't prayed for. If only I could find a URL...</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>bb boris Posted: Feb 17 2004, 07:23 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May the Love be with you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 255</p><p>Member No.: 154</p><p>Joined: 4-December 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>QUOTE (Sowhat @ Feb 16 2004, 11:26 PM)</p><p>thanks for reply...</p><p></p><p>I will definitly move to Uzbeksistan Tashkent my usa it was part of russia in 1990s but now its independent. Currently iam living near D.C.</p><p>and its kinda scary lol...</p><p></p><p>I know it is all scary, Sowhat. But please, please, do not go any particular place just because you are scared of what may happen to you in the place you are now. I have noticed many such reactions to recent news on this board and elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>But that is not the way of wisdom. Running away, be it from a potential physical threat, or for that matter from a bad psychological situation, has never been the answer. In this regard, Western culture has a lot to learn from Eastern philosophy.</p><p></p><p>Fatalism and destiny... Think back to WW1. All those poor soldiers sent over the trenches into a hail of bullets coming directly at them from the other trench belonging to the other guys. What chance did any of them have of surviving, you might ask? Well it so happens that statistically, in each wave, over 60% of the men running into oncoming bullets weren't even wounded. As unbelievable as that may sound, it demonstrates that what we mostly have to fear from the looming crisis is fear itself. So forget it. There is no evidence whatsoever that Tashkent will be any safer for you than D.C.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>1.Do you guys still make movies? cuz iam myself a filmmaker <a href="http://www.theent.com" target="_blank">www.theent.com</a></p><p></p><p>I have visited your site and I think you show some promise. With better means of production and better scripts, you will do very well. It says you are currently at University. How long before you graduate?</p><p></p><p>You could refer to the following post where I speak briefly about movies in my time:</p><p>Posted: Feb 6 2004, 06:55 PM Page 26.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>2.what kind oof tipical work do you guys do?</p><p></p><p>Forgive me, but I did answer a similar question here:</p><p>Posted: Feb 10 2004, 07:45 PM Page 27</p><p>If you have more precise questions about that or movies, I shall be glad to answer.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>3. When you time traveld back here, please tell me what did u experience and what did you feel when you where sitting inside the time machine? did you see anything wierd? like evironment changing right in front of your eyes?</p><p></p><p>Um, I didn't use a "time machine". The very concept seems utterly bizarre to me. I go at length about the method I used in my book, but suffice it to say I hitched a ride on spaceprobe Voyager 2 (a tourist attraction in my time), and with the help of very precise spacetime positioning data provided to me, and which I processed mentally, I was able to retrace the whole journey of Voyager across space in reverse. And that is exactly what it looked like. A fast-rewind movie seen from atop Voyager's ghost, all the way from the Oort Cloud in 4077 back to the Florida coast in 1977. Although I was meant to arrive earlier in JPL in Pasadena, California. But that's another story, the reason for which I'm still here.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>4.Will russian survive war?</p><p></p><p>It is not a matter of any world war, but a slow, gradual breakdown of civilization lasting the whole 21st century. My answers will therefore focus on what the situation is like in the 41st century: If you mean Mother Russia, no. No more than the USA, England, India, Egypt, Brazil, China, Australia or any countries. The Earthers are grouped in communities that follow new cultural patterns, as does all of Humanity. However, most of the ancient countries still exist virtually, in the minds of the descendants from those old cultures, and are kept alive by language. But it has nothing to do with physical location or borders.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>5. Will we ever find aliens?</p><p></p><p>Beyond a few microorganisms and lichens, not yet.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>6. Do you know anything that was uncovered in your time taht was governments top secret in year 2000-2004? or something?</p><p></p><p>Just that the corridors of power in most of the world have been taken over by the most despicable rascals, working to further the interests of an anonymous "elite" of irresponsible, juvenile businessmen with a big-time ego problem. But that's hardly news. They have it so well sewn up by now that they aren't even bothering to hide their tracks anymore.</p><p></p><p>If it will make you feel any better, there are records from the 2030s that describe a penalty reserved for their kind when chaos really began to set in: the lucky ones would be dismembered alive. Most were sentenced to lifetimes on a chain-gang, n-aked and covered in warts, cleaning up toxic areas with teaspoons, while citizens were allowed to watch them work and throw excreta at them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you?</p><p>Find out @ <a href="http://www.fifthmillennium.com" target="_blank">This site is under development</a></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>bb boris Posted: Feb 17 2004, 07:34 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May the Love be with you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 255</p><p>Member No.: 154</p><p>Joined: 4-December 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>QUOTE (Phoenix @ Feb 17 2004, 07:04 AM)</p><p>Boris,</p><p></p><p>Is the statue of liberty still standing under the waves of earth's oceans in 4077?</p><p></p><p>You know, Phoenix, incredibly I had never thought of that. But actually, now you mention it, I remember there is no sign of the Statue of Liberty in the Manhattan canyons. I have no idea why that is.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps it walked away in disgust at some point?</p><p></p><p>And just to be clear, Manhattan isn't totally submerged. As you make an airborne approach, you see dozens of buildings coming straight out of the ocean (the highest of them are too high to have been entirely submerged). In fact, some Earthers still live inside them, so they are surrounded by a network of decks and docks crawling with boats. Imagine a cross between today's Bay of HongKong and Venice. Plus the popular submarine tours.