Nigel Posted August 30, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2015 You can't go back in space-time so I've corrected the thread title (It's like using light years as a measure of time or saying degrees Celsius in place of just Celsius.) Is Friday at Coral still the right answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 1980. I'd see Villa win the league, then the European Cup then buy a load of shares in Microsoft and Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 30, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2015 1980. I'd see Villa win the league, then the European Cup then buy a load of shares in Microsoft and Apple. Been there, done that. Except for the shares thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 The shares thing is quite important. It's a key part of my plan to have a nice house in St John's Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Just imagine going to Gates in the early days and saying "I really believe in your product I'm a gonna back you...hey have a start bar" Then imagine yourself now living in a house like that bloke in ex machina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Just imagine going to Gates in the early days and saying "I really believe in your product I'm a gonna back you...hey have a start bar" Then imagine yourself now living in a house like that bloke in ex machina. From what I recall Gates paid $75,000 to someone to buy their license or something ( may have been QDOS ? ).... That must have been quite a sum back then and suggests he had a few quid and may not have needed any backing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 What ever the the last time I got a blowie was. I dunno, about 6 months ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 31, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2015 I would like to see America about 10,000-20,000 years ago, when the megafauna still roamed the land. I wish I could see the American lion ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Can you imagine the huge quantities of change there would have been by killing Hitler? The millions upon millions of those families time lines' would be free to carry on naturally, rather than being inexplicably cut short by an individual persons death. Or that millions of babies born during the war wouldn't have been born because the procreation between two completely different people from different cultures didn't happen. Or the technologies invented BECAUSE of the war weren't created because there was no need for them. The world would be almost unrecognisable as we know it, culturally and physically. I'm not sure I would change WW2 happening more so than any other war. If whatever I did, did affect the future, the predicable outcome of the event I could affect would have to have a predicable outcome, otherwise I wouldn't touch that event/decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 back to when dinosaurs were about so i could feed them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 What ever the the last time I got a blowie was. I dunno, about 6 months ago. do you at least remember his name? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 What ever the the last time I got a blowie was. I dunno, about 6 months ago. do you at least remember his name? he's not getting another one, I can tell you that much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 back to when dinosaurs were about so i could feed them. Best answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 What ever the the last time I got a blowie was. I dunno, about 6 months ago. do you at least remember his name? Henry, I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 What ever the the last time I got a blowie was. I dunno, about 6 months ago. do you at least remember his name? he's not getting another one, I can tell you that much i dont blame ya, hes a messy bastard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Can you imagine the huge quantities of change there would have been by killing Hitler? The millions upon millions of those families time lines' would be free to carry on naturally, rather than being inexplicably cut short by an individual persons death. Or that millions of babies born during the war wouldn't have been born because the procreation between two completely different people from different cultures didn't happen. Or the technologies invented BECAUSE of the war weren't created because there was no need for them. The world would be almost unrecognisable as we know it, culturally and physically. I'm not sure I would change WW2 happening more so than any other war. If whatever I did, did affect the future, the predicable outcome of the event I could affect would have to have a predicable outcome, otherwise I wouldn't touch that event/decision. But then what if Stalin had invaded Poland, conquered Germany and nuked London? I'm not sure killing Hitler would have solved Europe's problems in the 20th century, it was on the road to oblivion long before he became the guy who lit the blue touch paper. Germany was going to shit anyway. What if someone who could actually win a war had stepped into Hitler's shoes and now we were all living under Nazi rule? Edited August 31, 2015 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Would like to say Vienna around 1907, or Jeddah in the early 70's but wouldnt have the rutlessness to kill Hitler or Bin Laden so probably the 80's and make sure that I bought shares in all the technology companies between then and now that were a success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I remember reading that even if time travel was possible it would be impossible to change history. The example that was given was that if you wanted to prevent yourself from ever being born, so went back in time and killed your Grandfather. It wouldn't work because if you were never born you couldn't go back in time to kill anyone and so you'd be born after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'd go back in time and watch Jesus performing his miracles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Can you imagine the huge quantities of change there would have been by killing Hitler? The millions upon millions of those families time lines' would be free to carry on naturally, rather than being inexplicably cut short by an individual persons death. Or that millions of babies born during the war wouldn't have been born because the procreation between two completely different people from different cultures didn't happen. Or the technologies invented BECAUSE of the war weren't created because there was no need for them. The world would be almost unrecognisable as we know it, culturally and physically. I'm not sure I would change WW2 happening more so than any other war. If whatever I did, did affect the future, the predicable outcome of the event I could affect would have to have a predicable outcome, otherwise I wouldn't touch that event/decision. But then what if Stalin had invaded Poland, conquered Germany and nuked London? I'm not sure killing Hitler would have solved Europe's problems in the 20th century, it was on the road to oblivion long before he became the guy who lit the blue touch paper. Germany was going to shit anyway. What if someone who could actually win a war had stepped into Hitler's shoes and now we were all living under Nazi rule? Yea I agree, hence why I said; "I'm not sure I would change WW2 happening more so than any other war." The implications of doing so are unfathomable. Whilst you'd undoubtedly save millions of lives from WW2, you'd also be preventing millions of lives because of the babies resulting from it. Plus, as you say, other dangers would have done something anyway. I think if you wanted to affect time, you'd have to choose an event which was much more predictable than just killing a political leader to stop an entire war happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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