</p><p></p><p>Even in the 41st century, the Big Apple still rocks biggrin.gif</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you?</p><p>Find out @ <a href="http://www.fifthmillennium.com" target="_blank">This site is under development</a></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>bb boris Posted: Feb 17 2004, 09:39 PM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May the Love be with you</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 255</p><p>Member No.: 154</p><p>Joined: 4-December 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>QUOTE (Thanatos @ Feb 17 2004, 10:13 AM)</p><p>Hello BBBoris. My first posting in your thread. I must say what a fantastic story. I have been reading the thread now the past two days and must say, I am intrigued. At first I found that I had taken quite a dislike to you unjustifiably, however after finishing the thread have found your character very admirable. The eloquence and intelligence in all your answers have allowed me to forgive the lack of empirical evidence throughout your story. So I have put my prejudices and views aside and decided to read your thread in the context that you present it. I do however have a number of questions, some which I will present now and others later(I don’t want to create a flood here).</p><p></p><p>Hello and Welcome, Thanatos.</p><p></p><p>May I say I am glad you found the strength to rise above the demands of empirical evidence. This could be a good way to summarize how it was that Humankind found the key to initiate the serenity and all the "wonders" present in my time. The Age of Empiricism had run its course, and it was time to move on to better things.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>My first problem is with your medical technology. I can accept that positive thinking promotes well being, however there are environmental and biological factors that must be considered here.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>I find the use of homeopathy in your time quite alarming.</p><p></p><p>You raise very pertinent points, and I have to confess that I do not know too much about medical matters. I can only tell you that I what I have described is what I remember. But I will add that the history of Medecine provides compelling insights into the Human mind, and the contradictions it as allowed itself over the centuries. Indeed, Medical authorities have always, in any given period of our history, tended to be extremely dogmatic, and have displayed rather short memories. It was only about a century and a half ago, I think, that a brilliant scientist (whose name escapes me) figured out that the simple act of washing one's hands before and after handling a sick patient was the key to defeating the horrendous epidemics that had plagued us for millennia. To most of his contemporaries, he was a wizard, but everyone knows about microbes nowadays and the role they play in transmitting disease. Before that, anything from exorcising to b-loodletting was the logical, sensible and obvious thing to do.</p><p></p><p>Then there is the corruption angle. Are there not some medical authorities who use their credibility to discredit "fringe" methods, not for genuinely Hippocratic motives, but rather for the benefit of more industrial methods that generate "profits", which they are only too happy to receive a share of?</p><p></p><p>My favourite is tobacco. Only 3 or 4 centuries ago, when the "white man" began using the herb, it was touted by medical authorities of the time as prolonging life. I daresay views have changed on that one laugh.gif .</p><p></p><p>The truth is, there are many ways to cure many ills. Kings and Queens in the 16th century invariably felt better after a good old b-loodletting session. In Africa, Masai warriors to this day will swear by a shamanic dance to save the life of a sick infant. And it works!!! You see, the trouble is that medicine, like everything else, is highly dependent upon the spirit of the given times, the Zeitgeist, or the given culture. Like clothes, it follows the prevailing wind of fashion. But it comes on as being so serious that we tend not to see that. From my perspective however, I view many pronouncements I hear today about cancer or other diseases as just another incantation, in this case one having its basis in science. No more, no less.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>I would like to know how homeopathy indeed survived the exodus you spoke of. Since some of the properties used in this fringe science would surely have been rare if not available to the first colonists?</p><p></p><p>Why do you say that? I cannot say for sure, but I suppose someone brought some tinctures in their bagage. At least the phials are small and do not require a large industrial infrastructure to be made, which is probably the main reason it did survive.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>I also find your average lifespan to be a little disappointing. Many areas of research today suggest that our life span may indeed by able to be multiplied by a significant number of years. From the description of the society you live in this would be ideal as you are not overburdened with population. You speak a great deal about using nanotechnology to grow houses and other items. What about livers and hearts and other life giving necessities. Its not that I have an innate fear of d**** but have a passion and zest for life, and was hoping that this would be elongated in the near future.</p><p></p><p>What you say makes a great deal of sense. And yes, nnotechnics have indeed revolutionized organ transplants. That is, for cases of accidental trauma. Our serene mental condition has all but eradicated the old cell-damaging diseases that used to plague our ancestors.</p><p></p><p>The issue of longevity is harder to explain. There is such a fundamental difference between our respective cultures regarding individual indentity. I feel natives of this era are overly obsessed with individual existence, to the detriment of that sense of belonging to a metaphysical group transcending the self. Just look at the current hysterical desire for eternal youth, and those absurd quests made possible by plastic surgery. What is the point of all this?</p><p></p><p>My people are quite content to let it all go at about age 100. Not that it is an obligation. There are, I'm told, some individuals who live up to 180 and beyond, without any significant loss of basic functions. They are ones with some particular motive or mission that makes them want to go on. But the rest of us happily move on after an enriching century of happiness, looking forward to rejoining what some call the Great Universal Matrix, where everyone and everything becomes stardust once again.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>I have many more questions to ask but will do so at a later time. Thank you for your story and I look forward to your response</p><p></p><p>You are very welcome, Thanatos. I shall look forward to your next questions.</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you?</p><p>Find out @ <a href="http://www.fifthmillennium.com" target="_blank">This site is under development</a></p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>Phoenix Posted: Feb 18 2004, 03:02 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Time Travel Super Expert</p><p>Group Icon</p><p></p><p>Group: Moderating Team</p><p>Posts: 1,982</p><p>Member No.: 21</p><p>Joined: 12-May 03</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is the proof I spoke of KPAX. These two member have no interest in supporting each other's stories and actively critique each other. Yet here is a point of factual agreement unbeknownst to each other.</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p></p><p>QUOTE</p><p>(Phoenix @ Feb 17 2004, 07:04 AM)</p><p>Boris,</p><p></p><p>Is the statue of liberty still standing under the waves of earth's oceans in 4077?</p><p></p><p>You know, Phoenix, incredibly I had never thought of that. But actually, now you mention it, I remember there is no sign of the Statue of Liberty in the Manhattan canyons. I have no idea why that is.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://parous.net/ttlogs/TTinnlog021604.htm[/URL]</p><p>QUOTE</p><p></p><p>[23:15] (Sanddog): alexander , can you tell us if there are any monuments or landmarks that have been destroyed?</p><p>[23:16] <AlexanderTT>: yes, washington is completely a wateland</p><p>[23:16] (PhoenixLb): DC?</p><p>[23:16] <AlexanderTT>: the statue of liberty was destroyed by us</p><p>[23:16] (Azrual): so no more redskin games eh?</p><p>[23:16] (Nicholas`K): Alexander, could you answer my question?</p><p>[23:16] (Jovial_Ki): what about south carolina?</p><p>[23:16] *** bill3 is now known as bill300000</p><p>[23:17] <AlexanderTT>: it is a pointless question Nicholas`K</p><p>[23:17] (PhoenixLb): Why did your side sack the Lady Alex?</p><p>[23:17] (bill300000): thought I was registered</p><p>[23:17] (Nicholas`K): So..</p><p>[23:17] (Nicholas`K): I like throwing flameballs at people/things</p><p>[23:17] <AlexanderTT>: we wanted to remove all left over from the original govt., this was our country now, we were starting over</p><p>[23:17] (Sanddog): do you all have a President of your united states</p><p>[23:17] *** KPAX sets mode: +b *!*warhoe@*.client.comcast.net</p><p>[23:17] *** [#timetravellersinn] Banned- Nicholas`K</p><p>[23:17] *** Nicholas`K was kicked by KPAX (*!*warhoe@*.client.comcast.net is banned (Lamer))</p><p>[23:18] (Azrual): Nicholas i think he is interested in intelligent questions my friend</p><p>[23:18] (Azrual): o well</p><p>[23:18] (Jovial_Ki): i think it was his bedtime anyways<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite39" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>[23:18] (PhoenixLb): What did it represent to you? I would think it might represent freedom, but I guess not.</p><p>[23:18] (Azrual): good job KPAX</p><p>[23:18] * KPAX bows</p><p>[23:18] <AlexanderTT>: there is no president of the united states, we have 5 presidents of the states</p><p>[23:18] (Sanddog): that's a lot</p><p>[23:18] (bill300000): kpax what link to register?? I did it once, apparently I need to do it again..</p><p>[23:19] <AlexanderTT>: it represented a lie and promise of freedom never realised</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>serge Posted: Feb 18 2004, 03:45 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Newbie</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 7</p><p>Member No.: 499</p><p>Joined: 10-February 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hi boris. I have a few more questions.</p><p></p><p>1. In your time, do our current health concerns of radiation waves/micro waves/cell phone towers get verified? Does it get proven to cause cancer, or is it just false alarms?</p><p></p><p>2. I would like to know how distribution of entertainment services/mediums works in your time, and how it changed from now. Is everyone a "freelance/independent" artist? Like many modern artists, this is a dilemna I'm currently dealing with. Customers and employers alike are having a harder and harder time sifting thru mediocre work (from people trying to find the newest "cash-in") to find the quality "daimond in the rough". I wanted to hear your opinions on this.</p><p></p><p>3. Not really a question, just some related incoherent thoughts that I had about your time: How different would your time be if you had no nano technology to "grow" certain services, and your close-knit neighborhood to provide the rest? My answer would be that it would be similar to our time "consumer"-wise. The Federation would probably limit the space you could be away from each other by creating "borders", and then limit distribution of services and resources so it would be very hard to separate to your own corner. And while you're in it, you might as well watch the advertisements for the products. tongue.gif I think that you have unlimited space and freedom in your time more because of the nanotech, and less because of the renewed human spirit. (though that definitely doesn't hurt) Anyway, the reason why still doesn't matter; it's much better than our current "globalization", where there's no where to run from the hemogenized non-existant human spirit.</p><p></p><p>4. I apologize beforehand in case it's too personal but: Since you've lived in many different countries in the past, is your current land (France) permanent? If future events in your area get bad enough, would you move? I also ask this because I would like to meet you sometime in the future. I'm originally from western Europe myself, and would like to move back (I've been planning for almost 4 yrs); I also have family in France.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for taking the time to read and answer.</p><p></p><p>EDIT-oops I didn't read one of your post above; I guess possibly harmful future events would not be an issue for changing your country of residence. unsure.gif</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>erikstalhammar Posted: Feb 18 2004, 06:41 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We musent cry</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 35</p><p>Member No.: 566</p><p>Joined: 17-February 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>---hey first post---</p><p></p><p>Maybe you allready posted an awnser.</p><p></p><p>1. What new inventions are there</p><p>2. What happed when the magnetic feld changed in 2028</p><p>seens it swiches places every 2000years</p><p>3. What about the astiroid in 2028 that slighty missing earth</p><p>4. What about teraforming</p><p>5. What about global heating</p><p>6. Is there any new car fule thats good for the enviorment</p><p>7. Is there new uncoverd seenses</p><p>8. What is the spaceships like</p><p></p><p></p><p>Pleas anwser thes</p><p>i realy like to know</p><p>im so worried about the earth</p><p>and humanity</p><p></p><p></p><p>--------------------</p><p>-----The future is now-----</p><p> </p><p>Top</p><p>Thanatos Posted: Feb 18 2004, 09:41 AM</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Newbie</p><p></p><p></p><p>Group: Members</p><p>Posts: 19</p><p>Member No.: 508</p><p>Joined: 11-February 04</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you for your response to my questions Boris. Again you where honest in telling me that you are not an expert in medicine, yet still answered my questions to the best of your ability.(and quite satisfactorily) I have a few more questions which I hope you can shed some light on.</p><p></p><p>I remember you mentioning in a post about the eventual collapse of the universe in about 10-15 billion years and that this my be cyclical. How fascinating, I personally have a belief that this will happen. However our science today does not support this. The total amount of matter, dark matter, and dark energy do not combine enough force for a collapse in our current understanding of the universe.(in fact the dark matter and dark energy is assisting the acceleration of the galaxies away from each other) I trust that there is some theory that explains this in your time. What are the current ideas about the birth growth and subsequent collapse and rebirth of the universe in your time.</p><p></p><p>I will leave you with this one to ponder for now, and ask you another question at another time.(this will probably expend some effort to answer) Thank you for your time</p><p></p><p>Top</p><p>1 User(s) are reading this topic (0 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)</p><p>1 Members: Eddie999</p><p>« Next Oldest | Are YOU One? | Next Newest »</p><p></p><p>Topic OptionsPages: (39) « First ... 29 30 [31] 32 33 ... 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Pages: (39) « First ... 29 30 [31] 32 33 ... Last » ( Go to first unread post ) Greetings, Earthlings!, Please allow me to introduce myself Track this topic | Email this topic | Print this topic hardtomakeaname Posted: Feb 16 2004, 06:21 PM Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Member No.: 455 Joined: 7-February 04 boris, doesnt it make you sick to your stomach to see this happen before your eyes, steadily, every day? it does me and i havent even read about it happening.. lol i find all your posts the most interesting though, like everyone (in their right minds) i am reserved, which should come as no surprise. was anything found in neptune? Top bb boris Posted: Feb 16 2004, 06:40 PM May the Love be with you Group: Members Posts: 255 Member No.: 154 Joined: 4-December 03 What a pity, Paul. I suppose it was unavoidable. You even admit in your parting post that you were expecting nothing more from me than "further obfuscations on the issue", and that of course has been the trouble all along. I really am convinced you did not read my posts with an open mind. It is as if you highlighted some words in your mind, such as "simian, accursed, puerile" etc, because they made you see red and closed your spirit to any meaningful understanding of my responses to you. For I believe that I have made repeated efforts to answer your questions with precision, sincerity and respect. It may well be that the real issue here is that some part of you, deep down, agrees with what I have said about how people should face the coming crisis. I cannot believe that a man of your erudition could be insensitive to the teachings of Gandhi. Any references in my posts about my being a fictional character are quotes from the publisher of my book. I have personally never said such a thing. And whatever some may have said about me when I was a new arrival on this forum, they have had the grace to hear me out and apparently decided to give me the benefit of the doubt. You are entitiled to your own view of what Humankind will be like in 2000 years. Some of what you say about that is entirely justified. But you forget that I have had over 2 decades to adjust. If you had met me in 1977, rummaging through garbage cans in DC, you would have a different take on things. In any case, the fact that my memories of that time in the far future do not fit your beliefs is unfortunate, but it hardly means that your words... QUOTE ...undercut the Boris story Lastly, this arrogance you repeatedly accuse me of, I believe to be no more than hard-won serenity. And it is more than likely that whatever arrogance you perceive in my words is merely a reflection of your own. I say this in friendship so that you may reflect upon it. I know you have a mission in your life, Paul, that is very important to you. And I wish you much luck with it. Peace to you and farewell. -------------------- Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you? Find out @ [URL='http://www.fifthmillennium.com']This site is under development[/URL] Top bb boris Posted: Feb 16 2004, 07:12 PM May the Love be with you Group: Members Posts: 255 Member No.: 154 Joined: 4-December 03 QUOTE (hardtomakeaname @ Feb 16 2004, 07:21 PM) boris, doesnt it make you sick to your stomach to see this happen before your eyes, steadily, every day? it does me and i havent even read about it happening.. lol i find all your posts the most interesting though, like everyone (in their right minds) i am reserved, which should come as no surprise. Delighted to see you, Hardtomakeaname. That wasn't so hard, was it? smile.gif My overriding sentiment at this sorry spectacle you evoke is one of sadness. Deep sadness. No more, no less. Reading about this century in history books is one thing, but actually being here and seeing it all unfold hurts very much. I had no idea until I came here how easily all this could have been avoided if Humanity had been smarter in choosing their leaders. And I mean real leaders. Not the bean-counters, not the opinion-poll-obsessed twits, not the sickening mafiosos that have been polluting the seats of power the world over for so long. But what can I say? It's history... And fortunately we shall learn from our timeless mistakes this time. So I am sad, but I am also greatly optimistic, for this is but a difficult phase to go through in the grand scheme of things. QUOTE was anything found in neptune? No life, if that is what you mean. Just the usual array of exotic gasses and minerals, as well as exceptional magnetic properties. As far as the Solar System is concerned, the Human community has mostly settled on Mars, and on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Triton (Neptune's principal moon) is host to an important monastic brotherhood that call themselves the Atlantean Brotherhood, and they pretty much rule the entire Neptunian System. Since they do not welcome visitors, little is known about them. -------------------- Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you? Find out @ [URL='http://www.fifthmillennium.com']This site is under development[/URL] Top bb boris Posted: Feb 16 2004, 09:58 PM May the Love be with you Group: Members Posts: 255 Member No.: 154 Joined: 4-December 03 QUOTE (Spoodini @ in Sincere Questions) Do the Boston Red Sox ever win a World Series or does the destruction cause the end of baseball in that area? Hello and welcome, Spoodini. I take it you are a Red Sox fans? Then you'll be glad to know that that team is still a reference among baseball fans in the 41st century, mostly I admit thanks to Babe Ruth. I do not know whether they ever won the championship. Concerning the city of Boston, in my time large spans of the North-American eastern cost are under water, including Boston and Manhattan. There are in fact submarine sightseeing tours to visit the urban canyons. It is very impressive, and a major favourite. But do not worry. There will be no visible signs of this slow flooding for several centuries. QUOTE Are airlines truely safe now? Considering what they have to go through these days, I would say airlines are doing an admirable job. What will start the rot in a few years is that old economic imperative, whereby "market share" will gradually become more important than safety. Add to that the rising cost of kerosene, and a dwindling market due to rising worldwide social unrest and poverty, and it will become economically impossible to run anything bigger than a fleet of private jets. BUT.... This will cause the advent of a new form of long-distance, intercontinental transportation: Dirigibles, also called Airships. Modern, really funky-looking Zeppelin-type helium-filled vessels. They will start becoming popular in 12 years or so and will slowly take over from jets. They are slower, but who said we had to hurry across the world? What for? And they are so much cheaper to run and maintain. Less noisy, less polluting. Such views will become obvious over time, and you can expect to see their unbelievable, huge silhouettes ponderously criss-crossing the skies. -------------------- Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you? Find out @ [URL='http://www.fifthmillennium.com']This site is under development[/URL] Top Sowhat Posted: Feb 16 2004, 10:26 PM Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Member No.: 307 Joined: 23-January 04 thanks for reply... I will definitly move to Uzbeksistan Tashkent my usa it was part of russia in 1990s but now its independent. Currently iam living near D.C. and its kinda scary lol... I have few questions boris.. 1.Do you guys still make movies? cuz iam myself a filmmaker [URL='http://www.theent.com']www.theent.com[/URL] 2.what kind oof tipical work do you guys do? 3. When you time traveld back here, please tell me what did u experience and what did you feel when you where sitting inside the time machine? did you see anything wierd? like evironment changing right in front of your eyes? 4.Will russian survive war? 5. Will we ever find aliens? 6. Do you know anything that was uncovered in your time taht was governments top secret in year 2000-2004? or something? Top Phoenix Posted: Feb 17 2004, 06:04 AM Time Travel Super Expert Group Icon Group: Moderating Team Posts: 1,982 Member No.: 21 Joined: 12-May 03 Boris, Is the statue of liberty still standing under the waves of earth's oceans in 4077? Top Thanatos Posted: Feb 17 2004, 09:13 AM Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Member No.: 508 Joined: 11-February 04 Hello BBBoris. My first posting in your thread. I must say what a fantastic story. I have been reading the thread now the past two days and must say, I am intrigued. At first I found that I had taken quite a dislike to you unjustifiably, however after finishing the thread have found your character very admirable. The eloquence and intelligence in all your answers have allowed me to forgive the lack of empirical evidence throughout your story. So I have put my prejudices and views aside and decided to read your thread in the context that you present it. I do however have a number of questions, some which I will present now and others later(I don’t want to create a flood here). My first problem is with your medical technology. I can accept that positive thinking promotes well being, however there are environmental and biological factors that must be considered here. We are all chemical and composed of natural elements which act and react with one another. Many ailments and illness are produced from over exposure to certain environmental conditions or toxicity from inducement of chemicals that are reactive to us. Other diseases occur from a genetic abnormality/defect. Many of these will k-ill you regardless of how positive the mind and spirit may be. I find the use of homeopathy in your time quite alarming. In many scientific and medical circles today the evidence of the effectiveness of this remedy is still unsubstantiated. For those of you how are unfamiliar with the process, one takes a certain element or product and dilutes it to the point where that element is virtually non existent. The supposed science behind this is that the water retains some memory of the original element or property(ie st jonhs wart) and the body reacts to this beneficially. I would like to know how homeopathy indeed survived the exodus you spoke of. Since some of the properties used in this fringe science would surely have been rare if not available to the first colonists? I also find your average lifespan to be a little disappointing. Many areas of research today suggest that our life span may indeed by able to be multiplied by a significant number of years. From the description of the society you live in this would be ideal as you are not overburdened with population. You speak a great deal about using nanotechnology to grow houses and other items. What about livers and hearts and other life giving necessities. Its not that I have an innate fear of d**** but have a passion and zest for life, and was hoping that this would be elongated in the near future. I have many more questions to ask but will do so at a later time. Thank you for your story and I look forward to your response Top CraigG Posted: Feb 17 2004, 11:18 AM Time Travel Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 99 Member No.: 274 Joined: 20-January 04 Mind you, there was one interesting experiment done recently, which BB Boris could perhaps use in his defence. It regarded people praying for some patients (I don't remember which disease). Those that were prayed for had a statistically interesting better success rate than the control group, which weren't prayed for. If only I could find a URL... Top bb boris Posted: Feb 17 2004, 07:23 PM May the Love be with you Group: Members Posts: 255 Member No.: 154 Joined: 4-December 03 QUOTE (Sowhat @ Feb 16 2004, 11:26 PM) thanks for reply... I will definitly move to Uzbeksistan Tashkent my usa it was part of russia in 1990s but now its independent. Currently iam living near D.C. and its kinda scary lol... I know it is all scary, Sowhat. But please, please, do not go any particular place just because you are scared of what may happen to you in the place you are now. I have noticed many such reactions to recent news on this board and elsewhere. But that is not the way of wisdom. Running away, be it from a potential physical threat, or for that matter from a bad psychological situation, has never been the answer. In this regard, Western culture has a lot to learn from Eastern philosophy. Fatalism and destiny... Think back to WW1. All those poor soldiers sent over the trenches into a hail of bullets coming directly at them from the other trench belonging to the other guys. What chance did any of them have of surviving, you might ask? Well it so happens that statistically, in each wave, over 60% of the men running into oncoming bullets weren't even wounded. As unbelievable as that may sound, it demonstrates that what we mostly have to fear from the looming crisis is fear itself. So forget it. There is no evidence whatsoever that Tashkent will be any safer for you than D.C. QUOTE 1.Do you guys still make movies? cuz iam myself a filmmaker [URL='http://www.theent.com']www.theent.com[/URL] I have visited your site and I think you show some promise. With better means of production and better scripts, you will do very well. It says you are currently at University. How long before you graduate? You could refer to the following post where I speak briefly about movies in my time: Posted: Feb 6 2004, 06:55 PM Page 26. QUOTE 2.what kind oof tipical work do you guys do? Forgive me, but I did answer a similar question here: Posted: Feb 10 2004, 07:45 PM Page 27 If you have more precise questions about that or movies, I shall be glad to answer. QUOTE 3. When you time traveld back here, please tell me what did u experience and what did you feel when you where sitting inside the time machine? did you see anything wierd? like evironment changing right in front of your eyes? Um, I didn't use a "time machine". The very concept seems utterly bizarre to me. I go at length about the method I used in my book, but suffice it to say I hitched a ride on spaceprobe Voyager 2 (a tourist attraction in my time), and with the help of very precise spacetime positioning data provided to me, and which I processed mentally, I was able to retrace the whole journey of Voyager across space in reverse. And that is exactly what it looked like. A fast-rewind movie seen from atop Voyager's ghost, all the way from the Oort Cloud in 4077 back to the Florida coast in 1977. Although I was meant to arrive earlier in JPL in Pasadena, California. But that's another story, the reason for which I'm still here. QUOTE 4.Will russian survive war? It is not a matter of any world war, but a slow, gradual breakdown of civilization lasting the whole 21st century. My answers will therefore focus on what the situation is like in the 41st century: If you mean Mother Russia, no. No more than the USA, England, India, Egypt, Brazil, China, Australia or any countries. The Earthers are grouped in communities that follow new cultural patterns, as does all of Humanity. However, most of the ancient countries still exist virtually, in the minds of the descendants from those old cultures, and are kept alive by language. But it has nothing to do with physical location or borders. QUOTE 5. Will we ever find aliens? Beyond a few microorganisms and lichens, not yet. QUOTE 6. Do you know anything that was uncovered in your time taht was governments top secret in year 2000-2004? or something? Just that the corridors of power in most of the world have been taken over by the most despicable rascals, working to further the interests of an anonymous "elite" of irresponsible, juvenile businessmen with a big-time ego problem. But that's hardly news. They have it so well sewn up by now that they aren't even bothering to hide their tracks anymore. If it will make you feel any better, there are records from the 2030s that describe a penalty reserved for their kind when chaos really began to set in: the lucky ones would be dismembered alive. Most were sentenced to lifetimes on a chain-gang, n-aked and covered in warts, cleaning up toxic areas with teaspoons, while citizens were allowed to watch them work and throw excreta at them. -------------------- Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you? Find out @ [URL='http://www.fifthmillennium.com']This site is under development[/URL] Top bb boris Posted: Feb 17 2004, 07:34 PM May the Love be with you Group: Members Posts: 255 Member No.: 154 Joined: 4-December 03 QUOTE (Phoenix @ Feb 17 2004, 07:04 AM) Boris, Is the statue of liberty still standing under the waves of earth's oceans in 4077? You know, Phoenix, incredibly I had never thought of that. But actually, now you mention it, I remember there is no sign of the Statue of Liberty in the Manhattan canyons. I have no idea why that is. Perhaps it walked away in disgust at some point? And just to be clear, Manhattan isn't totally submerged. As you make an airborne approach, you see dozens of buildings coming straight out of the ocean (the highest of them are too high to have been entirely submerged). In fact, some Earthers still live inside them, so they are surrounded by a network of decks and docks crawling with boats. Imagine a cross between today's Bay of HongKong and Venice. Plus the popular submarine tours. Even in the 41st century, the Big Apple still rocks biggrin.gif -------------------- Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you? Find out @ [URL='http://www.fifthmillennium.com']This site is under development[/URL] Top bb boris Posted: Feb 17 2004, 09:39 PM May the Love be with you Group: Members Posts: 255 Member No.: 154 Joined: 4-December 03 QUOTE (Thanatos @ Feb 17 2004, 10:13 AM) Hello BBBoris. My first posting in your thread. I must say what a fantastic story. I have been reading the thread now the past two days and must say, I am intrigued. At first I found that I had taken quite a dislike to you unjustifiably, however after finishing the thread have found your character very admirable. The eloquence and intelligence in all your answers have allowed me to forgive the lack of empirical evidence throughout your story. So I have put my prejudices and views aside and decided to read your thread in the context that you present it. I do however have a number of questions, some which I will present now and others later(I don’t want to create a flood here). Hello and Welcome, Thanatos. May I say I am glad you found the strength to rise above the demands of empirical evidence. This could be a good way to summarize how it was that Humankind found the key to initiate the serenity and all the "wonders" present in my time. The Age of Empiricism had run its course, and it was time to move on to better things. QUOTE My first problem is with your medical technology. I can accept that positive thinking promotes well being, however there are environmental and biological factors that must be considered here. QUOTE I find the use of homeopathy in your time quite alarming. You raise very pertinent points, and I have to confess that I do not know too much about medical matters. I can only tell you that I what I have described is what I remember. But I will add that the history of Medecine provides compelling insights into the Human mind, and the contradictions it as allowed itself over the centuries. Indeed, Medical authorities have always, in any given period of our history, tended to be extremely dogmatic, and have displayed rather short memories. It was only about a century and a half ago, I think, that a brilliant scientist (whose name escapes me) figured out that the simple act of washing one's hands before and after handling a sick patient was the key to defeating the horrendous epidemics that had plagued us for millennia. To most of his contemporaries, he was a wizard, but everyone knows about microbes nowadays and the role they play in transmitting disease. Before that, anything from exorcising to b-loodletting was the logical, sensible and obvious thing to do. Then there is the corruption angle. Are there not some medical authorities who use their credibility to discredit "fringe" methods, not for genuinely Hippocratic motives, but rather for the benefit of more industrial methods that generate "profits", which they are only too happy to receive a share of? My favourite is tobacco. Only 3 or 4 centuries ago, when the "white man" began using the herb, it was touted by medical authorities of the time as prolonging life. I daresay views have changed on that one laugh.gif . The truth is, there are many ways to cure many ills. Kings and Queens in the 16th century invariably felt better after a good old b-loodletting session. In Africa, Masai warriors to this day will swear by a shamanic dance to save the life of a sick infant. And it works!!! You see, the trouble is that medicine, like everything else, is highly dependent upon the spirit of the given times, the Zeitgeist, or the given culture. Like clothes, it follows the prevailing wind of fashion. But it comes on as being so serious that we tend not to see that. From my perspective however, I view many pronouncements I hear today about cancer or other diseases as just another incantation, in this case one having its basis in science. No more, no less. QUOTE I would like to know how homeopathy indeed survived the exodus you spoke of. Since some of the properties used in this fringe science would surely have been rare if not available to the first colonists? Why do you say that? I cannot say for sure, but I suppose someone brought some tinctures in their bagage. At least the phials are small and do not require a large industrial infrastructure to be made, which is probably the main reason it did survive. QUOTE I also find your average lifespan to be a little disappointing. Many areas of research today suggest that our life span may indeed by able to be multiplied by a significant number of years. From the description of the society you live in this would be ideal as you are not overburdened with population. You speak a great deal about using nanotechnology to grow houses and other items. What about livers and hearts and other life giving necessities. Its not that I have an innate fear of d**** but have a passion and zest for life, and was hoping that this would be elongated in the near future. What you say makes a great deal of sense. And yes, nnotechnics have indeed revolutionized organ transplants. That is, for cases of accidental trauma. Our serene mental condition has all but eradicated the old cell-damaging diseases that used to plague our ancestors. The issue of longevity is harder to explain. There is such a fundamental difference between our respective cultures regarding individual indentity. I feel natives of this era are overly obsessed with individual existence, to the detriment of that sense of belonging to a metaphysical group transcending the self. Just look at the current hysterical desire for eternal youth, and those absurd quests made possible by plastic surgery. What is the point of all this? My people are quite content to let it all go at about age 100. Not that it is an obligation. There are, I'm told, some individuals who live up to 180 and beyond, without any significant loss of basic functions. They are ones with some particular motive or mission that makes them want to go on. But the rest of us happily move on after an enriching century of happiness, looking forward to rejoining what some call the Great Universal Matrix, where everyone and everything becomes stardust once again. QUOTE I have many more questions to ask but will do so at a later time. Thank you for your story and I look forward to your response You are very welcome, Thanatos. I shall look forward to your next questions. -------------------- Did you ever wonder what your descendants in the far future will think of you? Find out @ [URL='http://www.fifthmillennium.com']This site is under development[/URL] Top Phoenix Posted: Feb 18 2004, 03:02 AM Time Travel Super Expert Group Icon Group: Moderating Team Posts: 1,982 Member No.: 21 Joined: 12-May 03 Here is the proof I spoke of KPAX. These two member have no interest in supporting each other's stories and actively critique each other. Yet here is a point of factual agreement unbeknownst to each other. QUOTE QUOTE (Phoenix @ Feb 17 2004, 07:04 AM) Boris, Is the statue of liberty still standing under the waves of earth's oceans in 4077? You know, Phoenix, incredibly I had never thought of that. But actually, now you mention it, I remember there is no sign of the Statue of Liberty in the Manhattan canyons. I have no idea why that is. [URL unfurl="true"]http://parous.net/ttlogs/TTinnlog021604.htm[/URL] QUOTE [23:15] (Sanddog): alexander , can you tell us if there are any monuments or landmarks that have been destroyed? [23:16] <AlexanderTT>: yes, washington is completely a wateland [23:16] (PhoenixLb): DC? [23:16] <AlexanderTT>: the statue of liberty was destroyed by us [23:16] (Azrual): so no more redskin games eh? [23:16] (Nicholas`K): Alexander, could you answer my question? [23:16] (Jovial_Ki): what about south carolina? [23:16] *** bill3 is now known as bill300000 [23:17] <AlexanderTT>: it is a pointless question Nicholas`K [23:17] (PhoenixLb): Why did your side sack the Lady Alex? [23:17] (bill300000): thought I was registered [23:17] (Nicholas`K): So.. [23:17] (Nicholas`K): I like throwing flameballs at people/things [23:17] <AlexanderTT>: we wanted to remove all left over from the original govt., this was our country now, we were starting over [23:17] (Sanddog): do you all have a President of your united states [23:17] *** KPAX sets mode: +b *!*warhoe@*.client.comcast.net [23:17] *** [#timetravellersinn] Banned- Nicholas`K [23:17] *** Nicholas`K was kicked by KPAX (*!*warhoe@*.client.comcast.net is banned (Lamer)) [23:18] (Azrual): Nicholas i think he is interested in intelligent questions my friend [23:18] (Azrual): o well [23:18] (Jovial_Ki): i think it was his bedtime anyways;) [23:18] (PhoenixLb): What did it represent to you? I would think it might represent freedom, but I guess not. [23:18] (Azrual): good job KPAX [23:18] * KPAX bows [23:18] <AlexanderTT>: there is no president of the united states, we have 5 presidents of the states [23:18] (Sanddog): that's a lot [23:18] (bill300000): kpax what link to register?? I did it once, apparently I need to do it again.. [23:19] <AlexanderTT>: it represented a lie and promise of freedom never realised Top serge Posted: Feb 18 2004, 03:45 AM Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Member No.: 499 Joined: 10-February 04 Hi boris. I have a few more questions. 1. In your time, do our current health concerns of radiation waves/micro waves/cell phone towers get verified? Does it get proven to cause cancer, or is it just false alarms? 2. I would like to know how distribution of entertainment services/mediums works in your time, and how it changed from now. Is everyone a "freelance/independent" artist? Like many modern artists, this is a dilemna I'm currently dealing with. Customers and employers alike are having a harder and harder time sifting thru mediocre work (from people trying to find the newest "cash-in") to find the quality "daimond in the rough". I wanted to hear your opinions on this. 3. Not really a question, just some related incoherent thoughts that I had about your time: How different would your time be if you had no nano technology to "grow" certain services, and your close-knit neighborhood to provide the rest? My answer would be that it would be similar to our time "consumer"-wise. The Federation would probably limit the space you could be away from each other by creating "borders", and then limit distribution of services and resources so it would be very hard to separate to your own corner. And while you're in it, you might as well watch the advertisements for the products. tongue.gif I think that you have unlimited space and freedom in your time more because of the nanotech, and less because of the renewed human spirit. (though that definitely doesn't hurt) Anyway, the reason why still doesn't matter; it's much better than our current "globalization", where there's no where to run from the hemogenized non-existant human spirit. 4. I apologize beforehand in case it's too personal but: Since you've lived in many different countries in the past, is your current land (France) permanent? If future events in your area get bad enough, would you move? I also ask this because I would like to meet you sometime in the future. I'm originally from western Europe myself, and would like to move back (I've been planning for almost 4 yrs); I also have family in France. Thanks for taking the time to read and answer. EDIT-oops I didn't read one of your post above; I guess possibly harmful future events would not be an issue for changing your country of residence. unsure.gif Top erikstalhammar Posted: Feb 18 2004, 06:41 AM We musent cry Group: Members Posts: 35 Member No.: 566 Joined: 17-February 04 ---hey first post--- Maybe you allready posted an awnser. 1. What new inventions are there 2. What happed when the magnetic feld changed in 2028 seens it swiches places every 2000years 3. What about the astiroid in 2028 that slighty missing earth 4. What about teraforming 5. What about global heating 6. Is there any new car fule thats good for the enviorment 7. Is there new uncoverd seenses 8. What is the spaceships like Pleas anwser thes i realy like to know im so worried about the earth and humanity -------------------- -----The future is now----- Top Thanatos Posted: Feb 18 2004, 09:41 AM Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Member No.: 508 Joined: 11-February 04 Thank you for your response to my questions Boris. Again you where honest in telling me that you are not an expert in medicine, yet still answered my questions to the best of your ability.(and quite satisfactorily) I have a few more questions which I hope you can shed some light on. I remember you mentioning in a post about the eventual collapse of the universe in about 10-15 billion years and that this my be cyclical. How fascinating, I personally have a belief that this will happen. However our science today does not support this. The total amount of matter, dark matter, and dark energy do not combine enough force for a collapse in our current understanding of the universe.(in fact the dark matter and dark energy is assisting the acceleration of the galaxies away from each other) I trust that there is some theory that explains this in your time. What are the current ideas about the birth growth and subsequent collapse and rebirth of the universe in your time. I will leave you with this one to ponder for now, and ask you another question at another time.(this will probably expend some effort to answer) Thank you for your time Top 1 User(s) are reading this topic (0 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users) 1 Members: Eddie999 « Next Oldest | Are YOU One? | Next Newest » Topic OptionsPages: (39) « First ... 29 30 [31] 32 33 ... Last » - Are YOU One? Hosted for free by InvisionFree (Terms of Service: Updated 9/10/03) | Powered by Invision Power Board v1.3.0e © 2003 IPS, Inc. 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